Tuesday, December 10, 2013

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.
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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 that 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. 
  • US SIGHTINGS: Myth of the black panther
  • UK SIGHTING: Big cat sighting! | The Guinea Pig Fo...


  • US SIGHTING: Animal not likely a cougar, Glencoe o...
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    DALE DRINNON: Frontiers of Anthropology, Cedar & Willow

    There is no Frontiers of Zoology link for today and Benny has not released any links today either. Instead there are two releases from the Frontiers of Zoology and two from Cedar and Willow, both parts of ongoing series in either place. One of the Cedar and Willow pieces is a Streampunk link and the other has reference to Shamanic Animal Powers (As used by one of the ongoing characters)

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    THE GONZO BLOG DOO-DAH MAN UNDERSTANDS

    The Gonzo Daily - Tuesday
    And so another old friend has gone. Lloyd Pye has died of cancer at the young age of 66. I was very fond of Lloyd and we were mates for just over 14 years. I first met him in mesquite, Nevada at a UFO conference in August 1999. He and I were amongst the only sane people there. After three or four days of being told how The Queen was a blood drinking lizard, how JFK had been assassinated by aliens and how the New World Order were communicating with us through the miracle of fridge magnets I had really had enough. Then up came this quietly spoken 'Southern Gentleman' in his early fifties who had in his possession a 900 year old skull that he believed was partly alien. I didn't agree with him, and still don't. But he was so humble, self effacing and respectful that I couldn't help like him. A few days later I heard him tell an uproariously funny story about a turkey that he had known in his youth on a Louisiana farmstead; the audience (including me) were in stitches, but he retained his quiet, gentlemanly demeanour all the way through. He gave me a copy of his book 'Everything you know is wrong'. It was beautifully written, and his thesis meticulously argued, and although I didn't believe a word of it, I was touched by his sincerity. Over the years we have met up many times both in the USA and in Britain, and, yes, I became close enough to him to count him as a friend. I have always looked forward to our next encounter.
    I am not crying for him. Either there is a life after death, or there is nothing (and I am not going to hazard a guess which). Either way Lloyd will be OK. But I am crying for me, and for all the other people whose lives have been touched by this dear, sweet gentle man, and who will no longer have the joy of his quiet philosophical company.
    For those of you who have not heard of him I recommend his website http://www.lloydpye.com/ so you can make up your own mind about his life's work and the enigmatic 'Starchild' skull.
    Another visit to our old friend Thom the World Poet
    http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/12/thom-world-poet-daily-poem_10.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?
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    KARL SHUKER - Midas Marsupials



    Karl Shuker reveals the golden wonder of golden wombats.

    Read on...
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    THOSE WE HAVE LOST: Lloyd Pye (1946-2013)


    I didn't always agree with him, but I had immense respect for him, and I will miss him a lot.
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    OLL LEWIS: Yesterday's News Today

    http://cryptozoologynews.blogspot.com/

     On this day in 1967 Otis Redding died in a plane crash. Redding became the first artist to get a posthumous number one album in the USA when '(Sittin' on) The Dock of the Bay' was released a few weeks later.

     And now the news:
  • Invasive cockroach found in NYC can take the cold
  • Surprising Diversity in Aging Revealed in Nature
  • EXPOSED – USDA’s Secret War on Wildlife
  • Discovery of Partial Skeleton Suggests Ruggedly Bu...
  • Norfolk seals 'fared better than feared' in storm ...
  • Fruit-mad South American monkeys eat 50 varieties ...
  • Rare woodlouse at risk from St Helena's quest to g...


  • Five porpoises sighted on River Thames
    • One of the best songs ever written:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCmUhYSr-e4
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