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Well it seems that there was a sighting of Ogopogo last year after all.

Read: 2012 Ogopogo Sighting »

In books and on screen, lots of famous names have had run-ins with Nessie, from Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Who to, most recently Asterix the Gaul.

Read: When Nessie Met Darwin… »

Darin Naish returns to MonsterTalk to discuss his latest book, Cryptozoologicon: Volume I. From the well known to the very obscure, this book takes three looks at monsters. It critically examines them, but also speculates on what they might be like if they were real…

Read: MonsterTalk: Cryptozoologicon »

Video clips from the Lake Murray Beast and the Beast of Bray Road episodes.

Read: Inside SyFy’s Haunted Highway »

His loss is tremendous and we will always remember Roy’s immense contribution to Cryptozoology. Rest in peace dear friend.

Read: RIP Dr. Roy P. Mackal »

Dragons belonging to the wingless but quadrupedal classical category are most closely associated with Europe, but some have been reported far away from that continent.

Read: The Dragons of Oceania »

Season 2 of Monsters and Mysteries in America premieres tonight at 10/9 PM Central on Destination America.

Texas is a hotbed of monster activity. The Lake Worth community is being terrorized by a hybrid man-goat; in Cuero Phylis Canion has proof of a Chupacabra; and in Brownsville a young couple is attacked by an aggressive Zombie soldier.

Read: Monsters and Mysteries in America: Chupacabra, Zombie Soldiers, Lake Worth Monster »

Season 2 of Monsters and Mysteries in America premieres Sunday night, December 15 at 10/9 PM Central on Destination America.

Myself and Lyle Blackburn were both filmed for the Lake Worth Monster segment of this episode. The Lake Worth Monster is near and dear to me, as it was what started my interest in Cryptozoology.

Read: Monsters and Mysteries in America: Chupacabra, Zombie Soldiers, Lake Worth Monster »

“I was delighted to stumble upon this new (yet old) story of a diver who had an unsettling time of it in Loch Ness in the 1880s…”

Read: Nessie: An Underwater Encounter »

C. M. Kosemen on the Cryptozoologicon Book Launch

Read: A New Approach To Cryptozoology »

Jael and Devin try to catch a glimpse of a supposed water monster that’s said to inhabit Lake Murray in South Carolina, while Jack and Dana look for ghosts at Donner Memorial Park in Truckee, Cal.

Tonight at 9/8 C on SyFy.

Read: SyFy’s Haunted Highway: Lake Murray Beast/The Donner Party »

Darren Naish’s talk at the launch of the Cryptozoologicon… speculative zoology, scepticism, cryptozoology

Read: Cryptids, Speculation and Skepticism »

Do undiscovered mini-man-beasts inhabit the tiny Indonesian island of Flores? Is a king cheetah depicted in an Indian painting from the Mughal Empire? How can the diversity of lake monsters in Spain be explained? What is the identity of a controversial African ape called the koolookamba?

Read: Volume 2 of the Journal of Cryptozoology is Here! »

People love to fill in mysterious areas of nature with myths of monsters. Early maps had voids of knowledge marked with warnings that “Here be Dragons,” sasquatches are believed to be prowling the thick forests, and legends tell of strange creatures that might be concealed beneath the surface of our lakes. Here we present our map of American lake monsters, showing the spread of cryptids that might be lurking in the depths of the waters of the United States.

Read: The Lake Monsters of America »

Hot on the heels of Mirabilis comes my latest, 20^th book – Dragons in Zoology, Cryptozoology, and Culture, newly published by Coachwhip Publications (Greenville, Ohio), just in time for Christmas!

Read: The Dragons Have Landed! My All-New Second Dragons Book is Here! »