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2ND DEC 2008
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 Monster Hunt!
For the fourth year running, Cryptozoologist, Richard Freeman and Chris Clark from a Westcountry based centre for Fortean Zoology are off to foreign climes in search of a monster.
This year’s destination is Gambia and the team (which includes GURRRLS for the first time) is going in search of not just one but two monsters!
· 30-foot killer dragons lurking in swamps? · A sea monster carcass buried on an African beach, with a map marking the spot?
 Back in 1983, a fresh carcass of a strange beast on a remote beach in the Gambia was discovered by amateur naturalist Owen Burnham. It was approx 15 feet long and looked a cross between a crocodile and a dolphin. After realizing that this creature was something unknown to science, Owen, a missionary’s son, made detailed sketches of it and then he and his family buried it in the hot sand above the tide line, hoping that the dry sand would preserve the body. He then made a detailed map.
The guys have a copy of the map and intend to dig up and examine the monster’s body.
This sounds quite bizarre but there are more alarming stories of a swamp-dwelling dragon known as Ninki-nanka. The 30 foot beast is said to lurk in deep riverbank holes and emerge into the swamps at night. As freeman thinks Ninki-nanka may be a giant semi-aquatic monitor lizard. Related to the infamous Komodo dragon, the African reptile would be three times as long: as big as a very large crocodile. The team hopes to interview witnesses and venture into the deep mangrove swamps on the trail of the beast, alleged to have killed people in the early 1990s.
The expedition’s findings will be reported at the annual CFZ Weird Weekend being held for the first time in the Woolsery Sports and Community Hall in August.
For more information, visit the website www.cfz.org.uk
Team members are
· Chris Moiser: Biologist and team leader
· Dr Chris Clark: Engineer
· Lisa Dowley: First aid and security expert
· Richard Freeman: cryptozoologist
· Oll Lewis: Ecologist
· Suzi Marsh: computer expert
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