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Half a century ago, Belgian Zoologist Bernard Heuvelmans first codified cryptozoology in his book On the Track of Unknown Animals.

The Centre for Fortean Zoology (CFZ) are still on the track, and have been since 1992. But as if chasing unknown animals wasn't enough, we are involved in education, conservation, and good old-fashioned natural history! We already have three journals, the largest cryptozoological publishing house in the world, CFZtv, and the largest cryptozoological conference in the English-speaking world, but in January 2009 someone suggested that we started a daily online magazine! The CFZ bloggo is a collaborative effort by a coalition of members, friends, and supporters of the CFZ, and covers all the subjects with which we deal, with a smattering of music, high strangeness and surreal humour to make up the mix.

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Wednesday, May 15, 2013

OLL LEWIS: Yesterday's News Today


As we know, yesterday's `Yesterday’s News Today` was never posted, so here is what would have been posted yesterday, today:

On this day in 1928 the first Mickey Mouse cartoon Plane Crazy was released. Unfortunately, as it failed to find a distributor, it was only seen by a few people. That changed when Walt Disney wowed audiences by showing them his Steamboat Willy, the first cartoon that had sound synchronised to the action on screen. After this Plane Crazy was given a similar soundtrack by Ub Iwerks and Disney then re-released it and it became a great success.

In the USA copyright laws mysteriously change every few years to always include Steamboat Willie and therefore theoretically Disney's ownership of Mickey Mouse... Iwerks' and Disney's earlier creation Oswald the Lucky Rabbit is technically public domain though:

But now for today's 'Yesterday's News Today'. It is a double issue because yesterday's 'Yesterday's News Today' posts are now being posted in today's 'Yesterday's News Today', alongside the posts that had originally been scheduled for today's 'Yesterday's News Today'. Confused? Join the club.


On this day in 1928 paranormal investigator Peter Underwood was born. Underwood is most famous for his investigations into the Borley Rectory Hauntings (dubbed the most haunted house in Britain by the press).
And now the news:

  • Elusive crocodile killed after four years at large...
  • At Least 26 Elephants Killed by Poachers in Centra...
  • Trafficking of Critically Endangered Madagascar to...
  • Man who thought he just had a runny nose for a yea...
  • Shark Attack: Man Killed Off Reunion Island
  • Kenya: Lake Victoria Crocodile Kills Form One Stud...
  • Sea turns red as whales die to satisfy lust of gou...
  • Why are so many Southern right whales dying in Pat...
  • Elephant 'tramples to death suspected poacher'
  • Kenyan conservation director charged with ivory sm...
  • River guide swallowed by hippo, lives to tell tale...
  • Toxic Caterpillars: Pesticide To Destroy Bug
  • Stung to death by bees: climber's body found dangl...
  • India panic after bears kill eight in Orissa state...
  • Rare pearl mussel at risk due to illegal poaching
  • Thailand's Tiger Temple: Unsafe, cruel, and riddle...

  • Underwood on Borley:

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