A creature said to be found in the area of Suscon Bridge, Pennsylvania and to be half pig, half wolf. Such an identification is due to folklore, but some real animal may lie behind this.
Tuesday, 31 December 2024
Monday, 30 December 2024
Sunday, 29 December 2024
Saturday, 28 December 2024
Friday, 27 December 2024
SUEZ SEA SERPENT
UNDERWATER MOOSE
A water-dwelling moose or at least something that looks like a moose. They are said to be found in the nortehern part of Manitoba. They have pads around their hooves, but their general appearance is not far different from the terrestrial moose with which we are all familiar.
STURGEON BAY CREATURE
An unidentified creature seen in the vicinity of Sturgeon Bay (Wisconsin) in 2003. Details have been difficult to make out. One witness said it was not a deer, dog or domestic cat. It was described as quite large with a head like a basket ball.
Thursday, 26 December 2024
Monday, 23 December 2024
CHRISTMAS GREETINGS!
CFZ-USA wish all their readers a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
We at CFZ-USA are well aware that Christmas is not a joyous time for everyone and such people are also very much in our thoughts.
THE YULE LOG
Tradition of the Yule Log.
Burt, estimated age 90, the crocodile who starred in the film Crocodile Dundee, has died. He is thought to have been 40 years older than your average crocodile. He seems to have been somewhat irascible, but you know how temperamental movie stars are.
GILLMAN
Did you ever see the old film Creature from the Black Lagoon which hit the screen in 1954? It dealt with a humanoid creature that frequented the Amazon and was covered in scales. It could breathe under water.
What many do not know is that it was based allegedly on a real belief of of the local inhabitants. This was revealed by a man named Gabriel Figueroa at a dinner party. The Indians in a certain village would know that a certain predator, a combination of man and fish, would issue from the waters of the Amazon once a year and carry off a young girl. Then, for another six months, the Indians would feel their daughters would be safe from the clutches of the ghastly creature. The manner in which Figueroa unfolded his account was not one of someone telling a tall tale, so who can tell what dwells beneath the Amazon's mysterious surface.
Sunday, 22 December 2024
JENTILLAK
The name applied to Giants of Basque lore. The last of them was said to be a fierce and unpleasant character called Olentzero. However, in modern folklore, Olentzero has been turned into a Christmas gift giver of the Santa Claus type.