Karl Shuker reveals what may be a previously-undocumented Nessie sighting, given to him many years ago by Tim Dinsdale.
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Tuesday, July 30, 2013
KARL SHUKER: A HITHERTO-UNDOCUMENTED(?) SIGHTING OF THE LOCH NESS MONSTER GIVEN TO ME BY TIM DINSDALE ON 25 JULY 1987
Karl Shuker reveals what may be a previously-undocumented Nessie sighting, given to him many years ago by Tim Dinsdale.
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ANDREW MAY: Words from the Wild Frontier
From Nick Redfern's World of Whatever:
- Animal Mutilations in the UK — Satanic rituals on Dartmoor...
- Pig-Headed! — The Huffington Post on a terrible and unearthly creature...
- Monster or Oversized Critter — When is a monster not a monster?
- Werewolf Problems — Separating fiction from reality...
CORINNA DOWNES: Journey to the Centre of the Garden of England (and the Sussexes)
So, with our Gonzo Multimedia hats on, we (Jon, young Jessica and I) were off to Kent to film Judy Dyble and others at the SOL festival, visit CJ Stone in Whitstable and then visit Mick Farren of The Deviants in Brighton on our way home. What started out as an adventure turned into a freaky episode of peculiarities, culminating in a very sad return journey.
There were so many odd occurrences that they cannot go by without a mention. Jess certainly had a baptism of oddities during this, her first, trip away with 'uncle and aunt'. She seemed to enjoy herself and we hope that any future trip she may accompany us on will be a little less full of such strangeness. She is great company, as are all of her family, and we hope she would like come with us again some time. Thanks Jess, you were a star.
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OLL LEWIS: Yesterday's News Today
On this
day in 1975 in what would become one of the USA's most famous missing persons
cases, Jimmy Hoffa disappeared from a restaurant car park in
Detroit.
And now
the news:
Not
exactly Jimmy Hoffa but here's a trailer for a damn good film about missing
persons, starring The Dude:
Monday, July 29, 2013
THE (WHITE) PANTHER SLEEPS TONIGHT
People always say that they they know where they were when they heard the news that Elvis had died, or when they heard of John Lennon's assassination. I will always remember where I was when I heard that Mick Farren had died - I was in Brighton, on my way to see him. I had telephoned both his home and mobile numbers, and when I got no reply I telephoned Graham, my oppo back in North Devon, to see if there was an email from Mick changing our appointment. He told me that he had received two or three unconfirmed reports that Mick had collapsed on stage last night. I asked him to try and find out some more details for me to see if there was anything I could do.Half an hour later he telephoned me saying that Helga Colquhoun had emailed me confirming that Mick had died without regaining consciousness. It goes without saying that we are all completely devastated.
Because Gonzo recently became The Deviants record label, we received a considerable number of inquiries asking for news. As some of the initial reports implied that Mick was alive in hospital, I asked Graham to find out as much information as possible for me, which he did tactfully and kindly. I would like to thank him publically for all he did in regard to this difficult situation in my absence.
Bob Dylan once said about Johnny Cash "You could set your compass by [him], no matter where you were, he was always heading in the same direction, steady and true..." I would like to say the same thing about Mick Farren
I am not going to claim that Mick Farren and I were friends. I only met him once, and had about three enjoyable telephone conversations as well, but I like to think that he and I would soon have become friends. Because Mick was everything that I aspire to be. A massively principled man with the heart of a revolutionary, a childlike and wicked sense of humour, an immense talent and a social conscience second to none. His version of that much maligned term anarchism, and mine, were and are almost identical. Above all he was a kind, ethical and gentle man, whom - one would suspect much to his amusement - my late father would have described as very much a gentleman. I had great love and respect for him, and I hope that in the weeks, months and years to come, as part of Gonzo Multimedia we shall help bring his invaluable work, and inspirational legacy to new generations.
Rest in Peace Mick.
When I Am Dead, My Dearest
When I am dead, my dearest,
Sing no sad songs for me;
Plant thou no roses at my head,
Nor shady cypress tree:
Be the green grass above me
With showers and dewdrops wet;
And if thou wilt, remember,
And if thou wilt, forget.
I shall not see the shadows,
I shall not feel the rain;
I shall not hear the nightingale
Sing on, as if in pain:
And dreaming through the twilight
That doth not rise nor set,
Haply I may remember,
And haply may forget.
Sing no sad songs for me;
Plant thou no roses at my head,
Nor shady cypress tree:
Be the green grass above me
With showers and dewdrops wet;
And if thou wilt, remember,
And if thou wilt, forget.
I shall not see the shadows,
I shall not feel the rain;
I shall not hear the nightingale
Sing on, as if in pain:
And dreaming through the twilight
That doth not rise nor set,
Haply I may remember,
And haply may forget.
~Christina Rossetti
FORTEAN BIRD NEWS FROM THE WATCHER OF THE SKIES
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. So after about six months of regular postings on the main bloggo Corinna took the plunge and started a 'Watcher of the Skies' blog of her own as part of the CFZ Bloggo Network.- Genetic Secrets of the World's Toughest Little Bir...
- Endangered bird dies entangled in fishing line
- RSPB warns seabird numbers falling
DALE DRINNON: Giant otter, crocodrillum from bestiaries, Frontiers of Anthropology, Benny's Blogs
New at Frontiers of Zoology:
http://frontiersofzoology.blogspot.com/2013/07/the-osteology-and-paleoecology-of-giant.html
http://frontiersofzoology.blogspot.com/2013/07/cocodrillum-from-bestiaries.html
New at Frontiers of Archaeology: http://frontiers-of-anthropology.blogspot.com/2013/07/scotland-lunar-calendar-find-sparks.html
New at Benny's Other Blog, The Ominous Octopus Omnibus:
http://frontiersofzoology.blogspot.com/2013/07/cocodrillum-from-bestiaries.html
New at Frontiers of Archaeology: http://frontiers-of-anthropology.blogspot.com/2013/07/scotland-lunar-calendar-find-sparks.html
New at Benny's Other Blog, The Ominous Octopus Omnibus:
Best Wishes, Dale D.
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