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At the beginning of the 21st Century monsters still roam the remote, and sometimes not so remote, corners of our planet. It is our job to search for them.
The Centre for Fortean Zoology
[CFZ] is - we believe - the largest professional, scientific and full-time organisation
in the world dedicated to cryptozoology - the study of unknown animals. Since 1992 the CFZ has carried out an unparalleled programme of research and investigation all over the world.
We are a non-profit making organisation, and none of the directors are paid anything for their time and effort. Any monies earned or donated go straight into our work. We are also active in disability rights; several of the directorate, including the director, are disabled, and we hope that our activities give a positive view of what disabled people can achieve.
Have fun exploring
our site and find out how you can join the world's biggest, fastest growing
and best mystery animal research group
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We have a nascent museum and library, as well as facilities for film making, publishing, and research. Over the next few years we have plans to continue our programme of renovations to make this the world's foremost fortean zoological or cryptozoological research facility.
CFZ PRESS
Sick of werewolves, tired of zombies, will you scream if you read ay more about vampires? Well Richard Freeman’s new book ‘The Great Yokai Encyclopaedia; An A to Z of Japanese Monsters’ is the perfect antidote. No one could accuse Japanese folklore or Japanese monsters of being run of the mill.
With early public literacy, access to the printing press and hundreds of years of Shinto, Buddhist, and Taoist cultural cross pollinations, the stage is said for some truly insane legendary beasts that make the creations of H.P.Lovecraft look as wholesome as the Care Bears.
Collectively known as Yokai, the ghosts and monsters from the Land of the Rising Sun are so strange that to a western mind they are like having a mental enema. The book lists a cavalcade of the weirdest monsters in the world. Giant man eating sea cucumbers that grow from girl's knickers, pervert water goblins, grave robbing giant rabbits, dragons that impregnate women, flaming pigs that steal human genitals, monsters that eat your hair, monsters that lick the ceiling, monsters that lick poorly kept public toilets, cats that animate dead bodies, dogs with shape shifting testicles, blood sucking weasels and un-dead whales, it's all in here and much, much more!
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LAST UPDATED: 18th May SLIDESHOW: Trailcam pictures from Ashcroft (Story: OTT, April 2012)
Click here for further details... 18th May: NATURAL HISTORY/JON'S JOURNAL: The dandelion king Click here for further details... 18th May: CFZ PEOPLE: Emma has come up with a brilliant method of fundraising, and it won't cost ANY of you ANYTHING Click here for further details... 18th May: CRYPTOZOOLOGY/CFZ MYSTERY CAT STUDY GROUP: Matt Salusbury writes.. Click here for further details... 18th May: CRYPTOZOOLOGY/CFZ MYSTERY CAT STUDY GROUP: Dan Holdsworth writes.. Click here for further details... 18th May: CRYPTOZOOLOGY etc: Dale Drinnon writes on Plesiosaurs and Pterosaurs discussion, Trans Pacific Contacts Click here for further details... 18th May: MEDIA: For you culture lovers out there, yes, I am the Gonzo blog doo dah man Click here for further details... 18th May: FORTEAN: Those jolly nice people at Haunted Skies have made their archive available to the public at large, one piece at a time. Today, a cutting from The Daily Mirror 26.6.67 Click here for further details... 18th May: CFZ NEWS SERVICE: Yesterday's News Today Click here for further details... 17th May: NATURAL HISTORY/CRYPTOZOOLOGY: A southern Festoon in Exeter - Richard Muirhead reports Click here for further details... 17th May: NATURAL HISTORY: An egret at Walland Farm Click here for further details... 17th May: NATURAL HISTORY: A Cotswold camp for butterflies Click here for further details... 17th May: CRYPTOZOOLOGY: Dale Drinnon writes on Plesiosaurs and Pterosaurs, Bronze Age Traders and Linguistic links which support the idea, and Benny's Blog Click here for further details... 17th May: MEDIA: For you culture lovers out there, yes, I am the Gonzo blog doo dah man Click here for further details... 17th May: FORTEAN: Those jolly nice people at Haunted Skies have made their archive available to the public at large, one piece at a time. Today, a cutting from The Daily Mirror 25.10.67 Click here for further details... 17th May: CFZ NEWS SERVICE: Yesterday's News Today Click here for further details... 16th May: NATURAL HISTORY/TERATOLOGY: Is this a weird butterfly? Click here for further details... 16th May: CRYPTOZOOLOGY: Karl Shuker describes ebony encounters of the serpentine kind Click here for further details... 16th May: ODD REQUEST: Does anyone have some back issues of The Dandy Click here for further details... 16th May: CRYPTOZOOLOGY: An unusual encounter off the North Carolina coast Click here for further details... 16th May: CRYPTOZOOLOGY: Dale Drinnon on waheela and bigfoot Click here for further details... 16th May: MEDIA: For you culture lovers out there, yes, I am the Gonzo blog doo dah man Click here for further details... 16th May: FORTEAN: Those jolly nice people at Haunted Skies have made their archive available to the public at large, one piece at a time. Today, a cutting from The Daily Mirror 21.9.67 Click here for further details... 16th May: CFZ NEWS SERVICE: Yesterday's News Today Click here for further details... 15th May: CRYPTOZOOLOGY: An Australian Mystery Cat Click here for further details... 15th May: CRYPTOZOOLOGY: Nick Redfern on the British Bigfoot Click here for further details... 15th May: CRYPTOBOTANY: Naomi West looks for breadfruit Click here for further details... 15th May: BLOGGOSTUFF: Corinna has notched up 8,000 hits on the newsblog Click here for further details... 15th May: CRYPTOZOOLOGY: Dale Drinnon discusses the Great white North American ape Click here for further details... 15th May: MEDIA: For you culture lovers out there, yes, I am the Gonzo blog doo dah man Click here for further details... 15th May: FORTEAN: An update from those jolly nice people at Haunted Skies Click here for further details... 15th May: CFZ NEWS SERVICE: Yesterday's News Today Click here for further details... 14th May: CRYPTOZOOLOGY: A mystery cat in Colorado Click here for further details... 14th May: CFZ NEWS SERVICE: Andrew May with Words from the Wild Frontier Click here for further details... 14th May: EVOLUTION: I know Nick Arnold, the author of the 'Horrible History' books, albeit vaguely, and his brother came to see me and Richard lecture the other week. Here is a very deft spoof of David Bowie's 'Changes' sung by "Charles Darwin". Click here for further details... 14th May: CONSERVATION: End the seal cull Click here for further details... 14th May: MEDIA: For you culture lovers out there, yes, I am the Gonzo blog doo dah man Click here for further details... 14th May: FORTEAN: Those jolly nice people at Haunted Skies have made their archive available to the public at large, one piece at a time. Today, a cutting from The Daily Mirror 19.12.67 Click here for further details... 14th May: CFZ NEWS SERVICE: Yesterday's News Today Click here for further details... 13th May: TERATOLOGY: Carl Marshall has an update about the black fox Click here for further details... 13th May: TERATOLOGY: Richard Muirhead describes a court case over a winged cat Click here for further details... 13th May: CRYPTOZOOLOGY/BIG CAT NEWS: Scarborough and Switzerland Click here for further details... 13th May: CRYPTOZOOLOGY: A round up of recent stories about thylacines Click here for further details... 13th May: CRYPTOZOOLOGY etc: Dale Drinnon introduces Bigfoot, Nandi Bear, Cedar and Willow, Benny's Blog Click here for further details... 13th May: MEDIA: For you culture lovers out there, yes, I am the Gonzo blog doo dah man Click here for further details... 13th May: FORTEAN: Those jolly nice people at Haunted Skies have made their archive available to the public at large, one piece at a time. Today, a cutting from The Daily Mirror 19.7.67 Click here for further details... 13th May: CFZ NEWS SERVICE: Yesterday's News Today Click here for further details... 12th May: NATURAL HISTORY: A really weird deep sea creature Click here for further details... 12th May: CRYPTOZOOLOGY: The San Clemente sea beast sightings Click here for further details... 12th May: CRYPTOZOOLOGY/WW2012: Stronsay Beast soap. Can such a thing be? Click here for further details... 12th May: NATURAL HISTORY: Doug Shoop introduces us to Giant Tortoise Dude Click here for further details... 12th May: CFZ NEWS SERVICE: Andrew May with Words from the Wild Frontier Click here for further details... 12th May: MEDIA: For you culture lovers out there, yes, I am the Gonzo blog doo dah man Click here for further details... 12th May: FORTEAN: Those jolly nice people at Haunted Skies have made their archive available to the public at large, one piece at a time. Today, a cutting from The Daily Mirror 16.8.67 Click here for further details... 12th May: CFZ NEWS SERVICE: Yesterday's News Today Click here for further details... A comprehensive Index - by both date and subject - of News Stories can be found HERE This is where old news stories are archived, so they no longer take up room on the front page. |
 CFZtv: Our YouTube Channel has over two hundred films, from short clips to feature-length movies. They are all for free and there are no adverts.. Check us out now!
The Weird Weekend is the biggest predominantly cryptozoological conference in the English Speaking World, and has been presented every year since 2000. The 13th Weird Weekend, will be held on the third weekend of August 2012. The whole event is being posted on CFZtv.
 Issue 47 of our journal is now available.
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