From Nick Redfern's "There's Something in the Woods...":
Elizabeth's Monster
Killers on the Moor
From CFZ Australia:
On the lookout for the Powerful Owl
Go native and help spot a species!
Will wildlife smuggling strip Asia of animals?
Forget the cute factor and save iconic species
Is a big cat stalking this farm in Victoria?
Police uncover illegal taxidermy haul in Sydney
Boguls take on rats in the City
From CFZ New Zealand:
Fish discovery off nearby Kermadec Islands
From CFZ Canada:
The Canadian Coin Toss
Friday, August 12, 2011
MUIRHEAD`S MYSTERIES: A MONKEY IN THE WILDS OF MID NINETEENTH CENTURY SCOTLAND
I found the following in the excellent 19th Century British Library Newspaper database, from the Caledonian Mercury of March 21st 1842 9in fact the phrase “strange animal” brought up 599 hits!!
“ A STRAY MONKEY-Wednesday morning one of the tenants of Daviot in this county informed his proprietor (Mackintosh younger of Mackintosh) that a strange looking animal had been seen in the neighbourhood, and was in that moment in pursuit of one of his children. His wife and neighbours were in a state of utmost alarm and dared not approach the creature, which grinned at them like an evil spirit! On repairing to the spot, the animal was indistinctly seen in a bush at some distance, and Mackintosh immediately fired at it and killed it. The strange visitant that caused so much terror, proved to be a fine old monkey, in excellent condition. Where the wanderer had strayed from, to that comparatively secluded Highland spot, could not be ascertained “- Inverness Courier (1)
1. Caledonian Mercury March 21st 1842.
“ A STRAY MONKEY-Wednesday morning one of the tenants of Daviot in this county informed his proprietor (Mackintosh younger of Mackintosh) that a strange looking animal had been seen in the neighbourhood, and was in that moment in pursuit of one of his children. His wife and neighbours were in a state of utmost alarm and dared not approach the creature, which grinned at them like an evil spirit! On repairing to the spot, the animal was indistinctly seen in a bush at some distance, and Mackintosh immediately fired at it and killed it. The strange visitant that caused so much terror, proved to be a fine old monkey, in excellent condition. Where the wanderer had strayed from, to that comparatively secluded Highland spot, could not be ascertained “- Inverness Courier (1)
1. Caledonian Mercury March 21st 1842.
DALE ON ATLANTIS AND MORE ON GARGOYLES
New Posting on the Frontiers of Anthropology Blog:
Atlantis as a Geological Reality in the 21st Century
http://frontiers-of-anthropology.blogspot.com/2011/08/survey-of-atlantis-2-complete-gente-and.html
And the Followup to the Gargoyles posting:
http://frontiersofzoology.blogspot.com/2011/08/long-necked-sea-serpents-in-viking-age.html
WREDFERN WRITES WREVIEWS:
A couple of years ago, my good mate and self-elected Prime-Minister of the Center for Fortean Zoology, Jon Downes, was inspired by Patrick Huyghe's Swamp Gas Times book to publish a series of compilations of the writings of various players in the Fortean field.
The first (from Jon's CFZ Press) was Andy Roberts' Strangely Strange But Oddly Normal, which was published in 2010. And my very own Space Girl Dead On Spaghetti Junction followed earlier this year. And, now, we're up to No.3: Paul Screeton's wonderfully-titled I Fort The Lore (I have yet to ask Paul if the lore won...).
Read on...
OLL LEWIS: Yesterday's News Today
http://cryptozoologynews.blogspot.com/
On this day in 1899 Alfred Hitchcock was born. Hitchcock was a brilliant director, certainly one of the best there ever was, his films include: Rebecca, Rope, Psycho, Strangers On A Train, The Birds, North By Northwest, Vertigo, Rear Window and Dial M for Murder. Rope is particularly impressive because it was filmed to look as if the whole film was made in a single take .
And now the news:
Turtle crisis looms for Great Barrier Reef
Animal's genetic code redesigned (via Dawn Hollowa...
Fossil 'suggests plesiosaurs did not lay eggs' (vi...
Rare ladybird spiders released in Dorset (via Dawn...
'Super' mouse evolves resistance to most poisons (...
The Michigan Dogman Wanders...Again
A shark in the woods
yes...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2I91DJZKRxs
On this day in 1899 Alfred Hitchcock was born. Hitchcock was a brilliant director, certainly one of the best there ever was, his films include: Rebecca, Rope, Psycho, Strangers On A Train, The Birds, North By Northwest, Vertigo, Rear Window and Dial M for Murder. Rope is particularly impressive because it was filmed to look as if the whole film was made in a single take .
And now the news:
Turtle crisis looms for Great Barrier Reef
Animal's genetic code redesigned (via Dawn Hollowa...
Fossil 'suggests plesiosaurs did not lay eggs' (vi...
Rare ladybird spiders released in Dorset (via Dawn...
'Super' mouse evolves resistance to most poisons (...
The Michigan Dogman Wanders...Again
A shark in the woods
yes...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2I91DJZKRxs
DALE DRINNON ON GARGOYLES
EDITOR's NOTE: I decided to start including a picture of Dale on the links to his posts in the same way as I do the CFZ Canada and CFZ New Zealand posts. It was only later that I realised that the first time I do this, it is along side an article on gargoyles. There is no inference meant, I promise.
Dale writes:
The new Blog entry is a piece on Gargoyles and seeking out the oldest recorded reports of LongNecked Freshwater Monsters:
http://frontiersofzoology.blogspot.com/2011/08/gargoyles.html