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Give me a break: Loch Ness is not teeming with plesiosaurs. Not even one.

Read: Not “Nessiesarily” A Plesiosaur »

Vertebrate paleontologist Darren Naish has posted a wonderful article on the probable behavior and lifestyles of plesiosaurs at his Scientific American blog, Tetrapod Zoology. This is obviously of interest to those in cryptozoology with questions regarding what we know about real plesiosaurs versus speculation about “long necked sea monsters”. Dr. Naish himself does not endorse the “relict plesiosaur” theory but is open minded to the giant long necked seal idea.

Read: Plesiosaur Peril and the Prehistoric Survivor Paradigm »

Examining an interview to discover what’s being said about the Loch Ness Monsters, the Pleisosaur Hypothesis, toys, and why certain marine reptiles’ necks grew so long. Images.

Read: Why Do Plesiosaurs Have Long Necks? »

Click on image for a full size pdf version of the April 9, 1922, Lima, Ohio, graphic. Today, the lake monster reported in Lago (English: Lake) Nahuel Huapi in the northern Patagonia region between the provinces of Río Negro and Neuquén, in Argentina, near the border with Chile, is called “Nahuelito.” The huge lake itself, […]

Read: Art Deco Adventures: Patagonian Plesiosaurus »

First the old 1970s theory that all the Nessies are swimming elephants was retold in new clothing in March 2006, and now we are hearing that the Scottish Lake Monsters cannot be plesiosaurs. Okay, tell me something I don’t know, please! What is it? See below. The news out of Scotland, as for example in […]

Read: Nessie: Pachyderm, Plesiosaur or Pinniped? »

With all of the plesiosaur talk here on Cryptomundo these days, and with many new readers in the last several months, I wanted to bring back a subject that was explored here on Cryptomundo last February. I was given permission to repost photos that were taken by a gentleman named Michael Cenedella. One day in […]

Read: Mystery Photos: Sea Serpent or Plesiosaur? Name That Carcass! »

As we were talking about photo manipulation the other day here on Cryptomundo, sometimes photographs are manipulated to make them appear to show a cryptid. Below is a photo of a megamouth shark that was manipulated to appear as if it was a plesiosaur. No known source, but it was featured on several cryptozoology websites […]

Read: Plesiosaur Photo Hoax »

Have the readers of Cryptomundo correctly identified this mystery carcass? While I initially thought that the "Russian Plesiosaur" looked crocodilian in origin, I agree with the majority of the commenters here on Cryptomundo that the carcass looks like it is that of a whale, most likely a beluga. Below are some photos of beluga skeletons […]

Read: More on the Russian Plesiosaur »

Two weeks ago, I reported here on Cryptomundo that there was a report that Russian hauled up a dead plesiosaur. Scott Corrales had forwarded the story to us here at Cryptomundo. The story was taken with a grain of salt, as there were no corroborating photographs. Today, Cryptomundo reader 71_machone informed me that the photos […]

Read: Photos of Russian Plesiosaur »

From our good friend Scott Corrales comes the following news. INEXPLICATA The Journal of Hispanic Ufology August 15, 2006 DATE: August 15, 2006 SOURCE: axxon.com.ar (EFE) – Fishermen from the island of Sakhalin in the Russian far east found the remains of an enormous unknown marine creature, according to Vladimir Bedzhisov, director of the Sakhalin […]

Read: Russian Fisherman Haul Up Dead Plesiosaur? »

Michael Cenedella, the gentleman who took the photos of whatever this carcass is, was kind enough to email me some additional photos of the carcass. As the circular marks on the carcass are a hot topic of discussion on the original blog entry with the photos, I figured that I would share these photos that […]

Read: Mystery Photos: Sea Serpent or Plesiosaur? Name That Carcass! More to Chew On! »

One of our readers, CryptoInformant, sent in a link to a website with photos that may, or may not, be an unexplained marine animal. The title of the page is “Sea Serpent? Plesiosaur?” One day in June, about 1990, my friend Joanne Rauch and I hiked along the central Oregon coast at Cape Meares. We […]

Read: Mystery Photos: Sea Serpent or Plesiosaur? Name That Carcass! »

So if history shows that science can potentially benefit from examining cryptozoological findings, why is that so many scientists are still adamantly against the practice?

Read: Does Science Benefit From the Search for Sasquatch? »

On the face of it, cryptozoology has little in common with mainstream conservation. First, it is widely held to be a “pseudoscience”, because it does not follow the scientific methods so central to conservation biology. Many conservation scientists would find the idea of being identified with monsters and monster-hunters embarrassing.

Read: Sasquatch Conservation Before Discovery »

Or mistaken identtity?

Read: Alaskan River Monster: Hoax? »