CFZ PEOPLE: Dave Archer

Congratulations to Dave and his partner Natasha. They have had a little boy. Dave writes: '...all is well. We are calling him Flint. He was 6lb 2 oz and came along last Thursday.'

ANDREW MAY: Words from the Wild Frontier

News and stories from the remoter fringes of the CFZ blogosphere...

From Nick Redfern's "There's Something in the Woods...":

• Chupacabra Synchronicity — A strange coincidence while filming in Puerto Rico...
• Monstrous Ghosts? — Are cryptids the ghosts of long-extinct animals?
• Profiling The Man-Monkey — Nick dissects a notorious Bigfoot-like entity (but not literally)...

From CFZ Australia:

• Savage Shadow is in print once more — An iconic book about the search for the Australian Cougar...
• Baby wombat found in Ceduna is all white — Hairy nose wombats are rare, and white ones even rarer...
• Drivers urged to slow down, save a devil — A new initiative to reduce Tasmanian devil road deaths...
• The Hunter raises questions about ethics — Movie focuses on the issues surrounding bioprospecting...

KITHRA INVESTIGATES MYSTERIOUS RADIO STATIONS

http://kithraskrystalkave.blogspot.com/2011/10/mysterious-radio-numbers-stations.html
Mysterious Radio Numbers Stations
Or, you can read the article direct, here:
http://www.kithra.com/mysteriousradionumbersstations.html

IT'S THE WEIRDEY WOODPECKER SHOW

Yesterday I was looking for a picture of an Imperial Woodpecker to accompany an article on the recently released film from Cornell University, when I found this. It is a pale-billed woodpecker photographed in Belize. Is it just me, or is this the most peculiar-looking bird you have ever seen?

Image source

HAUNTED SKIES: Cecil Hardy, November 1970

http://hauntedskies.blogspot.com/2011/10/cecil-hardy-case-november-1970.html

OLL LEWIS: Yesterday's News Today

http://cryptozoologynews.blogspot.com/

On this day in 1886 the first ticker tape parade takes place as the Statue of Liberty is dedicated. Who amongst us can say they’ve never wanted a spontaneous ticker tape parade in their honour?
And now the news:

How woodpeckers avoid head injury
Giant stag killed by poachers
Tears for the 'river pig'
Blue whales off California. Why aren't they recove...
Attempt to reunite rescued Bengal tiger cub with m...
Dinosaurs may have migrated: study
PETA Sues SeaWorld Under US Slavery Law

See, ticker tape parades are awesome (they probably pee street cleaners right off though):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6S8hlR0y9T4

DALE DRINNON: Chinese dragons/Jade Trade

Here is the first part of a two-part article looking at the origins of Chinese Dragons:
http://frontiersofzoology.blogspot.com/2011/10/water-pigs-and-pig-dragons.html

And here is the first part of a two-part look at the early uses of, trade in, and attitudes toward the minerals collectively known as jade:
http://frontiers-of-anthropology.blogspot.com/2011/10/jade-trade.html