Every year, the Association for the Scientific Study of Anomalous Phenomena (ASSAP) convenes in its own, very particular manner, with members from the length and breadth of these islands (and further afield) concentrating their ASSAPness into a phenomenological singularity where its denizens discuss the wonderful world of the weird, in between bouts of chat, catching up, medium-weight networking and borderline frolics.
So, on a bright, warm September morning a host of weirdness aficionados descended upon Bath University, having first negotiated the carpark and campus, (or possibly ), ready to have our horizons expanded, minds blown and various parts tickled. There was a flurry of hellos – many of us, though familiar with one another online, had never met in person – as we all funnelled into the The Edge auditorium, collected badges and took our seats as ASSAP Chair CJ Romer opened with a tribute to the late Robert Moore (see obit ). Robert, aside from having been ASSAP Vice Chair for many years was as well known to many of us for his contribution to British ufology, and the short film by Kristian Lander touchingly reminded us that forteana has lost a quietly important figure; his loss to AS-SAP greater still.
