Tuesday, July 05, 2011

HIT PARADE FOR JUNE (CFZ PRESS/FORTEAN WORDS)

UK

1. Haunted Skies Volume One by John Hanson and Dawn Holloway (2)
2. Haunted Skies Volume Two by John Hanson and Dawn Holloway (1)
3=. Monster! by Neil Arnold (7)

3=. Big Cats Loose in Britain by Marcus Matthews (7)
3=. Dark Dorset by Mark North and Robert Newland (4)
3=. The Great Yokai Encyclopaedia by Richard Freeman (-)
7. Tetrapod Zoology Book One by Darren Naish (5)
8=. Mystery Animals of the British Isles: Kent by Neil Arnold (-)
8=. A Daintree Diary by Carl Portman (-)
8=. The Mystery Animals of Ireland by Gary Cunningham and Ronan Coghlan (-)


US

1. The Inhumanoids by Bart Nunnelly (1)
2. Weird Waters - the lake and sea monsters of Scandinavia and the Baltic States by Lars Thomas (-)
3. The Monsters of Texas by Ken Gerhard and Nick Redfern (6)
4. The Mystery Animals of Ireland by Gary Cunningham and Ronan Coghlan (-)
5. I Fort the Lore by Paul Screeton (6)
6=. Haunted Skies Volume Two by John Hanson and Dawn Holloway (9)
6=. The Great Yokai Encyclopaedia by Richard Freeman (6)
8. Monster! by Neil Arnold (8)
9. Haunted Skies Volume One by John Hanson and Dawn Holloway (9)
10. UFO Down! by Andy Roberts (-)

Last month's positions in this pinky colour, which I think is called cerise. June's sales were rather good in both the UK and the USA. Certainly nothing to grumble about.
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WW2011 - Disappointing news


Sadly, Trevor Beer has had to cancel due to ill health. A replacement will be announced soon....
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OLL LEWIS: Yesterday's News Today

Yesterday’s News Today
http://cryptozoologynews.blogspot.com/

On this day in 1998 Roy Rogers died. Why do I mention the famed owner of a horse called Trigger (no not this one) ? Well, reportedly, one of the episodes of The Roy Rogers Show featured a hoop snake, which barrelled along in a quite convincing manner, leading many people to believe this creature existed.
And now the news:

Turtle Lady ends career of caring for turtles and ...
Researchers Track Marine Turtle Movements (via Her...
In a War of Words, Makers of Plastic Bags Go to Co...
Gecko hoax correction (via Herp Digest)
Tortoises to the Rescue: Re-wilding to Repair Ecol...
Bangladesh intercepts dried turtle

As it's a quite a herp-themed news day, have a video of a kitten riding on a tortoise with jaunty music:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EC3hRVz36Yc
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CFZ CANADA - the problems of regulation

Robin presents a thought provoking piece on the problems of regulation within fortean research.

Since “ghost hunting” and “cryptozoology” have become more mainstream, those who take their research seriously are feeling increasingly frustrated by a plethora of false information and glory seeking not only on TV and online, but also in face to face situations. One of the biggest reasons there is this unease is that there is absolutely no regulation, peer or otherwise, over the credentials or publication of “findings” in this genre of research.

http://cfz-canada.blogspot.com/2011/06/you-take-low-road-ill-take-high-road.html