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While most students of cryptozoology recognize “Giganto” as a favorite Bigfoot/Yeti candidate, many may be unaware that German anatomist-anthropologist Franz Weidenreich (1873-1948) renamed the creature Giganthropus, treating it as a primitive ancestor of Homo sapiens.

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Doug Hajicek sends along a statement. Images.

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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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In this special guest contribution, John Green addresses the “Sasquatch Classics.”

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Did you know more sales at Amazon.com are made during the two days of Christmas and the day after than on any other two-day-period all year long. Join your cryptofriends there today to buy cryptozoo books. Image.

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Today, a guest blogger’s critique of the new book from Mark A. Hall and Loren Coleman, True Giants: Is Gigantopithecus Still Alive?. Images.

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A reader shares a roundup of Merbeing stories, found after reading about similar stories at Cryptomundo. Images.

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Let us revisit Brent Swancer’s old columns on this topic. Images.

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This cryptid formerly was rara avis (pun intended) within cryptozoology at the international level.

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Please find today a superb guest blog from German cryptozoologist Markus Felix Bühler, author of Die Insel des Grauens. Images.

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For the uninitiated, 1972’s The Legend of Boggy Creek is a drive-in classic about the legend of Arkansas’ Fouke Monster. Its theatrical and drive-in run, and its subsequent airings on broadcast and cable television throughout the 1970s and 80s, garnered the film a large cult following.

Like a lot of cult films of its era, a remake of “LOBC” has been rumored for years. However, there was only one official attempt to remake the movie and Ohio-based filmmaker Danny Vail was at its helm from 2002-2005.

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For every movie that gets made, there are hundreds more that don’t. Over the last few years, I’ve come into contact with a number of filmmakers who tried to get feature films about Bigfoot made, but for several reasons, these projects never ended up never seeing the light of day. Some didn’t progress beyond the scripting stage, while others saw financing fall through before production began.

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Guest blogger gives a rapid overview of the Pine Tree State’s mystery animals.

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The legend of the werewolf has enduring appeal, as demonstrated by yet another new Hollywood flick, The Wolfman, in which Benicio Del Toro takes over the lead in a remake of the 1941 classic that starred Lon Chaney Jr. Image.

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Let’s jump into the new year with a guest column about a hopping hot topic. Images.

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