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Pete Loh in Singapore writes that the first sketch he attempted, according to Vincent Chow, has the hair a bit wrong. Chow says the hair on the shoulders is much longer and hanging. Loh just sent this third sketch incorporating the second sketch’s facial features and the longer shoulder hair. Have a look. Here’s the […]

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Click image for a larger version In a new May 11, 2006, interview in Australia’s Moviehole, super producer Ilya Salkind notes that among his current projects is "a new film based on the mythic The Abominable Snowman." This is important to hear as it gives fresh news, the first since 2003, that The Abominable Snowman […]

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Talking To Vincent Chow on the Appearance of the Johor Bigfoot From the private collection of photographs that Vincent Chow has been shown, he has now described, in some detail, how he says the Malaysian Mawas or Johor Bigfoot appear to him. The following is a collection of the various statements from Chow of their […]

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It seems that the general consensus with special effects professionals in the movie industry is that the Patterson/Gimlin film depicts a man in a costume. Many state that it has been common knowledge in the industry for years that the film was faked. The name most often associated with this is veteran monster effects master […]

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I was talking to Roger Knights today, about the August 13, 1965 story of Monroe, Michigan, when Christine van Acker and her mother Mrs. Ruth Owens, had an encounter with a black 7-feet tall Bigfoot. The Bigfoot reached inside their car, giving Christine a black eye. Knights reminded me that it might not have been […]

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There have been more than a few comments regarding the "Crypto-Cat-Fight" between the BFRO and Cryptomundo. Cryptomundo, by it’s very nature, is an editorial website. We post newsworthy items and comment about them. We do not espouse to be a scientific research organization. The BFRO however, for many years, has touted themselves as: The only […]

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The New Straits Times has decided to step into the middle of the American crypto-cat-fight over the Malaysian melodrama. Here’s what they are saying… ——————————————————————————– The New Straits Times Identification key to protecting Johor Bigfoot 10 May 2006 By R. Sittamparam JOHOR BARU: Until researchers have determined the species and family of the Johor Bigfoot, […]

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Oh no, Matt Moneymaker. Watch out! Here comes Daniel Perez and a possible future treatment in The Bigfootimes. Perez is telegraphing to the world that he’s interested in gathering stories that people have been telling online and privately for years about Moneymaker. As Perez posted on a public forum yesterday: "The more I hear about […]

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An article (now unavailable online) posted on Dirt Rag Magazine‘s (a mountain bike magazine) website makes reference to a regional name for Bigfoot in Arkansas, the Womble. I have never heard this term used. The only reference I can find with the use of Bigfoot and Womble together is a children’s book The Wombles: Bigfoot […]

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The author of Les Hominidés non-identifiés des forêts d’Afrique or The Unidentified Hominids of the African Forest (Edirions Robert Laffont, 1990) has died. The book, first researched in the 1970s and based on years of fieldwork, brought together seven-five eyewitness testimonies of what the author Jacqueline Roumeguere-Eberhardt called "X" – unknown hominids or "missing links" […]

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It’s amazing to me sometimes how the media will seize on a story that really is no big deal. It is patently obvious that a lot of media types don’t do enough research before they write a story. Here’s an example. There are so many sasquatch research groups out there that I have lost track […]

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Loren’s post last month here on Cryptomundo featuring the photos of Nahuelito was a popular one, drawing many comments. Wanting to provide the loyal readers of Cryptomundo with as much information as possible regarding these photos, Scott Corrales supplied Cryptomundo with the translation of the entire article from El Cordillerano Edicion Digital from April 17, […]

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Late in April 2006, American hunter Jim Martell, shown here with his prize trophy, went to Canada’s far north, paying $58,570 to hunt polar bears. Now it turns out, he may have killed the first grizzly-polar bear cross ever found in the wild. The two species mate at different times of the year and inhabit […]

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Houston, TX based cryptozoologist Ken Gerhard is giving a talk tonight in Brownsville, TX regarding the Big Bird of Texas. Information regarding the talk is available here. Gerhard has heard theories ranging from a giant owl to a giant bat, but he has his own ideas. “The other theory that I’m pursuing with my book […]

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While the legions of fans of Surface await the fate of the show and whether there will be a second season, there is some good news. The first season of NBC’s Surface comes to DVD on August 15, 2006. It is available for pre-order now on Amazon.com.

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