Archive for the “Folklore”

May the 4th Be With You: Are Wookiees Bigfoot Inspired?

Posted by: Loren Coleman on May 4th, 2011


Today, May 4th, in an international day of celebration of the Star Wars cinema phenomenon.

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Hoan Kiem Turtle Discovery

Posted by: Loren Coleman on April 21st, 2011


Breaking news confirms an exciting discovery. Image.

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Rock Lake Monster

Posted by: Loren Coleman on April 12th, 2011

Reports from the 19th century are intriguing.

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The First April Fools’ Sasquatch Joke

Posted by: Loren Coleman on April 1st, 2011

Who would you guess was behind this first humorous story? Images.

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New Sasquatch Sighting: Do Bigfoot Look Almost Human?

Posted by: Loren Coleman on March 29th, 2011

The eyewitness said: “His eyes were a medium shade and when I looked in them I remember thinking, ‘That’s a man.'” Image.

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Yeti Institute Established

Posted by: Loren Coleman on March 23rd, 2011

The university research facility will study the Yeti after a spate of claimed recent sightings in Siberia. Images.

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Jinmenken: The Human-Faced Dogs of Japan

Posted by: mystery_man on March 18th, 2011

Dogs with human heads or faces have long been sighted in Japan. Is there a zoological explanation behind this phenomenon?

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The Kappa of Tono

Posted by: mystery_man on March 17th, 2011

Still more on the Kappa. A post tsunami essay on these mysterious creatures by mystery_man.

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Northern Japan’s Kappas

Posted by: Loren Coleman on March 17th, 2011

Kappas are associated with the same lowland areas impacted by the recent tsunami. Images.

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Orang Pendek Extreme Expedition

Posted by: Nick Redfern on March 15th, 2011

Adam has some excellent news to relate: later this year, he will be leading a team from Britain’s Center for Fortean Zoology (CFZ) to the depths of Sumatra – in search of a breed of mysterious, diminutive ape-men known locally, and collectively, as the Orang-Pendek.

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Tsuchinoko Revisited

Posted by: Loren Coleman on March 15th, 2011

Thoughts of Japan, again: Here’s a reminder of another Japanese cryptid of some note. Images.

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Beast Hunter Pat Spain Interviewed on Weirld.com

Posted by: Craig Woolheater on March 12th, 2011

Looking a bit like Justin Timberlake with an easy grin and an enthusiasm that’s infectious, Pat Spain is a wildlife scientist with a special interest in crypto-zoological creatures, ones that may or may not exist, and he’s traveled the globe to investigate them for the new National Geographic Channel series Beast Hunter, premiering Mar. 4. Having grown up the middle of three kids in Wynantskill, New York and earned his Bachelor of Science from Suffolk University in Boston, Spain created a Web series called Nature Calls in 2005, which ultimately put him on Nat Geo’s radar. “I’m so excited to be doing this and it means a lot that other people are getting interested in it too,” he says. He had a lot more to say in the following conversation.

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Tsunamis and Thunderbirds

Posted by: Loren Coleman on March 11th, 2011


It is amazing what Thunderbird folklore may tell us about past tsunamis, says Ruth Ludwin, a University of Washington scientist. Images.

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Maine 1895: Hairy Wild Man Kills Lumbermen

Posted by: Loren Coleman on March 4th, 2011

This old case of a Windigo/Eastern Bigfoot or Marked Hominid might be explainable as a feral human. Images. Dürer art.

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Beast Hunter Premieres Friday on Nat Geo

Posted by: Craig Woolheater on March 2nd, 2011

Beast Hunter, the new intriguing series from the National Geographic Channel, follows host Pat Spain as he tries to uncover the world’s most mystifying creatures.

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