On 31st of October the CFZ 2010 expedition leaves England. They will be exploring the Garo Hills in Northern India in search of the mande-burung or Indian yeti. The five-man team consists of team leader Adam Davies, Dr Chris Clark, Dave Archer, field naturalist Jonathan McGowan, and cryptozoologist Richard Freeman.

Thursday, 2 December 2010

INDIA EXPEDITION: Video Report #5

THE LAST BATCH OF PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE INDIAN EXPEDITION... FOR NOW

Shireng R Marak, a two-thumbed village elder,
who heard the mande-barung's cry and was chased into a cave by it.

A swarm of yellow butterflies near the jungle stream at Imangri


A simulacrum of a huge footprint in limestone near a stream some miles from Imangri,
not to be confused with the real thing.


A dead white-lipped tree viper we found in the jungle.


Jon fishing for a Tarantula in a hole in the wall outside our lodge.


Tuesday, 30 November 2010

ANOTHER SET OF PICTURES FROM INDIA

A close-up of the bone found by Pintu at Siju. We brought half back for analysis
The ootheca or egg case of a praying mantis photographed at Balpakram.
Some of the strange stalagtite formations in the cave system
Weird white fungi growing on bat guano in Siju Cave
A cave crayfish, one of the inhabitants of the Siju caves

INDIA EXPEDITION: Jessica Taylor and a friend interview Richard

Before the expedition left for India, Richard was interviewed by 12-year-old Jessica Taylor (now a sophisticated young lady of 13). The interview was so popular that by general request we asked Jess to interview him again on his return. This time she bought a friend along....


IDENTIFY THIS FISH


We thought that this was a swamp eel (Symbranchus). The India expedition bought it, photographed it and then ate it. However, as Max points out, Symbranchus spp don't have these nasal tubercules....

INDIA EXPEDITION: Video Report #4