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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, November 11, 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.




    NESSIENEWS (Caveat Lector) Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm



    Footage appears to show Nessie's head and neck emerging from Loch Ness
    Video footage appears to have captured the latest image of the Loch Ness monster – showing a long thin neck and head emerging from...

    Lochness Monster finally been caught on video
    Has Nessie finally been caught on video Footage appears to show monster s head and neck ... Lochness Monster finally been caught on video.

    New Loch Ness Monster footage emerges
    Richard Collis had been traveling along the side of the loch when he spotted something unusual. The 58-year-old had been driving on a road ...

    Loch Ness Monster Spotted, Recent Video Shows 'Clearer' Look At 'Nessie'
    White witch Kevin Carlyon stands by a statue of the Loch Ness Monster as he performs an invocation on the banks of Loch Ness in an attempt to ...

    TAMARA'S DIARY 10th November

    Tamara is the new intern. She is the latest in a line of charming young ladies who have come to do stuff here. Tamara knows her stuff and we are looking forward to a long and mutually fruitful relationship. I have bullied her into writing for these pages so you will soon get to know her for yourself. 



    Today when I arrived, I weighed the two spur thighed tortoises (Testudo graeca) and the small one had put on some more weight but the larger one has lost some again, I discussed this with Jon, and added tortoise pellets to their diet. By the end of the day they had eaten the majority of it and seem happier. I also changed the crows and pigeons food and water. I went to feed the axolotls. One of them made me jump so I ended up throwing the worms everywhere, they still got some nice worms when I cleaned up. I fed Martha the baby pigeon and cleaned a few ffish tankfilters, I also gave the crow my mirror last week, he seemed to be interested at first but not as much as I thought he would. I have decided to reposition it to see if it makes a difference.

    BIGFOOT NEWS IN BRIEF



    Northern Kentucky Bigfoot Research Group
    The Northern Kentucky Bigfoot Research Group have been asked to be interviewed on Nite Callers Bigfoot Blogtalk radio, hosted by Laurie ...

    THE GONZO BLOG DOO DAH MAN LOOKS OUT OF THE WINDOW

    The Gonzo Daily - Tuesday
     
    Tamara was here yesterday. She really is a delightful young lady and worked very hard. Today we have the advent of another new toiler in the CFZ Vineyard - Danny, a young man of 17 who will be taking over the gardening from Mark Raines, who - although he continues as cartoonist and blogger - has now moved to Northam. Today also sees the return of Jessica Taylor who has been a fixture in this office anytime since she was seven, a decade ago. It is all getting very complex. Martha the baby pigeon is now an immensely greedy little thing and flaps her wings and makes peculiar wheezing noises every time anyone comes in the kitchen. Archie is getting very protective of her and growls and barks anytime another dog or a cat goes near her. He is a funny little fellow and either gets jealous of, or possessive of each new creature that arrives.
     
     
     
    Jack Bruce, Corky Laing, Mountain, Tony Palmer, Steve Hillage, Erasure, Keith Levene, Jon Anderson, Yes, Nick Redfern, Cat Stevens, Steve Ignorant, Hawkwind, and Daevid Allen fans had better look out! The latest issue of Gonzo Weekly (#103) IS available to read at www.gonzoweekly.com, and to download at http://www.gonzoweekly.com/pdf/.
     
    It has Jack Bruce on the cover, and features an interview with Corky Laing about his erstwhile bandmate inside. We also have a tribute to Jack Bruce from Tony Palmer, and another from Rob Ayling together with an unpublished photoshoot of Bruce and Pete Brown. But there's more! There is news about Daevid Allen, Doug Harr goes to see Erasure, Jon waxes lyrical about Steve Ignorant's new album, and critiques Yusuf Islam's and comes to the conclusion that Cat Stephens is a very brave man.  Xtul are still in the deep woods, and Corinna finds some real Beatles tat. There is news and unpublished pictures from Keith Levene in Prague, and we send Steve Hillahe to a desert island. There are also new shows from the multi-talented Neil Nixon at Strange Fruit and from M Destiny at Friday Night Progressive, and the massively talented Jaki and Tim are back with their submarine and Maisie the cow. There is also a collection of more news, reviews, views, interviews and turtles having a snooze (OK, no soporific chelonians, 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!!!
     
    Read the previous few issues of Gonzo Weekly:
     
    Issue 102 (Steve Hillage cover)
    http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2014/11/the-gonzo-weekly-102.html
    Issue 101 (Tommy James cover)
    http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2014/10/gonzo-weekly-101.html
    Issue 100 (Jon Anderson cover)
    http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2014/10/gonzo-weekly-100.html
    Issue 99 (Judge Smith cover)
    http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2014/10/gonzo-weekly-99.html
    Issue 98 (Matt Malley cover)
    http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2014/10/gonzo-weekly-98.html
    Issue 97 (Evelyn cover)
    http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2014/09/gonzo-weekly-97.html
    Issue 96 (Oz cover)
    http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2014/09/gonzo-weekly-96.html
    Issue 95 (Mick Rogers cover)
    http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2014/09/gonzo-weekly-95.html
    Issue 94 (John Ellis cover)
    http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2014/09/gonzo-weekly-94.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!
     
    You can download the magazine in pdf form HERE:
    http://www.gonzoweekly.com/pdf/
     

    *  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
     
    * We should probably mention here, that some of our posts are links to things we have found on the internet that we think are of interest. We are not responsible for spelling or factual errors in other people's websites. Honest guv!

    *  Jon Downes, the Editor of all these ventures (and several others) is an old hippy of 55 who - together with an infantile orange cat 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 infantile orange cat?

    ANDREW MAY: Words from the Wild Frontier

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

    From CFZ-USA:

    NEWS FROM NOWHERE - Tuesday

    ON THIS DAY IN 1918 - World War I came to an end when the Allies and Germany signed an armistice. This day became recognized as Veteran's Day in the United States. 

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  • AND TO WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK... (Music that may have some relevance to items also on this page, or may just reflect my mood on the day)