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 November 2022

WILL THE EARTH END IN A BILLION YEARS?

Scientific calculation says yes.


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KELPIE - DEADLY HORSE OF SCOTTISH LORE

A creature to be feared.





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NUCKELAVEE - SCOTLAND'S HORRIFIC MONSTER

A creature of Scottish folk belief.





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Another article on this subject.


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SMALL DINOSAUR DUG UP

Discovered in Transylvania.


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WORLD'S LARGEST SQUID

The Giant Squid and the Colossal Squid.





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KRAMPUS - THE CHILD PUNISHER

In European folklore, in December he punishes recalcitrant children.





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COUNTY SHERIFF BIGFOOT ENCOUNTER

Described as "bone-chilling".  (Video)





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IS THIS A BIGFOOT?

Video of possible Sasquatch.





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LOCH LEUERBOST MONSTER

Could it be a conger eel?





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EXPERT SEARCHES FOR INTELLIGENT EXTRATERRESTRIAL LIFE

He has a determined search.





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Tuesday 29 November 2022

TUSK-PIG

Cryptid of Manitoba.





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BARNUM'S WHITE ELEPHANT

White elephants are not really white - they can be pink, brown or gray, but not really white.  Yet showman P.T. Barnum was able to display a truly white elephant.  How had he managed this?


P T Barnum


The answer he confided to an acquaintance/.  He had had the elephant covered in whitewash or paint.  This possibly was not good for the elephant, but Barnum got away with it.

 

MICHIGAN BUNNY MAN

An article from Linda Godfrey's blog.





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BANDAR LOG

The "monkey-people" of India.





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OBITUARY OF LINDA GODFREY

Someone who will be much missed in Fortean zoology.  Barton Nunnely writes.





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BIGFOOT ON VIDEO

Captured by boater.





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BALTIC SEA MYSTERY

What is the strange object down there?  Why was it entrusted to Swedish and Norwegian special forces?


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ENCOUNTER WITH A SEA SERPENT

Vivid newspaper report of an incident off the coast of Madagascar from  1908.





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Monday 28 November 2022

LINDA GODFREY PASSES AWAY

We at CFZ are extremely saddened by the death of Linda Godfrey, one of the stalwarts of cryptozoology, whose outstanding contributions to the study of Dogman will be long remembered. 


Linda Godfrey (1951-2022)

NEW ZEALAND GOATMAN

Stories about him go back to Maori folklore.





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SRAYUDA

With the head of a snake and body of a human.


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TULPA

A look at this curious manifestation.


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SHADOW PEOPLE

A look at what they may be.


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WORLD'S OLDEST GHOSTS

Roman, Babylonian, Pre-human.





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WERE EINSTEIN AND LEONARDO ALIENS?

According to Father Lionel Fanthorpe, they may have been.


Albert Einstein



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DEAD BIGFOOT AND POLICE COVER-UP

It was allegedly killed by a car.





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Sunday 27 November 2022

TINICUM CAT

An unidentified felid of North America.





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TIGRE DE MONTAGNE

What is this mystery cat of Africa?


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DOES THE QUEENSLAND TIGER STILL LIVE?

Or did it ever exist at all?


Thylacoleo skeleton



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ARE FAIRIES REAL?

A look at some evidence.





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ANOMALOUS BIGFOOT ENCOUNTER

Car drives right through it!

SOMETHING LIVING BENEATH ANTARCTICA

Scientists discover something huge, perhaps 5 million square kilometers, may be living beneath Antarctica.





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OTT #208 and 208i

The CFZ web tv show.





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THE FELINE STOWAWAY

Cat found in suitcase at airport.





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Saturday 26 November 2022

LOUGH WASKEL MONSTER

A strange creature has been reported from Ireland.  There had been a number of stories about a water horse in the lake in former times.  In one case a small lake nearby had been drained.  Before this was completed, a trail of slime had been found leading from this lakelet to Lough Waskel.  Some time about the 1960s,  Cathal Murray was an eyewitness who saw the creature.  The creature had come ashore.  It was 14 feet in length, colored black and had little legs.  Could it have been some sort of eel with attached legs?



 
Source: R. Cornes and G. Cunningham Irish Aquatic Monsters
 n.p., 2019.  

WHAT WAS THE THING IN THE TUNNEL?

Report from Virginia.


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DIB

Unknown creature of Ethiopia and Somalia.


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JUNGLE WALRUS

What is the animal in the petroglyph?





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NDALAWO

Mystery big cat of Uganda.





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BIGFOOT JUMPS FROM TREE

Woman films it.





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STRANGE FISH CAPTURED IN PACIFIC OCEAN

It had birdlike feathers.


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NON-HUMAN SPECIES THAT ARE ALL TOO HUMAN

A look at non-human species with suggestion they are closer to us than animals.


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Friday 25 November 2022

GETZKO

Wildman of Polish legend.





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YASSOU

Possible sabertooth of Chad.





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AQUATIC HUMANOID

Reported from Lake Erie.





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ATTACKED BY GOBLIN-LIKE BEINGS

Weird story from Italy.


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CHESTNUT RIDGE

Called the Twilight Zone of Pennsylvania.





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BIGFOOT SEEN IN POUGHKEEPSIE WOODS

At around 9 p.m.





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BIGFOOT CAUGHT ON CAMERA?

It allegedly sneaked onto ranch.





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MOUNTAIN GORILLA REPRODUCTION SLOWS

Female gorilla transfers slow things down.





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18,000 YEAR OLD MYSTERY ANIMAL FOUND FROZEN

It is neither a dog nor a wolf and its species cannot be determined.


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Thursday 24 November 2022

CAPTURE OF GIGANTIC GOLDFISH

It was thrown back into the lake.





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DEVIL MONKEYS IN NATIVE AMERICAN TRADITION

The Native Americans have something to say about this cryptid.

(Article in German with translation engine.)





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MYSTERY CREATURES OF SENEGAL

Data collected by Owen Burnham.  Includes Sabertooths, Giant Bush Baby, etc.





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ZANKALALLA

Folklore creature among the Hausa of Nigeria.


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EVIDENCE FOR BIGFOOT

Indications of his existence.





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DINGONEK - STRANGE CREATURE OF KENYA

It lurks in the water.


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GIANT FLYING INSECTS

Some weird sightings.





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SPECIES DISCOVERED OR REDISCOVERED IN 2022

Includes the Blanket Octopus, Ivory-Billed Woodpecker, etc.





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MYSTERY CREATURE WASHED ASHORE IN IRELAND

It is headless.


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Wednesday 23 November 2022

OTT #207

The latest CFZ television episode.





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FOURTH ANACONDA SPECIES

It's been verified after two decades.





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GIANT HUMANOID SPIDER

Seen by two brothers.





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BIZARRE CREATURES DISCOVERED BY DIVER

They were in a cave.


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NIGHT VISITORS

A first hand experience.


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SLIMY CASPER

Creature of the Nith River, Ontario.


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OMAJINAKOOS

Creature of Cree legend.


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AGATHA CHRISTIE'S MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE

What was the truth behind it?


Agatha Christie Monument



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WILL HUMANS BE LIVING ON THE MOON BY 2030?

NASA says they will.





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SHEEP WALKING IN CIRCLES

Has the mystery been solved?





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Tuesday 22 November 2022

21 BLACK-FOOTED FERRETS BORN

This species was so rare it was actually declared extinct in 1979, but then some surviving specimens were discovered.  The 21 ferret kits referred to above were born in Phoenix Zoo.