Thursday, June 22, 2017

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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  • CRAPPY RIVER MONSTER REPORTAGE



    Even by the standards of The Daily Star the following headline is bad: "Is that the Loch Ness? Viewers terrified by hellish footage of underwater monster". Presumably they mean "Is that the Loch Ness Monster?" but in any case the answer is a resounding "NO, OF COURSE IT ISN'T YOU SEMI LITERATE SCUM BADGERS!" Loch Ness is, after all, in Scotland whereas this story takes place in Florida.

    Check it out here: http://tinyurl.com/y9zhtzy3

    The bloke seen at the beginning of the story is grinning like a monkey, and is obviously far from being "horrified", and the "monster" is obviously a shoal of fish of some kind (or possibly a school of some small cetacean). However the Daily Fail claimed that it was either immigrants, benefit claimants or single parent families come to steal good white people's jobs and fish food.

    River beast emerges from water

    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



    Bigfoot turned up in the vicinity of the village Chornivka
    Bigfoot turned up in the vicinity of the village Chornivka Bigfoot turned up in the vicinity of the village Chornivka Kyshtovskiy rayon. At least, so say.

    ZOO FOOTAGE CAPTURES GORILLA, WHEN HE TURNS AROUND
    Bigfoot - Sasquatch - American's Great Ape Message Board: ZOO FOOTAGE CAPTURES GORILLA, WHEN HE TURNS AROUND.

    Bear Lake Bigfoot Sighting
    The Rocky Mountain Sasquatch Organization hits an area of a recent bigfoot sighting in hopes of catching one on 

    THE GONZO BLOG DOO-DAH MAN JUST IS. OK?

    The Gonzo Daily: Thursday
     
    Even by the standards of The Daily Star the following headline is bad: "Is that the Loch Ness? Viewers terrified by hellish footage of underwater monster". Presumably they mean "Is that the Loch Ness Monster?" but in any case the answer is a resounding "NO, OF COURSE IT ISN'T YOU SEMI LITERATE SCUM BADGERS!" Loch Ness is, after all, in Scotland whereas this story takes place in Florida.
     
    Check it out here: http://tinyurl.com/y9zhtzy3
     
     
    The bloke seen at the beginning of the story is grinning like a monkey, and is obviously far from being "horrified", and the "monster" is obviously a shoal of fish of some kind (or possibly a school of some small cetacean). However the Daily Fail claimed that it was either immigrants, benefit claimants or single parent families come to steal good white people's jobs and fish food.
     
    But now, here is the news:
     
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    Gonzo Magazine #239
    THE ALL AROUND THE WORLD ISSUE
     
    Kev eulogises about New Zealand’s Miss Peach and the Travelling Bones, who are one of the best bands I have heard all year, John writes about the new sounds of the Summer of Love’s 50th Anniversary, Alan remembers the Isle of Wight Festivals at the cusp of the 60s and 70s, and Richard attends the Deke Leonard memorial concert, while Jon burbles about The Beatles.
    And listen up Kiddies: It’s all free!
     
    And there are radio shows from Mack Maloney, Strange Fruit, Canterbury Sans Frontieres and Friday Night Progressive. We also have columns from all sorts of folk including Roy Weard, Mr Biffo, Neil Nixon and the irrepressible Corinna. There is also a collection of more news, reviews, views, interviews and pademelons outside zoos (OK, nothing to do with small marsupials who have escaped from captivity, 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!!!
     
    This issue features:
     
    Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Goldie, Neil Young, Phil Collins, Libertines, Woodstock, Liam Gallagher, Alice Cooper, Skunk Anansie scholarship, Wilko Johnson, Strange Fruit, Friday Night Progressive, Canterbury Sans Frontieres, Mack Maloney's Mystery Hour, Anita Pallenberg, Charles P (Chuck) Thacker, Rosalie Sorrels, Corneliu Stroe, Adam West, Norris "Norro" Wilson, Sam Beazley, Mary Hopkin, Steve Howe, Ashton, Gardner and Dyke, Tony Klinger, Alan Dearling, Isle of Wight Festivals, Dave Houghton, Circus Zyair, John Brodie-Good, Summer of Love, Owsley "Bear" Stanley, Lindsey Buckingham, Christine McVie, Todd Rundgren, David Crosby, Kev Rowland, Miss Peach and the Travellin' Bones, Richard Foreman, Deke Leonard, Tim Burness, Tyrannosorceress, 8Kids, Art Fristoe Trio, Barrows, Beasto Blanco, Mr Biffo, Roy Weard, Hawkwind, Martin Springett, Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, Eminem, Elvis, Derek and Clive
     
    Read the previous few issues of Gonzo Weekly:
     
    Issue 238 (Hawkwind)
    Issue 237 (Hawkwind)
    Issue 236 (Manchester)
    Issue 235 (Jon Anderson)
    Issue 234 (Al Atkins)
    Issue 233 (Richard Strange)
    Issue 232 (Roy Weard)
    Issue 231 (Allan Holdsworth)
    Issue 230 (Curtis Womack)
    Issue 229 (Larry Wallis)
    Issue 228 (Space Pharoahs)
    Issue 227 (Chuck Berry)
    Issue 225-6 (The Rites of Spring)
    Issue 224 (Hibernal)
    Issue 223 (Beatles)
    Issue 222 (Cruise to the Edge)
    Issue 221 (Deke Leonard)
    Issue 220 (Larry Wallis)
    Issue 219 (Martin Stone)
    Issue 218 (Mark Reiser tribute)
     
     
    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!
     
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    NEWS FROM NOWHERE - Thursday

    ON THIS DAY IN - 1633 Galileo Galilei forced to recant his Copernican views that the Earth orbits the Sun by the Pope (Vatican only admits it was wrong on Oct 31, 1992!)
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