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Beware of El Chupacabra, mass livestock massacres BY BRYON WELLS, SUN STAFF WRITER Yuma (AZ) Sun Farmers and ranchers: Beware of unexplained mass livestock massacres. It could mean the legendary El Chupacabra is back. In the recent past, the Chupacabra craze has grown like wildfire, and, capitalizing on popular culture, street vendors along the U.S.-Mexico […]

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While Loren had already covered this particular beastie recently here on Cryptomundo, I thought I would share this recent article with the readers of Cryptomundo for Halloween. The Beast of Bladenboro In 1954, a savage killer kept a small North Carolina town in a grip of terror. He left big tracks, a bloody trail and […]

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Please click to enlarge this image of Bigfoot as drawn by Paul Smith, and sepia-colorized for the cover of Bigfoot! The True Story of Apes in America The Top 50 Cryptids From Around The World Cryptids are the yet-to-be discovered animals or recovered supposedly extinct zoological species that are being sought by cryptozoologists, zoologists, anthropologists, […]

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Halloween 2006 seems as good a time as any to publish a response to several requests I have received lately for my top ten picks in cryptids, those animals that serve as the focus of cryptozoologists. Of course, thinking outside the lines, as I always do, I had to choose thirteen. Also, I had to […]

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This newspaper reporter apparently didn’t read Loren’s post "Chupawhat?". Chupacabra sighting at Discovery Science Center To lure kids into learning about real animals, the museum features a mythical one. By ERIN UY THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER SANTA ANA Word traveled fast in Salvatierra, Art Guevara’s hometown in Mexico. A chupacabra, a bloodsucking monster, slaughtered a […]

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In search of the elusive Pennsylvania mountain lions Christian Berg Outdoors The Morning Call, Allentown, PA When it comes to creepy creatures, Pennsylvania doesn’t hold a candle to other parts of the country. The Pacific Northwest has Bigfoot, New Mexico has space aliens and Puerto Rico is home to the fearsome chupacabra, a grotesque monster […]

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Apparently Biscardi is running out of newspaper accounts of Bigfoot sightings to follow up on. Now he’s on the trail of the Yardley Yeti. From the September 26 issue of the Bucks County Courier Times. Bigfoot hunter Tom Biscardi is on the phone from California. “What’s the story out there with the Yardley Yeti? Whaddya […]

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(Click on image to see full size version, enhanced by shockbeton) It is a few minutes beyond midnight in the East, and a year ago today – on September 29, 2005 – Cryptomundo was born. Thank you everyone, for a wonderful first year of Cryptomundo! The images here are a quick trip down memory lane. […]

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Cryptomundo reader Jonathan Maberry sends Cryptomundo these exclusive photos of the Yardley Yeti that were taken by he and his wife. Personally, I feel guilty using the name "Yardley Yeti", but that is what this creature has been dubbed by the press. My wife and I took photos of the creature that’s being called ‘The […]

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An article from today’s Bucks County Courier Times mentions a strange animal seen Bucks County, PA. They realize they will be pegged as nutty, and they insist they do not believe in things that go bump in the night. Yet, several readers claim to have spotted a weird creature roaming the Yardley/Lower Makefield area. I […]

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On the night of September 11, 1997, Ines Valdivieza and her 6-year-old daughter observed a small creature, brown in color with large red eyes, run from a pig-pen area in Colonia Revolucion Mexicana, Mexico. It made high bounding strides and disappeared into the dark. Five hogs were later found dead, completely drained of blood with […]

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Let us celebrate the 11th anniversary of the first cryptid of the Internet Age: Chupacabras. In August and September 1995, the chupacabras (Spanish for "goatsucker" – the singular and plural forms) seemed to erupt on the cryptozoological landscape. I’m not talking about the mangy dogs that have been mistaken for Chupacabras in recent years. No, […]

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The Sci-Fi Channel’s start date for the new Rob Mariano vehicle will be Wednesday, October 11, 2006. The program “Sci Fi Investigates” will air at 10:00 pm Eastern/9:00 pm Central. The new reality show will be a six-week series hosted by the “Survivor” and “Amazing Race” alum “Boston Rob” and produced by NBC News Productions. […]

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From our good friend Scott Corrales comes the following news. DATE: August 22, 2006 SOURCE: Miami UFO Center Residents of the Municipality of Jalpatagua, Jutiapa, are alarmed by the deaths of several farm animals. Apparently the so-called Chupacabras is on the prowl again, since all of the sheep have been found dead under mysterious circumstances. […]

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From our good friend Scott Corrales comes the following bit of news. INEXPLICATA The Journal of Hispanic Ufology August 8, 2006 DATE: August 8, 2006 SOURCE: Infobae.com Argentina: Return of Chupacabras Alarms Rural Santiago Del Estero. Residents of this province found a group of kid goats slain in a pen. The case shares several similarities […]

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