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Shocking news regarding the Erickson Project!

Is it fact or fiction?

Read: Erickson Project News: Bigfoot DNA Project Using Two Dead Bigfoot Bodies for Samples »

On Sunday, June 5, 2011, the programmers at Animal Planet (AP) have slanted a collection of episodes of cryptid-related shows to lead up to the evening screening of “Finding Bigfoot: Swamp Ape.”

Read: Animal Planet’s Buildup To Finding Bigfoot: “Swamp Ape” »

The third season of “River Monsters”, the best performing series in network history, recently wrapped on Monday with ratings that helped push AP to third among all ad-supported cable networks in its timeslot. It was immediately followed by a special preview of the new series “Finding Bigfoot”, which nabbed 1.3M viewers.

Read: Finding Bigfoot: Ratings Success »

Today, May 4th, in an international day of celebration of the Star Wars cinema phenomenon.

Read: May the 4th Be With You: Are Wookiees Bigfoot Inspired? »

While shooting “Return of the Jedi” in the redwood forests of Northern California, Peter Mayhew, the seven foot, three inch actor who portrayed Chewbacca the Wookiee, was warned not to walk off set in costume for fear of being shot by hunters. “Remember, this is Bigfoot country,” he was told by concerned crew members.

Read: Bigfoot starring Peter Mayhew »

This just in: The Department of Defense has captured Bigfoot. The hairy behemoth was captured on film Tuesday by a camera crew representing the U.S. Navy. Images.

Read: U.S. Navy Captures Bigfoot »

In monster movies, as well as comic books, eventually the two mightiest characters, or groups of characters, eventually find a way to square off against each other. King Kong fought Godzilla, Alien fought Predator, The Hulk fought The Thing and so on and so on.

Today, I have for you artsy types, an illustration that depicts yet, another, clash of the titans, Sasquatch taking on both the actor, and documentary film host, Peter Graves, and the horror movie host, Mr. Lobo, of the television series “Cinema Insomnia.”

Read: Bigfoot Pummels Both Peter Graves And Mr Lobo »

“The approach I wanted to take was not, ‘Yes, it does exist’ or ‘No, it doesn’t,’ but to look at how Americans think about nature and our ideas about wilderness, particularly in the 19th century.” Images.

Read: Buhs & The Bigfooters »

Joel Johnson (the Boing Boing correspondent who toured and filmed my museum) has alerted me to the mention and actual work of Mike Stimpson, involving LEGO photography and various classic photographs that Stimpson has recreated. One of the greatest new images that Stimpson uploaded this week is an amazing Lego recreation of that famed frame […]

Read: LEGO Bigfoot and Yeti »

Wow, if you thought there were fights in Nessie studies and feuds among Bigfooters, you should pull the curtain aside in the serious world of paleontology sometime. Actually, you don’t have to, as Nature did it for you. Paleontology research assistant and fossil preprator ReBecca Hunt, pictured above, notes in her blog that “name-calling” is […]

Read: Aetosaurs Wars »

The Malaysian Natural Resources and Environment Ministry Parliamentary Secretary Datuk Sazmi Miahis is fighting with Johor’s Tourism and Environment Committee Chairman Freddie Long over the “reality” of the “Johor Bigfoot.” The debate has turned ugly in the papers in Malaysia on December 16th. Forgotten in the debate, apparently, are all the footprints, confusing as the […]

Read: Johor Wars: How About All The Tracks? »

With all of the talk here on Cryptomundo about Bob Gray and his film Bigfoot, news from the Cleveland Plain Dealer today is that the movie is available for download. That’s right, for only $7.99, you can download the entire movie from VideoForiPods.com. Better hurry, as it is on sale, and the price normally is […]

Read: Bob Gray’s Bigfoot »

Don Barone reports today on ESPN.com about his stint in April this year on the BFRO West Virginia expedition to look for Bigfoot. Seems like there was a Class B daylight sighting, as well as a "handful" of Class B sound incidents, which included two "stalking incidents", one of which involved nighttime rock throwing into […]

Read: Deep in the woods … Bigfoot? »

If you were searching for the definitive bigfoot movie, look no further; Exists is exactly what you’ve been looking for.

Read: Exists Reviewed »

Cryptozoology is going mainstream! Nowadays, people can’t get enough of bipedal monsters, lake monsters, cave monsters, flying monsters, and mutated monsters. To feed this exploding appetite for monsters, it seems you can’t turn on the TV or go to the movies without seeing one of several different types of formats.

To help clarify the splintering genres, here’s an overview to help us all understand the various categories.

Read: Crypto-Shows! »