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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 Night Stalker is dead. Darren McGavin died at the age of 83, early on Saturday, February 25, 2006, in California. Kolchak: The Night Stalker, starring Darren McGavin in the lead role, in two television movies and in one of the shortest but most memorable television series (1974-1975), had frequent creature themes. It is often […]

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Today, I’m going to cross-post my interview by Henry May, who has a blog at the American Bigfoot Society Clearinghouse.   Loren Coleman and the 8.5 ft tall "Crookston Bigfoot" at his International Cryptozoology Museum, Portland, Maine, summer 2005. Photo taken by Joseph Citro, used by permission. Hi, Henry Thank you for your growing site […]

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Cryptomundo Exclusive Obituary On Saturday, February 18, 2006, at 6:05 AM, in Pennsylvania, one of the country’s best-kept-secrets, a modest but renowned behind-the-scenes eastern cougar hunter passed away. Roger Cowburn, 77, of Potter County, Pennsylvania, died. Roger Cowburn of Galeton, Pennslyvania, is a member of the Eastern Puma Research Network, a group actively searching for […]

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Click image for full-size version Ray Wallace make fakes in a wide variety of configurations. Part of the “Toledo Collection” photographed in the 1980s by Ron Schaffner. Used by permission. How the Wallace family and friends pulled off their few series of faking events is slowly beginning to be understood. For example, the long stride […]

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The following is a comprehensive listing of the links to all stories on the Malaysian "Bigfoot" (mawas, orang dalam, and other names) to be found at Cryptomundo, since December 24, 2005, when the South Asia media attention began. Search for the Setontot Harold Stephen’s Expedition Naming Malaysia’s Bigfoot ABC News Ridicules Malaysian Reports More Malaysian […]

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Part I Ray Wallace continues to be the bone of contention in Bigfoot studies. It is time to expunge the databases of his negative contributions, and look at the real evidence for Sasquatch more clearly. It goes beyond a West versus East struggle, despite what some writers would have your believe. In Cryptomundo, over at […]

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Let’s take a walk on the wild side, for a moment. It is the weekend, and tonight you may be looking for a new movie to go out and see. Perhaps you’ll go to Firewall, the new flick with Harrison Ford. Ford took the last three years to create it, and there’s lots of buzz […]

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BC Archaeologist Who Examined Bigfoot Tracks in 1967 Don Abbott was the curator of Archaeology at the Royal British Columbia Museum from 1960 until 2000. Abbott had a serious stroke in 2004, which left him paralyzed on one side. He had another major stroke in the spring of 2005 and died a few months afterward […]

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We aren’t talking curse yet, but there have been four Mokele-related deaths, not three as earlier noted, for 2005. The Mokele-mbembe-involved individuals, who have died in 2005, are: Pastor Phil Anderton, 48, who was a missionary for 15 years in the Cameroons among the Baku pygmies, died in Kansas City, of a brain tumor, on […]

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The Milt Marcy Expedition, in pursuit of Mokele-mbembe, has arrived in Cameroon, and the latest word is that Milt Marcy, Peter Beach, and Rob Mullin are preparing to head into the target area. Word has also reached the greater outside world that another important figure in the search for Mokele-mbembe, Pastor Phil Anderton, 48, died […]

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Searching for Bigfoot is not a recreational activity that should be taken lightly. Our thoughts and condolences to the families involved. We congratulate the local press for not using the often-employed “ridicule factor” in the reporting of this story. It should be a cautionary tale for anyone exploring areas that may experience adverse weather conditions. […]

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Sorry to have to mention someone else who has passed away, but this is shocking news. Coast to Coast AM has posted this sad message: January 6, 2006 In Memoriam: Ramona Bell Art Bell’s beloved wife of fifteen years, Ramona, died unexpectedly last night after an asthma attack. At present, the exact cause of Mrs. […]

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Cryptomundo Exclusive: The Missionary Who Was Told By The Pygmies They Killed A “Dinosaur” Has Died Within days of the December 19, 2005, passing of the famed hunter of Mokele-mbember, Herman Regusters, I am sad to learn another important figure in the quest for the alleged “living dinosaurs” of Africa has died. Reverend Eugene P. […]

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Herman Regusters, a prominent African American cryptozoologist who searched for Mokele-mbembe and formerly was an aerospace engineer at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Cryptomundo has been informed, recently, sadly, passed away. Herman Regusters and his wife are best known as the first Westerners to reach Lake Tele, Congo, and the only individuals on his Mokele-mbembe expedition […]

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