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Posted by: Nick Redfern on September 7th, 2017
Shapeshifters presents a menagerie of otherworldly creatures and half-human monsters, from were-cats to blood-suckers to aliens. Discover legends and lore from around the world and experience first-hand encounters with shape-changing beasts that lurk in the night. Nick Redfern takes you deep into their domain, opening your eyes to paranormal secrets and cryptozoological wonders. Just be sure to keep some silver bullets close at hand.
Read: Coast to Coast AM: Shape-Shifting Monsters »
Categorized as: Abominable Snowman, Alien Big Cats, Bigfoot, Books, Cryptid Canids, Cryptozoology, Lair of the Beasts, Lake Monsters, Lizard People, Loch Ness Monster, Media Appearances, Mothman, Pop Culture, Sasquatch | Comments Off on Coast to Coast AM: Shape-Shifting Monsters
Posted by: Nick Redfern on January 3rd, 2017
Author Nick Redfern is notorious for digging into secret, classified government and military files. He’ll share the lore and legends, as well as the first-person accounts of bizarre freaks of nature and spine-tingling paranormal entities including werewolves, Bigfoot, the Loch Ness monster, chupacabras, Mothman, the Abominable Snowman, the Mongolian Death Worm and more.
Read: Coast to Coast AM: Cryptids & Strange Entities »
Categorized as: Abominable Snowman, Alien Big Cats, Avian Mysteries, Bigfoot, Books, Chupacabras, Cryptid Canids, CryptoRadio, Cryptozoologists, Cryptozoology, Expedition Reports, Eyewitness Accounts, Flying Humanoids, Folklore, Giant Cryptid Reptiles, Lair of the Beasts, Lake Monsters, Living Dinosaurs, Lizard People, Loch Ness Monster, Mothman, Mystery Cats, Phantom Panthers, Podcast, Pop Culture, Sasquatch, Sea Monsters, Sea Serpents, Thunderbirds, Winged Weirdies, Yeti | Comments Off on Coast to Coast AM: Cryptids & Strange Entities
Posted by: Nick Redfern on October 13th, 2016
Much excitement has been created in the neighborhood of Lebanon, Oregon, recently over the discovery of a wild man in the mountains above that place, who is supposed to be the long lost John Mackentire. About four years ago Mackentire, of Lebanon, while out hunting in the mountains east of Albany with another man, mysteriously disappeared and no definite trace of him has ever yet been found.
Read: When Bigfoot Gets Violent and Deadly »
Categorized as: Bigfoot, Cryptozoology, Eyewitness Accounts, Folklore, Lair of the Beasts, Sasquatch | Comments Off on When Bigfoot Gets Violent and Deadly
Posted by: Nick Redfern on October 4th, 2016
Give me a break: Loch Ness is not teeming with plesiosaurs. Not even one.
Read: Not “Nessiesarily” A Plesiosaur »
Categorized as: Books, Cryptozoology, Lair of the Beasts, Lake Monsters, Loch Ness Monster, Paranormal Investigators | 1 Comment »
Posted by: Nick Redfern on August 9th, 2016
Back in the mid-1950s, a highly unusual and brief account of a cryptozoological nature surfaced.
Read: Bigfoot, “Government Agents,” and “Giants” »
Categorized as: Bigfoot, Conspiracies, Cryptozoology, Eyewitness Accounts, Folklore, Lair of the Beasts, Sasquatch, True Giant | Comments Off on Bigfoot, “Government Agents,” and “Giants”
Posted by: Nick Redfern on July 12th, 2016
Wood Knocks Volume One: Journal of Sasquatch Research is, as the title suggests, the first in an ongoing series of books on the Bigfoot controversy. Published by David Weatherly’s Leprechaun Press, and with excellent cover artwork from Sam Shearon, the book is a collection of papers on a wide variety of Bigfoot-themed issues.
Read: Wood Knocks and Bigfoot »
Categorized as: Bigfoot, Bigfoot Report, Books, Cryptozoologists, Cryptozoology, Evidence, Eyewitness Accounts, Lair of the Beasts, Pop Culture, Sasquatch, Wood Knocking | Comments Off on Wood Knocks and Bigfoot
Posted by: Nick Redfern on May 10th, 2016
If you are looking for the truth, you will find it here.
Read: Mothman: The Facts Behind the Legend »
Categorized as: Avian Mysteries, Books, Cryptozoologists, Cryptozoology, Eyewitness Accounts, Festivals, Flying Humanoids, Lair of the Beasts, Mothman, Paranormal Investigators, Pop Culture, Winged Weirdies | 1 Comment »
Posted by: Nick Redfern on January 18th, 2016
Tonight, from 11PM to 2AM Central, I’ll be on “Midnight in the Desert” talking about my book, “Chupacabra Road Trip.”
Read: Midnight in the Desert: Chupacabra Road Trip »
Categorized as: Books, Chupacabras, CryptoRadio, Cryptotourism, Cryptozoologists, Cryptozoology, Evidence, Expedition Reports, Eyewitness Accounts, Lair of the Beasts, Media Appearances, Men in Cryptozoology, Podcast, Pop Culture | Comments Off on Midnight in the Desert: Chupacabra Road Trip
Posted by: Nick Redfern on October 29th, 2015
Today at 9.40 AM (Central Time) I’ll be on Jenny McCarthy’s radio show, talking about my recent book, “Chupacabra Road Trip.” Should be an interesting show!
Read: Chupacabra Road Trip and Jenny McCarthy »
Categorized as: Books, Chupacabras, Cryptid Canids, Cryptotourism, Cryptozoologists, Cryptozoology, Evidence, Expedition Reports, Eyewitness Accounts, Folklore, Lair of the Beasts, Media Appearances, Men in Cryptozoology | Comments Off on Chupacabra Road Trip and Jenny McCarthy
Posted by: Nick Redfern on August 20th, 2015
A Wildman in Kentucky…
Read: The Beast-Man of Bowman’s Woods »
Categorized as: Bigfoot, Bigfoot Report, Cryptozoology, Eyewitness Accounts, Folklore, Lair of the Beasts, Pop Culture, Sasquatch | Comments Off on The Beast-Man of Bowman’s Woods
Posted by: Nick Redfern on July 29th, 2015
Bigfoot: it’s a controversy-filled word that is instantly recognizable to just about one and all. And, regardless of whether one is a true believer, an open-minded skeptic, a definitive non-believer, or a semi-interested observer of the controversy, pretty much everyone knows what the word implies and describes: a large, hair-covered, ape-style animal that is said to roam, and lurk within, the mysterious, forested wilds of the United States.
Read: Profiling “The Bigfoot Book” »
Categorized as: Abominable Snowman, Almas, Bigfoot, Books, Cryptozoologists, Cryptozoology, Evidence, Expedition Reports, Eyewitness Accounts, Finding Bigfoot, Folklore, Footprint Evidence, Lair of the Beasts, Movie Monsters, Orang Pendek, Photos, Pop Culture, Sasquatch, Skunk Apes, Yeren, Yeti, Yowie | Comments Off on Profiling “The Bigfoot Book”
Posted by: Nick Redfern on July 28th, 2015
Any mention of supernatural phenomena, in connection with old British castles, is inevitably going to provoke imagery of ghosts, specters, and the dead returned (chain-rattling or not). This is hardly surprising, since Britain is seemingly filled with such stories and legends. Less well know, however, are the cases that link old castles not to human ghosts but to the ghosts of strange creatures. As in very strange creatures.
Read: Bizarre Beasts at Creepy Castles »
Categorized as: Cryptid Canids, Cryptozoology, Eyewitness Accounts, Lair of the Beasts | Comments Off on Bizarre Beasts at Creepy Castles
Posted by: Nick Redfern on July 28th, 2015
“According to local legends, this entity manifests itself as a pair of large, hairy disembodied hands. Sometimes, the Hands are described as having claws.”
Read: A Hairy Hand of the Horrific Kind »
Categorized as: Books, Cryptozoology, Eyewitness Accounts, Folklore, Forteana, Lair of the Beasts | Comments Off on A Hairy Hand of the Horrific Kind
Posted by: Nick Redfern on July 25th, 2015
…as well as well known things like “B for Bigfoot,” “Y for Yeti” etc, there are a lot of obscure Bigfoot-type creatures listed from Africa, South America, Europe, the Far East, and much more.
Plus, entries on Bigfoot in movies, TV shows, history, legend, and on what Bigfoot might really be, and 120 photos/drawings/paintings.
Also entries on some of the more controversial aspects of Bigfoot, such as the “infra-sound” issue and Bigfoot/UFO theories.
Read: The Bigfoot Book: The Encyclopedia of Sasquatch, Yeti, and Cryptid Primates »
Categorized as: Abominable Snowman, Almas, Bigfoot, Books, Cryptozoologists, Cryptozoology, Evidence, Expedition Reports, Eyewitness Accounts, Finding Bigfoot, Folklore, Footprint Evidence, Lair of the Beasts, Movie Monsters, Orang Pendek, Photos, Pop Culture, Sasquatch, Skunk Apes, Yeren, Yeti, Yowie | Comments Off on The Bigfoot Book: The Encyclopedia of Sasquatch, Yeti, and Cryptid Primates