Fortean Times: It Happened to Me vol. 2 by Fortean Times

Author:Fortean Times [Times, Fortean]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi

ODOURS OF SANCTITY

In May 2000, while walking down London Road towards the Elephant & Castle in south London at around 1pm, I was suddenly aware that I could smell church incense. This was not just a slight sensation; I could actually taste the ‘texture’ of the smell in my mouth as though I were actually breathing in the smoke. Looking around, there was nothing to indicate where the smell was coming from – no clouds of smoke or any haze in the air. There is a Catholic girls’ school about 200 yards from the spot, so I thought perhaps they were having a lunch-time Mass (though I’m told that Mass would normally be over by then) and a gust of wind had brought the scent to me.

However, at around 7pm that day, as I waited for a train at Waterloo station, the smell struck me again, but this time the sensation of the smoke was so strong, I coughed. I moved slightly to see if a cloud of beatification was following me, and the sensation passed just as quickly. Again, there was no obvious reason for the smell – no maverick thurible-waving priests on platform four or sudden outbreaks of religious fervour by the Sock Shop. Nor is there a church anywhere remotely close to where I was standing.

Jonathan Ratty, Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey, 2000

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