Archive for “April, 2006”
Posted by: Craig Woolheater on April 11th, 2006
After the presentations wrapped up at the museum Saturday night, members of the TBRC, along with Kathy & Bob Strain and Peter Byrne, hung around until the museum closed at 6 PM. Some went back through the exhibit, taking photographs and viewing the exhibit as it was a lot less crowded than earlier in the […]
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Categorized as: Abominable Snowman, Bigfoot, Bigfoot Report, Conferences, Cryptotourism, Cryptozoologists, Cryptozoology, Museums, Sasquatch, Skunk Apes, Yeti, Yowie | 8 Comments »
Posted by: John Kirk on April 11th, 2006
I am often asked why I spend as much time as I do in pursuit of Ogopogo, the denizen of Okanagan Lake. The reason is straightforward: Because it is there. I know this animal to be a real entity as I have seen it on more than one occasion. What is it? Blowed if I […]
Read: Ogopogo: Denizen of the Deep »
Categorized as: Cryptid Universe, Cryptotourism, Cryptozoology, Eyewitness Accounts, Lake Monsters, Loch Ness Monster, Sea Serpents | 17 Comments »
Posted by: Loren Coleman on April 10th, 2006
Come on in! See the Jersey Devil. Step right up. Get your tickets here. Look inside and see the actual Jersey Devil. Actually visible below, for real… In circus, sideshow, and carnival jargon, the gaff is the gimmicked item, the taxidermy fake, the rigged prop often used by the illusionists, the sideshow artists, the showmen […]
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Categorized as: Artifacts, Breaking News, Cryptotourism, CryptoZoo News, Cryptozoology, Museums, Pop Culture, Public Forum, Swamp Monsters | 4 Comments »
Posted by: Loren Coleman on April 10th, 2006
One January night in 1909, E. P. Weeden of the Trenton, New Jersey City Council bolted upright in bed when he heard someone trying to break down his door. It was a most unusual “someone,” apparently, because Weeden also heard distinctly the sound of flapping wings. Councilman Weeden rushed to his second-floor window and looked […]
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Posted by: Loren Coleman on April 9th, 2006
I am a lifelong baseball fan. No denying it. I’ve been a card-carrying member of SABR for decades (if you don’t need to ask what SABR stands for, well, you understand). My two sons inherited the passion and they have become successful players. One is a winning leftie relief pitcher, now a junior in high […]
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Posted by: Loren Coleman on April 9th, 2006
There always seems to be a lot of Bigfoot gatherings in Ohio in the spring. Here’s word of another set to happen on Saturday, April 29, 2006. According to a brief notice in the Sunday Cleveland Plain Dealer, there is to be a Bigfoot conference in Cambridge, Ohio: If you’ve ever wondered whether Sasquatch was […]
Read: Another Ohio Bigfoot Outing »
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Posted by: Loren Coleman on April 9th, 2006
In an effort to share some cryptozoological information with a new group of readers, and to obtain new information on the “mysterious millionaire,” I worked with John Robinson at Sideshow World to add an overview on that specialty site about the Minnesota Iceman. Check it out at their specific page now devoted to the Minnesota […]
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Posted by: Loren Coleman on April 9th, 2006
Fresno [California] Bee April 9, 1934 Californians Out To Bag Legendary ‘Sasquatch’ VANCOUVER (B.C.), April 9. — (AP) — America’s first Sasquatch-catching expedition headed into the mountains of British Columbia today on a hunt for the horrible, hairy, naked bogey-man of Indian legend. J. F. Blakeney and C. K. Blakeney, brothers, of Sacramento, medical students […]
Read: First Sasquatch Expedition – 72 Years Ago Today! »
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Posted by: John Kirk on April 9th, 2006
The principal purpose of the Cryptosafari/BCSCC expedition to Cameroon a few years ago was to obtain evidence of the elusive saurian known as Mokele-mbembe. However, while Bill Gibbons, Robert Mullin, Scott Norman, Pierre Sima and I were in the bush we encountered people who were adamant that other life forms existed in their part of […]
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Categorized as: Cryptid Universe, Cryptotourism, Cryptozoologists, Cryptozoology, Expedition Reports, Extinct, Eyewitness Accounts, Living Dinosaurs, Swamp Monsters | 12 Comments »
Posted by: Loren Coleman on April 8th, 2006
April 10, 2006, marks the world premiere of Abominable, in New York City. The almost-straight-to-DVD horror flick is directed and produced, respectively, by the husband-wife team of Ryan and Theresa Schifrin. The Abominable debut (no pun intended, I think) will take place as part of Fangoria’s Monster Mondays screening series at New York City’s Two […]
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Categorized as: Abominable Snowman, Bigfoot, Breaking News, Cryptotourism, CryptoZoo News, Cryptozoology, Movie Monsters, Pop Culture, Reviews, Sasquatch, Television, Yeti | 1 Comment »
Posted by: Loren Coleman on April 8th, 2006
In conjunction with the University of Texas’ display, "Bigfoot in Texas?" this weekend, one of the speakers will be Catherine Nixon Cooke, a niece of Tom Slick. Ms. Cooke in 2005 published her book, Tom Slick, Mystery Hunter from Paraview, Inc. A question I would ask her if I was there: Was the late Texas […]
Read: Tom Slick, Snowmen, and Spying »
Categorized as: Abominable Snowman, Breaking News, CryptoZoo News, Cryptozoology, Museums, Obituaries, Pop Culture, Sasquatch, Yeti | 3 Comments »
Posted by: Craig Woolheater on April 8th, 2006
The day started early with breakfast here at the Radisson. We left for the Institute at 9:20 AM to see the exhibit for the first time. Kathy Moskowitz-Strain, her husband Robert Strain, and Kathy’s 2 kids followed Marcy and myself to the museum. We got there at 9:30 AM and were promptly greeted by Alison, […]
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Posted by: Craig Woolheater on April 8th, 2006
Click on image above for full-size version.
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Posted by: Craig Woolheater on April 7th, 2006
This is the other panel as you enter the exhibit. Click on image above for full-size version.
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Posted by: Craig Woolheater on April 7th, 2006
This is the opening panel as you enter the exhibit. Click on image above for full-size version. And here is just the text from the panel.
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