Mastodons Still Living This mastodon (Mammut americanum) is the life-sized bronze representation at the Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne, the home of the “Mastodons.” Alaska Indians Claim They Have Seen Them Running About. The Stickeen Indians positively assert that within the last five years they have frequently seen animals which, from the descriptions given, must have been mastodons. Last spring, while out hunting, one of the Indians came across a series of large tracks, each the size of the bottom of a salt barrel, sunk deep in the moss. He followed the curious trail for some miles, finally coming out [...]
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Stovepipe Hat Bigfoot?
Some folks at the Pine Ridge Reservation say there are two separate things being seen. A Bigfoot and a Tall Man or Big Man. Could there be an overlap in reports? This is the Harry Trumbore illustration from The Field Guide of Bigfoot and Other Mystery Primates (p. 45) of Pitt Lake, BC’s "Sasquatch" seen in June 1965. Could eyewitnesses of some Bigfoot at Pine Ridge be misintreprating the head shape of these creatures for a stovetop hat? And what are we to make of reports of the "Big Man" with a cape? Reports of Bigfoot stealing shirts and pants [...]
We Still Have Not Received Bigfoot Body!
Sometimes communication moves slowly. Although I asked for an official copy of the press release some time ago, just today, August 21, 2006, I received the apparently well-hidden url location of the document from Breanna Bishop, the Public Information Coordinator at The South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. Here is a copy of the full, unedited text of their document: School of Mines Bigfoot Rumors False — Released August 9, 2006 Contrary to online reports, the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology has not been in receipt of the body of Bigfoot. According to a report appearing on [...]
Merchandising the Monster
Artist: Roland LaVallee, Crow Track Gallery, Eastport, Maine. Used with permission. Lewiston reporter and Cryptomundo associate these days, Mark Laflamme takes some moments on Monday, August 21, 2006, to look at “Merchandising the beast?” in the Sun Journal. Please click on image for full-size version Photograph by Michelle O’Donnell. Used by permission. Laflamme speaking to a local central Maine readership, first and foremost, observes: Admit it. All week, you’ve been calling friends around the country to brag about the mystery creature stalking the Maine woods. You love that dead, unidentified beast and you want a way to celebrate it. Put [...]
No Silly Season, Just Dog Daze
Click on image for full-size version Photograph by Michelle O’Donnell. Used by permission. On Monday, August 21,2006, Judith Meyer, editor at the Sun Journal in Lewiston, Maine, took a few moments to ponder the seven days that had just gone by. In her article “The Dog Daze in August,” she writes, in part: Last week was beyond weird. The public clamor for stories and photos about the mystery creature in Turner was so intense, the Sun Journal Web site couldn’t keep up and crashed. The switchboard was busy with media requests from around the world, and researchers and experts in [...]
Maine Mutant: Photos Posted Again
Michelle O’Donnell has changed her mind. She has given her permission directly for Cryptomundo to post the following: Please click on image for full-size version Photograph by Michelle O’Donnell. Used by permission. Click on image for full-size version Photograph by Michelle O’Donnell. Used by permission. Click on image for full-size version Photograph by Michelle O’Donnell. Used by permission. Ms. O’Donnell writes late on August 19, 2006: Loren, I read the article posted on cryptomundo and was moved by your thorough understanding of my frustrations. I am sorry for having attacked you, I was very angry and was on a rampage [...]
Maine Mutant: Folk Art
Artist: Roland LaVallee, Crow Track Gallery, Eastport, Maine. Used with permission. Travel over to eBay.com and you will find an auction that lasts until August 26, for the first piece of folk art coming out of the recent cryptid media frenzy. The title of the object is “Turner Maine Mutant Mystery Beast” The artist, Roland LaVallee has given us permission to share these photographs of the carving. Here’s the artist’s description: I am Roland LaVallee a woodcarver from Eastport, Maine. I carved this mystery beast on August 19 2006 after reading of the death of an animal in Turner, Maine. [...]
Pursuit of Sasquatch: A Portrait of Dr. Grover S. Krantz
There is a new documentary in the works that will be of interest to Bigfoot researchers. From Walikos Productions, it is entitled Pursuit of Sasquatch: A Portrait of Dr. Grover S. Krantz, and due for release fall 2006. A preview trailer is available at the Walikos website. Grover Krantz, during the 1970s. To read more background about the exciting life of Grover Krantz, see “Remembering Grover” and “Grover S. Krantz (1931-2002)”.
Cryptozoologist Relocates
The author of Thunderbirds is closing up shop in the South and flying, er, driving back North. Mark A. Hall, cryptozoologist, Fortean, author, editor of Wonders, primary investigator of the Minnesota Iceman, former director of Ivan T. Sanderson’s Society for the Investigation of the Unexplained, and my good friend, is making his final relocation. After living in North Carolina for a few years and trying to make a go of it there, Hall is moving back to his home state of Minnesota. He is also permanently closing down his private publishing company, Mark A. Hall Publications (MAHP), and will no [...]
Sunday Op-Ed Funnies
Johor Hominid Says: “What’s this I’ve heard about some missing photographs in Maine? Would you like to see some drawings of them?” ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Meanwhile, deep in the rainforests of Malaysia….
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