Posted by: Karl Shuker on May 3rd, 2013
Surprising as it may seem, not all black panthers are black… “Black panthers, i.e. melanistic leopards, are exotic-looking felids at the best of times, but the individual constituting the principal subject of this present ShukerNature blog post was a truly exceptional female black panther, purchased from Dublin Zoo during the early 1980s, and exhibited for a few years at [...]
Posted by: Nick Redfern on May 2nd, 2013
“Cats were disappearing from Redruth, Falmouth, and Penryn over the summer…”
Read: Cats: Big and Missing »
Posted by: Nick Redfern on April 26th, 2013
“For over 100 years, a potentially significant dead cat has been sat in storage in a British museum…”
Read: A UK Lynx: 1903 »
Posted by: Nick Redfern on April 22nd, 2013
“…In late 2012, fear and chaos broke out in the English county of Essex, when rumors spread like wildfire of a fully-grown, man-eating lion on the loose…”
Read: Reviewing the CFZ Yearbook »
Posted by: Nick Redfern on April 21st, 2013
A new CFZ Yearbook is among us…
Read: Published: A New CFZ Yearbook »
Posted by: Nick Redfern on April 18th, 2013
“…They were called in the Highlands and the Western Isles of Scotland, the Black-Cat Spirits…”
Read: Britain’s Big Black Cats »
Posted by: Nick Redfern on April 6th, 2013
“…the pair was shocked and scared witless by the surreal sight of a shambling, hairy man-beast that loomed out of the darkened fringes of the roadside, ‘threw its arms around in the air,’ and proceeded to ‘shout at us, like a big roar…’”
Read: A Village of Beasts »
Posted by: Nick Redfern on April 5th, 2013
“In early 2009, I spent several days delving deeply into the old archives of a variety of Texas-based newspapers, and uncovered a number of significant reports from years-past of big and exotic cats on the loose in Texas.”
Read: The Crypto Cats of Texas »
Posted by: Nick Redfern on March 22nd, 2013
“…the brown cat-like creature appeared to have been taken by surprise by her car…”
Read: A New UK Mystery Cat »
Posted by: Nick Redfern on March 10th, 2013
The latest edition of the CFZ Yearbook has just been published…
Read: CFZ Yearbook: 2013 »
Posted by: Nick Redfern on February 21st, 2013
“Certain of South America’s alleged mystery cats may in reality be of canine rather than feline identity…”
Read: South American Cat or Dog? »
Posted by: Nick Redfern on February 5th, 2013
“…Bigfoot, giant flying creatures and black panther observations…”
Read: Creatures and UFOs Abound »
Posted by: Nick Redfern on December 26th, 2012
There’s a new article from me at Mysterious Universe that begins like this: “Beyond any shadow of a doubt, one of the leading seekers of strange creatures in the world today is Dr. Karl Shuker, who hails only a couple of miles from where I grew up in central England. But, Karl is not only [...]
Read: The Weirdest Cats of All »
Posted by: Nick Redfern on December 19th, 2012
Karl Shuker’s latest book, Cats of Magic, Mythology, and Mystery (CFZ Press: Bideford, 2012), is now in print!
Read: Cats of Magic – Now Available! »
Posted by: Nick Redfern on December 15th, 2012
For decades, people all across the United Kingdom – from the cold northern realms of Scotland to the southern-most borders of England – have reported sightings of large cats, very often the size of mountain-lions and equally often completely black in color.
Read: Seeking Britain’s Big Cats »
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