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Cryptomundo reader kittenz tipped me off to this one. ‘Life-changing event’: Panther chases forester By SAMMY FRETWELL The State, Columbia SC A federal forester says he was chased into the Chattooga River by a 7-foot-long panther with “jet black” fur. Terrance Fletcher, a technician with the U.S. Forest Service, dove into the frigid water and […]

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Last October, I posted an article entitled Michigan DNR To Take Cougar Sightings Seriously here on Cryptomundo. Roar of Michigan cougar debate grows louder Francis X. Donnelly / The Detroit News TRAVERSE CITY — No cougars live in Michigan, say some state and federal wildlife officials. But a conservation group believes so many of the […]

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“Residents report wallaby on the loose in eastern Pa. town”, according to the Centre Daily Times, published in Centre County, Pennsylvania. In Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, the locals are asking “Where’s the wallaby?” That’s what officials at the Berks County Humane Society are wondering after residents began seeing a foreign creature hopping around town. The accounts came […]

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This is the latest new mammal discovered in Europe, Mus cypriacus or the Cypriot mouse, which was described last year in the journal Zootaxa. How does one determine that a new species has been discovered? How is it that one location has one species of salamander and thirty years later there are said to be […]

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"The effort to eradicate pythons in the Everglades resulted in 170 being removed last year, up from 95 in 2005, national park spokeswoman Linda Friar said." – Naples Daily News Naples reporter Jeremy Cox, on Saturday, January 20, 2007, details (in part below) the real story about giant snakes being found in Florida: Deborah Jansen […]

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We don’t spend much time here at Cryptomundo talking about the black panthers of Britain. Being Americans, we focus on the cases of black panthers seen here in the US. Nonetheless, there are many reports from the UK of large black cats as well. The following articles are from the Bridgewater Mercury from the last […]

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Weird, wild stuff Calls about odd animal sightings keep conservation officials busy By Bryan Brasher Memphis Commercial Appeal January 14, 2007 Officials from the Arkansas Game & Fish Commission chuckled in 2003 when they received word that an octopus had been found on Lake Conway. But after traveling to the lake and inspecting the lifeless, […]

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This mastodon (Mammut americanum) is the life-sized bronze representation at the Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne, the home of the “Mastodons.” As you will recall, on the 8th, you first read here about the “Mystery Tusk.” Now comes a “confirmed” answer. Or is it? Therein lies the tale behind the splash on the television screen. […]

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Two incidents in one week. Two scorpions on two separate planes. The news is coming in so rapidly this week, I shared this one directly with Chad Arment’s Strange Ark, a good site for you to know about anyway. Read more fully about the scorpions on the planes, here.

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Proof of cougars remains elusive If they’re not here, they soon will be, state researcher says STEVENS POINT — A year-long search failed to turn up positive proof that mountain lions are present in Wisconsin, but the study’s leader is far from dismayed. “We’re still looking, but I don’t think it (finding conclusive evidence) is […]

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Cryptomundo Exclusive: Sunday Insight Please click on this Peter Loh cartoon, based on a Loren Coleman suggestion, for a fuller-sized version. For more of Peter Loh’s work, see here and here.

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Nashville Cats, play clean as country water Nashville Cats, play wild as mountain dew Nashville Cats, been playin’ since they’s babies Nashville Cats, get work before they’re two — by John B. Sebastian, Lovin’ Spoonful, 1967. Is this cryptid black cat a melanistic bobcat (Lynx rufus/Felis rufus)? Back on November 19, 2006, I wrote about […]

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What is this tropical shark doing so far north in December? Please click for a larger image. The out-of-place animals (OOPA) are popping up all over the map. A manatee was recently captured off Texas. It is the third out-of-place manatee discovered since last August, far from Florida (the other two were found hundreds of […]

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Companion piece to Another Cougar Conspiracy? Cougars in Illinois? Quite a few sane and sensible citizens have concluded that Felis concolor dwells here again Essay by James Krohe Jr. Democratic governors came back to Illinois — why not cougars? Officially, Illinois has no wild cougars; the cougar is not listed as an endangered species in […]

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Here we go again with another cougar conspiracy. Rural legends: Cougars roam southern Illinois Posted: Friday, Dec 29, 2006 – 02:32:00 pm EST By Tom Dunn – Register Staff Writer Daily Republican Register Mt. Carmel, Illinois Many levelheaded residents will swear that cougars now live in southern Illinois, while the powers that be will testify […]

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