Archive for “August, 2008”
Posted by: Loren Coleman on August 6th, 2008
Hobbit critic Professor Teuku Jacob (above) passed away last October 17, 2007, and the critic of the new hominid species who took Jacob’s place as most outspoken is now in hot water.. Saying he sees the irony in his accusations of monetary gain for fame, one of the harshest skeptics of the claims that Homo […]
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Categorized as: Books, Breaking News, Conspiracies, Cryptomundo Exclusive, Cryptotourism, CryptoZoo News, Cryptozoologists, Cryptozoology, Forensic Science, Fossil Finds, Homo floresiensis | 9 Comments »
Posted by: Loren Coleman on August 6th, 2008
An exciting cryptozoological conference is taking place in Europe in September. There will be rare appearance from Russia by Dr. Marie-Jeanne Koffmann and M. Michael Trachtengerts. Details are to be found in French and some English below. Bonsoir à tous, Il est grand temps de remplir vos bulletins d’inscription au colloque : la date limite […]
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Posted by: Loren Coleman on August 6th, 2008
Are these the leading suspects? What kind of new winged attack is coming through a ground assault? Reporter Beverley Ware of the Chronicle Herald in Nova Scotia writes of “‘Damn big bird’ giving some South Shore folks a fright ~ Enormous winged creature rushes, swoops at Crousetown residents,” for Wednesday, August 6, 2008. Myles Rafuse […]
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Categorized as: Breaking News, Cryptotourism, CryptoZoo News, Cryptozoologists, Cryptozoology, Weird Animal News, Winged Weirdies | 33 Comments »
Posted by: Loren Coleman on August 6th, 2008
All the donations to the museum are not fiscal. Here is a sampling of some recent acquisitions contributed to the International Cryptozoology Museum. Jeff H. Johnson-painted new Thylacine model. The Teslin, Yukon, “Sasquatch” hair samples from Dr. David Coltman, University of Alberta. Coltman published the scientific paper discussing how the sample turned out to be […]
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Categorized as: Abominable Snowman, Breaking News, Cryptomundo Exclusive, Cryptotourism, CryptoZoo News, Cryptozoologists, Cryptozoology, Forensic Science, Megafauna, Museums, Pop Culture, Replica Cryptia, Sasquatch, Thylacine, Yeti | 2 Comments »
Posted by: Loren Coleman on August 5th, 2008
Tahoe Elf? Nevada Faery? Lake Tahoe Leprechaun? Deneau’s Hobgoblin? There is a world of good names out there, and this one cannot go down as a “leprechaun-alien” for long, please. Lloyd Deneau, 41, of Florida was on vacation at Lake Tahoe, located along the border between California and Nevada, west of Carson City, Nevada. He […]
Read: Elfin Photo Released »
Categorized as: Bigfoot, Breaking News, Cryptotourism, CryptoZoo News, Cryptozoologists, Cryptozoology, Eyewitness Accounts, Homo floresiensis, Media Appearances, Photos, Proto-Pygmies | 54 Comments »
Posted by: Loren Coleman on August 5th, 2008
A Batman beheading? Have people so quickly forgotten a recent tragedy? Heightened awareness of decapitations has occurred in the last few days due to the incidents in Brazil, Dubai, Greece, and, of course, the bus event in Canada (during the showing of The Legend of Zorro). Also, please note earlier The Mask of Zorro features […]
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Categorized as: Breaking News, Cinema News, Conspiracies, Cryptomundo Exclusive, Cryptotourism, CryptoZoo News, Cryptozoologists, Cryptozoology, Folklore, Media Appearances, Mothman, Obituaries, Pop Culture, Twilight Language, Winged Weirdies | 23 Comments »
Posted by: Loren Coleman on August 5th, 2008
For years cryptozoological researchers have been questioned and criticized for estimating the population of large hairy unknown primates in North America, most often called Bigfoot and Sasquatch. Now comes news that the world is excited by the findings from the Wildlife Conservation Society that the western lowland gorilla subspecies is estimated to be 125,000 animals […]
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Categorized as: Bigfoot, Breaking News, Cryptomundo Exclusive, Cryptotourism, CryptoZoo News, Cryptozoologists, Cryptozoology, Pop Culture, Reviews, Sasquatch, Weird Animal News | 16 Comments »
Posted by: Loren Coleman on August 5th, 2008
You won’t see too much from me here any longer on the alleged Bigfoot body from the Georgia gentlemen, until an actual body is produced. Following their burning of my Bigfoot! book (after it previously was apparently being used as a reference work), it became obvious it was counter-productive to report on them. But for […]
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Categorized as: Bigfoot, Books, Breaking News, Conspiracies, Cryptomundo Exclusive, Cryptotourism, CryptoZoo News, Cryptozoologists, Cryptozoology, Evidence, Forensic Science, Hoaxes, Media Appearances, Sasquatch | 16 Comments »
Posted by: Loren Coleman on August 5th, 2008
Just in case the notice got lost in the post-blackout entries, please click here to find the video of the University of Maryland felid. It looks like neither like a savannah cat nor a cougar to me. The following is a freeze frame from the video. Quality is poor. I have not seen a YouTube […]
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Categorized as: Alien Big Cats, Breaking News, Cryptotourism, CryptoZoo News, Cryptozoologists, Cryptozoology, Evidence, Mystery Cats, Videos | 20 Comments »
Posted by: Loren Coleman on August 5th, 2008
I mentioned here on Sunday night the discovery of the world’s smallest snake. The discoverer is Blair Hedges, Ph. D., of Penn State. Boing boing’s David Pescovitz points out that: “Evolutionary biologist Blair Hedges has great luck with tiny herps. In 2001, he co-discovered the world’s smallest lizard on an island off the coast of […]
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Categorized as: Breaking News, Cryptotourism, CryptoZoo News, Cryptozoologists, Cryptozoology, Men in Cryptozoology, New Species | 4 Comments »
Posted by: Loren Coleman on August 4th, 2008
Click image for larger version. There can be little doubt that the Montauk Monster is a media phenomenon this summer, and is even outstripping Obama, Morgan Freeman and Heath Ledger in gaining widespread short term attention. It überschwemmte (swamped, deluged) Cryptomundo and about every other site too. While people like Gawker threw around casually the […]
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Categorized as: Breaking News, Cryptomundo Exclusive, Cryptotourism, CryptoZoo News, Cryptozoologists, Cryptozoology, Evidence, Eyewitness Accounts, Media Appearances, Photos, Pop Culture | 32 Comments »
Posted by: Loren Coleman on August 4th, 2008
Is there another unknown felid being seen on the University of Maryland campus? Should we question the quick identification being given to this cat? C & C Savannahs shows off one of its prize examples of the breed. Carol Streit/Callie Ingram Photo. According to the Sunday Washington Post article entitled, “Authorities Take Photos Of Elusive […]
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Categorized as: Alien Big Cats, Breaking News, Cryptotourism, CryptoZoo News, Cryptozoologists, Cryptozoology, Evidence, Eyewitness Accounts, Mystery Cats, Photos, Weird Animal News | 13 Comments »
Posted by: Loren Coleman on August 4th, 2008
When weird meets the IRS By Kathryn Skelton , Staff Writer Saturday, August 2, 2008 Loren Coleman wants to make it clear: This isn’t Bigfoot versus the Internal Revenue Service. Sure, Coleman, the author of books on [Bigfoot, cryptozoology,] Mothman and a field guide to lake monsters and sea serpents [& another field guide on […]
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Categorized as: Breaking News, Conspiracies, Cryptotourism, CryptoZoo News, Cryptozoologists, Cryptozoology, Media Appearances, Men in Cryptozoology, Museums, Pop Culture | 2 Comments »
Posted by: Loren Coleman on August 4th, 2008
You all remember the so-called “Crookston Bigfoot” that is now part of my museum. In 1990, Wisconsin taxidermist and artist Curtis Christensen created the “world’s most unique Bigfoot in existence,” above, and kept it to himself in his barn for a few years. In June 1995, Crookston, Minnesota, based on a series of local sightings, […]
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Categorized as: Artifacts, Bigfoot, Breaking News, Conspiracies, Cryptid Canids, Cryptotourism, CryptoZoo News, Cryptozoologists, Cryptozoology | 4 Comments »
Posted by: Loren Coleman on August 3rd, 2008
Then there’s… …the mid-90s encounter another man and his son had by the riverbank in LaCrosse, Wisconsin, while hunting for a lost dog. They saw what they described as a “Lizardman,” covered in brownish scales and very reptilian-looking. ~ Linda Godfrey
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Categorized as: Cryptomundo Exclusive, Cryptotourism, CryptoZoo News, Cryptozoologists, Cryptozoology, Eyewitness Accounts, Lizard People, Merbeings, Swamp Monsters, Year In Review | 19 Comments »