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 31 July 2018

SHURALE - TATAR BOGEYMAN

Scary creature of Tatar (Tartar) folklore.

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CREATURE UNDER STREETLIGHT

What was this?

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WAS THIS A CADEJO?

Strange canid in Texas.



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MEN-IN-BLACK ENCOUNTER

They had a plasticity in appearance when they approached the article writer after a UFO sighting.



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DOCUMENTARY ON BIGFOOT

Provided by the History Channel.



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BIGFOOT BEHIND LOG

As good a hiding place as any.



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BIGFOOT FACE TO FACE

Alarming experience.



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WINGED CREATURE IN CANADA

What was this terrifying being/animal?



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Monday 30 July 2018

ON THE TRACK OF THE THYLACINE

Plans to prove it's out there.



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DOES BIGFOOT SEND OUT SOUND WAVES?

They could cause terror in observers.



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SELF-CLONING CRAYFISH

The marbled crayfish is a mutant that can clone itself.



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HAZELWORM - MEDIEVAL CRYPTID SERPENT

What was the origin of belief in this creature?



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OLDEST EVIDENCE FOR LIFE ON LAND

Discovered in South Africa.

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DOGMAN ENCOUNTERS OF THE SCARY KIND

Accounts of encounters.

BIGFOOT SIGHTING 1873

An old article has been unearthed.




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LOST CITY OF Z

Percy Fawcett disappeared in the jungle looking for this city.  This document may have been one of the things that led him to think the city existed.

Percy fawcett


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UNLINKED DNA

Pacific Islanders with DNA unlinked to any known human ancestor.

Sunday 29 July 2018

ARE THERE UNDISCOVERED SEA MONSTERS?

Possibly! say experts.



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MOUNTAIN SPIRIT AND HELPER

The Mountain Spirit is a legendary being of Poland, Czech republic and Germany.

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He has a helper called Wologór, a humanoid with a bull's head.

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Note: The above links are two different websites.

HAVE PTEROSAURS SURVIVED?

Are they flapping about?



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DOGMAN IN PENNSYLVANIA

A white one, at that.

Image courtesy Lon Strickler


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BIGFOOT THEORIES

What is the Hairy One?



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ELEPHANT AND HONEYBEE

While mice may not scare elephants, honey bees do.



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PREHISTORIC HIPPO-LIKE BEAST

They used to think its fossil was an unknown dinosaur.

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STRANGE CREATURES

The Crypto Crew have been surfing the Internet looking for strange creatures.

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Saturday 28 July 2018

FANSKAPET - SCANDINAVIAN WILDMAN

Possible photo included in article.

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CAT BECOMES MAYOR OF TOWN IN MICHIGAN

Other candidates included another cat, 13 dogs, a peacock and a goat.  Well, politicians being what they are, i can understand this.

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OLDEST LIVING ANIMALS ON EARTH

They're worms!


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FAWCETT AND THE DINOSAUR

He thought this cryptid might have been a Diplodocus.




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APAZAUCA SPIDER

A huge cryptid spider of which Percy Fawcett speaks.



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MASSIVE WOLVES IN ARIZONA

At least one of them is allegedly colored red.

Image courtesy Lon Strickler


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IS THE BUNYIP REALLY A GHOST?

How do you assess the evidence?



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ALLEGED DINOSAUR SIGHTINGS ON VIDEO

What do you make of these?



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BIGFOOT IN GEORGIA

Report of 2008 sighting.



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LAND BETWEEN THE LAKES

It's a creepy place.

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THE SCENT OF BIGFOOT

There's said to be a pronounced smell accompanying him.



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BIGFOOT AT SHASTA CITY

He crossed the road three times.



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ALIEN EAR IMPLANT

An ear implant in an alien abduction.



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PARANORMAL INVESTIGATION

A look at some equipment.

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Friday 27 July 2018

MERMAIDS OF ARNHEM LAND

The Mermaids of Australia and elsewhere.

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COCONUT CRAB - DID ONE EAT AMELIA EARHART?

Some gruesome speculation here.



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UNUSUAL ANIMAL FRIENDSHIPS

Includes Dog and Fox, Fox and Cat, Dog and Owl.

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EMOTIONAL SUPPORT ANIMALS

Don't underestimate them.

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CRYPTID BIRDS THAT DON'T FLY

Do the Moa and other extinct birds survive undiscovered?



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WATER ELEPHANT - REPORT FROM 1911

A report of this rumored African animal.

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MONGOLIAN DEATH WORM

Famous cryptid of the Gobi.



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DOES THE THYLACINE SURVIVE?

Evidence is not lacking.



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SIGHTINGS OF SKUNK APE

Also known as the nape, some say he differs from Bigfoot.



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PURSUIT OF BIGFOOT

What did Pavel observe?

DID BIGFOOT ATTEMPT ABDUCTION?

Incident led to shots being fired.



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MISSING FROM HIS BED

The story of a vanishing sleeper.

Image courtesy Lon Strickler


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The Ballad of Bigfoot
to be sung to a Rude Rustic tune.

As I was eating Pickled Gherkins in the Forest one dark night,
Some rustling in the Nearby Trees gave me an Awful Fright,
And then from out the foliage there emerged a Shaggy Shape
And I could not discern if it were Hominid or Ape.

This Beast had an Aroma and to be Completely Frank
It wasn't just a Little Strong, the Beast completely stank.
Its eyes were fierce and furious and not to stay around
I made a resolution and dropped my Gherkins to the Ground.

As I fled me from the Wildwood, the Beast began to howl,
Making noises that I'd never heard from Quadruped or Fowl.
As I pelted through the Foliage like I'd never run before,
I resolved that I would Sojourn in the wilderness no more.

Now the Lesson of my Ditty, which I feel should now be known,
Is that the One Desire of Bigfoot is that he be left alone.
Though the Ouzel and the Greenfinch there may charm you with 
      their song,
If you nose the Scent of Bigfoot, it is time that you were gone.





Thursday 26 July 2018

MERMAID OF ACTIVE PASS

Was this a genuine sighting?



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CITY OF DWARFS

What were the little people for which this city was apparently constructed?

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MORE UNUSUAL MAMMAL NAMES

Unusual terms for familiar animals.

camelopard: giraffe
carcajou: wolverine
demi-ape: lemur
earth pig: aardvark
foulmart: polecat
glutton: wolverine
neat: cow
purrs: boar
puttice: stoat
roplaw: young fox
urchin: hedgehog
wat: hare
whitneck: weasel
zubr: European bison, wisent


Giraffe, formerly often referred to as camelopard, from Latin camelopardalis.  The ancient Romans thought it combined features of both camel and leopard.  Its more usual name comes from Arabic zarafa.

BEWARE OF NEW WASP

A newly discovered wasp has a fierce sting.

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ENCOUNTERS WITH DOGMEN

A number of bipedal canid sightings.



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WHY DID BIGFOOT CROSS THE ROAD?

A road crossing encounter with Bigfoot.



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SCIENCE AND BIGFOOT

Is science wrong?



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IS BIGFOOT INTERDIMENSIONAL?

This would answer a number of puzzling  questions relating to the Hairy One.



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ARE LAKE MONSTERS TULPAS?

Are they thoughtforms produced by the mind?



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NEW DINOSAUR FOSSIL

Discovered in China.

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STRANGE ABDUCTION EXPERIENCE

Memory of being taken above the earth.



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LAKE ON MARS DISCOVERED

Liquid water on the Red Planet.



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