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One of the first thirteen British colonies in North America, Connecticut revels in American patriotism, demonstrated by its nickname the “Constitution State.” Heck, its state song is “Yankee Doodle.” Although it’s the third smallest of the United States by area (110 miles long and 70 miles wide), it’s the fourth most densely populated, and, with 1.9 million acres of forestland, Connecticut can still hide plenty of monsters.

Read: Exploring American Monsters: Connecticut »

Looking for something different? Really different? On Thursday, June 18, join best selling author David James Gordon at the Northwest Stream Center for a 7 p.m. presentation on the use of “citizen science.”

He will inspire you to observe nature more keenly, gather scientifically acceptable data, and hone your tracking and wilderness navigation skills as you go on a virtual hunt for Sasquatch.

Read: Reminder: Citizen Science Meets Sasquatch »

Known for its Wild West history, and great skiing, Colorado also boasts a wealth of dinosaur fossils, is the birthplace of Frank Welker (the voice of Fred from Scooby Doo), and a variety of geography, such as high plains, most of the Southern Rocky Mountains, and desert. The perfect habitats for Bigfoot?

Well, sure. Colorado has a long history of Bigfoot encounters, but “Exploring American Monsters” isn’t about well-known cryptids like Bigfoot, it’s about bizarre hidden monsters like the Slide Rock Bolter.

Read: Exploring American Monsters: Colorado »

A lady from Rampart was kidnapped by “Bushmen”, according to the account, who then took her to their cave where she took care of their sick baby

Read: Alaska: Captured by Hairy Man »

Based on actual events. Boggy Creek, Texas is renowned for its poverty, ignorance, meth usage, dogfights, and as of late, its citizens’ encounters with a 9 ½ foot tall, upright, ape-like creature. These are those stories as told by the people that experienced them in a collection that can only be described as Larry McMurtry meets Deliverance and Breaking Bad.

Read: Bigfoot: The Boggy Creek Narratives »

Police and wildlife officials in Sanilac County, Michigan, are warning residents to lock up their pets and livestock and keep their children indoors until they determine what kind of large creature or animal killed a 1,200 pound horse in broad daylight. In this part of Michigan known as “the Thumb,” locals fear the killer could be anything from a coyote to a cougar to a Sasquatch.

Read: Michigan Police Look for Horse-Killing Sasquatch or Big Cat »

The team is on a night mission in the Amazon jungle – will they find the elusive Mapinguari among the scary spiders and snakes?

Read: Searching For the Amazon’s Bigfoot, the Mapinguari, By Night »

While out with the Shaman, Ranae makes a few calls to the Mapiguari – and gets a warning.

Read: Communicate With the Mapinguari, But Don’t Let It See You »

The team is in Georgia investigating sightings in and around the Ft. Stewart Army base. After meeting with a witness who saw a bigfoot through a thermal imager the team looks for the best place to hold their final night investigation.

Read: Finding Bigfoot: Squatchin’ in the Sunshine State »

The team heads into Myakka Park with Stacy Brown Jr., to check out some places where Bigfoot has been spotted. While Bobo and Matt take a ride on a swamp buggy, the others hear something in the woods.

Read: On a Night Hunt In Search of the Skunk Ape »

On June 6th the Minerva Area Chamber of Commerce will be hosting an event to herald the release of the film in downtown Minerva. Free screenings of the film will take place at the historic Roxy Theatre.

Read: Reminder: Minerva Monster Day »

Maybe not everyone believes in Sasquatch (or Bigfoot), but it’s still a good thing to look over your shoulder when you hike in southern Oregon.

Read: Hiking Sasquatch Country »

Does a hulking, hairy, 800-pound, nine-foot-tall, elusive primate roam the woods and forests throughout North America—and the world? What should we make of the grainy videos and photos and the thousands of eyewitness reports? Audio-recordings exist purporting to be the creatures’ eerie chatter and bone-chilling screaming. Whether called Sasquatch, Yeti, Bigfoot, or something else, bipedal primates appear in folklore, legends, and eyewitness accounts in every state of the union and many places around the world. The fascination with the man-beast is stronger than ever in today’s pop culture.

Read: The Bigfoot Book: The Encyclopedia of Sasquatch, Yeti and Cryptid Primates Coming Soon! »

Bigfoot is, of course, the most well-known and widespread strange creature, and reported sightings of the large apelike beast aren’t unheard of in Alabama. They’re common enough that a man named Jim Smith created the Alabama Bigfoot Society, and the group’s website tracks recent sighting reports. One from January near Lake Guntersville, when a woman and her young son were reportedly trapped in a deer stand by a Bigfoot-like creature.

Read: From Bigfoot to big cats: What’s rumored to be hiding in Alabama’s woods? »

I wanted to share this article in light of the fact that Dr. David Oren and his search for the mapinguari is featured on tonight’s episode of Animal Planet’s Finding Bigfoot entitled Amazon Squatchin’.

In August of 1999 or so, I ran across the article in Discover magazine. It chronicled an ornithologist named David Oren’s treks into the Amazon in search of the Mapinguari, what is thought to be the still living giant ground sloth. The article detailed the derision that Oren suffered from his fellow scientists.

Read: Beasts in the Mist – The Mapinguari »