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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.

It is edited by CFZ Director Jon Downes, and subbed by the lovely Lizzy Bitakara'mire (formerly Clancy), scourge of improper syntax. The daily newsblog is edited by Corinna Downes, head administratrix of the CFZ, and the indexing is done by Lee Canty and Kathy Imbriani. There is regular news from the CFZ Mystery Cat study group, and regular fortean bird news from 'The Watcher of the Skies'. Regular bloggers include Dr Karl Shuker, Dale Drinnon, Richard Muirhead and Richard Freeman.The CFZ bloggo is updated daily, and there's nothing quite like it anywhere else. Come and join us...

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Tuesday, August 16, 2016

FORTEAN BIRD NEWS FROM THE WATCHER OF THE SKIES


What has Corinna's column of Fortean bird news got to do with cryptozoology? 

Well, everything, actually! 

 In an article for the first edition of Cryptozoology Bernard Heuvelmans wrote that cryptozoology is the study of 'unexpected animals' and following on from that perfectly reasonable assertion, it seems to us that whereas the study of out-of-place birds may not have the glamour of the hunt for bigfoot or lake monsters, it is still a perfectly valid area for the Fortean zoologist to be interested in.






BIGFOOT NEWS IN BRIEF



Sasquatch Stars in Oregon Public Service Announcement
Sasquatch sightings, Bigfoot encounters, Bigfoot news, articles, blogs, and more.

Dogman Terrorizes Campers In 1972
She has heard of Bigfoot/Sasquatch but the description of those creatures did not match until years later when she came across information about the ...

Is This A Bigfoot Cabin?
Utah Sasquatch on youtube discovers a small, cabin type structure in the woods. What made this structure so far out here?

Encounters: The Hidden Truth - Bigfoot Episode
Here's a great bigfoot episode of the old tv series "Encounters". Check it out: ... so iktomi,,Brock lesner is a bigfoot?,,,,,for the 50th time your such a ...

THE GONZO BLOG DOO-DAH MAN HOLDS IT TOGETHER

The Gonzo Daily - Tuesday
 
Yesterday was completely insane. We lost a speaker, gained another one, all dealt with all sorts of drama. Without mentioning any names, in the last ten days we have had four attempted suicides, someone rushed to hospital with heart problems, someone else facing bankruptcy, Exeter City Council threatening to sue me, someone who DID sue me turning up unexpectedly in the village shop, the death of an old Nemesis of mine, an unpaid electricity bill, several dysfunctional families being more dysfunctional than usual, a whole slew of hangovers, a bottle of red wine tipped on a white carpet, problems with flight connections, Torridge District Council being particularly intransigent with someone who isn't me but could have been, failed insurance fraud by an old and dear friend, a damaged kneecap, and unorthodox use of tree lopping shears. And that is just for starters. I was talking to Dan Holdsworth yesterday and he now understands why I really want to give the WW a rest for a while, and why I start smoking again every August.
 
find out all about the Weird Weekend
buy tickets to the Weird Weekend:
This year's Programme
 
And now for the news................
 
THE GONZO TRACK OF THE DAY: "Awaken" - Jon Anderso...
On the Level - With Rock Star Rick Wakeman (from t...
HAWKWIND INTERVIEW (2016)
Arthur Brown's Ladies of The Crazy world of Arthur...
THOM THE WORLD POET: The Daily Poem
 
Gonzo Magazine #195
 
The good people of Seaton pay tribute to Dave Brock of Hawkwind, Doug goes to see LCD Soundsystem, Jon muses on legendary unreleased music and wonders why so much of it is crap, Alan visits Ladies Day at the Festivals, and we look at a new book on Crass
 
And there are radio shows from Strange Fruit, Mack Maloney, and Friday Night  Progressive. We also have columns from all sorts of folk including Roy Weard, Mr Biffo, Neil Nixon and the irrepressible Corinna. There is also a thrilling and slightly disturbing episode of Xtul. There is also a collection of more news, reviews, views, interviews and pademelons outside zoos(OK, nothing to do with small marsupials who have escaped from captivity, but I got carried away with things that rhymed with OOOOS) than you can shake a stick at. And the best part is IT's ABSOLUTELY FREE!!!
 
This issue features:
Dolly Parton, Tony Iommi, The Beatles, Bob Dylan, Mavis Staples, Adam Lambert, Gregg Allman, Jack White, Rolling Stones, Strange Fruit, Friday Night Progressive, Mack Maloney's Mystery Hour, Padraig Duggan, William Edward "B. E." Taylor, Richard Fagan, The Boomtown Rats, Karnataka, Rick Wakeman, Hawkwind, LCD Soundsystem, Alan Dearling, Kosfest, Ladies Day, Julia Quinn, Mr Biffo, Roy Weard, Xtul, Crass, Elton John, Elvis, Bob Marley, Alberta Casey
                                                                                  
Read the previous few issues of Gonzo Weekly:
 
Issue 194 (Auburn)
Issue 193 (Genre Peak)
Issue 192 (Rick Wakeman and Brian May)
Issue 191 (Karnataka)
Issue 190 (Erik Norlander)
Issue 189 (Rick Wakeman at the O2)
Issue 187/8 (Yer holiday special)
Issue 186 (Beatles)
Issue 185 (Judge Smith)
Issue 184 (Mick Abrahams)
 
All issues from #70 can be downloaded at www.gonzoweekly.com if you prefer. If you have problems downloading, just email me and I will add you to the Gonzo Weekly dropbox. The first 69 issues are archived there as well. Information is power chaps, we have to share it!
 
You can download the magazine in pdf form HERE:
 
SPECIAL NOTICE: If you, too, want to unleash the power of your inner rock journalist, and want to join a rapidly growing band of likewise minded weirdos please email me at jon@eclipse.co.uk The more the merrier really.
 
* The Gonzo Daily is a two way process. If you have any news or want to write for us, please contact me at jon@eclipse.co.uk. If you are an artist and want to showcase your work, or even just say hello please write to me at gonzo@cfz.org.uk. Please copy, paste and spread the word about this magazine as widely as possible. We need people to read us in order to grow, and as soon as it is viable we shall be invading more traditional magaziney areas. Join in the fun, spread the word, and maybe if we all chant loud enough we CAN stop it raining. See you tomorrow...
 
* The Gonzo Daily is - as the name implies - a daily online magazine (mostly) about artists connected to the Gonzo Multimedia group of companies. But it also has other stuff as and when the editor feels like it. The same team also do a weekly newsletter called - imaginatively - The Gonzo Weekly. Find out about it at this link: www.gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.co.uk
 
* We should probably mention here, that some of our posts are links to things we have found on the internet that we think are of interest. We are not responsible for spelling or factual errors in other people's websites. Honest guv!
 
* Jon Downes, the Editor of all these ventures (and several others) is an old hippy of 56 who - together with an infantile orange cat named after a song by Frank Zappa, and two small kittens, one totally coincidentally named after one of the Manson Family, purely because she squeaks, puts it all together from a converted potato shed in a tumbledown cottage deep in rural Devon which he shares with various fish. He is ably assisted by his lovely wife Corinna, his bulldog/boxer Prudence, his elderly mother-in-law, and a motley collection of social malcontents. Plus.. did we mention the infantile orange cat, and the adventurous kittens?

ANDREW MAY: Words from the Wild Frontier

News and stories from the remoter fringes of the CFZ blogosphere...

From CFZ-USA:

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NEWS FROM NOWHERE - Tuesday

ON THIS DAY IN - 1829 - The "Siamese twins," Chang and Eng Bunker, arrived in Boston, MA. They had come to the Western world to be exhibited. They were 18 years old and joined at the waist. 
And now some more recent news from the CFZ Newsdesk

  • Rare 'Whale Fall' Spotted by Deep-Sea Scientists
  • DNA shows that horse's 'funny walk originated in Y...
  • The EU is right to oppose a global ivory ban
  • Tiny Asian beetle wreaking havoc on North America'...
  • Smelly stoat gland surprise for New Zealand thieve...



  • AND TO WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK... (Music that may have some relevance to items also on this page, or may just reflect my mood on the day)