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40th Anniversary of the scariest documented encounter with Texas’ Big Bird! It occurred just north of Raymondville in Willacy County.

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Forty years ago today – On Wednesday, January 07th, 1976 at around 8:30pm, Alverico Guajardo was eating dinner in his trailer home, just outside of Brownsville, Texas.

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Yesterday was the 49th anniversary of the Scarberry/Mallette Mothman sighting, which was the start of the Mothman phenomena and ending with the collapse of the Silver Bridge thirteen months later.

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For several nights in 1903, the small town of Van Meter, Iowa was terrorized by a giant bat-like creature that emerged from an old abandoned mine. The identity of this mysterious visitor was never discovered. Over 100 years later, three researchers set out to Van Meter to shine a light on this amazingly bizarre case. Filled with eye witness reports, historic photos, and current accounts of the paranormal, this in-depth book looks to discover what really happened in the town of Van Meter.

Read: The Van Meter Visitor: A True and Mysterious Encounter with the Unknown »

The 112th Anniversary of the Bewildering Week in 1903 celebrated this Saturday, September 26th.

It was a classic rural community that had been carved out of rolling hills covered in thick woods, wheat fields and a winding river when someone first saw something that didn’t belong. The sightings swiftly spiraled from unusual lights acting in unexplained ways, to that of immense 8′ tall creatures with massive bat-like wings. As the nightly encounters of The Van Meter Visitor continued, the creature grew bolder, drawing closer to witnesses revealing more details to the mystery as described with a large single horn jutting out from atop its head, able to emanate blinding light and a strange smell that disoriented witnesses. All the more terrifying…the monster seemed to remain impervious to bullets.

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In just a few days (tomorrow), Point Pleasant’s population will nearly double with visitors from across the country and around the world arriving for the 14th annual Mothman Festival.

The festival is officially this Saturday and Sunday with kick starter events on Friday, including a free screening of the “Eyes of Mothman” documentary at 8 p.m. at the historic State Theater and the Miss Mothman Pageants starting at 7 p.m. Friday at the Trinity Christian Community Center.

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This weekend I will be making my first ever appearance at the famous Mothman Festival in Point Pleasant, West Virginia. In addition to selling autographed copies of my books, I will be giving a lecture about the global flying humanoid phenomenon on Saturday @3pm. Other notable speakers include my friends and colleagues – Stan Gordon, Rosemary Ellen Guiley, Lyle Blackburn, Joedy Cook, Fred Saluga and John Frick… quite a line-up!

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I’m delighted to announce that my latest book, A Manifestation of Monsters: Examining the (Un)Usual Subjects, is now in print, published by Anomalist Books. It contains a superb foreword by my good friend and fellow cryptozoologist Ken Gerhard, and its front cover is sumptuously illustrated with a truly spectacular cryptozoological painting by hugely-talented artist Michael J. Smith that directly inspired me to write this book.

Read: A Manifestation of Monsters is Here! »

Special effects or the return of a Pterosaur? Amateur footage appears to capture extinct reptile flying over Idaho

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Special effects or the return of a Pterosaur? Amateur footage appears to capture extinct reptile flying over Idaho

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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 »

Tonight @ 10pmEST/9pmCST, I’ll be appearing on Arcane Radio – hosted by Lon Strickler of Phantoms and Monsters. Join in to hear some fascinating discussion about cryptozoology, as well as the legendary beasts of Alaska!

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Tonight I’ll be appearing @10pm EST/9pm CST on Arcane Radio with my good friend, host Lon Strickler. This will be my very first interview since Missing in Alaska has aired. It promises to be a good time… with lots of cryptozoology, as well as phantom and monster talk. Tune in for some fascinating discussion!

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Exclusive!! Here, making its official public debut, is the front cover for my latest, 22nd book, A Manifestation of Monsters, to be published in September.

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