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 31 March 2016

DO ALIENS LIVE ON EARTH?

Well, I'm not one!



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1902: STRANGE BEAST

Here's one dug out of the archives.

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BLUE BELL HILL

There has been another sighting of a Big cat at Blue Bell Hill in Kent, England, we are informed by Neil Arnold.  Blue Bell Hill has had big cat sightings reported since the 16th Century.

Was it a Puma?

MYSTERY OF THE RED CAT

Here's a little mystery from English folklore.  There must have been a Red Cat of singular notoreity or legend in the north of England.  He is commemorated in sculpture and place-names, but what he did to earn fame we do not know, for the folklore about him has died unrecorded.

The Red Cat has been sculpted as a capital in the chapel at Brimstage Hall.  This was built in 1376.  There is a Red Cat pub in Crank and there was another in the village of Brimstage itself, but it was destroyed before World War II.  There is a Red Cat Lane in Burscough and a Red Cat Hill in Harrogate.  The story of this Red Cat is, however, lost in the mists of time.

However, to keep the name at least in circulation, a modern Red Cat Inn has been built in Greasby.

   

FLYING CRYPTIDS

This includes the Ahool, a large bat-like creature.

Image courtesy Lon Strickler


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UNKNOWN SPIDER RELATION

A fossilized creature related to spiders and until now unknown to science has been discovered and explains why spiders have thriven.

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MOUNT SHASTA BIGFOOT HUNT

A televised hunt for Bigfoot will take place in the region of California's Mount Shasta.

Mount Shasta

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ON THIS DAY IN WEIRD


On This Day in Weird, March 31...

2012: A fisherman photographs "a very strange footprint" in Missoula County, Montana, on the Flathead River, six miles west of Parma. According to the witness, "It was made by something with a very large bare foot." Photos of the area and the footprint in sand may be seen online at http://bfro.net/GDB/show_report.asp?id=34899


Wednesday 30 March 2016

SIBERIAN UNICORN

The Elasmotherium, coeval with Man, corresponded in many respects to our image of the Unicorn.



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LITTLE PEOPLE IN DETROIT

What were these diminutive humans?

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BIGFOOT PROGRAM COMING UP

It is to be hosted by the Southeastern Ohio Bigfoot Investigation Society.

Image courtesy Lon Strickler


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HOME OF BIGFOOT

The Chamber of Commerce of Remer (Minnesota) has declared that Remer is to be called 'the Home of Bigfoot'.  Does Bigfoot know?

Remer (Minnesota)

ON THIS DAY IN WEIRD


On This Day in Weird, March 30...

1973: California's Lancaster Ledger-Gazette newspaper reports the story of 19-year-old witness Rim McDonald, claiming that a 7-foot-tall Bigfoot rose from tall grass in front of her and fled, running upright like a human.


Tuesday 29 March 2016

HUMANOIDS WITH FANGS

An incident from Japan.



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LOCH NESS - LESSER MYSTERY CREATURES

Yes, it's been said there's more than Nessie in the Loch.

Loch Ness


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IS THERE FORENSIC PROOF OF BIGFOOT?

Recent claim is made at conference.




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BLUE MAN OF SPRING CREEK

A legendary being of the Ozarks.

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ON THIS DAY IN WEIRD


On This Day in Weird, March 29...

2007: Residents of rural Simpson County, Kentucky, report finding "a large, white, hairy, clawed, and horned type gorilla" with "four large fangs" asleep in their backyard at 1:30 a.m., snoring loudly. They further report that other local farmers have heard "horses and donkeys being taken down and ripped apart and screaming," while their own dog has several times "come home bloody" after chasing the source of loud screeching sounds in the nearby woods.


Monday 28 March 2016

WAS THIS A MEGALODON ENCOUNTER?

Decide for yourself from this account.

Megalodon jaws


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UNDER THE SEA

New species found in ocean depths off Hawaii.

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UFO OVER LAS VEGAS

A sighting on March 19th.



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BIGFOOT IN TEXAS

The Hairy One has been reported in Lufkin.



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ON THIS DAY IN WEIRD


On This Day in Weird, March 28...

1967: A motorist driving near Munroe Falls, Ohio, at 2:30 a.m. reports striking one of four or five large-headed humanoid beings that ran across the road in front of his car. All of the entities escape, but the collision leaves dents in the vehicle's bumper.


Sunday 27 March 2016

EXTINCT?

Are some supposedly extinct animals still alive?



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SASQUATCH - A 19th CENTURY ACCOUNT

This is an account of people who believe in men stealing giants.



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HEADLESS HORSEMAN

A 19th Century mystery.

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WHERE IS SHAKESPEARE'S SKULL?

In Stratford-on-Avon, England, Shakespeare's grave is shown in a church, but there is a curse placed on anyone who opens it.  It has now been established by X-ray that the skull is missing.  Where is it?



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EASTER GREETINGS TO ALL READERS

ON THIS DAY IN WEIRD


On This Day in Weird, March 27...

2015: A resident of Rutherford County, North Carolina, hears "something hard to describe" from the front porch of his rural home, later going online and reporting to the GCBRO that the sounds matched alleged Bigfoot vocalization recordings posted on YouTube. In the same report, the unnamed ear-witness claims other "loud screeches" and similar sounds spanning the past two weeks.


Saturday 26 March 2016

ON THIS DAY IN WEIRD


On This Day in Weird, March 26...

2007: British Columbia's Victoria Times Colonist runs an article describing YouTube footage of Sasquatch allegedly shot near Tofino on the west coast of Vancouver Island. The actual footage may be viewed today on the BFRO's website at http://www.bfro.net/GDB/show_article.asp?id=526


CATH PALUG

The fearsome cat of Celtic legend.



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DRAGONS AND SEA-SERPENTS

In this article, sea-serpents are regarded as Water-Dragons.




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REPTILIAN HUMANS

Were they once on Earth?



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SLEEP PARALYSIS CREATURES

Sleep paralysis creatures seem to be widely reported at present.

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BIGFOOT IN ALASKA

An word about Bigfoot in the largest state.

Image courtesy Lon Strickler


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Friday 25 March 2016

MYTHOLOGY OF THE GRIFFIN

The Griffin is one of the best known legendary creatures.


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CRYPTIDS HERE AND OVERHEAD

A look at Dogmen and Volant Cryptids.

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BEAST OF BRAY ROAD

A look at Wisconsin's Dogman.

Image courtesy Lon Strickler


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BIGFOOT AND HOOD CANAL

A themed vacation trailing the Hairy One.

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ON THIS DAY IN WEIRD


On This Day in Weird, March 25...

1930: Renowned Fortean author John Alva Keel is born Alva John Kiehle in Hornell, New York. His published works include Jadoo (1957), Strange Creatures From Time and Space (1970), Our Haunted Planet (1971), The Mothman Prophecies (1975), and Disneyland of the Gods (1988).


Thursday 24 March 2016

WATER-MONSTERS AND MERFOLK

This article takes a look at water monsters and merfolk of Scotland.



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SUCCARATH OF ARGENTINA

A monstrous animal reported in early times.



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CATLIKE HUMANOID ENCOUNTER

Can such things really exist?

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GHOST CITY IN CHINA

A ghostly city has been observed in China and the suggestion that it is part of a parallel universe has been made.  I incline more to the explanation that it is a mirage.

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ESP AND ANIMALS

Government-backed research in the United States.

Woof!


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MAINLAND THYLACINE REPORTED

A thylacine has been reported on mainland Australia.

Image courtesy Lon Strickler


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COLORADO BIGFOOT

Alleged meetings with the Hairy One.



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ON THIS DAY IN WEIRD


On This Day in Weird, March 24...

1975: Witnesses Michael Bennett and Lawrence Groom allegedly see a Bigfoot eight to nine feet tall, rocking a car beside the Goulds Canal at Black Point, in Dade County Florida. Inside the car, they claim its lone male occupant is screaming hysterically. Bennett and Groom report the incident to police, who file a report but find no evidence.


Wednesday 23 March 2016

ARE LAMPREYS DANGEROUS?

Do they attack humans?

Sea Lamprey


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SEA MONSTER SIGHTINGS

A selection from Australian newspapers.


Image courtesy Lon Strickler


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BIGFOOT(?) REPORTED IN TEXAS

Bigfoot-like creature seen on bridge over Lake Conroe.

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GRASSMAN ENCOUNTER

Grassman is regarded as simply another term for Bigfoot.  Whatever he may be, one was allegedly seen in 2012 in Ohio.

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DID BIGFOOT ATTEMPT HOMICIDE?

A woman tells of a Bigfoot attack in Utah.

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BIGFOOT IN THE OZARKS

Article on recent sightings.



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ON THIS DAY IN WEIRD


On This Day in Weird, March 23...

1998: Tennessee Bigfoot researcher Mary Green, with her son and a third party, heard "three distinctive and quite heavy thudding sounds like footsteps" in the forest at an undisclosed area where previous Sasquatch reports had been filed. Searching further, they found and photographed a freshly killed calf weighing estimated 175 to 200 pounds, lying with its stomach ripped open. Photos of the mutilated carcass may be views on the GCBRO website at http://gcbro.com/TBCKP.htm. Ms. Green, a controversial Sasquatch tracker, author, and alleged "habituator," sadly died in Tennessee on March 17, 2016, at age 72.


Tuesday 22 March 2016

STRANGE BARKING BATRACHIAN

A story from 1912.  It looked like a frog and barked like a dog.



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WHAT HAPPENS TO THE BONES OF BIGFOOT?

Why don't we find skeletons here and there?

Image courtesy Lon Strickler


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OHIO'S TROLL BRIDGE

What were these creatures?

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BIGFOOT AT FORT LEWIS

Was there a Bigfoot at this military facility?



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HOWLER MONKEY SNAKE

It is said to have the head of a howler monkey and the body of a boa constrictor.  What is it?

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MICHIGAN DOGMAN

This article was put up in 2012 to mark the "25th Anniversary" of Dogman sightings.  It gives an account of an episode in 1993.



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MONSTER AT NEW MADRID

What was this river monster encountered in 1877?

New Madrid


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ON THIS DAY IN WEIRD


On This Day in Weird, March 22...

1976: While on patrol in Mill Valley, California, police officers Edward Johnson and Dan Murphy heard growling and screeching sounds from some roadside brush. Using flashights, they reportedly saw a "large, dark-colored thing" walking upright and scrambling over and eight-foot-high wall to escape. The next morning, as reported in the Los Angeles Times, a dead deer was found at the same location.