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Posted by: John Kirk on May 8th, 2014
The Yakima Valley Museum in Yakima, WA is holding a bigfoot exhibit entitled Sasquatch Revealed from now until December 27. I was at the opening with Bob Gimlin, Chris Murphy and Thomas Steenburg. It is fantastically well done and worth visiting.
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Posted by: John Kirk on May 7th, 2014
You probably don’t know who this dignified individual is, but if it wasn’t for him we would not know anything about the Mongolian Almas. He’s the legendary Professor Rinchen, a gentleman, scholar and linguist. He lived from 1902-1977 and was responsible for preserving the collection of Zhyben Jamtsarano (also Zhamtsarano) (below) which was a compilation […]
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Posted by: John Kirk on May 2nd, 2014
When I grew up I was rebellious and wanted to be anything but the establishment. Still do. There is that streak in me that doesn’t feel comfortable with straight stuff. I am a longhaired old hippy minus the drugs so sometimes in life things happen that you just can’t fathom.
A few months ago a hipster magazine published an article about myself, Paula and friends of ours here in BC who are sasquatch aficionados. I never in a month of Sundays thought that Readers Digest would buy the story from the author and republish it in their monthly publication.
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Posted by: John Kirk on April 9th, 2014
Two ‘Yowie searchers’ claim to have filmed a strange Bigfoot-like creature
Mysterious beast with glowing eyes dubbed ‘The Morning Visitor’
They say they lured ‘him’ onto camera using a bunch of apples
Video sparks mixed opinions from online Yowie hunting community
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Categorized as: Cryptid Universe, Cryptozoologists, Cryptozoology, Evidence, Eyewitness Accounts, Pop Culture, Videos, Yowie | 7 Comments »
Posted by: John Kirk on April 8th, 2014
This is the exhibit I was down in Yakima to see. The opening reception was spectacular and the exhibit itself was just beautifully put together. Bob Gimlin, Thomas Steenburg, Barry Blount, Chris Murphy and I thought the exhibit was put together in the most interesting manner ever. It’s well worth seeing.
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Posted by: John Kirk on April 5th, 2014
The Yakima Valley Museum will launch the Sasquatch Revealed exhibit today. The time of the reception will be 4 p.m. Present will be Chris Murphy, Bob Gimlin, Thomas Steenburg and John Kirk.
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Posted by: John Kirk on March 24th, 2014
A copy of an image taken by Denise DeChenes that she perceives to be Bigfoot is shown.
Photo courtesy Denise DeChenes
#GoetheStateForestBigfoot
Read: Woman Claims to Have Captured Florida Bigfoot in Photos »
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Posted by: John Kirk on March 24th, 2014
The Yakima Valley Museum will launch the Sasquatch Revealed exhibit on April 5th. The time of the reception will be 4 p.m. Present will be Chris Murphy, Bob Gimlin, Thomas Steenburg and John Kirk.
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Posted by: John Kirk on March 12th, 2014
CBC Rewind aired this video on sasquatch from days gone by. It contains footage of avery, very young Rene Dahinden. Some of the stories though are quite bizarre such as the eight foot female sasquatch captured and displayed in Victoria.
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Posted by: John Kirk on February 27th, 2014
In 2009, Kelly Nash and his sons Kyle and Jasen obtained footage of a group of unknown animals that were pursued by a pod of beluga whales in Nushagak Bay, Alaska.
I promised readers of Cryptomundo that I would continue to try and ascertain what happened to the missing footage of the animal that was a remarkable fit for a living, breathing version of the Naden Harbour carcass.
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Posted by: John Kirk on January 23rd, 2014
This footage has been discussed extensively here on Cryptomundo in the past: Alaskan Cadborosaurus
John Kirk updates us on the Caddy footage.
Read: That Darn Cadborosaurus Footage Again! »
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Posted by: John Kirk on January 17th, 2014
I am mentioned in this article, Ogopogo: Canada’s Loch Ness Monster, and while I enjoyed my collaboration with my good friends Ben Radford and Joe Nickell, I am astonished at Ben’s conclusion regarding the size of the object in the Folden film.
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Posted by: John Kirk on December 20th, 2013
Well it seems that there was a sighting of Ogopogo last year after all.
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Posted by: John Kirk on December 16th, 2013
His loss is tremendous and we will always remember Roy’s immense contribution to Cryptozoology. Rest in peace dear friend.
Read: RIP Dr. Roy P. Mackal »
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