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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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Monday, October 08, 2018

MORE OGOPOGOSTUFF

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. 


According to stunned locals, the beast is suspected to be the legendary lake monster known as Ogopogo, or Canada's Loch Ness monster.

Mysterious beast dubbed 'Ogopogo' or Canada's Loch Ness monster is
Canada's very own Loch Ness monster reared its large head in Lake Okanagan this month, making it the first time that it's been seen in several …

Canada's Loch Ness Monster, the legendary Ogopogo lake monster, caught on video
Until this month, it had been years since anybody claimed to have seen the legendary Ogopogo — Canada's version of the Loch Ness monster.

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.

  • NEWSLINK: South American jaguar are losing critica...
  • NEWSLINK: Gujarat lion deaths: Congress leader Ahm...
  • ARTICLE: If big cats existed in Dorset there would...
  • VIDEO: Large lion pride strolls past man's car

  • NEWSLINK: World's first test tube lion cubs are 'h...
  • 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.


    THE GONZO BLOG DOO-DAH MAN PRAYS

    The Gonzo Daily: Monday/Tuesday
    YER EDITOR SEZ:
    This is going to mightily annoy dear Richard, and quite possibly some other people I won't mention, but I really enjoyed the first episode of the new Doctor Who last night. It was cinematically gorgeous and Jodie Wassname was excellent. But it has to be said that I was never one of the people who had apoplexy over the thought that the latest Doctor might be a woman. After all the Doctor has two hearts; why shouldn't they have two x-chromosomes?
    I still want someone who knows about marketing to come on board with the CFZ. I have the financial acumen of a small newt and find finance really rather vulgar, so would be incredibly happy if someone else came on board to do it. There may also be room for someone else to work on OTT as a Production Assistant if anyone is interested. I would very much like to become the acceptable face of alternative capitalism, if only so I can send rude and threatening letters to myself, so please get in touch.
    Corinna is still largely pain free, and being pretty damn magnificent. Thank you to all of you who keep on praying for us. 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. And being at the receiving end of such a torrent of positive vibes is a truly wonderful and humbling experience.
    Meanwhile I continue to pretend that I am a popstar, because now I have sold eight 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/…/the-gonzo-track-of-d…
    THE GONZO TRACK OF THE DAY: Hawkwind - Needlegun ...http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/…/thom-world-poet-dail…
    THOM THE WORLD POET: The Daily Poemhttp://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/…/the-hidden-heart-lif…
    The Hidden Heart (Life of B. Britten & P. Pears) (...http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/…/arthur-brown-in-stud…
    Arthur Brown In-studio on Jonesy's Jukeboxhttp://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/…/fairport-convention-…
    FAIRPORT CONVENTION STILL GOING STRONG
    OTHER IMPORTANT STUFF FROM THE GONZOVERSE:
    For those of you who are interested in such things, the Gonzo Privacy Policy is here:
    http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/p/privacy-policy-this-…
    CHECK OUT THE GONZO STORES:
    AND OTHER STUFF FEATURING VARIOUS GONZO CONTRIBUTORS:
    And if you fancy supporting it on Patreon:
    https://www.patreon.com/CFZ
    And by the way chaps and chappesses, a trip to the Jon Downes megastore may seem to be in order: 
    https://gonzotesting.blogspot.com/…/a-notion-of-shopkeepers…
    AND THE LATEST ISSUE OF THE GONZO MAGAZINE:
    Gonzo Weekly #305-6
    THE SAUCERFUL OF WASSNAMES ISSUE

    http://www.gonzoweekly.com/
    In another fantastically fab issue, Kev and Jon bid a fond farewell to Maartin Allcock, Graham has a shufti at the reactions to the new Hawkwind album, Alan looks at art from beach litter, and conducts a Listening Post with Kyle Mew, Jeremy checks out Nick Mason's Saucerful of Secrets, John goes to see David Crosby, and Jon burbles on about Erich Kastner, Michael Moorcock and Bojack Horseman.
    #Hail Eris!
    And there are radio shows from Strange Fruit, Mack Maloney, Canterbury sans Frontieres AND Friday Night Progressive, AND there is a columns from Kev Rowlands, Neil Nixon, C J Stone, AND Roy Weard AND Mr Biffo but the irrepressible Corinna is 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!!!
    This issue features:
    Erich Kästner, Bojack Horseman, Paul McCartney, Elton John, Chas Hodges, Cruise to the Edge, Peter Hook, Joy Division, Damon Albarn, Suede, Gary Numan, Nick Mason’s Saucerful of Secrets, Jeremy Smith, Richard Freeman, Strange Fruit, Friday Night Progressive, Canterbury Sans Frontieres, Mack Maloney's Mystery Hour, Max Bennett, Wesley Tinglin, Cecil James McNeely, Buren Bayaer, Denis Mostyn Norden CBE, Felton Pruett, Charles Nicholas Hodges, Dudley Sutton, Man, Binky Womack, Rick Wakeman, Essra Mohawk, Mick Farren and Andy Colquhoun, Alan Dearling, Litter Cubes, Kev Rowland, Maartin Allcock,Richard Foreman, Swanage Folk Festival, John Brodie-Good, David Crosby & Friends, Kyle Mew, Streetlight Manifesto, Frank Carter and the Rattlesnakes, Childish Gambino, Andrew Jackson Jihad, Mariachi El Bronx aka The Bronx, Random Hand, Jonathan Coulton, Brothers Moving, Gogol Bordello, Fake Problems, Downriver Dead Men Go, Earthless, Epos Nemo Latrocinium, The Fierce and the Dead, Flesh Hoarder, Frequency Drift, Frontline, Mr Biffo, Roy Weard, Chris Stone, Hawkwind, Coldharbour Diaries, Jon Downes, The Wild Colonial Boy, Martin Springett, Michael Moorcock, Spirits Burning, Neil Nixon, Vincent Gallo
    And the last few issues are:
    Issue 305-6 (Maartin Allcock)
    https://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo-303-4.html
    Issue 303-4 (kOZFEST)https://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo-303-4.html
    Issue 301-2 (Ringo Starr)https://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo-301-2.html
    Issue 299-300 (Aretha Franklin)https://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo-299-30.html
    Issue 298 (Alan in Hungary)http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo297.html
    Issue 297 (Shir Ordo)http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo297.html
    Issue 295-6 (Robert Berry)http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo295-6.html
    Issue 294 (Bow Wow Wow)http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo294.html
    Issue 293 (Stonehenge)http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo293.html
    Issue 292 (Rolling Stones)http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo292.html
    Issue 291 (Alien Weaponry)http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo291.html
    Issue 290 (Frank Zappa)http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo290.html
    Issue 289 (Misty in Roots)http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo289.html
    Issue 288 (Paula Frazer)http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo288.html
    Issue 287 (Boss Goodman)http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo287.html
    Issue 286 (Monty Python)http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo286.html
    Issue 285 (ELP)http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo285.html
    Issue 284 (Straqngelove)http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo284.html
    Issue 283 (Record Store Day)http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo283.html
    Issue 282 (Neil Finn and Fleetwood Mac)http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo282.html
    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!
    You can download the magazine in pdf form HERE:
    http://www.gonzoweekly.com/pdf/
    SPECIAL NOTICE: If you, too, want to unleash the power of your inner rock journalist, and want to join a rapidly growing band of likewise minded weirdos please email me at jon@eclipse.co.uk The more the merrier really.
    * 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.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!
    * Jon Downes, the Editor of all these ventures (and several others) is an old hippy of 59 who - together with a Jack Russell called Archie, an infantile orange cat named after a song by Frank Zappa, and two half grown kittens, one totally coincidentally named after one of the Manson Family, purely because she squeaks, puts it all together from a converted potato shed in a tumbledown cottage deep in rural Devon which he shares with various fish. 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 Archie and the Cats?

    NEWS FROM NOWHERE: Monday/Tuesday

    ON THIS DAY IN -  1945 - U.S. President Truman announced that only Britain and Canada would be given the secret to the atomic bomb. 
    And now some more recent news from the CFZ Newsdesk

  • Ethiopia deploys hidden rabies vaccine in bid to p...
  • Nearly 40,000 giraffe parts have been imported to ...
  • How similar are humans and orangutans?
  • Would you welcome a wolf in your back yard?
  • Nefarious porpoise: frisky dolphin prompts Brittan...

  • 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)