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.

Saturday, 31 October 2026

MEETING GOBLINS AT HALLOWE'EN

Watchout for them!


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Hallowe'en was a pagan festival held in Ireland and Scotland before Christianity.  It is still held by Chriatians, but not as a religious practice.  Modern Pagans hold it as a part of their religion, but it is not anti-Christian or devilish.  The festival was called in Irish and Scottish Gaelic Oiche Shamhna and marked the start of the year.

PARANORMAL DRAGONS

The most celebrated mythical beast.





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PARANORMAL MERMAIDS

The damsels off the sea.





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PIERCE COUNTY BIGFOOT SIGHTINGS

A look at these incidents.





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RHINOCEROS OR UNICORN?

Did Marco Polo mistake the one for the other?





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POLTERGEISTS AND THE BOGGART FACTOR

Poltergeists are a main element in folklore studies.  


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WORLD'S LARGEST KNOWN SPONGE

Size of a minivan.


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Tuesday, 27 October 2026

2 GIANT PANDAS ARRIVE IN ATLANTA

After Trump-Xi meeting.





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WAS THIS SLENDERMAN?

As Slenderman is fictitious, no; but it may have been something that looked similar.





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NEW APPALACHIAN PREDATOR

It isn't a bear.

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BEAST OF GEVAUDAN

Was he Europe's first dogman?





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COULD A UNICORN'S HORN SAVE YOUR LIFE?

How did people get one?





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WHAT IS A BINTURONG?

Not a cryptid, but a charming animal that is not well known.





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WAMPUS CAT AT KNOXVILLE

A famous American cryptid.





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MAINE'S CRYPTID MUSEUM

A place to go at Hallowe'en.


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Sunday, 25 October 2026

DID DANIEL BOONE KILL BIGFOOT?

Did the famous frontiersman encounter the Hairy One?


DANIEL BOONE



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SCARBOROUGH'S ENCOUNTERS

UFOs and Sea Monsters.





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FAIRIES OF SPAIN AND PORTUGAL

Folklore of the Iberian Peninsula.

UNKNOWN CREATURE IN WYOMING

Photographed by trail camera.


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SNAKE UNDER AIRPLANE CARPET IN JAPAN

Luckily, the plane was on the ground.





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FAIRIES OF THE BLACK FOREST

German fairy lore.





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SHELLYCOAT

In Scottish folklore, a creature covered with hair and endowed with hells which clank when it moves.  It is about the size of an otter.  It is said to be bigger out of the water than in.  It is known in the area where England and Scotland meet.  It was said to frequent a rock on the shore above Leith.  The shellycoat was also supposed to be able to fly.  It would never harm a pregnant woman.

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