BEASTS OF LONDON

Neil giving a talk...

2009-07-08T07:04:00.000-07:00

On Saturday 11th July Neil will be appearing at the PHANTOM ENCOUNTERS fayre at Witham, Essex. For details check the link HERE

Did a tiger roam Edgware ?

2009-06-21T03:23:00.001-07:00

Probably not. But in his latest episode of THE SATURDAY STRANGENESS Neil uncovers a local panic concerning a 'big cat'.

Neil interviewed by Nick Redfern.

2009-06-12T02:49:00.000-07:00

At MONSTER USA Neil Arnold is interviewed by author and researcher Nick Redfern, and discusses what it's like to hunt monsters for a living.

Invasion London! Strange swarms over the capital...

2009-06-08T08:46:00.000-07:00

The latest SATURDAY STRANGENESS

More alien invaders to London's waterways...

2009-06-02T08:35:00.001-07:00

Neil's episode 110 of THE SATURDAY STRANGENESS looks into what lurks in the River Thames.

Giant rats and strange butterflies...

2009-05-25T09:08:00.000-07:00

More weird tales from Neil at LONDONIST

Flying jellyfish over Wimbledon!

2009-05-17T05:19:00.001-07:00

Neil's latest SATURDAY STRANGENESS

The giant spider of Epping Forest

2009-05-12T09:03:00.000-07:00

A new weird tale from the Centre For Fortean Zoology daily blog. Read it HERE

The Hammersmith Spooker!

2009-05-03T05:12:00.000-07:00

In 1804 some kind of bizarre spectre haunted the ill-lit alleyways of Hammersmith. The apparition continued its reign of terror right up until the Spring Heeled Jack attacks hit the headlines. Read more HERE

On the track of the Greenwich pond monster...

2009-05-02T06:00:00.000-07:00

Neil's SATURDAY STRANGENESS hunts for the murky terror.

And more obscure London beasties...

2009-04-26T05:07:00.000-07:00

From Neil's CFZ Blog post.

A strange bird in London ?

2009-04-24T08:15:00.001-07:00

From the CFZ, courtesy of YOU TUBE

More London beasts and Kentish creatures..

2009-04-24T08:13:00.001-07:00

At the CFZ blog Neil looks at more strange creatures, including the 'monster of Greenwich', which didn't make the 400-page book! Link HERE

Big cat seen...

2009-04-22T04:59:00.001-07:00

From the WIMBLEDON GUARDIAN

Pink jellyfish in the sky!!

2009-04-22T04:57:00.000-07:00

According to the Wimbledon Guardian, it seems that a strange flying form has been sighted in the skies.

London's alien species

2009-04-22T00:27:00.000-07:00

From The Independent

The monster hound of Newgate Prison

2009-04-20T05:31:00.001-07:00

Neil's latest SATURDAY STRANGENESS goes on the hunt for the most evil of spectral hounds.

The CFZ's Alan F takes a look at the Highgate 'vampire'...

2009-04-20T05:29:00.000-07:00

Link HERE

The talking pig!

2009-04-12T05:08:00.001-07:00

Neil's latest SATURDAY STRANGENESS!

More on the Highgate 'vampire'..

2009-04-12T05:00:00.000-07:00

Neil at The Centre For Fortean Zoology blog.

Mystery cats around London ?

2009-04-05T08:29:00.000-07:00

The SATURDAY STRANGENESS explains...

Neil's new book, at THE LONDON WORD

2009-03-29T06:59:00.000-07:00

THE LONDON WORD (thanks Abbey).

Strange catfish in London!

2009-03-29T06:56:00.001-07:00

Neil's latest episode of THE SATURDAY STRANGENESS can be read HERE

MYSTERY ANIMALS OF KENT - OUT NOW.

2009-03-20T14:24:00.000-07:00

ORDER THE BOOK AT AMAZON

From publisher Jonathan Downes (CFZ Press):

"After months of work, this remarkable book is finally available. It is the bulkiest book we have ever done, and with over 270,000 words the longest apart from 'Monster Hunter' and 'Dragons: More than a Myth?'

Neil is to be congratulated for such an extraordinary piece of writing. A large proportion of the book concerns big cats, but as Neil - despite his detractors - is one of the leading mystery cat researchers in the country, this is hardly surprising.However, what makes it so much better than yer run of the mill 'big cat' books which seem to be largely rehashed press cuttings, and in which the sentence "...err it was black, it had a long tail and looked like my Labrador,"seem to be repeated over and over again ad nauseam, this is the first-hand story of years of dedication and hands-on research.

The non-cat chapters are equally as interesting, covering a whole gamut of subjects from out-of-place animals to what Neil calls the 'nameless anomalies' which would not be out of place in an episode of 'The X-Files' from about ten years ago.I cannot recommend this book highly enough. It's only £14.99 which is hardly extortionate in this day and age, and in the unlikely instance that you don't like it, it is so substantial that you can use it as a door stop, throw it at your dog, or wrap it in a pillow-case to make a handy cosh, and tootle on down to your nearest sub-post office. Well done mate."

Paperback: 420 pages; Publisher: Cfz (Mar 2009); Language English; ISBN-10: 1905723369ISBN-13: 978-1905723362; Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 15.6 x 2.2 cm

Eels in the fountains of Charing Cross ?

2009-03-15T06:17:00.001-07:00

Perish the thought....check out Neil's latest episode of THE SATURDAY STRANGENESS in which he talks about the possibility that eels were once released into the stone basins dotted around the West End.