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 C, scourge of improper syntax. The daily newsblog is edited by the equally lovely Gavin Lloyd Wilson, newshound extraordinaire. The CFZ bloggo is updated daily, and there's nothing quite like it anywhere else. Come and join us...


August 17-19 2012 - BUY YOUR TICKETS EARLY TO SECURE A PLACE
Numbers are limited and we would hate you to be disappointed.. SPEAKERS ANNOUNCED SO FAR: Richard Freeman: 20 Cryptids you have never heard of; Carl Marshall: TBC; Richard Muirhead:The Flying Snake of Namibia; Richard Thorns: The search for the Pink Headed Duck; Silas Hawkins: Bedtime stories; Jon Downes and Richard Freeman: Intro to Cryptozoology; Nick Wadham: TBA; Carl Portman: TBA; Harriet Wadham: Book signing; Kevin Goodman: Is UFOlogy a new religion? Glen Vaudrey: Scottish sea monster carcasses; Book Launch: Scottish sea monster carcasses; Jan Bondeson: Greyfriars Bobby; CFZ Awards; Richard Freeman et al: Sumatra 2011; Paul Screeton: The Hexham Heads; Lars Thomas: Danish Cryptozoology; Ronan Coghlan: Sinbad the Sailor; Jon Downes: Keynote Speech

More attractions will be announced soon... Buy Your tickets in advance at the special discount price of £20. If you want to pay by cheque payable to `CFZ Trust` please send it to: The Centre for Fortean Zoology,Myrtle Cottage,9 Back Street,Woolfardisworthy,Bideford, North Devon, EX39 5QR

See you in August...

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Sunday, May 01, 2011

BELTANE WAS A GAS

On Saturday the CFZ was invaded by la famille Wadham who came to eat cake. I mentioned this the other day and Rick from Paranormal Buffalo sounded impressed by the concept of cake, so I decided that a photograph of said cake was in order. Truly, Corinna and I are a marriage made in heaven: a woman who loves to cook and a man who loves to eat!


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DR BEACHCOMBING ON THE INTERACTION BETWEEN ST. COLUMBA AND THE LOCH NESS MONSTER

Medieval saints were famous for their encounters with dangerous animals. In their Lives we read of confrontations with wolves, bears, stags and snakes; but also of meetings with more exotic creatures. Beachcombing thinks of St George facing down a dragon or St Brendan and his monks celebrating communion on the back of an enormous sea beast named Easter.

It is one of these more curious episodes that is sometimes (perhaps dubiously) clamed to be the first eye-witness account of the Loch Ness Monster.

Read on
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SEPARATED AT BIRTH

Look at this latest picture of a mystery cat from Cannock Chase






















Is it just me, or does it look just like CFZ moggy Helios7?










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HAUNTED SKIES: An email from Don Ramkin

http://hauntedskies.blogspot.com/2011/04/email-from-don-ramkin.html
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OLL LEWIS: Yesterday's News Today

http://cryptozoologynews.blogspot.com/

On this day in 1999 the actor Oliver Reed died. Although sadly mostly known for appearing on chat shows in a squiffy state, he was also a very good actor when he wanted to be and starred in a number of films with Fortean themes like The Adventures of Baron Munchausen and The Curse of the Werewolf.
And now the news:

Friends Wonder If Cougar Hurt Horses Near Austin, ...
Upstate Woman Says She Saw Black Panther
Town hunts for black panther preying on livestock
Grisly find as ‘big cat’ 
is caught 
on camera

Cats explain AV:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiHuiDD_oTk
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