07-01-2007 A Monsterous evening at the Natural History Museum

A MONSTEROUS EVENING AT THE NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM
One of the world’s leading cryptozoologists will be talking about his adventures on the track of unknown animals at the Natural History Museum on the 26th of January. Richard Freeman of The Centre for Fortean Zoology, the world’s only full time organisation dedicated to the study of anomalous beasts, will be arguing the case for such animals as the yeti, the Tasmanian wolf, and the sea serpent.

The talk is being held at the Darwin Centre in the Museum and begins at 7pm. Zoologist and former zoo keeper Mr. Freeman has worked with over 400 species of animal from spiders to elephants and is the author of the book “Dragons: More Than a Myth?” As well as speaking about the possible existence of “monsters” he will be speaking about his own expeditions. These include the naga - a sixty-foot snake in Thailand, orang-pendek - a bipedal ape from Sumatra, and the infamous Mongolian Deathworm. Later this year he is leading an expedition to West Africa in search of ninki-nanka a much feared, thirty foot, dragon-like animal said to inhabit the mangrove swamps.

The talk will be followed by a questions and answers session and a dissection on the existence or otherwise of these inhabitants of zoology’s “Twilight Zone”

The talk is free but attendees are required to book seats in advance.