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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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Wednesday, October 19, 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:




Tyler Kroestch, right, said he had a possible Bigfoot sighting last month while camping overnight in Michigan. Photo: Handout ...

Based on recently released footage, people who are searching for Bigfoot in the Pacific Northwest of the United States may want to change their plans ...

Investigator Documents Creepy Bigfoot Activity On Video
I don't normally put much credence in bigfoot and peanut butter stories, but I have to admit, this one is pretty interesting. I certainly wasn't expecting ...


NESSIENEWS (Caveat Lector)



Wreck of submarine 'attacked by Loch Ness monster'
"The discovery of a World War I German submarine off the Scottish coast has thrown light on one of the greatest mysteries of the conflict: Did the Loch ...

THE GONZO BLOG DOO-DAH MAN IS OVER HERE

The Gonzo Daily - Wednesday
 
 Life is very peculiar at the moment. Unless I get a (for me) stupidly early night’s sleep, and drink industrial amounts of coffee in the morning, my new medication regime means that I fall asleep at the drop of the proverbial hat. This is what happened yesterday. I got up early, came downstairs and almost immediately fell asleep. Graham woke me up, I ate a heart breakfast and fell asleep again. I finally woke up at about five in the evening, did a few hours of very laboured work and went back to bed….
 
And now for the news................
 
THOM THE WORLD POET: The Daily Poem
THE GONZO TRACK OF THE DAY: Eric Burdon & War Spi...
Van Der Graaf Generator: Peter Hammill discusses n...
James Young - Songs They Never Play On The Radio ...
PINK FAIRIES NEWS
 
And by the way chaps and chappesses, a trip to the Jon Downes megastore: if you want to make me a happy fellow, you can:
 
buy my novel:
buy my single:
 
Gonzo Magazine #204
 
In this week's exciting edition, Doug goes behind the scenes of Rick Wakeman and Tony Ashton's legendary TV show Gastank. We have a sneak preview of the long awaited new Pink Fairies album, and also reveal news about the new Al Atkins record. Jon and Corinna go to see Focus, Davey goes to see Robin Trower, we have amazing graphicy bits from Martin Springett of The Gardening Club, Jon muses upon Budgie, and Alan goes to the  Berwick Film Festival...
 
Good ‘ere innit?
 
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:
Bob Dylan, Prince, Rod Stewart, Radiohead, Motorhead, Led Zeppelin, Strange Harvest, Friday Night Progressive, Mack Maloney's Mystery Hour, Fergus David Edward Miller, Don Ciccone, Michiyo Yasuda, Rick Wakeman, Martin Stephenson and The Daintees, Archie Fisher & Barbara Dickson, Binky Womack, Arthur Brown, Nils Lofgren, Jackie Lee, The Pink Fairies, GasTank, Alan Dearling, Berwick Film Festival, Davey Curtis, Robin Trower, Mr Biffo, Roy Weard, Hawkwind, Xtul, Martin Springett, The Gardening Club, Budgie, Mr Fibby, Louis Armstrong, Cliff Richard, N.Sync, Cavern Club, The Beatles, Hieronymus Bosch, Henri Chopin
 
Read the previous few issues of Gonzo Weekly:
 
Issue 203 (The Gardening Club)
Issue 202 (Gong)
Issue 201 (Auld Man's Baccie)
Issue 200 (Deep Purple)
Issue 199 (Yes)
Issue 198 (Steve Ignorant)
Issue 197 (Gilli Smyth)
Issue 196 (Paul May)
Issue 195 (Dave Brock)
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 57 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?

NEWS FROM NOWHERE - Wednesday

ON THIS DAY IN - 1933 - Basketball was introduced to the 1936 Olympic Games by the Berlin Organization Committee. 
And now some more recent news from the CFZ Newsdesk

  • Synthetic rhino horn ready 'in two years'
  • Eel migration study tells 'romantic' tale
  • Cities can serve as a refuge for insect pollinator...
  • Fossil from oldest ancestor of modern sea turtles
  • Scientists search for regional accents in cod
  • The amazing recovery of Yosemite’s yellow-legged f...
  • Toad numbers fall by two-thirds in 30 years



  • 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.)