Archive for the “Folklore”
Posted by: Nick Redfern on November 7th, 2013
“Woolpit is an ancient English village situated between the Suffolk towns of Bury St. Edmunds and Stowmarket. And it’s a village with a very strange story attached to it…”
Read: The Feral Children of Woolpit »
Categorized as: Cryptozoology, Feral People, Folklore, Forteana, Lair of the Beasts | 6 Comments »
Posted by: Craig Woolheater on November 7th, 2013

A free presentation on surviving dinosaurs that is open to the public on Tuesday, November 12, 2013 @ 6 PM at
Utah Valley University in Orem, UT.
Read: Surviving Dinosaurs in Africa? »
Categorized as: Bigfoot Report, Cryptozoologists, Cryptozoology, Cryptozoology Conferences, Evidence, Eyewitness Accounts, Folklore, Living Dinosaurs, Living Fossils, Mokele-Mbembe, Photos, Pop Culture | 7 Comments »
Posted by: Nick Redfern on October 29th, 2013
“He was naked and was like a man in all his members, covered with hair and with a long shaggy beard. He eagerly ate whatever was brought to him, but if it was raw he pressed it between his hands until all the juice was expelled.”
Read: UK Bigfoot and Wildmen »
Categorized as: Bigfoot, Cryptozoology, Eyewitness Accounts, Feral People, Folklore, Lair of the Beasts, Sasquatch | Comments Off on UK Bigfoot and Wildmen
Posted by: Ken Gerhard on October 26th, 2013

What do the Jersey Devil, Champ and the Chupacabra all have in common? These legends have lived within the public eye for ages, gaining cult-like status across the globe. They exist as the world’s most notorious monsters, with fascinating new stories popping up every year and adding to the lore. But what’s the real story behind these modern day cryptic icons?
Tonight on Nat Geo Wild! The Chupacabra episode airs at 9 PM & 12 AM ET
Read: The Monster Project: Chupacabra »
Categorized as: Chupacabras, Cryptozoologists, Cryptozoology, Evidence, Eyewitness Accounts, Folklore, Men in Cryptozoology, Pop Culture, Television, Texas Monster Hunter, Videos | 1 Comment »
Posted by: Craig Woolheater on October 26th, 2013

What do the Jersey Devil, Champ and the Chupacabra all have in common? These legends have lived within the public eye for ages, gaining cult-like status across the globe. They exist as the world’s most notorious monsters, with fascinating new stories popping up every year and adding to the lore. But what’s the real story behind these modern day cryptic icons?
Tonight on Nat Geo Wild! The Jersey Devil episode airs at 8 & 11 PM ET
Read: The Monster Project: Jersey Devil »
Categorized as: Avian Mysteries, Bigfoot Report, Cryptozoologists, Cryptozoology, Evidence, Eyewitness Accounts, Folklore, Footprint Evidence, Jersey Devil, Men in Cryptozoology, Museums, Pop Culture, Television, Videos, Winged Weirdies | 1 Comment »
Posted by: Craig Woolheater on October 19th, 2013
A young fan inspired by Josh Gates and Destination Truth.
Read: The Unicorn Hunt »
Categorized as: Bigfoot Report, Cryptozoology, Destination Truth, Expedition Reports, Folklore, Pop Culture, Social Media, Videos | 5 Comments »
Posted by: Susan Fair on October 18th, 2013
Teddy Roosevelt had hunted some exotic game before, but nothing like this.
Read: Mountain Monster: The Snallygaster »
Categorized as: Bigfoot Report, Books, Cryptid Canids, Cryptozoology, Folklore, Hoaxes | 2 Comments »
Posted by: David Weatherly on October 17th, 2013
The Orang Pendek has been reported for over a hundred years by local tribes, villagers and western colonists alike. The primary location of sightings is the Bukit Barisan mountain range, an area of primal rainforest just two degrees south of the equator.
According to a recent report from blogger Robert Lindsay, scientist may already have definitive proof of the creature’s existence.
Read: Orang Pendek Evidence »
Categorized as: Breaking News, Conspiracies, Cryptozoologists, Cryptozoology, Evidence, Folklore, Homo floresiensis, Orang Pendek, TwoCrowsCrypto | 5 Comments »
Posted by: Craig Woolheater on October 8th, 2013

Veteran Bigfooter Ray Crowe on the air tonight for 1.5 hours starting at 9 PM Eastern/6 PM Pacific.
Read: Crypto Reality Radio »
Categorized as: Bigfoot, Bigfoot Report, Books, CryptoRadio, Cryptozoologists, Cryptozoology, Evidence, Expedition Reports, Eyewitness Accounts, Folklore, Footprint Evidence, Media Appearances, Men in Cryptozoology, Podcast, Sasquatch | Comments Off on Crypto Reality Radio
Posted by: Karl Shuker on September 15th, 2013

Zoologist, media consultant, and science writer, Dr Karl Shuker, discusses bizarre, anomalous creatures of every conceivable (and inconceivable!) kind– a veritable menagerie of cryptozoological mysteries to dazzle and delight, tantalize and terrify.Coast to Coast AM
Read: ShukerNature on Coast to Coast Tonight! »
Categorized as: Books, Cryptozoologists, Cryptozoology, Eyewitness Accounts, Folklore, Forteana, ShukerNature | Comments Off on ShukerNature on Coast to Coast Tonight!
Posted by: Nick Redfern on September 10th, 2013

A few days ago, I received a review copy of the new book from cryptozoologist Ken Gerhard. Published by Llewellyn, its title is Encounters With Flying Humanoids. Ken is the author of a number of previous books, including Monsters Are Real, Big Bird!, and (with me) Monster of Texas. And, I’m very pleased to say, the book does not disappoint. Indeed, I read the whole thing in one sitting – which is a sure sign that the book is a very good one!
Read: Reviewed: Encounters With Flying Humanoids »
Categorized as: Avian Mysteries, Books, Cryptozoologists, Cryptozoology, Eyewitness Accounts, Flying Humanoids, Folklore, Forteana, Jersey Devil, Mothman, Reviews, Winged Weirdies | 2 Comments »
Posted by: Nick Redfern on September 6th, 2013
“…he has been studying a number of stories relative to hairy ‘wild men,’ cannibalistic sub-humans, and other, similar, horrific humanoids reported in the English county of Devon way back in the 1600s and the 1700s…”
Read: Smugglers and Cryptids »
Categorized as: Cryptozoology, Folklore, Forteana, Hoaxes, Lair of the Beasts | 1 Comment »
Posted by: Karl Shuker on September 5th, 2013
It is well known that one of North America’s most popular legendary icons, the jackalope, originated in traditional lumberjack folklore but was first given a physical reality as recently as the 1930s when the earliest confirmed taxiderm specimen was artfully manufactured from a jack rabbit (technically a species of hare) and some pronghorn antelope horns […]
Read: Horned Hares – A Potted (Or Should That Be Jugged?) History! »
Categorized as: Cryptozoology, Folklore, Hoaxes, ShukerNature | 2 Comments »
Posted by: Nick Redfern on August 29th, 2013
“…a hairy wild man of the woods…”
Read: The British Wild Man »
Categorized as: Bigfoot, Books, Feral People, Folklore, Forteana, Lair of the Beasts | 2 Comments »
Posted by: Nick Redfern on August 29th, 2013
“Back in the 1930s, a strange and sinister story surfaced of a diabolical beast rumored to haunt an old Irish castle…”
Read: The Creature of the Castle »
Categorized as: Bigfoot, Cryptozoology, Folklore, Forteana, Lair of the Beasts | Comments Off on The Creature of the Castle