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Whenever a report of an unknown bipedal hairy hominid surfaces, the cynics will invariably trot out that old saw: “It must have been a bear.” There are a lot of people around the province of Salta, Argentina who are annoyed that they are not being taken seriously when they say they are having real problems […]

Read: Ucumar Zupai – Killer of Horses Part I »

George Josef was one the best stunt men in the business. He was based out of West Vancouver in British Columbia and you have seen him in plenty of movies and TV series where he has doubled for a ton of celebrities. George passed away from liver cancer in January last year and a few months […]

Read: Big Fish Story or The One That Got Away? »

Tony Xavier was my mother’s first cousin. Tony and his family lived on a huge farm outside of the bustling metropolis of Sao Paulo, Brazil. The Xavier family busied themselves with raising cattle, crops and enjoying the good life that a successful enterprise can bring. Brazil is well-known for a number of cryptids such as […]

Read: The Onca, Mystery Cat of Brazil Remains as Elusive as Ever »

Imagine you live in one of the most beautiful nature reserves in all of your country. It is an idyllic oasis in the midst of a country marching towards mass-market industrialization that is leaving the rest of the world behind. Imagine that because you live there, the local authorities decide to make you a tourist […]

Read: China’s Flustered Yeren Takes A Vacation at Last »

One of the sites on the Internet I like to visit with frequency is the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) archive which contains a wonderful section on cryptids and cryptopersonalities. It’s a treasure trove for anybody who has an interest in the cryptozoological field. One of the stories in the archive I find myself drawn to […]

Read: Cadborosaurus Witness Expertly Recounts her Classic Sighting »

I previously wrote in these columns of my desire to travel to New Guinea in search of cryptids spread out all over the archipelago. As if the flying reptiles known the Ropen and the Duah weren’t enough to appease the appetite of any serious cryptozoologist, the monsters of New Britain and Lake Murray have, over […]

Read: New Guinea More Species Than Meet the Eye Part III »

You might remember that last August, two Vermont anglers, Richard Affolter and Peter Bodette, claimed to have filmed the monster of Lake Champlain as it allegedly frolicked around their boat at the mouth of the Ausable River. At first they thought the object they were looking at was railroad tie, but realized it was too […]

Read: Champ Video to Be Shown on Good Morning America Monday, February 13 »

In my last post in regard to the discovery of abundance of new insect and plant species in Indonesian New Guinea, I made mention of a quizzical animal known as the Ri which ultimately turned out to be a misidentified dugong. Yet another unknown Papuan creature, this time a reptile, was thought to be a […]

Read: New Guinea – More Species than Meet the Eye Part II »

There has been a fair bit of news on Cryptomundo about the amazing discovery of a myriad new animals in the wilds of New Guinea. This is fascinating stuff and it just blows me away that there could be so many new species found. One of these days I am going to get my expedition […]

Read: New Guinea – More Species Than Meet the Eye Part I »

Loren Coleman, recently wrote of the Milt Marcy expedition which headed off to Cameroon and northern Congo in search of the phenomenon known as Mokele-mbembe. Some say Mokele is a sauropod dinosaur while others speculate it is a huge monitor lizard. Marcy’s expedition included two men I have worked with in the past. They are […]

Read: Finding Mokele-mbembe, the Ultimate Trip »

Following the announcement that what may well be British Columbia’s first sasquatch vocalizations have been recorded, members of the Westcoast Sasquatch team carried out an onsite investigation of the locale where the sounds were recorded. The team comprised Thomas Steenburg, Gerry Matthews, Ken Kristian, Seb Wang and John Kirk who braved pouring rain to search […]

Read: Westcoast Sasquatch Team Investigates Site of BC’s First Sasquatch Vocalizations. »

It was an event that truly that seemed to have leapt from the pages of an enthralling Jules Verne novel. Astonished members of a SubOceanic Sciences Canada team could hardly believe their eyes when a Seaeye Falcon remotely operated vehicle was attacked by a Pacific Giant Octopus (Octopus dofleini) off Vanocuver Island. The entire incident […]

Read: Giant Pacific Octopus Attacks Submarine »

British Columbia Sasquatch researchers are getting some serious recognition from the media following the announcement by Gerry Matthews and Ken Kristian of West Coast Sasquatch Research that they have what may be the first Sasquatch vocalization ever recorded in this province. In today’s Globe and Mail newspaper there is an article about their findings that […]

Read: West Coast Sasquatch Announce First Recorded British Columbia Sasquatch Vocalizations »

Make no bones about it, Cryptomundo is a new destination for anyone who has even the remotest desire to explore the incredible realm of unknown animals. I feel privileged to team up with explorers like Craig Woolheater, Loren Coleman and Rick Noll in bringing blogreaders the insights and news about some of the greatest cryptids […]

Read: In the Domain of the Lake Monsters (and the Other Denizens of Cryptomundo) »