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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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Monday, October 03, 2011

ANDREW MAY: Words from the Wild Frontier

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

From CFZ Australia:
From CFZ Canada:

LOCH AWE MONSTER

Someone called Sallyumbo commented on one of Lindsay's posts and as it was so interesting I decided that I should also post it as a bloggo post in its on right!

Around Easter 2000, my husband and I were driving north past Loch Awe for our first weekend away together. As we drove alongside the loch, I saw to my amazement something that looked to me exactly like pictures I'd seen of the Loch Ness Monster. A long neck and head sticking out of the water at the front, and two humps behind it. It was moving quite swiftly through the water. I was completely astonished. I had never heard of any monster in Loch Awe. I actually said nothing, thinking that my new fiancee would think I was completely mad if I announced I could "see the Loch Ness Monster" so I just watched in silent wonder. A couple of hours later we stopped for lunch at a pub. There was tourist info available in the form of leaflets there, and one was about Loch Awe. Imagine my feelings when I read, "Loch Awe is said to be home to a monster like that of Loch Ness". "It does!! I saw it!!" I yelled,beside myself with excitement. Needless to say my fiancee thought I was crazy. But I'm sure I really did see what people call the Monster of Loch Awe.

Scientists Plan To Reverse Evolution 2011



Goodness me.

HAUNTED SKIES: Sunday Mirror, 1st September 1968


http://hauntedskies.blogspot.com/2011/10/september-1st-1968.html

OLL LEWIS: Yesterday's News Today

http://cryptozoologynews.blogspot.com/

On this day in 1957 Sputnik 1 was launched by the USSR. Sputnik 1 was the first man made object to orbit the Earth and its launch publicly kicked off the Space Race between the USSR and the USA.
And now the news:

Penis size does matter for bank voles, says study
Russian and US Veterinarians Collaborate to Solve ...
Silence of the plans risks building horror story
The world's most threatened and healthiest sea tur...
Canada plans massive seal cull
Coral reef collapse: eight warning signs
Origin of Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid Is Still a Mys...

There's a beep in the sky in 1957. A metal ball that flies through Soviet heaven:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDMGxpglMwM

CFZ CANADA: Can You Satiate The Pseudo Sceptics?



http://cfz-canada.blogspot.com/2011/10/can-you-satiate-pseudo-sceptics.html

An excellent and thought-provoking article by Matthew J Didier