The hunt for British Big Cats attracts far more newspaper-column inches than any other cryptozoological subject. There are so many of them now that we feel that they should be archived by us in some way, so we should have a go at publishing a regular round-up of the stories as they come in. In September 2012 Emma Osborne decided that the Mystery Cat Study Group really deserved a blog of its own within the CFZ Blog Network.
Sunday, February 03, 2013
TODAY'S BIG CAT NEWS
The hunt for British Big Cats attracts far more newspaper-column inches than any other cryptozoological subject. There are so many of them now that we feel that they should be archived by us in some way, so we should have a go at publishing a regular round-up of the stories as they come in. In September 2012 Emma Osborne decided that the Mystery Cat Study Group really deserved a blog of its own within the CFZ Blog Network.DALE DRINNON: Frontiers of Anthropology/Benny's Blogs
New at the Frontiers of Anthropology:
New on Benny's Blog, the Ominous Octopus Omnibus:
New on Benny's Blog for Thelma Todd:
Scottie Westfall: A golden coyote
This coyote is gold in color.
It has no sabling, which is very much indicative of the genotype we see in domestic dogs.
FORTEAN BIRD NEWS FROM THE WATCHER OF THE SKIES (CFZ)
In an article for the first edition of Cryptozoology Bernard Heuvelmans wrote that cryptozoology is the study of 'unexpected animals' and following on from that perfectly reasonable assertion, it seems to us that - whereas the study of out of place birds may not have the glamour of the hunt for bigfoot, or lake monsters - it is still a perfectly valid area for the Fortean Zoologist to be interested in. So, after about six months of regular postings on the main bloggo, Corinna has taken the plunge and started a 'Watcher of the Skies' blog of her own as part of the CFZ Bloggo Network.CRYPTOLINK: Do these footprints - found in snow on countryside just outside of Tunbridge Wells - belong to the town's mysterious Bigfoot?
A word about cryptolinks: We are not responsible for the content of cryptolinks, which are merely links to outside articles that we think are interesting, usually posted up without any comment whatsoever from me.
The unusually large prints were discovered just outside of High Woods, between Tunbridge Wells and Pembury, at the weekend. Sent in to us by a reader, who wishes to remain anonymous, it was speculated they could have come from the eight-foot tall Kentish Apeman.
The beast has caught the nation's attention ever since we reported on claims it had been spotted on the Commons in November. Our story was picked up by The Sun, Daily Mail, Metro and Telegraph and others.
It then sparked the interest of the London Cryptozoology Club, who went on an expedition to Tunbridge Wells earlier this month in search of the monster.
I'M YER GONZO BLOG DOO-DAH MAN
We're back and playing Catch Up now,
after just a week, it's amazing how
much stuff to do has accumulated
far more than I'd anticipated
But it's Sunday, which means (you all know it)
it's the day I pretend to be a poet
and to some people's bemusement,
do the blogs in rhyme for my own amusement
My family were all eating tea, and watching something on TV
back in 1970-whatever (my memory is not quite THAT clever)
when I first heard Barbara Dickson sing
now here's some news (and everything)
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/02/barbara-dickson-gateshead-revisited.html
Chris Squire talks about the lure,
of the road and the new Yes tour,
and how there'll be a new CD
which is pretty good news to me
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/02/link-chris-squire-discusses-classic.html
And now something that you should know
there is an Ant-Bee video,
which once again breaks all the rules,
and I think that it's pretty cool
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/02/ant-bee-featuring-michael-bruce-flutter.html
And now we go to Austin City,
where the poets are great and their words are pretty
for our daily visit (don't you know it)
to the home of Thomas the World Poet
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/02/thom-world-poet-daily-poem_3.html
And now it's the groovy Track of the Day,
you know what I mean (wayhay)
He wears a hat and his hair is wavey
Ladies and Gentlemen... ALAN DAVEY
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/02/the-gonzo-track-of-day-alan-daveys.html
Now, you people must understand
I'm a massive Eric Burdon fan
and I am really pleased to see,
he's got a smashing new CD
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/02/former-soviet-union-chief-mikhail.html
In the annals of the music biz
there are few that compare to our liz
she sent us this nice link for fun
in Lincolnshire Auburn are number one
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/02/httpwww.html
And finally we must count the cost
and say goodbye to those we've lost
we are missing him, and you know we've missed her
a soul singer and an Andrews Sister
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/02/those-we-have-lost-cecil-womack-1947.html
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/02/those-we-have-lost-patty-andrews-1918.html
* The Gonzo Daily is a two way process. If you have any news or want to write for us, please contact me at jon@eclipse.co.uk. If you are an artist and want to showcase your work, or even just say hello please write to me at gonzo@cfz.org.uk. Please copy, paste and spread the word about this magazine as widely as possible. We need people to read us in order to grow, and as soon as it is viable we shall be invading more traditional magaziney areas. Join in the fun, spread the word, and maybe if we all chant loud enough we CAN stop it raining. See you tomorrow...
* The Gonzo Daily is - as the name implies - a daily online magazine (mostly) about artists connected to the Gonzo Multimedia group of companies. But it also has other stuff as and when the editor feels like it. The same team also do a weekly newsletter called - imaginatively - The Gonzo Weekly. Find out about it at this link: http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2012/11/all-gonzo-news-wots-fit-to-print.html
* We should probably mention here, that some of our posts are links to things we have found on the internet that we think are of interest. We are not responsible for spelling or factual errors in other people's websites. Honest guv!
* Jon Downes, the Editor of all these ventures (and several others) is an old hippy of 53 who - together with his orange cat puts it all together from a converted potato shed in a tumbledown cottage deep in rural Devon which he shares with various fish and batrachians. He is ably assisted by his lovely wife Corinna, his bulldog/boxer Prudence, his mother-in-law, and a motley collection of social malcontents. Plus.. did we mention the orange cat?
OLL LEWIS: Yesterday's News Today
Yesterday’s News Today
Today
is Groundhog Day in North America when the appearance of a groundhog is said to
herald the end of winter, or not if it doesn't show.
And now
the news:
OK campers,
rise and shine...