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Monster Diary: My new book…

Read: A Monsterous Diary »

At Mysterious Universe, there’s a new article from me that focuses on one of the most-often-suggested scenarios to explain Cryptids in our midst: that they are nothing stranger than escapees from circuses. But, the significant number of such reports, rumors and tales makes it obvious – as far as I’m concerned – that this is […]

Read: Cryptids and Circuses »

A 19th Century Monster…

Read: A Hong Kong Sea Serpent »

The Thylacine: True or False?

Read: Thylacine Controversies »

Strange Creatures of the Diminutive Kind…

Read: Man or Beast? »

A novel approach to the Abominable Snowman…

Read: An Adventure of the Yeti Kind »

A “pernicious and devilish pursuer of men’s flesh”

Read: The Beast of Loch Ulladale »

Out of place and over the pond…

Read: Wild Britain! »

In a new post at his Shuker Nature blog, Dr. Karl Shuker begins: “When the Venus flytrap Dionaea muscipula was first made known to botanists in the 1760s, they would not believe that it could actually catch and consume insects – until living specimens were observed in action. Moreover, reports have also emerged from several […]

Read: A Plant of the Man-Eating Kind »

What lurks in the lakes at the base of picturesque Mt. Fuji? I revisit an old mystery.

Read: Mossie: The Nessie of Mt. Fuji »

The biggest of all?

Read: A Coyote of the Huge Kind »

A state of high-strangeness…

Read: Monsters of Michigan »

When monsters and magic clash…

Read: Witchcraft at the Loch »

“Monster surfacings are all too brief…”

Read: Nessie and Footage »

“…giant arachnids terrorizing small towns…”

Read: Holy Giant Spiders! »