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Several years ago I either found a document on the web, or someone sent it to me that was a press release from the Department of the Interior & Fish and Wildlife Service that was titled Are We Ready for “Bigfoot” or the Loch Ness Monster? It was dated December 21, 1977. I do not […]

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I talked with Doug Hajicek, the Director, about it the other night and he is very excited. He thinks it is going to be a great add on to Sasquatch: Legend Meets Science. Edward Herrmann is the narrator for this show. I am sure you all will recognize him… very distinctive voice and adds a […]

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From Live Science comes an article by Cryptomundo commenter and managing editor of Skeptical Inquirer, Benjamin Radford. The Article details the pervasiveness of sea monsters on television and in the news today. Several of the items mentioned in the article have been detailed on Cryptomundo here in the recent past. From NBC’s Surface, to the […]

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Is there such a thing as X-CMing? Extreme Cryptomundo.com -ing? You, the Cryptomundo readers, have demonstrated that the Mystery Fish Postcard Photograph is one of the most popular all-time cryptid image enigmas, yet. Due to popular demand, here is a roundup of all four direct links to the "Mystery Fish Photo" entries in the Cryptomundo.com […]

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Due to several requests for a closeup of the head of the mystery cryptid on the postcard, here’s a computer enhancement. What do you see here? (Click image for full-size version) (Click image for full-size version, provided by Todd DiLaMuca) (Click image for full-size version, provided by Todd DiLaMuca)

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On Dec. 2nd, the Daily Stary of Oneonta, NY reported that 2 local men saw what appeared to be a mountain lion or cougar cross the road in front of them as they drove to hunt deer."What was that?" one asked. "I think it was a coyote," his friend responded. "It didn’t look like a […]

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When the reports came out of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology that the Ivory-billed Woodpecker had been rediscovered in the Big Woods of Arkansas, the town of Brinkley planned to cash in on the swarm of bird enthusiasts and tourists that were expected. But with no additional confirmed sightings, the tourists have not showed. With […]

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So many people have taken the time to enhance, redefine, and otherwise point out items they are finding and seeing on the “Name the Mystery Fish” postcard that we have decided to post one of those here, in this one blog, moving it from the comments’ sections. What are you seeing in this? Todd DiLaMuca’s […]

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Highland Park native Scott Simon is one of the heroes behind the effort to save the ivory-billed woodpecker. A revealing profile demonstrates other species are being discovered too. "A boy who played in Highland Park’s ravines now co-directs The Nature Conservancy of Arkansas efforts to save a species once thought to be extinct," writes reporter […]

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Next Thursday, December 8, at 6:30 PM, the Great Lakes Aquarium in Duluth, Minnesota is hosting an interesting program, "Lake Monsters, Sea Serpents and Lake Superior", presented by Gonzo Science. Gonzo Science, according to Jim and Allen Richardson, is a fusion, combining the rigorous thinking of the skeptics with more progressive and iconoclastic viewpoints. While […]

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The Mystery Continues: Strange Fish Remains Unidentified Over 25,000 visits to the "Name the Mystery Fish" Cryptomundo blog produced some interesting leads, a dating for the postcard, and much speculation on what the unknown fish species might be. But the mystery continues… Yesterday’s blog "Name the Mystery Fish" received an enormous amount of interest and […]

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Can you identify this mystery fish found on an old postcard? (Click on image to see full size version) Is there a Cryptomundo reader out there that can help? The men in the picture look like military servicemen. The surroundings look like this photograph was taken on a beach or island. The fish appears to […]

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History shows again and again How nature points out the folly of men Godzilla! OK, you got me there. This has nothing to do with Blue Oyster Cult. This is about a newly described prehistoric crocodile that sported flippers. The skull of this croc was discovered in 1996 in the Patagonia region, but was just […]

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As posted on LiveScience today:  A geochronologist, Jack Rink, from an Ontario university has determined that Gigantopithecus blackii lived alongside early humans for over a million years. 10 feet tall, weighing up to 1200 pounds. This is typically larger than most reports of Bigfoot. "A missing piece of the puzzle has always focused on pin-pointing […]

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It seems that the website Giantology is part of a viral marketing campaign for a new Playstation game, Shadow of the Colossus. Several videos purporting to be of giant creatures, one that was unearthed in the ice of Siberia, another supposedly washed up on the beach by a tsunami are posted on the website, along with […]

Read: A Giant Hoax or Viral Marketing Campaign? »