tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5650740727684370946.post670169149943576123..comments2024-01-29T22:12:12.881+00:00Comments on Arfon.net The Art of Arfon Jones: Monster Memories: Tommy Boyd: Monster Hunter?Arfon Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08538971075550919385noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5650740727684370946.post-11551545151178294792023-02-10T22:25:11.002+00:002023-02-10T22:25:11.002+00:00I was one of those who went on this Cameroon exped...I was one of those who went on this Cameroon expedition. Tommy did not go. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5650740727684370946.post-86012098678689470002018-03-29T16:10:40.191+01:002018-03-29T16:10:40.191+01:00Thanks Darren! I've updated the post with your...Thanks Darren! I've updated the post with your information and credit :)Arfon Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08538971075550919385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5650740727684370946.post-10295922338815224232018-03-24T19:00:17.366+00:002018-03-24T19:00:17.366+00:00Hi, glad you found it interesting. I was quite the...Hi, glad you found it interesting. I was quite the budding cryptozoologist in my younger days. You are welcome to add this to the post. DarrenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5650740727684370946.post-20783723319990028432018-03-23T13:20:57.860+00:002018-03-23T13:20:57.860+00:00Oh wow! Thanks for that, how amazing (sorry you di...Oh wow! Thanks for that, how amazing (sorry you didn't get to do it) do you mind if I add this to the post itself? Any chance I can get your name so I con credit you? Many thanksArfon Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08538971075550919385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5650740727684370946.post-3895301531968413212018-03-20T23:12:45.856+00:002018-03-20T23:12:45.856+00:00Tommy Boyd went on Pebble Mill at 1 to advertise h...Tommy Boyd went on Pebble Mill at 1 to advertise his Monster Monster book and also to talk about getting an expedition up and running to go to Assam in Northern India to look for the Buru Buru. I contacted the show and ending up going on the training weekends and got picked. I think there was about 11 chosen in all. We only had a few short months to raise the money needed and only a handful could raise the needed amount, unfortunately i couldnt raise the funds and had to drop out along with a few others. The expedition to find the Buru Buru fell through as it had to be cancelled due to some form of terrorist activity in the area and people being warned not to go. The expedition was changed at the last minute to go to Cameroon in Africa to look for the Mokele Mbembe (a sauropod also mentioned in the book, actualy the front cover is the Mokele Mbembe) instead. As i said only a few went (i think about 5 and the two sas leaders. Tommy didnt go. Hope this helps.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5650740727684370946.post-71937136352313148052017-07-03T15:39:08.444+01:002017-07-03T15:39:08.444+01:00Hmmmm, sounds like a blog idea to me sir (visiting...Hmmmm, sounds like a blog idea to me sir (visiting monster sites not befriending ogres).... We could do a British Isles one at least! Arfon Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08538971075550919385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5650740727684370946.post-64024677113027028492017-07-02T21:07:27.283+01:002017-07-02T21:07:27.283+01:00I got this book from the school book fair, way bac...I got this book from the school book fair, way back when... Still got it obviously.<br /><br />I just remember reading it and getting it into my head that "monster hunter" was an actual job I could one day have. The "plan" in my seven-year-old mind was to travel the world with my box of Monster In My Pocket figures, and an empty box too, the idea being that every time I spotted one of the monsters I'd transfer its figure to the empty box, only going home when all the figures had been transferred.<br /><br />Making friends with an ogre was also on my bucket list!TwoHeadedBoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14946450138433182058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5650740727684370946.post-16676920435456393872017-06-02T11:32:01.901+01:002017-06-02T11:32:01.901+01:00No? Perhaps I should write the entry about it? I&#...No? Perhaps I should write the entry about it? I'll revise it forthwith! :)Arfon Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08538971075550919385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5650740727684370946.post-56222617911338667432017-06-02T09:35:51.480+01:002017-06-02T09:35:51.480+01:00I've never even heard of the Buru Buru monster...I've never even heard of the Buru Buru monster - that's a new one on me.Mimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01578612522819952936noreply@blogger.com