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.

Saturday, 30 November 2024

BURRONJOR

Legendary giant lizard or saurian of Australia.





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FORBIDDEN PIT OF AFRICA

Reports from newspapers in 1925 of a strange pit in the present Zambia, containing a strange beast.


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Another 1925 report.


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THYLACINE SECRETS

Assertions about the Tasmanian tiger.  (video)





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SMARTER DOGS HAVE SMALLER BRAINS

Who would have thought?





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BIOLOGY OF THE MINOTAUR

The biology of this creature from Greek legend.





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BIZARRE BIOLOGY OF THE CENTAUR

A look at this legendary being.  (video) 





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CRYPTIDS IN FORESTS

Are they real?  (video)


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HUOSHU

Beast of Chinese tradition, possibly a kind of rat.


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BIGFOOT WAS BEHIND HIM

Scary tale of the Hairy One.  (video)





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MASSIVE CREATURES BENEATH SEA FLOOR

In the earth's crust.


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ON THE TRACK #313 and #313.1

The latest episodes in the CFZ weekly tv program.





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CADBOROSAURUS

Sea-Serpent of the Pacific.


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Thursday, 28 November 2024

BRAZILIAN FOLKLORE: LEGENDS AND CREATURES

What's wandering around Brazil?  (video)



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SEA MONSTER SIGHTINGS

A worldwide survey.  (video)





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SURROUNDED BY BIGFOOT

Incident in Michigan.





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SKUNK APE IN THE EVERGLADES

A sensible place for it to be.





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MOTHMAN

Personal sightings and connections.




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GIANTS IN ENGLAND

Giants exist very much in the folklore of England.  How come, then, there is so little documentation of sightings.  Some might say there is an English equivalent of Bigfoot, but it is hard to see how such a creature would thrive in an English environment.  One cannot, however, discount the possibility that some might pop through from another universe.


The south-west of England, which juts out into the sea, seems, legend tells us, to have been particularly favored by English giants.  Prominent among them was the giant Cormoran.  He kicked his wife Cormelian and she died as a result.  This is very uncouth behavior and it is not advised that you try to imitate it, especially if your wife is bigger and stronger than you!   It was stories such as this that led to the belief that giants were not only large, but dangerous too and primitive of aspect and behavior.  The story of Jack the Giant Killer grew up in Cornwall, but it only reached print in 1711.  It features giants such as Thunderbore, whom Jack strangled.  Another giant to whose depredations he put an end was Galligantus.


If there were actual Giants lumbering around Britain, it is certain the Romans would have recorded their presence.  No such records survive.  We must assume, then, that the stories of the Giants, if there is any truth behind them, must date back to prehistoric times; but it seems to me that some stories are pure fiction, some based on myths of huge gods such as Bran and some whose origin is yet to be discovered.  And I don't rule out the odd Bigfoot hopping in from some alternate dimension.




 6 Giants from English folklore.

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PROTO-PYGMIES IN CANADA

Proto-pygmies are primates no taller than four feet.  Some of them may be simians, some diminutive human-like creatures and they figure largely in accounts of members of the First Nations.  The link below gives an interesting account of some of them.





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Tuesday, 26 November 2024

CROLAN LOUGH CREATURE

This Irish lough is situated in County Galway and is connected with Derrylea Lough.  A huge eel, so the story goes, repulsive to behold, was trapped between the two of them in 1890.  Nobody would approach the beast: it was left to rot.   This kind of large eel may be the source of several monster legends.  It is worth noting that Crolan Lough is also known as Lough Gowlan.

A man named Connolly claimed to have seen an unidentified animal in Crolan Lake in 1961.


  


LAVELLAN

A mystery rodent, larger than a rat, that exists in Scottish folklore.  In Scottish Gaelic it is called labhallan.   It is said to be very venomous.

 Its Gaelic name can also be applied to a shrew, mouse or weasel.  It tended to be loathed by Scottish country folk in days gone by.



APES IN EUROPE

The pithecoid invasion in prehistoric times.





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NEW SIGHTING OF LOCH NESS MONSTER?

Has Nessie been seen?





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MYSTERY SOUND IN OCEAN

What is the 'bio-duck'?


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MYSTERY RODENT IN DUBAI

How did it get there?


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Monday, 25 November 2024

TERRIFYING CREATURE SEEN WHILE FISHING

What was this experience.  (video)


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MYTHICAL WOLF CREATURES

A detailed article.





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SQRAT - DOES IT EXIST?

The hybrid of a squirrel and a rat.  They have been reported from time to time, but never authenticated by science.  If they existed, they would likely be infertile. 

Science is certain such hybrids cannot exist, as is explained in the link.


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DIRE WOLVES

They were real and very strange.





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Are there cryptid Dire Wolves in Ireland?

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10 LAKE MONSTERS

A set of lakes said to harbor monsters.





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"MERMAID CREATURE" WITH SHARP TEETH

Washed up on British coast.


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WAS THIS A WEREBEAR?

 An encounter with a strange creature.





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