Karl Shuker is on the track of the mega-elusive black tiger - a veritable bête noire of mystery cats!
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Monday, August 19, 2013
KARL SHUKER: THE BLACK TIGER - A VERITABLE BÊTE NOIRE OF MYSTERY CATS
Karl Shuker is on the track of the mega-elusive black tiger - a veritable bête noire of mystery cats!
Read on...
SHERI THE CFZ INTERN: Day 10 – Saturday
I pre-empted the cold last night and put on all my layers
before getting into bed. I slept before for it, but still not very well. There
was a much earlier start to proceedings today so we all had to be at the hall
and ready to commence by noon. I walked down with a troll and a leprechaun,
whose commentation had us as a chosen three, venturing towards some ancient
temple.
There was a long list of talks, some of which were more
enthralling than others. There were also quite a few breaks. Too many, in my
view. I never know what to do with myself during breaks so I just pottered
about aimlessly. I didn’t take part in the cake-eating contest, but did have
one of the most delicious scones I had ever eaten, as well as a yummy spag-bol.
For the last hour or so I’d developed a headache so didn’t stay up long after
getting back to HQ. This was in spite of everyone I spoke to about it saying I
should stay up and drink. No.
FORTEAN BIRD NEWS FROM THE WATCHER OF THE SKIES
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LIZ BITAKARAMIRE: Day Four at the Weird Weekend 2013
And so to the final day. As we bid farewell to Woolfardisworthy, but only for a year at the most, what have we learnt? Sarah and Maya taught us about orbs and how to catch them on camera ourselves. Ronan told tales of leprechauns and Irish kings. We had James Newton on Bigfoot and Lars on the cryptozoology of Greenland as well as that of Jon's garden, a talk he co-hosted with Nick Wadham.
At the end of Ronan's speech Jon was presented with a signed Weird Weekend poster as a thank you for all the hard work he had done, and then the man himself delivered his customary keynote speech. Many were moved as he spoke of the passing of Mick Farren, and excited when Jon announced that there would indeed be a Weird Weekend 2014 if he had anything to do with it. Unlike the Pope, Jonathan Downes will not be abdicating his throne just yet, dudes....
DALE DRINNON: Bigfoot, Frontiers of Anthropology, Benny's Blogs
New at the Frontiers of Zoology:
New at Frontiers of Anthropology:
New at Benny's Other Blog, The Ominous Octopus Omnibus:
Best Wishes, Dale D.
LIZ BITAKARAMIRE: Day Three At Weird Weekend 2013
First was another sumptuous breakfast courtesy of Becky at Higher West Town, this time including bacon done EXACTLY the way I like it, which is a rare thing in this world, believe me. Blogging came soon after and then it was time to head down to the community centre for the talks.
First up was An Introduction to Cryptozoology by the dons of the subject, Jonathan Downes and Richard Freeman. Anybody who didn't know when they got there what cryptozoology was left very much the wiser. Barry Tadcaster and Ken the orang pendek then introduced the next speaker: Nick Wadham on the true nature of fairies, and reading from his book on the subject soon to be published by the CFZ. Today was when Paul at last joined the proceedings and filmed these two first talks on the iPhone, afterwards exclaiming how he had enjoyed himself.
Unfortunately we did miss the first part of the next talk through getting carried away chatting in the bar with Ronan and Steve Jones so we decided to take a trip into Bideford, returning in time for the CFZ Awards where many excited volunteers hoped desperately to reach the pinnacle of achievement that is the golden baboon. This year's lucky recipients were Yvonne Robertson, Jessica and Jo Heard, Jessica Taylor, Timmy Cornish, Matthew Knight,
Dr Dan Holdsworth and Mark Raines.
Other highlights included Shaun Histed-Todd's Civilisation X speech and Darren Naish on his blog and book Tetrapod Zoology. Unfortunately I didn't make it to the expedition talks or Judge Smith's but I will be purchasing a copy of the latter's book, and waiting semi-patiently for the YouTube videos.
THE GONZO BLOG DOO-DAH MAN RETURNS TO SOME SEMBLANCE OF NORMALITY
Well, another Weird Weekend is over. So
many people pleaded with me not to finish the event that at the last minute I
changed my mind and decided that my Augusts would not be the same without them.
So the event will continue. I had a health scare yesterday and I thought I was
having a heart attack on stage. I wasn't; it was a mixture of the heat, the
stress and lack of sleep, but it reminded me of dear old Mick Farren. I had
planned to retire from doing our annual convention mostly because of my health
problems. But I have always aspired in many ways to be like Mick. Farren died on
stage doing what he had always done; he died "with his boots on" and was a
crazy-passionate anarchist to the last. I think you can draw your own inferences
from this.
Another visit to our old friend Thom the World
Poet.
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/08/thom-world-poet-daily-poem_19.html
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/08/thom-world-poet-daily-poem_19.html
Today's Track of the Day is by the Satoko Fujii
Quartet
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/08/the-gonzo-track-of-day-satoko-fujii.html
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/08/the-gonzo-track-of-day-satoko-fujii.html
The Dutch Woodstock review
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/08/the-dutch-woodstock.html
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/08/the-dutch-woodstock.html
Chris Squire interview
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/08/chris-squire-interview.html
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/08/chris-squire-interview.html
Steve Hillage review
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/08/steve-hillage-review_19.html
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/08/steve-hillage-review_19.html
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* 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
On this day in 1612 the Samlesbury witch trial took place, where 3 people
were tried on the accusation of one 14-year-old girl. The case collapsed leading
to the acquittal of all the accused.
And now the news:
Witchfiders Direct: