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Cryptomundo has been asked to participate in io9’s Cryptid Summer by io9 Editor-in-Chief Annalee Newitz.

This summer, io9 is going cryptozoological. We’re offering a $2000 bounty to the person who sends us the best authentic photo or video of a “cryptid,” or mystery animal. And that’s just the beginning of Cryptid Summer.

Read: io9’s Cryptid Summer »

I posted Nick’s article from his Lair of the Beasts column earlier today here on Cryptomundo.

Loren responded with his post Cryptids Are Not Totally Elusive, Actually.

Nick further expounds on his theory here exclusively on Cryptomundo.

Read: Nick Redfern Further Expounds on Monsters and Proof »

The Altamaha-ha, known more casually as “Altie,” defies scientific explanation. Even before European settlement, the Tama tribes people told stories of a giant, snake-like river animal that hissed and bellowed. Over the past century, fishermen, lumberjacks and boy scouts have reported sightings of a creature in the tributaries and marshes of the Altamaha River, which feeds one of the largest river basins on the Atlantic Coast. The eyewitness consensus holds that the Altamaha-ha has a dark, smooth hide, apart from the tire-tread-like ridges on its back, as well as a narrow neck, prominent snout and flat, porpoise-like tail.

Read: Stalking Altie: Does Georgia have its own Loch Ness Monster? »

Aboard an rubber raft, the five companions paddled toward the Massachusetts, but they ran afoul of unexpected currents, gale-force winds, and fog that left them stranded on a buoy anchored to the sunken hulk. At nightfall, according to McCleary, a long-necked and foul-smelling sea monster approached the buoy, prompting all five boys to swim in panic through the fog. McCleary saw the beast grab Eric Ruyle and drag him underwater, followed shortly by the sound of Salley shouting, “It’s got Brad!” Moments later, a scream signaled Salley’s fate, while McCleary lost sight of Larry Bill in the mist. McCleary alone reached the shore, spending the night in World War II-era gun emplacement near Fort McRae, where a helicopter crew from Pensacola’s Naval Air Station found him at 7:45 A.M. on Sunday.

Read: What’s Eating You? Florida’s Hungry Sea Serpent Revisited »

I emailed Discovery asking if the Cadborosaur footage was real and if it was to be shown, and got a response that hints toward them having the footage and it being used soon.Cryptomundian

Answer in post.

Read: Discovery Channel Replies to Cryptomundian on Alaskan Cadborosaurus Footage »

As I said earlier here, Cryptomundo readers should bombard Discovery with letters, phone calls and emails asking that the footage be aired with the best enhancements possible. We need to launch a PR campaign to get this shown. I am that impressed by the footage that I feel everybody deserves to see it and make up their own minds on the amazing animals in this footage.

Read: Alaska Cadborosaurus Footage Owner Speaks Up »

There’s more to this story yet and I’ll keep all updated.

Read: Alaskan Cadborosaurus Footage Update »

These are great times to be a skeptic interested in monsters and things that go bump in the night!Benjamin Radford

Read: CryptoSkeptical Books of 2011 »

Cryptomundian ogopogo2011 weighs in with further opinion regarding this much discussed footage.

Read: Alaskan Cadborosaurus Footage Update »

A call to arms for Cryptomundians. I suggest readers write to Discovery Channel and tell them to show as much of the footage as they have and to show the original enhancements made by the guy who shot the footage. Come on people get typing.

Read: Alaskan Cadborosaurus Footage Update »

A comment from an acquaintance of the videographer of this much discussed footage.

Read: Alaskan Cadborosaurus Update »

One of your writers (staff) or perhaps it was a Guest-Writer Source,on your site said, Discovery Channel’s “The Deadlist Catch” would broadcast film on the existence of Cadborosauras on March 18, 2011. As, far as I know, this film hasn’t aired. Do you have any idea as to when it will be aired & why the delay?

I would think the News Media around the world, as well as, the scientific community would be anxious to show this new proof of the existence of a living,marine dinosaur.stickyum

What ever happend with the Alaskan CadborosaurusKevin Webb

what ever happened to the Alaskan Cadborosaurus that the Hillstrand’s were supposed to have a show about??Keith Williams

Caddy Footage!! Caddy Footage!! Caddy Footage!! Caddy Footage!! Caddy Footage!! We want some Caddy Footage!! Caddy Footage!! Caddy Footage!! We want some now! 😉Tim Ryan

Read: Update: Alaska Cadborosaurus Footage »

Originally published more than twenty-years ago, Monstrum! A Wizard’s Tale is a book that, if you didn’t read it first time around, you most definitely should now. Why? We’ll, here’s why: the good folk at CFZ Press (Jon & Corinna Downes and Co.) have just made available a brand new edition of this mighty, monster-driven classic.

Penned by the legendary Tony “Doc” Shiels – truly a phenomenon as much as a man – it’s one of those books that should not just be carefully devoured by cryptozoologists everywhere, but also by ufologists, ghost-hunters, and just about anyone and everyone with more than a passing interest in what has come to be known as Forteana.

Read: Monstrum! »

Henry Bauer has something in common with me, and most probably with you — he’s never seen the Loch Ness Monster.

In his case, however, it isn’t from lack of trying. The Virginia Tech science professor emeritus has made a number of trips to Scotland hoping to catch a glimpse of the world’s most elusive aquatic beast, only to be disappointed. But not disheartened.

Read: Henry Bauer: In Search of Nessie »

Although accounts of an aquatic beast living in Scotland’s Loch Ness date back 1,500 years, the modern legend of the Loch Ness Monster is born when a sighting makes local news on May 2, 1933.

Read: Loch Ness Monster: May 2, 1933 »