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.

Wednesday 30 June 2021

MALIBU BEACH HUMANOID

Actress Shelley Winters (1920-2006) in an interview given in 991, averred that, during the Second World War, a red humanoid, which at first she thought was a frogman, stepped out of the water at this California locale and embraced her. 

MYSTERY ANIMAL WITH TRUNK

Is it a kind of deer?  What about a tapir?


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LAKES ILIAMNA AND CLARK: THEIR MONSTERS

Karl Shuker takes a look.





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MOOSE-HORSE HYBRID

Although such a hybrid is regarded as genetically impossible, in2006 a strange creature was born to a mare in Quebec.  The only stallions on the farm had been neutered.  The animal's head and legs were moose-like.  Moose and horses will mate, but such recorded matings have not proved fruitful.  The animal has been called Bambi. 

ANOTHER EPISODE OF "ON THE TRACK"

The CFZ podcast is out.





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ZANA SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN ENTIRELY HUMAN

The result of genetic research.


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WAS BIGFOOT SEEN IN NEW YORK STATE?

Something ran across the road on two legs.





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UFOs AND BIGFOOT IN THE NORTH-WEST

There are tales of both.





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Tuesday 29 June 2021

LOCH NESS MONSTER - 1987 SIGHTING

A look at a report of the famous creature.





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AIGAMUXA

Cryptid of African mythology, reputed to have eyes in the soles of its feet.


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INTERVIEW WITH KARL SHUKER

One of today's foremost cryptozoologists.


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MONSTERS OF THE MOUNTAINS

Nick Redfern holds forth.




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THE GRUNCH

Creature in the Louisiana Bayou.





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MARS HAS MANY UNDERGROUND LAKES

There seems to be a considerable amount of water on the Red Planet.





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RED WOLVES AND DOGMEN

Could the former have been mistaken for the latter?





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TEN STRANGE WAYS INSECTS HAVE EVOLVED

Curiosities on the tapestry of life.


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BIGFOOT AND TELEPATHY

Can the Hairy One so communicate?





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Monday 28 June 2021

A MONKEY-BIRD AND TWO MAN-BATS

A look at the British monkey-bird, the Raymondsville man-bat and the LaCrosse man-bat.


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SILVER STAR MOUNTAIN BIGFOOT

Also, Marble Mountain bigfoot film.  (Video)





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DRAGON MAN NEAREST RELATION TO HOMO SAPIENS

Its skull had been discovered in China.


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ANTAMBA

A mystery creature of Madagascar, perhaps a large species of fossa.


Fossa


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BANDAR-LOG

A tribe of hairy creatures in India with their own language.





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MUD MAIDS

Drunkards beware!


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BIGFOOT HABITUATION

Is this the way forward in studying Bigfoot?





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WHAT THE LOCH NESS MONSTER ISN'T

It is not the penis of a whale.





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29 PLANETS

Astronomers identify 29 planets from which aliens could observe earth.





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Sunday 27 June 2021

PUCA (POOKA}

Being from Irish folklore.


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VISIT FROM AN ORANG UTAN

He dropped into a village.





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IS THIS A FILM OF BIGFOOT?

What do you think?  (Video)





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PICTURES - YE EDITOR SPEAKS

This is mainly a links site and we are particularly careful not to use pictures which are not copyright free, unless we have permission from the copyright owner.  Sometimes this has led to our having considerable difficulty in finding appropriate pictures for links.  If there is anyone out there who has a stash of pictures they would be prepared to let us use (and for which they own the copyright), perhaps they would get in touch.  We can be reached at coghlanronan@gmail.com


 

NEELAGIRI KADUVA

Is this a new species of big cat? Does anyone out there know anything further about this? 


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FOLKLORE OF THE APPLE TREE

A video dealing with this interesting subject.





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WHAT WAS THIS BIRD?

The Mystery Bird of Radcliffe, a creature seen in England in 1923.


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LOST SPECIES OF RHODODENDRON REDISCOVERED

It was found in Bhutan.


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ROMPO - AFRICAN CATLIKE CREATURE

What is this mysterious creature?  This page also contains information on another cryptid, the Das Adder, not to mention the legendary French Peluda.


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WATER MONKEY

Legendary creature of China.


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MORE ON BRITISH COLUMBIA TRIANGLE

This piece looks at missing men.


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PENTAGON UFO REPORT RELEASED

No definite conclusions to question.





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REMAINS OF HUMANOID DISCOVERED IN ISRAEL

It's a new type, hitherto unknown.


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UFO SIGHTINGS CONTINUE IN PENNSYLVANIA

Stan Gordon tells all.





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Saturday 26 June 2021

TWO NEW SPECIES OF GOBY DISCOVERED

By Akihito, the former Emperor of Japan.


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BIGFOOT EVIDENCE IN UTAH

Is he out there?





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TALKING CHICKEN

A result of early experimentation (it claims).  Newspaper article from 1907.





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RUSSIAN MYSTERY SPIRALS

Evidence of technologically advanced beings in ancient times?


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REPTILIAN HUMANOIDS

And the man who claimed to have had encounters with them.





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BIZARRE WALKING CREATURE

Termed a "walking squid".


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BIGFOOT - A FOREST SPIRIT?

A new take on the Hairy One.





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MONSTER WITH WINGS

Experience in childhood.


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MANTIS-TYPE ALIEN

An experience in London.





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Friday 25 June 2021

COULD FAIRIES BE REAL?

There are many reported sightings.





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DID VON RICHTHOFEN ENCOUNTER UFO?

Did this occur in World War I?


von Richtofen



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THE SOUND OF SASQUATCH

Sasquatch voices - have they been heard and recorded?





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GUL - HUMANOID OF TAJIKISTAN

What is this mysterious humanoid?  (Site in French with translation engine).





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OHIO MYSTERY CREATURE

This mystery creature, seen in 1846, was about 7' in length, nose to tail.  It is described as "brindled".  It was killed by hunters after a chase of 150 miles,  Nobody could say what it was.  A curious fact is that, during the chase , it never climbed or jumped over a fence.


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CROWING CRESTED COBRAS

A look at these legendary cryptid snakes.


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UFO ENCOUNTERS IN KOREAN WAR

What flew overhead during this conflict?





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BIGFOOT MUSEUM GRAND OPENING

At West Virginia festival.





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MYSTERY ILLNESS STRIKES BIRDS

It has been killing off birds in several states.





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SPIDERS EAT SNAKES

Did you know that?  The North American widow spider is an example.





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Thursday 24 June 2021

A GUIDE TO SKY MONSTERS

The story behind the book published by Indiana University Press.





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THE DARK WATCHERS

Mysterious beings of California.


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DISCOVERY OF THE NESHER RAMA PEOPLE

An hitherto unknown race in the genus Homo.





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TWO NEW SPECIES OF ANT DISCOVERED

By a team from Bangalore.


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EXTINCTION OF THE ELEPHANT BIRD

An account of how the Aepyornis met its doom.


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LARGE MONSTER MAY EXPLAIN BERMUDA TRIANGLE

The creature is said to be 30' long. 


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INDIAN ELDER TELLS OF ALIEN SHIP CRASH

Did it happen in 1945?





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STRANGE HUMANOID IN PITTSFIELD

This one defies classification.


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WEIRD CRYPTIDS OF BRAZIL

Six of them.





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GORILLA SAVES CHILD

And waits for help.





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OGOPOGO VIDEO

It's listed as "new" but that was put up in 2018.





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REAL FAIRY PHOTO?

Take a look.





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ARE THE ALIENS HERE?

What if they have sent robotic probes?





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BIGFOOT IN NEW JERSEY

He has been spotted 73 times.





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Wednesday 23 June 2021

A CFZ ARTIST


 

This magnificent picture from The Lord of the Rings was drawn by Liv McCarthy, Jonathan Downes' secretary and stepdaughter.

GIANT AYE AYE

Cryptid of Madagascar.





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LUKWATA

Monster of Lake Victoria, East Africa.





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AH-EEN-MEELOW

 A sea serpent reported from New Ireland, an island off the coast of Papua-New Guinea.





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SORTEDAMSSOEN MONSTER

At a lake in Copenhagen people claimed to have observed monsters in the 1970s and 1980s.  Earlier, in 1928, a couple of porpoises appeared in the lake.  How they got there is a mystery and so is how they disappeared.



 

SHORTCOMINGS OF CRYPTOZOOLOGY?

Sharon A. Hill writes.


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WERE THERE GIANTS IN ANCIENT TIMES?

Fee, fi, fo, fum! 


Cormoran slain by Jack the Giant-killer



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