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Hello, again! This is Gwen Perkins, guest curator of “Giants in the Mountains: The Search for Sasquatch”. I sent a press release over some time ago for our January program but Susan Rohrer, the director of that museum’s been able to add even more to it, so I wanted to keep Cryptomundo in the loop! […]

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A new year is always exciting, for no telling what it holds. New species to be discovered? Of course. New cryptid sightings? Certainly. New cryptozoology books being published? Needless to say. The Top Cryptozoology Books of 2007 have been picked and discussed, so it is time to look to the future. There, indeed, are hints […]

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The tributes to Sir Edmund Hillary continue to roll in from afar, a fact acknowledged in today’s New York Times. The man’s reach was far indeed. In Portland, Maine, the local newspaper recalled Sir Edmund visited here in 1962, and gave a lecture for teachers and school children at the-then-grand Lafayette Hotel on his Abominable […]

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Sir Edmund Hillary, one of the first two men to climb the world’s highest mountain, Mount Everest, has died at the age of 88, on January 11, 2008, local New Zealand time. He climbed the 29,035 ft (8,850m) peak with Sherpa Tenzing Norgay, reaching the top on May 29, 1953. Hillary’s health had reportedly been […]

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The blog the Paranormal Insider has a nice overview of The Texas Bigfoot Research Conservancy, founded by Craig Woolheater. It is always good to see the great work done by Craig highlighted, as his almost annual conferences are quite enjoyable to attend. Texas does have some of the most attractive, fun-loving people on Earth. Large […]

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Tonight marks the return of Bigfoot Central on the Artist First network. Bigfoot Central was the first of the internet radio Bigfoot shows. Robert W. Morgan was the initial host of the show when it originally debuted back in 2003. After Morgan left the show, Loren Coleman hosted for a bit. The show returns tonight, […]

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The little blue moa. The Thylacine of the Avian world is in the news again. Australian cryptozoologist Rex Gilroy recently discussed the latest new findings for Moas with the Hawke’s Bay Today. One of the good points about Gilroy is that he does serve as a lightning rod for unusual animal accounts in the region […]

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John-Mark Sheppard (above) is the young man who is supplying cryptozoology with new insights about cryptids being reported in Liberia, e.g. the Gbahali and the Kumbway. In response to reader requests for more about the person collecting the reports, I asked him to share some insights about himself. Here is John-Mark Sheppard’s personal profile: I […]

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Daniel Perez holds a 14.5-inch cast of a footprint from Bluff Creek in Northern California, where a film purporting to show a large primate was made. Riverside man’s dream is as big as his quarry The Center for Bigfoot Studies, like the creature itself, is not easy to find. It hides amid the forest of […]

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A group of Dexter Regional High School students and their teacher-adviser Regan McPhetres plan to investigate and prove the existence of mountain lions in Maine. McPhetres, who along with another teacher ran a similar program from 1992 through 2001 in the Winslow-Waterville area, believes there is plenty of evidence that the elusive creatures have a […]

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Top Ten Bigfoot Stories of 2007 by Loren Coleman, Bigfoot!, and The Field Guide to Bigfoot and Other Mystery Primates. During 2007, the worldwide interest in unknown hairy human-like creatures moved from a focus in Malaysia in 2005-2006, to more interest again in North American events. Some of the news was purely organizational and people-driven. […]

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Janice Carter Coy alleged meeting with the Bigfoot “Fox” in her house’s basement, April 2002. The netherworld of Bigfooters is known to have a few bizarre “marriages” and “divorces.” The unions and break-ups have been well-documented for such strange bedfellows as Peter Byrne and Ray Crowe, Jeff Meldrum and Matt Moneymaker, Tom Biscardi and Ray […]

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Bigfoot Expeditions: the Search for Sasquatch State Capital Museum and Outreach Center 211 21st Avenue SW Olympia, Washington 98501 (360) 753- 2580 WashingtonHistory.org Saturday, January 26, 2008 1 to 4 PM Admission is free with a suggested donation of $2.00 2007 marks the 40th anniversary of the famous Patterson-Gimlin film made in northern California. This […]

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On Friday, November 30, 2007, I took the train to New York City from Portland, Maine. It is a long ride, but I decided to try it out, catch up on some reading, and see what came my way. I was surprised by the person I ran into on the train: CBS 60 Minutes correspondent […]

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Face Time: Doug Hajicek of MonsterQuest Doug Hajicek is creator of the History Channel’s MonsterQuest, a 13-part weekly series that “reveals the truth of legendary monster sightings around the world.” It’s his quest to explain the unexplained. Hajicek is known for his productions of “The Man Who Walks with Bears” for Animal Planet, Discovery Channel’s […]

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