Loren Coleman

Loren Coleman

CryptoHealth News: Gimlin and Godwin

Bob Gimlin had open-heart surgery the morning of June 28, 2006, in his hometown of Yakima, Washington. He is reportedly doing well. Of course, Bob is well-known as the "Gimlin" portion of the Patterson-Gimlin footage taken of a Bigfoot at Bluff Creek, California, on October 20, 1967. Meanwhile, weird fiction aficionado and managing editor of Fate Magazine, David F. Godwin suffered a heart attack on June 20. He was supposed to come home on June 23, 2006. Any updates are appreciated on these and other individuals on the quest having health issues.

Chameleon Snake Discovered

A red-brown snake that turns white? A new species among over 350 species discovered on Borneo? Being rather busy here with a wide variety of cryptozoological matters, I’ll let my Boing Boing buddy David Pescovitz’s good summary about the new finding of this chameleon snake speak for itself: Scientists have discovered a new species of venomous water snake in Borneo that can change its colors. The half-meter-long snake is a member of the genus Enhydris and might only live in the Kapuas River drainage system of Borneo. It’s not yet known whether the chameleon-like behavior is a defense mechanism or [...]

Alton Mystery Animal

Click image for full frame image Troy Taylor, an Alton, Illinois, publisher and investigator, has passed along some new photographs of a mystery animal that was seen for two days, around his town recently. Click image for full frame image Taken by Tom Westley, Taylor notes that the photographed animal frequented the corner of Third and Langdon before it moved on. Click image for full frame image Interestingly, stripes were seen on it by some people, while others said they were sure it was a bobcat. But most of us can clearly see something else here, and these good photographs [...]

Two-Day Cryptozoology Exhibit

Do you get the feeling that the art world has suddenly discovered cryptozoology, globally, all in the same moment in time? Some cryptozoology art exhibitions, such as "Cryptozoology: Out of Time Place Scale" at Bates College, last as long as the summer and beyond. Others, it appears, disappear almost as quickly as a sighting of Nessie. Take, for example, the two-day display at the Cumbria Institute of Arts (located in the city of Carlisle, in the extreme northwest of England, some 16 km from the border with Scotland). That exhibition, "A Study in Time," by Jennifer Holliday, will occur on [...]

New Coelacanth Video

A capture of an image from the Japanese research team videotape of a one-meter long coelacanth taken off Indonesia on May 30, 2006. As first announced in May here, some startlingly clear images of living Indonesian coelacanths have been taken. Now, a portion of the Indonesian coelacanth video shot several weeks ago has been made public. You can see a segment of the video in this short news clip on YouTube. While the news report states that 4 Indonesian coelacanth were videotaped, Aquamarine Fukushima’s coelacanth web page claims that a total of 7 were videotaped during the period from May [...]

Lyle Stuart, Frank Edwards’ Publisher, Dies on June 24th

June 24th has seen the passing of publisher Lyle Stuart, above. When I wrote on June 22nd of the "Wonders of St. John’s Day," I observed that some prominent writers and researchers had died on June 24th. The date that is generally remembered today as the "birthday of flying saucers" (June 24, 1947) has historically been the focus of many strange events, from Bigfoot sightings to Chupacabras encounters too. Acknowledging the deaths of various phenomena writers and fans, I mentioned Frank Scully in 1964; Frank Edwards in 1967; Arthur Bryant in 1967; Richard Church in 1967; Willy Ley in 1969; [...]

Origins and Insights: The Exhibition

The Maine Sunday Telegram published an "Audience Section" critique of the new Bates exhibition. It follows: Sunday, June 25, 2006 Artists hope viewers let imaginations run wild By BOB KEYES, Portland Press Herald Writer LEWISTON — The female rears back, teeth clenched, arms ready to attack. She’s frightening, fierce and ferocious. But there’s something anatomically wrong. Instead of strong legs that would suggest her ability to spring, she sports fins and a tail. She is, after all, a mermaid. The creation of Minnesota artist Sarina Brewer, the "Feejee Mermaid" stands – or is it more appropriately, swims? – as one [...]