Archive for the “Hoaxes”

De Loys’ Well-Known Prank

Posted by: Loren Coleman on August 27th, 2007

Michel Raynal continues the discussion of the de Loys photograph with a summary of his recent findings. Several people who met with François de LOYS in Mene Grande (Venezuela) in 1917-1920, when he was doing geological work for the Standard Oil in this area, have revealed that de LOYS made a joke with a simple […]

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Apes In Green Hell: Racism and Revisions

Posted by: Loren Coleman on August 24th, 2007

Dr. Karl Shuker has written numerous articles and several major books devoted to cryptozoological topics. One of his earliest books is the classic like Mystery Cats of the World (1989). But today, I do not speak of felines. He also wrote other books that have become favorites of cryptozoologists, such as Extraordinary Animals Worldwide (1991), […]

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Are Peru’s Ica Stones Safe?

Posted by: Loren Coleman on August 19th, 2007

Dinosaurs and men alive at the same time? I don’t really want to get into that discussion, but I want to alert you to the fact a “piece” of the evidence (pro or con) used by some to support their point of view in the debate, the Ica Stones, may be missing or damaged. The […]

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Werewolf Mask Fools Investigators

Posted by: Loren Coleman on August 17th, 2007

This is a time for caution, says an experienced werewolf hunter. Linda Godfrey, the author of The Beast of Bray Road and Hunting the American Werewolf, shares the image of this newly available mask (at top), as an example of the kinds of costume items easily obtainable nowadays. From photographs of probable people in Bahia […]

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Manitoba Mounties Nab Sasquatch

Posted by: Craig Woolheater on August 16th, 2007

Manitoba Mounties nab Whiteshell ‘sasquatch’ Teen in gorilla mask frightened campers for two years Mounties in eastern Manitoba have nabbed a strange, hairy monster that has been stalking campgrounds in and around the Whiteshell Provincial Park for the past two summers. Police received the call around midnight on July 30 from a woman who had […]

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Cryptotaxidermia Wurzeltodensis

Posted by: Loren Coleman on August 8th, 2007

One of the prize pieces of the Minnesota Association of Rogue Taxidermists. Suzanne Gerber (above). Suzanne Gerber has collected an incredible gallery of pieces in her “long-awaited Taxidermy, Cryptozoology & Animal Curiosa Überpost – dedicated to a very precious and talented friend” of hers: “The lovely Jessica Joslin.” Open the magnificent door to her Taxidermia […]

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Meet the Man Who Wore the Suit Tonight

Posted by: Craig Woolheater on August 6th, 2007

Rob McConnell, host of the X-Zone Radio Show, will interview Bob Heironimus tonight. Listen live tonight. 10:00 pm – 12:00 am Eastern / 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm Pacific BOB HEIRONIMUS – The Man Who Says He Was Bigfoot – The Patterson-Gimlin film, also referred to as simply the Patterson Film, is a short motion […]

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Prince Arthur’s Feejee Mermaid

Posted by: Loren Coleman on August 4th, 2007

Gordon Rutter, a professional botanist and well-known collector of Fortean artifacts, wrote me: “I was in London last week and whilst in the British Museum I stumbled across a rather fine Feejee mermaid which I did not know they had!” Gordon shares the above photograph with Cryptomundo, of what he found. Gordon decided to write […]

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Standing & C2C: What’s the Punchline?

Posted by: Loren Coleman on July 27th, 2007

A Student Film Project on Steroids. Setting a Speed Record while Standing Still. Standing Out Promises Malaysian Mania. Standing While Running In Place: The Self-Help Documentary for Your Next Radio Appearance. The imaginary subtitles were nonstop in my head as I tried to fall asleep on the night of July 14th. Todd Standing was on […]

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Update: New Hampshire Bigfoot Video Footage

Posted by: Craig Woolheater on July 19th, 2007

Well, after posting the purported Bigfoot video here on Cryptomundo, the truth comes out. The person who posted the video at youtube, jamesowens817, replied at youtube to commenters there regarding the video thusly: why is it always sightings hav poor quality vid?raul266 I know in my instance it’s because the sighting happened before the camera […]

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Update: New Bigfoot Video from Texas?

Posted by: Craig Woolheater on July 11th, 2007

The news of this supposed Bigfoot video from Texas was posted here on Cryptomundo on June 29, 2007. As mentioned in that post, there are many dubious characters involved with the video. See New Bigfoot Video from Texas? for a rundown on the background on the video. Here is an enhancement of the video footage […]

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Tazelwurm – Part Ic

Posted by: Loren Coleman on July 6th, 2007

During the next few days, I will be passing along the complete contributions of Austrian cryptozoologist Luis Schönherr on the cryptid Tatzelwurm. The beginnings of this, through incomplete portions first published in Pursuit, will now be fully shared by the author with the cryptozoology community. My sincere thanks to the efforts of French cryptozoologist Michel […]

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Twisted Tales of Mystery Cat Photo

Posted by: Loren Coleman on July 3rd, 2007

Here, below, is the one photograph that has been released, thusfar, of the Maine Mystery Cat, taken from a homeowner’s backyard in Sidney, Maine. The photo is from a digital camera, and the pixels give this felid a less than sharp configuration. But as you can see from reading the past blogs on this matter, […]

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New Bigfoot Video From Texas?

Posted by: Craig Woolheater on June 29th, 2007

3TV Exclusive: New Bigfoot video surfaces Exclusive new videotape may show elusive Bigfoot creature Bigfoot hunters are eating their hearts out. Cryptozoologists are hoping this new video may be the evidence they’ve sought. Skeptics are already dismissing it as another man in a monkey suit. On a secret, secluded location in the north Texas woods, […]

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A Pterodactyl in the Pool Cabana

Posted by: Loren Coleman on June 25th, 2007

There’s a Pterodactyl in the Pool Cabana So Brian passed it along, With a pat on the nose and a song. From Freaky Links in the South, Yikes, look at that mouth. Thanks Patrick for taking the family heat With the head in your passenger seat. To some, it’s a bizarre abomination, Seeking love, far […]

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