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.

Saturday 31 December 2022

GHOSTLY CREATURE CROSSES ROAD

Seen by a couple.


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JABBERWOCKY

Creepy video based on Lewis Carrol's famous poem.




In my interpretation of this video, Alice (the hero) fights her dark side (another Alice in the role of Jabberwok) impelled by resolution in the form of yet another Alice in a White Rabbit role. 

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NORTH AMERICAN MONSTER SIGHTINGS

Ten of them, including something that turned itself inside out.


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MO-O

Ghostly dragon gods once worshiped in Hawaii.





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1948 ALIEN ABDUCTION

A boy abducted by extraterrestrials.





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QUAZER BEAST

Hoax article in Wikipedia.


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SCARY HUMANOID

Seen by child and parents.





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IS BIGFOOT REAL?

Science behind Harry and the Hendersons.





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"CRAZY CRYPTID" SIGHTINGS ON COAST TO COAST

Unlikely cryptids reported this year.





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MUTANT GOAT WORSHIPED IN INDIA

It has a nearly human face.


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Friday 30 December 2022

MYSTERIOUS UNDERGROUND RACE

Do they still exist?





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SHOCKING BIGFOOT SIGHTINGS

4 of them.  (Video)





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BIGFOOT FOOTAGE 2022

Have a look at this video.





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BROLLACHAN

Shapeless mystery creature of Scotland.


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GIANT SEA SNAKES AND SEA MONSTERS

Includes look at Heuvelmans' opinions.





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FEROCIOUS MAN-EATING BEAR

A savage man-eating bear in Japan.





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MAROZI - A FELINE CRYPTID

Mystery felid of Africa.





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SLIT-MOUTHED WOMAN

An urban legend.


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PANTOMIME HORSE

The comic horse of English stage shows.






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Thursday 29 December 2022

10 PEOPLE WHO HAD CREATURES LIVING IN THEIR EARS

Now, there's something I could do without.



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WAS THIS A REAL STICKMAN?

Perhaps it was an alien.  (Video)





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15 SCARY MERMAID SIGHTINGS

A look at these legendary sea beings.





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PTERODACTYL SIGHTINGS

Are they genuine?





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ALLEGED BIGFOOT ENCOUNTER

But could it have been a landslide?





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6-TOE FOOTPRINTS IN AUSTRALIA

Is there a Yowie about?





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PYGMIES IN ANCIENT TENNESSEE

Historian claimed to have found the skeletons of Pygmies.


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ENCOUNTER WITH A YETI

It tried to kill witness.  (Video)





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Wednesday 28 December 2022

DO DINOSAURS STILL EXIST?

A look at this question.





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HOUSEHOLD SPRITES

A look at some indoor faerie folk. 





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GNOMES

From alchemy to fairytale.





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HONEY ISLAND SWAMP MONSTER

Does it really exist?





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STRANGE UFO SIGHTINGS OF 2022

A look back over the year.



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YOWIE ENCOUNTER NEAR MILLA MILLA

A hiker's experience.





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FAMOUS BIGFOOT SIGHTINGS

Some of the classics.





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A CURE FOR BED WETTING

Richard Lovell in 1661 produced a book with the intriguing title of Panzoologicomineralogia.  This volume listed a vast collection of bygone remedies for illnesses.  Boiled mice, he informs us, "help children pissing in the bed".  I presume he means it helps them to stop, although the sentence could mean it helps them to perform the activity. However, I see from another source that feeding a child roast mice to cure urinary enuresis was practised in days agone in Oxford Infirmary.

More horrifically, Lovell's treatise claims if the heart is pulled from a living mouse and attached to a woman's arm, it acts as a contraceptive.


 

Source: E. Welch (ed.) Captain Cuttle's Mailbag Astoria, 2017.

Monday 26 December 2022

CALGARY SASQUATCH VIDEO

A size comparison.





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BOY MEETS ONE OF THE WEE FOLK

Cryptozoologist Lars Thomas in his book Curious Encounters tells of a boy in Iceland who would go fishing.  He would go fishing on his own but, after 5-10 minutes, he would look across to the other side of the body of water (pond, river, whatever) and see he had been joined by one of the Wee Folk.  If somebody else came by, the Little Man would put a finger to his lips and disappear.  He never conversed with the Little Man.



 

LAIDLY WORM OF SPINDLESTON HEUGH

A dragon from English folklore.  Worm in its old sense means a dragon.





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GLIMMER MAN IN BEDROOM

Seen in Glasgow.


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UFO CRASH IN GREECE

Was a UFO downed in Megaplatanos?





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CFZ ANNUAL REPORT FOR 2022

Jonathan Downes writes on the year's activities.





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WAS BIGFOOT BEING SHOT?

Content may be disturbing.





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DINOSAUR MUMMY WITH SKIN INTACT

This hadrosaur is a startling find.





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Saturday 24 December 2022

YE EDITOR SPEAKS

We would like to wish all our readers a very Merry Christmas.


There will be no bulletin tomorrow, Christmas Day (December 25th).

  

Bulletins will resume on St Stephen's Day (December 26th).


We are thinking especially at this time of those on their own for Christmas and those who cannot go home.  You have not been forgotten.  Also in our thoughts are those who are missing some member of their families.





 

SANTA CLAUS - PICTORIAL HISTORY

How Santa was depicted over time.





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SIGHTINGS OF SANTA CLAUS

As it's Christmas Eve, here are some reports of children who claim to have seen Santa Claus.





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NUTCRACKERS AND CHRISTMAS

How did the Nutcracker become specially connected with Christmas?





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CFZ WEEKLY WEB TV SHOW #212 and #212.1

The latest programs from Devon.





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DID HOMININS SAIL THE MEDITERRANEAN?

Before humans appeared?





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CHRISTMAS TREE ORNAMENT DISAPPEARS

It was a St Bernard dog.





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LEGEND OF BIGFOOT

It goes back for generations.





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BIGFOOT ENCOUNTER NEAR ST LOUIS

Described as "bone-chilling".





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