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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, December 15, 2014

HIT PARADE FOR NOVEMBER (CFZ PRESS/FORTEAN WORDS)

UK

1. Manbeasts by Adam Davies (1)
2=. Quest for the Hexham Heads by Paul Screeton (3)
2=. MYSTERIOUS CREATURES: A Guide to Cryptozoology - Volume 1 by George Eberhart (8)
4. The Great Yokai Encyclopaedia by Richard Freeman (8)
5. Monster by Neil Arnold (-)
6. When Bigfoot Attacks by Michael Newton (-)
7=. Dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals on stamps by Karl Shuker (-)
7=. Pygmy Elephants by Matt Salusbury (-)
9=. Haunted Skies Vol 1 by John Hanson and Dawn Holloway (-)
9=. Haunted Skies Vol 2 by John Hanson and Dawn Holloway (-)


US

1. Manbeasts by Adam Davies (1)
2. Monsters of Texas by Ken Gerhard and Nick Redfern (3)
3. Pygmy Elephants by Matt Salusbury (-)
4. Journal of Cryptozoology Vol 2 by Karl Shuker (-)
5. The Great Yokai Encyclopaedia by Richard Freeman (3)
6. Big Bird by Ken Gerhard (1)
7. Journal of Cryptozoology Vol 1 by Karl Shuker (9)
8=. When Bigfoot Attacks by Michael Newton (-)

8=. Sea Serpent Carcasses by Glen Vaudrey (-)
8=. Extraordinary Animals Revisited by Karl Shuker (2)

Last month's positions in this pinky colour, which I think is called cerise. The slow sales are continuing. The politicians who claim we are out of the recession are, I believe, talking nonsense. I would, however, like to welcome Ronan Coghlan who has taken over running the CFZ Press Facebook page and other bits and bobs of publicity. Thank you mate, it is much appreciated.

HIT PARADE FOR OCTOBER (CFZ PRESS/FORTEAN WORDS)

UK

1. Manbeasts by Adam Davies (-)
2. Haunted Skies Vol 6 by John Hanson and Dawn Holloway (-)
3=. Haunted Skies Vol 1 by John Hanson and Dawn Holloway (-)
3=. Haunted Skies Vol 2 by John Hanson and Dawn Holloway (-)
3=. Haunted Skies Vol 3 by John Hanson and Dawn Holloway (-)
3=. Haunted Skies Vol 4 by John Hanson and Dawn Holloway (-)
3=. Quest for the Hexham Heads by Paul Screeton (-)
8=. The Great Yokai Encyclopaedia by Richard Freeman (2)
8=. MYSTERIOUS CREATURES: A Guide to Cryptozoology - Volume 1 by George Eberhart (4)
8=. Orang Pendek by Richard Freeman (2)




US

1. Manbeasts by Adam Davies (-)
2. Extraordinary Animals Revisited by Karl Shuker (4)
3=. The Great Yokai Encyclopaedia by Richard Freeman (1)
3=. Monsters of Texas by Ken Gerhard and Nick Redfern (4)
5. Wyrd by J G Montgomery (-)
6=. The Owlman and Others by Jonathan Downes (6)
6=. Tetrapod Zoology Book One by Darren Naish (6)
6=. Cats of Magic, Mythology and Mystery by Karl Shuker (2)
9=. Journal of Cryptozoology Vol 1 by Karl Shuker (4)
9=. The Mystery Animals of the British Isles: The Northern Isles by Glen Vaudrey (6)

Last month's positions in this pinky colour, which I think is called cerise. The slow sales are continuing. The politicians who claim we are out of the recession are, I believe, talking nonsense. I would, however, like to welcome Ronan Coghlan who has taken over running the CFZ Press Facebook page and other bits and bobs of publicity. Thank you mate, it is much appreciated.

THE GONZO BLOG DOO DAH MAN MAKES AN IMPORTANT DECISION

The Gonzo Daily - Monday
 
And so we start the countdown towards what is euphemistically known as the 'Festive Season'. The blogs for both Gonzo and CFZ will continue through this time unabated, but there will be a bumper issue of Gonzo Weekly, published sometime next weekend or very early the next week which will last for a fortnight with the first edition of 2015 coming out on the 3rd January. Why this break with tradition? We have always kept the postings as normal until now. The sad truth is that none of us are getting any younger and would relish some relief from our self-imposed schedule...
 
 
 
Merrell Fankhauser, Lee Pomeroy, Unidentified Flying Wassnames, René van Commenée, Jon Anderson, Yes, Hawkwind, and Daevid Allen fans had better look out!
 
The latest issue of Gonzo Weekly (#108) is available to read at www.gonzoweekly.com, and to download at http://www.gonzoweekly.com/pdf/. It has Merrell Fankhauser on the cover talking about his latest project that involves setting music to some apparently alien transmissions from off the coast of Malibu. Doug Harr interviews the legendary Lee Pomeroy, René van Commenée expounds at length on his Desert Island Discs, and also builds a huge musical art machine in the middle of Antwerp, Xtul declare war on humanity and give away their new single as a Christmas gift, and there are also new shows from the multi-talented Neil Nixon at Strange Fruit and from M Destiny at Friday Night Progressive, and the titular submarine dwellers are back with another episode of Sub Reality Sandwich (except its not). There is also a collection of more news, reviews, views, interviews and anteaters wishing to snooze (OK, nothing to do with dozy edentates, 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:
 
 

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/…/all-gonzo-news-wots-fit
 
* 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?

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.



XTUL: Winter

Each week there is a story about Xtul in the Gonzo Weekly. Now it is your chance to hear their scabrous new seasonal single. Check out www.xtul.co.uk if you dare

BIGFOOT NEWS IN BRIEF:



Researcher reaches out to scientific community to prove existence of Bigfoot
A man who has been searching for Sasquatch for nearly a decade says he may finally have evidence that Bigfoot exists but he just needs the scientific ...

Does Bigfoot exist? One Calgary research says as many as 10 live between BC and Alberta border
Bigfoot enthisasts may have caught a big break! One Calgary based researcher says he's found the DNA evidence to at least prove the legendary ...

Bigfoot Sightings In Michigan!
Click in and read where there have been bigfoot sightings in Michigan...as close as Charlotte!


Classic Breakdown: Bigfoot Caught on Tape Ouachita National Forest
We revisit a classic breakdown from the ParaBreakdown channel of "Bigfoot Caught on Tape" from the Ouachita National Forest in Arkansas.

'I need a geneticist': Man claims hair DNA proves Bigfoot lives in BC forest
He believes his long-standing hunt to prove Bigfoot's existence is gaining tremendous momentum. And he's looking for geneticists to verify his findings 


Breaking News!! Bigfoot Killed and captured by Drone!
Bigfoot Killed and captured by Drone! Rick Dyer with Project Sasquatch took this footage on 10/25/2014 the day of the killings. Posted by Bigfoot ...


Phil Poling analysis of Todd Standing's Bigfoot is heavily flawed
Enter Todd Standing, a self-avowed bigfoot researcher. Standing has purportedly had multiple encounters with these creatures and has even ...

Which Bigfoot Footage Is Dr. Jeff Meldrum Watching? (Video)
They say Jeff Meldrum may be turning a blind eye to Todd Standing's claims and the reason is because has yet to watch some of Standing's ...

Watch: The US government knows Bigfoot is Real
This is a really well made mini-documentary on the subject of Bigfoot. Does the U S government knows about Bigfoot? Somehow, this documentary ...

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.


  • NEWSLINK: Volusia plans workshop for feral cat pro...
  • US SIGHTINGS: Bobcats won't stay off local radar
  • NEWSLINK: Now Depardieu admits eating LIONS:
  • LION MAULS A NEO NAZI
  • VIDEO Evidence of the Giant Black Beast in England...
  • VIDEO Top 5 Most Amazing Animal Hybrids
  • VIDEO Lion VS Rhino - Black Rhino ATTACK Male Lion...
  • VIDEO Lions Documentary - Specialized Lions - Spec...


  • VIDEO Lion's Fight To The DEATH - Africa's Dry Sav...
  • THE CRYPTODANE: No wolves, no trolls, only dogs!!!

    As my last blogpost states, a dead headless young deer was found on Friday in a very popular deerpark/forest just north of Copenhagen. It created quite a stir, as it wasn't just killed. It's entire head and neck had been ripped off. Since wolves were officially added to the Danish fauna in 2012, everybody has been a little jittery, so of course the newspapers went beserk with stories about whether it could actually be a wolf.

    Read on...


    NEWS FROM NOWHERE - Monday

    ON THIS DAY IN 1840 - Napoleon Bonaparte's remains were interred in Les Invalides in Paris, having been brought from St. Helena, where he died in exile. 

  • Home Range and Habitat Selection of the Endangered...
  • Bushfires Give Predators the Advantage
  • Earth faces sixth ‘great extinction’ with 41% of a...
  • Filefish Species Uses Chemical Camouflage To Alter...
  • Story of bizarre deep-sea bone worm takes unexpect...
  • For Sex-Changing Fish, Size Matters in Urchin Batt...
  • Toxic nectar affects the behavior of insect pollin...
  • Are massive sea squid really the sea monsters of l...

  • Father gives birth to a hundred baby seahorses

  • 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)