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Posted by: Nick Redfern on May 16th, 2015
It’s a sign that the publication date (September) is getting closer: I received in the mail yesterday a copy of the uncorrected galleys of my book, Chupacabra Road Trip.
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Categorized as: Books, Chupacabras, Cryptozoologists, Cryptozoology, Evidence, Expedition Reports, Eyewitness Accounts, Lair of the Beasts | Comments Off on Chupacabra Road Trip
Posted by: Nick Redfern on May 15th, 2015
“Strange Creatures Seldom Seen is an excellent new book from John Warms, and which is published by Chad Arment’s Coachwhip Publications. A copy of the book was given to me by Chad at last month’s Ohio-based Creature Weekend. And, I have no hesitation in saying that if Cryptozoology is your thing, you’ll want to get hold of a copy of this book.”
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Categorized as: Bigfoot, Books, Cryptozoology, Eyewitness Accounts, Flying Humanoids, Lair of the Beasts, Lake Monsters, Winged Weirdies | Comments Off on Strange Creatures Seldom Seen or Reviewed
Posted by: Nick Redfern on May 8th, 2015
“This past weekend I flew out to Ohio to speak at the annual Creature Weekend, which was organized by Bruce Harrington (and with great help from a fine team of volunteers, including friends Brian and Terrie Seech). This was the fourth such event, but the first that I had attended – and I’m very glad I did.”
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Categorized as: Alien Big Cats, Bigfoot, Conferences, Cryptozoologists, Cryptozoology, Cryptozoology Conferences, Lair of the Beasts, Mystery Cats, Phantom Panthers, Sasquatch | Comments Off on Reviewing the Creature Weekend
Posted by: Nick Redfern on May 1st, 2015
“Reports of lake monsters absolutely abound across the entire planet. Amongst the most famous ones are Scotland’s Loch Ness Monster, Ogopogo of Lake Okanagan, and Champ of Lake Champlain. The big question is: if the “things” are real, then what, exactly, are they?”
Read: Is Nessie a Huge Salamander? »
Categorized as: Cryptozoology, Eyewitness Accounts, Lair of the Beasts, Lake Monsters, Loch Ness Monster | 2 Comments »
Posted by: Nick Redfern on April 24th, 2015
“Back in 2011, at his A Different Perspective blog, Kevin Randle provided us with an excellent post on one of the most intriguing, and controversial, cases within the realm of UFO research: the ultra-weird “Kelly-Hopkinsville” affair of 1955, in which a Kentucky, USA family was allegedly terrorized by alien entities.”
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Categorized as: Animal Escapees, Cryptozoology, Eyewitness Accounts, Folklore, Forteana, Lair of the Beasts | 3 Comments »
Posted by: Nick Redfern on April 22nd, 2015
“My recent article on the legend of the ‘giant worm’ of Linton, Scotland, led a couple of people to contact me and inquire if I suspect the ‘worms’ of centuries past are the very same creatures that are said to lurk in Loch Ness and other large bodies of waters – in both Scotland and England. Well, yes, I actually do think that’s a very real possibility.”
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Categorized as: Cryptozoology, Eyewitness Accounts, Folklore, Lair of the Beasts, Lake Monsters, Loch Ness Monster | 2 Comments »
Posted by: Nick Redfern on April 15th, 2015
“…It tells of a horrific, man-eating, giant, worm-like beast that terrified the good folk of Linton, Roxburghshire, which is located on the Southern Uplands of Scotland…”
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Categorized as: Cryptozoology, Eyewitness Accounts, Folklore, Forteana, Lair of the Beasts, Lake Monsters, Loch Ness Monster | Comments Off on The Giant “Worm” of Linton
Posted by: Nick Redfern on April 12th, 2015
“As history, legend, and folklore note, there are far more than a few cases on record where strange creatures, and mysterious entities, have been seen in the direct vicinity of bridges. A classic example is a case I have extensively investigated, that of the so-called ‘Man-Monkey’ of Bridge 39 on England’s centuries-old Shropshire Union Canal…”
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Categorized as: Books, Cryptozoology, Flying Humanoids, Forteana, Lair of the Beasts, Mothman, Reviews, Winged Weirdies | Comments Off on Mothman and The Silver Bridge Tragedy
Posted by: Nick Redfern on April 9th, 2015
“On far more than a few occasions I have been asked the following question: what is the strangest unknown animal lurking in the woods, jungles, or mountain-ranges of our world? Well, first and foremost, there are plenty of them!”
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Categorized as: Cryptozoology, Eyewitness Accounts, Forteana, Lair of the Beasts, Swamp Monsters | 1 Comment »
Posted by: Nick Redfern on April 9th, 2015
The Descent is a movie that Bigfoot enthusiasts should watch and think about carefully. There may be more truth in it than anyone might guess.
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Categorized as: Bigfoot, Cinema News, Cryptid Cinema, Cryptofiction, Cryptozoology, Lair of the Beasts, Reviews, Sasquatch | 3 Comments »
Posted by: Nick Redfern on March 20th, 2015
“Sightings of the prehistoric-looking thing date back to the 1940s and continue, albeit sporadically, into recent years…”
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Categorized as: Conspiracies, Cryptozoology, Eyewitness Accounts, Lair of the Beasts, Lake Monsters | 1 Comment »
Posted by: Nick Redfern on March 17th, 2015
A blast from the past! Paul Kimball of Red Star Films has posted footage of a trip we made to Puerto Rico in 2005, in search of the truth of the Chupacabra. This was the second of now many trips to Puerto Rico I’ve made in search of the creature, the most recent in 2013. And all of which will be discussed in my book, “Chupacabra Road Trip,” coming in September.
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Categorized as: Books, Chupacabras, Cryptozoologists, Cryptozoology, Evidence, Eyewitness Accounts, Lair of the Beasts, Pop Culture, Social Media, Videos | Comments Off on Chupacabra Road Trip
Posted by: Nick Redfern on March 9th, 2015
“Imagine crossing the moors and hills of England and encountering what looks like nothing less than a living, breathing pterodactyl! Think it couldn’t happen? It already has.”
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Categorized as: Avian Mysteries, Cryptozoology, Extinct, Eyewitness Accounts, Lair of the Beasts, Winged Weirdies | 5 Comments »
Posted by: Nick Redfern on March 8th, 2015
New Saucerian Press is to pleased to present “The Great Phonograph in the Sky,” a collection of magazine articles by John A. Keel, the man many consider to have been not only the premiere investigator of all things unusual and “Fortean,” but who was also our own, twentieth-century “Mark Twain.”
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Categorized as: Books, Cryptozoologists, Cryptozoology, Forteana, Lair of the Beasts, Mothman, Paranormal Investigators | Comments Off on A New Collection of John Keel’s Writings
Posted by: Nick Redfern on March 6th, 2015
Exploring the history, movies, and literature, the conspiracy theorizing, and the world of the supernatural, The Encyclopedia of Sasquatch, Yeti and Cryptid Primates is a comprehensive resource to the man-beast. With nearly 200 entries and 120 photographs, drawings, and illustrations, it is the definitive guide to understanding, hunting, and avoiding the brute, as well as discovering the facts behind the sightings and horrifying tales.
Read: The Bigfoot Book: The Encyclopedia of Sasquatch, Yeti and Cryptid Primates »
Categorized as: Abominable Snowman, Bigfoot, Books, Cryptid Cinema, Cryptozoologists, Cryptozoology, Evidence, Expedition Reports, Eyewitness Accounts, Folklore, Footprint Evidence, Lair of the Beasts, Movie Monsters, Photos, Sasquatch, Skunk Apes, Television, Yeren, Yeti, Yowie | Comments Off on The Bigfoot Book: The Encyclopedia of Sasquatch, Yeti and Cryptid Primates