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The Gonzo Daily - Saturday

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When you are awakened just after 8:00am by an exceedingly affectionate little Jack Russell terrier who seems intent on shoving his rectum into your right eye socket, then you realise it is time to get up. So I am up bright and early and full of the joys of spring - except that it is autumn. Last night I sat down with Captain Frunobulax and read the copy of Principia Discordia that arrived in the post yesterday. I cannot make up my mind whether this the most significant cultural insight I have ever read, complete (and slightly annoying) nonsense or both. Possibly neither.

Another visit to our old friend Thom the World Poet.
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/10/thom-world-poet-daily-poem_5.html

Today's Track of the Day is by Hawkwind
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/10/the-gonzo-track-of-day-hawkwind-urban.html

Hawkwind Tour Postponed
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/10/hawkwind-postpone-tour-from.html

EXCLUSIVE: Michael Des Barres interview
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/10/exclusive-interview-with-michael-des.html

'The Dutch Woodstock' reviewed
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/10/the-dutch-woodstock-reviewed.html

CSN come to Bristol
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/10/sixties-supergroup-bring-songs-of.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: www.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 54 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?

ANDREW MAY: Words from the Wild Frontier

News and stories from the remoter fringes of the CFZ blogosphere...

From Nick Redfern's World of Whatever:

• Zombies, Wendigos, and Cannibalism — "The Wendigo is an evil and rampaging creature into which humans have the ability to transform – particularly if they have engaged in cannibalism..."

From CFZ Australia:

• On the trail of the Black Panther — An official investigation to “assess the likelihood of the presence of large free-ranging cats"...

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.

• Eight rare kiwi die at Wellington Zoo
• 'Fewer birds of prey poisoned'
• Duck oil spill rescue continues in Glyndyfrdwy

SAVAGE CHICKENS (via Richard F)

CRYPTOLINK: Does this image show TWO Bigfoot creatures?

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 (sometimes for the wrong reasons), usually posted up without any comment whatsoever from me. This post, however, is particularly interesting and the author should be congratulated...

You wait years for a decent sighting of the legendary ape-like creature known as Bigfoot, and then two come along at once.

The fascinating photographs, taken just two weeks ago near Bradford, Pennsylvania, appear to show a pair of Bigfoots, or perhaps that should be Bigfeet, wandering through the trees.

Keen hiker John Stoneman claims he spotted the seven-foot-tall beasts just yards from a main road through trees in Kinzua State Park.

Bigfeet? This image, taken just two weeks ago near Bradford, Pennsylvania, is believed to show two of the mysterious creatures known as Bigfoot wandering through the woods

Apeman: A close up shows one of the 'beasts' spotted just yards from a main road through trees in Kinzua State Park

Lurking: The fascinating photographs were taken by keen hiker John Stoneman who was on his way home with his girlfriend from a festival with his girlfriend when the pair spotted the mysterious shape moving in the forest

Mr Stoneman, 57, had been returning from the Kinzua Bridge Fall Festival with his girlfriend when the pair saw the mysterious shape moving in the forest. He quickly grabbed his camera and fired off these shots as they slowed the car down and edged along the road.

Read on... 

CRYPTOLINK: Bigfoot On Cherokee Hill

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 (sometimes for the wrong reasons), usually posted up without any comment whatsoever from me. This post, however, is particularly interesting and the author should be congratulated...

Bart Nunnelly is convinced that Bigfoot exists, and may even be thriving in the many remote wilderness areas of North America. He has good reason to think so. As co-owner and co-creator of Kentucky Bigfoot (with fellow Bigfoot researcher Charlie Raymond), Bart devotes a great deal of his time researching sightings and examining evidence of these remarkable forest giants in the Bluegrass State. And the evidence he’s gathered is both fascinating and compelling. Bart recently met with an eyewitness to these creatures, a Cherokee elder who took Bart on a journey into the heart of Bigfoot territory and provided detailed information about the giant from his own experiences as well as the age-old traditions of the Cherokee people, who know these creatures well. This is Bart’s story….

(Note: The names of the locations in this report have been intentionally altered for the privacy of those involved.)

After learning from a local paranormal investigator friend of mine about an old Cherokee fellow who also claimed to be a Hebbardsville, Kentucky Bigfoot witness, a phone interview was arranged and conducted in November, 2006. The information proved correct. Not only did the witness describe repeated (often at will) sightings of groups of these hairy creatures since his childhood, he also claimed to be in possession of what he was convinced was an actual tooth, which he described as a canine, from one of these creatures. Moreover, he could describe, in great detail, the physiological features, general attitudes and predictable behavior of these mysterious “hillbillies” known to the rest of the world as Bigfoot.

After several more phone interviews a meeting was arranged and, under the promise of strict anonymity, M.F. (not his real initials) agreed to allow me to eventually photograph the alleged Bigfoot canine for possible identification.

Read on...

OLL LEWIS: Yesterday's News Today

Yesterday’s News Today

http://cryptozoologynews.blogspot.com/

You might not know this, but scientists and boffins have actually determined that today, October 5^th , is in fact the most Britishy day of the year. You want evidence? Well consider this: on this day both Billy Connelly and Brian Conley were born, Monty Python's Flying Circus was first shown on TV, the first James Bond film (Dr No) premiered and the Beatles released their first single. You can't get much more British than that without the Queen showing up and drinking a cup of tea while looking grumpy.

And now the news:

Elusive Giant Squid Washes Up on Spanish Beach

Newts are good news (for a change) for site develo...

Fear of Predators Drives Honey Bees Away from Good...

New Research Links Individual Animal Behavior With...

98% of wild-caught saltwater fish die within 1 yea...

Seals and porpoises being killed in increasing num...

New wildlife underpasses to save wildlife and driv...

Endangered tiger quoll spotted in Grampians for th...

Speaking of James Bond and grumpy Queens:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AS-dCdYZbo