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Posted by: John Kirk on March 9th, 2007
Following hot on the heels of the sighting of the so-called Bowness monster by Linden Adams last month, a canoeist who was on the lake has come forward with his story: For full story see this week’s Westmorland Gazette. New sighting of lake ‘monster’ ANOTHER sighting of a strange creature in Windermere has added weight […]
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Categorized as: Cryptid Universe, Cryptozoology, Lake Monsters, Loch Ness Monster, Public Forum, Sea Serpents | 9 Comments »
Posted by: John Kirk on March 6th, 2007
Possible new sasquatch tracks have been found and photographed in southwest British Columbia. The location is a mere 45 minute drive from downtown Vancouver. Things in British Columbia are beginning to heat up with the pre-spring thaw currently taking place. It is distinctly possible that the sasquatch population is moving closer to human habitation in […]
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Categorized as: Bigfoot, Cryptid Universe, Cryptozoology, Evidence, Public Forum, Sasquatch | 21 Comments »
Posted by: John Kirk on January 26th, 2007
Readers may remember that we wrote of the terrible accident that badly injured Ogopogo witness Josh Casorso. Josh was aboard a train in India when he went out on the roof to get a breath of fresh air and was then struck by 45,000 volts of electricity. See Ogopogo Witness Critically Ill in Indian Hospital […]
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Categorized as: Cryptid Universe, Cryptozoology, Lake Monsters, Living Dinosaurs, Ogopogo, Public Forum, Sea Serpents, Television | 3 Comments »
Posted by: John Kirk on January 25th, 2007
A documentary team from the U.S. is in Bariloche, Argentina to make a documentary about Nahuelito, the cryptid of Lago Nahuel-Huapi. The Mandt Brothers Productions crew is led by Naomi Grossman and according to Argentine newspapers, they hope to interview witnesses and talk to local scientists about the possibility of the creature’s existence. This follows […]
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Categorized as: Cryptid Universe, Cryptozoology, Lake Monsters, Living Dinosaurs, Loch Ness Monster, Sea Serpents, Television | 2 Comments »
Posted by: John Kirk on November 13th, 2006
We received some good news on the young Ogopogo witness who was badly burned in a freak accident aboard a train in India. Josh Casorso is doing well and undergoing skin grafts in Vancouver Hospital. His body is healing nicely, especially his face. He is fighting a few infections at the moment, but they are […]
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Categorized as: Cryptid Universe, Cryptozoology, Eyewitness Accounts, Lake Monsters, Loch Ness Monster, Public Forum, Sea Serpents | 3 Comments »
Posted by: John Kirk on November 6th, 2006
As a Scot living in self-imposed exile in Canada, the memories of Scotland are always in the periphery of my thoughts. I have wonderful memories of the Highlands and the wondrous landscapes I have laid my eyes upon. I am particularly fond of the great Great Glen and its spectacular beauty and am always concerned […]
Read: The Waters of Loch Ness are Now Cleaner than Ever »
Categorized as: Cryptid Universe, Cryptotourism, Cryptozoology, Eyewitness Accounts, Lake Monsters, Loch Ness Monster, Public Forum, Sea Serpents | 5 Comments »
Posted by: John Kirk on November 2nd, 2006
Part V Dress to fit the environment, I am a great believer in blending in with the environment as it gives you the advantage of stealth when investigating and on surveillance. Those of you have been out in the woods with me, especially those from Ohio, Texas and British Columbia will know that I always […]
Read: Searching for Sasquatch – Using Ideas from Law Enforcement Part V. »
Categorized as: Abominable Snowman, Bigfoot, Cryptid Universe, Cryptozoology, Sasquatch, Skunk Apes, Yeti, Yowie | 6 Comments »
Posted by: John Kirk on October 31st, 2006
The Highland News out of Inverness is reporting that an English couple twice spotted something in Loch Ness during a visit to the area. Here’s the report in full followed by my comments. By, the way, this is the same publication that brought the August sighting of an unknown object off Dores to the attention […]
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Categorized as: Cryptid Universe, Cryptozoology, Lake Monsters, Loch Ness Monster, Public Forum, Sea Serpents | 15 Comments »
Posted by: John Kirk on October 24th, 2006
Part IV How – I would recommend the following procedure from start to finish in investigating a sasquatch occurrence. 1) Secure the scene temporarily by using the caution tape to rope off the site where evidence may lie. 2) All investigators in the zone must wear shoe protection bags and gloves, and optimally filter masks […]
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Categorized as: Abominable Snowman, Bigfoot, Cryptid Universe, Cryptozoology, Evidence, Eyewitness Accounts, Forensic Science, Sasquatch, Skunk Apes, Yeti, Yowie | 7 Comments »
Posted by: John Kirk on October 23rd, 2006
A witness to a famous Ogopogo sighting in 2004 is lying critically ill in hospital in India after a freak accident aboard a local train. Josh Casorso, his father John and other members of his family were aboard a houseboat on Okanagan Lake on August 9, 2004 when at about 7:30 in the morning they […]
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Categorized as: Cryptid Universe, Cryptozoology, Lake Monsters, Loch Ness Monster, Public Forum, Sea Serpents | 4 Comments »
Posted by: John Kirk on October 16th, 2006
Part III This is a continuation of our series on how law enforcement methods we have seen on television and read about might help us in the search for cryptids and for sasquatch in particular. 2) What – This section deals with the activity the animal was engaged in when the contact with the witness […]
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Categorized as: Bigfoot, Cryptid Universe, Cryptozoology, Malaysian Bigfoot, Sasquatch, Skunk Apes, Yeti, Yowie | 11 Comments »
Posted by: John Kirk on October 12th, 2006
Part II This is the second part of our series on how law enforcement techniques can help in cryptid investigations. Preparing Yourself for the Investigation You have received a report of an encounter with a sasquatch by an eyewitness. Optimally, you will have your team assembled, if not and you are just a single individual […]
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Categorized as: Bigfoot, Cryptid Universe, Cryptozoology, Malaysian Bigfoot, Sasquatch, Skunk Apes, Yeti, Yowie | 9 Comments »
Posted by: John Kirk on October 10th, 2006
Part I My previous lengthy series of postings on Canada’s Cryptid Cops has inspired me to share a few thoughts on ways and means that may prove useful in the search for cryptids. In particular, the sasquatch field is today populated by a large investigator base attempting to locate evidence for the existence of a […]
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Categorized as: Bigfoot, Cryptid Universe, Cryptozoology, Malaysian Bigfoot, Sasquatch, Skunk Apes, Yeti, Yowie | 20 Comments »
Posted by: John Kirk on October 6th, 2006
As if my luck at being at Lake Windermere in England a few days after a sighting was obtained of an unknown creature wasn’t enough, I happened to be visiting Loch Ness when British Columbia Scientific Cryptozoology Club (BCSCC) member, Andreas Trottmann, alerted me to a sighting that had taken place at Dores. This was […]
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Categorized as: Cryptid Universe, Cryptozoology, Lake Monsters, Loch Ness Monster, Sea Serpents | 13 Comments »
Posted by: John Kirk on October 2nd, 2006
It’s not often that one has the opportunity to be in two lake monster venues in a very short period of time, and it is even less often when one is there just shortly after there has been a sighting. This summer I had the incredible fortune of following up on two sightings at lakes […]
Read: A Personal Investigation of England’s Lake Windermere »
Categorized as: Cryptid Universe, Cryptozoology, Lake Monsters, Living Dinosaurs, Sea Serpents | 14 Comments »