Category Archives: cryptozoology

Ghost cats – cute and creepy – from our readers

Posted on June 1, 2012 by

A couple of readers left interesting comments to my Uncanny UK article about a ghost cat (http://www.uncannyuk.com/575/ghost-cat/). ‘Kate’ wrote: “That’s really interesting! I often used to see a small black cat in a house I used to live in, always out … Continue reading →

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Weird Creatures of Evil

Posted on April 21, 2012 by

The latest article on Uncanny UK has a disturbing selection of three apparently true encounters with strange animal-like entities which were not only bizarre to look upon but also generated a distinctly evil atmosphere. You can read these hair-raising stories … Continue reading →

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>Couple claim to have snapped ‘Bownessie’ on Lake Windermere

Posted on February 19, 2011 by

> The Daily Mail on Friday (Feb 18) printed an image of a wobnbly black thing on a misty lake – allegedly none other than ‘Bownessie’, the supposed monster of Windermere in the English Lakes. The photo was taken on … Continue reading →

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>Beware the Black Fox!

Posted on January 13, 2011 by

> After the recent news about a ‘giant’ fox shot in Maidstone, Kent – it was about twice the size of a normal fox, that is to say the same size as a coyote (see picture) – I have found … Continue reading →

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>The ‘Australian wild cat’

Posted on December 13, 2010 by

> I’m reading a crime adventure novel written in 1895 by the Australian writer Guy Boothby. A Bid For Fortune features an Australian hero and one of the earliest ‘master criminals’ in literature, Dr Nikola. As well as being possessed … Continue reading →

Posted in Centre for Fortean Zoology, cryptozoology, Jon Downes, Karl Shuker, Queensland tiger, Uncanny UK | 1 Comment

>James Stewart and the Yeti hand

Posted on December 4, 2010 by

> BBC stalwart Sandi Toksvig mentioned an odd story that was new to me on last night’s QI quizz series. She mentioned that actor James Stewart smuggled a ‘yeti’s hand’ out of India – or rather his wife did, in her … Continue reading →

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