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After I posted this morning’s blog “Flashback: Thirty Year Ago – South Dakota Bigfoot,”” about a Bigfoot flap taking place in 1977, Scott Maruna at The Anomalist commented: “Come to think of it, there were a lot of flaps going on that year.” Indeed, there were. The anniversary of the Dover Demon sightings (April 21-22, […]

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Back in January, Loren announced here on Cryptomundo about a new Sasquatch comic collection. See 30 Comix Creators: Sasquatch Josh Howard, the creator of the project, posted on his blog today that he had just seen the first copy off of the presses. You can download a free massive 106 page preview at the following […]

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Images of hairy hominoids are popping up in all sorts of places. Harry Trumbore’s drawing (above) of Africa’s kalanoro, from The Field Guide to Bigfoot and Other Mystery Primates by Loren Coleman and Patrick Huyghe, inspired Peter Loh’s Kalanoro (below) in the Crypto-Man Comix, written by Scott Marlowe. Wildlife artist Richard Klyver, who spent seven […]

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There’s still time for folks in the Cleveland, OH area who have the inkling to be in a Bigfoot movie to make the casting call this evening. Sorry about the late notice Cryptomundoers, but I just saw this item and posted it posthaste. March of the Melonheads Calling all actors who can do “perky cheerleader” […]

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Great Crypto-Cinema from the seventies. Hosted by Peter Graves of Mission Impossible fame. Bigfoot: living creature, or myth? Join your host Peter Graves, as he attempts to answer that question in The Mysterious Monsters – one of the most fascinating documentaries ever filmed. You’ll hear eyewitness accounts from ordinary people who have encountered the legendary […]

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Sometimes I allow my thoughts to drift to trying to understand the “people” part of the Bigfoot quest. In my Bigfoot! The True Story of Apes in America (NY: Paraview Pocket – Simon and Schuster, 2003), I wrote Chapter 15, “The Bigfooters” to detail my thoughts on the matter of the why and the what […]

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Look carefully at all of these images of, especially, the face of the Myakka whatever. Take note of the wrinkles between the eyes. The placement of the nostrils. The spacing between the eyes. The lack of a tail. Look closely at the angle of the hair as it gently falls off the head. Measure the […]

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The Travel Channel has a mini-marathon of “Weird Travels” episodes related to cryptozoology on television right now. March 30, 2007. 1:00 PM Pacific/4:00 PM Eastern “Bigfoot” (with Loren Coleman and Craig Woolheater) 2:00 PM Pacific/5:00 PM Eastern “Lake Monster” (with Loren Coleman) 4:00 PM Pacific/7:00 PM Eastern “Creepy Creatures” (with Loren Coleman) March 31, 2007 […]

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Over at “Forces of Good,” Stefan Blitz has posted his ten most favorite video clips of “Bigfoot Appearances.” I note that only two appearances of the gathering, #1 and #10, can be said to be nonfiction. Most are popular culture icons, snippets from movies, ads, and reality programs that are entirely fictional. Nevertheless, it is […]

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I will soon begin to make appearances on various television and radio programs to discuss my 2007 edition of Mysterious America: The Ultimate Guide to the Nation’s Weirdest Wonders, Strangest Spots, and Creepiest Creatures, with its official release date of April 24th. Here are some forthcoming radio dates: April 21 – “Dover Demon” 30th Anniversary […]

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Thanks to historical Malaysian Bigfoot researcher and journalist Harold Stephens, this just came to my attention from Tunku (Prince) Mahmood of Johor. Harold Stephens lives in Bangkok today and maintains good contacts with old friends inside and outside the government in Malaysia. Let’s begin our review of the new Johor footprint photographs with the field […]

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Remember the earlier posts about Olaf the Giant? Mark A. Hall sends in a clearer copy of a photograph of Olaf with an article that’s easy to read. Click on image for full size version

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John Richardson followed up his earlier article on the eastern panther survey with a short column on March 24, 2007, entitled “Seeing ‘ghosts’ in the Maine woods.” Today’s commentary has the classic framework of beginning and ending paragraphs, which in typical journalistic style, are used to bring balance into the tone of the article: For […]

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Bigfoot! The True Story of Apes in America Here’s a new quiz that goes to the depths of your knowledge on Sasquatch and Bigfoot research. I’m joking, of course, for it is only ten questions long, but it is a good survey of some high points of your awareness of the field. It is more […]

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Charles “Chaz” Kader , who is the Assistant Director of Public Information at New York’s St Regis Mohawk Tribe, has forwarded some developing news: Loren – Hello from the Mohawk Nation. If you recall, I sent you a heads-up on the Blackfeet Bigfoot evidence in Browning, Montana, last year. I am with the St Regis […]

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