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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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Tuesday, February 28, 2012

MORE ON THE JOURNAL OF CRYPTOZOOLOGY


Karl Shuker and I have had lots of correspondence over the past day and a half. People seem very interested in the JoZ.

The biggest question seems to be how does one subscribe? The answer to this one is simple - you don't.

We are compiling a mailing list, and whenever an issue is available, we shall email you with the price and how to get it. In addition it will also be available on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk and various other on-line outlets.

If you want to know more about the JoZ then Karl Shuker has started a Facebook Group in which the progress of this project can be monitored.

Please feel free to get involved...

HAUNTED SKIES: Daily Mirror 11.9.65


OLL LEWIS: Yesterday's News Today

http://cryptozoologynews.blogspot.com/

Today is ‘leap-day’ which means that traditionally ladies can propose to their men (in my opinion there is nothing to stop a lady proposing on any date, but that is frowned upon by romance and chick-lit writers who would otherwise loose a useful plot device or something)

And now the news:

Polysternon Isonae, a New Species of Turtle That L...
Ancient tracks are elephant herd
RNA Interference Cancer Treatment? Delivering RNA ...
Big Bird: Fossils of World's Tallest Penguin Disco...
Bird Flu, Swine Flu … and Now Bat Flu?
318 wolves killed in Idaho – Because they eat deer...
New road risk to Iran’s cheetahs & leopards
Pine marten fear for capercaillie
Otter poo reveals surprising facts about otter's d...
CAT NEWS FROM AROUND THE WORLD
BIG CAT NEWS FROM AROUND THE WORLD

Talking about weddings, have a clip from Gavin and Stacey:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGK3sZoOsis

DALE DRINNON: Freshwater monkeys/bunyip variations


One being another update on the Freshwater Monkeys theory by Tyler Stone:

http://frontiersofzoology.blogspot.com/2012/02/more-kappa-news-from-tyler-stone.html

And then another launching a series on varieties of Australian Bunyips:

http://frontiersofzoology.blogspot.com/2012/02/dead-bunyip-preserved-in-outline.html

BIGFOOT EYE-SHINE VIDEO: Hmmmmmm

POSSIBLY THE BEST THING I HAVE EVER SEEN

Many thanks to Corinna who knows the way to my heart better than anyone else.















Monday, February 27, 2012

BIG CAT NEWS: Wiltshire and Cheshire

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 in some way by us, so we should have a go at publishing a regular round-up of the stories as they come in.

It takes a long time to do, and is a fairly tedious task, so I am not promising that they will be done each day, but I will do them as regularly as I can. JD

Big cat spotted in Chelworth
Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard

“It wasn't enormous but it was certainly bigger than a usual cat and it didn't walk like one either – it was quite a determined stride. Mrs Lawes added the beast didn't seem to be on the hunt. “We've all got pets, and my neighbours have got chickens ...



Two more sightings today, one in Wiltshire and one in Cheshire..


Have you spotted the Birchwood big cat?

This Is Cheshire

The pair said they were 'gobsmacked' when the cat, which was the size of a labrador, climbed up a tree before leaping down 15 minutes later. It is the second big cat sighting in the Gorse Covert mounds area. Bernadette said: “I'm going to pursue this ...