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, 13 May 2026

MYSTERY DOOR IN THE GIANT'S CAUSEWAY

When they opened it, they found an anomalous interior and saw figures moving slowly towards the entrance.  They have yet to reach the mystery door. 


The Giant's Causeway is a natural rock formation in Northern Ireland.   Folklore says it was built by Finn mac Cool, a giant, but in the earlier legends Finn is not a giant.  


Giant's Causeway


TALKING ROOSTER

Our good friend the natural historian Pliny makes reference to a Talking Rooster.  It belonged to a man named Galerius and seems to have been kept in the farmyard.  Pliny adds that this was the only such creature of which he could learn.  (He lived before the time of Foghorn Leghorn.)



 

TWO NEW NESSIE SIGHTINGS

To add to the 1926 total.





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WHY BIGFOOT IS STILL A MYSTERY

Is he very shy?





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CADBOROSAUROS

Sea monster of the North Pacific.





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AMERICA'S OLDEST CRYPTID

The Jersey Devil.





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ALERION


This bird was said to be the king of the birds.  Only a single pair were said to exist.  When chicks emerge from alerion eggs, the parents drown themselves.  Although Pliny mentions this supposed creature, it is mainly used for purposes of heraldry.