Archive for the “Folklore”
Posted by: Craig Woolheater on August 28th, 2014
The Monsters have been uncaged! The whole furry, scaly, red-eyed, bat-winged, fanged, dripping-clawed, oversized pack of slavering unknown creatures that I spent two years cramming into a 376-page paperback are now free to romp and roam where ever anyone may care to read about them. And in this book, it’s not just all about upright, wolf-like creatures.
~ Linda Godfrey
Read: American Monsters Uncaged »
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Posted by: Craig Woolheater on August 28th, 2014
In the mystical lagoons, marshes and swamps of Louisiana’s bayou, Elliot Guidry and his team of BEAST (the Bayou Enforcement Agency on Supernatural Threats) battle the elements while tracking down a pack of the infamous Grunch.
Read: Swamp Monsters: The Grunch »
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Posted by: Craig Woolheater on August 26th, 2014
The film is set in 1883 and is loosely based on the Bauman story which was documented in a book written by President Theodore Roosevelt. The term Windigo is derived from Native American folklore.
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Posted by: Craig Woolheater on August 24th, 2014
Part man, part wolf, the Rougarou came to the Louisiana marshes in the 1700s on French ships and never left. The Swamp Monsters team is figuring out the best way to hunt this Cajun Wolfman.
Read: Swamp Monsters: Cajun Boys Hunt the Rougarou »
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Posted by: Craig Woolheater on August 24th, 2014
The AIMS team talks about their second attempt at catching the elusive Grassman and Buck’s life-threatening accident.
Read: Behind the Hunt: Grassman »
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Posted by: Craig Woolheater on August 22nd, 2014
Swamp Monsters investigates Cajun creatures that thrive in the muck and mud of Louisiana’s bayou, where residents have been reporting mysterious encounters for 100 years.
Read: Swamp Monsters: Premiere Delayed »
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Posted by: Craig Woolheater on August 19th, 2014
Ian recollects an encounter he had when he was a teenager while living near the rural New South Wales town of Kiah, SSW of Eden.
It is an encounter he says he will never forget, and often reminisces to this day. Years on, he asked various locals if they also had encounters and found he was not the only one.
He adds towards the end of the interview, he feels privileged for the experience.
Read: Teenager Has an Upclose Yowie Encounter »
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Posted by: Craig Woolheater on August 17th, 2014
Alaskan artist Robroy Menzies has illustrated what was a popular story posted here on Cryptomundo: Sasquatch Salvaging Walrus Carcass Caught on Video?
Read: Sasquatch Salvaging Walrus Carcass Illustrated »
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Posted by: Craig Woolheater on August 16th, 2014
Coming August 19th from Columbus Press and author Samuel Snoek-Brown is a novel that takes place during the Civil War in Louisiana which draws on Creole culture and the myth of the Rougarou, the Louisiana werewolf.
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Posted by: Craig Woolheater on August 16th, 2014
Bigfoot gathering in Maple Ridge, BC on Wednesday, September 17th, 2014.
Read: Update: BC Sasquatch Conference »
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Posted by: Craig Woolheater on August 15th, 2014
On a typical Weekday at 4.15am in the morning, while still dark, the Witness leaves his Woodford home to catch a train to work.
The property is surrounded by bush and valleys. Although not known to the Witness at the time, the area is notorious for Yowie Sightings.
As he walked up the driveway, he was confronted by a figure that was estimated to be 7’3″ and solid. It seemed as startled as the Witness, before it retreated into the forest.
Read: Commuter Confronts a Yowie »
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Posted by: Nick Redfern on August 14th, 2014
They are very cool books that cover a wide range of mysteries, including sightings of “big cats’ in the UK, mythology, folklore, ghostly black dogs, sea serpents, and much more…
Read: Sea Serpents, Big Cats, and More »
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Posted by: Craig Woolheater on August 14th, 2014
Bigfoot gathering in Maple Ridge, BC on Wednesday, September 17th, 2014.
Read: BC Sasquatch Conference »
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Posted by: Karl Shuker on August 13th, 2014
The anomalous phenomenon of red eye-glow is one that has been reported both with tangible, corporeal creatures of cryptozoology (including bigfoot, mystery dogs, and mystery cats) and with zooform entities of a seemingly supernatural, paranormal nature (such as phantasmal Black Dogs and pookas). The instance of red eye-glow presented here, however, provides a uniquely clear-cut, […]
Read: A Novel Case of Red Eye-Glow Potentially Relevant to Cryptozoology and the Paranormal »
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Posted by: Craig Woolheater on August 12th, 2014
It doesn’t matter if you are young or old, male or female, centuries ago or today — Yowie Sightings occur across all demographics.
Read: A Yowie Sighted by Two Youths »
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