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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
HERE
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. Gant 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: 28th January SLIDESHOW: Building a conservation lake (Story: 2nd February)
Click here for further details... 28th January: WATCHER OF THE SKIES: Corinna presents a Cuckoo Special Click here for further details... 28th January: FORTEAN: Gordon Ramsey Sex Dwarf eaten by Badger Click here for further details... 28th January: CRYPTOZOOLOGY: Dale Drinnon on Jadesquatch and crystal wildman skull Click here for further details... 28th January: FRONTIERS OF ANTHROPOLOGY: Dale Drinnon has posted two new articles Click here for further details... 28th January: CFZ NEWS SERVICE: Andrew May with Words from the Wild Frontier Click here for further details... 28th January: FORTEAN: Those jolly nice people at Haunted Skies are making their archive available to all and sundry. Today The Daily Telegraph 11.6.1958 Click here for further details... 28th January: CFZ NEWS SERVICE: Yesterday's News Today Click here for further details... 27th January: FRONTIERS OF ANTHROPOLOGY: Skull Fancy Magazine? Sounds a good idea to me... Click here for further details... 27th January: FRONTIERS OF ANTHROPOLOGY: Dale Drinnon's site looks at Neanderthal reconstruction Click here for further details... 27th January: CFZ PEOPLE: J. T. Downes Click here for further details... 27th January: CFZ PEOPLE: Nick Wadham Click here for further details... 27th January: WATCHER OF THE SKIES: Orioles, birdwatching and gamekeeper shame Click here for further details... 27th January: NATURAL WORLD: Richard Freeman looks closely at a 'giant crocodile' candidate Click here for further details... 27th January: FORTEAN: another newspaper clipping from the Haunted Skies archive Click here for further details... 27th January: CFZ NEWS SERVICE: Yesterday's News Today Click here for further details... 26th January: CRYPTOZOOLOGY: Dale Drinnon's Demon Ducks of Doom (plus two longer posts on 'Frontiers of Anthropology') Click here for further details... 26th January: TERATOLOGY: Karl Shuker and the purple cow Click here for further details... 26th January: CRYPTOZOOLOGY/NATURAL HISTORY: Yes, it's THAT Afghan mystery cat again Click here for further details... 26th January: JON'S JOURNAL: Murder most fowl (or most froggy) Click here for further details... 26th January: REVIEWS/CRYPTOZOOLOGY: Neil Arnold reviews 'Boggy Creek' Click here for further details... 26th January: NATURAL (or should that be un-natural) HISTORY: New breeds of dog Click here for further details... 26th January: FORTEAN: Those jolly nice people at Haunted Skies are making their archive available to all and sundry. Today The Daily Mail 28.1.1958 Click here for further details... 26th January: CFZ NEWS SERVICE: Yesterday's News Today Click here for further details... 25th January: CRYPTOZOOLOGY: Its the Year of the Dragon says Dale Drinnon Click here for further details... 25th January: FRONTIERS OF ANTHROPOLOGY: Dale Drinnon explores Lemuria and Egypt Click here for further details... 25th January: INAPPROPRIATE CORNER: The Rifles of the IRA Click here for further details... 25th January: CFZ PEOPLE: Gavin Lloyd Wilson Click here for further details... 25th January: NATURAL HISTORY: The Watcher of the Skies (Corinna) explores the world of fortean birdwatching - from shrikes to sparrows Click here for further details... 25th January: FORTEAN: Those jolly nice people at Haunted Skies are proud to announce that the project has the support of Colonel Halt! Click here for further details... 25th January: 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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