Archive for the “Folklore”

The Feral Children of Woolpit

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…”

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Surviving Dinosaurs in Africa?

Posted by: Craig Woolheater on November 7th, 2013

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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.

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UK Bigfoot and Wildmen

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.”

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The Monster Project: Chupacabra

Posted by: Ken Gerhard on October 26th, 2013

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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

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The Monster Project: Jersey Devil

Posted by: Craig Woolheater on October 26th, 2013

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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 »


The Unicorn Hunt

Posted by: Craig Woolheater on October 19th, 2013

A young fan inspired by Josh Gates and Destination Truth.

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Mountain Monster: The Snallygaster

Posted by: Susan Fair on October 18th, 2013

Teddy Roosevelt had hunted some exotic game before, but nothing like this.

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Orang Pendek Evidence

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.

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Crypto Reality Radio

Posted by: Craig Woolheater on October 8th, 2013

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Veteran Bigfooter Ray Crowe on the air tonight for 1.5 hours starting at 9 PM Eastern/6 PM Pacific.

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ShukerNature on Coast to Coast Tonight!

Posted by: Karl Shuker on September 15th, 2013

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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

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Reviewed: Encounters With Flying Humanoids

Posted by: Nick Redfern on September 10th, 2013

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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!

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Smugglers and Cryptids

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…”

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Horned Hares – A Potted (Or Should That Be Jugged?) History!

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 […]

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The British Wild Man

Posted by: Nick Redfern on August 29th, 2013

“…a hairy wild man of the woods…”

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The Creature of the Castle

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…”

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