cryptozoologists posts
by Sean McLachlan (RSS feed) (29 days ago)
Apr 23rd, 2013 at 2:00PM:
There may be a Bigfoot crawling around the underbrush of Texas. According to the breathless narrator in this video, these two photos were taken by Lupe Mendoza, who spotted a strange creature when it spooked a herd of cattle. Apparently some gutted hogs were found nearby, so Bigfoot may have been feeding.
Actually it may be a Skunk Ape, the Deep South version of Bigfoot that prowls around ...
by Sean McLachlan (RSS feed) (3 months ago)
Jan 28th, 2013 at 12:00PM: The Seregesh ski resort in Siberia has a new marketing plan. The Siberian Times reports that it's building a Yeti park.
Belief in the Yeti is common in Siberia, where it's called the "Big Man." Hunters often report seeing them and regional governor Aman Tuleyev has offered one million rubles ($33,000) to anyone who can bag one. No takers yet, which makes one wonder about the reliability (and ...
by Sean McLachlan (RSS feed) (8 months ago)
Sep 11th, 2012 at 2:00PM: Could a reservoir in Arkansas be the favorite watering hole of a southern Bigfoot? Maybe it once was, but it doesn't seem to be anymore.
When I was a kid in the 1970s, I loved tramping through the woods, and so of course I loved hearing about monsters lurking in the woods. I vaguely remember a rash of sightings of a big, hairy monster in the woods of Arkansas. It had several names, the most ...
by Sean McLachlan (RSS feed) (2 years ago)
Sep 1st, 2010 at 9:00AM:
Ever hear of Durham? Unless you're British or a church historian, you probably haven't. That's because a disproportionate number of visitors to England never get beyond London and its neighbors Oxford, Cambridge, Bath, and Stratford-upon-Avon. This concentration on southern England means that many visitors miss out on seeing the beauties of the country's north.
Durham is one of the north's ...
by Sean McLachlan (RSS feed) (3 years ago)
Jan 8th, 2010 at 2:30PM: Things aren't going well in Scotland. Last year was the worst year on record for sightings of the Loch Ness Monster. A documentary studied the possibility that Nessie has gone extinct, and even the Official Loch Ness Monster Fan Club is worried.
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Only one "dependable" ...
by Kraig Becker (RSS feed) (3 years ago)
Jul 25th, 2009 at 9:00AM: Every country and culture has its monster stories. You can wander the globe and hear tales of all kinds of things that go bump in the night. From giant snakes in the Amazon to legendary ape men in the Himalaya, there are enough rumors of strange creatures to keep cryptozoologists out in the field, chasing shadows, for years to come. If you'd like to go on a monster hunt of your own, Forbes ...