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, 13 November 2024

IS PRINCE MADOC FACTUAL?

Did the Welsh cross the Atlantic?





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LITTLE PEOPLE IN CANADIAN FOLKLORE

Elves, Dwarfs and Goblins.  (video)





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DOES THE DIRE WOLF STILL EXIST?

Where might it be found?





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MONSTER FROM IRISH SEA

Seen in shallows.





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HOW DID THE LOCH NESS MONSTER COME TO LIGHT?

This may not be the actual start of the legend.


Loch Ness



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LOCH NESS MONSTER SPOTTED

Is this certain?





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SKELETON OF UNKNOWN ANIMAL

Found in the Philippines.


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A MEETING WITH MARTIANS

They were conversationally inclined.





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SONS OF THE DEAD WOMAN

The medieval writer Walter Map (1130-ca.1210) wrote this account of a contemporary event.   A Breton knight had a wife who died.  One night, he saw her in the midst of a group of fairies.  It was a well known belief that the Fairies mixed with or even were the Dead.  Undeterred, he snatched her from their midst and brought her home, after which they continued their married life and she bore him a number of children.

I suspect what actually happened was this.  The woman was not dead when they buried her and she somehow escaped or was rescued from the grave.  When her husband saw her, she was in the midst of a group of ordinary women which, it being after nightfall, he mistook for fairies.  He snatched her away and took her home.

However, I may be wrong.

 

Tuesday, 12 November 2024