The European amusement park, Gardaland, has announced that “Magic Mountain,” a Vekoma double loop corkscrew rollercoaster will become “Bigfoot” in their next season. Magic Mountain, a steel sit-down coaster, is situated on the lower level of the park as the park is set on a hill. It has been operating since 1985 making it the oldest coaster in the park. It stands at 98ft 5in above the ground and 2296ft 7in long making it last a total of 2:00 exactly. Its main elements are a double loop, double corkscrew and a rising helix. Gardaland is the third-most-popular theme park in [...]
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CFZ Almasty Expedition
A group of scientists from the UK based Centre for Fortean Zoology are set to travel to the Caucasus Mountains of the Southwest Russian republic of Karbadino Balkaria in search of what they are saying may be “mankind’s closest living relative ~ a hominid known as the almasty.” The three-week expedition is being filmed by October Films for UK Channel 4 television, and by the team themselves for a feature length documentary to be broadcast, for free, on their CFZtv multimedia website. Ukrainian biologist Grigory Panchenko, who has been on the track of the ape-like man for over 14 years, [...]
Cryptozoology Museum Internships
On June 1st, I launched a call for applications for one or two unpaid volunteers or interns, if you will, at the International Cryptozoology Museum, here as part of my home/office/musuem in Portland, Maine, for the summer of 2008. Here’s a reminder of that call: Are you an extremely well-organized person? Are you a happily obsessive compulsive person that can deal with a seasoned but not cranky cryptozoologist? Do you have a passion for cryptozoology? Would you enjoy filing Bigfoot reports, sorting through 45 years’ worth of boxes of old news accounts, correspondence, and contributed photos? Actually helping in moving [...]
Crocodile in South Carolina
The American crocodile (Crocodylus acutus) has a northernmost range that occasionally stretches into northern Florida, with individuals wandering as far north as Palm Beach County on the east coast and Sarasota County on the west coast. The American crocodile (Crocodylus acutus) is a widely distributed species, ranging from northern South America to the tip of the Florida peninsula and the Pacific coast of Mexico. In the latter, the mouth of the El Fuerte River (25º 49’ N, 109º 24’ W), in the state of Sinaloa, is considered its northernmost stronghold. However, there are historical accounts of American crocodile populations farther [...]
Jan-May 2008: 130 New Vertebrates!
Eutropis tammanna (Scincomorpha: Scincidae) Birder, herper, evolutionary biologist, naturalist Nicholas Sly of Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, asked himself a question many of us here often ask ourselves. How many new animals have been discovered recently? The only new bird described, to date, in 2008? Zosterops somadikartai (Passeriformes: Zosteropidae) Nick Sly set out to do a little research project to come up with an answer, at least for a small sample. He restricted himself to a manageable goal: only vertebrates, only species that are newly discovered taxa – no splitting of previously known taxa, and only new descriptions for the [...]
Extinct: Caribbean Monk Seal
The news is sad. Until 1995, there was no concerted effort to establish the status of the population of the Caribbean monk seal (Monachus tropicalis). While there had been only sporadic sightings, many were unconfirmed. Now, it appears, these pinnipeds exist no more. The above image is the only known photograph of a Caribbean monk seal, taken at the Bronx Zoo in 1909. The species was formally declared extinct in 1996, according to some reports. The history of the Caribbean monk seal and its relationship with humans remains unclear, though we have found some evidence to suggest that native tribes [...]
Lima Lion Lurking
The following article appeared on local Ohio TV News Net 5, on June 6, 2008: Big Cat Sightings Reported Near Ohio City Sightings of a big cat in northwest Ohio have some families on edge. Authorities south of Lima haven’t confirmed any of the reports that began to circulate a few weeks ago. Some people said they think it was a panther. Ohio Department of Natural Resources trapper Craig Shafer said he’s pretty sure there’s a large cat out there based on the footprints he’s seen. Gary Guagenti said he spotted the big cat trotting across a field near his [...]
75 Years of Drive-In Bigfoot Movies
Cory Doctorow reminds me that today, June 6th, is the 75th anniversary of when the world’s first drive-in movie theater opened in Camden, New Jersey, in 1933. In the Fall 2007 issue of TAPS Paramagazine, I wrote two articles about Bigfoot drive-in movies, and recommend those overviews to you. Here, in tribute to Bigfoot flicks and trailers, for your viewing pleasure, pieces of Sasquatch popular culture from the days of drive-in movies (please pass the popcorn) and beyond. Enjoy!
The Secret Selma Footage
Extreme Expeditions author Adam Davies’ just-released footage of the “Seljord Serpent” or Selma is actually secret footage that has never been released before. (See my previous blog on this sterling example of blobdracontology, here.) Jan-Ove Sundberg of the Swedish group GUST writes: The Selma video you now write about at Cryptomundo was taken on our expedition to Lake Seljordsvattnet in 1999. That Adam & Co. took it has been kept a secret by them until now, but GUST have published many articles about the video. See this feature [which is in Swedish] published in 2005 (I have taken no less [...]
Tsuchinoko: 100 Million Yen Reward
Times have been rather hectic lately with the recent news of the Bigfoot “massacre” theory, the Bigfoot trail camera photo prize, and the Pepie challenge money. Therefore, I did want to acknowledge an item published over at the Pink Tentacle a few days ago. The essay was entitled “Seven Mysterious Creatures of Japan”. It is worth your reading, especially if you are not familiar with the Hibagon (unknown anthropoid), Kusshii (lake monster), Isshii (lake monster), Giant Snake of Mt. Tsurugi, Takitaro (giant fish), Kappa (merbeing, shown above), and Tsuchinoko. Specifically, I wished to point to the Tsuchinoko paragraphs, as a [...]
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