Field reports
The departure board
Fictional field bulletins from places we have actually visited. The photographs are real. The reporting is not.
FTN BULLETIN · Quebec City, Canada · Oct 3, 2026
Old Quebec's Ice Creature Returns for the Holidays, Files Annual Request to Stay Through April
Ti-Glaçon has returned to Old Quebec, complete with his annual petition to outlast the thaw and a refrigeration proposal no committee quite trusts.
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FTN BULLETIN · Yosemite National Park, California · Sep 28, 2026
Yosemite Rangers Ask Visitors to Stop Jumping Into Mirror Lake to Reflect on Their Lives
Mirror Lake's other side is real, rangers insist, but it is not accepting walk-ins or visitors who wave at the purple-jacketed figure.
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FTN BULLETIN · Connemara, Ireland · Sep 23, 2026
Drunk American Tourists Paint Irish Sheep Red, White and Blue; Farmers Say They Were Already Like That
American travelers tried to make an Irish flock patriotic. The flock had been there first, and the farmers would like a word.
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FTN BULLETIN · Los Angeles, California · Sep 18, 2026
Canadian Artist Wins California Food Art Prize With a Breakfast Nobody Is Allowed to Eat
A Winnipeg sculptor's resin avocado toast has won California's most confusing food-art prize, despite a rival breakfast browning during judging.
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FTN BULLETIN · León, Nicaragua · Sep 12, 2026
Cerro Negro Volcano Boarder Vanishes Mid-Descent; Locals Say He Is Still on His Way Down
A volcano boarder in a yellow jumpsuit vanished halfway down Cerro Negro. His sled arrived. His dust cloud arrived. He is reportedly still descending.
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FTN BULLETIN · Budapest, Hungary · Sep 6, 2026
Budapest Mannequin Becomes a Real Person One Night a Month, Refuses to Remove Hat
A blue-hatted mannequin at a Budapest felt-goods stall is said to spend every full moon taking the arcade air, borrowing scarves, and avoiding questions.
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