Centre for Fortean Zoology


The Centre for Fortean Zoology is an organisation dedicated to cryptozoology, and allied disciplines. According to the CFZ, it is a non-profit organisation founded in 1992 by Jonathan Downes, and its honorary life president is the British explorer John Blashford-Snell.

Fortean zoology

According to the CFZ, its primary focus involves unknown animals or cryptozoology, but they also examine unusual and aberrant animal behavior, animal mutilations, animal colour variants, teratology, animal folklore, classic Fortean subjects as creature falls, and vampire/werewolf reports.

Expeditions

CFZ members have carried out expeditions in the UK, including Cannock,
Bolam Lake,
and the Lake District,
as well as foreign locations such as The Gambia
and Tasmania.

Weird Weekend

From 2000 to 2016, the CFZ promoted an annual conference called The Weird Weekend.

Publications

CFZ Press publishes a journal entitled Animals & Men, which was founded in 1994. The magazine covers a wide range of phenomena that fall into the broad category of cryptozoology.

Appearances in media