Loren Coleman

Loren Coleman

Dover Demon Tonight

April 21, 2007 – “Dover Demon” 30th Anniversary Special (“Dover Demon” is a chapter in Mysterious America.) 10 pm to Midnight. Eastern Spooky Southeast on WBSM-AM, 1420 AM, New Bedford, MA; http://www.SpookySouthcoast.com, iTune podcast. Several guests will appear, including perhaps one of the original eyewitnesses, various researchers, and the original investigator Loren Coleman, who coined the phrase “Dover Demon.”

Mythic Beasts

Mythic Creatures opens at The American Museum of Natural History on Saturday, May 26, 2007. I have been invited to deliver a presentation, “Introduction to Cryptozoology,” in conjuntion with this exhibition, late next fall at the AMNH. Fun for the whole family, the new exhibition Mythic Creatures: Dragons, Unicorns, and Mermaids explores the anthropological origins and cultural significance of some of the world’s most enchanting mythological characters, such as dragons, griffins, mermaids, sea serpents, and unicorns. The exhibition features art and cultural objects, fossils, and eye-popping models from a 17-foot-long dragon to the legendary sea monster, the kraken, with massive [...]

Famed Mothman Witness Loses Son

The Scarberrys and Mallettes saw Mothman on November 15, 1966. On November 16, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Wamsley and Raymond’s sister, Mrs. Marcella Bennett with her baby daughter Tina visited friends, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Thomas, who lived in a bungalow in a residential area near the location of the “igloos” (concrete dome-shaped dynamite storage structures erected during WWII) near the TNT plant. Marcella Bennett and the others saw Mothman, and Marcella was so upset she fell on her daughter. The story is well-known within the Mothman literature. Marcella told me she will never forget those red eyes. When I [...]

Japanese ChampQuest ‘07

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE from Wireless News Flash… Japanese Filmakers on “ChampQuest” in Vermont APRIL 19, 2007 PORTLAND, ME. (Wireless Flash) — The jig may soon be up for a sneaky lake monster who’s been hiding in a Vermont lake for nearly 200 years. That’s because a group of Japanese filmmakers are converging on Lake Champlain, Vermont, this weekend [April 22-25, 2007] in hopes of snapping footage of “Champ,” a cousin to the Loch Ness Monster that supposedly resides in the lake. Cryptozoologist Loren Coleman, who is helping the filmmakers on what is being called “ChampQuest,” says there have been Champ [...]

Mysterious Animals Roaming Geauga County, Ohio

What are these animals being seen in Geauga County, Ohio? Why are they in Ohio?

Lake Ontario Monster Chases Pair

The Oswego Palladium reports that Leroy Johnson and his son, Orville, of R.D. 6, Oswego, report seeing a medium-sized sea serpent in the water of Lake Ontario off Nine Mile creek, last week. The supposed sea serpent looked like a large snake. The senior Johnson was fishing in the lake and had waded out to knee depth when he saw the serpent and he immediately beat it for shore. The animal chased him for some distance and then disappeared.Fulton [New York] Patriot, June 23, 1920 Thanks to Jerome Clark. Coming, April 24th – Mysterious America.

Editor of Yeti Newsletter Arrested

April 18, 2007 Some Colorado campuses are raising security measures in the wake of Monday’s massacre at Virginia Tech and on the eve of the eighth anniversary of bloodshed at Columbine High School. The University of Colorado, the University of Northern Colorado and Boulder High School were investigating incidents Tuesday related to threats and potential disturbances. CU campus police arrested a student for investigation of interfering with staff members and students after he engaged in a heated discussion with classmates over the Virginia Tech rampage and said that he “would be capable of killing 32 people,” Cmdr. Brad Wiesley said. [...]