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, 29 July 2025

FAIRY ENCOUNTERS

These are allegedly true.





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HYBRID OF TWO GENERA

A memory of a phenomenal birth in Chester Zoo.


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WHAT TO DO TO SAVE PANGOLINS

Surely we don't wish them to become extinct.





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SCARING GEESE FROM PARK

Gertie does it.


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MANSFIELD MONSTER

Charles Mill Lake near Mansfield (Ohio) was the scene of a rather frightening episode in 1959.  Three witnesses claimed to have seen a hominid with green eyes and apparently no arms emerge from the water.  It left flipper-like footprints.  It was reported again in 1963, when it was said to be luminous. 


Charles Mill Lake


BULGASARI

Korean legendary beast with an appetite for metal.


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THE BEAST OF GEVAUDAN -EXTINCT WEREWOLF?

A new theory about this fearsome creature.





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Friday, 25 July 2025

ORB OF THE VALLEY


A lighted orb that seems to be alive and to show intelligence
 has been reported in the East Fairfield-Bakersfield area of Vermont.  It responds to human speech and on one occasion actually responded to an invitation to enter a cabin.  Matthew Williams once mentioned in the existence of such creatures in England, while Rob Riggs, whose area of expertise is the Big Thicket in Texas, has also mentioned such creatures.

MORTALS IN FAERIE REALMS

They allegedly crossed over into them.





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WHAT WAS WEIRD CREATURE?

A puzzling humanoid.


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FOOTAGE OF BROSNO DRAGON?

Russia's lake monster.





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ARCHAEOLOGICAL HOAXES

That fooled the world.


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UFOs: CANADIAN GOVERNMENT REPORT

It has been released.





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STATUE OF KAPPA TO BE REPLACED

After years of service.


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Thursday, 24 July 2025

PORTALS TO ANOTHER DIMENSION

Do they exist?





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MONSTERS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE WORLD

What's down there?





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BLUE SKELETON MAN

Photo from Japan.


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KILLER MERMAIDS

Beware of the splashing ones!





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RETURN OF WOLVES TO YELLOWSTONE

Upsurge in Aspen trees.





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SASQUATCH AND THE MAN-MONKEY

Account from Staffordshire, England.





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FORTHCOMING BIGFOOT FILM

Based on the Ostman abduction.





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NATIONAL PARK MONSTERS

4 of them.





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PREHISTORIC CREATURES IN MODERN TIMES

Caught on camera.


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Wednesday, 23 July 2025

UNBELIEVABLE MERMAID ENCOUNTERS

Deep in the Ocean.





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AQUATIC APE HYPOTHESIS

Did pre-humans go through an evolutionary time in the water?





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CHATS LAKE MONSTERS

This Canadian lake was said in days of yore to harbor a population of monsters.  According to a report in an 1882 issue of the Stevens Point Journal, an actual specimen was killed bysailors.  It proved to be 11 feet in length and 13 inches in circumference. 

NEODINOSAURS IN THE AMAZON BASIN

Are any lurking there?





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BIGFOOT HOTSPOTS IN CALIFORNIA

12 of them.





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STRANGE CREATURES DISCOVERED IN AUSTRALIA

Including an eyeless wasp.


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CRUSTACEAN MYSTERY SOLVED

It involves parasitic barnacles.


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