Hmmmm. A shapeshifter in The Guardian?

Tuesday 28th October 2025

Hmmmm. A shapeshifter in The Guardian?

Canuto’s Transformation review – did a man really turn into a jaguar in Brazil’s remote forest?

… through the mysterious story of a man who, during the military tyranny, is said to have become a big cat.
Jonathan Downes
Cryptozoologist, naturalist, musician, singer, composer, poet, novelist and Director of the Centre for Fortean Zoology since 1992. Jon was born in Portsmouth in 1959 and spent his infancy in Nigeria and his childhood in Hong Kong. His wife Corinna died of cancer in 2020, leaving him with two stepdaughters and an eleven year old granddaughter called Evelyn.