Foxes and the 2000 Attempted Survey

 

In 2000 I sent out a letter to fox watch groups as well as the various British Naturalist Asociation (BNA) to try to get cooperation on the Fox and Hybrid Study Project.

I followed up with a second letter.

Emails.

With the BNA member groups I got in contact by phone -apparently they did not do that type of field work...in fact, as I noted to the Secretary of the BNA, they were only interested in talking about butterflie and pretty birdies.

On 27th July, 2001 I noted on the folder: "No response from any fox study groups" and that was it.

A pity since I had been getting reports of various foxes, including Acrtic foxes (Vulpes lagopus) from people around the country -I often ended talking on the phone with people about foxes more than 'big cats' on some days!

The following is the initial letter and questionaire I sent out in 2000 and it is not that stressful to complete but I suspect a few of the groups were more social gatherings than anything else.

Would have been nice to see what data we could have come up with.

"Retirement" -pfah!

 

"Noted British naturalist and scientific investigator Terry Hooper has announced his retirement...."

I was sent a link to a wildlife blog that carried this item...then two other non wildlife blogs. All very nice biographies and noting that I wa a sceptical investigator in "a number of fields" but not a debunker. 

I have been in contact with the three blogs and the posts have been removed.  I believe this all started when I posted about Covid19 putting a stop to field investigations. I have not retired...I've looked and my dictionary does not seem to have that word in it.

I may not be able to travel and investigate things but there is still the internet and as I pointed out in a post yesterday I am still doing field work but closer to home...actually in my garden.

https://exoticanimalsregister.blogspot.com/2020/10/trail-cams-foxes-hedgehogs-and-killer.html

I still write and am currently looking into the little known CAV case from Peru to re-assess it. My invitation to serious researchers to cooperate on the CE3K/AE study is still open and so to is my fox and felid study. By December I hope that my paper on what some UK police wildlife officers called "Hooper Cats" should be ready.

Things on this blog and others will be quiet since I cannot afford time to work on posts that get no reactions anymore.

I do have eight (8) books available so if you want to support the continuing book pleas consider buying one!

"Retirement" -pfah!

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 The books do not sell and it seems that non-sensationalist posts on blogs are unpopular. There are 4-7 views per post on the AOP blog and considering posts can take 2-3 hours I am saving myself time by not doing anything new.

Heads up.

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Missing Silver Fox

 

In Pursuit

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 Fact NOT fiction journal looking at trange creatures and stories from around the world 

Contents:- 

A "Cold Case" Too Old? The Beast Of Faudiere –Mystery Killer 

The Strange Creature in Repton Woods 

Cry Werewolf ! and The Curious And Frightening Case Of The Hull Werewolf 

On The Scientific 'Need' To Kill A Sasquatch 

The Texas Bigfoot Research Conservancy group has blood on their hands?. 

On Gathering Hard Evidence 

The Strange Case Of The Gotherington Gargoyle 

Photographic Evidence That Dinosaurs Exist 

The Monster of the Forest of Mouliere

AOP Journal No. 4

 

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 The fourth issue in the new volume of the Journal contains: 

Warminster UFOs and Entities 

Encounter with A Boggart and an Incident From Germany 

UFO Abductees and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder 

The Huyton Humanoid : Multiple Witnesses And How To Get It Wrong 

The Case of A Strange Car Ride 

A Little Known 1950 French Close Encounter 

Older UK Encounter Reports 

In A Wallasey Garden –Another Lesson to Learn 

The Strange Aliens in Jardinopolis, Brazil 

"So what would you do if you encountered a landed UFO?" 

Do We Need A Privately Funded SETI –UFO Investigation Group

AOP Journal No. 3

 

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The Journal investigating and factually reporting on Anomalous Observational Phenomena -on land, in the air or at sea. NOT a "debunking" publication. Formerly the in-house journal of the AOP Bureau.

 In this issue:- The Nottinghamshire UFO Crash of 1987…or 1988 p. 1 

The Llandrillo ‘Saucer’ and Berwyn Mts. ‘UFO’ Crash-Retrievals p. 21 

Close Encounter…with a Boggart . 33 

Oulton Marsh, Suffolk –An Unknown “Classic” p. 38 

Questioning Stale and stagnant Ufology p.46 

Alien Abductions And What We Do Not Know p. 47 

The Rainhill Landing…Maybe. p. 51 

The Allagash Abduction -updated appraisal p. 57 

1978 Paignton School UFO Sighting