From Nick Redfern's World of Whatever:
- Positively Lovecraftian! — A real-life Cthulhu in Oklahoma?
Monday, August 12, 2013
ANDREW MAY: Words from the Wild Frontier
From Nick Redfern's World of Whatever:
SHERI THE CFZ INTERN: Day 3 - Saturday
A much earlier start to the day today, at the small hour of
eleven o’clock. Tea and cereal later, the day’s work commenced. The last of the
feed for the pond fish was thrust in and they began munching on their tiny
cigars. Raw chicken pieces were placed in with the amphiuma as well as with the
crow. Unfortunately, both were feeling self-conscious and waited until we left
before tucking in.
Some of the tanks then needed cleaning. With a distinct lack
of magnetic glass cleaners, up rolled my sleeves. Each needed the algae
scrubbing off with a sponge by my bare hands (health and safety!). Of course,
non bite, but the caecilians did investigate my fingers, which must have looked
like worms to them. Despite this, theirs was the most appealing tank to plunge
my arm into, due to its warmth.
The museum then had to be cleared somewhat, for its upcoming
use as a sleeping chamber by 3/4 people. Chairs and things were removed and it
was given a sweep. The bigfoot model was due for a grooming. Hopefully Prudence
didn’t mind us using her brush for this. Some patches of fur needed to be
mended by means of needle and thread.
I achieved little else after this. Nor did the others as
guests arrived from Geordie-land. They had brought some tasty treats, i.e. hash
and potato stew and ‘stotty cake’, as well as gleeful manner. This set into
motion an evening of jovial consumption.
EDITOR'S NOTE: That is a very ladylike way of putting it
EDITOR'S NOTE: That is a very ladylike way of putting it
Cryptozoology on the radio again
On Sunday night’s Morton Through Midnight show the regular
cryptozoology feature Morton’s Mystery Creatures focused on that most terrible
of phantom animals the Noggle.
The Noggle is a type of water horse which hails from
Shetland. It has left the lonely lochs so often haunted by these creatures and
instead is to be found near water mills, but only when the mill wheel is
turning.
The Noggle is said to resemble the rather cute and
friendly-looking Shetland pony. But this one isn’t satisfied with the odd
carrot or sugar lump; like all of its kind it prefers human flesh, particularly
that of millers. How it came to have such a special diet is unknown, perhaps it
was trying for a healthy lifestyle with grain for extra fibre.
This water horse has a rather specialized way of hunting.
After finding the mill of choice, no doubt with resident fat miller, the beast
walks up to the wheel and proceeds to stop it mid spin. And how does it do
this? It simply bites it, giving you some idea of the brute strength of the
creature; and if nothing else, it proves the Noggle has a fine set of powerful
choppers.
The first thing the miller would know of this visitation is
when his quern stone juddered to a halt. Picture his surprise when he pops
outside to see what’s fouli
ng his wheel and all he finds is a rather lovely
pony standing there, looking as innocent as only a big eyed horse can.
Not only does the Noggle look harmless it is also saddled
and bridled, just awaiting a rider. Does it cross the miller’s mind as to how
the pony arrived there? Does he care that its original rider may well have
fallen into the mill race and be responsible for clogging the wheel? Now, if
the miller is a greedy and gormless fellow he may well mount the animal. But no
sooner does he do so than he realises he is doomed. The Noggle shows its true
form and races off across field and moor on its way to the sea. And considering
you are never more than three miles from the sea in Shetland this isn’t going
to be a long journey. The miller finds himself stuck to the saddle unable to
escape. The journey ends abruptly when the Noggle reaches the sea and plunges
into it, rider still attached. A flash of flame shows the horse’s passing, and
the end of the miller.
Of course not all millers fall for this doe-eyed evil pony.
To rid yourself of the Noggle you apparently need to salute it with a fiery
brand - whether the brand is really for saluting or for beating the creature about
the head isn’t recorded - either way the Noggle takes the hint and scampers
away.
You can listen to this show on the following link morton through midnight it
is 23 minutes 25 seconds into the show.
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.8 Foot Long ‘Monster’ Found Dead in Lake Washington
An 8-foot long monster sturgeon fish was discovered dead in Lake Washington this Saturday. Keith Magnuson, a Seattle resident who discovered it, and presumed the primitive-looking fish to be a shark.
A sturgeon “is not a common fish to find in the lake,” Annette Hoffman, a fish and wildlife biologist from Mill Creek, explained. A sturgeon found in the year 1987 was around 11 feet long and weighed approximately 640 pounds.
According to Hoffman, sturgeons are basically deep water feeders, and they usually migrate up and down the Columbia River.
“For years there had been monster sightings, like Loch Ness-type stuff,” Magnuson added. “And finally a dead sturgeon came to the top and it was surmised to be the monster.”
Soon enough, a team of biologists along with the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife took DNA samples of the sturgeon.
Brad James, an expert on prehistoric looking fish and a biologist at the Fish and Wildlife in Vancouver, speculated that the sturgeon might have entered into the lake through the Ballard Locks, and could have been there, feeding for years.
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 are 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: Water monsters, sea dragon/master otter, Frontiers of Anthropology, Benny's Blogs
THE GONZO BLOG DOO-DAH MAN IS AS MAD AS A BAGFUL OF CHEESE
I felt pretty terrible most of yesterday. The
stresses and strains of recent weeks took their toll, and my bipolar threw a
wobbly. I dealt with it in the customary manner. Richard and Sheri did a
fantastic job of sorting out the conservatory yesterday. The Weird Weekend
approaches like an oncoming juggernaut, but I think we shall be ready for
it!
Another visit to our old friend Thom the World
Poet.
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/08/thom-world-poet-daily-poem_12.html
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/08/thom-world-poet-daily-poem_12.html
Today's Track of the Day is a track from Gordon
Giltrap
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/08/the-gonzo-track-of-day-dodos-dream.html
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/08/the-gonzo-track-of-day-dodos-dream.html
French review of The Dutch Woodstock
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/08/french-review-of-dutch-woodstock.html
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/08/french-review-of-dutch-woodstock.html
Graham Fellows: I know how to cut out noise from
revellers
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/08/graham-fellows-i-know-how-to-cut-out.html
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/08/graham-fellows-i-know-how-to-cut-out.html
Polish Cris Roversi review
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/08/polish-cris-roversi-review.html
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/08/polish-cris-roversi-review.html
Steve Hillage review
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/08/steve-hillage-review.html
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/08/steve-hillage-review.html
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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 (who is currently on sick leave in Staffordshire) and two very small kittens (one of whom is also orange) puts it all together from a converted potato shed in a tumbledown cottage deep in rural Devon which he shares with various fish, and sometimes a small Indian frog. He is ably assisted by his lovely wife Corinna, his bulldog/boxer Prudence, his elderly mother-in-law, and a motley collection of social malcontents. Plus.. did we mention the orange cat?
* Jon Downes, the Editor of all these ventures (and several others) is an old hippy of 53 who - together with his orange cat (who is currently on sick leave in Staffordshire) and two very small kittens (one of whom is also orange) puts it all together from a converted potato shed in a tumbledown cottage deep in rural Devon which he shares with various fish, and sometimes a small Indian frog. He is ably assisted by his lovely wife Corinna, his bulldog/boxer Prudence, his elderly 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
On this
day in 1875 the Russian mystic/occultist Helena Blavatsky was
born.
I write
these blogs late at night the previous evening so as a result I don't think I
could really sum up her beliefs succinctly and accurately right now, but if you
are made of sterner stuff, or aren't tired and confused, here is her wikipedia
page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helena_Blavatsky
And now
the news:
Sort
of changing the subject, but not entirely, here's a song by Al
Stewart:
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