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Last Wednesday, as part of Zainul Arifin’s column, this editorial appeared: DATUK Sazmi Miah, please don’t rain on our parade. We want our Bigfoot, real or otherwise, please. The parliamentary secretary to the Natural Resources and Environment Ministry said there was no evidence – droppings or hair samples, for examples – to suggest the Johor […]

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On National Geographic News’ list of the top 10 photos for 2006, there are only a couple that have a cryptozoological theme. Loren posted here on Cryptomundo about one of the stories behind the photos that made the list. It was the "Lost World" of New Species Found in Indonesia. Loren wrote the following concerning […]

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Panther kills calves near Searcy Monday, December 18, 2006 6:47 PM CST Game and Fish Commission thinks the cat is a former pet By Warren WatkinsThe Daily Citizen (Searcy, AR) Two calves have been killed and area residents have been frightened in the past two weeks by what many say is a panther along Foster […]

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Top Ten Creepy Fossil Finds of 2006 by Loren Coleman, coauthor, Creatures of the Other Edge. As often happens with fossil finds, sometimes they are stored away, forgotten, rediscovered, even exhibited, but then all of a sudden, an old find experiences a grand new awareness. The fossil is significant again. Or the fossil might be […]

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More information regarding the Sasquatch sightings in Saskatchewan mentioned here on Cryptomundo yesterday. Woman claims sasquatch sighting Jeremy Warren The StarPhoenix Friday, December 15, 2006 A woman from northern Saskatchewan says she saw the legendary sasquatch, and it left behind evidence described by an expert as "the find of the century." Shaylane Beatty thought she […]

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No physical evidence of panthers in state 12/16/2006 8:55:31 PMNortheast Mississippi Daily Journal BY BUSTER WOLFE For Larry Castle, the question is legendary: Do panthers roam the countryside of Mississippi? "It’s a common call we field," said Castle, director of wildlife for the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks. "We have looked at numerous […]

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Top Ten Bigfoot Stories of 2006 by Loren Coleman, coauthor The Field Guide to Bigfoot and Other Mystery Primates. In the 1950s, anything covered in hair, upright or nearly so, and appearing to be an unknown human-like creature was called an “Abominable Snowman.” Today, the universal term, cryptozoologically speaking, used for any hidden, uncaught, or […]

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Here are five last minute gift ideas or something for your birthday wish list for 2007: 1. How about Monster’s Choice Scottish Whiskey, here from the gift shops near Loch Ness, for those people secure enough in their cryptozoology to know that most of the Nessie eyewitnesses are not drinking? 2. Or maybe would you […]

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Chester Moore. Photo courtesy prweb. There is a new interview with Texas-based monster metal band FREAK13’s Chester Moore who tells about his upcoming tour during the summer of 2007. In the interview, Moore seems to be saying he more or less indirectly was involved in the discovery of the ivory-billed woodpecker. A friend of Ted […]

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Sightings the talk of ‘sasquatch-ewan’ Last Updated: Thursday, December 14, 2006 | 10:03 AM CT CBC News Sightings of a large hairy creature walking upright in Saskatchewan and Manitoba have sparked renewed interest in the legendary sasquatch. CBC Saskatchewan radio host Tom Roberts said he’s talked with people from the northern community of Deschambault Lake […]

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Speaking of Autumn Williams…this article, while published after the birth of her daughter, was written several weeks ago and mentions her then anticipated due date of January 1st. Also mentioned are Jeff Meldrum and Henner Fahrenbach. Shadowing Bigfoot: "When you see something like that, it’s not really a question of do they exist, but what […]

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Glyptothorax exodon: Courtesy of Heok Hee Ng. In some media accounts, it is being called another "lost world." In others, the "Heart of Borneo." Over 52 new species of plants and animals have been discovered there from July 2005 through September 2006. "The more we look the more we find," said Stuart Chapman, WWF International […]

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Autumn Williams, who Loren gave a Cryptomundo Salute of the Day to last May, gave birth last Monday. If you saw Sci Fi Investigates Bigfoot, you were probably aware of the fact that she was pregnant. Autumn Williams shared the following with me by email and gave permission for me to share it with the […]

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As widely reported today, the search for the baiji – the "Chinese river" or "white-flag dolphin" – declared extinct last week is not finished. UPI notes: "We will try every effort to save them as long as it is not announced to be extinct," said Wang Ding, head of the search team and vice director […]

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The traveling exhibition, Cryptozoology: Out of Time Place Scale, Noon-5 p.m. Tuesday-Wednesday; closes Wednesday, December 20, 2006. H&R Block Artspace at Kansas City Art Institute, 16 E. 43rd, Kansas City, Missouri (816-561-5563).

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