CFZ CANADA: Waltzing Matilda

The internet never ceases to amaze (and disappoint) me.

"Breaking News" across my desktop today included this tidbit:

Bigfoot SHOCKING PHOTO – Sasquatch Proven? New Image and Matilda Documentary Shakes Scientific Community

In case you are, like me, completely unaware of who Matilda is, have a peek...

Read on...

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.

• More land breeding birds recorded
• Plymouth couple lose battle to keep 35 rare, expen...
• National bird monitoring programme in the works

TODAY'S BIG CAT ROUND UP

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. 

The worldwide mystery cat phenomenon (or group of phenomena, if we are to be more accurate) is not JUST about cryptozoology. At its most basic level it is about the relationship between our species and various species of larger cat. That is why, sometimes, you will read stories here which appear to have nothing to do with cryptozoology, but have everything to do with human/big cat interaction. As committed Forteans, we believe that until we understand the nature of these interactions, we have no hope of understanding the truth that we are seeking. 

NEWSLINKS: More on the Dallas Lion attack

USA SIGHTINGS: Mystery beast visits local trail ca...

DALE DRINNON: Another toothy bird, bigfoot, Frontiers of Anthropology, Cedar and Willow, Benny's Blogs

New at the Frontiers of Zoology:

http://frontiersofzoology.blogspot.com/2013/11/another-toothy-bird.html

http://frontiersofzoology.blogspot.com/2013/11/footprint-casts-posted-on-dr-meldrums.html

New at the Frontiers of Anthropology:

http://frontiers-of-anthropology.blogspot.com/2013/11/how-native-americans-mapped-their.html

New at Cedar and Willow:

http://cedar-and-willow.blogspot.com/2013/11/parallel-worlds-exist-and-will-soon-be.html

New at Benny's Other Blog, The Ominous Octopus Omnibus:

http://bennypdrinnon.blogspot.com/2013/11/broadway-babes-dizzy-dames-5.html

http://bennypdrinnon.blogspot.com/2013/11/anti-werthan-editorial-captain-america.html

Best Wishes, Dale D.

THE GONZO BLOG DOO-DAH MAN HAS A PATERNAL FIVE MINUTES

The Gonzo Daily - Wednesday

www.gonzomultimedia.co.uk/about.html

 

Once again I tried to interview Andy Thommen from Clepsydra last night, but for some reason that neither I or the jolly nice people at www.recordyourcall.com can explain why. However, in about forty five minutes I am going to attempt to interview John Higgs, the author of the astounding KLF biography, and - as he is in England - I am hopeful that it will work today. Apart from interviews, last night was spent looking at all of Richard's pictures and video from the Tasmania expedition. He and the team have done very well, and we shall be releasing pictures, vido and other information over the next few days.

 

Another visit to our old friend Thom the World Poet
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/11/thom-world-poet-daily-poem_20.html

 

Today's Track of the Day is by Melting Euphoria
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/11/the-gonzo-track-of-day-melting-euphoria.html

 

The Michael Des Barres Show – 11-14-13
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/11/the-michael-des-barres-show-11-14-13.html

 

Hawkwind reschedule North American tour dates for 2014
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/11/hawkwind-reschedule-north-american-tour.html

 

Frank Zappa Revisited By UH Hilo Jazz Orchestra
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/11/frank-zappa-revisited-by-uh-hilo-jazz.html

 

Battle Royale: Does Anyone Have Brassier Balls Than Jon Anderson?
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/11/battle-royale-does-anyone-have-brassier.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?

KARL SHUKER: The Iraqi Afa - A Middle Eastern Mystery Lizard

Karl Shuker seeks a giant lizard in the marshes of Iraq.

Read on...

OLL LEWIS: Yesterday's News Today

Yesterday’s News Today
http://cryptozoologynews.blogspot.com/

On this day in 1949 Jeff Dowd was born. “Who is Jeff Dowd?”, I hear you cry, to which I answer “Why, only the person who inspired one of the most important characters ever to have appeared in a film.”. You see Jeff Dowd is the film maker and activist upon which the Cohen brothers based “The Dude” on in The Big Lebowski, a film acknowledged by audiences and critics to one of the greatest films ever made.

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The opening scene of The Big Lebowski:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHr4AIiHVyY