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It is so hot lately in the northern hemisphere, perhaps thoughts should turn to snow, snowmen, Abominable Snowmen, and Yetis. Over at Boing Boing, David Pescovitz has an intriguing post about a “Yeti skin rug.” Pescovitz writes: UK artist Debra Swann transforms everyday materials “into fantastical objects” such as Sellotape animal exoskeletons, faux taxidermy made […]

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Intrepid sasquatch investigator, Thomas Steenburg and a Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) soundman, narrowly escaped with their lives following a road accident over the weekend. The soundman was working with CBC radio program host Hal Niedzvecki and was venturing out with Thomas and fellow investigator Sebastian Wang, as part of a radio program looking into the […]

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When I first saw the notice of Abominable Snowmen: Legend Come to Life coming back into print, I had emotions that ranged from joy and sadness, to caution and upset. I was happy to know that a whole new generation of cryptozoologists would be able to read Ivan T. Sanderson’s book. Sorrow nevertheless hit me. […]

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Coming to the Mt. Hood Oregon area from July 8-12 of the 3rd Annual Burton Abominable Snow Jam. Burton Snowboards is proud to present the return of the Yeti at the 2006 Abominable Snow Jam this summer at Mt. Hood. Returning for his third year at the event, the Yeti represents everything that summer riding […]

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With all of the talk here on Cryptomundo about Bigfoot movies, the good, bad and the ugly, I thought that I would give the readers of Cryptomundo the opportunity to weigh in with their picks. I still pick The Legend of Boggy Creek as my favorite. Not for the great cinematic effort that it wasn’t, […]

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The International Cryptozoology Museum (ICM) is sharing its contents through the end of 2006. Over 100 of some of the most significant large and small items from the ICM’s collection are included in my specific room at the new Bates College exhibition, “Cryptozoology: Out of Time Place Scale.” Then, in October, the objects from that […]

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One of the sidetrips that Craig Woolheater, his wife Marcy, Miles Lewis, Dennis Stacy, and I took on Sunday was a survey of various Tom Slick sites around San Antonio, as pointed out and discussed, in depth, by the encyclopedic Stacy. Yes, a motley crew, indeed, in search of Slickian history did trek about San […]

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Known and remembered for his dozens of character roles, such as the angry high school principal in The Breakfast Club to the teacher in National Lampoon’s Van Wilder, actor Paul Gleason, 67, died May 27, 2006. Shortly before his death, Gleason appeared as the no-nonsense disbelieving Sheriff Halderman in Ryan Schifrin’s Abominable (2006), which aired […]

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Sometimes it causes me a little tribulation to announce the reprint of a new book, and this is one of those times. Not because of the contents of the book, not because of the original author, and not even because of the price. No, sometimes, I have feelings about seeing good books republished too quickly […]

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As is currently being discussed in the Sandsquatch entry here on Cryptomundo, Nightline tackeld the topic of the trend of blood and gore in today’s horror flicks. The segment is available on the Nightline website. The director of Abominable, Ryan Schifrin, is interviewed and Abominable is profiled. Footage and interviews with audience members from the […]

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My friend and Cryptomundo colleague, Loren Coleman, stated on these pages that there is the prospect that Malaysian biologist Vincent Chow has been able to procure several photographs of the alleged Malyasian Bigfoot, the Orang Dalam or as it is known in this case, Mawas. I want to be excited about this, but given the […]

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Is it true that all hominids are hominoids but not all hominoids are hominids? Where do the pongids and anthropoids fall, as hominoids but not hominids? And what the heck is a homin? Who is on first, anyway? What are the various definitions of humanoid, hominoid, hominid, hominology, homin, anthropoid, and pongid? These jumble of […]

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One of the things I find most perplexing about sasquatch stories from British Columbia and particularly about the ones that emanate from the Harrison Hot Springs area is that sasquatch apparently have the faculty of speech. Now, I don’t mean they can simply howl growl or grunt, I mean they can talk in known languages. […]

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Up ahead, the quest is nearing its end. The leeches are sucking the energy from the media crew who forgot to wear their leech socks. Bees are buzzing around. Bird songs fill the air. But what’s that sound? A heavy breathing is heard. Sweat falls from the brows onto the heaving chests as the chase […]

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Just yesterday, I wrote about the new Abominable Snowman movie being developed, based on the old Hammer film, Abominable Snowman of the Himalayas. Moments ago, I learned the director of that movie, Val Guest has died. He was 94. Click image for a larger version Variety is reporting late on May 12, 2006: "Cult film […]

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