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Open season on lake monsters? BURLINGTON, VT — The Vermont Lake Monsters will open their 2006 season in Lowell on June 20th.

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The Weird Travels Cryptozoology episodes air tonight Sunday, March 26th on the Travel Channel. All times listed below are EST. Lake Monsters airs at 9 PM and again at 12 AM (midnight). Bigfoot featuring the TBRC at 10 PM and again at 1 AM on the 27th. Creepy Creatures airs at 2 AM on the […]

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What and where are your favorite cryptozoology and Bigfoot museums throughout the world? Scotland’s cryptozoology collection at the National Museums of Scotland was recently highlighted in the Scotsman. The easiest exhibits to record, unfortunately, are often the hoaxes. Shown here are a Japanese-made mermaid and a Canadian-created furred trout, both taxidermy fakes. Dr. Geoff Swinney […]

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A few days ago, I talked about cryptozoology action figures here on Cryptomundo. Today, I want to talk about cryptozoology model kits. These are different than action figures, they require assembly. My good friend Jeff Johnson, a Dallas-based model-maker and sculptor has a line of really nice cryptozoology model kits. They can be ordered in […]

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Bigfoot and Mothman and Nessie, oh my! Do you have any? Huh, huh, do ya? What’s in your collection? There have been some pretty cool cryptozoology action figures over the years. The Mezco Cryptozoology series were anticipated for quite some time before being eventually released. Supposedly, they were delayed due to negotiations over the licensing […]

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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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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 […]

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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 […]

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I am happy to announce that my first two books, The Unidentified and Creatures of the Outer Edge, with Jerome Clark, long out of print, are now back. First appearing in 1975 and 1978, these two classics have now been published as a special double edition with a new introduction. The Unidentified and Creatures of […]

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