Archive for “February, 2007”

Extinct Bird Naturalist Dies in Menehune Valley

Posted by: Loren Coleman on February 12th, 2007

Na Pali means “The Cliffs” in Hawaiian. The secluded green valleys of the Na Pali Coast are said once to have been home to an ancient race of little humans called Menehune (seen above in the Hawaiian Medical Association’s publication logo). The Menehune are the tiny people of the Hawaiian Islands, who are perhaps related […]

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The Bridgewater Triangle Video

Posted by: Loren Coleman on February 12th, 2007

For fans of the Bridgewater Triangle, I ran across this new YouTube half-hour video. Anyone who has not been to the Hockomock Swamp and the surrounding area will find this footage enlightening. Enjoy. There is a chapter in the new Mysterious America: The Ultimate Guide to the Nation’s Weirdest Wonders, Strangest Spots, and Creepiest Creatures […]

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New Mexico River Serpent

Posted by: Craig Woolheater on February 12th, 2007

Mike Smith writes of the legend of a New Mexico River Serpent on his blog My Strange New Mexico. When it comes to tales of enormous and legendary amphibians, Scotland boasts its elusive mascot in the waters of Loch Ness, China shares rumors of a gorge-dwelling creature that chases fishermen, and South Africa reports fearfully […]

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New Parrot Species A Fake?

Posted by: Loren Coleman on February 12th, 2007

The Australian government’s drawing of the extremely rare Coxen’s Fig-parrot (Cyclopsitta diophthalma coxeni). The photograph of the “new” species of fig-parrot is unavailable, but the bird would resemble this species. The Australian newspaper for (tomorrow) Tuesday, February 13, 2007, is reporting the Australian government is withdrawing support for the “reported discovery” of a new species, […]

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Pink Bird Wonders Sighted

Posted by: Loren Coleman on February 12th, 2007

An archival painting of the Pink-footed goose (Anser brachyrhynchus). The legs are stunning. They are bright pink, almost bubble-gum pink. It’s very exciting….They are beautiful geese. Most people had never seen these geese before….What we are looking at is whether the pink-footed geese, with their westward shift [in Greenland] are now migrating with some of […]

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New Cayman Croc Sightings

Posted by: Loren Coleman on February 12th, 2007

As was detailed here, an eight-foot long crocodile was captured near Old Man Bay in the Grand Cayman on Saturday, December 30, 2006. This despite the fact that crocodiles, according to the media and authorities, were suppose to be extinct in the Cayman Islands for 200 years. Now comes reports of new crocodile sightings from […]

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American Dime Museum Closes – Part II

Posted by: Loren Coleman on February 11th, 2007

Please see Part I for more details on the closing and upcoming auction of the American Dime Museum; please click here. Now come enter the museum, via photographs from the American Dime Museum, Barbara Matteson, and Brian at acurse.com. You are walking up to the brick building, come inside, meet your host, and begin to […]

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American Dime Museum Closes – Part I

Posted by: Loren Coleman on February 11th, 2007

We’re losing another great piece of Baltimore personality. It was esoteric and great and hilarious and very fitting for this city. Maybe it was just too good to be accepted by enough people. – John Waters, Baltimore filmmaker and director of Pink Flamingos Photo credit: Barbara Matteson. A tradition eight years in the making based […]

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The Monster of Conser Lake

Posted by: Craig Woolheater on February 11th, 2007

The Monster of Conser Lake by Greg Long October 1, 1996 Courtesy of OregonBigfoot.com and Autumn Williams. The following are excerpts from the entire article, which can be read at OregonBigfoot.com. Today, the banks of Conser Lake are overgrown with blackberry brambles, wild thistles, skunk cabbage, tall grass, and poison oak. The rampant vegetation shelters […]

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The Great Days of Yeti Hunting

Posted by: Loren Coleman on February 11th, 2007

Harry Trumbore’s drawing of a Yeti. Ask yourself, where are all the great Yeti hunters from the 1950s? Take for example, what is Peter Byrne, the leader of the Tom Slick expeditions of the 1950s, up to these days? Byrne is often remembered, for example, online at such sites as The Anomalist and Wikipedia, with […]

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A Life Explored In Words

Posted by: Loren Coleman on February 10th, 2007

I sometimes neglect the fact that few people know really what I have written, in total. Today, for example, a young man emailed me with this message: “How many books have you done Loren? I have only come across two.” Well, I can forget myself, often, for many reasons. It happens. Ha ha. Memory and […]

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Hillbilly Cougars

Posted by: Loren Coleman on February 10th, 2007

Eric Drummond Smith, over at Hillbilly Savants, has done a great and fair job of rounding up several recent blogs and sites about the possible survival of eastern cougars. Hillbilly Cryptozoology: Cougars Some folks seem to think cougars are “back” in Appalachia, either having gradually migrated from the American West or down the chain from […]

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What Are People Thinking?

Posted by: Loren Coleman on February 10th, 2007

I was gone most of yesterday, on the road, and returned very late last night. Yes, I don’t live here in front of this screen. 🙂 I came back to find an email inbox filled with the strangest messages. Two topics with similar themes popped out. First, one group was about someone in the field […]

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Mystery Moa Photo

Posted by: Loren Coleman on February 9th, 2007

A Moa? Please note the darker front part of the body is in shadow and the rear portion – with apparent feathers visible – is to the right, in sunlight. Is the above a photograph of a living Moa? I interviewed the credible eyewitness and photographer, a former member of the British Army’s elite Special […]

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Cryptids on Fate

Posted by: Loren Coleman on February 9th, 2007

Steve Klein’s complete gallery of Fate Magazine covers can be found here. This all-encompassing collection of Fate covers has many that feature Bigfoot, Nessie, Yeti, and other cryptozoological subjects, including a Skunk Ape, apparently. Klein’s work (and our notice of it) continues the look – visually and graphically – at the popular cultural impact of […]

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