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The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) has a reputation for always getting their man – with one exception. A member once tracked a criminal to Hawaii, but fell in love with the place, so much so that he never came back. There is no other police force that has had to deal with more cryptids […]

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Yutaka Kawaji and Hideo Kawaji may share the same surname, but they also share the same phenomenal experience. You see, they are both witnesses to the Japanese lake cryptid know as Issie, said to inhabit the depths of Lake Ikeda in Japan. What is remarkable is that they both saw the creature when they were […]

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Sometimes I wonder just how true some of the stories that are introduced into the realm of cryptozoology really are.  Just how much of this stuff is fact and just how much is urban legend, pure myth or deliberate fabrication. Tonight I was sitting around reading Mary Moon’s fine book Ogopogo. Mary was the first […]

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Richard Freeman and the intrepid team from the Centre for Fortean Zooology (CFZ) in the United Kingdom, have located an actual eyewitness who says that he has seen the mythic beast known as the Ninki-nanka of The Gambia in west Africa. The CFZ crew were able to locate a ranger employed by the Kiang West […]

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Intrepid sasquatch investigator, Thomas Steenburg and a Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) soundman, narrowly escaped with their lives following a road accident over the weekend. The soundman was working with CBC radio program host Hal Niedzvecki and was venturing out with Thomas and fellow investigator Sebastian Wang, as part of a radio program looking into the […]

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A new product based on the mythical droppings of Okanagan Lake’s mystery beast is a hot new item on the retail circuit. The Kelowna Daily Courier newspaper carried this report on the sweet tasting droppings: Ogopogo Poop has made its way into several Kelowna stores and will soon be on televisions across the province. The […]

Read: Ogopogo Poop Now on Sale to Help Charity »

The Kelowna Daily Courier newspaper has carried its share of Ogopogo reports over the years so I like to read the online and paper editions when I can. Not too long ago they carried a story that is intertwined with a little bit of Ogopogo history. Here’s the story of a tugboat that served those […]

Read: Great Opportunity for Fabulous Floating Ogopogo Sighting Station »

It’s summer again here in the sunny province of British Columbia and all is quiet on the cryptid front so far. There have been rumours of a couple of Ogopogo sightings this year, but we have not been able to track down any witnesses who might want to allow us to interview them. Ogopogo is […]

Read: The big question: Is Ogopogo a sturgeon? »

My good friends at the Centre for Fortean Zoology in Devon, England have filed the first report from their expedition to the Gambia in search of two mysterious animals. The report is as follows: The Centre for Fortean Zoology [CFZ], the world’s largest mystery animal research group, based in rural North Devon announced tonight that […]

Read: British Explorers Seek Ninki-Nanka and Gambo »

An international paper with a paper edition has published a pretty informative article about Chinese Water Dragons and their correlation to the various aquatic cryptids of Canada and I must say I really enjoyed this one. There’s plenty to read about Ogopogo and the other lake monsters of Canada in the online edition of Epoch […]

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Canadian Geographic is one of the most prestigious societies in Canada and is our country’s equivalent to National Geographic in the USA. It is very pleasing for Canadian cryptozoology investigators and researchers to see that an article on cryptozoology in Canada is included in the July/August edition of this eminent publication. However, I wish the […]

Read: Canadian Geographic Magazine Looks at Cryptozoology in Canada – Sort Of »

While I was looking for some info on the Harrison Hot Springs website I came across this article on our favourite hairy hominid – Sasquatch: Mystery of The Sasquatch The Sasquatch (sesxac) occupies a unique niche in the traditions of the Indians of Harrison Lake and River. White Anthropologists feel quite safe in classing them […]

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There is this notion among cryptozoology enthusiasts around the world that lacustrean (lake) cryptids around the world are all the same in terms of their appearance and morphology. I could not disagree more with this notion. I have spent the better part of the last 19 years investigating this particular area of cryptozoology and going […]

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My friend and Cryptomundo colleague, Loren Coleman, stated on these pages that there is the prospect that Malaysian biologist Vincent Chow has been able to procure several photographs of the alleged Malyasian Bigfoot, the Orang Dalam or as it is known in this case, Mawas. I want to be excited about this, but given the […]

Read: Bracing For Disappointment »

A lot of people who read Cryptomundo often ask me about the BCSCC and what is exactly that we do. I am always happy to let people know about the club I founded in 1989 along with Paul Leblond and the late Jim Clark. Paul and Jim had the original vision of a club where […]

Read: What is the British Columbia Scientific Cryptozoology Club? »