dogs

Fascinating new episode of the 'Mysterious Universe' podcast made all the more intriguing for me as it all happened about seven miles from where I'm typing this: 31.15 - MU Podcast - Gengha King of Dogs "Strange things are said to lurk in the seaside mist of England's Cornwall—strange...

A couple claim their old house could be home to a real-life Paranormal Activity - after their dog was caught on camera fleeing a tall 'floating' figure dressed in white. Victoria Hepworth was dog-sitting her sister's one-year-old black Labrador Kiwi at their home last week when she spotted a...

Discovered this story on Yahoo News today. Dog Born with Six Legs Stuns Animal Rescue After Being Found Abandoned in Parking Lot Alexis Jones Sun, 8 October 2023 at 9:19 am GMT+9 Greenacres Rescue in the United Kingdom said vets plan to remove the female spaniel's "additional limbs and explore...

"‘Unusual’ creature found in Brazil is world’s first known fox-dog hybrid, study says" https://amp.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article279365014.html

I'll get right to it. I wonder if any of you forteans can connect with this. Over the years I have always enjoyed woods and forests whether it be walks, mucking around with my kids or just being in nature as a change from city life. But not all woods have the same feel. I lived near the...

A new coronavirus that can infect humans has been identified in samples from sick children in Malaysia. This one appears to be a mutated canine coronavirus. FULL STORY...

Dire wolves belong to an ancient lineage of canids not related to true wolves. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/dire-wolves-were-not-really-wolves-new-genetic-clues-reveal/?fbclid=IwAR3-b2eqxTIoNu_fSeWjxRG-QuyhHrOaDV1DFKiOAk4JMA-vy7ooMNw2hwQ

Maybe someone can clear this up: can a tracker dog follow your scent through a river or body of water? You see it certain films, the escapee getting away because they crossed a river (apart from in No Country for Old Men, which provides a twist on that cliche), but is it true in real life? I...

With the current furore in the British media about dangerous dogs, and that perhaps the legislation brought in in 1991 (Amd. 1997) needs another look, something stirred at the back of my mind. Does anyone recall, back in the early 1990s, just before the Dangerous Dogs Act was brought in, all...

:shock: :shock: Don't know about you folks, but this is the strangest thing I've heard of for a very long time :shock: :shock: For more about this particular story see the thread dedicated to it: Dog Suicides At Overtoun Bridge...

Dog rapes man: Man rapes dog (or at least tries to) and gets mauled: http://news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,8579692^13762,00.html I think for the betterment of mankind the dog should hve bitten his nuts off ;) Emps

People always refer to it as being some kind of strange phenomena but was it that widespread and has it really gone? I do remember there being quite a lot of it being around in the eigthies but why would it disappear? Some thoughts: 1. Some change in dog food? Unlikely. 2. Pavement...

Could anyone point me at a site/article etc which discusses the "dog shoots man" genre of Urban Legends (e.g. where a pet dog accidentally/deliberately leaps on a gun, or an owner ends up shooting themselves when beating or poking the dog with the gun butt, etc)? Many such stories appear to be...

As a dog owner and someone who lists evolutionary theory as a hobby (I should listen to my wife and get out more) I have been giving some thought to the relationship between humans and dogs. I am not aware of a major group of humans who don’t have domesticated dogs. So what would prompt this...

Although not Fortean, I found this site and was amused. fortunately there are no pictures. Update: Link dead; host domain indicates site / webpage is extinct. - EnolaGaia, August 2018

There's a fascinating programme on Radio 4 at the moment, dealing with the fringes of medicine. This week it concerns animals. So far we've had dogs being able to smell cancer in growths (even picking the most dangerous one from a number of melanomas on one person) and dogs being able to detect...