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A re-examination of Bigfoot video footage from six years ago.

Read: Re-Examining the Easterville Cree Bigfoot Video »

There are many theories circulating around in the Kingdom of Bigfootdom. The predominant theory is that the Bigfoot are descendants of “Gigantopithecus” which they have a fossil record for in China (i.e., Essentially, a partial jawbone and one tooth).

Read: Dr. Matthew Johnson: A Question About the “Nephilim/Bigfoot Theory” »

One might argue how much faith Oren should put in anecdotal evidence provided to him by 50 or so people who say they’ve had encounters with the sloth. Still, it seems odd that scientists, of all people, would question the search for anything thought to be elusive or even impossible to find. Think of the naysayers who used to scoff every time Carl Sagan said there had to be other planets orbiting other suns in other solar systems; now other planets are discovered so often it’s hard to keep track of how many there are.

Read: Speaking of the Mapingauri… »

Science does not address “supernatural” claims – it must stay within natural laws and can only test that which obeys natural laws. Sharon Hill has a new piece about slipping into supernatural means when natural explanations no longer seem to suffice, especially in cases of “high strangeness”.

She discusses how the Bigfoot community is split between those that think the explanation is a flesh and blood creature and those who think the answer is beyond the normal. Also mentioned is the Beast of the Gevaudan, the Yowie and phantom black dogs. How can glowing eyes and resistance to bullets be explained? Or are researchers going down the completely wrong path.

Read: Supernatural Creep: The Slippery Slope to Unfalsifiability »

Are you someone willing to share the details of an out-in-out terrifying experience with a monster or mystery?

Read: Have You Encountered a Monster? »

Toward the tail-end of this year’s Monster Week, Animal Planet revisits this startling, groundbreaking topic in the much-anticipated follow-up special, MERMAIDS: THE NEW EVIDENCE, premiering Sunday, May 26, at 10 PM ET/PT.

Read: Mermaids: The New Evidence »

Here’s a curious illustration from a medieval bestiary in the Vatican Library. I’ve seen attempts on various websites to identify it as a sea-lion, though its trunk is surely more suggestive of an elephant seal – but what about its hoofed forelimbs?? Weird.

Read: What Is It? »

A bigger cousin to the more well-known Sasquatch, the Genoskwa has hard, armor-like skin and is said to be much more brutal!

Read: Genoskwa »

The Jersey Devil on vacation or a migratory pterodactyl from Papua, New Guinea?

Read: Update: The Van Meter Visitor »

For several nights in 1903, the small town of Van Meter, Iowa was terrorized by a giant bat-like creature that emerged from an old abandoned mine.

The identity of this mysterious monster has never been discovered, but over 100 years later a new book is retelling the amazing tale and hoping to shed some light on what happened all those years ago.

Boy, the description sure sounds like the Jersey Devil to me…

Read: The Van Meter Visitor »

He said he then looked up into the trees above the riverbank where water doesn’t reach at high tide, and saw a very big, hairy manlike creature sitting there between two trees, holding the trees alongside him, his legs hanging; the creature was watching him and his step-brother who was behind him.

Read: Alaska: Bigfoot Seen on Riverbank »

“…Bigfoot, elementals, and diminutive esoteric entities…”

Read: Creatures Concealed in Caverns »

“…there are other categories of animal that, for some – but certainly not all – creature-seekers also play a role in how we define Cryptozoology. They are the out of place animals…”

Read: In Search of America’s Camels »

The swampy jungle of the Louisiana Bayou is long rumored to be area where evil lurks and monsters prowl. From this region come tales of legendary beasts – the Honey Island Swamp Monster, the shape-shifting Rougarou and blood-sucking Vampires.

Read: Monsters and Mysteries in America: “The Swamp” Tonight »

A new CFZ Yearbook is among us…

Read: Published: A New CFZ Yearbook »