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.

Monday 31 January 2022

WOLLATON GNOMES: ANOTHER LOOK

How did the light affect the sighting?





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JACK VALENTINE - ENGLISH FOLKLORE CHARACTER

He is a gift-giver supposed to flit about Norfolk on the 13th February (Valentine's Eve).  He is not quite in the league of Santa Claus, sometimes leaving useless presents, sometimes useful ones.


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KALANORO- MYSTERY CREATURE OF MADAGACAR

Is it an ape?


Flag of Madagascar



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SASQUATCH HAIR

Its importance in Bigfoot studies.





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OUT OF THE ORDINARY

Huge creature pursued by helicopter.





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BIGFOOT IN THE WOODS

Child calls it a "cowman".





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ON THE TRACK #164

Latest episode of our web tv series.


Jonathan Downes, editor



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UGANDA: NEW SPECIES OF LEAFHOPPER

New bug discovered in Africa.


Flag of Uganda



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KING GHIDORAH - NEW SEA WORM

It's named after a fictional enemy of Godzilla.


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MYSTERIES UNLIMITED

First instalment of new show.


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Saturday 29 January 2022

WOLF SAVES GIRL

She was tied up in forest. 





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ENCOUNTERS WITH LIZARD MAN

An extraordinary story.





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DOMOVOI: RUSSIAN HOMESPRITE

In Russian folklore, a small being living in the house.

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Another article on this subject.

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WA'AB: HUMANOID OF SUDAN

Newspaper article from 1927.




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KING ARTHUR'S DOG

It is uncertain if King Arthur, who was said to have led the Ancient Britons (ancestors of the Welsh, Cornish and Bretons) against the Anglo-Saxons (ancestors of the English) ever really existed.  However, he was credited with a dog called Cafall, which actually means "horse", perhaps an indication of his size.  What breed would he have been?





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TWO BIGFOOT?

Mountain Monsters may have two Bigfoot to find.





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INSECT WITH ALMOST COMPLETELY UNKNOWN BIOLOGY

Found in rainforest.


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ESCAPE OF THE MYSTERY ANIMAL

The one found in Pennsylvania.


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UFO ABDUCTION: TRAVIS WALTON

A look at this famous story.





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Friday 28 January 2022

100 FOOT MONSTER IN BORNEO

Is the photograph genuine?


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SECOND PART

of Shuker article on Phantom Kangaroos.


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HIBAGON: BIGFOOT OF JAPAN

Does this creature exist?





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SEA SERPENT IN THE VICTORIAN ERA

How the Great Sea Serpent impinged on Victorian culture.





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PLANS TO RE-BREED AUROCHS

It is hoped that breeding will bring back this extinct bovid.





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TROLLGADDA

Pike in Swedish legend.


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BIGFOOT SOCIETY PODCAST

Looks at a number of cases.  (Video)





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FRIENDLY INTERACTION WITH BALLS OF LIGHT

Story from North Carolina.


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ARE SASQUATCHES ON BACKROADS?

What's the word from northern Ontario?





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IS THIS A BIGFOOT FORT?

Some think it is.





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UFO OVER ATLANTIC CITY

Spotted by pilot.  (Video)





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Thursday 27 January 2022

NEW WASP SPECIES DISCOVERED

Named after campus pub in Houston.





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VAMPIRE RABBIT OF NEWCASTLE

The origin of the effigy is a mystery.


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DOLPHINS RESCUE DOG

Nothing like inter-species cooperation.





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224 NEW SPECIES DISCOVERED

All in South-East Asia.





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SAN DIEGO SEA MONSTER

Newspaper report from 1873.





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INCIDENT AT SALISBURY (ENGLAND)

This goes back to 1877.  A "wild man" (?last of the Wodewoses?) tried to kidnap the wife of a local farmer.  He was shot at, which dissuaded him from his purpose.  There have been various stories of Bigfoot like creatures in England, but the country is not big enough to sustain a breeding population.  This wild man may have been simply an unkempt individual or an interdimensional traveler.





 

NAHGA - HUMANOID OF CANADA

This article calls it a Sasquatch, but, as it is sometimes reputed to wear clothes, I'm not sure that this is a valid interpretation.





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HE HAD BIGFOOT ENCOUNTERS

Now he will publish a book of them that he has compiled.  One Bigfoot he saw became transparent, then vanished.





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BANSHEE OF THE BADLANDS

A legend of a female ghost, sometimes accompanied by a skeleton.


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MYSTERY ANIMAL IN WEST BENGAL

Only clue is its footprints.


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OBSCURE BIGFOOT VIDEO

But why is the Harley Hoffman video obscure?





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Wednesday 26 January 2022

DID U.S. SPECIAL FORCES KILL GIANT?

The Kandahar Giant of Afghanistan.





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IOWA DRAGON

Is there a dragon in Iowa?  (Video)





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BEARILLA

A Kentucky monster.  (Video)


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WHAT WAS THE LOCKRIDGE MONSTER?

A strange beast seen after nightfall in Iowa.


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THUNDERBIRD IN CALIFORNIA

Said to be in Devil's Lake.  (Video)





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BIGFOOT IN NORTH DAKOTA

Tracked and observed.





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WERE ETs CAPTURED IN BRAZIL?

A report from Paul Seaburn.





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ON THE TRACK #164

Latest webcam episode from the CFZ.





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BIGFOOT IN MASSACHUSETTS

Are they really there?





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WORM WITH ONE HEAD, MANY BODIES

Discovery of bizarre invertebrate.


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Tuesday 25 January 2022

CANADIAN UFO CRASH

Was there a cover-up?





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NEW INSECT SPECIES DISCOVERED

There are probably many more.


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COMPLETELY UNKNOWN ANIMAL

Mentioned in 18th Century diary.


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MANTIS MAN OF NEW JERSEY

What is this extraordinary creature?





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BIGFOOT: NATIVE AMERICAN LINKS

The Indians have their own lore of Bigfoot-type creatures.





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IS BIGFOOT REAL?

A newspaper considers this question.





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ROOSEVELT AND THE MAN-EATING FISH

Catfish in South America can reach a huge size, as Roosevelt was to learn.





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GROWLING SOUNDS PRECEDE UFO

Could there be a Bigfoot-UFO connection?




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FAIRY FOLK IN SCOTLAND

The following account of a boy who claimed to be able to visit the fairy realm and who is an historical character who lived into old age, and people still remembered him as an old man in 1859.


His name was Johnny Williamson and he would visit the fairies.  On one occasion, having done so, he emerged from a hole in a peat bank.  He said the fairies were "his folks".  He was known as the Boy of Borgue.


Source: L. Henderson and E.J. Cowan Scottish Fairy Belief East Linton: Tuckwell Press, 2002, pp. 58-59.  

Monday 24 January 2022

HAVE YOU SEEN A HOOP SNAKE?

This is an American cryptid, but they are also reputed to occur in Scandinavia.  Ireland,where there are no snakes, features instead the Hoop Eel in its folklore.


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MYSTERY ANIMAL IN KENT (ENGLAND)

This was a strange doglike animal, perhaps a jackal, observed in Kent, where it attacked sheep.  It was first reported from Tonbridge in 1904, later from Sevenoaks.  Several of the witnesses (which were numerous) took shots at it.  Its identity was never certainly discovered.