Monday, March 03, 2014

ANDREW MAY: Words from the Wild Frontier

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

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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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    BIGFOOT NEWS IN BRIEF



    Bigfoot Evidence: Watch: Bigfoot Can Speak? No Way!
    Can bigfoot use language? watch and find out! join Rev. Jeff and Father Batdorf as they take on the task of explaining Bigfoot speech and possible ...

    Bigfoot « HORRORPEDIA
    Bigfoot is a 1969 (released 1970) American horror film. Despite its low budget, it featured some well-known actors and family namesakes in the cast, ...

    Show to feature tale of Maryland monster
    The story of the bigfoot-like creature known as the Sykesville Monster will be featured on Destination America's “Monsters and Mysteries in America” ...

    Bigfoot Evidence: Kelly Shaw Reports: Bigfoot Bites Rabbit's Head Off, Tosses Body at Hiker
    Bigfoot Evidence ⋅ Shawn
    Here's the latest Bigfoot report from Kelly Shawn. In this report, he brings up a Bigfoot sighting report while out Bigfooting with Jenny and Brody.

    The Bigfoot Field Journal: Bigfoot Lurking On The Hillside - Sketches
    I worked on an interpretive sketch based off elements of the still captures for the video. This is just one possible sketch of how this Bigfoot may actually ...

    Bunnies Beware! Bigfoot's On A Tear! - Who Forted? Magazine
    Earlier I reported some purported animal deaths in Washington State, ascribed to Bigfoot activity. Today we have video testimony from a witness saw ...

    Hundreds flock to Texas flea market for glimpse of alleged Bigfoot corpse (VIDEO) | Alternative
    Rick Dyer is a Bigfoot hunter and self-proclaimed master tracker. He claimed to have slayed the mythical beast in 2012 and now the body is finally on ...

    Bigfoot Evidence: Four High School Kids Became Bigfoot Believers After Prank
    We're almost to 12k views on this one.. an old gem.. the guys at Finding Bigfoot actually got a little pissy with me about this in an email..lol. Apparently ...

    2014 February 26 > Bigfoot Buzz
    CP Notes ……A group of young men set off on foot after trail bike riding deep in the forests near Bathurst. They can't believe their eyes as they are ...

    Bigfoot Evidence: Bigfoot Howls Captured By Barb & Gabby?
    Barb writes: "I've heard Bigfoot howls and vocals in recordings, and a few times in real life. The vocals we recorded this week, I believe, are the real ...
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    THE GONZO BLOG DOO-DAH MAN SLEPT FOR MOST OF YESTERDAY

    The Gonzo Daily - Monday
    I am not having a good day today. Archie got over excited and nipped the postman, and I had to use all my reserves of tact to avoid an unpleasant scene. At least I bloody well hope I have avoided one! (Touch Wood) I also got an irate e-mail from someone complaining that a photo of me from 1999 which happens to be in my Facebook pictures folder shows me with a cigarette in my mouth. What sort of an example am I giving to young people? he asks. By smoking in public (even fifteen years after the fact) I am apparently bringing the CFZ into disrepute. In one way the instant communication afforded by things like Facebook is a good thing; it brings the concept of the Global Village which idealistic young hippies like me espoused forty years ago one step nearer. But on another level it is a terrible thing, because its very immediacy lulls people into a false sense of feeling that people who are basically strangers, or vague acquaintances at best, are close friends.
    Every week in my capacity of ringmaster of the CFZ circus I get at least one complaint from somebody within the CFZ family, concerned about the Facebook activities of another member or members. This is usually accompanied by the complainer suggesting that the activity in question is bringing the CFZ into disrepute. The complaints are usually about political or religious statements, or postings with sexual content. What people don't seem to understand is that the CFZ is a loose confederation of people interested in cryptozoology and its allied disciplines, animal welfare, animal rescue and the broad concept of encouraging young people to be interested in Natural History. It is a broad church, and members/affiliates come from a wide range of social, ethnic, political and religious backgrounds. If someone makes a post about their paganism, Christian fundamentalism or anything else, or if they post pictures of simpering dolly birds in miniscule bikinis it is their own business. It is nothing to do with the CFZ or me personally, and even if I wanted to I couldn't do anything about it.
    Please stop complaining to me about these things. All it does is upset me, and give me yet more stress that I would so much rather do without. I am not going to kick someone out of the CFZ for boasting about their sexual conquests, having some soft porn actress on their friends list, making anti or pro republican/conservative party statements or being anti or pro some religion or other, so please stop asking. If you don't like what other people say on Facebook, just block them. That is what I do!
    Enough bellyaching for today. On with the blogs.
    INTERVIEW: Frank Zappa’s ‘Roxy & Elsewhere’ lives on
    http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2014/03/interview-frank-zappas-roxy-elsewhere.html
    Ex-Wife and Killer of Mountain Bassist Felix Pappalardi dies
    http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2014/03/ex-wife-and-killer-of-mountain-bassist.html
    I Could Cry/Take a Back Step (Huw Lloyd-Langton tribute)
    http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2014/03/i-could-crytake-back-step-huw-lloyd.html
    This week's issue of The Gonzo Weekly is here, and features Hawkwind, Hawkwind, and some more Hawkwind, plus exclusive interviews with two musical legends - Keith Levene (ex-PiL and The Clash) and Judy Dyble (founder member of Fairport Convention and the band that was later to become King Crimson), plus stories on Mike Rutherford, Acid Mothers Temple, Devo, Paul Whitrow, and the world premiere of new videos by Auburn and Galahad, and more news, reviews, views, interviews and packets of long nosed potoroos (OK, no special rabbit-sized macropodiformes, especially in convenient packaging) but I got carried away with things that rhymed with OOOOS) than you can shake a stick at. And the best part is IT's ABSOLUTELY FREE!!!
    To make sure that you don't miss your copy of this and future issues make an old hippy a happy chappy and subscribe
    http://eepurl.com/r-VTD
    PS: If you are already a subscriber but think that you haven't been receiving your copies please check your spam filters. For some reason known only to the Gods of the internet, some e-mail programmes automatically count the magazine as 'spam' probably because it comes from a mass mailer. Either that or they are just jealous of our peerless content

     *  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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    CRYPTOLINK: Sasquatch Ontario's Videos Just Got Even More Weird and Ridiculous

    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. 

    Oh, wow. The audio you're about to hear at the beginning of this clip is so ridiculous, it was put there to make us laugh. The tracks are impressive, but it would have been more believable if the vocalizations were left out.

    Read on...
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    WALLY THE COMEDY RHINOCEROS: Yesterday's News Today

    Oll is away so for today Yesterday's News Today is done by Wally the Comedy Rhinoceros. He is a stand-up comedian of some renown. Here is one of his rhino-related jokes.

    Q: What do you know when you see three rhinos wearing matching pink sweatshirts?


    A: They are all on the same team!

    Ha Ha! That was funny. Sidesplitting. Yes. Ha!

    Now for the news....

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  • Laser beam makes flies flirt
  • Farmer is the last to take cows swimming
  • Famed Milwaukee County Zoo orangutan's death cause...
  • USDA spending $3M to feed honeybees in Midwest
  • Livestock beating pandas to the bamboo buffet
  • Microscopic Creepy-Crawly Discovered By Ohio State...

  • Ancient beasts roam Spain's wilderness

    • And now for a happy tune that you can whistle while you work:

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