FORTEAN NORTH DEVON: Is this a UFO spotted in the skies above North Devon?

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WHAT looks like an Unidentified Flying Object has been spotted above the countryside in North Devon.

Journal photographer Rob Tibbles was looking at photographs he had taken yesterday at Fullabrook wind farm between Barnstaple and Ilfracombe when he spotted a strange object hovering above one of the turbines.

After zooming in on the object to have a closer look, it was still unclear what it could be.

The object appears to be grey in colour, quite large and of an oval shape.

Chivenor search and rescue said they had not had any reported UFO sightings in the area yesterday, however, they were on a training exercise so it may have been them.

Read on...

NEWSLINK: Rhino Crimes: Are the Right People Going to Jail?

The recent 25-year jail sentences dealt to three Mozambican nationals convicted of slaughtering rhinos was indeed encouraging news from the battle to save South Africa’s rhinos.

However, it must be noted that proper punishment continues to evade higher-ranking rhino horn profiteers.

Hiding behind the cloak of conservation

Unscrupulous individuals hiding behind the cloak of conservation are ferociously plundering South Africa’s rhinos Instead of joining South Africa’s battle to protect its rhinos, a corrupt minority of game farmers, professional hunters, and wildlife veterinarians have chosen to exchange their ethics for ill-gotten financial rewards.

Read on...

DALE DRINNON: Eastern Bigfoot, Frontiers of Anthropology, Cedar and Willow, Benny's Blogs

New at the Frontiers of Zoology:

http://frontiersofzoology.blogspot.com/2013/12/more-from-larry-surface.html

 

New at the Frontiers of Anthropology:

http://frontiers-of-anthropology.blogspot.com/2013/12/the-mystery-of-human-intelligence.html

 

New at Cedar and Willow:

http://cedar-and-willow.blogspot.com/2013/12/tesla-who-and-cedar-and-willow.html

 

New at Benny's Blog for Thelma Todd:

http://benny-drinnon.blogspot.com/2013/12/mae-whitehead.html

 

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

http://bennypdrinnon.blogspot.com/2013/12/my-friend-irma-45.html

 

Best Wishes, Dale D.

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.

• NYPD cops beat up my loved ones, killed my parakee...
• Deadly toxin killing loons and other water birds a...
• Danger comes on two or four legs
• Has Amazon underestimated our feathered friends? B...

THE GONZO BLOG DOO-DAH MAN IS HAPPY

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Everybody's got something to hide except for me and my lobster. That's is a line you don't hear every day, but yesterday we took receipt of a half grown blue lobster from New Guinea, who is now  ensconced in a tank where Corinna's cane toads used to be (they are now in the kitchen underneath the vietnamese stick insects). He is a delightful and rather inquisitive little fellow (definitely a male because of the red stripes on his claws) and he has been diligently exploring his new home, and eating bits of shredded fish. Apparently he will also be fond of cucumber, which is peculiar because I can imagine that the cucumber count in New Guinea rivers is practically zero. However, some years ago when I had a tankful of smuggled Puerto Rico forest snails, they liked both cucumbers and dandelions, neither of which are found anywhere near PR. Weird huh?

 

I am half way through reading the new biography of George Harrison which might well be in this weekend's Gonzo Weekly together with interviews with Pam Windo, Percy Jones and features on Rick Wakeman and Hawkwind amongst all sorts of other things. Want to make sure that you don't miss it? Subscribe here: http://gonzomultimedia.us6.list-manage1.com/subscribe?u=66d407e1f55721a2ff0351da3&id=d0370afb92

 

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Another visit to our old friend Thom the World Poet
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/12/thom-world-poet-daily-poem_13.html

 

Today's Track of the Day is by Paul Kantner
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/12/the-gonzo-track-of-day-blows-against.html

 

Chris Squire of Yes Talks Rock Hall, Jon Anderson and Jimmy Page
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/12/chris-squire-of-yes-talks-rock-hall-jon.html

 

HAWKWIND + BARNEY BUBBLES AMONG INFLUENCES IN LE GUN’S NEW EXHIBITION SPACE IS DEEP
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/12/hawkwind-barney-bubbles-among.html

 

Audio | The Legacy Of Frank Zappa BBC Program
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/12/audio-legacy-of-frank-zappa-bbc-program.html

 

Annie Haslam ‘In the Spirit of the Holidays’ at Sellersville Theater
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/12/annie-haslam-in-spirit-of-holidays-at.html

 

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*  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

 

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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:

• John Keel, Mothman, Bigfoot — Four new books from Andy Colvin...

From CFZ-USA:

• To create or not create — The newly emerging field of revival biology...

OLL LEWIS: Yesterday's News Today

http://cryptozoologynews.blogspot.com/

On this day in 2012 batshit insane tinpot dictatorship North Korea put its first satellite into orbit. It had 3 previous failed attempts at doing this and the current one isn't really orbiting properly. Apparently arseing about like this, when they could have just looked at Google Earth or bought recent satellite photos relatively cheaply, is what NK's leaders think is a better use of resources than feeding it's many starving people. Nice to know that wherever you go in the world politicians are the same - take, for example, the 11% rise in UK MPs pay compared to the 1% rise for public sector workers. “We're all in it together”, but some are more in it than others.

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Replace the communist stuff in this clip with references to Margaret Thatcher and you have Michael Gove's wet dream:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Fh8lMTulkg