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‘Huge, scary, aggressive, fast, and threatening’. These terms are used to describe several Bigfoot-like creatures said to inhabit the desert regions of southern California. These mysterious giant apes go by many different names, The Borrego Sandman, The Speedway Monster, Zoobies, Devils, and the Yucca Man.

Read: Bigfoot In Los Angeles? »

The AIMS team looks back on their hunt of the Hell Hound and takes us behind the scenes of some of the most terrifying moments.

Read: Behind the Hunt: Kentucky Hellhound »

The Yakima Valley Museum will launch the Sasquatch Revealed exhibit today. The time of the reception will be 4 p.m. Present will be Chris Murphy, Bob Gimlin, Thomas Steenburg and John Kirk.

Read: Reminder: Sasquatch Revealed »

New York University anthropologist Todd Disotell, who recently appeared on Spike- TV’s “$10 Million Dollar Bigfoot Bounty”, will deliver “DNA and the Search for Elusive Creatures,” on Wed., April 30, 4:30 p.m. at NYU’s Center for Genomics and Systems Biology (CGSB) Auditorium (12 Waverly Place, between Greene and Mercer Streets).

Read: DNA and the Search for Elusive Creatures »

Decades of folklore and eyewitness encounters collide as AIMS travels to Pike County to investigate the Kentucky Hellhound. First spotted in 1939 in the western heart of Hatfield and McCoy territory, and originally written off as the delusion of backwoods moonshiners, this enormous 500-pound canine predator is in fact alive and well, menacing the local farming community. AIMS must act fast to capture the creature in a huge bamboo cage trap before the cornstalks are harvested and the Hellhound migrates for the winter season.

Read: Mountain Monsters: Kentucky Hellhound of Pike County »

Listeners addressed their concerns and questions to Dr. Jeff Meldrum after the first Bigfoot North Radio show.

Read: Bigfoot North Radio: Meldrum Responds »

When the paleontology community has pooh-poohed the idea of relict plesiosaurs being responsible for the identity of various sea and lake “monsters” in different places around the world, some researchers have embraced the simpler theory that these hypothetical animals may be giant eels.

Read: Of Prehistoric Eels and Lake Monsters »

Starting at 3 PM CST Friday, April 4 and leading all the way up to the Season 2 Premiere episode Kentucky Hellhound of Pike County at 9 PM, and then continuing on until 4 AM CST, Destination America is running “enhanced episodes from Season 1 that they are calling Mountain Monsters: Uncaged.

Full of cast facts, tweets, and bonus scenes

Read: Mountain Monsters: Uncaged »

The Hellhound is a massive beast – over 7-feet long! – and one local farmer fears for his family.

Read: The Hellhound Caught on Camera »

If you missed the radio show yesterday, or just want to listen to it again, the archived show is posted here on Cryptomundo:

Read: Archive: Bigfoot North Radio »

Umpteenth shameless plug: my documentary Southern Fried Bigfoot is airing again on Destination America today, April 3, 2014 at 5 pm est/4 pm cst and between “Bigfootville” and “Sasquatch: Legend Meets Science.”

~ Sean Whitley, director of Southern Fried Bigfoot

Read: Bigfoot Marathon on Destination America Today »

April Fools joke or not a story yesterday emerged from Ratcliffe, Texas where some intrepid commenters have solved the mystery more accurately than the state biologist, Brent Ortego contacted to watch the film and throw an opinion.

Read: “Chupacabra” Caged »

I have some general thoughts on Todd Standing’s “Blinking Bigfoot.”

Read: You Wanted to Know, So Here’s My Gut Reaction »

Giant Kansas Bigfoot in Manhattan, Kansas woods.

Read: Bigfoot in Manhattan, Kansas Woods »

Cliff spoke to a packed house at the Lucky Lab Brew Pub in Portland, Oregon.

Read: Cliff Barackman Speaks at HopsSquatch »