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A highly informative film about Bigfoot originally aired on “Futurama”. If you are a cryptozoologist, Bigfoot researcher, crypto-enthusiast, whatever you want to call yourself, you have to be able to laugh at yourself a bit. A sense of humor is vital in cryptozoology.

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Martin Nicholas, a water treatment plant salesman, who has a passion for searching for giant spiders, may have discovered a new species, the “Chicken-Eating Tarantula” (shown above). Nicolas found that the mother spider of this new species was about 10 inches across. This compares well with the record spider, which is 11.8 inches, for the […]

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A California Mermaid – The account of the voyage of Hernando Grijalva to the Gulf coast of Lower California, (1823,) describes a mermaid which Grijalva professed to have seen. The object[,] when seen near by, resembled nothing more than a monkey. It leaped out of the water and jumped back again, with its hands moving […]

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Sasquatch! Music Festival ’07 takes place Memorial Day Weekend at the Gorge Amphitheatre located in George, Washington. The 2 day music festival lineup includes Bjork, Neko Case, Bad Brains, The Dandy Warhols and The Beastie Boys. There are three stages for the bands to perform at. Other than the Main Stage, there is also the […]

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A bearded seal (Erignathus barbatus), normally found much farther north in marine waters, has turned up very far south in a freshwater habitat. Caught Monday, May 7th, the 6-foot-long, 250-pound bearded seal had been seen for several days in Martin County, Florida, according to an Associated Press article, “Arctic Seal Is Captured in Fla. Canal.” […]

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Is the following first new videotape a mystery animal that you can identify? Does the state of video technology tease us into thinking we can get images of cryptids that will assist the advancement of cryptozoology? Is this just a long distance view of a beaver or other known small mammal swimming across a waterway? […]

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Yuriy N. Morozov, 55, a well known Russian Fortean (anomalist) and leading authority on paleovisitology (the study of hypothetical ancient visitors to the Earth) died on April 29, 2007, in Moscow, Russia. Morozov’s death occurred after a short illness, according to his friend Vladimir Rubtsov, director of the Research Institute on Anomalous Phenomena (RIAP). [Rubtsov […]

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Dicerorhinus sumatrensis harrissoni Earlier on Cryptomundo, Craig Woolheater uploaded the video footage of the Borneo rhinoceros, here. Now the media is taking video captures from the footage and publishing them. Some who are not reading too carefully will think there is “new” news of the filming of a Borneo Rhino, but this is merely the […]

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A Monster in the Sound The Portchester Journal assumes the responsibility for this story: “Last Friday [August 10, 1877], while a gentleman and lady were sailing on the Sound, between Byram shore and Captain’s Island light, their attention was attracted by a queer hissing noise, and a roaring sound, and they soon discovered, not an […]

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Back in February, I posted a video of the opening titles of the the Sid & Marty Krofft show from the 70’s, Bigfoot and Wildboy. See the video here: 70s Bigfoot Flashback I just found an entire episode of the show on youtube and wanted to share it with the readers of Cryptomundo. See, not […]

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Gord Johnson of Cranbrook has made it an incredible double. He not only saw a sasquatch but a short while later he was able to also find tracks made by one. The following is extracted from the Edmonton Sun: Possible Sasquatch Sighting B.C. man see ‘the beast’ CRANBROOK, B.C. — A Cranbrook resident says he […]

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While sauntering through youtube.com the other day I came across a really wild video in Turkish all about the mysterious cryptid of Lake Van. I have to say that it was mind blowing to watch what appears to be a movie prop monster cruising the lake as well as appearing to eat a diver. There […]

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Remember this 1983 book? Was it the one your Mom bought you for your birthday, almost 25 years ago? You can now get the new 2007 edition (seen directly above), via clicking here: Mysterious America. But do you want a more personalized version? As a pre-postal rate increase (rates go up May 14th) and pre-Mother’s […]

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Mokele-mbembe being killed by Pygmies; drawn by Bill Rebsamen and used with permission. As I write these words, there is news that an airliner from Kenya has crashed in the jungles of Cameroon. They can’t find the plane. They can’t find any survivors because they can’t find the plane. It has disappeared, perhaps near some […]

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The Latest Serpent Story A very pronounced fish story comes from Barry county, Michigan, where, we are “told,” a monster resembling a snake is residing in Harwood Lake. It is represented as being about twenty feet long, and from five to seven inches in diameter. It has been seen a number of times – once, […]

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