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The pictured flying fox (above) is the Ausytralian grey-headed flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus), which was first described in 1825 by Temminck. A new species of flying fox or fruit bat has been discovered. A new species of flying fox or fruit bat has been found and verified from Mindoro Island, south of Manila, Philippines, it was […]

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Daryl Colyer, one of my colleagues from the Texas Bigfoot Research Conservancy, sent the following news to be posted here at Cryptomundo. On Thursday, 13 September 2007, I had an enjoyable, energetic and interesting conversation with Dr. Duane Schlitter, Program Leader for the Nongame and Rare and Endangered Species Program, Texas Parks and Wildlife. During […]

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Gene Savoy Disappearing quickly are the days of the explorers who found lost cities in the jungles of South America, along with the other adventurers who cut their way through rainforests finding new animals and strange unknown native peoples. One of these apparent real “Indiana Jones” died last week. Here is part of Associated Press […]

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Steve Irwin’s father, Bob, pictured lower left, discusses the naming of the new turtle, lower right, after Steve. To round out the picture of the late Steve Irwin’s contributions to cryptozoology, beyond his search for Thylacines, it is worthy of mentioning that Steve Irwin discovered a new animal, a turtle, which has now been named […]

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On September 13th, 2007, Azrul Hisyam Saleh sent me the above footage. It was presented as an “old 1924 video of supposed Pterosaur in PNG.” I was in no mood to rush to publish this on this blog. But now I’m seeing this footage crop up on creationist sites and crypto blogs. Ugh. So I’ll […]

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It has been determined that this was a hoax. Please disregard. The police may become involved in this unfortunate false missing person report.

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Flathead Lake Monster sightings at Flathead Lake, Montana, have been discussed for a long time and been on my radar for decades. I remember in the 1960s exchanging letters with Paul Fugleberg about the creature. It is a popular Lake Monster, known for more than funny postcards and oldtimers’ tales. Some of the monster encounters […]

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As I freely admitted before here, I haven’t had much time to see and take in “Destination Truth.” I mostly have been withholding judgement until I could see it, as the reviewers writing into Cryptomundo have been mixed in their reactions. Some people like it, some loathe it. A few people are distracted by the […]

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Everyone has his or her own idea as to what the Mystery Fish Photo postcard shows. Here’s the latest from an individual who is so confident he knows what it is that his statements are declarative, and even has thrown in some speculation as to the marriage of one of the men pictured! Ted Roever, […]

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What could this “Horned Horror” have been? The people of Jonesboro, Tennessee, are in a turmoil of terror over the appearance of a fearful and wonderful animal which is depredating in the State. A gentleman recently from the Shelton Laurel district of North Carolina, some forty miles from this place, informs us that the people […]

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One of the first photographs taken in the wild of the elusive kouprey. Kouprey (Bos sauveli), a wild forest-dwelling ox, was discovered in 1937. (Indeed, the kouprey is discussed as an animal of discovery in cryptozoology, on page 128, here.) Cryptomundo has discussed the ongoing debate about the reality of the kouprey here before. This […]

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Our secret is out. Cryptomundo is fun and visited by people that enjoy exploring the edge. You are adventurers. You are explorers. You are romantic zoologists. You are cryptozoologists. And none of us deny it. It is always intriguing to read of my pursuit from others’ points of view, which can give me some interesting […]

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New species of gecko and skink were discovered in the forest of Chiang Dao mountain in Thailand’s northern province of Chiang Mai amid fears that forest fires might cause their extinction, a wildlife official said Wednesday. Piyawan Niyomwan, a researcher of the National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department (DNP), said the new species were […]

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Marine biologist Marc Hughes was recently successful in catching a new species of the genus Grammonus, an unusual six inch long brown fish. Hughes had been searching for these fish since he first encountered one of them in 1998, off Hawaii. The new Hawaiian fish (above) discovered and photographed by Marc Hughes. The Honolulu Star-Bulletin […]

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