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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.

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Wednesday, July 01, 2009

ROBERT SCHNECK: Crypto Couture

"Loch Ness, A Scottish Fantasy" is beautiful and, while we're on the subject of the Loch Ness Monster as inspiration, here is an example of crypto-couture.

This item appeared in the August 24, 1934 issue of the La Crosse (Wisconsin) Tribune and Leader Press and comes from the AP. It's been sitting in my clippings folder for ages and I'm hoping that someone, somewhere, might have a picture of it.

LOCH NESS MONSTER INSPIRES WINTER OUTFIT

PARIS--(AP)--The "Loch Ness monster" which roamed around the Scottish lake last season has inspired the name of a new winter costume.

The ensemble, named "Loch Ness," combines a slender wool frock with a hip-length jacket of the same fabric designed with long front "tails"
furred in gray fox. It is accompanied by a narrow brimmed hat of dark green felt with a fluff of the same gray fur on top of the crown.

The article is on this page at the bottom of column 2. It's easier to read if you drag it on to your desktop .
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