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More Blue Mountains Yowie witnesses
Mike Williams has dug deep into his video archive of yowie witnesses and produced another gem. Thanks Mike! Enjoy...
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Touching tribute to cryptozoologist's missing wife
The wife of our good friend, cryptozoologist Lars Thomas, is still missing.Lars thanked everyone this week for rallying behind his search for his missing wife Jeanett Rask Thomas.He also penned this...
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Leadbeater's Possum teeters on the brink
The Leadbeater’s Possum is tiny. Just 10 centimetres long and weighing less than 100 grams, it can easily nestle in the palm of your hand. And with its long, bushy tail and big, inquisitive eyes, it...
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Croc comes the raw prawn with fisherman
Amateur angler Jamie Finger was fishing from the old Mowbray River Bridge near Port Douglas when he snagged the saltwater croc.Using 12.5kg breaking strain line and a prawn bought from a supermarket,...
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The Observer Tree - fight to save a Tassie forest
Perched 60m up an ancient gum tree in a remote part of south-west Tasmania, Miranda Gibson's tree-top home has a spectacular view across one of the biggest untouched tracts of temperate rainforest left...
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CFZ Australia t-shirts now available
They're back!Order your custom CFZ Australia t-shirt, and support the Centre for Fortean Zoology (and get a great t-shirt!).
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Giant black cat sighted in VIC
Yet another big cat has been sighted in Yarra Ranges.This is the third time the big cat has been spotted in the area over the past few months.A teen was out for an evening stroll along the...
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Book review: Yowie Tales 1
by Mike WilliamsQueensland writer Brett Green's book 'Yowie Tales' has just been published, and there are more than a few surprises contained within it.You can buy it here:...
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Monster pig no hoax - 2009 deja vu!
Doing the rounds since 2009, this powerful porker has captured the imaginations of many web surfers, however its sheer size has lead many people to label it a hoax.In fact, the photograph is genuine.At...
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OOPA: UK wallaby sighting delights and surprises
Well I’ll be! A wallaby who hopped its way down a farm track in Pluckley is now set to become a YouTube hit, according to Kent Online.A 14-second film clip was taken by village resident Alex Pooley who...
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Backyard surprise: Jet-black kookaburras
Deborah Winfield's suburban Sydney backyard has become a haven for unusual dark birds - but she had no idea what they were or where they had come from."They looked like kookaburras but were covered in...
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Thylacoleo alive and well up north?
Not everyone is prepared to dismiss the Tweed legend of a large flesh-eating marsupial lion stalking the dense hinterland near Tumbulgum, with a handful of locals convinced the beast is real -...
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VIC big cat search called off
An official search for the Otways big cat has been called off, according to The Geelong Advertiser.Department of Primary Industries staff assigned to a state-wide hunt have been redirected and...
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Monster tuna the ultimate fisherman's tale
Recreational fishermen netted a monster tuna weighing in at 122kg off the Victoria coast yesterday.Chris Vasileyski, one member of a four-man crew, told The Age the fish would not be the one that got...
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Panther talk around Lake Macquarie, NSW
Residents fear a panther is prowling the woods in the border region of southern Lake Macquarie.A big cat could be lurking in thick scrub around Wyee, Morisset and Lake Munmorah, resident Jim Briggs has...
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Yowie? We don't think so...
Previous analysis by the CFZ's Mike Williams has shown that this image is in fact of a possum on top of a rock! Note the thermal signature of the 'yowie' is the same as the surrounding trees and the...
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Yowieeeeeee! A monstrous mockumentary
We are approached frequently to drop everything and help production companies with their documentaries. And sometimes we do! :-)We helped these friendly folk with some locations for their yowie...
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The Hunter's Boolaroo Beast re-examined
The Newcastle Herald blog team revisited the Boolaroo Beast (as we've just decided to christen it) this week online, in a mildly tongue-in-cheek fashion. But we can tell they're secretly impressed.The...
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Magnetic Island's panther is back!
Magnetic Island is attracting its fair share of big cat sightings - odd, considering it's sitting 8km off the Australian coast and smack bang in the middle of the islands of the Great Barrier Reef off...
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Sabrina's island cat sighting puzzling
Back in September 2011, CFZ Australia was contacted by Sabrina Tessari, an Italian tourist who had visited Magnetic Island. She emailed us and the Magnetic Times with some very interesting news.On her...
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