CRYPTOLINK: OGOPOGO SIGHTING?

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Mysterious '40ft dinosaur-like sea creature' leaves locals STUNNED

Infosurhoy

Video footage shows the long, dark animal making its way across a lake. It appears to wriggle in and out of the water, as the man behind the camera ...

MUIRHEAD`S MYSTERIES: The saga of the only duck on Niue island, South Pacific.

The Guardian newspaper of September 8th 2018 reported the hilarious, very odd but apparently true story of the only living male mallard duck (or so it appeared from the photo in the paper`s print edition) of the same type that lives in New Zealand,the nearest large group of islands, but by "near" NZ is still 2064 miles from Niue so we have a valid mystery here.An argument was put forth that it was a released pet or escaped pet from a yacht that had arrived and left from NZ, but frankly,if I ever go on a long distance yacht trip I`d rather take something more lively and better company than a duck. Now I am not being duck-ist or duck-phobic here, a friend and I regularly feed mallards at a big pond in Macclesfield and all they ever do is eat,quack and fight each other!

If anyone has the time and money to buy the books mentioned on this very useful website then perhaps the mystery of this duck could be resolved. 

https://www.theguardian.com/science/grrlscientist/2012/apr/28/6

I have e-mailed the author of the above web site, Grrlscientist and let`s see what transpires.

The story itself says was headlined `Trevor the lonely duck gets tiny island of Niue in a flap.`According to Guardian online:

"The remote Pacific atoll of Niue, a three and a half hour flight from Auckland, has a population of 1,600 humans and, as of early this year, one duck. "The arrival of the lone bird has surprised and delighted locals. He has been christened Trevor, after the  Speaker of the House of Representatives in New Zealand, Trevor Mallard. Trevor was being fed by locals and : "People are concerned because we haven’t had a lot of rain so his puddle is drying up,” said Bollen. “There’s a collective effort among the public at large to keep the duck in water. People are just going down with containers to fill up his puddle." The duck seems to have become something of a local celebrity. Apparently Niue has no wildlife at all on land so the arrival or teleportation a la Fort of a duck is something of a sensation .Apparently according to a comment on the Guardian`s online version Trevor was being harassed by a rooster.

I e-mailed Haden Talagi the Minister for the Environment, on Niue but my email came back with a "unknown contact/not recognised" message.

As of 6.15pm UK time Sept 13th when I wrote this blog , The Guardian`s online version of this story had 250 comments,see here: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/07/trevor-the-lonely-duck-gets-tiny-island-of-niue-in-a-flap#comments.Most of the comments are facetious and amusing. Though this post by Lawrie Griffith is an exception:

"The NZ Herald report suggests that claims that Trevor the Duck is a mallard species is a 'fib' presumably because of the word association with Trevor the Speaker.

The Wikipedia entry for List of birds of Niue lists twenty nine species. None of which are ducks.

It does however mention unconfirmed reports of Pacific black duck (Anas superciliosa).
A google search for 'pacific mallard' resulted in entries for a type of steam locomotive, which is unhelpful.New Zealand Birds Online lists images of the NZ Mallard Anas platyrhynchos, in breeding plumage, which resemble quite closely media images of Trevor the Duck.

This breeding plumage also suggests that Trevor is not Trevor the Duck at all. But is in fact Trevor the Drake..."

Also the  point was made that mallards are an invasive species in New Zealand.

I have to admit the words "fake news" clearly flashed in neon in my mind but no, it`s an apparently a true story , not qwackers, and there is a photo of poor Trevor in his pond(the only pond on Niue apparently) in the paper.

Until next time , adieu.

BIGFOOT NEWS IN BRIEF

Michigan Fisherman Takes 'Bigfoot' Picture

Cryptozoology News

“It was about six feet tall and had a human-like figure,” he told Bigfoot Evidence earlier this week, not specifying when the encounter happened. “It had ...

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.

• Birds grow feathers faster at higher latitudes
• Banding together to protect the tiny noisy scrub b...
• Record year for Great Crane Project
• Early indicators suggest successful Bewick's Swan ...
• Critically Endangered macaw afforded protection
• Rare hoopoe bird ruffles feathers in West Swindon

NESSIENEWS (Caveat Lector)

Loch Ness Monster SNAPPED in shock new photograph, doctor claims

Daily Star

Dipak Ram, an NHS consultant from Manchester, reckons he caught the creature as dark “mass” during a trip to the Loch – located in the Scottish ...

Doctor believes he has snapped a new image of the Loch Ness Monster

The Sun

A DOCTOR claims to have snapped a "breathtaking" new image of the Loch Ness Monster. Dipak Ram, an NHS consultant from Manchester, took the ...

Loch Ness Monster worth £41million in tourism to Scotland - Independent Online

Loch Ness monster caught on camera by stunned NHS doctor - Scottish Daily Record

British Man Claims He Spotted Loch Ness Monster – Reports - Sputnik International

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THE GONZO TRACK OF THE DAY: Chad Mitchell Trio - T...

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