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.

Sunday 31 May 2020

HELPFUL MICROBES

This link asserts that certain microbes combat depression and OCD.  What do you think?

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MILLENIUM HUMANOID

A bizarre beast reported from Chile around the time of the Millenium.

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REAL FAIRY PHOTOGRAPH?

What do you think?  (Article in Spanish with translation facility)



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BIGFOOT ON CCTV

Article includes video.



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UNKNOWN CREATURE ATTACKS SHEPHERD

Incident in Romania.

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STRANGE ANIMAL

Seemed to combine characteristics of rhinoceros, porcupine and razorback.  Report from 1887.

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42,000 YEARS OLD

Worms frozen for 42,000 years still alive.




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DID YOU KNOW?

Curious facts about chickens.



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TALL PALE HUMANOIDS

In Maryland, New York and Belarus.



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Saturday 30 May 2020

TSMOK - MONSTER OF LEPEL LAKE

A look at the modern statue of this monster of Belarus.




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Another article on this monster including recently reported sightings and a tragic killing of a couple.

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WEIRD PETS

People taking weird pets for a walk.  These include pig, sheep, cabbage, invisible dog, iguana.



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PACH-AN-A-HO: LEGENDARY BIRD

Legendary bird of Native American lore.

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Another article on this creature.

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ESCORNAU - ONE HORNED CREATURE

A strange creature in Spanish folklore.  (Site in Spanish with translation facility.)

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GNOMES

Full text of a book on Spanish gnomes.  Site in Spanish. 172 pages.


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HAIRY MAN OF ROUND ROCK

Was he a Bigfoot?  Was he a hermit?



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DID HUNTER SEE SKUNK APE?

YouTube video.



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NEW SUBSPECIES OF COCKATOO DISCOVERED

It was found in Western Australia.

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TROPICAL VALLEY IN ARCTIC CANADA

A legend of the Nahanni Valley.

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HIKERS SCARED BY BIGFOOT

Incident in Michigan.



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Friday 29 May 2020

E'CHIYANG

Also known as the crocodile-toothed goat, this cryptid is said to be found in Tibet.

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THE SWELL TOAD

Report from 1895.

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WHAT IS THE GORP?

Creature of the Ozarks.  Is it a Ground Sloth?



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REAPPEARANCE MYSTERIES

Fascinating article on people who disappeared and then reappeared.  Includes Kubacki case.

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WINGED BEING IN MISSOURI

Encounter at Joplin.

Image courtesy Lon Strickler


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BIGFOOT EVENING SIGHTING

Near someone's home.



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SHADOW PERSON

Did security camera film one?

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BIGFOOT STALKS RANGER

After being shot.



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Thursday 28 May 2020

TRADITION OF FAIRIES IN ENGLAND

A piece by the scholarly E.S. Hartland.



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STRANGE BIRD IN OHIO

Report from 1891.

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TSERE-YAWA

This cryptid is a semi-aquatic felid.

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NZEFU-LOI

What is this cryptid?

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WAS THIS A BIGFOOT?

Report from Arizona.



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NEW BOOK BY LYLE BLACKBURN

It's about swamp monsters and mysteries.



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? PHOTOGRAPHS OF BRITISH BIGFOOT ?

16 photographs from the UK - but do they show Bigfoot?



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GIANT - ?BIGFOOT - SEEN IN MEXICO

It was on the thin side.

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MYSTERIOUS PERAMBULATOR

Report of a very strange humanoid.

Image courtesy Lon Strickler


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Wednesday 27 May 2020

BEINGS FROM NATIVE AMERICAN FOLKLORE

Ten of them - how well do you know your folklore?  Some of these are rather obscure.

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MAGIC FOX OF JAPAN

The Kitsune has to be 200 years old at least.  It features in Japanese folklore.



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TALKING CHICKEN

Supposedly a crossed parrot and guinea-hen.  Report from 1907.

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BOGEYMAN

Extensive article on the Bogeyman, including international bogeymen.



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WILD MAN IN OREGON

This seems to be an ordinary Homo sapiens who has gone wild.  A report from 1885.

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PARANORMAL BIGFOOT

Is there more to Bigfoot than meets the eye?




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GOBLIN LORE OF FRENCH CANADA

It is basically French goblin lore which has been btought across the Atlantic.



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FROGS AND CAMOUFLAGE

Glass frogs show a form of camouflage not known before.



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BLACK-EYED PEOPLE

More on these strange beings.  3 accounts.

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Monday 25 May 2020

BIGFOOT CONSPIRACY THEORIES

Eleven of them.  Skeptical site.



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HUNGARIAN HOMINID

It's called the Treeskinner and looks like a gray chimpanzee.



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KURREA - DRAGON OF AUSTRALIA

A highly dangerous water cryptid.



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WHAT IS THE ERCINEE?

Glowing bird of German folklore.

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TWO-HEADED GHOST

A Victorian episode.

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WEIRD CREATURES WITH WINGS

A selection for your delectation.



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CALIFORNIAN FRESHWATER MONSTER

A look at Hamlet.



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BIGFOOT AND SKUNK APE

Two accounts.



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LEGEND OF THE YOWIE

Tony Healy writes.



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21 GORGEOUS CATS

A selection of photographs.

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PALE WHITE HUMANOID

Seen by three witnesses.



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Sunday 24 May 2020

ANTAMBA OF MADAGASCAR

Is it a species of fossa?




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PYGMY HIPPO BORN AT SAN DIEGO ZOO

The pygmy hippo is an endangered species.

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FOLKLORE OF THE HARE

This creature, perhaps because of its leaping activity, has attracted folk beliefs.



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ENCOUNTERS WITH STICKMEN

A very mysterious phenomenon.




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WAS THIS A YETI?

What was walking on the roof?



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PIGMAN OF CANNOCK CHASE

Cannock Chase is one of England's most anomalous spots.




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BIGFOOT SIGHTING REPORT

Olympia Peninsula man gives account of creature.



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CRYPTID CANID IN BRAZIL

It was thought to be a werewolf.



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Saturday 23 May 2020

CHILDREN RAISED BY OR WITH ANIMALS

Some harrowing stories here.  Can feral children tell us anything about human psychology?

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PARACRYPTOZOOLOGY

Where the paranormal and cryptozoology meet.

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CALCHONA AND MACHUCHO

Strange South American creatures.

Image courtesy Austin Whittall


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GIANT ETHIOPIAN LIZARD

This beast was described to Adrian Conan Doyle by a witness.

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HORSESHOE POND SEA SERPENT

Reported in 1892 from a lake in Indiana.



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HEAVY RAINFALL AND BIGFOOT SIGHTINGS

Does one influence the other?



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CRYPTIDS - RUMOR OR REALITY?

Do they really exist?



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WHAT ARE THESE MOSS BALLS?

They can move about in a coordinated manner.

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STRANGE LIGHTS OVER CALIFORNIA

What are we to make of them?


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FIRST CROP CIRCLE OF 2020

Found in Italy.

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GLIMMER MAN IN BEDROOM

Former military policeman underwent scary experience.

Item courtesy Lon Strickler


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Friday 22 May 2020

MASTERTON MONSTER

Unknown creature from New Zealand.

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RAUDKEMBINGUR

Legendary whale of Iceland.

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GRAND BANK SEA MONSTER

A sea monster or sea serpent reported off the Newfoundland coast in 1913.  The sighting was made from a ship called the Corinthian.  It had liquid blue eyes and a 20' long giraffe-like neck.  Its head was surmounted by 3 fins resembling horns.