Archive for “September, 2006”
Posted by: Loren Coleman on September 25th, 2006
Today, Cryptomundo has received more emails telling us that strange and mysterious Mermaid photos supposedly snapped in Mexico, Dominican Republic, or Malaysia are circulating on the Internet. These emails are asking for us to either identify the “Mermaid” or post the photographs on Cryptomundo. But we have already done this. As I mentioned a few […]
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Categorized as: Breaking News, CryptoZoo News, Cryptozoology, Hoaxes, Lizard People, Out of Place, Pop Culture, Public Forum | 24 Comments »
Posted by: Loren Coleman on September 25th, 2006
Coast to Coast AM’s website has posted the following image of an unknown creature swimming on its back, as seen in the Sabine River, near where it empties into the Gulf of Mexico. The Sabine River forms the border between Texas and Louisiana near the reported point of this picture/sighting. Most of the area around […]
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Categorized as: Breaking News, CryptoZoo News, Cryptozoology, Eyewitness Accounts, Lake Monsters, Media Appearances, Pop Culture, Public Forum, Sea Serpents | 46 Comments »
Posted by: Loren Coleman on September 25th, 2006
Earlier here notice was made of the impact on Yeti studies of the reportedly downed Nepali helicopter. Rescuers have now confirmed that there were no survivors in the wreckage of a helicopter in Nepal four days after it disappeared. The following are press releases being dispatched about the horrible news, although it is getting little […]
Read: Confirmed: All Dead on Nepali Helicopter »
Categorized as: Abominable Snowman, Breaking News, CryptoZoo News, Cryptozoology, Obituaries, Yeti | 4 Comments »
Posted by: Loren Coleman on September 25th, 2006
Climbing mountains has all kinds of hazards. On September 25, 1993, while free climbing, after carelessly slipping on some loose talus, I fell straight back 40 feet from a cliff onto some boulders on the ground. Simply put, I broke my back. Life has never been quite the same. Definitely for me, there is more […]
Read: Thirteen Years Ago…and Big Grey Man »
Categorized as: Breaking News, CryptoZoo News, Cryptozoology | 18 Comments »
Posted by: Loren Coleman on September 25th, 2006
Thanks to many readers’ contributions to the analysis of the latest mystery photograph passed along to Cryptomundo. Please refer to part one’s many comments for more background. Click on image for full-size version Click on this image of a black Burmese named “Patch,” compared to a size 10 shoe, for a larger version. As I […]
Read: Decatur’s Mystery Photo – Part II »
Categorized as: Breaking News, CryptoZoo News, Cryptozoology, Mystery Cats | 24 Comments »
Posted by: Loren Coleman on September 24th, 2006
A helicopter full of the intelligentsia of Nepal’s Himalayan conservation and forest management has been apparently found. Radio contact with the craft was lost on Saturday, September 23, 2006, while it was in a remote mountain area of Nepal, 190 miles (305km) east of the capital, according to Reuters. I note that several of the […]
Read: Yeti Scholar On Downed Helicopter »
Categorized as: Abominable Snowman, Breaking News, Cryptotourism, CryptoZoo News, Cryptozoologists, Cryptozoology, Obituaries, Yeti | 1 Comment »
Posted by: Loren Coleman on September 24th, 2006
Cryptomundo reader and Skeptical Inquirer managing editor Ben Radford has taken on the “Maine Mutant” in a SI column published on Sunday, September 24, 2006. Click on image for full-size version Photograph by Michelle O’Donnell. Used by permission. In “Mystery Monster Dogs Maine” Radford overviews the story, getting all the facts right, more so than […]
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Categorized as: Artifacts, Breaking News, Cryptotourism, CryptoZoo News, Cryptozoologists, Cryptozoology, Eyewitness Accounts, Forensic Science, Media Appearances, Pop Culture, Swamp Monsters | 15 Comments »
Posted by: Loren Coleman on September 24th, 2006
What kind of feline is this one photographed near Decatur, Illinois? According to the Eastern Puma Research Network (EPRN): “This mystery cryptid animal was caught on film by the wife of an EPRN associate member, who had gone hunting at 0530 hours in November 2004…The animal was filmed at 0547 hours in an area that […]
Read: Mystery Cat Photo: Decatur, Illinois »
Categorized as: Alien Big Cats, Breaking News, CryptoZoo News, Cryptozoology, Eyewitness Accounts, Mystery Cats | 51 Comments »
Posted by: Loren Coleman on September 23rd, 2006
Modern images of the Kraken come via Jules Verne’s book and from remembrances of the 1954 sci-fi movie named after his book, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. That’s about ready to change, in a small way, after the September 23nd broadcast of Kraken on the Sci-Fi Channel. Early reviews are what might be expected, as […]
Read: Bring On Kraken! »
Categorized as: Books, Breaking News, CryptoZoo News, Cryptozoology, Movie Monsters, Pop Culture, Sea Serpents, Television | 10 Comments »
Posted by: Loren Coleman on September 23rd, 2006
Dr. Marie-Jeanne Koffmann During a forthcoming conference in Paris on October 14, 2006, cryptozoologists and hominologists will meet and discuss items of cryptozoological interest. (The French language overview of the meeting can be found below the Richard Klyver illustration of the Almas.) At the gathering, zoologist François de Sarre will discuss unknown hairy hominoids. Michel […]
Read: Cryptozoologists Will Always Have Paris »
Categorized as: Abominable Snowman, Almas, Artifacts, Bigfoot, Breaking News, Conferences, Cryptotourism, CryptoZoo News, Cryptozoologists, Cryptozoology, Evidence, Expedition Reports, Eyewitness Accounts, Folklore, Forensic Science, Lake Monsters, Museums, Pop Culture, Public Forum, Sasquatch, Yeti | 3 Comments »
Posted by: Loren Coleman on September 22nd, 2006
Is there a Russian-held Bigfoot carcass, which, unlike the Minnesota Iceman pictured above here, still physically exists for examination? Could the search for the best sea otter furs have resulted in the source of the best evidence for Bigfoot ever known? Sometimes, during Coast to Coast AM with George Noory, surprising stories are shared during […]
Read: Do Russians Have a Bigfoot Carcass? »
Categorized as: Artifacts, Bigfoot, Breaking News, CryptoZoo News, Cryptozoologists, Cryptozoology, Museums, Sasquatch | 48 Comments »
Posted by: Craig Woolheater on September 21st, 2006
Cryptomundo reader Jonathan Maberry sends Cryptomundo these exclusive photos of the Yardley Yeti that were taken by he and his wife. Personally, I feel guilty using the name "Yardley Yeti", but that is what this creature has been dubbed by the press. My wife and I took photos of the creature that’s being called ‘The […]
Read: Exclusive Photos of the Yardley Yeti »
Categorized as: Bigfoot Report, Breaking News, Chupacabras, Cryptozoology, Evidence, Eyewitness Accounts, Public Forum | 69 Comments »
Posted by: Craig Woolheater on September 21st, 2006
Although the moniker of the Yardley Yeti seems to be an unfortunate choice of words, I can’t decide if this is better or worse than the usually affixed choice: Chupacabra. An article from today’s Bucks County Courier Times relates quite a few of the sightings that they have received after the previous article was published. […]
Read: Update: Yardley Yeti Sightings Rolling In »
Categorized as: Alien Big Cats, Bigfoot, Bigfoot Report, Breaking News, Conferences, Cryptozoology, Mystery Cats, Out of Place, Public Forum, Yeti | 3 Comments »
Posted by: Loren Coleman on September 21st, 2006
Click on image for full size version According to a new study published on September 21st in Nature, what is being called "Lucy’s child" or "Selam," may change how human-like we consider some Australopithecus species. Has the picture of "Lucy" – Australopithecus afarensis – been too humanlike? Could some unknown hairy hominoid reports from Africa […]
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Categorized as: CryptoZoo News, Cryptozoology, Extinct | 14 Comments »
Posted by: Craig Woolheater on September 21st, 2006
World Premiere Production – One Evening Only September 23rd at 4pm Cox Theater, Plano, Texas "Hecate Hill" written by Bill Fountain, directed by Bob White, produced by Jamie Baker and Bill Fountain. Click on image for full-size photo of the cast Starring (l to r) Lauren Wenzel, John Biggan, Tristan Raquel Bunting, Robert Shores, Kyle […]
Read: Hecate Hill: An Original One Act Play »
Categorized as: Bigfoot, Bigfoot Report, Cryptozoology, Movie Monsters, Pop Culture, Public Forum, Sasquatch | 6 Comments »