Monday, January 20, 2014

FORTEAN BIRD NEWS FROM THE WATCHER OF THE SKIES

What has Corinna's column of fortean bird news got to do with Cryptozoology?

 Well, everything actually!

 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. 



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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. 
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  • NEWSLINK: High-tech DNA analysis technology aids t...
  • NEWSLINK: Crimes Against Nature - Big Cat Rescue
  • NEWSLINK: Two frozen tigers seized in Vietnam - Bi...
  • NEWSLINK: Sea rise could spell end for Sundarban T...
  • US SIGHTINGS: Corvallis, OR Authorities Kill Anoth...
  • NEWSLINK: Exotic animals are urgent problem in Nor...
  • NEWSLINK: Liability a factor in proposed ban of ci...
  • US SIGHTINGS: Dog Was "Fighting for His Life" in M...


  • NEWSLINK: Return of the Jaguarundis: New Federal 
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    CRYPTOLINK: Bigfoot is real - and he's a fan of PEPPERONI! Man claims rolled-up pizza boxes outside his house prove existence of creature

    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. 

    'Not mad': Anthony Padilla, from Midland County, Michigan, says he's been leaving boxes of pepperoni-topped pizza pies out for a Bigfoot
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    'Not mad': Anthony Padilla, from Midland County, Michigan, says he's been leaving boxes of pepperoni-topped pizza pies out for a Bigfoot

    The Michigan State Police are refusing to investigate the sightings, but his local TV network TV5 decided to take a look.
    Mr Padilla told the station: 'At first, I just thought it was a huge man in a Ghillie suit [camouflage clothing]. So then, I look into his face, right dead in his eyes, and they were so red they looked like they were full of blood, like a man on his deathbed.'


    Read on...
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    THE GONZO BLOG DOO-DAH MAN IS LOOKING AROUND

    The Gonzo Daily - Monday
    I am slowly catching up with stuff. I got the latest episode of OTT out over the weekend, and the problems with both the Journal of Cryptozoology #2 and Animals & Men #51 have, I believe, been ironed out. So we are getting there slowly. I have a whole slew of interviews to do today, mostly involving current or ex members of the Pink Fairies, who have apparently re-formed, which is good news for us all.

    THE GONZO TRACK OF THE DAY: NEIL YOUNG & CRAZY HORSE - Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)
    http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2014/01/the-gonzo-track-of-day-neil-young-crazy.html

     FROM THOSE JOLLY NICE FELLOWS AT 'CLASSIC ROCK': It’s not too late to grab your Rick Wakeman Fanpackhttp://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2014/01/its-not-too-late-to-grab-your-rick.html

     MOTORHEAD rocker LEMMY is hoping to follow old pal MICK FARREN's example - and die onstage during a concert.
    http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2014/01/motorhead-rocker-lemmy-is-hoping-to.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?
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    ANDREW MAY: Words from the Wild Frontier

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

    From CFZ Australia:
    From CFZ-USA:
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    CFZ PEOPLE: Lily Wadham



    And just in case you need your memories jogging...


    HAPPY BIRTHDAY HONEYPIE

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    OLL LEWIS: Yesterday's News Today

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

     On this day in 1960 the game designer Will Wright was born. Wright is best known for his creations, SimCity and The Sims, and for his company Maxis.

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  • British bat makes incredible journey

    •  Here's some gameplay footage of the SNES version of SimCity (which was pretty much the definitive version). Thrilling:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WxuGwY8RbQ
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