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.

Tuesday 2 February 2021

DOG-EATER

This strange animal was reported from Kentucky in the 19th Century.  The animal seems to have been vaguely described, with a woolly coat and a bushy tail.  The curious thing was it would only eat dogs, at least most times, hence its peculiar name of "dog-eater" in local lore.  Although seen by a number of witnesses, no very clear identification of its species was made.  Perhaps it was a species totally unknown to the witnesses.  Dogs that it encountered seemed terrified of it.  This information comes from one of the fascinating reports in Adam Benedict's book Monsters in Print.

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