Thursday, July 13, 2017

CRYPTOLINK : Lake Norman wisdom

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. 
The man described the creature as 10-feet-long and reminiscent of the mythical Loch Ness monster. It was visible for about a minute before dropping ...
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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 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.
  • PHOTO: Leopard electrocuted at top of 12-foot elec...
  • VIDEO: Horse 'attacked by big cat' near Gympie
  • VIDEO: Jaguar dives into river to battle alligator...

  • ARTICLE: A leopard kingdom grows right in the midd...
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    THYLACINES IN THE NEWS




    "You would really need to try and pinpoint what point of that body or lake (the thylacine) was interacting with to try and collect your samples from ...

    The thylacine was declared extinct more than 80 years ago. Adelaide-based founder of the Thylacine Awareness Group of Australia, Neil Waters, met ...
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    BIGFOOT NEWS IN BRIEF



    REAL BIGFOOT CAUGHT ON CAMERA 2017!? BIGFOOT EVIDENCE!
    I have to say…….this is the best picture I have ever seen of a creature that looks like Bigfoot. The length of the arms are correct, it is very tall, and this is ...

    Bigfoot Sighting in Holmes County?
    The film is based on an alleged Bigfoot sighting on County Road 211 in western Holmes County about 9 miles southeast of Loudonville in the summer ...
    The Bigfoot Bell Trap
    Frustrated by the activity he's having, Robert Dodson comes up with a plan for a new advanced warning system using bells and fishing line around the ...

    It's a sight that can add a little jolt to your scenic drive along Startown Road in Maiden. A 7-foot tall half-man, half-ape monster called Bigfoot appears ...
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    THE GONZO BLOG DOO-DAH MAN IS, HE SUPPOSES

    The Gonzo Daily: Thursday
    Carl Marshall and his delightful girlfriend Emma came for a visit yesterday, and after they went along came Charlotte came and did some more filming for the new series of OTT. Keep yer eyes peeled for an announcement of when we go live with these episodes. In other news, Richard is off to Russia on Monday for his second almasty expedition, and we wish him well. We are all looking forward to hearing about his adventures when he returns.
    But now, here is the news:
    THOM THE WORLD POET: The Daily Poem
    THE GONZO TRACK OF THE DAY: Henryk Mikołaj Góreck...
    Interview with John French (Drumbo) on the making ...
    KEITH CHRISTMAS IN THE NEWS
    Steve Ignorant - CRASS - Interview & Live Footage ...
    Gonzo Weekly #242
    THE MIDNIGHT TOKER ISSUE
    John B-G travels across the Atlantic to see the Steve Miller Band|and Peter Frampton, Jon muses on The Beatles again, Alan visits Ben Chasny, Jeremy critiques Peter Perrett’s long awaited album and Richard visits psychedelic Cambodia.
    Yup, and it’s all free!
    And there are radio shows from Mack Maloney, Strange Fruit, and Friday Night Progressive. We also have columns from all sorts of folk including Roy Weard, C J Stone, Mr Biffo, Neil Nixon and the irrepressible Corinna. There is also a collection of more news, reviews, views, interviews and numbats with the right to choose (OK, nothing to do with small marsupials who have become eligible to vote, 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:
    The Beatles, Steve Earle, Scott Walker, Pink Floyd, Roger Waters, Spike Lee, Stew, Strange Fruit, Friday Night Progressive, Mack Maloney's Mystery Hour, John Blackwell Jr., Rudy Rotta, Barry Leslie Norman, CBE, Kelan Phil Cohran, Joan Clayton Boocock Lee, Pierre Henry, Carol Lee Scott,  Mary Hopkin, Steve Howe, Ashton, Gardner and Dyke,  Jeremy Smith, Peter Perrett, Alan Dearling, Ben Chasny, Ben Flashman, Ethan Miller, Comets on Fire, Howlin' Rain, John Brodie-Good, Peter Frampton, Steve Miller, Richard Foreman, Cambodia, Kev Rowland, Elegant Simplicity, Five Horse Johnson, Goblin, Shadow of Doubt, Jorn, Domingo Candelario, Glen Vaudrey, Mr Biffo, Roy Weard, Hoaxwind, Xtul, John Higgs, Biggie Smalls, Mic Conway's Whoopee Band, Beyonce, Kurt Cobain, Cream, Grateful Dead, The Dragons
    Read the previous few issues of Gonzo Weekly:
    Issue 241 (Carol Hodge and Steve Ignorant)
    Issue 240 (Midsummer Madness)
    Issue 239 (Miss Peach)
    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)
    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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    * 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.co.uk
    * 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!
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    NEWS FROM NOWHERE - Thursday

    ON THIS DAY IN -  1772 Captain James Cook begins 2nd voyage aboard the Resolution to the South Seas to search for Terra Australis (Southern continent)
    And now some more recent news from the CFZ Newsdesk

  • Most modern horses are descendants of recently imp...
  • Ancient South Carolina whale yields secrets to fil...
  • Ancient Swiss reptile shows its bizarre scale armo...

  • Rare hazel dormice discovered living on the Exe Es...

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    AND TO WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK... (Music that may have some relevance to items also on this page, or may just reflect my mood on the day.)
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