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Looking a bit like Justin Timberlake with an easy grin and an enthusiasm that’s infectious, Pat Spain is a wildlife scientist with a special interest in crypto-zoological creatures, ones that may or may not exist, and he’s traveled the globe to investigate them for the new National Geographic Channel series Beast Hunter, premiering Mar. 4. Having grown up the middle of three kids in Wynantskill, New York and earned his Bachelor of Science from Suffolk University in Boston, Spain created a Web series called Nature Calls in 2005, which ultimately put him on Nat Geo’s radar. “I’m so excited to be doing this and it means a lot that other people are getting interested in it too,” he says. He had a lot more to say in the following conversation.

Read: Beast Hunter Pat Spain Interviewed on Weirld.com »

Beast Hunter is hosted by Pat Spain, a biologist and explorer who travels the globe in search of mythical creatures, immersing himself amongst the tribes, people and cultures on his quest to find the truth between fact and fiction.

Read: New CryptoZoo TV Series: Beast Hunter on Nat Geo »

Video of a New York Lake Monster? Or is it a hoax?

Watch the video here and decide for yourself…

Read: Introducing Neckie, Seneca Lake, NY’s answer to the Loch Ness Monster »

More news of the new. Images.

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It is utterly appropriate to have our unofficial provincial animal representing us at these games and we wouldn’t have it any other way. If we could add Ogopogo and Cadborosaurus to our mascots that would be perfect, but they will be there another day.

Read: A Proud Canuck on Quatchi »

A more modern report from Mikata-gun, which is located in the mountains of Hyogo prefecture, dates from 1996 when a farmer uncovered an earthworm 3.3 feet long, while planting a tree on his rural property. A guest blog by Brent Swancer. Images.

Read: Giant Worms of Japan »

Most people who are interested in cryptozoology are interested in the sense of humor part, but the museum also wants to educate. The fakes are there as part of the educational process. Images.

Read: Bigfoot on Congress Street »

It was sent to the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural History for further study, now one of only five from the USA in the collection. Image.

Read: Gulf of Mexico Gives Up Giant Squid »

What do you think the Horvath photo shows? John Kirk was realistic about what they found over the weekend, but they ran across something, nevertheless. Images.

Read: Photo of Cameron Lake Monster? »

There’s been a new encounter with something that may have been Okanagan Lake’s famed cryptid. Plus sad news of another death in the cryptozoology community.

Read: New Ogopogo Sighting »

On tonight’s MonsterQuest, the results of the baby Ogopogo body find will be revealed. Images.

Read: MQ Ogopogo Reminder »

A new academic paper proposes a ground-breaking new theory for reports of aquatic cryptids. Here is the latest, hot off the presses, information on crypto-pinnipeds and other sea monsters you’ll want to read more about. Images.

Read: Sea Serpents Likely To Be Discovered »

What are these West Coast Pacific Ocean sightings turning out to be? Images.

Read: Ahoy, Thar Be Sea Monsters, Arr, Otters! »

Details are in for what is ahead in episodes 6-10.

Read: MQ ~ More Of Season III »

This special guest blog by Carolyn Ettinger, founder of the Central Virginia Cryptozoology Club, is a compilation of recent and historical information on cryptozoology courses.

Read: Looking For Cryptozoology Courses? »