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Raymond A. Edel’s "TV best bets" for Thursday, March 9, 2006, is mentioning "America’s Loch Ness Monster" for viewing tonight, at 7:00 PM Eastern, on the Discovery Channel (in the USA). Scotland has its legendary creature of Loch Ness, but Lake Champlain — between northern New York and Vermont — has its own alleged monster […]

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George Josef was one the best stunt men in the business. He was based out of West Vancouver in British Columbia and you have seen him in plenty of movies and TV series where he has doubled for a ton of celebrities. George passed away from liver cancer in January last year and a few months […]

Read: Big Fish Story or The One That Got Away? »

Is this the picture that Cryptomundo readers referenced in Loren’s post Nessie as Elephant Theory Shortsighted? I had found this photo on the internet several months ago. I’m not sure if the details about it are correct, but I will include them here: The photo was taken from a plane in Mexico back in 1956. […]

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Scotland’s Sunday Mail of March 5, 2006, has published an article by George Mair entitled “Nessie the Elephant.” Palaeontologist Dr Neil Clark thinks the Nessie myth is “a magnificent piece of marketing” thought up by a 1930s circus boss. Dr Clark says unexplained photos of Nessie could be of the trunk, head and back of […]

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Bufo Calvin passes along the following listings; all times are for the Pacific Time Zone, USA, early in March 2006, so please check your local listings. THE DISCOVERY CHANNEL Friday March 10 3:00 AM America’s Loch Ness Monster (2003) 4:00 AM Search for the Loch Ness Monster 8:00 AM Search for the Loch Ness Monster […]

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Here’s a couple of screen shots from the Champ video that aired, finally, last week on ABCs Good Morning America. John Kirk talked about this subject also here on Cryptomundo. In the video, it shows what some say appears to be a serpentine shape moving at or just below the surface of the water. Myself, […]

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Monster hunter, scuba diver, historian, and ecologist, Jacques Boisvert, died on Saturday, February 4, 2006, at age 73, suddenly, untimely, and quietly, according to the Magog, Quebec newspaper The Outlet. Ironically, Jacques recommended I place myself on the mailing list of this small newspaper, which is not online. The paper’s arrival today was my first […]

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The Weird Travels Cryptozoology episodes air again Friday, February 24th on the Travel Channel. All times listed below are EST. Lake Monsters airs at 3 PM. Creepy Creatures at 7 PM and again at 2 AM on the 25th. Bigfoot featuring the TBRC at 8 and 11 PM and again at 9 AM on the […]

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One of the sites on the Internet I like to visit with frequency is the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) archive which contains a wonderful section on cryptids and cryptopersonalities. It’s a treasure trove for anybody who has an interest in the cryptozoological field. One of the stories in the archive I find myself drawn to […]

Read: Cadborosaurus Witness Expertly Recounts her Classic Sighting »

I previously wrote in these columns of my desire to travel to New Guinea in search of cryptids spread out all over the archipelago. As if the flying reptiles known the Ropen and the Duah weren’t enough to appease the appetite of any serious cryptozoologist, the monsters of New Britain and Lake Murray have, over […]

Read: New Guinea More Species Than Meet the Eye Part III »

Today’s Insider on TVGuide.com has an interview with Josh Pate, series co-creator and executive producer with his brother Jonas. He answered some questions about what lies in store for season 2. There won’t be any news on whether NBC will pick up the 2nd season until May. As Pate has to say about the second […]

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You might remember that last August, two Vermont anglers, Richard Affolter and Peter Bodette, claimed to have filmed the monster of Lake Champlain as it allegedly frolicked around their boat at the mouth of the Ausable River. At first they thought the object they were looking at was railroad tie, but realized it was too […]

Read: Champ Video to Be Shown on Good Morning America Monday, February 13 »

In my last post in regard to the discovery of abundance of new insect and plant species in Indonesian New Guinea, I made mention of a quizzical animal known as the Ri which ultimately turned out to be a misidentified dugong. Yet another unknown Papuan creature, this time a reptile, was thought to be a […]

Read: New Guinea – More Species than Meet the Eye Part II »

Cryptomundo CryptoZoo News Exclusive The exploratory Milt Marcy Mokele-mbembe Expedition has returned. The trek to the Cameroon was made in preparation for a longer, full-scale effort in search of Mokele-mbembe, at the beginning of 2007. Drawings of Mokele-mbembe by Bill Rebsamen, used with permission. Here’s Bill Gibbons’ first report from the group just returned from […]

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Today is the deadline, February 3rd, 2006, for the Duel Masters™ 2005 Photo Contest. You have until Midnight Eastern (9 PM Pacific) to email your photo (see rules here) to this email address. Remember, they are going to give away $5000, $2500, and three $500 prizes, and winners will be announced by February 20th. Click […]

Read: Photo Contests: Duel Masters’ Bigfoot One Ends, “Champ Sightings” Begins »