At the beginning of the 21st Century monsters still roam the remote, and sometimes not so remote, corners of our planet. It is our job to search for them. The Centre for Fortean Zoology [CFZ] is - we believe - the largest professional, scientific and full-time organisation in the world dedicated to cryptozoology - the study of unknown animals. Since 1992 the CFZ has carried out an unparalleled programme of research and investigation all over the world. Since 2009 we have been running the increasingly popular CFZ Blog Network, and although there has been an American branch of the CFZ for over ten years now, it is only now that it has a dedicated blog.

Saturday, 13 September 2014

ON THIS DAY IN WEIRD



On This Day in Weird, September 13...

1988: The "Christian Rapture" fails to occur on schedule, as predicted by NASA engineer-turned-"prophet" Edgar C. Whisenant in his book 88 Reasons Why the Rapture Is in 1988. Disappointed like all end-time hucksters before him, Whisenant pushes the date back to October 3—when, once again, nothing happens. Future publications set the date for 1989 and 1993, without result.

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