Saturday, May 10, 2014

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. 



BIGFOOT NEWS IN BRIEF



Bigfoot Evidence: Filmmakers From Idaho Produce Bigfoot Mockumentary
In Dr. Jeff Meldrum's own backyard of Pocatello, Idaho, two young filmmakers are releasing a bigfoot mockumentary titled "The Search For Sasquatch".

The Maryland Bigfoot Footage | Bigfoot Now
We bring you the latest breaking news from the Bigfoot World. However his site contains some dated material, all of it still relevant as there has been ...

INCREDIBLE ENCOUNTER WITH TWO BIG FOOT CREATURES! | Paranormal - Before It's News
I have not been one to find much interest in the Big Foot issue for many reasons. I think the biggest reason was that up until now I have not come ...

Bigfoot | The Blogger Girls
Blurb: Bigfoot hunters prowl the forests of Cripple Creek, Colorado. That doesn't sit well with Thom Woodmen—a Bigfoot—albeit the runt of his family

Bigfoot Evidence: Check Out This Online Bigfoot Gift Shop
Crypto Addicts is an Online store featuring all kinds of cool products and gifts that appeal to the bigfoot lover in all of us. The various products feature
Bigfoot Track Found: Interview Tom Baker | Bigfoot Now
The Crypto Crew Interview Series – Interview with Tom Baker who recently found a possible bigfoot track while on an expedition with Ridge Walkers ...

Bigfoot in Ohio | Bigfoot Now
There is now even a cable television show dedicated to communicating and finding the creature. Bigfoot believers, like Doug Waller, say that the ...

Mid-America Bigfoot Research Center • View topic - The Bouvier Bigfoot Footage - The Full Story
Editor's Note: This is a guest post by Daniel Perez of the Bigfoot Times. The full story is in the current edition of the Bigfoot Times ...

Bigfoot Evidence: The Tall Tale of Tommy Turcotte, the Boy Raised by Bigfoot
Once again he dazzles us with his art skills, and clues us in on his new graphic novel that takes a look at bigfoot like we've never seen it before.

Bigfoot Evidence: Man Claims Bigfoot is an Alien Off-Road Vehicle
Bigfoot Evidence Matt K.
We hear some pretty weird theories here at Bigfoot Evidence, but this one is out there. WAY out there. There's a man who claims that bigfoot creatures ...

TODAY'S BIG CAT NEWS


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: The Wonderful World of Cats - HD Nature Wil...
  • VIDEO: Big Cats of the Timbavati - National Geogra...

  • VIDEO: THE JAGUAR: BIG CATS - Animals/Nature/Wildl...
  • THE GONZO BLOG DOO-DAH MAN SINGS LUSTILY

    The Gonzo Daily - Saturday
     
    We actually finished the latest issue of Gonzo Weekly at a sensible time last night. It will be up on www.gonzoweekly.com very soon. All I have to do now is add the links and it will go live. This week's issue features a conversation between Jaki Windmill and the late Mick Farren, an interview with the mighty XNA, a feature on Crowded House, and a collection of more news, reviews, views, interviews and brindled gnus (OK, no specialised ox-like antelopes, 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!!!
     
    The full list of artists covered in this week's episode is: Mick Farren, Chuck Berry, Led Zeppelin, Morrissey, Pussy Riot, Nirvana, Monty Python, Stonehenge, Galahad, Michael des Barres, Fish, Robert Calvert, Rab Noakes, Barbara Dickson, Sendelica, Erik Norlander, Rocket Scientists, Clepsydra, Rick Wakeman, Ginger Baker, Rush, Marillion, Strange Fruit, Sub Reality Sandwich, Jaki Windmill, Tim Rundell, Howard Smith, Elaine Sturtevant, Leslie Thomas, Jean Philippe Rykiel, Joey Molland, David Jackson, Rene van Commenee, Pierre Moerlen’s Gong, Clearlight, Planet Earth Rock ‘n’ Roll, Kevin Ayers and the Whole World, Ian Anderson, Damon Albarn, Mike Oldfield, XNA, John Lennon, Yes, Steve Howe, Steve Hackett, Michael Jackson, One Direction, Bay City Rollers, Bob Dylan,  Justin Beiber, Kataklysm, Lives & Times, Asmegi
     
    Read the previous few issues of Gonzo Weekly:
    Issue 76 (Rick Wakeman cover)
    http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2014/05/gonzo-weekly-78.html
    Issue 75 (Hawkwind cover)
    http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2014/04/gonzo-weekly-75.html
    Issue 74 (Billy Sherwood cover)
    http://forteanzoology.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/gonzo-weekly-74.html
     
    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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    Reverence Festival: Line-Up Additions Announced Joining Headliners Hawkwind & Electric Wizard
    http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2014/05/reverence-festival-line-up-additions.html
     
     
     
    GONZO TRACK OF THE DAY: Public Image Ltd.- Flowers of Romance
    http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2014/05/gonzo-track-of-day-public-image-ltd.html
     
    Asheville musicians celebrate Bob Moog in benefit
    CAPTAIN BEEFHEART'S Harpo's Detroit 1980 Concert Released
     

    *  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.com/2012/11/all-gonzo-news-wots-fit-to-print.html
     
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    *  Jon Downes, the Editor of all these ventures (and several others) is an old hippy of 54 who - together with an orange kitten named after a song by Frank Zappa puts it all together from a converted potato shed in a tumbledown cottage deep in rural Devon which he shares with various fish, and sometimes a small Indian frog. 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 the orange kitten?

    KARL SHUKER: FROM BIG BIRDS TO BIGFOOT


    Is the giant flightless prehistoric bird Diatryma [=Gastornis] alive and well and living in Washington State, USA? Karl Shuker investigates.

    Read on...

    OLL LEWIS: Yesterday's News Today


    On this day in 1967 the Journalist and author Jon Ronson was born. Ronson is best known for his books “The Men Who Stare at Goats”, “Them: Adventures With Extremists” and “The Psychopath Test”.
    And now the news:

  • Plague of 'giant jellyfish' could reach Devon's sh...
  • Argentina yields three new tarantula species
  • Study of sea anemones leads to new branch in the t...
  • Humans may benefit from new insights into polar be...
  • Mystery Starfish Plague Extends to Canada and Mexi...
  • Extinct kitten-sized hunter discovered
  • Drones to be deployed across Kenya to combat poach...
  • 1,000 crayfish released into river at Builth Wells...
  • Squid Reveal the Sweet Side of Pain
  • Court Rules That Sunder WILL Be Free!

  • Ronson was also a keybord player for Frank Sidebottom's band and has co-written the screenplay for a film incredibly loosely based on Frank staring Michael Fassbender and the guy who's in the new Star Wars film. It was released in cinemas yesterday and looks like it might be fun, the trailer is here: