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

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Sunday, May 03, 2009

AT LAST - THIS YEAR'S WEIRD WEEKEND SCHEDULE

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This timetable is ridiculously provisional, and that the CFZ take no responsibility for disappointment caused by the non-appearance of any of the advertised speakers All stuff in PINK is tba. We are waiting for a couple of surprise big attractions to confirm, but to avoid disappointment we are not going to announce them at this stage..

THURSDAY
7.00 p.m Cocktail party at the CFZ,
Myrtle Cottage, Woolsery, Bideford, North Devon EX39 5QR

FRIDAY
noon - 5.00 p.m Open Day at the CFZ
Myrtle Cottage, Woolsery, Bideford, North Devon EX39 5QR

Community Centre, Woolsery, Bideford, North Devon
Doors open at 6.00

7.00 – 7.15 Introduction
7.15 – 7.45 OLL LEWIS: Welsh Dragons and Gwibers
7.45 - 8.15 JULIAN VAYNE: A cabinet of curiosities from North Devon Museums
8.15 - 8.45 BREAK
8.45 - 9.30 JON McGOWAN: Big Cats in Brtain - exposed!
9.30 - 10.00 BREAK
10.00 - 11.00 TIM MATTHEWS: Crop Circle Confusion

SATURDAY
Community Centredoors open at 10.00

11.30 – 11.45 JON DOWNES + RICHARD FREEMAN: An introduction to cryptozoology
(ALL AFTERNOON JOANNE CURTIS: monster making for kids)
11.45 – 12.15 MAX BLAKE: Unknown animals in Pet Shops
12.15 – 1.15 PAUL VELLA:The Minnesota Iceman
1.15 - 1.45 BREAK
1.45 – 2.45 ALAN MURDIE: Forteana from Colombia (PAUL VELLA: Bigfoot for kids)
2.45 - 3.15 BREAK (KIDS: Mad Hatter’s Tea Party)
3.15 – 3.30 QUIZ
3.30 - 4.30 ANDY ROBERTS: The big grey man of Ben McDhui
4.30 - 5.00 Break
5.00 – 6.00 JAN BONDESON: The basilisk
6.00 - 7.00 DARREN NAISH: British big cats in deep time
7.00 - 7.30 Break
7.30 – 8.30: NEIL ARNOLD:Zooform Phenomena - monsters amongst us
8.30 – 8.45 CFZ AWARDS
8.45-9.15 Break
9.15 – 10.15 tba
10.15 - 11.00 tba

SUNDAY
COMMUNITY CENTRE
doors open 10.30

12.00 – 1.00 MICHAEL WOODLEY: A proposed system of taxonomy for cryptozoology
1.00 – 1.30 GLEN VAUDREY: Mystery Animals of the Western Isles
1.30 - 2.00 LIVE: Sitting Now (Discussion and Panel) Presented by KEN EAKINS
(KIDS: Monsters are real – Jon Downes/Richard Freeman 30 mins)
(ALL AFTERNOON JOANNE CURTIS: monster making for kids)
2.00 – 2.30 BREAK (KIDS: Treasure Hunt)
2.30 – 3.30 NICK REDFERN: Stalin's ape men
(OLL LEWIS: Lake Monsters for kids)
3.30 - 4.00 BREAK
4.00 – 4.45 RONAN COGHLAN: Atlantis and other lost continents
4.45 – 5.00 JONATHAN DOWNES: Keynote Speech and Closing Remarks.

Events specifically for kids are in red. Whilst all the lectures are suitable for children, some may be of more interest to young minds than others. The talks marked with are those that we especially recommend for children under the age of 12, although - of course - they are welcome at any that they care to attend...

OTHER ATTRACTIONS tba

WORKSHOPS tba

EXHIBITIONS
Exhibition: Pictures of Monsters by the children of WoolseryExhibition: Metamorphosis - exotic insects

EVENING: Dinner at The Farmer's Arms

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