Loren Coleman

Loren Coleman

Cuero Chupacabras Caught on Dashcam

New footage of a running “Chupacabras” – i.e., in this case, a mystery canid – has been caught on a dashboard camera by the DeWitt County, Texas, sheriff’s department. This occurred near Cuero, Texas, the new “capital” of Chupacabras activity since the “mystery canid” body was found there. Contributed Photo: Phylis Canion The DNA results for Phylis Canion’s find have not been accepted kindly by the local residents. Here is a silent YouTube version from the local television station KENS 5. The link to the tape, with audio, playing on CNN.com today is here. There is also a new documentary [...]

Cryptozoology on MSN

I guess it has been there all day, but someone just told me about it. If you go to the MSN Homepage for today, and look over to the left hand side, scroll down a bit, you will find a photo of me in front of my Bigfoot. Click on that picture, and it goes to a new video at History’s “MonsterQuest” site in which I am talking about cryptozoology. The b-roll shows various objects in the museum. (Hey, if someone places this MSN video on YouTube, I’ll post it here. Right now, Cryptomundo does not have the technology to [...]

Great Moments: Mt. Gorilla Discovered

The mountain gorilla (above) was first “discovered” on October 17, 1902, on the slopes of the volcanic Virunga mountains by German explorer Captain Robert von Beringe and his companions. The mountain gorilla was named Gorilla gorilla beringei in his honor. The first mountain gorilla. For the almost two centuries before the discovery, natives in eastern Africa told of their region’s “monster ape” (the ngagi and ngila) that allegedly kidnapped and killed locals. The lowland gorilla (above) would be described by Western science in the mid-19th century, but the mountain gorilla would have to wait to be revealed in the 20th [...]