CRYPTOZOOLOGY ONLINE: Still on the Track: 05/19/13

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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.

It is edited by CFZ Director Jon Downes, and subbed by the lovely Lizzy Bitakara'mire (formerly Clancy), scourge of improper syntax. The daily newsblog is edited by Corinna Downes, head administratrix of the CFZ, and the indexing is done by Lee Canty and Kathy Imbriani. There is regular news from the CFZ Mystery Cat study group, and regular fortean bird news from 'The Watcher of the Skies'. Regular bloggers include Dr Karl Shuker, Dale Drinnon, Richard Muirhead and Richard Freeman.The CFZ bloggo is updated daily, and there's nothing quite like it anywhere else. Come and join us...

FORTEAN BIRD NEWS FROM THE WATCHER OF THE SKIES

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 took the plunge and started a 'Watcher of the Skies' blog of her own as part of the CFZ Bloggo Network.

TODAY'S BIG CAT NEWS ROUNDUP

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.

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A big cat sighting!

I believe the dog and I saw a big black yesterday evening. Here's the photo I managed to capture!

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ALAN MURDIE WRITES

Sea Monsters on Medieval and Renaissance Maps

Dear Jonathan

Hello, hope you and all at CFZ are well.

I came across this announcement of an intriguing book set to be published next month 'Sea Monsters on Medieval and Renaissance Maps' by Chet Van Duzer and thought it was definitely one for you all!

http://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/distributed/S/bo15607926.html

best wishes

Alan Murdie

DALE DRINNON: Nagas, plesiosaurs and rainbow serpents; living plesiosaurs, Benny's Blogs

New at the Frontiers of Zoology:

http://frontiersofzoology.blogspot.com/2013/05/nagas-plesiosaurs-and-rainbow-serpents.html

http://frontiersofzoology.blogspot.com/2013/05/living-pterosaurs-of-hollywood.html

New at Benny's other blog, the Ominous Octopus Omnibus:

http://bennypdrinnon.blogspot.com/2013/05/josie-and-pussycats.html

Best Wishes, Dale D.

THE GONZO BLOG DOO-DAH MAN WITH HIS FAMILY

It is Sunday again (wouldn't you know it?)

the one day a week I play at poet
and I must admit that my sole inducement
is to do it for my own amusement

So now without further ado
let me present from me to you
(forgetting all my idle boasts)
another batch of Gonzo posts

We will start today by taking you down
to see a friend of mine in Austin town
and I'll tell you know before I blow it
his name is Thom, he's a REAL poet
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/05/thom-world-poet-daily-poem_19.html

Some years ago, well more or less
Trevor Rabin played buitar in 'Yes'.
and so today I have for you
a rather revealing interview
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/05/yes-trevor-rabin-interview-1992-trevors.html

You could never say that I'm perverse, me
but I'm a fan of Cris Roversi
and his delicate multi-layered sound
which always sounds good to have around
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/05/cristiano-roversi-antiqua-mix-by-ed.html

Today's Gonzo track of the day,
is something cool, I'm glad to say
they hail from Dorset, which can't be bad
Ladies and Gentlemen it's Galahad
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/05/gonzo-track-of-day-galahad-termination.html

Bev Bevan who got in the groove
as the drummer with ELO and The Move
is now on tour (this might sound rum)
with a show celebrating sounds from Brum
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/05/link-review-made-in-brum-jasper-carrott_19.html

Back in the days when I took pills
I became a fan of Stephen Stills
one of my favourite guitarists in the land
he's got himself a brand new band
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/05/stephen-stills-kenny-wayne-shepherd-and.html

Now, Zenit are a band that's fine
I wish some of those songs were mine
and so I post to you from me
a review of their latest CD
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/05/zenit-review_18.html

Byeeeeeeeeeeeee

OLL LEWIS: Yesterday's News Today

Yesterday’s News Today

http://cryptozoologynews.blogspot.com/

On this day in 1971 the USSR launched the Mars 2 probe, which helped to map Mars.

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Not posting Bowie as the vid today, surprisingly:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkSl9GGOFHM

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