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More Moa News

As a followup to the recent story about Rex Gilroy’s proposed expedition to look for living Moas in the Urewera forest, Tony Lucas shares the latest. Hawke’s Bay cryptozoology researcher Tony Lucas is keeping an open mind on the possibility of moa still being alive in the Ureweras but thinks the evidence could point to emus. Mr Lucas, unable to join the hunt for New Zealand’s hidden species because of ill health, and who is confining his role mainly to researching other reports, says modern claims of moa sightings in New Zealand have mainly been in the South Island. The [...]

Giant Monkey of New Hampshire

As the voters go to the polls in New Hampshire, it is a good time to pause and recall the “Giant Monkey” of Danville, New Hampshire. Have you heard about it? On September 9, a few years ago, in rural Danville, New Hampshire, search parties were engaged in looking for a Giant Monkey spotted near Pleasant Street and Kingston Road. During a period of the previous two weeks, at least ten cryptid Giant Monkey sightings were reported to local authorities. Danville Fire Chief David Kimball was among the first to see the cryptid running across Kingston Road. Others, like Pleasant [...]

Lake Khaiyr Hoax & More Otter Nonsense

Karl Shuker has written an article that is meant to finally sink the oft-repeated story of a watery Siberian cryptid. Additionally, Darren Naish seems to have missed the otter sensitivity, nonsense and humor in some thoughts about the Loch Ness Monster here. As Darren Naish writes: “One of the most interesting lake monster accounts in history was N. Gladkikh’s sighting of 1964 from Lake Khaiyr, Siberia. Gladkikh’s sketch of a long-necked quadrupedal reptile with a fin along its back has to be one of the most-reproduced lake monster illustrations. Alas, as Karl explains in the new issue of Fortean Times [...]

Hot or Not Zoo Whites

Seven albino alligators were stolen from the only zoo run by the Federal University of Mato Grosso (UFMT) in Brazil as last year came to a close. Biologist Itamar Assumpcao, who is in charge of the administration of the zoo, told the media during the first week of 2008 that the alligators were last seen on December 31, 2007. The federal police are investigating whether any staff member was involved in the theft. The alligators are suspected to be stolen for trade abroad. The total value of the animals, approximately two years old, was estimated to be 119,000 reais (68,000 [...]

Living Moa News

The little blue moa. The Thylacine of the Avian world is in the news again. Australian cryptozoologist Rex Gilroy recently discussed the latest new findings for Moas with the Hawke’s Bay Today. One of the good points about Gilroy is that he does serve as a lightning rod for unusual animal accounts in the region sometimes, and likewise has the ear of the media. The press reports tend to lower the ridicule curtain and more reports and sightings, historical and recent ones, then come forth. Most of the cryptozoological attention to the survival of the Moas has been directed to [...]

New Species: Three Salamanders and Two Frogs

It looks like 2008 will have as many new species finds as other recent years. The Darwin Institute has announced that eleven new species of animals and plants have been discovered in Costa Rica. Two frogs and six plant species, including a mistletoe with a “spectacular flower,” were among the finds never before seen by scientists. The three salamanders, one of them a dwarf species little more than an inch long, were discovered after zoologists spent nights stripping tree trunks of moss and other vegetation in the cloud forest in La Amistad National Park in Costa Rica. Finds Salamanders: Two [...]

Old Books, Classics, and the Minnesota Iceman

I’m away in New York City, doing Yeti business, of course, including launching the new classics, like Abominable Snowmen: Legend Come to Life (PayPal me at lcoleman@maine.rr.com $25 marked “For ABSM Book” and I’ll send you, postpaid, an autographed copy, a hardback of this new printing to any USA address, for this one-time discount price). See the end about news of another classic to be reprinted. But, anyway, I left something for you to read on Saturday. Before I get into the crop of new cryptozoology books on the horizon for 2008 in a forthcoming post, how about a trip [...]

Pressie: What Is It?

In 1977, Randy L. Braun was hiking along Lake Superior when he had a mysterious encounter with an unidentified watery cryptid. What do you think his photograph of it looks like? What is it?