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Dr. Karl Shuker, in a new post at his Shuker Nature blog, says: “Cryptozoologically-speaking, Scotland is world-famous for the Loch Ness monster, and also for its plethora of pantheresque and cougar-like mystery cats that allegedly roam its lonely moors and shadowy glens. However, these are not the only cryptids on record from this northernmost country […]

Read: The Earth Hound of Banffshire »

Over at my World of Whatever blog, I have a new post that addresses one of the stranger “British Bigfoot” controversies ever to have surfaced. The creature at the heart of the saga became known as the “Beast of Bolam” (after the location: Bolam Lake Country Park, which is located in Northumberland, England), and briefly provoked massive interest at a local level and within British Fortean and cryptozoological circles.

Read: The Beast of Bolam: 10 Years On »

Karl Shuker’s latest book, Cats of Magic, Mythology, and Mystery (CFZ Press: Bideford, 2012), is now in print!

Read: Cats of Magic – Now Available! »

Dr. Karl Shuker has a new post at his Shuker Nature blog. The subject: the European wildman.

Read: The European Wildman »

For decades, people all across the United Kingdom – from the cold northern realms of Scotland to the southern-most borders of England – have reported sightings of large cats, very often the size of mountain-lions and equally often completely black in color.

Read: Seeking Britain’s Big Cats »

“In cryptozoology, it is always a delight to unearth accounts of hitherto-obscure mystery beasts from the archives of antiquity,” says Dr. Karl Shuker, in a new post, continuing: “Lately two such creatures, hailing from widely disparate geographical regions but of oddly similar appearance, have occupied my attention simultaneously, though with very different outcomes, as will […]

Read: Megalopedus and More »

Cliff posted his behind the scenes views for the latest episode of Animal Planet’s Finding Bigfoot entitled “The Sierra Spy” on his website.

Read: Behind the Scenes of Finding Bigfoot: “The Sierra Spy” with Cliff Barackman »

Over at Mysterious Universe, there’s a new post from me that deals with one of my trips to Puerto Rico in search of the Chupacabras, when nothing less than both a Man in Black and a Woman in Black became part of the story!

Read: A MIB, a WIB, and a Monster »

“…one hairy read that should not be missed…”

Read: Neil Arnold: Wildman Comments »

For generations, tales of a creature called the mapinguari have been passed down among Amazonian villagers. They describe a tall, shaggy beast that attacks with little warning, calling out with a deafening roar. In the world’s largest rainforest, new species are discovered every few days, and after hearing stories from villagers who claim they came face to face with the creature, Richard Terry tries to determine whether the mapinguari is more than a myth.

Read: Man v. Monster: Brazilian Bigfoot on Nat Geo Wild Tonight! »

A couple of people have asked me what kinds of cases and theories for the British Bigfoot appear in my new book, Wildman!, which is the first full-length study of the phenomenon of hairy man-beasts in the UK. Well, the easiest way to answer that question of cases and theories, is to share with you the “Contents” list…

Read: Wildman! – The Contents »

Does Ketchum’s DNA study correlate with John Viera’s research?

Read: There Were Giants In The Earth In Those Days »

Exotic and impossible…

Read: An “Impossibeast” »

Sasquatch in the UK: My new book…

Read: Wildman! A Study of the British Bigfoot »

“…to hear them baying is a sign of imminent disaster…”

Read: Cornwall’s Phantom Hounds »