CRYPTOLINK: Primal Rage

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. 

Special FX man Patrick Magee has been waiting for a really good bigfoot film. To date we haven’t gotten a really solid flick around one of America’s biggest campfire tales. So for the past six years Magee has been building an amazing Bigfoot costume. He plans on making his directorial debut on Primal Rage bringing Bigfoot to the big screen.

Filming will take place in Northern California and he wants to make a large majority of the special FX in camera. The costume looks impressive and I’m sure it was costly. That is why he has gone toKickstarter to try to raise some funds to cover the costs to actually film the movie.

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THE CRYPTODANE: Cow Madness

Strange things are a-foot (or should that be a-hoof) in little old Denmark (and in neighbouring Sweden for that matter) at the moment. 2014 have started out with a bona-fide mystery. It is not strictly cryptozoological as such, but it is rater weird.

Within the last week or so 11 dead cows have washed ashore in Denmark (3 animals) and in southern Sweden (8 animals). This is strange enough in itself, but upon closer examination of said cows, things started to take a rather sinister turn. All the cows had their back legs tied together, the abdomen had been cut open, and in case of the Swedish cows, their ears had been cut off.

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THE TEMPORARY OFFICE

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.

• Rajkot kite fest may prove killer for migratory bi...
• Rim Fire Logging May Endanger Rare Woodpecker
• RSPB says crimes against birds are on the rise acr...

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. 

NEWSLINK: Hunting guides accused of maiming, illeg...

Lions Approach Extinction in West Africa

NEWSLINK: Ernie Chambers introduces bill to end mo...

USA SIGHTINGS: Man reports seeing 2 cougars in Oak...

Amazing pictures: Fearless buffalo attacks lion as...

NEWSLINK: Scat DNA to help track big cats

UK SIGHTINGS: Two big cat sightings raise suspicio...

THE GONZO BLOG DOO-DAH MAN IS IN HIGH SPIRITS

The Gonzo Daily - Thursday
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Well, after two days of working reasonably well, we once again have no internet access whatsoever, and I am back to Corinna's trusty old laptop in the sitting room. I have no idea how long this situation is going to last so I am attempting to forge ahead with this weekend's issue of Gonzo Weekly. I also hope to have some good news about the Journal of Cryptozoology Vol 2 later today. I apologise for all of these delays; they are as frustrating for me as they are for you.


Another visit to our old friend Thom the World Poet
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2014/01/thom-world-poet-daily-poem_9.html

Today's Track of the Day is by Tangerine Deam
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2014/01/the-gonzo-track-of-day-loved-by-sun-by.html

When Frank Zappa met Lenny Bruce
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2014/01/when-frank-zappa-mothers-of-invention.html

An interview with Joey Molland
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2014/01/vintage-rock-interviews-joey-molland.html

VIDEO: Women Of Steel John Shuttleworth live
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2014/01/video-women-of-steel-john-shuttleworth.html

Trevor Horn to be honoured for Outstanding Contribution to Music
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2014/01/trevor-horn-to-be-honoured-for.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

* 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?

OLL LEWIS: Yesterday's News Today

Yesterday’s News Today

http://cryptozoologynews.blogspot.com/

On this day in 1961 Al Jean was born. Jean has been a writer for The Simpsons throughout most of its run and has been the show-runner since 2001, which is about half of its run.

And now the news:

New to Nature No 116: Cyanea kauaulaensis

Study of African Forest Elephants Helps Guide Rese...

Endangered Species Act Protection Sought for Flori...

Snowball Effect of Overfishing Highlighted

First Dinosaur Fossils from Saudi Arabia Discovere...

Jumping Snails Left Grounded in Future Oceans

The Dog Paddle Is Just an Underwater Jog

New Fossils Shed Light On the Origins of Lions, Ti...

Spider pig!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=714-Ioa4XQw