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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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Sunday, February 17, 2013

DALE DRINNON: Bigfoot and Benny's blog

We have had a backlog of blogs and problems with blogger this past week. There shall be several links posted today and several links posted tomorrow to try and make up the difference.

CRYPTOLINK: An Interesting Nessie Photograph from 1992

A word about cryptolinks: We are not responsible for the content of cryptolinks, which are merely links to outside articles that we think are interesting, usually posted up without any comment whatsoever from me.

 
One aspect which makes blogging a fruitful pursuit is the interaction with others who take an interest in the same theme. So, as ever, I encourage comments and anything that could add to the online content. So, with this in mind, one of this blog's readers, Jack, sent me this old clipping. It is from the Daily Mail dated 12th August 1992. 

He had heard my audio interview with Binnall of America and was prompted to open his old copy of Nicholas Witchell's "Loch Ness Story" when an old newspaper clipping fell out! He sent a scan and through the wonder of the Internet, we can all check it out below....



FORTEAN BIRD NEWS FROM THE WATCHER OF THE SKIES (CFZ)

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. So after about six months of regular postings on the main bloggo Corinna has taken the plunge and started a 'Watcher of the Skies' blog of her own as part of the CFZ Bloggo Network.

Artificial light speeds sexual maturity in blackbi...

Invaders

 



GEE VAUCHER: Great Scott



YER GONZO BLOG DOO-DAH MAN DOES HIS OWN INIMITABLE THING

Last week I did the sunday posts
the night before 'cos I had a most
important appointment to go to
and it would take the whole day through
I'm doing much the same today,
except it's cos I want to say
I've got the day off to stay in bed
or go out birdwatching instead
But why the rhymes, well goodness me
each sunday (cos it amuses me)
I do the Gonzo Blogs in verse
(believe me, folks, it could be worse)
We will start off our blog posts today
with the grooviest Gonzo track of the day
with Shaun T Hunter's groovy song
c'mon check it out, you won't go wrong
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/02/the-gonzo-track-of-day-shaun-t-hunter.html
And now down to the universe
of a man who's lived his life in verse
he lives in Austin (don't you know it)
his name is Thom the World Poet
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/02/thom-world-poet-daily-poem_7843.html
And now I supose that I'd better
plug our groovy new newsletter
it's really grteat (if you know what I mean)
and we've just published issue 13
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/02/the-gonzo-weekly-newsletter-13.html
And now for you to muse upon
an interview with Jon Anderson
it's only six months old you know
it's on a youtube video
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/02/2012-interview-from-jon-anderson.html
And now some sad news, alas alack
the bloke who wrote 'Leader of the Pack'
has gone to the great gig in the sky
why did 'Shadow' have to die?
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/02/those-we-have-lost-shadow-morton.html
And finally off topic news
about a girl you should peruse
Crystal Grenade is set to be
someone you all should go and see
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/02/introducing-miss-crystal-grenade-again.html
*  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: http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2012/11/all-gonzo-news-wots-fit-to-print.html
* 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 53 who - together with his orange cat (who is
currently on sick leave in Staffordshire) 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 orange cat?

OLL LEWIS: Yesterday's News Today



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