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, 20 September 2023

HUNDREDS VANISH IN AMERICAN WILDERNESS

Is Bigfoot ever involved?


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THYLACINE RNA

First to be recovered from an extinct animal.





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BIGFOOT TRIED TO TAKE HIS DAUGHTER

A video about an horrific experience.





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ALMAS

Detailed account of bipedal humanoid/ape of Central Asia.





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PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION OF YOWIE

The bipedal creature rumored to exist in Australia.





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SHAPWICK MONSTER

The Monster that wasn't.  Crab Farm in Dorset, England, is said to take its name from this "Monster".





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MAHWHOTTE

The Meuse is a river flowing through France, the Netherlands and Belgium.  It makes its exit into the North Sea, which lies between Britain and northern Europe.  This creature resembles a lizard and , according to author Benjamin Adamah, is about the size of a calf.  It has the curious habit of swimming from one end of the river to the other.  The last time it was reported was in 1870.



 

LOST TATZELWORM SPECIMEN

Captured in Alps about 1900.





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NO SIGN OF HOAX FROM ALIEN CT SCAN

This is an alleged alien body presented to the Mexican UFO congress.





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DEATH OF ALLEGED DOG-FOX HYBRID

The mystery of what it was heightens.


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Tuesday, 19 September 2023

BEAR CLOSES DISNEY WORLD

Part of Disney World, Florida, was closed when a black bear was spotted in a tree.





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DOMESTICATION OF THE CAT

It may have happened in the Middle East.





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ARTRELLIA

Legendary animal of Papua-New Guinea.  (Video)





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LEHEN

A sea snake in the folklore of the Basques.  Its gigantic shape may have led to some people thinking it was a dragon.  In folklore, it is only to be expected that some terms may be used loosely.  Whether this is an actual animal, as yet undiscovered, I cannot say.




EXPERT SAYS THAT BIGFOOT COULD BE REAL

After new sighting.





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CLEAR SIGNS OF EXTRATERRESTRIAL LIFE

The Webb telescope is said to have found them.





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INSIDE THE KELLY HOPKINSVILLE ENCOUNTER

The celebrated Alien encounter of 1955.





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DNA FROM LOCH NESS IN 2018

What animal's DNA was found?





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PAMPAPHONEUS

Its skull has just been found - a terrifying carnivore of pre-Dinosaur days.


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Monday, 18 September 2023

ARE MAMMOTHS STILL LIVING?

I hope I don't bump into one.  (Video)





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WILD PARROTS IN LONDON

Rose-ringed parakeets have now established themselves.  (Video)





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SARKANY

A sarkany is a dragon in Hungarian lore.  It has been suggested it is the prototype of all European dragons.





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ABDUCTION BY SASQUATCH

It allegedly happened to a native girl in the 1800s.  (Video)





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DOMOVOY

The house spirit of Slavic mythology.





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NEWPORT CREATURE

Seen at Newport, Tennessee, in 2004, this creature resembled an arrowhead flying in the wrong direction.  In fact, it seemed to glide rather than fly and its appendages for doing this resembled those of a flying squirrel.  Its height was judged at three feet and its width at the shoulder two feet.  We have no further reports. 

GIANT SLOTH IN CALIFORNIA

In San Jose.





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BIZARRE UNKNOWN CANID

Near Kerryville, Texas.


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Saturday, 16 September 2023

FIREFLIES ARE DISAPPEARING

In a word, why?





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HAIRLESS HUMANOID IN VANCOUVER

What could it have been?


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THE HALF-CHILD

This account is really bizarre and scary.


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STRANGE HUMANOID IN KANSAS

Seen crossing the road.


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BIZARRE HUMANOID EXPERIENCE

In the woods at Sharpsburg (Georgia).





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HUGE OCTOPUS IN HAWAII

Twice the size of most octopuses in the area.





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CANNIBAL ARRESTED IN ZIMBABWE

A gory item.  Not cryptozoology, but I thought  it might interest some readers.


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ON THE TRACK #250 and #250.1

The latest in the CFZ weekly web tv show.





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CHINESE MYSTERY SEEDS

What are they doing in Michigan?  Will they become invasives?


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BIGFOOT IN CHINA

MonsterQuest episode.





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Friday, 15 September 2023

WHITE DEER IN MYTHS AND LEGENDS

A White Deer is often considered a special animal.

JUANCABALLOS

A centaur-like creature of Andalusia, Spain. 





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CRAQUEUHHE

A very weird creature from French folklore.


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MYSTERIOUS FLYING CREATURE

Caught on Video.


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BIGFOOT MUSEUM OUTSIDE ATLANTA

One of the strange museums in the area.  Incidentally, "outside" means one and a half hour drive.





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ALIEN BODIES WITH 3-FINGERED HANDS AND "UNKNOWN" DNA

Presented at Mexican UFO congress.





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DOG-FOX CROSSBREED

Hit by car in Brazil.  It has been argued that such crossbreeds are impossible, so treat this story with caution.


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Thursday, 14 September 2023

BAA BAA BLACK SHEEP - THE CONTROVERSY

The nursery rhyme Baa Baa Black Sheep is well known, but it has been the center of a controversy which led to its being banned in schools in Birmingham, England.  The rhyme first appeared in print about 1744.

It was suggested the rhyme was racist, but in fact there is no evidence that it has anything to do with racism or the slave trade.  The majority opinion seems to be that it was a protest against the Great Custom, a wool tax of the  13th Century.

Black parents in Birmingham regarded the ban as ludicrous and eventually it was withdrawn.  You should be able to sing it without causing offense.



This shows how ridiculous the present state of so-called "Political Correctness" is.