Archive for the “Animal Escapees”
Posted by: Chester Moore on November 6th, 2015
In 1995, while spending time in the thorn and cactus-filled wilds of South Texas, I heard a crazy story about a bowhunter who was startled by unusual loud cries coming from the creek bottom he was hunting.
As his adrenaline production went into overload, he pondered what might be making that sound and why it was coming his direction. The sounds got louder and louder, so he readied an arrow just incase.
Read: Feral Monkeys in Texas »
Categorized as: Animal Escapees, Cryptozoologists, Cryptozoology, Evidence, Kingdom Zoo, Out of Place, Photos, Weird Animal News | 2 Comments »
Posted by: Karl Shuker on August 24th, 2015
Between June 1764 and June 1767, a hideous series of killings, as grisly as they were plentiful (somewhere around 80 to 113 human victims, plus many injured survivors), occurred in a village-speckled district of Lozère, southeastern France, called Gévaudan. Their perpetrator became known as the Beast of Gévaudan, but more than two centuries of speculation have failed to stem the controversy regarding its precise identity. Just what was the Beast of Gévaudan? An animal? A man? Or something more?
Read: The Beast of Gévaudan – Wolf, Man…or Wolf-Man? »
Categorized as: Animal Escapees, Books, Cryptid Canids, Cryptozoology, Evidence, Folklore, Out of Place, ShukerNature, Skeptical Discussions | Comments Off on The Beast of Gévaudan – Wolf, Man…or Wolf-Man?
Posted by: Karl Shuker on July 15th, 2015
Everyone has heard of Nessie, the reputed monster of Loch Ness, but fewer people realise that mystery beasts of various forms have also been reported from a sizeable number of other mainland Scottish freshwater lochs. These include Lochs Arkaig, Assynt, Awe, Eil, Feith an Leothaid, Garten, Lochy, Lomond, Maree, Morar, Oich, Quoich. Shiel, and Treig.
Read: Lesser Nessies »
Categorized as: Animal Escapees, Cryptozoology, Eyewitness Accounts, Folklore, Giant Cryptid Reptiles, Lake Monsters, Loch Ness Monster, Sea Monsters, Sea Serpents, ShukerNature | Comments Off on Lesser Nessies
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.”
Read: Circuses and Strange Creatures »
Categorized as: Animal Escapees, Cryptozoology, Eyewitness Accounts, Folklore, Forteana, Lair of the Beasts | 3 Comments »
Posted by: Nick Redfern on January 13th, 2015
“In this case, the animal was described as being dark brown in color and was said to be no less than an astonishing fifteen feet in length…”
Read: Out of Place and Unusual Animals »
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Posted by: Nick Redfern on November 17th, 2013
“While the very idea that living, breathing wallabies are excitedly bounding and bouncing around the wilds of the UK might, to some readers of Mysterious Universe, seem absurd in the extreme, this is a mystery that is actually not so mysterious as it initially appears to be…”
Read: Wallabies: Wild in the UK »
Categorized as: Animal Escapees, Cryptozoology, Eyewitness Accounts, Lair of the Beasts, Mystery Kangaroos, Out of Place | Comments Off on Wallabies: Wild in the UK
Posted by: Nick Redfern on October 24th, 2013
“A wallaby has set up camp in Highgate Cemetery in north London. The marsupial was first photographed at the cemetery – famed as the final resting place of Karl Marx – on Sunday.”
Read: Another UK Wallaby »
Categorized as: Animal Escapees, Cryptozoology, Eyewitness Accounts, Lair of the Beasts, Out of Place, Weird Animal News | 1 Comment »
Posted by: Karl Shuker on May 11th, 2013
Things are rarely what they seem in cryptozoology, as epitomised by the following case investigated by me.
Read: A Celtic Capybara?? I Don’t Think So!! »
Categorized as: Animal Escapees, Cryptozoologists, Cryptozoology, Out of Place, ShukerNature | 1 Comment »
Posted by: Nick Redfern on April 24th, 2013
“…there are other categories of animal that, for some – but certainly not all – creature-seekers also play a role in how we define Cryptozoology. They are the out of place animals…”
Read: In Search of America’s Camels »
Categorized as: Animal Escapees, Cryptozoology, Folklore, Lair of the Beasts, Out of Place | 11 Comments »
Posted by: Nick Redfern on February 3rd, 2013
It’s three-feet tall and it’s running wild! Juvenile Sasquatch perhaps?
Read: Monkey on the Loose! »
Categorized as: Animal Escapees, Bigfoot, Cryptozoology, Lair of the Beasts, Out of Place, Sasquatch | 4 Comments »
Posted by: Nick Redfern on January 28th, 2013
The life of a cryptozoologist doesn’t just resolve around quests to find Bigfoot, lake-monsters, the Chupacabras, the Abominable Snowman, or sea-serpents. Sometimes, it involves a search for known animals seen in locations in which they have no business hanging out.
Read: Boar to be Wild »
Categorized as: Animal Escapees, Cryptozoology, Folklore, Lair of the Beasts, Out of Place | 3 Comments »
Posted by: Nick Redfern on August 30th, 2012
The bouncing beasts of Britain…
Read: Britain’s Wallabies »
Categorized as: Animal Escapees, Cryptozoology, Eyewitness Accounts, Lair of the Beasts, Mystery Kangaroos, Out of Place | Comments Off on Britain’s Wallabies
Posted by: Loren Coleman on August 26th, 2012
Categorized as: Animal Escapees, Breaking News, CryptoZoo News, Zoological Parks | 4 Comments »
