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Tag Archives: cryptozoology
Amusing story about a dinosaur-survival lake monster
I bought a job lot of Strand magazines a couple of years ago and have slowly been making my way through them, unearthing gems of fact, fiction and Forteana. I finally finished my persual this week, with copies from 1942 … Continue reading
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Tagged cryptozoology, cryptozoology fiction, lake monsters, Strand Magazine
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Making sheeps’ eyes – but in a scary way!
I’ve just posted a new story to the Weird Creatures section of Uncanny UK. It’s another piece by cryptozoologist Richard Freeman about a strange beast that emanated a sense of evil. This one was seen in Northern Ireland and looked … Continue reading
Weird Creatures of Evil
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
Posted in British cryptozoology, British folklore, British ghosts, Centre for Fortean Zoology, cryptozoology, folklore, ghost animal, ghosts England, ghosts haunted Britain, ghosts of Britain, haunted Britain, Richard Freeman, supernatural, zooforms
Tagged CFZ, cryptozoology, Richard Freeman, weird creatures, weird fiction, zooforms
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Necropants!
I really enjoyed the surprisingly Fortean Christmas edition of QI on the BBC this week. For one thing we had Brian Blessed’s impassioned evocation of all the world’s man-beasts, from the Sasquatch to the Orang Pendek. He said he hopes … Continue reading
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Tagged Almas, cryptozoology, man-beasts, Orang Pendek, Sasquatch, sorcery, witchcraft
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Uncanny pic: A Symbolist sea monster
The Symbolists provide rich ground for weird imagery, but depictions of straightfowardly paranormal or, in particular, cryptozoological themes are rare. In ‘Moonlit Night’ (1907), the Russian Symbolist Wassily Kandinsky portrayed a distinctly Nessie-like sea or lake monster rearing out of … Continue reading
Nessie surfaces again
According to an article in the Inverness Courier there has been a fresh sighting of the Loch Ness Monster. Hurrah! A local couple who run a newsagent and cafe near the loch saw something dark-coloured and with a long neck … Continue reading
