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This is big news! It’s taken six years, but finally the collection has a permanent public home. Celebrate this event with me! Images.

Read: Cryptozoo Museum Opens In Downtown Portland »

Some might be tempted to call her “Pinky.” The vividly colored creature would be most properly called le dauphin rose, the pink dolphin, around New Orleans. So let’s just call her “Rosy.” Many images.

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Decatur has a cryptozoological and Forteana mystic about it that creates all kinds of mojo. A new article in Arkansas updates recent Bigfoot sightings there.

Read: Decatur’s Bigfoot and Kin »

A moment to revisit something you read here earlier….

Read: An Apology To Dylan Otto Krider »

The USA’s first President was involved in at least one weird animal story. Images.

Read: President Washington’s Andalusians »

Who did we lose this year in the field of cryptozoology? Images. Video.

Read: Ten Notable 2008 Cryptozoology Deaths »

Eric Altman, an old hand at Bigfoot investigations, believes there is something out there, but doesn’t mind if people cast a skeptical eye on stories of larger-than-human, frequently hairy creatures roaming the countryside.

Read: Altman Speaks »

Erik Beckjord never wrote a book that was published, even privately. Why is there serious talk now of a phantom opus of his?

Read: Beckjord’s Bigfoot Sex Book »

The Joker is wild. But so are a many other things overlapping with The Dark Knight. This is a Fortean piece, so if you were looking for something cryptozoologically pure, be afraid, be very, very afraid. The posting you are about to read contains twilight language musing and other treks on side streets you may […]

Read: Joker’s Card, Jokawild, and Mothman »

The rumor that Erik Beckjord is not dead seems to be dead. But is there that feeling in the back of your brain that he could be reading this, some place? “I wouldn’t put it beyond Beckjord to be dead and still want attention!” ~ Bob Rickard, founder of Fortean Times, remarked upon hearing that […]

Read: Undeniably And Reliably Dead? »

The San Francisco Chronicle is confirming, sadly, today that Eric Beckjord died June 22, 2008. On June 4th, Cryptomundo noted that Erik had taken a turn for the worst, in his battle with cancer. One of Erik’s proudest moments: His appearance on David Letterman’s show. Earlier in 2008, Jon-Erik Beckjord posted the following on his […]

Read: Erik Beckjord, 69, Has Died »

The lay of the land near Stivers Lagoon. Watch out for the water hazards on the nearby golf course. Another report of a huge, unidentified reptile? Let’s put the latest sightings in their NoCal context. The reptile spotted by two people at a Fremont, California, golf course last week remains at large, and there are […]

Read: Third Green Warning: Cryptid Reptile Loose »

Pennsylvania researcher Stan Gordon has passed along this report to me for sharing at Cryptomundo: +++ More Huge Flying Creature Sightings In Pennsylvania by Stan Gordon, 6/4/2008 This past February, I wrote about a man who reported a very close observation of a giant bird in neighboring West Virginia in late September or early October, […]

Read: Appalachian Winged Weirdies, 2007-2008 »

A mascot inhabiting the Baseball Cryptozoo, with an identity from cryptozoology and hominology, gets a new name. The Northwest Arkansas Naturals announced earlier this month that the name of their furry, baseball-loving Sasquatch will hereby be known as “Strike.” Several hundred entries were submitted in the team’s “Name the Mascot” contest in January 2008. After […]

Read: Strike the Sasquatch »

As the North American warm weather develops and the two new cryptozoology television series, “MonsterQuest” and “Destination Truth” battle for ratings heats cryptid matters, it will be worth our time to notice how many media mentions are generated by these two programs. For example, the Beast of Bladenboro article below appears to have been written […]

Read: Bladenboro Beast Is Back »