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.
MYSTERY OF THE RED CAT
Here's a little mystery from English folklore. There must have been a Red Cat of singular notoreity or legend in the north of England. He is commemorated in sculpture and place-names, but what he did to earn fame we do not know, for the folklore about him has died unrecorded.
The Red Cat has been sculpted as a capital in the chapel at Brimstage Hall. This was built in 1376. There is a Red Cat pub in Crank and there was another in the village of Brimstage itself, but it was destroyed before World War II. There is a Red Cat Lane in Burscough and a Red Cat Hill in Harrogate. The story of this Red Cat is, however, lost in the mists of time.
However, to keep the name at least in circulation, a modern Red Cat Inn has been built in Greasby.
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