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 28 February 2017

ARE THERE GIANT SPIDERS?

A look at what, for some people, is a very creepy question.



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BIGFOOT - TRUTH OR FICTION?

A look at this almost iconic cryptid.



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GEORGIA RIVER MONSTER

Possible video of the Altamaha.



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ALLEGED GOBLIN ENCOUNTER

Unclear You Tube video from Argentina.

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HUMANOID IN PUERTO RICO

Encounter in 1963.

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LITTLE PEOPLE ENCOUNTERED

A You Tube video.



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UFO AND MINUTEMAN MISSILES

Did a UFO disable these weapons?



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BEINGS IN WHITE MASKS

What are they?

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LIZARD MAN IN TREE

Report of a reptilian being.



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PULLED FROM BED BY GHOST

An extraordinary story.

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Monday 27 February 2017

ON THIS DAY IN WEIRD



On This Day in Weird, February 28...

1963: Private pilots Alden Hoover and Lennart Strand report seeing a 10-foot-tall "half-bear, half-gorilla," covered in cinnamon-brown fur, walking near the unincorporated community of Confidence, California (population 50), in Tuolumne County.


VILAS - SLAVIC FAIRIES

The Vilas (or, as spelled here, Wilas) are a race of fairies in Eastern European belief.



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Another article on this subject.

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DOGMAN IN IDAHO

Encounter reported in Ada County.



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CUEGLE - THE THREE-ARMED ONE

A strange wildman from Spanish folklore.

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NEW SPECIES OF OPOSSUM

Discovered in museum in Brazil.

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MYSTERY ANIMAL FILMED IN AUSTRALIA

Can anyone identify this?  

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HOFFMAN BIGFOOT FOOTAGE

A breakdown of this footage of an apparent Bigfoot.



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HORNED SERPENT

Cerastes was the horned serpent of Greek mythology.

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Sunday 26 February 2017

ON THIS DAY IN WEIRD



On This Day in Weird, February 27...

2002: An amateur Bigfoot researcher allegedly sees two of the creatures around 5 p.m., in rural Ada County, Idaho. He snaps one indistinct digital photo that may be viewed on the GCBRO's website at http://www.gcbro.com/IDAHOada001.html.


BEWARE OF THE NACHTKRAPP

A giant raven of Central Europe.




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FAIRIES OF HUNGARY

Hungarian folk beliefs regarding paranormal creatures.


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DRAGON-HUMAN HYBRID

A creature from folklore.




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IS THIS BIGFOOT?

Footage from Ohio.



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HUMANOIDS IN BRAZIL

A case from Minas Gerais in 1971.



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A BEVY OF LOCAL MONSTERS

Have a look at monsters associated with specific locations.

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ALIEN ENCOUNTERS

Alleged meetings with aliens.



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ARE THESE BIGFOOT SOUNDS?


Nothing like a howl or two to sound convincing!



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CAN YOU FIND BIGFOOT?

Finding Bigfoot is a new game available.



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Saturday 25 February 2017

IS THIS A MARINE MONSTER?

An 8 foot serpent(?) skeleton has been washed ashore in Cornwall.  Is this, peradventure, Morgawr?

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KUMIHO - KOREAN FOX WOMAN

The tradition of the fox woman of Korea.


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CREEPY FAIRY TALES

The Brothers Grimm had some creepy fairy tales to tell.



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WHAT ARE MERMAIDS?

Video and text feature on this subject.



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ALLEGED AUDIO RECORDING OF BIGFOOT ATTACK

Have a listen to this and see what you think.



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SCARY MOTHMAN AND GOATMAN TALES

Both cryptids are well known to readers.



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HISTORY OF THE THYLACINE

An expanded history from the Thylacine Museum.  Although supposedly extinct, there have been a number of reports of this creature.



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FORTEAN BIRD STORIES

A newspaper clipping from the inimitable Richard Muirhead.



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WAS UFO IN TV SCENE?

Was one spotted in a scene in The Walking Dead?

BUDGET FOR STUDYING CRYPTIDS

Government funds for studying Bigfoot and other cryptids.



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ON THIS DAY IN WEIRD



On This Day in Weird, February 25...

1978: A boy, age 10 or 11 years old, claims a Bigfoot sighting on a roadway near Pella Bridge, outside Harvey, Iowa. He claims the creature stared at him briefly, them ambled off into nearby woods.


Pella Bridge

Friday 24 February 2017

NEW CFZ PUBLICATION

A new book appears from the pen of Richard Muirhead, fortean investigator.  There is an introduction by Dr Karl Shuker.


Price: $15.99 (USA); £12.50 (UK)                                             216pp.

BABY HIPPO SAVED

A Cincinnati Zoo baby hippo born prematurely was saved by hospital staff.  A video of the young hippo.

(not hippo in story)


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HUGE SNAKES

Reports of cryptid snakes that are bigger than any known to mainstream zoology.



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2017 BIGFOOT SIGHTINGS

A look at some of this year's sightings of the Hairy One.



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DOES BIGFOOT THROW STONES?

There may be one in Maryland which does.



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PLANETS WITH HABITABLE ZONES

Seven planets with possible habitable zones have been discovered circling the star Trappist-1.

FEMALES HUNT BIGFOOT

Female Squatchin' is a group of Sasquatch hunters composed entirely of women.





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BARMANU OF CHITRAL

A look at this creature resembling the Yeti.



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BALBAL - DEVOURER OF CORPSES

And you'll never guess what it leaves in their place.

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Thursday 23 February 2017

ON THIS DAY IN WEIRD


On This Day in Weird, February 24...

2012: Federal authorities cite Matt Pruitt, leader of a BFRO expedition at the Buffalo National River in Arkansas, for "engaging in a business without a permit or written agreement." According to a brief filed by the National Park Service, 31 participants in the three-day hunt for Sasquatch paid fees ranging from $300 to $500, with the higher rate charged to "newbies"—i.e., persons who had not patronized the group previously. In March a court fines Pruitt $525 for what he calls "a fairly innocent mistake."


Matt Pruitt

CHUPACABRA IN EUROPE

An unidentified creature found dead in the Carpathians has been held by some to be a chupacabra.



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BISON, CAVE ART AND DNA

The combination of art study and genetics has managed to trace the origin of the European bison, also known as the wisent or zubr.

MERIGOMISH SEA MONSTER

This creature was observed by Nova Scotia fishermen in 1845.  It appeared to have entered shallow water and seemingly could not return to the deep.  However, at last it managed to do so.  It was estimated at 100 feet long, with a head like a seal's and possible humps.  It was colored black.


NATIVE AMERICAN LITTLE PEOPLE

Beliefs in Little people in the Southeast USA
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FAIRIES OF ITALY

A look at fairy beliefs in the folklore of Italy.



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NEW BOOK BY ALBERT ROSALES

Albert Rosales has produced a new book in his invaluable Humanoid Encounter series.  This one covers 1 AD-1899.  The price is $16.95 (cheaper at Amazon).  The Kindle edition is $7.47.

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NEW BOOK ON SASQUATCH

Beyond Boggy Creek by Lyle Blackburn.


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STRANGE THING IN THE RAIN

The creature that wasn't there - or perhaps it was invisible.

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SEARCHING FOR BIGFOOT

A quest on Grand Mesa.



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SHOULD BIGFOOT BE STATE CRYPTID?

A look at this question and at other state animals in Washington.




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ON THIS DAY IN WEIRD



On This Day in Weird, February 23...

2002: A married couple living at Scotts Head, New South Wales, wakes to an "offending stench" and a sound "like a big man stomping around on their porch," then leaping over the rail and walking away with heavy footsteps. Subsequently, they are disturbed by nocturnal sounds of "a weird noise like a cross between a dog and a cat as it runs towards the bush." Without ever sighting the visitor, they presume it to be a Yowie, Australia's version of Sasquatch.