Jonathan Downes

Animals & men - Issues 6 - 10 - the Number of the Beast Jonathan Downes

Publisher Marketing: At the beginning of the 21st Century monsters still roam the remote, and sometimes not so remote, corners of our planet. It is our job to search for them. The Centre for Fortean Zoology [CFZ] is the only professional, scientific and full-time organisation in the world dedicated to cryptozoology - the study of unknown animals. Since 1992 the CFZ has carried out an unparalleled programme of research and investigation all over the world. We have carried out expeditions to Sumatra (2003 and 2004), Mongolia (2005), Puerto Rico (1998 and 2004), Mexico (1998), Thailand (2000), Florida (1998), Nevada (1999 and 2003), Texas (2003 and 2004), Illinois (2004), and Gambia (2006) Since 1994 we have been publishing the world's only dedicated cryptozoology magazine, Animals & Men. This volume contains fascimile reprints of issues 6 to 10 and includes articles covering The Owlman; also the Humped Elephants of Nepal, Mystery Cats, Sabre-toothed cats, Mysterious hominids of Africa, The British Nandi Bear?, Shuker's 'Crypto': a Bibliography of Cryptozoology books - parts 1 to 3 (by Dr Karl Shuker), Strangeness in Scotland, On collecting a cryptid, Bodmin Leopard Skull, Green Cats and Dogs, Mystery Whales, Quagga Project, Malayan Man Beast, Hong Kong Tiger, Horseman of Lincolnshire, Scottish BHM, Congo Peacock, Mystery Moth of Madagascar, Bengal Leopard Cats, The Derry, Wild Boars in Kent, a new Irish lake monster, and the truth about the Essex Beach "mermaid" Corpses. PLUS: Preface by Mark North and an introductory essay by Jonathan Downes, notes putting each issue into a historical perspective, and a history of the CFZ. This is a special collectors' edition. Contributor Bio:  North, Mark Mark North, a degreed historian, Texas attorney, and nationally recognized author of "Act of Treason: The Role of J. Edgar Hoover in the Assassination of President Kennedy" and "Betrayal in Dallas: LBJ, the Pearl Street Mafia, and the Murder of President Kennedy", has been investigating the Kennedy assassination for three decades. North resides in Austin, Texas.