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During the last decade, several attempts have occurred to promote the "Ozark Howler" as a real cryptid. After the first round of efforts, I gathered the specifics of the story, discovered the identity of the original hoaxer, and submitted the overview of what happened in a draft manuscript written with Jerome Clark in 1998. The […]

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Looking for some suggestions for your holiday gift-giving to add to the book shelves of cryptozoologists-in-training? Trying to come up with colorful presents for those stockings? Here’s some book ideas that are being put out there for kids who are visiting the activities and the current Missouri home of the traveling exhibition that left Bates […]

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Mysterious "White Thing" Haunts Residents for GenerationsHappy HollowSunday, September 24, 2006Linda Longal.com Everything Alabama The hour was late; the weather was warm. Back then, air conditioning for most folks meant an open window. Whenever her daddy worked the swing shift at the steel mill, eight-year-old Connie slept in the bed with her mother. Restless in […]

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While Loren had already covered this particular beastie recently here on Cryptomundo, I thought I would share this recent article with the readers of Cryptomundo for Halloween. The Beast of Bladenboro In 1954, a savage killer kept a small North Carolina town in a grip of terror. He left big tracks, a bloody trail and […]

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Please click to enlarge this image of Bigfoot as drawn by Paul Smith, and sepia-colorized for the cover of Bigfoot! The True Story of Apes in America The Top 50 Cryptids From Around The World Cryptids are the yet-to-be discovered animals or recovered supposedly extinct zoological species that are being sought by cryptozoologists, zoologists, anthropologists, […]

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Halloween 2006 seems as good a time as any to publish a response to several requests I have received lately for my top ten picks in cryptids, those animals that serve as the focus of cryptozoologists. Of course, thinking outside the lines, as I always do, I had to choose thirteen. Also, I had to […]

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In search of the elusive Pennsylvania mountain lions Christian Berg Outdoors The Morning Call, Allentown, PA When it comes to creepy creatures, Pennsylvania doesn’t hold a candle to other parts of the country. The Pacific Northwest has Bigfoot, New Mexico has space aliens and Puerto Rico is home to the fearsome chupacabra, a grotesque monster […]

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DNR: We’ll take cougar sightings seriously Saturday, October 07, 2006 By Nate Reens The Grand Rapids PressGRAND HAVEN — State wildlife authorities said Friday they plan to take more interest in reports of cougar sightings and that next spring three staffers will learn about the animals from experts in New Mexico. The moves, made under […]

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Lion hunt: State probes area sightings of big cats Officials skeptical of reports of mountain lions say people likely are seeing some other kind of cat. By Tom Venesky Chuck Litwin Jr. knows what he saw. He just can’t believe it. It was 9 a.m. Sept. 16. Litwin was driving his truck on state Route […]

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(Click on image to see full size version, enhanced by shockbeton) It is a few minutes beyond midnight in the East, and a year ago today – on September 29, 2005 – Cryptomundo was born. Thank you everyone, for a wonderful first year of Cryptomundo! The images here are a quick trip down memory lane. […]

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Thanks to many readers’ contributions to the analysis of the latest mystery photograph passed along to Cryptomundo. Please refer to part one’s many comments for more background. Click on image for full-size version Click on this image of a black Burmese named “Patch,” compared to a size 10 shoe, for a larger version. As I […]

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What kind of feline is this one photographed near Decatur, Illinois? According to the Eastern Puma Research Network (EPRN): “This mystery cryptid animal was caught on film by the wife of an EPRN associate member, who had gone hunting at 0530 hours in November 2004…The animal was filmed at 0547 hours in an area that […]

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Although the moniker of the Yardley Yeti seems to be an unfortunate choice of words, I can’t decide if this is better or worse than the usually affixed choice: Chupacabra. An article from today’s Bucks County Courier Times relates quite a few of the sightings that they have received after the previous article was published. […]

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An article from today’s Bucks County Courier Times mentions a strange animal seen Bucks County, PA. They realize they will be pegged as nutty, and they insist they do not believe in things that go bump in the night. Yet, several readers claim to have spotted a weird creature roaming the Yardley/Lower Makefield area. I […]

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Mon 18 Sep 2006 It’s a jungle out there as exotic beast sightings in UK soar AMANDA BROWN MORE than 10,000 sightings of wild and exotic animals have been reported in the UK since 2000, and the figure is set to grow, according to a new study. Some 5,931 sightings of big cats, 332 of […]

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