CFZ: On The TrackThis is the first featurelength documentary ever produced by the CFZ. It was originally posted on GoogleVideo, but we are happy to - at last - be able to post it here.
It tells the story of an expedition to Guyana in November 2007, when five explorers from the CFZ went in search of giant anacondas, the bigfoot-like di-di, the terrifying water tiger, and the grotesque red-faced pygmys.
Facing depravation and near death on their travels, the CFZ went in search of monsters, and found more than they had bargained for..
The Savage LandCFZ: On The Track2008-12-03 | This is the first featurelength documentary ever produced by the CFZ. It was originally posted on GoogleVideo, but we are happy to - at last - be able to post it here.
It tells the story of an expedition to Guyana in November 2007, when five explorers from the CFZ went in search of giant anacondas, the bigfoot-like di-di, the terrifying water tiger, and the grotesque red-faced pygmys.
Facing depravation and near death on their travels, the CFZ went in search of monsters, and found more than they had bargained for..OTT Xtra #307.1: Jon and Miss Isabel talk about boobiesCFZ: On The Track2024-10-18 | I think this video should be subtitled “is the algorithm going to throw a hissy fit?“ because the substitute this show is a southern hemisphere group of birds called boobies.  According to Internet gossip a Facebook group was closed because it captioned a picture of these birds “immature brown boobies” and the algorithm thought that it was referring to indecent photographs of younger dusky maidens. But in this case I am putting in capital letters WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A FAMILY OF SEABIRDS RELATED TO GANNETS, AND YES THERE IS A FORTEAN ZOOLOGICAL CONNECTION.  So there!OTT Xtra #306.1: The British BigfootCFZ: On The Track2024-10-16 | Apart from the fact that we wish that people wouldn’t call the phenomenon the British “Bigfoot“, because it has only the vaguest relationship to the creatures reported in North America, we have been interested in the subject of wodewoses for many years.  indeed, Jon has actually seen one, and despite various people in the community calling us skeptics and nonbelievers we have been researching them for years. So has Lee Brickley. We recently read his book and were very impressed. This episode we take the time to talk about it..OTT #306: The Latest Explosive News from Lake Champlain (With Katy Elizabeth and Ian Squibbs)CFZ: On The Track2024-10-12 | This summer, Katy Elizabeth has tried on three separate occasions to do a stint of research into the mysterious creatures that lurk in the deaths of Lake Champlain. and again and again she was swatted, by problems with her boat, by adverse weather conditions, and by all sorts of other things that we shall not go into here. But, eventually she managed to get out on the lake, and her persistence was rewarded with some astounding recordings of what appeared to be echolocation noise presumably produced by the creature itself. At least that’s what she thinks, what we think, and what a professional marine biologist from Australia thinks as well. Even Ian Squibbs is impressed.OTT #307: News from NessCFZ: On The Track2024-10-11 | In this week’s really rather good episode, we visit Loch Ness in the company of our old friend Ian Squibbs who is, we believe, one of the most popular people to do guest appearances on this show . We look at the latest sightings of what some people believe is a monster in the lake, and discuss some of the implications of the latest news.OTT Xtra #305.1: Daisys Disparate DiscoursesCFZ: On The Track2024-10-09 | Regular viewers, especially those who read the credits will have heard of Miss Daisy. She regularly sends me news items of interest, and in this episode Richard Freeman and I go through a bunch of them and talk about the issues which they throw up.  A splendid time was had by all. OTT #305: Enter the Dragon - Part Two (with Richard Freeman)CFZ: On The Track2024-10-05 | Regular viewers will, we are sure, know Richard Freeman: cryptozoologist, explorer, and all round good egg.  But did you know that he is a world famous expert on dragons? The other day we were chatting amongst ourselves trying to work out what to do for fourth coming episodes of this wonderful little show which I hope you all enjoy each week, and I suddenly realised that although we had a dragon expert in our midst we had never talked about dragons with him so, with this, the second of two episodes, we set out to remedy this situation. Be prepared to be stunned and amazed.OTT Xtra #304.1: Richard and the Gang, Return from Tajikistan (Featuring Richard Freeman)CFZ: On The Track2024-10-02 | As I expect that you all know, Richard Freeman, Dr Chris Clark, and Jon Hare have just returned from the central Asian country of Tajikistan. It was the third expedition that the CFZ has mounted there in search of supporting evidence for the continued existence of the Caspian tiger, which is thought to become extinct over 40 years ago, and to investigate legends of the gul, a mythical man beast which appears to be a very primitive hominin. We are still waiting to receive the trail cam pictures, video and stills photographs from John and Chris but in this episode, Richard gives a brief overview of the expedition, promising to put together a full length show about it when we get the rest of the material. And he gives Jon Downes a new hatOTT #304: Enter the DragonCFZ: On The Track2024-09-28 | Regular viewers will, we are sure, know Richard Freeman: cryptozoologist, explorer, and all round good egg.  But did you know that he is a world famous expert on dragons? The other day we were chatting amongst ourselves trying to work out what to do for fourth coming episodes of this wonderful little show which I hope you all enjoy each week, and I suddenly realised that although we had a dragon expert in our midst we had never talked about dragons with him so, with this, the first of two episodes, we set out to remedy this situation. Be prepared to be stunned and amazed.OTT Xtra #303.1: A look at Animals & Men #77CFZ: On The Track2024-09-25 | Since 1994, Animals & Men has been the world's premier cryptozoological periodical, covering all aspects of the study of unknown animals. As of 2015, new issues of Animals & Men can be purchased in two formats, as a printed paperback and as a Kindle ebook. In addition, a FREE "flipbook" digital version is available to read online. Issue number 77 was published a few weeks ago, and in this episode we go through its contents in some detail. 
Buy it on Amazon  Animals & Men #77: The Journal of the Centre for Fortean Zoology https://amzn.eu/d/5mDoOiDOTT #303: Pine Martens, Introductionists and rewilding Britain (Featuring Richard Freeman)CFZ: On The Track2024-09-21 | As anyone who has followed my career over the years will know, for over 35 years I have been espousing the theory that, contrary to the work of Langley and Yaldon in 1977, pine martens have not been extirpated in various parts of Southern England, and indeed have lived there all along unnoticed. 15 years ago English nature announced that they agreed with me, but annoyingly these beautiful creatures have not been discovered in the places I said they would be discovered until now. A few weeks ago I received a piece of video which shows a pine marten on the cobbles at Clovelly, which is the next village along from where I live at the moment.
 in this episode we discuss the history of Pine Martens in Devon, and discover several recent records. Then we go on to discuss rewilding in general, and unofficial rewilding in particular.OTT Xtra #302.1:CREATURES OF THE NIGHT:The secret life of migratory mothsCFZ: On The Track2024-09-18 | In this episode, the second of two parts, we continue a look just a few of the unusual moths to have arrived in the United Kingdom over this past summer. And even we were surprised at how many there were.
Thumbnail Attribution: Daniel Kruger commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Daphnis_nerii_(Thailand,_Nonthaburi,_Bang_Bua_Thong,_Soi_Mu_Ban_Bua_Thong,_26.i.2015)_(D._Kruger)_adult_2.jpgOTT#302: TIGERS AND APEMEN - The new CFZ Expedition to TajikistanCFZ: On The Track2024-09-14 | We have always made an effort to return to our operating areas again and again. We have been to Tasmania four or five times, Sumatra six or seven, and this is our third trip to the central Asian country of Tajikistan. Here we are going to be continuing our research into modern day sightings of the gul, a creature which appears to be a very primitive hominin of some kind, far more primitive than the Almasty which we have searched for in Russia on two occasions. We also are looking at modern sightings of the Caspian tiger, a tiger subspecies which allegedly became extinct in the 1970s, but which, in Tajikistan at least, has been seen up until the present day. When you see this, Richard Freeman, Dr Chris Clark and Jon Hare will be in the Romit Valley deep into their investigations. Richard Freeman explains their plans in this episode..OTT Xtra #301.1: Migratory Moth MysteryCFZ: On The Track2024-09-11 | In the first of a multio part series we look at some of the recent rare and even cryptic moths to turn up in the Britidsh Isles. Particularly we talk about the Convulvulus hawkmoth. Unless there are too many complaints we shall be doing this quite often...OTT #301: The Sasquatch Archaeologist Vs The Flathead Lake Monster Featuring Ray Harwood)CFZ: On The Track2024-09-07 | One of our most popular guests has been Ray Harwood, an investigator who has brought his training in archaeology into play as he investigates Sasquatch sites. We were amazed to hear how many artefacts have been found in these places, and in this – the second of a two part interview – he tells us more about the very real science of Sasquatch archaeology, and investigates the Flathead Lake monster.OTT Xtra #300.1: Dispatches from the lake, and Butterfly Conservation Devon (with Katy Elizabeth)CFZ: On The Track2024-09-04 | Katy Elizabeth has been up at Lake Champlain again recently, and will be returning again next month. She tells us, in a brief video dispatch from the Lakeside about the problems she has been encountering. I think it is important that we at On The Track do our best to bring you reports which reflect the reality of Cryptozoological research, rather than a distorted version as seen through the lens created by contemporary reality television shows.  will go through the latest issue of the Devonshire branch newsletter from the charity Butterfly Conservation, and not entirely to our surprise. We find several items of Cryptozoological interest.OTT #300: The return of the Sasquatch archaeologistCFZ: On The Track2024-08-31 | One of our most popular guests has been Ray Harwood, an investigator who has brought his training in archaeology into play as he investigates Sasquatch sites. We were amazed to hear how many artefacts have been found in these places, and in this – the first of a two part interview – he tells us more about the very real science of Sasquatch archaeology.OTT Xtra #299.1: Giant Marine Axolotls? Could such a thing be? Probably notCFZ: On The Track2024-08-28 | In this episode, we have a collection of peculiar odds and sods. We have the second part of Richard experiment to try and re-create something from the far distant past, we have the story of a killer dolphin in Brazil and we have a claim that there are giant axolotl in the sea off West Africa. This is not only nonsense, but we explain why it is nonsense. OPTT #299: Katys new book about the Lake Champlain monster (with Katy Elizabeth)CFZ: On The Track2024-08-24 | CFZ Press is very proud to have been able to publish the latest book by the lovely Katy Elizabeth, the doyenne of Lake Champlain monster research. In this exciting episode, she tells us all about the book, how she came to write it, and some of the theories explained within it. Well done that girl.OTT Xtra #298.1: Hunting for the Maidencombe Bigfoot (+ Graham, Richard Monck, Andreanna and Toby)CFZ: On The Track2024-08-21 | Back in the spring, the story broke that some extra long barefoot prints have been found on the coast path near a patch of woodland at Maidencombe on the outskirts of Torbay . On the last day of June, we visited the woodland in order to set up camera traps and to try out a few experiments which could help give us background information might explain these mysterious prints. This is our story. OTT #298: Katy returns to Lake Champlain and meets a special eyewitness (Featuring Katy Elizabeth)CFZ: On The Track2024-08-17 | We return to Lake Champlain in order to talk to the lovely Katy Elizabeth, who is returning to the lake for another mini expedition. She tells us all about her exciting new equipment, and her plans for how she is going to utilise it. Despite claims from other people over the years, it is difficult to see her as anything but the leading contemporary Lake Champlain monster researcher. OTT Xtra #297.1: Dave hears something scary (With David Scott)CFZ: On The Track2024-08-14 | We have been following the progress of David Scott investigation of strange, possibly Bigfoot activity near London, Ontario for the past few weeks. Now the story gets weirder and just a little bit scary.  I for one can’t wait to see what happens next. OTT #297: Jon at Daniels Bigfoot ConferenceCFZ: On The Track2024-08-10 | A few weeks ago, Daniel presented his Cryptid Conference at the Purple spoons Café in Bridgewater. John was one of the guests, and gave a talk about science, what it is, and why it is important. He also took the piss out of all and sundry and illustrated his talk with stories from his own investigations over the years. Sounds good? Well kiddies, you can see the talk in full here. OTT Xtra #296.1: Dr Muhammed meets wolves, bears, wildcats, eagle owls and wild swineCFZ: On The Track2024-08-07 | Dr. Muhammed is the eldest son of our very own Miss Guinevere. He earned his doctorate when he got a dressing up costume as a doctor, and at the age of three he is our youngest roving reporter. In this week’s episode he goes with his family to the wildlife Park at Escot House near Exeter. And he sees a whole string of European animals which have quite important cryptozoological connotations.  And while he examines the animals, Uncle Jon explains their significance to cryptozoology.OTT #296: More Loch Ness stuff (with Ian Squibbs) and Great White Shark hoax (with Richard Freeman)CFZ: On The Track2024-08-03 | And so, ladies and gentlemen, in this fantastic episode we go back to Loch Ness with the irrepressible Ian Squibbs who is taking us on another voyage of discovery into the fantastic world of the late Frank Searle. And the one and only Richard Freeman tells us all about a recent hoax which claimed that a great white shark had been seen of the coast of Western Ireland. And he explains why, despite all the hoaxes, he reckons that it is only a matter of time before this species does turn up in British or Irish waters OTT Xtra #295.1: Quaggas, Thylacines and Richards de-extinction experimentCFZ: On The Track2024-07-31 | This is another one of those long drawn out and rather convoluted shows which start on one subject and end up on something completely different. Basically, we talk about the different types of de-extinction, and eventually Richard carries out a completed ludicrous experiment of his own. Only on this channel..OTT #295: The latest shenanegans at Loch Ness and The Death of the Doctor (With Ian Squibbs)CFZ: On The Track2024-07-27 | The irrepressible Ian Squibbs is back with more exciting stuff from Loch Ness, and a look at the latest sighting claims, and we have bad news about the quondam wizard of the Western world OTT Xtra #294.1 Rats the Size of Cats (with Richard Freeman)CFZ: On The Track2024-07-24 | WARNING: There are sound problems this episode and they are all Jon's fault. Jon and Richard investigate the rep[orts of giant rats in the world's sewers, and in the process, disappear down a bunch of different rabbit holes.OTT #294; Highest Strangeness Pt Two (With Richard Freeman)CFZ: On The Track2024-07-20 | Once again in this episode we hook up with my old friend and colleague Richard Freeman whose new book, “The Highest Strangeness” is out now.  The world of forteana (strange phenomena) is by its nature, odd. Encounters with sea serpents, ghosts and UFOs for example are far from everyday. Yet there are reports in the annals of forteana that go far beyond the simply weird. In this book he looks at high strangeness cases that make even the most seasoned of researchers balk. In the first of a two-part episode, Richard tells us all about it. OTT Xtra #293.1: Are there wild wolves in England?CFZ: On The Track2024-07-17 | Wolves were allegedly extirpated from these islands in the 18th century if not before. But could they have survived until the present day? Or, possibly more likely, could they have been released by accident or design into the British countryside? In this episode we look at various lupine tales and endeavour to find answers to these questions. What a howl.OTT #293: The Highest Strangeness Pt One (With Richard Freeman)CFZ: On The Track2024-07-13 | Once again in this episode we hook up with my old friend and colleague Richard Freeman whose new book, “The Highest Strangeness” is out now.  The world of forteana (strange phenomena) is by its nature, odd. Encounters with sea serpents, ghosts and UFOs for example are far from everyday. Yet there are reports in the annals of forteana that go far beyond the simply weird. In this book he looks at high strangeness cases that make even the most seasoned of researchers balk. In the first of a two-part episode, Richard tells us all about it. OTT ARTS AND STUFF: The Whos Kids are Alright movie (with director Tony Klinger)CFZ: On The Track2024-07-12 | ...CFZ Xtra #292.1: More whoops in the night (with David Scott)CFZ: On The Track2024-07-10 | ...OTT #292: Returning to Sumatra for the Orang PendekCFZ: On The Track2024-07-06 | ...OTT Xtra #291.1: A Whoop in the night (with David Scott from CFZ Canada)CFZ: On The Track2024-07-03 | The other night, Dave was meant to be at work but instead he was out in the grounds investigating some strange sounds and mysterious handful of small missiles were flung at him by person or persons unknown. Bigfoot? Or just somebody twatting about.  Whoever it was they certainly can whoop!OTT #291: When Jonathan met Thomas (featuring Thomas Brisson Jørgensen) Part 2CFZ: On The Track2024-06-29 | Regular viewers will, I hope, remember the show we did earlier in the year featuring Simon and Thomas from the Danish Fortean group hidDenmark. The other week Thomas was in the UK and he popped in one afternoon for a cup of tea. We filmed what happened. This is the first of a two part conversation.OTT Xtra #290.1: Three different erminesCFZ: On The Track2024-06-26 | Oh dear, it’s another moth episode. This week I received a very intriguing photograph from one of my nieces. And it’s opened a whole bunch of cans of very wiggly worms.  Mother Nature never ceases to surprise me, and neither do my nieces. OTT #290: When Jonathan met Thomas (featuring Thomas Brisson Jørgensen)CFZ: On The Track2024-06-22 | Regular viewers will, I hope, remember the show we did earlier in the year featuring Simon and Thomas from the Danish Fortean group hidDenmark. The other week Thomas was in the UK and he popped in one afternoon for a cup of tea. We filmed what happened. This is the first of a two part conversation.My favourite ever Podcast momentCFZ: On The Track2024-06-20 | We were talking about Bigfoot, and Daniel said........... youtube.com/watch?v=kpe81SI4Qa4&ab_channel=CFZ%3AOnTheTrackOTT Xtra #289.1: BRITISH WILDLIFE: Third, fourth and fifth Willowherb HawksCFZ: On The Track2024-06-19 | Once again, this is one of the shows when I bring you interesting news about British moths. Thank you very much to Simon in Denmark for saying I needn’t apologise for my moth shows because he finds them very interesting. Well, this one is the most interesting of the lot. The willowherb hawkmoth is a southern European species and one of the rarest insect visitors to the British Isles.
Until last week there were only two records:  one attracted to light in East Sussex in May 1985 and a second found in the docks of East London in July 1995. And now that has not only been a third record, but a fourth and a fifth. We give the details and ask why?OTT #289: Bigfoot hunting with Bill Rigby (Part Two)CFZ: On The Track2024-06-15 | Bill Rigby is a much loved member of the community that has built up around Daniel Barnett, and this is where we met him. We were fascinated by his stories about his Bigfoot research, and the very close encounter he had with our hairy cousin, so our next step was obvious. We would have to invite him onto the show, and here is for the second of two episodes of conversation with him, and trust me we will be recording more in the near future.OTT Xtra #288.1: The end of the Giant Tortoise sagaCFZ: On The Track2024-06-12 | Regular views of this show will remember that we have been covering the story of the appearance of a number of dead giant Aldabran giant tortoises in a south Devon Woodland, with some interest. We even sent Guinevere and the boy Freeman to investigate. Finally, we have the answer, and it’s not very nice. OTT #288: Bigfoot hunting with Bill RigbyCFZ: On The Track2024-06-08 | Bill Rigby is a much loved member of the community that has built up around Daniel Barnett, and this is where we met him. We were fascinated by his stories about his Bigfoot research, and the very close encounter he had with our hairy cousin, so our next step was obvious. We would have to invite him onto the show, and here is for the first of two episodes of conversation with him, and trust me we will be recording more in the near future.OTT Xtra 297.1: Large Tortoiseshells, Biotopes and conspiraciesCFZ: On The Track2024-06-05 | A cautionary tale about cryptozoology in action which asks mnorem questions than it answered.OTT #287: The Hit Parade of cryptids Richard Freeman thinks are likely to be real (Part Four).CFZ: On The Track2024-06-01 | There are an awful lot of animals which various Cryptozoologists or people who claimed to be Cryptozoologists believe to exist. Sadly, in this field, an awful lot of people believe in the impossible science of jumping to conclusions.
However, Richard Freeman, who is not only an old friend of mine, but a colleague for the last 28 years. He is one of the most respected field Cryptozoologist in the world. And then the next few episodes we ask him for his top 10 mystery animals most likely to exist. And because it is this show, it is presented by the late Alan Freeman who, for those of you who were too young or too foreign to know, was a famous BBC Radio One jockey back when we were young.
Not Arf.
This is the fourth and final episode …..OTT #286.1: The Delapre Abbey Thing (With Tim Smith)CFZ: On The Track2024-05-29 | Recently, Tim Smith, a friend of the show, was at a ghost hunt in Delapre Abbey in Northamptonshire. in the gardens of the Abbey he took a piece of film of one of the herbaceous borders. It wasn’t until he got home and looked at it that he found there was something most peculiar in it. And in this episode we discuss it and try and work out what it could’ve been Don’t Whistle in the Woods: Episode Six. (With David Scott of CFZ Canada)CFZ: On The Track2024-05-26 | This week we revisit episode one's tease of the myths of the northern lights enjoyOTT #286: The Hit Parade of cryptids Richard Freeman thinks are likely to be real (Part Three)...CFZ: On The Track2024-05-25 | There are an awful lot of animals which various Cryptozoologists or people who claimed to be Cryptozoologists believe to exist. Sadly, in this field, an awful lot of people believe in the impossible science of jumping to conclusions.
However, Richard Freeman, who is not only an old friend of mine, but a colleague for the last 28 years Matt is one of the most respected field Cryptozoologist in the world. And then the next few episodes we ask him for his top 10 mystery animals most likely to exist. And because it is this show, it is presented by the late Alan Freeman who, for those of you who were too young or too foreign to know, was a famous BBC Radio One jockey back when we were young.
Not Arf.
This is the third of at least three episodes …..OTT Xtra #285.1: Another Flying SnakeCFZ: On The Track2024-05-22 | Yes, it’s that time of the year again. Richard Muirhead has published another fine issue of Flying Snake, and as always, we take the opportunity to go through it with the fine toothcomb pointing out all the exciting things which can be found therein.Don’t Whistle in the Woods: Episode Five. (With David Scott of CFZ Canada)CFZ: On The Track2024-05-19 | This week we do a bit of traveling across Canada too bring you two stories. Firstly we go all the way west to Vancouver Island to Thetis Lake to examine tales of a "Gill Man" then we come back to Toronto Ontario to the cabbage town neighborhood. To hear the story of the Cabbage Town Tunnel monster. Enjoy!OTT #285: The Hit Parade of cryptids Richard Freeman thinks are likely to be real (Part Two)...CFZ: On The Track2024-05-18 | There are an awful lot of animals which various Cryptozoologists or people who claimed to be Cryptozoologists believe to exist. Sadly, in this field, an awful lot of people believe in the impossible science of jumping to conclusions.
However, Richard Freeman, who is not only an old friend of mine, but a colleague for the last 28 years Matt is one of the most respected field Cryptozoologist in the world. And then the next few episodes we ask him for his top 10 mystery animals most likely to exist. And because it is this show, it is presented by the late Alan Freeman who, for those of you who were too young or too foreign to know, was a famous BBC Radio One jockey back when we were young.