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.

VIDEO: Close encounter at Taigan Safari Park in Cr...

NEWSLINK: Tiger scare keeps students off school in...

ARTICLE: The Cougar Sightings

NEWSLINK: Hunter Nawab Shafat Ali Khan: Humans and...

NEWSLINK: Test-tube lions raise hopes for rare cat...

NEWSLINK: Mountain lion kittens found in Southern ...

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.

• Here's Why There Are Hundreds of Ancient, Mummifie...
• Impact of habitat fragmentation on migrant birds
• Burly bird gets the worm
• 'Live fast, die young' lifestyle reflected in bird...

THE GONZO BLOG DOO-DAH MAN PRAYS

The Gonzo Daily: Friday/Saturday

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YER EDITOR SEZ:

 

I was very sad to read of the death of Maartin Alcock yesterday. I new him when I used to hang out with various Fairport people many years ago. He was a kind and gentle fellow with a magnificent talent. He shall be greatly missed.

 

I first heard Suede about a quarter of a century ago when Steve Harley gave me a copy of their first album, saying that some people compared it to early Cockney Rebel records. I liked it immediately, although I didn't - and still don't - get the Cockney Rebel reference. They have a new album out today, and it is the best one they have produced for years, possibly since their 1995 masterpiece Dog Man Star. I sincerely recommend people to check it out. On just a few listenings it is up there with the best of this year's releases.

 

Corinna - thank God - continues to be pain free, and although she has intermittent discomfort is doing rather well. She is not #scheduled to go back into hospital until the beginning of so we can carry on as normal as much as we can. Please continue to keep us in your thoughts and prayers. I am convinced that the barrage of love and blessings you have sent us so far has borne remarkable results.

 

Meanwhile I continue to pretend that I am a popstar, because now I have sold six whole copies of my new album Coldharbour. If I continue at this rate I will get a silver disc sometime at the beginning of the next millenium. Coldharbour, by the way, can be found here: https://jondownes1.bandcamp.com/releases

 

I think it is really rather good, but then again I would say that wouldn't I?

 

ALL TODAY'S GONZO NEWS WOT'S FIT TO PRINT:

 

http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2018/09/thom-world-poet-daily-poem_21.html

THOM THE WORLD POET: The Daily Poem

http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2018/09/fairportstuff.html

FAIRPORTSTUFF

http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2018/09/those-we-have-lost-maartin-allcock-rip.html

THOSE WE HAVE LOST: Maartin Allcock RIP

http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2018/09/the-gonzo-track-of-day-osibisa-dawn.html

THE GONZO TRACK OF THE DAY: Osibisa - The Dawn

http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2018/09/zappastuff_21.html

ZAPPASTUFF

 

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AND THE LATEST ISSUE OF THE GONZO MAGAZINE:

 

Gonzo Weekly #303-4

THE BOOTS BOOTS BOOTS BOOTS MARCHING UP AND DOWN AGAIN ISSUE

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In another fantastically fab issue, Alan goes to  Kozfest, John goes to see Devon Allman, Graham discusses the departure of Mr Dibs from Hawkwind, Jon and Graham try to buy opioids with comedy results, Jon talks about Paul McCartney, and a kid's fantasy writer froim yesteryear, the Raz Band wow LA, and Doug goes to see Yes feat. ARW.

 

#Hail Eris!

 

And there are radio shows from Strange Fruit, Mack Maloney, AND Friday Night Progressive, AND there is a columns from Kev Rowlands, but all sorts of folk including Neil Nixon, C J Stone, AND Roy Weard and the irrepressible Corinna AND Mr Biffo are on hiatus.  There is also a collection of more news, reviews, views, interviews and red kangaroos who've lost their shoes (OK, nothing to do with the largest extant macropods who are in a quandry with regards their footwear, 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!!!

 

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kaolin and morphine, Paul McCartney, John Lennon, Amy Winehouse, Ozzy Osbourne, Bart, Alan Parsons, Elton John, Lenny Kravitz, The RAZ Band, Richard Freeman, Strange Fruit, Friday Night Progressive, Mack Maloney's Mystery Hour, Anna Karabessini, Malcolm James McCormick "Mac Miller", Wilson Moreira, Liz Fraser, Burton Leon Reynolds Jr., Elisa Serna, Conway Victor Savage, Randy Weston, Michael "Mike" A. Kennedy, Rene Garcia, Donald McGuire, Richard Bateman, Helen Shepherd, Fenella Fielding, OBE, Johnny Strike, Man, Binky Womack, Rick Wakeman, Essra Mohawk, Mick Farren and Andy Colquhoun, Doug Harr, Cruise to the Edge, ARW, Yes, Alan Dearling, Kozfest, The Dials, Thom the World Poet, John Brodie-Good, The Devon Allman Project, Allman Brothers Band,  Duane Betts, Kev Rowland, Widow's Peak, Witch Casket, Superstition, Robert Reed, Tom Newman, Les Penning, Diane Marino, Diane Moser, Jan Edwards, Hawkwind, Mr Dibs, Jon Downes, Coldharbour Diaries, The Wild Colonial Boy, Martin Springett, Edward Eager

 

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Issue 301-2 (Ringo Starr)

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Issue 298 (Alan in Hungary)

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Issue 297 (Shir Ordo)

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Issue 295-6 (Robert Berry)

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Issue 294 (Bow Wow Wow)

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Issue 293 (Stonehenge)

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Issue 292 (Rolling Stones)

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Issue 291 (Alien Weaponry)

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Issue 290 (Frank Zappa)

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Issue 289 (Misty in Roots)

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Issue 288 (Paula Frazer)

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Issue 287 (Boss Goodman)

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Issue 286 (Monty Python)

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Issue 285 (ELP)

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Issue 284 (Straqngelove)

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Issue 283 (Record Store Day)

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Issue 282 (Neil Finn and Fleetwood Mac)

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Issue 281 (Carl Palmer)

http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo281.html

Issue 280 (Steve Andrews)

 

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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BIGFOOT NEWS IN BRIEF

Bigfoot witness stories from the WNC Bigfoot Festival 2018

Squatchable

On the Road Again with Jeff and Kate posted a nice video with a compilation of Bigfoot witness stories that were shared at the WNC Bigfoot Festival ...

The hunt to prove the existence of sasquatch

The Daily Iowan

Steve Moon of the Lowlands Bigfoot Research Group simulates a sasquatch's “wood knock” in a wooded area near the Cedar River on According to ...

NEWS FROM NOWHERE: Friday/Saturday

ON THIS DAY IN -  1792 - The French National Convention voted to abolish the monarchy. 
And now some more recent news from the CFZ Newsdesk

After Last Year's Hurricanes, Caribbean Lizards Ar...

Orca mother finally abandons dead calf she carried...

Social isolation: Animals that break away from the...

Acidic oceans cause fish to lose their sense of sm...

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)