Posted by: Craig Woolheater on July 14th, 2011
From the Loch Ness Monster to the Kraken, sea monsters still capture the imagination centuries after medieval cartographers doodled them in the blank spots of their maps. But to Charles Paxton, a researcher at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland, sea monster sightings are more than fish tales.
Read: Get Kraken: Why Scientists Should Study Sea Monsters »
Posted by: Loren Coleman on July 8th, 2011
What was it doing over Brooklyn?
Read: Early Mothman Account? »
Posted by: Loren Coleman on July 3rd, 2011
This report occurred 134 years ago.
Read: Shower of Alligators »
Posted by: Loren Coleman on July 2nd, 2011
Report is from 118 years ago.
Read: Maine Shower of Toads »
Posted by: Loren Coleman on June 5th, 2011
The county where this was reported was an isolated, sparsely populated area, with limited access to outside news in those days. News item image.
Read: Florida “Mad Gasser”: 1935 »
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.
Posted by: Loren Coleman on March 7th, 2011
In comments below, put your Loren Number, and play this “six degrees of separation” cryptozoology game. Images.
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Posted by: Loren Coleman on March 7th, 2011
All of a sudden, up in the sky, they see what looks like a flamingo. Finally, it dropped from the air and landed in the snow. Images.
Read: Flamingos Fall From Skies »
Posted by: Craig Woolheater on February 22nd, 2011
Beast Hunter is hosted by Pat Spain, a biologist and explorer who travels the globe in search of mythical creatures, immersing himself amongst the tribes, people and cultures on his quest to find the truth between fact and fiction.
Posted by: Loren Coleman on February 1st, 2011
Squeezed between his one-eyed pig, his feejee mermaid, his skull collection is, of course, – the must-have for every cryptozoologist Scot – a miniature Loch Ness Monster. Images.
Read: The Wonders of Rutter »
Posted by: Loren Coleman on January 22nd, 2011
The editorial stated: “There are two principal reasons why he was not caught. One is that our police failed to take the case seriously enough at first. The other is that, when the police finally decided there was “something to it,” mass hysteria and outside interference combined to make their efforts unsuccessful.”
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Posted by: Loren Coleman on January 18th, 2011
People who explore the area for Bigfoot or gold are often not doing research on the conditions that might await them. Images.
Read: Superstitions Take Three »
Posted by: Loren Coleman on December 20th, 2010
The Maryland researcher was best known for his dedication to mystery cat research. Image.
Posted by: Loren Coleman on December 14th, 2010
In response to a reader, here is a list of contributions. Cover images.
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Posted by: Loren Coleman on December 2nd, 2010
Herewith, the best works on cryptids, monsters, and creatures that were published in 2010 are assembled here for your use and interest. Plus get some sneak peeks at 2011. Images.
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