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For Cryptomundians who live outside the US and were not able to watch the premiere last night, the show has been uploaded to youtube.

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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 »

This report comes from one of the most desolate provinces in Japan, from where monster reptiles and wild animals are frequently killed.

Read: Japanese Woman Swallowed by Giant Snake »

This is from Iowa, 1885.

Read: Giant Snake Roars Like Train »

This account is from Pennsylvania, 1902.

Read: Giant Horned Snake »

I found and documented a rival town claiming to have physical evidence of the 1949 turtle and labeling it as “Beast of Busco. Here are the photos of that evidence. Images.

Read: Beast of Busco Discovered? »

Weighing a whopping 900 lbs and stretching 14 ft long, McCathern’s gator may be the largest ever killed in Texas history.

Video.

Read: Giant Gator Killed In Trinity River »

Today, I find myself in north-central Indiana, tracking down the Beast of Busco info and material. Images.

Read: In Search Of The Beast of Busco »

Does injecting snake venom make you live longer? Images.

Read: Serpentarium’s Hasst, 100, Has Died »

Cryptomundo has been asked to participate in io9’s Cryptid Summer by io9 Editor-in-Chief Annalee Newitz.

This summer, io9 is going cryptozoological. We’re offering a $2000 bounty to the person who sends us the best authentic photo or video of a “cryptid,” or mystery animal. And that’s just the beginning of Cryptid Summer.

Read: io9’s Cryptid Summer »

Taking place right now, this festival recalls a giant turtle seen in an Indiana lake. Images.

Read: Turtle Days 2011 Celebrates “Beast of Busco” »

The Altamaha-ha, known more casually as “Altie,” defies scientific explanation. Even before European settlement, the Tama tribes people told stories of a giant, snake-like river animal that hissed and bellowed. Over the past century, fishermen, lumberjacks and boy scouts have reported sightings of a creature in the tributaries and marshes of the Altamaha River, which feeds one of the largest river basins on the Atlantic Coast. The eyewitness consensus holds that the Altamaha-ha has a dark, smooth hide, apart from the tire-tread-like ridges on its back, as well as a narrow neck, prominent snout and flat, porpoise-like tail.

Read: Stalking Altie: Does Georgia have its own Loch Ness Monster? »

On Sunday, June 5, 2011, the programmers at Animal Planet (AP) have slanted a collection of episodes of cryptid-related shows to lead up to the evening screening of “Finding Bigfoot: Swamp Ape.”

Read: Animal Planet’s Buildup To Finding Bigfoot: “Swamp Ape” »

Another report of an out-of-place alligator? Image.

Read: Cop “Kills” Crazy Croc Cryptid »

Aboard an rubber raft, the five companions paddled toward the Massachusetts, but they ran afoul of unexpected currents, gale-force winds, and fog that left them stranded on a buoy anchored to the sunken hulk. At nightfall, according to McCleary, a long-necked and foul-smelling sea monster approached the buoy, prompting all five boys to swim in panic through the fog. McCleary saw the beast grab Eric Ruyle and drag him underwater, followed shortly by the sound of Salley shouting, “It’s got Brad!” Moments later, a scream signaled Salley’s fate, while McCleary lost sight of Larry Bill in the mist. McCleary alone reached the shore, spending the night in World War II-era gun emplacement near Fort McRae, where a helicopter crew from Pensacola’s Naval Air Station found him at 7:45 A.M. on Sunday.

Read: What’s Eating You? Florida’s Hungry Sea Serpent Revisited »