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The Tennessee Valley Authority could use a monster, or the inkling of a monster, right now in Boone Lake, to bring out boaters, explorers, scientists and recreational types.

We could call him Booney. Oh, Booney? Yes, I saw Booney last weekend in the shallow channel of water that sits near the bottom of what is usually Boone Lake. With the atypical drawdown occurring this year while engineers inspect the lake’s dam for possible damage, there needs to be some kind of buzz to get people out on the lake.

Read: The benefits of having a lake monster »

Outside a grocery store three guys trick Sasquatch with a classic coin prank. But Sasquatch turns their prank into payback.

Read: Messin’ with Sasquatch: Heads Up »

To promote his current “Sasquatch Brigade” embroidered patch Kickstarter campaign, artist and cryptid fanatic George Coghill is giving away a set of the hairy ape-man cryptid trilogy of embroidered patches to Cryptomundo readers.

Read: “Sasquatch Brigade” Giveaway: Bigfoot/Yeti/Sasquatch Embroidered Patches! »

We visit the location of two Bigfoot sightings near the Flaming Gorge area of Utah.

Read: Flaming Gorge Bigfoot Sighting »

Tonight I speak with Randy Harrington. Randy Harrington had one of the best, close up encounters you’ll ever hear. After setting up a fake camp site to attract Bigfoot, Harrington hid in his truck. When the creatures stepped out of the woods and approached the site, it decided to check out the vehicle, where Harrington was hiding with his video camera and a handgun. He said he heard and saw the creatures rummaging through stuff in the back of the truck.

Read: Sasquatch Chronicles: Campsite Encounter With Sasquatch »

I wanted to share this article in light of the fact that Dr. David Oren and his search for the mapinguari is featured on tonight’s episode of Animal Planet’s Finding Bigfoot entitled Amazon Squatchin’.

In August of 1999 or so, I ran across the article in Discover magazine. It chronicled an ornithologist named David Oren’s treks into the Amazon in search of the Mapinguari, what is thought to be the still living giant ground sloth. The article detailed the derision that Oren suffered from his fellow scientists.

Read: Beasts in the Mist – The Mapinguari »

The team travels to the Amazon River basin in search of the mythical Mapinguari. With one eye and a gaping mouth on its stomach, the team does not give into the myth, convinced it’s yet another undiscovered primate, and set out to find it in the vast jungle.

Read: Finding Bigfoot: Amazon Squatchin’ »

This story comes to us from High in the Sierra Nevada Mountains when a lawyer on some down time got a bit more than he was expecting while camping off grid in the forest.

Read: Bigfoot Throws a Boulder at a Car in California »

The team gets a lesson in survival and in hunting for the Mapinguari from the Tatuyo tribe.

Read: Knock Once for the Mapinguari »

Sasquatch attend wedding

Read: Messin’ With Sasquatch: Wedding »

After months of build-up the Minerva Monster documentary is now available on DVD, Blu-Ray and internet streaming services. Orders can be placed through GrassmanGear.com and digitally screened at Vimeo.com. On June 6th the Minerva Area Chamber of Commerce will be hosting an event to herald the release of the film in downtown Minerva. Free screenings of the film will take place at the historic Roxy Theatre.

“In August of 1978 a small town in eastern Ohio was thrust into the spotlight when a local family sighted a “monster” in the woods behind their home. Over subsequent evenings they were repeatedly visited by the creature culminating in a late-night encounter that ended in local police being called in. The story blasted onto the front pages of newspapers across the state and into the consciousness of a nation.”

Read: Minerva Monster Day »

How a well-trained group of citizen scientists can solve the mystery of North America’s most elusive creature

Read: Citizen Science Meets Sasquatch »

The team heads to Brazil and meets with Dr. David Oren, who is one of the only researchers known to study the mapinguari, the Amazonian equivalent of Bigfoot.

Read: The Devil in the Amazon »

The scare factor of the Abominable Snowman on Disneyland’s Matterhorn Bobsleds has clicked up a couple of notches.

Watch a video preview here on Cryptomundo!

Read: Disneyland’s Bigger, Scarier Abominable Snowman on the Matterhorn »

Family of 3 all see a Bigfoot in Dry Fork Canyon on Christmas evening.

Read: Dry Fork Canyon Bigfoot Sighting »