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Half a century ago, Belgian Zoologist Bernard Heuvelmans first codified cryptozoology in his book On the Track of Unknown Animals.

The Centre for Fortean Zoology (CFZ) are still on the track, and have been since 1992. But as if chasing unknown animals wasn't enough, we are involved in education, conservation, and good old-fashioned natural history! We already have three journals, the largest cryptozoological publishing house in the world, CFZtv, and the largest cryptozoological conference in the English-speaking world, but in January 2009 someone suggested that we started a daily online magazine! The CFZ bloggo is a collaborative effort by a coalition of members, friends, and supporters of the CFZ, and covers all the subjects with which we deal, with a smattering of music, high strangeness and surreal humour to make up the mix.

It is edited by CFZ Director Jon Downes, and subbed by the lovely Lizzy Bitakara'mire (formerly Clancy), scourge of improper syntax. The daily newsblog is edited by Corinna Downes, head administratrix of the CFZ, and the indexing is done by Lee Canty and Kathy Imbriani. There is regular news from the CFZ Mystery Cat study group, and regular fortean bird news from 'The Watcher of the Skies'. Regular bloggers include Dr Karl Shuker, Dale Drinnon, Richard Muirhead and Richard Freeman.The CFZ bloggo is updated daily, and there's nothing quite like it anywhere else. Come and join us...

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Wednesday, August 27, 2014

TODAY'S BIG CAT NEWS

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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  • NESSIENEWS (Caveat Lector)



    BBC News

    Four complete 500-mile challenge in Nessie pedalo
    A team of four have completed a challenge to clock up 500 miles (800km) in a Loch Ness Monster-shaped pedalo. Londoners Natasha and Nico Kirby ...


    21 Myths and Facts About the Loch Ness Monster
    Scary, gigantic, and monstrous, the Loch Ness Monster is a mythological creature said to exist in the Loch Ness water body of the Scottish Highlands

    CFZ 'PEOPLE' - Marty Taylor



    RIP Marty


    Helen and her family have lost a much loved friend, Marty, who passed away Tuesday aged 17.  He was such a gentle cat, who would tap you with his paw when he wanted a cuddle.  He will be sadly missed, and we pass on our condolences to the Taylor family.


    THE GONZO BLOG DOO-DAH MAN COGITATES

    The Gonzo Daily - Wednesday
     
    We had a happy and entertaining evening with Adam Davies last night; after working on his forthcoming book for CFZ Press, Graham and I introduced him to the joys of Strega, and hence there are a few thick heads around this morning. The hedgehogs were up and active last night, and Corinna took Adam out by torchlight to see them. This evening half of North Devon (OK five people) have heard about Adam's visit via the bush telegraph and are descending upon us this evening for traveller's tales and lentil cottage pie...
     
     
    The latest issue of Gonzo Weekly (#92) is available to read or download at www.gonzoweekly.com. It has the Weird Weekend featuring various Gonzo luminaries such as Wally Dean, Judge Smith, Crystal Grenade and C J Stone. We have Merrell Fankhauser's autobiography. Doug Harr was there when Paul McCartney revisited the site of the last ever Beatles concert. There are also new shows from the wonderfully eccentric Jaki and Tim on their Submarine, from the multi-talented Neil Nixon at Strange Fruit and from M Destiny (hopefully fully recovered from his recent illness) a collection of more news, reviews, views, interviews and long nosed potoroos (OK, no weird little marsupials, 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!!!
     
    Read the previous few issues of Gonzo Weekly:
     
     
    All issues from #70 can be downloaded at www.gonzoweekly.com if you prefer. If you have problems downloading, just email me and I will add you to the Gonzo Weekly dropbox. The first 69 issues are archived there as well. Information is power chaps, we have to share it!
     
    You can download the magazine in pdf form HERE:
    http://www.gonzoweekly.com/pdf/
     
    To make sure that you don't miss your copy of future issues make an old hippy a happy chappy and subscribe
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    As well as the Gonzo Weekly, there is a daily service called - wait for it - The Gonzo Daily, and you can subscribe for free HERE:
    http://eepurl.com/OvPez
     
    *  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 an orange kitten named after a song by Frank Zappa 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 kitten?

    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.





    BIGFOOT NEWS IN BRIEF



    New Bigfoot Video from Squamish, British Columbia area
    Squamish, B.C. Bigfoot video from back in May made headlines in and around the Bigfoot community and now a new video from the area. A group

    What are the top ten states to find Bigfoot in
    ... Cryptids and Legendary Creatures > Bigfoot Yeti and Sasquatch > What are the top ten states to find Bigfoot in? In Bigfoot Yeti and Sasquatch 

    EYE WITNESS: White Bigfoot Sighting in Alabama
    Dale Boswell: “Bigfoot decoy/lawn décor” attracts a white Bigfoot in Phenix City, Alabama. Eye-witness Susan (daughter of Dale Boswell), see's a ...

    News Feed - Catch Bigfoot In The Trailer For The New Thriller Exists
    netCatch Bigfoot in the Trailer for the New Thriller ExistsComingSoon.netLionsgate has brought online the trailer for Exists, the new horror film from 

    Is Bigfoot lurking in the woods of Vicksburg?
    Is Bigfoot lurking in the woods of Vicksburg? Posted by Shderia Thompson - email · Powered by WorldNow. WTOL logo. 730 North Summit Street

    STEALING BIGFOOT CAPTURED ON GAME CAM
    The Bigfoot Project: Bigfoot caught on game cam after years of stealing from man's hunting site! Bigfoots ARE The Locals. They live here. They were ...

    Trail Cam Pic Of A Bigfoot?!
    Some people have suggested that he lower left hairy part is actually the top of someone's head. What do you think it is? Bear? Person? Bigfoot

    The Blair Witch Guy Made A Movie About Hunting Bigfoot, You Have...
    I just can.t help myself, which is why you should probably take the following sentence with a grain of salt: I am pumped up about this new Bigfoot movie 

    I'm Still Waiting
    I can't remember when it was that Rick left but it sure is nice having the peace and quiet. I see Dyer has gone on to other things...things that might be a 

    'Sasquatch' stolen, recovered along river
    “My neighbors across the river contacted my son, who was home, and said somebody just stole your Bigfoot,” Ackley said. “He was at least 100 foot up ...

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