February 23, 2013
My newly-posted Lair of the Beasts article at Mania.com lists the top three expeditions of the cryptozoological kind I’d like to go on if I had the chance.
It starts like this…
“Now and again I get asked something along the lines of: ‘What strange creature, which you haven’t yet searched for, would you like to chase down?’ Well, it’s a good question. The world is a very big place and there are a lot of weird beasts out there. But, there are a few specific and amazing animals I’d like to go looking for which, so far, I haven’t had the opportunity.
“Imagine coming face to face with a ferocious, carnivorous monitor lizard with a length of somewhere between fifteen and twenty feet – maybe even closer to twenty five feet – and a weight in excess of at least a ton.
“Not in times long past – since the creature under the microscope is widely assumed to have become extinct around 40,000 years ago – but right now, deep in the heart of the sub-tropical rainforests of Australia. You think it couldn’t happen?”
And here’s the rest of the article, and the lowdown on those three…
About Nick Redfern
Punk music fan, Tennents Super and Carlsberg Special Brew beer fan, horror film fan, chocolate fan, like to wear black clothes, like to stay up late. Work as a writer.
Filed under Cryptotourism, Cryptozoology, Extreme Expeditions, Giant Cryptid Reptiles, Lair of the Beasts, Lake Monsters, Yeren