Please, everyone, spare a thought and a prayer for Regan Lee's husband, James, who has suffered a heart attack. I'm sure I speak for everyone else, too, when I say that both Regan and James are in my thoughts and prayers at this time.
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Monday, September 21, 2009
Andrew Gable - Welcome!
Please help me give a warm welcome to the latest CFZ-USA representative, Andrew Gable, who will be covering Pennsylvania, Maryland and wherever else he chooses!
As Andrew tells us in his own words:
"I've been interested in monsters for as long as I can remember. The interest was initially due to one thing -- Godzilla movies. When I was young, I loved these things (and still do). So I soon seized on dinosaurs. Here were, after all, real Godzillas!
"This broadened into readings about mythological monsters. I also developed an interest in ghosts and such due to my father's interest in the Civil War and frequent trips to Gettysburg battlefield. I'm sure some of the interest was also due to my grandfather, an avid hunter and outdoors man.
"Over the next several years, I voraciously devoured anything on strange phenomena I could get my hands on. I recall early terror at the thought of alien abductions and spontaneous combustion. One book I read over and over again was Loren Coleman's Mysterious America. I loved this idea of supernatural-tinged cryptozoology.
"When I was 19, I wrote two articles for the now-defunct Cryptozoology Review. I soon fell out of the cryptozoology loop, though, as certain personal matters arose.However, now these problems are resolved, and after I submitted some information to Loren Coleman for the Paraview edition of Mysterious America and saw my articles cited in another book, I re-entered the fold with a vengeance.
"I was determined that two articles, a book review, and a few bits of information would not be all I was known for. The bit about Mysterious America also had another effect -- it revitalized my interest in supernatural-tinged cryptozoology, and the idea that not all of it is rigidly biological -- that thinking, I'm sure, is part of what led me towards the CFZ in the first place.Currently, I'm focusing on local pieces of cryptozoology lore.
"Pennsylvania (and Maryland) have quite a bit of stuff going on, from Bigfoot sightings in the western part of the state to Thunderbirds in the north. Sightings of mountain lions are also common, although the state game commission won't recognize them -- almost a futile effort under the weight of hundreds of sightings.
"Special interests of mine in the field include the giant birds seen throughout the state, and all manner of cryptical dogs and/or wolves. I also have a special interest in the sightings of reptilian cryptids -- whether giant snakes, giant lizards, or simply out-of-place animals. I wouldn't necessarily call myself a skeptic (I'm not dismissive of reports) but I do find that I tend to try to find other explanations before I jump to a label of mysterious.
"I think many reported sightings are due to people simply not realizing what animals really live around them, or to out-of-place creatures.
"My e-mail is orangsantu@gmail.com.
"I also run two websites, The CryptoWeb at http://cryptoweb.infogami.com/ and my blog on local crypto is at http://masksofmesingw.blogspot.com.
"You can also find me on Facebook."
As Andrew tells us in his own words:
"I've been interested in monsters for as long as I can remember. The interest was initially due to one thing -- Godzilla movies. When I was young, I loved these things (and still do). So I soon seized on dinosaurs. Here were, after all, real Godzillas!
"This broadened into readings about mythological monsters. I also developed an interest in ghosts and such due to my father's interest in the Civil War and frequent trips to Gettysburg battlefield. I'm sure some of the interest was also due to my grandfather, an avid hunter and outdoors man.
"Over the next several years, I voraciously devoured anything on strange phenomena I could get my hands on. I recall early terror at the thought of alien abductions and spontaneous combustion. One book I read over and over again was Loren Coleman's Mysterious America. I loved this idea of supernatural-tinged cryptozoology.
"When I was 19, I wrote two articles for the now-defunct Cryptozoology Review. I soon fell out of the cryptozoology loop, though, as certain personal matters arose.However, now these problems are resolved, and after I submitted some information to Loren Coleman for the Paraview edition of Mysterious America and saw my articles cited in another book, I re-entered the fold with a vengeance.
"I was determined that two articles, a book review, and a few bits of information would not be all I was known for. The bit about Mysterious America also had another effect -- it revitalized my interest in supernatural-tinged cryptozoology, and the idea that not all of it is rigidly biological -- that thinking, I'm sure, is part of what led me towards the CFZ in the first place.Currently, I'm focusing on local pieces of cryptozoology lore.
"Pennsylvania (and Maryland) have quite a bit of stuff going on, from Bigfoot sightings in the western part of the state to Thunderbirds in the north. Sightings of mountain lions are also common, although the state game commission won't recognize them -- almost a futile effort under the weight of hundreds of sightings.
"Special interests of mine in the field include the giant birds seen throughout the state, and all manner of cryptical dogs and/or wolves. I also have a special interest in the sightings of reptilian cryptids -- whether giant snakes, giant lizards, or simply out-of-place animals. I wouldn't necessarily call myself a skeptic (I'm not dismissive of reports) but I do find that I tend to try to find other explanations before I jump to a label of mysterious.
"I think many reported sightings are due to people simply not realizing what animals really live around them, or to out-of-place creatures.
"My e-mail is orangsantu@gmail.com.
"I also run two websites, The CryptoWeb at http://cryptoweb.infogami.com/ and my blog on local crypto is at http://masksofmesingw.blogspot.com.
"You can also find me on Facebook."
Reviewing the Mothman
Our Ohio representative, Brian D. Parsons, reviews last weekend's 8th Annual Mothman Festival. Brian has written an excellent review, and it's one that contains some surprises, much in the way of insightful data, and a lot of cool photos that help capture the atmosphere of the event.
I definitely have to get over there one day!
Here's the link to Brian's complete article.
I definitely have to get over there one day!
Here's the link to Brian's complete article.
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Texas Blue Dog News
Coming Soon from Richard and Naomi West, who are fast becoming major figures in the world of the CFZ, both in the US and the UK. Check it out!
Chernobyl, Wolves and More...
Here's an interesting new post from the CFZ's Oregon rep, Regan Lee:
A couple of strange items found on Rense.com... one about a rabid wolf attacking people on the “premises of the Chernobyl atomic power plant” in the Ukraine.
Altogether, six people have been attacked by the rabid wolf. My love for the wolf naturally drew me to this story, as well as the general Fortean weirdness of both this story and the strange events surrounding Chernobyl in general.
(Visit the Village of Joy blog for a series of disturbing and vivid photographs of the aftermath of Chernobyl.)
In a somewhat related tangent, I just found out the other day my great-grandfather's first name was Wolf. He, and my grandfather, were born in the Ukraine.
A wolf isn’t the only rabid creature in the area; it seems a rabid cat attacked several people in “one of the townships in Crimea” -- the cat has been killed. Domestic cats are turning up rabid in Maine, with 42 rabid cats this year so far, according to an item posted on Rense.com. Also see my post Killing the Wolf on Oregon L.O.W.F.I.
A couple of strange items found on Rense.com... one about a rabid wolf attacking people on the “premises of the Chernobyl atomic power plant” in the Ukraine.
Altogether, six people have been attacked by the rabid wolf. My love for the wolf naturally drew me to this story, as well as the general Fortean weirdness of both this story and the strange events surrounding Chernobyl in general.
(Visit the Village of Joy blog for a series of disturbing and vivid photographs of the aftermath of Chernobyl.)
In a somewhat related tangent, I just found out the other day my great-grandfather's first name was Wolf. He, and my grandfather, were born in the Ukraine.
A wolf isn’t the only rabid creature in the area; it seems a rabid cat attacked several people in “one of the townships in Crimea” -- the cat has been killed. Domestic cats are turning up rabid in Maine, with 42 rabid cats this year so far, according to an item posted on Rense.com. Also see my post Killing the Wolf on Oregon L.O.W.F.I.
Sunday, September 6, 2009
The Blue Dog Project
Texas-based CFZ representative Naomi West is doing a great job on the Blue Dog Project.
Check out the following link for all the very latest news:
http://forteanzoology.blogspot.com/2009/09/texas-blue-dog-project-field-report-5th.html
And, on a related matter, there's also this and this!
Check out the following link for all the very latest news:
http://forteanzoology.blogspot.com/2009/09/texas-blue-dog-project-field-report-5th.html
And, on a related matter, there's also this and this!
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
More from Regan
Oregon CFZ rep Regan Lee alerts us to her latest:
On L.O.W.F.I., I have a new post on the Oregon page about some weird 'New World Order' signs around town: Return to Conspiracy Park.
For my Trickster's Realm column for Binnall of America, I write about UFOs in TV sit-coms: UFOs in TV : Backwards in Timefrom Mr. Monk to Barney Miller
My on-going hassle with chronic ear and eye infections, attributed to MRSA, then "MSSA" which is something new, in Enter the Contradictory World of "Baby MRSA"
On L.O.W.F.I., I have a new post on the Oregon page about some weird 'New World Order' signs around town: Return to Conspiracy Park.
For my Trickster's Realm column for Binnall of America, I write about UFOs in TV sit-coms: UFOs in TV : Backwards in Timefrom Mr. Monk to Barney Miller
My on-going hassle with chronic ear and eye infections, attributed to MRSA, then "MSSA" which is something new, in Enter the Contradictory World of "Baby MRSA"
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