The tributes to Sir Edmund Hillary continue to roll in from afar, a fact acknowledged in today’s New York Times. The man’s reach was far indeed. In Portland, Maine, the local newspaper recalled Sir Edmund visited here in 1962, and gave a lecture for teachers and school children at the-then-grand Lafayette Hotel on his Abominable Snowman expedition. As a final goodbye to Sir Edmund Hillary, I want to share my favorite photograph of him. It is Hillary with an unknown artist’s drawing of the Abominable Snowman that Hillary loved to show to the media before his 1960 expedition. To prepare [...]
Bigfoot at the Merrill
Saturday, January 12, 2008, the world premiere showing of the new indie film, Monster in the Woods will occur at Merrill Auditorium in Portland, Maine. Built in 1912 to replace two former halls both destroyed by fire, the (Portland, Maine) City Hall Auditorium was a classic example of colonial style, boasting porticos and columns, a deep court and large wings. The hall was completely renovated beginning in January 1996, and today, the re-named Merrill Auditorium is a 1900 seat performing arts facility, located in the remarkable setting of downtown Portland, on the beautiful coast of Maine. The plot of Monster [...]
Green Pigeon: New Singapore Species?
A recent new find in Asia must be understood in the larger context of how the birding community discusses “new species.” Not all talk of “new discoveries” of birds are of the Ivory-Billed Woodpecker variety or level of effort, but most are of the talk of ranges, new life list records, and interlopers. As a heads-up to how insiders in birding “see the world,” there are ongoing discussions of when “new species” appear in areas they have not been seen before. This has nothing to do with the discovery of “new species,” per se, but does sometimes generate a bit [...]
Johor Bigfoot Search On Again
Members of a television crew from the United States enter the jungles of Kampung Mawai in search of Bigfoot. Who are the filmmakers in Johor right now? It is not the film crew from “MonsterQuest,” as they were there in 2007, Doug Hajicek tells me today. Furthermore, it is known that “Destination Truth” already filmed in Johor well over a year ago. It appears a documentary effort to gather footage from South Asia is in play this week. Yet another search for the unknown hairy hominoids of Johor is occurring, as learned from this new update via breaking news from [...]
Yeti Hunter Sir Edmund Hillary Dies
Sir Edmund Hillary, one of the first two men to climb the world’s highest mountain, Mount Everest, has died at the age of 88, on January 11, 2008, local New Zealand time. He climbed the 29,035 ft (8,850m) peak with Sherpa Tenzing Norgay, reaching the top on May 29, 1953. Hillary’s health had reportedly been in decline since April 2007, after a fall while visiting Nepal. He suffered a heart attack in hospital on Friday morning. Sir Edmund’s fellow climber, Sherpa Tenzing Norgay (right), died in May 1986. Born July 20, 1919, in Auckland, New Zealand, Sir Edmund Hillary began [...]
Yeti At McGill
The Year of the Yeti continues. Amazingly, my last Friday introduction of the classic film The Abominable Snowman of the Himalayas and the new hardbound release of Ivan T. Sanderson’s Abominable Snowmen: Legend Come to Life at the Rubin Museum of Art in New York City, is being mirrored (skeptically) with something quite similar occurring tomorrow in Quebec. At McGill University, in Montreal, Quebec, there will be a screening of the same film, preceded by an intriguing lecture. Here’s the announcement from McGill: The Redpath’s ever-popular Freaky Fridays series hits the New Year running, or at least ambling with a [...]
Wanted: Costumed Sasquatch Staff
If you are thinking of moving to Vancouver, British Columbia, or already live there, and want to be involved with cultural cryptozoology, this may be your dream job: If you’re about six feet tall and can act like a friendly Sasquatch, you could qualify to be an Olympic mascot. Vancouver 2010 is looking to hire full-time staff to wear the Sumi, Miga or Quatchi outfits. Maureen Douglas tells the Province newspaper about 30 volunteer actors are also needed over the next two years. In the next two weeks, there will be postings for volunteer positions on the Vancouver 2010 website. [...]
Texas Bigfoot Spotlighted
The blog the Paranormal Insider has a nice overview of The Texas Bigfoot Research Conservancy, founded by Craig Woolheater. It is always good to see the great work done by Craig highlighted, as his almost annual conferences are quite enjoyable to attend. Texas does have some of the most attractive, fun-loving people on Earth. Large groups of like-minded folks gather in Jefferson, Texas, often to exchange insightful thoughts on the region’s Bigfoot.
Mothman Cryptotourism
Doesn’t the above look like a Mothman clone? Read more about it over a Posthuman Blues. Meanwhile, the Mainichi Japan shares the latest on the booming cryptotourism in the hometown of Mothman. A quick stroll up Main Street, Point Pleasant, West Virginia, is enough to learn who this river town’s most famous resident is: His name is on signs, in shop windows and restaurants, and there’s even a museum devoted to him. And the sculpture in the middle of town prominently depicts his enormous wings and glowing red eyes. More than 40 years after the first reported sighting of the [...]
Taunted Tusker Killed
This story is being posted here, not because it is cryptozoological, but because it appears to relate to the recent discussion regarding the San Francisco Zoo tiger event. Tusker, a large 50 year old bull African elephant (seen in this October 2007 photograph) was shot dead on Sunday, January 6, 2008 at Charara camp on the shores of Lake Kariba, 370 kilometres northwest of Harare, Zimbabwe. The elephant had trampled several cars at a safari camp after being provoked by revellers at a new year party, say conservationists in Zimbabwe. Johnny Rodrigues, of the independent Zimbabwe Conservation Task Force, disputed [...]
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