Charles Fort fue un escritor e investigador neerlandés-estadounidense de fenómenos anómalos, esencialmente un satírico profundamente escéptico ante las afirmaciones de conocimiento último, particularmente de los científicos. Su distintivo estilo de escritura combinaba el humor burlón con una penetrante perspicacia y una calculada audacia. El trabajo de Fort a menudo exploraba la idea de que aquellos con una necesidad psicológica de creer en maravillas no son más prejuiciosos que aquellos con una necesidad psicológica de no creer, destacando cómo las suposiciones inconscientes pueden impedir la verdadera objetividad. Su influencia persiste hoy en día, y sus ideas caracterizan diversos fenómenos anómalos.
Exploring the bizarre and unexplained, the author delves into phenomena often overlooked by mainstream science. Readers will encounter tales of aliens, monsters, and strange occurrences, such as frogs raining from the sky and inexplicable disappearances. Presented in an accessible format, this special edition revitalizes Fort's pioneering work, inviting modern audiences to ponder the mysteries of the universe and the extraordinary events that challenge our understanding of reality.
Charles Hoy Fort (1874-1932) was an American writer and researcher into anomalous phenomena. Jerome Clark writes that Fort was "Essentially a satirist hugely skeptical of human beings' -- especially scientists' claims to ultimate knowledge." Clark describes Fort's writing style as a "distinctive blend of mocking humor, penetrating insight, and calculated outrageousness." Writer Colin Wilson describes Fort as "a kind of patron saint of cranks" and also argues that running through Fort's work is "the feeling that no matter how honest scientists think they are, they are still influenced by various unconscious assumptions that prevent them from attaining true objectivity. Today, the term Fortean or Forteana is used to describe various anomalous phenomena.