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 December 2019

THREE-HEADED SEA MONSTER

Newspaper report reprinted.  You don't see many polycephalids.  Perhaps three heads are better than one.  




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RENDLESHAM UFO INCIDENT

Folklorist David Clarke takes a look at a celebrated UFO case.



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CREEPY CREATURE IN WOODS

It's photographed!

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TREE-LIKE CREATURE

A night time visitor.

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CREATURE OF THE FOREST

What was it?  The article includes a time anomaly.

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IARA - SOUTH AMERICAN MERMAID

Interest in mermaids and what may lie behind the myth of the creature seems to be on the increase.



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SWAMP CREATURE - WHAT WAS IT?

Ape?  Sloth?  It was encountered by two girls.

Image courtesy Lon Strickler


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HUGE BIGFOOT CLIMBS HILL

This is a big one.



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PINK ELEPHANT IN SOUTH AFRICA

A pink baby elephant - a rare thing indeed outside the world of alcohol - has been seen in South Africa.

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LOCH NESS MONSTER ARTICLE

Reprinted from 1954.



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COW RAISED BY FAMILY OF DEER

It's interesting to see such species interaction.



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GARGOYLE IN WISCONSIN

Reported from Racine.



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Monday 30 December 2019

MOEHAU, THE BIGFOOT OF NEW ZEALAND

An article by Tony Lucas, CFZ's New Zealand representative.



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WAS THIS A PIXIE, ELF OR MALE FAIRY ENCOUNTER?

What do you think?

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BLACK SHUCK OF EAST ANGLIA

One of the legendary Black Dogs of England.

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STRONG TOAD

A toad in the folklore of Chile, which is said to have a shell resembling that of a turtle.  Once you reach the link, you'll need to scroll down to find the article.

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SWIFT PETER

Nobody can identify for certain this creature from the folklore of Mississippi, but it is said to attack dogs.  You'll need to scroll down to reach the article.

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WHAT WAS THE IVANITSKY CREATURE?

A weird animal  from Yakutsk, Russia.  Once you reach the link, you'll need to scroll down to find the article.

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SHADOW PEOPLE OF MICHIGAN

What are they?



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HOW TREES COMMUNICATE

Tree communication is underground.  (Video)



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Sunday 29 December 2019

STRANGE PREHISTORIC APE

The remains of a prehistoric ape, unlike anything around today, have been discovered.



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STRANGE SWOOPING CREATURE

Incident in Mississippi.  The creature was compared with Mothman and a pterodactyl.

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BLACK-EYED KID ENCOUNTER

From 2009.  What are these beings?

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MAPINGUARI SIGHTING

This took place some years ago in Brazil.



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BIGFOOT IN MINNESOTA

A video: have a look.



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IS THE WENDIGO REAL?

A being of native American folklore in which interest has grown widespread.



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AUSTRALIA'S TWO YOWIE GROUPS

The legend of the Australian bigfoot.




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DOG FESTIVAL IN NEPAL

A festival is held in Nepal every year to thank dogs.

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BLACK RHINO BORN IN MICHIGAN ZOO

The black rhino is a rare species.  This one was born on Christmac Eve.  (Contains video).

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DOCTORS TO BE TAUGHT GHOST STUDIES

At Banaras University, India.

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DOGMAN IN COLORADO

Upright canid in Delta.



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Saturday 28 December 2019

ANOTHER LOOK AT ORANG PENDEK

A cryptid that almost certainly exists.




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Another article on this subject.

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14000 YEAR OLD BISON SCULPTURE

Found in French cave.

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LEGEND OF THE SELKIES

The people of the sea.



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HUMANOIDS IN FINLAND

They were described as "Neanderthal" but they sound to me too big to fit into that category.

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ARE THESE BIGFOOT TRACES?

Did Bigfoot leave these in his wake?



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BIGFOOT THAT COULD TURN INVISIBLE

What happened at the laboratory?


How do you illustrate an invisible Bigfoot?  Tell everyone to look at the picture and pretend they can't see it.

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TERRIFYING TALE OF GHASTLY ENCOUNTER

First, the narrator saw a white wolf, which seems to have not  been unfriendly.  Later, at the same place she saw something quite horrifying.

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ARE THERE LIVING DINOSAURS IN AFRICA?

Who can tell what lurks in the deepest jungles?



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MEN-IN-BLACK ON FILM

Have these strange beings been recorded?



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TOP UFO STORIES OF 2019

A selection of reports of strange aerial objects.



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Friday 27 December 2019

DOBHAR-CHU VIDEO REPORT

An account of this legendary creature on  Video.  This video formed an episode in the Canadian TV series Boogeymen.

I myself appear in this video.  I'm the distinguished looking one with the beard.




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FROZEN II - CULTURE AND MYTHOLOGY LINKS

This site dwells on the Saami cultural and Scandinavian mythological links with the film Frozen II.



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ESCAPE OF THE OCTOPUS

He escaped from an aquarium and made it to the sea.



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ELF-BELIEF IN ICELAND

It sill exists up there.



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SUPER-PREDATOR EATS SHARKS

But what is it/  A new theory.

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DANGER OF AMAZON DESERTIFICATION

Why won't statesmen take more note of the world's ecological problems?  Is it because posterity has never done anything for them?

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HOMO ERECTUS MAY HAVE MET DENISOVANS

It's all a matter of chronology.




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BIZARRE HUMANOID REPORTS

Reports of strange upright figures.



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Tuesday 24 December 2019

TO OUR READERS

We wish all our readers a happy and wholesome Christmas.  Our thoughts at present are with Jon Downes and his family because of Corinna's health scare.  We're also thinking of any of you who have to spend Christmas alone or away from home.  Merry Christmas!



THE TYPICAL SANTA CLAUS

For the absolutely typical Santa Claus of today, we must turn the poem The Night Before Christmas.  This established him as looking like a tomte, a diminutive being in Swedish folklore.  Where did the notion arise that he lived at the North Pole?  Perhaps from the illustrations to the poem by Thomas Nast, who placed him in snow-covered surroundings.

The Finnish equivalent of the tomte are the tonntu.  It is believed in Finland that Santa keeps them around to evaluate the behavior of children, to see if they are deserving of presents.

If you want the names of Santa's reindeer. follow the link below.




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CHRISTMAS EVE: SANTA CLAUS SIGHTINGS

People claim to have actually seen Santa Claus.



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SNALLYGASTER - WHENCE THE LEGEND?

What sis the term snallygaster originally mean and where did it come from?

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BIGFOOT IN OREGON

Sighting in Hood River.



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UNEXPLAINED HUMANOIDS

You too may see one!

Image courtesy Lon Strickler

Monday 23 December 2019

BIGFOOT SIGHTINGS OF 2019

Who's seen Bigfoot this year?



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STRANGE CREATURES IN ITALY

Seen in Rome.

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DEVIL MONKEYS

Primates resembling baboons.

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BIGFOOT IN NEWFOUNDLAND

Is photograph genuine?



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BIGFOOT IN MONTANA

A second look at Bigfoot in this state.



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CHINESE LAKE MONSTER

A somewhat indistinct video.



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BIGFOOT CALLS IN OREGON?

Were they heard on Umatilla Reservation?



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FENCE RAIL DOG

An animal reported from Delaware.



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GORILLAS DISMANTLE POACHERS' TRAPS

There's a surprise.



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NEW BIZARRE FISH DISCOVERED

Down under in Australia.

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