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The Loveland Frogman?

Read: Free Frogman Friday! »

Recent sightings around Alaska match native stories of a vicious Arctic mermaid that attacks unsuspecting people. With only five percent of the world’s oceans explored, new marine species are being discovered all the time. Could a sinister mermaid be among the oceans’ undocumented creatures? Our expert team searches for answers.

Read: Missing in Alaska: It Lurks Beneath the Ice »

Strange and Mysterious Creatures in Men’s Adventure Magazines

Read: Cryptozoology Anthology »

Dr Georg Wilhelm Steller was a German physician and naturalist participating during the early 1740s in the last of Danish explorer Vitus Bering’s Russian expeditions to the Arctic waters (now called the Bering Sea) separating Siberia’s Kamchatka Peninsula from Alaska. During this expedition, Steller documented many new species of animal, including four very contentious forms that continue to arouse cryptozoological curiosity even today.

Read: Steller’s Secret Fauna – Gargantuan Sea-Cows, Inaccessible Sea-Ravens, and Bewhiskered Sea-Monkeys »

…the publication of The Menagerie of Marvels, whose subtitle, A Third Compendium of Extraordinary Animals, reveals that it is volume #3 in my series dealing with extraordinary animals from both cryptozoology and mainstream zoology.

Read: My Menagerie of Marvels is Here! »

Let’s have a little fun here amongst your fellow Cryptomundians…

Read: What’s Your Cryptid Name? »

“The waterways of Japan have long been home to many mysteries, with a large number of accounts of various strange creatures lurking in the depths of Japans rivers, lakes, and coasts…”

Read: Mystery River Mammals of Japan »

Mama Creech: As we celebrate 60 years of Creech this week, we would be remiss if didn’t mention the amazingly talented (and often overlooked) genius who created the Creature, Milicent Patrick. The Creature is one of the few Universal monsters who was arguably more famous than the actors behind the makeup. Legendary!Famous Monsters of Filmland

Read: Mama Creech »

Yesterday was the 60th anniversary of The Creature From the Black Lagoon‘s theatrical release.

Read: Happy Anniversary Creature! »

A gaggle of Epic Pictures films…

Read: Killer Mermaids, Big Ass Spiders and Zombeavers »

Darin Naish returns to MonsterTalk to discuss his latest book, Cryptozoologicon: Volume I. From the well known to the very obscure, this book takes three looks at monsters. It critically examines them, but also speculates on what they might be like if they were real…

Read: MonsterTalk: Cryptozoologicon »

C. M. Kosemen on the Cryptozoologicon Book Launch

Read: A New Approach To Cryptozoology »

Darren Naish’s talk at the launch of the Cryptozoologicon… speculative zoology, scepticism, cryptozoology

Read: Cryptids, Speculation and Skepticism »

People love to fill in mysterious areas of nature with myths of monsters. Early maps had voids of knowledge marked with warnings that “Here be Dragons,” sasquatches are believed to be prowling the thick forests, and legends tell of strange creatures that might be concealed beneath the surface of our lakes. Here we present our map of American lake monsters, showing the spread of cryptids that might be lurking in the depths of the waters of the United States.

Read: The Lake Monsters of America »

Fantom Fest in San Antonio is this weekend. Horror, cryptozoology, paranormal, etc. I’ll be there with David Weatherly, Ken Gerhard, and many more.

Read: Reminder: Fantom Fest 2013 This Weekend »