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Raymond Frederick Harryhausen
Born: Los Angeles 29th June 1920
Died: London 7th May 2013.

The Harryhausen family regret to announce the death of Ray Harryhausen, Visual Effects pioneer and stop-motion model animator.

Read: RIP Ray Harryhausen »

This might be the time and place to mention one possible explanation for the irreconcilable differences between what Tim Dinsdale was certain he saw on April 23, 1960, and what he filmed. I don’t know if anyone else has ever ventured this, but here’s a go at it.

Read: What Did Tim Dinsdale See at Loch Ness? »

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Some 250 million years ago, some of the largest, most dangerous reptiles ruled this land. Airing April 24, 2013 at 9 pm on PBS

Perhaps some remain to this day… Megalania?

Read: Australia: Monsters »

Wow! Not just a skeptic, but a cynic as well… Over the last two weeks I’ve taken it upon myself to become educated in the field of Cryptozoology and Cryptid Animals. Though I know there is no shortage of crack pots or gullible idiots who will believe anything, I was amazed at how many people […]

Read: What the Hell is Cryptozoology? »

Amazing arachnids in Vietnam…

Read: More on Camel Spiders and Other Alleged Giant Spiders »

…photos reputed to be of a carving of a Stegosaur on an ancient Cambodian temple at Angkor Wat.

And a new photo of what appears to be a sauropod from the Milan gothic cathedral.

Read: Speaking of Temples With Images of Dinosaurs Carved in Stone »

“…these creatures are either writhing scaly coils of slithering serpent stuff, or perhaps…aquatic holdovers from prehistoric times…”

Read: Micah Hanks on Lake Monsters »

The last time we heard from Dino Dave Woetzel here at Cryptomundo, he’d had an Ogopogo sighting and taken a photo of the alleged creature.

What’s he been up tp lately?

Read: In Search of Living Dinosaurs »

#Books @CryptoLoren

The Complete Bibliography. Wikipedia does not have the full list. Here’s my attempt.

Read: Cryptozoologist, Fortean, Social Scientist, Museum Director Loren Coleman: A Complete Book List »

Friends and fellow explorers of the late Scott Norman, will be embarking on an expedition in his honour on November 14th. Bill Gibbons, Andrew Gibbons and John Kirk will join forces with French explorer Michel Ballot as they continue to seek evidence for the existence of the reptilian cryptid known as Mokele-mbembe. The team leaves […]

Read: Scott Norman Memorial Expedition in Search of Mokele-mbembe »

New movie The Dinosaur Project features previously unseen footage from the ill-fated, eponymous 2011 expedition to the Congo in search of the Mokele Mbembe. Discover a world lost for millions of years. In UK cinemas August 10th.

Read: Mokele-Mbembe Movie »

I am looking for sponsors for funds and equipment.

Read: Search for Mokele-mbembe in November »

There’s something in the water…

Read: Mosasaurs Off New Zealand? »

#Missing #Dinosaur
Is this in your backyard?

Read: Missing: One Dinosaur »

Cultural practices including beliefs in mythical beasts and animals that dance have helped maintain forests in the West African country of the Gambia and Malaysian Borneo, said a researcher from Oxford University speaking at the annual meeting of the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation in Bonito, Brazil.

Ashley Massey looked at the relationship between forest cover and the perceived existence of a dinosaur-like creature known as the “Ninki-nanka” in the Gambia and dancing animals known as “Kopizo” in the Malaysian state of Sabah. In both cases, locals believed that encountering mythological animals in the forest would result in death, leading them to avoid areas where they are believed to reside.

Read: Cryptids = Conservation? »