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Half a century ago, Belgian Zoologist Bernard Heuvelmans first codified cryptozoology in his book On the Track of Unknown Animals.

The Centre for Fortean Zoology (CFZ) are still on the track, and have been since 1992. But as if chasing unknown animals wasn't enough, we are involved in education, conservation, and good old-fashioned natural history! We already have three journals, the largest cryptozoological publishing house in the world, CFZtv, and the largest cryptozoological conference in the English-speaking world, but in January 2009 someone suggested that we started a daily online magazine! The CFZ bloggo is a collaborative effort by a coalition of members, friends, and supporters of the CFZ, and covers all the subjects with which we deal, with a smattering of music, high strangeness and surreal humour to make up the mix.

It is edited by CFZ Director Jon Downes, and subbed by the lovely Lizzy Bitakara'mire (formerly Clancy), scourge of improper syntax. The daily newsblog is edited by Corinna Downes, head administratrix of the CFZ, and the indexing is done by Lee Canty and Kathy Imbriani. There is regular news from the CFZ Mystery Cat study group, and regular fortean bird news from 'The Watcher of the Skies'. Regular bloggers include Dr Karl Shuker, Dale Drinnon, Richard Muirhead and Richard Freeman.The CFZ bloggo is updated daily, and there's nothing quite like it anywhere else. Come and join us...

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Saturday, February 21, 2009

CFZ PEOPLE: David Kingston has died

A few weeks ago we posted a news story about David Kingston, founder of the Dorchester UFO Conference. He was a benefactor to the CFZ about ten years ago, and we were sad to hear that he was suffering from terminal cancer.


What we didn't realise was how far along the disease had progressed. Late last night we received this e-mail:


"A line to let you all know that David Kingston passed away this afternoon. His good friend Stewart Langdown will be later putting round further details to David's list but I am sending this in case some in my address list, are not on it. As I understand it David discovered a year or so ago that he had cancer which finally involved his lungs, stomach and brain.



His wife Mary and his family were at his bedside today. David was a tireless worker for truth and through his website, conferences and lectures, encouraged a great number of people to go on their own explorations of the mysteries of the universe. Now David is en route to uncovering one of the greatest mysteries of all and we wish him a fond bon voyage on his last great journey.

Please remember Mary and their family in your thoughts and prayers."


David was a good man. I didn't always agree with what he said, but he always said it for the right reasons. Although working in a field only tangentally linked to our own, he was a man of integrity, and I am glad that I knew him. Forteana is a poorer place today...
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