THURSDAY

7.00 p.m Cocktail party at the CFZ
Myrtle Cottage, Woolsery, Bideford, North Devon EX39 5QR

FRIDAY

noon - 5.00 p.m Open Day at the CFZ
Myrtle Cottage, Woolsery, Bideford, North Devon EX39 5QR

Community Centre
Doors open at 6.00
Noon - 5.00 Open Afternoon at the CFZ
Myrtle Cottage, Woolsery, Bideford, North Devon EX39 5QR

Community Centre, Woolsery, Bideford, North Devon
Doors open at 6.00

7.00 – 7.15 Introduction
7.15 – 8.00 MATTHEW WILLIAMS: Crop Circles
8.00-8.30 BREAK
8.30 - 9.00 POLLYANNA PICKERING: Yeti skull in Bhutan
9.00 - 9.30 BREAK
-----the scary zone -----
The following two talks may not be suitable for younger children, who should attend with parental discretion
9.30 - 10.15 MIKE HALLOWELL: The Tyneside poltergeist
10.15 - 11.00 LEE WALKER: New Ferry after dark

SATURDAY

Community Centre
doors open at 10.00

11.30 – 11.45 JON DOWNES + RICHARD FREEMAN: An introduction to cryptozoology
(ALL AFTERNOON JOANNE CURTIS: monster making for kids)
11.45 – 12.15 JON DOWNES: The Owlman and Others
12.15 – 1.15 Dr MIKE DASH: In Search of Dr MacRae (Loch Ness)
1.15 - 1.45 BREAK
1.45 – 2.45 MATT SALUSBURY: Water elephants of the Congo
(PAUL VELLA: Bigfoot for kids)
2.45 - 3.15 BREAK (KIDS: Mad Hatter’s Tea Party)
3.15 – 3.30 QUIZ
3.30 - 4.30 TIM MATTHEWS: Weird stuff happens - my part in UFOlogy's downfall
4.30 – 5.00 RONAN COGHLAN: The theology of extra-terrestrials
5.00 - 5.30 Break
5.30 – 6.00 BOOK LAUNCH: `Dr Shuker's Casebook` by Dr. Karl Shuker
6.00 - 7.30 RICHARD FREEMAN ET AL: Guyana 2007 Expedition report
7.30 - 8.00 Break
8.00 – 8.10 GRAHAM INGLIS: CFZ Museum – annual report
8.10 - 8.20 PAUL VELLA - the last 12 months in BHM
8.20 - 8.30 OLL LEWIS: The last 12 months of lake and sea monster reports
8.30 – 8.45 CHRIS MOISER: Confessions of a fortean zookeeper
8.45 – 9.00 CFZ AWARDS
9.00 – 9.30 BREAK
9.30 – 11.00 RICHARD FREEMAN ET AL: Russia 2008 Expedition report

COMMUNITY CENTRE
doors open 10.30

11.15 – 12.00 MICHAEL WOODLEY: In the wake of Bernard Heuvelmans
12.00 - 1.00 Dr GAIL-NINA ANDERSON: Fairies in art
1.00 – 1.30 BREAK
1.30 – 2.30 MIKE HALLOWELL: Invizikids - Childhood imaginary friends
(KIDS: Monsters are real – Jon Downes/Richard Freeman 30 mins)
(ALL AFTERNOON JOANNE CURTIS: monster making for kids)
2.30 – 3.00 BREAK (KIDS: Treasure Hunt)
3.00 – 4.00 GEOFF WARD: Spirals - the Pattern of Existence
(OLL LEWIS: Lake Monsters for kids)
4.00 - 4.30 BREAK
4.30 – 5.15 RONAN COGHLAN: The Duncannon incident
5.15 – 5.45 JONATHAN DOWNES: Keynote Speech and Closing Remarks.

Events specifically for kids are in red. Whilst all the lectures are suitable for children, some may be of more interest to young minds than others. The talks marked with are those that we especially recommend for children under the age of 12, although - of course - they are welcome at any that they care to attend...

OTHER ATTRACTIONS

WORKSHOPS

Wildlife Photography by Jon McGowan

EXHIBITIONS

Big Cats in Britain (Mark Frazer, BCIB)
Fortean Art Exhibition by Mark North
Exhibition: Pictures of Monsters by the children of Woolsery
Exhibition: Tropical Fish Photographs by Dr Iggy Tavares
Exhibition: Metamorphosis - exotic insects

EVENING: Dinner at The Farmer's Arms