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.

Friday 31 January 2020

MYSTERY SEA CREATURE IN FIJI

It's the washed up remains of - er - something.

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MYSTERY SEA CREATURE CAPTURED

It is said to have 3 legs.

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GHOST COW OF BROWNSVILLE

A ?spectral creature of Texas.

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MERMAN OFF FAROE ISLANDS

Report from 1723.



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YOWIE ON THE GOLD COAST

There have been a number of sightings in Ormeau, Queensland.



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ALMAS(TY) IN THE CAUCASUS MOUNTAINS

Article by Marie-Jeanne Koffmann.



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BIGFOOT'S LIVING REQUIREMENTS

In what sort of place does he live?



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SEA SERPENT REPORTED BY SCIENTISTS

Report from 1905.



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HIDDEN ANIMAL SPREADING CHINESE VIRUS

Though it may have come from bats originally, some unknown wild animal may have caused its spread.

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BIGFOOT HIT BY CAR

He was carrying a deer.



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DOGMAN IN PENNSYLVANIA

Reported from Bucks County.

Thursday 30 January 2020

NEW ZEALAND PLANTING A BILLION TREES

This is to fight climate change.

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MONSTER OF THE OBRA

Legendary water monster of Poland.



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YAHOOS AND SASQUATCH

In Gulliver's Travels my compatriot Jonathan Swift wrote of bestial humans called Yahoos.  Were they based on the sasquatch?



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CATEGORIES OF CRYPTIDS

Dividing the cryptid world into sections.



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OGOPOGO ON FILM?

Is this Canada's legendary monster?



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STRANGE BEING IN NORWAY

A weird-looking humanoid seen at night.

Image courtesy Lon Strickler


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COLORADO BIGFOOT SIGHTINGS

The 7 counties where most of them occur.



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GIANTS' REMAINS IN OHIO

Newspaper report from 1880.



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REALLY CHILLING ENCOUNTER

It involved a small girl and a strange man.

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Wednesday 29 January 2020

IELE - ROMANIAN WOOD FAIRIES

They are rather like the nymphs of Greek mythology.



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DID CORONA VIRUS COME FROM BATS?

Post from Virology Journal.



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LOCH NESS MONSTER

Why are we still searching for it?



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BENEATH THE EARTH

What sort of creatures live under the earth's surface?



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WORK BY BORIS PORSHNEV

An English translation of his Struggle for Troglodytes.  This is a study of Wild Men with an introduction by Bernard Heuvelmans, the founder of cryptozoology.



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GENUINE LEPRECHAUN

What are leprechauns really supposed to be like?



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BIRD MONSTER OF RIO GRANDE

A "vaguely humanoid" monster of the Rio Grande valley.



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GOWROW - BIZARRE ARKANSAS CREATURE

A cryptid that is found in Arkansas folklore.

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FOSSIL MONKEY OF NORTH AMERICA

Until now, mainstream science has denied that there were ever primates  (other than humans) in North America.  A recent fossil find has overturned this.

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WAS THIS GIRL A HUMAN OR HOMINOID?

She appeared in London in 1883.  She was said to prove the theory of evolution.  What was she?

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SKINWALKER RANCH

An article on this bizarre locale in Utah.

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PTERODACTYL IN FLORIDA

Article courtesy Loren Coleman.



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DOGMAN IN MICHIGAN

Incident in the Upper Peninsula.



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Tuesday 28 January 2020

YOWIE - LEGEND OF THE HAIRY ONES

Australia's equivalent of Bigfoot.  An article by noted cryptozoologist Tony Healy.



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CHEROKEE RACE OF SPIRIT PEOPLE

A look at Native American lore.

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UNICORN: HISTORY AND LEGEND

An article on a famous legendary creature.



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RELICT HOMINIDS - HISTORICAL EVIDENCE

Is there historical evidence for the Hairy Ones?

Image courtesy Lon Strickler


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YETIS, YOWIES AND DINOSAUR TREES

Discoveries made when searching for monsters.



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RELIC HOMINIDS OF CENTRAL ASIA

Lengthy article on hominids.



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POSSIBLE BIGFOOT SIGHTINGS

Reports from Washington.




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EVIDENCE OF BIGFOOT

James 'Bobo' Fay claims it's out there.



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BAT-LIKE BEING IN CANADA

Report of 2009 sighting.



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WAS THIS AN ALIEN ENCOUNTER?

It happened in Indiana.



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Monday 27 January 2020

WILDMEN IN MYANMAR (BURMA)

Accounts and review of the evidence.  (Academic paper, 14 pages)

NEW SNAKE DISCOVERED

By aspiring cryptozoologist.

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WHAT WAS WEIRD HUMANOID?

It was in the witness' living room.

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BAT-LIKE CREATURES IN MYTHOLOGY


Are some really unknown animals?



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CHENOO - NATIVE AMERICAN LEGEND

A humanoid creature, possibly identical with the wendigo.

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BLACK PANTHERS

2018/2019 sightings of anomalous cats.



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MINISTER'S SIGHTING OF LOCH NESS MONSTER

He seems certain of what he saw.



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YOWIE AT COFF'S HARBOR?

An article by Toney Healy and ? Paul Cropper.

WERE THESE YOWIES?

Creatures seen near Australian town.



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REMOVING PLASTIC FROM OCEANS

There is now a device to do it.

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Sunday 26 January 2020

MYSTERY OF THE SEA SERPENT

One of the best known cryptids.




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BIGFOOT IN THE BIG THICKET

It makes a good hiding place.



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COULD PORTALS EXIST?

To other dimensions and universes.

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ANT-PEOPLE OF HOPI LEGEND

A curious race from Hopi belief.



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BIGFOOT POPULATION EXPLOSION

Has there been one in the Cascades leading to more sightings?




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SEA SERPENT REPORTS 1905-1911

These reports have been largely forgotten.




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WILL FISH FARM DISTURB FAIRIES?

Some people in Scotland fear a proposed fish farm will disturb the Fairies and therefore oppose it.

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BIGFOOT AND DEER CARCASS?

Is this a photograph of Bigfoot carrying the carcass of a deer?

Image courtesy Lon Strickler


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Saturday 25 January 2020

DEATH VALLEY MYSTERIES

Traditions of Death Valley as explored by Denver Michaels.



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MYSTERY ANIMAL IN PENNSYLVANIA

An historical account of a very odd creature.

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AMAZING ASTONISHING VISITORS

The narrator of this piece takes a long time to get into his story, but when he does, it's well worth reading.

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ARTRELIA - CRYPTID REPTILE

A somewhat dragonlike creature said to be found in New Guinea.

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SHADOW PERSON IN CHICAGO

Another of these unexplained "shadow beings".



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OWLMAN NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN

Mysterious and eerie cryptid.



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HUMANOID OWLS

Incidents in Pennsylvania and Washington.



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BIGFOOT IN WASHINGTON?

Was he spotted there?



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