Nessie and April 1
Posted by: Nick Redfern on December 7th, 2012
Wartime pranks and the Loch Ness Monster
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Archive for the “Loch Ness Monster”
Toho-Hammer Nessie Movie
Posted by: Mark Jaramillo on December 4th, 2012
Nessie: The International Blockbuster Film We Never Saw
In the mid-1970s, there was an aborted co-production between Hammer Films and Toho entitled “Nessie”, in which the Loch Ness Monster escapes to the ocean and begins attacking ships and oil rigs.
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Monsters in the City
Posted by: Nick Redfern on December 1st, 2012
“…huge violent eels…”
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Nessie: Honesty and Deceit
Posted by: Nick Redfern on November 27th, 2012
Loch Ness: The matter of hoaxing…
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Kusshie: Japanese Lake Monster Mystery
Posted by: mystery_man on November 23rd, 2012
What lurks in the cold waters of Hokkaido’s Lake Kussharo?
Nessie In Print
Posted by: Nick Redfern on November 22nd, 2012
Glasgow Boy digs into the world of books on Nessie…
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Cryptotourism Travel Posters
Posted by: Craig Woolheater on November 20th, 2012
Fernando Reza, a graphic artist and designer based in Los Angeles, made a bunch of really cool retro travel posters for a bunch of locations based on the mythical beasts or cryptids who reside there, at least according to legend. Scotland’s poster has the Loch Ness Monster on it, Manhattan’s has giant sewer alligators, and so on. His designs are honestly way better and more visually appealing than the boring stock photography used on most legitimate travel posters. And he still has tons more material if he ever wants to do a second run of these things. New Jersey has the Jersey Devil. North Carolina has the Beast of Bladenboro.Adweek
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Nessie is a Wels Catfish?
Posted by: Craig Woolheater on November 19th, 2012
In the Scottish Highlands is a mystery that has intrigued the world for generations: the Loch Ness monster; real or just a local fable, preserved to lure in the tourist dollar? One man, Nessie hunter Steve Feltham, is a believer – so much so he left his job, house, and girlfriend to dedicate his life to proving the creature’s existence. Steve Feltham lives in a caravan on the shore of Loch Ness, and makes clay figurines of Nessie to help fund his dream.
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Nessie and the Skeptics
Posted by: Nick Redfern on November 18th, 2012
…’sceptics’ just like ‘believers’ can come in various forms…
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The Beast of Loch Ulladale
Posted by: Nick Redfern on November 12th, 2012
A “pernicious and devilish pursuer of men’s flesh”
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Cryptopalooza on CBS Sunday Morning
Posted by: Craig Woolheater on November 12th, 2012
In Jefferson, Texas recently, a group of like-minded (or should we say, like-obsessed) people gathered to swap stories of strange sightings … mysterious animals and elusive creatures lurking in the deep woods.
Mossie: The Nessie of Mt. Fuji
Posted by: mystery_man on November 9th, 2012
What lurks in the lakes at the base of picturesque Mt. Fuji? I revisit an old mystery.
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Witchcraft at the Loch
Posted by: Nick Redfern on November 7th, 2012
When monsters and magic clash…
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Nessie and Footage
Posted by: Nick Redfern on November 6th, 2012
“Monster surfacings are all too brief…”
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In Search of Issie
Posted by: Nick Redfern on October 31st, 2012
From Nessie to Issie…
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