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 July 2022

Saturday 30 July 2022

THE RAIN QUEENS OF SOUTH AFRICA

A succession of rulers of a kingdom in South Africa.  They were a line of females, the succession going from mother to daughter.  It was said they inspired the figure of Ayesha in Rider Haggard's works, but Haggard denied ever having heard of them.  The history of the dynasty is fascinating.


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ABAIA

Eel-like creature of Melanesia.





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WEREWOLF OF DICKSON COUNTY

Could this legendary creature be a Dogman?





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WOLF WOMAN OF MOBILE

A very strange creature.


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LIONS IN CANADA?

Could a population of Lions exist there?





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BULLDOG BEAR

Does the Short-faced Bear survive in Canada?





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POSSIBLE BIGFOOT TRACKS

Found deep in mud.





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PATTERSON-GIMLIN BIGFOOT FILM

Is it a real Bigfoot or a hoax?  A video examination.





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CHURSTON WOODS CREATURE

An enigmatic creature reported from south-west England. 





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Friday 29 July 2022

GREENE COUNTY WINGED HUMANOID

Incident in Wayne Township, Pennsylvania.





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FLYING CYLINDER

Creatures so called were reported by O. Tchuimbu in Siberia in the early years of the 19th Century.  They flew 6 feet off the ground.  They were coloured like flames, but had a silvery sheen and seemed to be composed of something like gel-o. 

ARE THERE MOOSE IN NEW ZEALAND?

Some were introduced.  Has the population survived?





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OVER 30 WEIRD SEA SPECIES DISCOVERED

On bed of Pacific Ocean.


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FIRES IN THE AMAZON

Danger of catastrophe.


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PLESIOSAURS IN FRESH WATER

There were plesiosaurs in fresh water, supporting the that the Loch Ness Monster might be one.





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COMMUNICATION WITH MOTHMAN

Incident in Rosemont, Illinois.





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VIDEO OF PILOTS CHASING UFO

Has it been interpreted correctly?  Have a look and see.





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Thursday 28 July 2022

MEN IN BLACK (?) RECORDED BY CCTV

What were they?





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BEASTS AND MONSTERS OF SEWERS AND UNDERGROUND

I wouldn't fancy going down there.


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NEW YORK SASQUATCH

Bigfoot in the North-East.





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KAYADI - UNKNOWN SIMIAN

A cryptid of Papua-New Guinea.





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MYTHICAL PEOPLE OF THE PYRENEES PART 1

The Fairies are both fierce and hairy.

Site in French with translation engine.


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MYTHICAL PEOPLE OF THE PYRENEES - PART 2

A look at the Laminak.

Site in French with translation engine.

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DRUMMING SOUND LURES HIKERS INTO WILDERNESS

What was its cause?





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FEMALE BIGFOOT CHASES SISTERS

Incident in Alabama.





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HUDSON VALLEY BIGFOOT

Reported many times.





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SIGHTINGS OF NEANDERTHALS

In Portugal and Finland.





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PLAUSIBLE CASE FOR LOCH NESS MONSTER?

Due to a fossil find in Morocco.





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FOSSIL OF UNKNOWN 4-LEGGED WHALE

Found in Egypt.


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Wednesday 27 July 2022

MYSTERY LOCH CREATURE

The Searrach Uisge of Loch Suainbhal.





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EGYPTIAN BEAR

Were there ever bears in Egypt?





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BEEBE'S GUYANESE CRYPTIDS

A list of unknown animals compiled by William Beebe.


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5 UNKNOWN LAKE MONSTERS

Caught on camera.  (Video)





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WAS THIS A PTEROSAUR

Reported over Idaho.  (Video)





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NEW SPECIES OF PIT VIPER

Discovered in China.


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FOUR BIGFOOT SIGHTINGS

First person accounts.  (Video)





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STRANGE HUMANOID IN KENTUCKY

Recoded on security camera.





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Tuesday 26 July 2022

19th CENTURY WATER MONSTER

Reported in 1877.





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MONSTER IN THE HEART

Account of a serpent or worm found in a man's heart in the 17th Century.




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PENNSYLVANIA SHEEPMAN

What is this creature?


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CAVE COW

This cryptid of Yucatan and Belize is described as looking like a hairy lizard .  It's big and has claws.


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STRANGE ANIMAL FROM EACH STATE

But they're all animals whose existence is accepted by science.





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SPANISH FIGHT WITH GIANT

In 16th Century Mexico.





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TARIAKSUQ

Legendary creatures of the Inuit.


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HUGE CREATURES OF AUSTRALIA

Huge creatures were reported in New South Wales in the 19th Century.  In the traditions of the Aborigines, they came from a certain billabong near Lismore.  It has been suggested that they were surviving diprotodons.  Mainstream science maintains that diprotodons may have died out 40,000 years ago.  They looked somewhat like rhinoceroses without horns.


  
 

Monday 25 July 2022

TROLL IN MINNESOTA

Narrative of an encounter.





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VERY BIZARRE HUMANOID CREATURE

Encounter at Chestnut Ridge.





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OLD MAN OF MONTEREY

Reported off California.





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GIANT HUMAN SKELETONS

Where were they found?





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DAVY CROCKETT AND THE COONSKIN

An American folktale.





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FOOTBALL FLOODLIGHTS IN NESSIE HUNT

How to shed light on Loch Ness.





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HUMANOID SIGHTINGS REPORTS

Annual lists from 1870-2013.  The site also contains articles from the Journal of Humanoid Studies.  It is compiled by the indefatigable Albert Rosales.





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BLACK HELICOPTER PHENOMENON

Where do they come from?





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