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.

Wednesday, 15 June 2016

ON THIS DAY IN WEIRD


On This Day in Weird, June 15...

1857: A farmer named Bradley, in Ottawa, Illinois, reports hears a hissing sound overhead and sees a rain of cinders falling to earth, landing in a V-shaped pattern some 15 yards from where he stood. On impact, grass catches fire and bare soil steams. Furthermore, large cinders "bury themselves" into the soil, and even smaller ones appear to penetrate a little. The day was generally rainy, and Bradley allegedly saw a particular small, dark cloud over his property when the unexplained cinders fell.


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