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When Benjamin Radford, managing editor of the Skeptical Inquirer was in San Antonio to speak at the Institute of Texan Cultures on June 3rd, I mentioned to him that he looked very similar to Matt Crowley. I even joked that maybe they were twins, separated at birth. I also joked that since they had not […]

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How do local Bigfoot groups begin? How do they establish themselves? How do they “get out there” to have the public know they are local investigators? Craig’s group in Texas is a high-evolved and well-oiled machine. But they all start the same way. Most begin as a grassroots effort, and today, since I recently spotlighted […]

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After the success of The Mothman Prophecies, the sleepy town of Point Pleasant has reawakened. The organizers of the annual Mothman Festival at the Mothman Museum in Point Pleasant, West Virginia, have announced that they will once again have their event. The 5th annual MOTHMAN FESTIVAL will be held here in downtown Point Pleasant on […]

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I attended the Bigfoot Rendezvous several weeks ago in Pocatello, ID. I had a great time. I saw some friends and colleagues that I had not seen in some time, others that I had seen only months or even weeks earlier. Yesterday, the Boise Weekly published an article about the event.  The article focuses on […]

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While in San Antonio last month, Willie Mendez shared this cartoon with me. It was given to him by a friend who had seen it in the New Orleans publication Where Y’at. I thought that since the artist, Caesar Meadows was kind enough to share it with me, I would share it with you, the […]

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Delivered today, for inclusion in the Bates College exhibition, "Cryptozoology: Out of Time Place Scale," the Adam Davies-Andrew Sanderson-obtained Orang Pendek original cast, from September 2001. During their next expedition, they were recorded on the National Geographic Channel’s documentary, Is It Real?: Ape-Man, Episode 14, Season 2, which first aired Monday, February 27, 2006. Please […]

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Dave Mead, exhibits director at the Idaho Museum of Natural History, holds up a life-sized plaster cast of a purported image of Bigfoot that will be part of the museum’s Bigfoot display, in this Sunday, June 12, 2006, file photo taken in Pocatello, Idaho. (AP Photo/The Idaho State Journal, Bill Schaefer) (Bill Schaefer – AP) […]

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The International Cryptozoology Museum (ICM) is sharing its contents through the end of 2006. Over 100 of some of the most significant large and small items from the ICM’s collection are included in my specific room at the new Bates College exhibition, “Cryptozoology: Out of Time Place Scale.” Then, in October, the objects from that […]

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Don’t forget to peek in on the giant Bigfoot Rendevous at Idaho State Universtity next weekend. The lineup of speakers is top-notch. The graphic arts promotion by Falling Rock Production has been outstanding. Meanwhile, here’s one version of the Pocatello area’s oldest Bigfoot story. Marion Daily Star, Marion, Ohio January 28, 1902 EIGHT FOOT WILD […]

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Random Notes from Texas June 2, 2006 As Craig Woolheater said to Skeptical Inquirer’s Ben Radford and me, after circling for the third time to get a drive-by view of the Alamo, "Now, we can remember the Alamo!" To me, the thing I think that I will most remember about San Antonio is the quite […]

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On Saturday, June 3, 2006, I’ll be giving a talk at the University of Texas in San Antonio, Texas, on "Malaysian Mawas, Flores Hobbits, and Witness Drawings from a Cryptozoological Point of View." I hope to see some Cryptomundo readers there. I’ll be happy to sign your books or talk about the latest cryptozoo news. […]

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At least that’s what National Geographic News would have you believe…  Posted Friday, on National Geographic News, is an interview I did with them regarding our research here in Texas, as well as the Bigfoot in Texas? exhibit and lecture series. How about this great cartoon that was included with the article? Everything’s bigger in […]

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In the week and a half or so before we left for San Antonio for the second round of lectures at the Bigfoot in Texas? exhibit at the Institute of Texan Cultures, I tried to line up a private tour of the Primarily Primates sanctuary for the speakers that weekend. The speakers were Jeff Meldrum, […]

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Houston, TX based cryptozoologist Ken Gerhard is giving a talk tonight in Brownsville, TX regarding the Big Bird of Texas. Information regarding the talk is available here. Gerhard has heard theories ranging from a giant owl to a giant bat, but he has his own ideas. “The other theory that I’m pursuing with my book […]

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The Conroe Courier ran an article detailing Jimmy Chilcutt’s talk this coming Saturday at the University of Texas San Antonio’s Institute of Texan Cultures. "I don’t actively search for Bigfoot and I’m not involved in the research," said Chilcutt, who used to be a skeptic until he started investigating prints collected by Sasquatch researchers. "I […]

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