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“Imagine, if you dare, a real-life equivalent of H.P. Lovecraft’s most famous and legendary creation: the great Cthulhu. In the dark and disturbing pages of The Call of Cthulhu, Lovecraft gave a hideous description of the ominous nightmare…”

Read: Lovecraft’s Legendary Monster »

“…Throughout the county of Staffordshire, strange, monstrous and terrible things lurk. Exotic big cats are said to roam Staffordshire’s thick woods. Ghostly black dogs with red, glowing eyes faithfully haunt and patrol its ancient roads and well-worn pathways…”

Read: Strange Creatures of the Regional Type »

“…Bigfoot, wolf-men, strange water-based beasts, wallabies, coypu, armadillos, big cats, weird winged things, and much more are contained in its packed pages…”

Read: Monsters of Staffordshire »

I found this on the beach at Devils Lake State Park in Baraboo, Wisconsin a couple days ago. Didn’t see any eyes on it. Doesn’t look like something from freshwater to me..

Read: Freshwater Cephalopod? »

Strange carcass with some type of government stamp on it.

Watch the video here at Cryptomundo!

Read: What The Hell Is This? »

“…As you negotiate a sharp bend – a bend you have traveled on probably hundreds of occasions and one which is particularly dense with tree cover – you slow down and turn on your high beams to help illuminate the blackness that beckons. Suddenly, your eyes become hypnotized by something incredible on the right-side of the road…”

Read: An Alien Big Cat in the Woods »

Things are rarely what they seem in cryptozoology, as epitomised by the following case investigated by me.

Read: A Celtic Capybara?? I Don’t Think So!! »

Pierre Sonnerat was a famous 18th-Century French explorer and naturalist. As will be revealed here in the following ShukerNature post of mine, however, he was also a blatant hoaxer – confirmed by the curious case of New Guinea’s non-existent penguins, and kookaburra.  “Pierre Sonnerat’s publications include Voyage à la Nouvelle-Guinée (1776), documenting an expedition that he […]

Read: Sonnerat’s Non-Existent Penguins (and Kookaburra) of New Guinea »

I am delighted to say that from now on, all of my cryptozoology-related ShukerNature blog posts will be introduced and directly linked here on Cryptomundo. As a longstanding fan and follower of Cryptomundo, I consider this to be a great honour for me, and am exceedingly grateful to Craig Woolheater for enabling this to happen.

Read: Seeking Secretary Birds in Southeast Asia »

“…there are other categories of animal that, for some – but certainly not all – creature-seekers also play a role in how we define Cryptozoology. They are the out of place animals…”

Read: In Search of America’s Camels »

“…Dorset legends tell of Woodwoses inhabiting the woods of Yellowham Hill, which is located near to the town of Dorchester. The creatures had the regular habit of abducting young girls from the nearby villages, many of whom supposedly ended up pregnant during their time spent in the company of the Woodwose…”

Read: A British Baby Bigfoot? »

A 10th anniversary looms large for something in the water…

Read: A Terror of the Deep at 10 »

“…the brown cat-like creature appeared to have been taken by surprise by her car…”

Read: A New UK Mystery Cat »

“…one of the most important cryptozoological and Fortean books of all time…”

Read: Neil Arnold and Wildman »

It’s three-feet tall and it’s running wild! Juvenile Sasquatch perhaps?

Read: Monkey on the Loose! »