07-10-2005 You are the weakest link - goodbye

For Immediate Release
07 October 2005
YOU ARE THE WEAKEST LYNX - GOODBYE

Recent findings by archaeologhist Robert White confirm a hypothesis by the world's leading mystery animal research group that lynx lived wild in Britain far more recently than was otherwise thought.

In the most recent issue of `Animals & Men`, the journal of the Centre for Fortean Zoology [CFZ], zoologist Chris Moiser (author of several books on Britain's mystery cats, the latest of which "While the Cat's Away", is generating a lot of interest around the world), writes on the subject of the British lynx. He notes that :

"When the sightings of alleged Alien Big Cats in the United Kingdom are quantified, the short-tailed stocky-brown lynx type cat seems to come third after the black panther and puma type animals".

He presents a hypothesis that although "until the last ten years or so it was generally accepted that the lynx died out in the late stone age or bronze age", the evidence suggests that this creature - now found in northern Europe, and parts of North America - may have lived in the British Isles much more recently.

Carbon dating carried out on bones found in the Yorkshire Dales National Park have proved that these animals were alive and well as recently as 1,500 years ago - many years more recently than allowed by orthodox science.

This is the second time in recent years that claims by scientists from the Devon-based CFZ have been borne out by mainstream science. When director Jonathan Downes claimed in 1992 that the European green lizard (Lacerta viridis), could be living wild in small numbers on the South Coast, he was treated with derision. However, in 2002 a small colony of this lizard was found in southern Dorset.

Which of their claims will be proved right next?

NOTES FOR EDITORS:

+ The Centre for Fortean Zoology is a non profit-making organisation, which was founded in 1992. Over the last 11 years we have mounted expeditions to Central America, Thailand, Mexico, various parts of the United States, as well as numerous investigations in the UK. Further information on the CFZ can be found on their website, www.cfz.org.uk.
+ C F Z director Jonathan Downes has written numerous books on the subject of mystery animals. The latest, entitled `Monster Hunter` is his long awaited autobiography.
+ The honorary life President of the Centre for Fortean Zoology is renowned explorer, author and soldier Colonel John Blashford-Snell OBE, best known for his pioneering Operation Drake and Operation Raleigh expeditions during the 1970s.
+ The CFZ is looking for corporate and private sponsors
+ Pictures to accompany this story are available on request