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…photos reputed to be of a carving of a Stegosaur on an ancient Cambodian temple at Angkor Wat.

And a new photo of what appears to be a sauropod from the Milan gothic cathedral.

Read: Speaking of Temples With Images of Dinosaurs Carved in Stone »

The last time we heard from Dino Dave Woetzel here at Cryptomundo, he’d had an Ogopogo sighting and taken a photo of the alleged creature.

What’s he been up tp lately?

Read: In Search of Living Dinosaurs »

“Imagine coming face to face with a ferocious, carnivorous monitor lizard with a length of somewhere between fifteen and twenty feet…”

Read: In Search of Monsters »

Lake Labynkyr is known for its geographical characteristics, the depth of its cracks reaches 80 meters. Evenk and Yakut people, Yakutia natives, claim an underwater creature, a “Siberian Loch Ness monster”, lurks in there.

Read: ‘Siberian Loch Ness monster’ Remains Discovered »

…the possibility that the Nessies are not the plesiosaurs or giant eels that many conclude them to be.

Read: Giant Salamanders in Loch Ness? »

#Books @CryptoLoren

The Complete Bibliography. Wikipedia does not have the full list. Here’s my attempt.

Read: Cryptozoologist, Fortean, Social Scientist, Museum Director Loren Coleman: A Complete Book List »

Mysterious giant tracks appeared overnight on Friday (December 14) on Koh Mai Pai (Bamboo Island, just north of Phi Phi), emerging from the forest, going through the local school and then into the sea, leaving students, parents and teachers worrying that they were made by some enormous serpent.

Read: Sea Serpent Invades Island »

Nessie: The International Blockbuster Film We Never Saw

In the mid-1970s, there was an aborted co-production between Hammer Films and Toho entitled “Nessie”, in which the Loch Ness Monster escapes to the ocean and begins attacking ships and oil rigs.

Read: Toho-Hammer Nessie Movie »

Friends and fellow explorers of the late Scott Norman, will be embarking on an expedition in his honour on November 14th. Bill Gibbons, Andrew Gibbons and John Kirk will join forces with French explorer Michel Ballot as they continue to seek evidence for the existence of the reptilian cryptid known as Mokele-mbembe. The team leaves […]

Read: Scott Norman Memorial Expedition in Search of Mokele-mbembe »

“This would have been about 40-to-45 feet in life, about the size of a bus,” said Darlene Sumerfelt of the Dallas Paleontological Society. “It would’ve weighed eight tons and could’ve eaten you in one bite.”

Read: North Texas Sea Serpent »

I am looking for sponsors for funds and equipment.

Read: Search for Mokele-mbembe in November »

There have long been reports of mysterious giant snakes lurking in the remote wilderness of Japan. Let’s take a journey to the forests of Japan to investigate these gargantuan, enigmatic serpents and perhaps find some answers.

Read: The Giant Mystery Snakes Of Japan »

There’s something in the water…

Read: Mosasaurs Off New Zealand? »

#GiantSnakes
One was worthy of the snake described in the memoirs of Colonel Fawcett.

Read: New French Fiction Book On Giant Snakes »

Cultural practices including beliefs in mythical beasts and animals that dance have helped maintain forests in the West African country of the Gambia and Malaysian Borneo, said a researcher from Oxford University speaking at the annual meeting of the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation in Bonito, Brazil.

Ashley Massey looked at the relationship between forest cover and the perceived existence of a dinosaur-like creature known as the “Ninki-nanka” in the Gambia and dancing animals known as “Kopizo” in the Malaysian state of Sabah. In both cases, locals believed that encountering mythological animals in the forest would result in death, leading them to avoid areas where they are believed to reside.

Read: Cryptids = Conservation? »