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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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Thursday, April 21, 2011

DEAD ALIEN FOUND IN RUSSIA

This video has been splattered across the internet. It is claimed variously that this is a proven hoax/totally true. We decided to find out what the people in the video are actually saying. My stepdaughter's boyfriend Ivan is translating it for us. However, it is apparently in an obscure Russian dialect. His initial impressions are that there is a lot of swearing, and something about it "having been eaten by dogs". We await the final results of his labours with great interest.




DALE DRINNON: An unsightly slugly snake

http://frontiersofzoology.blogspot.com/2011/04/mulilo-supposedly-unsightly-slugly.html

DALE DRINNON: The Titanic Turtles of Tele



http://frontiersofzoology.blogspot.com/2011/04/titanic-turtles-of-tele.html

MUIRHEAD'S MYSTERIES: BIgfoot in Macclesfield again

Folks, Macclesfield is again the centre of cryptozoological excitement as you can see from this photo of a poster of Bigfoot in the window of the Thai House Takeaway, just 60 seconds from my front door. The address is 168 High St Macclesfield, SK11 7QE 01625 427863.

HOAN KIEM NEWS: Hoan Kiem turtle is a new species

http://english.vietnamnet.vn/en/science-technology/7350/hoan-kiem-turtle-is-a-new-species.html

VietNamNet Bridge – Dr. Tran Binh, Director of the Institute for Biological Technology, on April 18 told VTC News that the institute had finalized the DNA test of the legendary turtle in Hanoi’s Hoan Kiem Lake. They claim that the turtle is not a specimen of the massively endangered Rafetus swinhoei after all, but a new species they have named Rafetus Vietnamensis. However, as far as I was aware, the Hoan Kiem animal had already been named Rafetus leloii. I am confused!

However, there is a whole slew of Hoan Kiem stories here, including claims that there may be as many as three turtles in the lake, and an account of the lonesome death of the last known turtle.

But you who philosophize disgrace and criticize all fears
Take the rag away from your face
Now ain't the time for your tears.

Hoan Kiem turtle moved to “sanatorium”
Many people see two Hoan Kiem turtles
Hoan Kiem turtle fished out for treatment
The death of the giant turtle in Ngoc Son Temple
The origin of Hanoi’s legendary turtle

HAUNTED SKIES: Visiting Rachel

http://hauntedskies.blogspot.com/2011/04/our-trip-to-rachel-in-2007.html

OLL LEWIS: Yesterday's News Today

http://cryptozoologynews.blogspot.com/
On this day in 1944 the adventurer Steve Fossett was born.
And now, the news:

It's all white to be a rare sight in the bush
Illinois Residents Report Large Snake on the Loose...
Prehistoric Human Brain Found Pickled in Bog
BP oil spill: The environmental impact one year on...
Fossil from 275 million years ago shows oldest abs...

Steve Fossett was a legend:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vjmr89Hiipk