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.

Thursday 30 November 2017

ELF SIGHTINGS IN OHIO AND INDIANA

A set of reports on sightings of Elves.

GIANT SLOTH - STILL SURVIVING?

Is this huge relation of the sloths still about?



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RECENT MOTHMAN PHOTOGRAPH

Taken in Mason County, West Virginia.



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BIGFOOT ENCOUNTER WASATCH MOUNTAINS

Another encounter with the Hairy One.



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BIGFOOT AND PARANORMAL

Is there are paranormal aspect of Bigfoot?



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EL CUERO

A monster looking like a floating cowhide.

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DEEPEST DISCOVERED SNAILFISH

It has been discovered in the Mariana Trench.

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DNA TESTS DO NOT REVEAL YETI

Analysis of possible yeti hairs prove negative.



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NEW MILLIPEDE DISCOVERED IN SPAIN

Another new species has just been discovered.

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BANANAS DESTROYED BY ALLEGED SPIRIT CREATURE

What lies behind this mystery in Uganda?

Wednesday 29 November 2017

SPEAKING ANIMALS

Animal speech in folklore.



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MONOPODS - ONE LEGGED RACES

These legendary creatures are somewhat difficult to believe in.

ALLATOONA TOE NIBBLER

What exactly is this mysterious creature?

BLACK STICK MEN - WHAT ARE THEY?

One of the strangest phenomena of modern times.

BIGFOOT AND LITTLE PEOPLE

A report from Oklahoma.



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EXISTENCE OF CENTAURS

I used to think they were a physiological impossibility.  Was I wrong?



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MYSTERIOUS HUMANOIDS

A look at very unusual humanoids.



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LION PHOTOGRAPHED IN ENGLAND

Startling encounter by man with camera.

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RHINOS IN ASIA

A selection of articles on the present stae of rhino populations, with an especial look at Sumatran and Javan rhinos.

ALIENS FROM VENUS?

Reported encounters with Venusians.


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BIGFOOT IN NEBRASKA

Police respond to Bigfoot report.



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WITNESS SEES BIGFOOT

Account of sighting by single witness.

Tuesday 28 November 2017

ANY TRUTH IN DRAGON LEGENDS?

What lies behind belief in the dragon?



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FJÖRULALLI - CREATURE OF ICELAND

A legendary creature which is said to impregnate sheep.



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PREDATOR-LIKE HUMANOIDS

These are invisible creatures resembling the creature in the movie 
Predator.

Image courtesy Lon Strickler



Update on the above article.

DO YOU EAT SPIDERS WHILE YOU SLEEP?

There is a folk belief that you do.



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IS BIGFOOT GIGANTOPITHECUS?

Is the Hairy One to be identified with this huge extinct ape?

MAN BEHIND DUMPSTER OBSERVES BIGFOOT

The experience of Dan Jackson.



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411 STRANGE CASES

A look at the Missing Persons inquiries.



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VIDEO OF BIGFOOT

Alleged video from Canada.



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GLIDING HUMANOID IN FLORIDA

How does one identify this creature?

Image courtesy Lon Strickler

ARE THESE ALIEN BACTERIA?

They were said to have been found on the International Space Station.



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FLAT EARTH BELIEVER'S FLIGHT STOPPED

Authorities have stopped a steam-powered flight by a man seeking to prove the earth was flat.

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Monday 27 November 2017

GECKO GOD OF AUSTRALIA

A look at the Ipilya of Australian Aboriginal mythology.



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CARMEL AREA CREATURE

A weird creature reported from Ohio.

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UNUSUAL CONSPIRACY THEORIES

These involve Lizard People, Human Clones and Fairies.



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GREEN EYES

Strange humanoid reported at the time of the American Civil War.

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YELLOW-EYED PENGUIN THREATENED

This New Zealand species is in peril.



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OREGON BIGFOOT WITNESS

Story of a sighting.



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NEANDERTHAL CANNIBALISM

A gruesome archaeological find.



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GREENBRIER GHOST

A ghost reported from West Virginia.

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19th CENTURY MERMAID SIGHTINGS

There appears to have been a group in the area and multiple sightings were reported.



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NEW MOTHMAN BOOK

Lon Strickler, who has been studying the recent sightings of the Chicago Mothman/Phantom, is to bring out a new book on the Mothman legend.

Image courtesy Lon Strickler


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Saturday 25 November 2017

GIANTS OF IROQUOIS LEGEND

A look at the legendary Stone Giants.



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ECUADORIAN CRYPTIDS

A look at cryptids reported from Ecuador.



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EXPEDITION CHASES MEGA-PREDATOR

What monster lurks in the Great Australian Bight?





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NITTAEWO - HOMINIDS OF SRI LANKA

These creatures occur in the island's folklore.




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Note: Did you know that Sri Lanka was formerly named Ceylon?  That it  was called Serendib in the Middle Ages?  And that Greeks and Romans referred to it as Taprobane?

ELK ABDUCTED BY UFO

The surprising abduction of this large animal.



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N.B.  In the USA the term elk is used for the wapiti.  This is the sense here.  (In Europe the term elk means a moose.)

BLUE TARANTULA DISCOVERED

A new species of tarantula, colored bright blue, has been discovered in Guyana.



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BIGFOOT IN OREGON

Read the story of Penelope's encounter.



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PTEROSAUR WEST OF CHICAGO?

A report of a creature resembling a pterosaur.


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