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A data scientist thinks he’s solved the mystery of Bigfoot ― not by searching for the creature out in the wilds, but by examining the math instead.

Read: Scientist Claims He Solved the Mystery of Bigfoot »

Bigfoot researchers remain optimistic that Sasquatch is out there; that the creature will one day be found. Why? Why do people continue to believe? We’ll talk to professional skeptic Michael Shermer about the nature of belief. And we’ll look at why—even for those who think Bigfoot is a complete myth—the idea of Bigfoot holds so much appeal. What makes us so fascinated by this creature? Why do we want so badly to believe that it’s out there?

Read: Wild Thing: Why We Want to Believe »

Illuminating a Herpetological Mystery From Trinidad

Read: Ivan Sanderson and the Lightbulb Lizard »

Monsters Among Us is a call in show about monsters, and the unexplained. On the latest episode, host Derek Hayes discusses a pair of U.F.O. sightings, a run in with possible MIB’s and yet another mirrored men encounter. New shows released every Thursday evening.

Read: Monsters Among Us Podcast »

Dr. John Bindernagel, a professional wildlife biologist, uses a series of colorful graphs to explain why evidence for the sasquatch as an extant North American mammal has been largely ignored or dismissed by his scientific colleagues, and why the subject has been treated as scientifically taboo.

Read: Sasquatch Illustrated: Skepticism and Scientific Aversion Explored »

During a night investigation, Cliff and Matt get several responses. Could this be the evidence that could convince the Freethinkers?

Read: Could These Howls Convince the Freethinkers? »

The Freethinkers don’t believe in Bigfoot, so it’s up to the team to try and give them definitive evidence.

Read: The Team Meets the Fayettesville Freethinkers »

A trail of bodies, seemingly left behind by the vampire-like chupacabra, enabled one man to solve the mystery

Read: Chupacabras: The Truth About a Strange Blood-Sucking Monster »

Can a tiny creature that doesn’t even exist inflict agonising pain and even death upon its human victims? Ordinarily, I would say no – but the history (and mystery) of a virtually forgotten yet decidedly bizarre micro-assassin known as Furia infernalis, the hellish fury worm, is anything but ordinary.

Read: Linnaeus’s Fury Worm – The History and Mystery of a Hellish Micro-Assassin »

You will, I’m sure, have heard of the unconfirmed North American primate vernacularly termed Bigfoot or Sasquatch.

Read: If Bigfoot Were Real »

A Skeptical discussion of the Boggy Creek Monster with Lyle Blackburn on the MonsterTalk podcast.

Read: What the Fouke? »

Eugenie Scott is an anthropologist but is probably most well known for her work fighting against Creationism in the American public education system as director of the National Center for Science Education (NCSE). Perhaps less well-known is the fact that she’s long been interested in Bigfoot. In this episode of MonsterTalk we discuss Bigfoot, science promotion, and the usefulness of thinking about monsters in honing critical thinking skills.

Read: Monster Talk: Bigfoot Skepticism »

Today in 2009 Eugenie Scott spoke at the Ask a Scientist event in San Francisco. The topic that night was Bigfoot. As an anthropologist and a skeptic Eugenie seems to have more patience for bigfooters than she has for creationist.

Read: Today in Bigfoot History | 2009 | Hopeful Skeptic Says Both Bigfoot Camps Need Help »

So if you’re looking for Bigfoot – or any cryptid, for that matter – put down the infrared camera and pick up a book on anatomy and get busy combing the museums for remains. Read old journals and catalogs of finds. Ask your local fossil club to let you tag along when they go to “Bigfoot country.” In short, if you’re serious, get serious about finding REAL physical evidence. If a great ape ever lived in North America, he had to leave some of himself behind.

Read: Where are the Cryptoarcheologists and Cryptopaleontologists? »

As a fervent browser of bestiaries, illuminated manuscripts, and other sources of antiquarian illustrations portraying a vast diversity of grotesque, extraordinary beasts that ostensibly bear no resemblance or relation to any species known to science, I am rarely surprised nowadays by any zoological depictions that I encounter in such sources. A few days ago, however, I was not just surprised but also thoroughly bemused – bewildered, even – by a truly remarkable picture that I happened to chance upon online.

Read: Investigating the Locust Dragon of Nicolaes de Bruyn »