WHAT KINDS OF FORTEANS ARE THERE?
Though most Forteans would insist that the field of Forteanism is an indissoluble unity, interested in any and all anomalies, whether scientific, philosophical, artistic, religious, literary, behavioral, folkloric, etc., the fact is that many Forteans do specialize in one area of inquiry or endeavor. BTW, many people who would call themselves one of the following might NOT accept the philosophical musings of Charles Fort. • Cryptozoologists – are particularly interested in the possible existence of “alien animals,” what some people might call “monsters,” “snallygasters,” or “undiscovered species.” Tend to be interested in lake monsters, ‘apemen’ (Bigfoot, Yeti, Sasquatch, Wildman, etc.), Big Birds, etc. • UFOlogists – are people who specialize in studying Unidentified Flying Objects. Needless to say, there are several schools of thought within UFOlogy, which rarely agree about how to even begin to study the phenomenon. Most are not Forteans. • Parapsychologists – are people interested
