Are old records of “wild people” and “gorillas” actually accounts of feral humans, fictional journalistic stories, escaped animals, or unknown hairy hominoids? Or a combination of several situations? You be the judge. The following reports are from Spain, India, Indiana, Missouri, and California. Of all of these, perhaps the only one that is well-known is the more Sasquatch-type case from 1870 California. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Anon. 1823. “Wild Woman” Bell’s Life in London and Sporting Chronicle (London, England) No. 47 (19/01/1823), p. 373. WILD WOMAN Extract of a private letter from Madrid, dated December 28. –”A truce to politics for one day, [...]
60 Minutes’ Morley Safer, AMNH, and Cryptozoology
On Friday, November 30, 2007, I took the train to New York City from Portland, Maine. It is a long ride, but I decided to try it out, catch up on some reading, and see what came my way. I was surprised by the person I ran into on the train: CBS 60 Minutes correspondent Morley Safer. He was the only guy sitting a few seats in front of me on a sparingly occupied train car. I think he got on someplace in Massachusetts. I’m not sure, and I respect his privacy enough to not really care to talk about [...]
Mysterious African Udilacus
The great taxidermist Araham Dee Bartlett is shown with his first gorilla, collected by Mr. Du Challu for Professor Owen, British National Museum, circa 1855. The wave of interest in the discovery of the lowland, and then the mountain gorilla caused this species to be a point of reference for many “creature” reports in America during the early 20th century. Sometimes we have to read through the ugliest forms of racism that existed in American journalism in the 1930s to extract the essence of possible cryptozoological eyewitness evidence existing in old news articles. Please be forewarned that descriptions in these [...]
Looking for Maine Bigfoot
Vladika Michael of Bangor holds a parabolic listening device as Chris Julian of Enfield bangs a thick stick against a tree as they look for signs of Bigfoot in the woods of Rangeley Plantation. The idea is if Bigfoot is out there, he may knock back. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) Looking for Bigfoot For more than a mile, the forest on both sides of the closed-up camp road was quiet except for the white noise of wind coming off Mooselookmeguntic Lake. Walking along in the dark, Chris Julian explained why he keeps his investigations secret (the risk of pranks), what he [...]
Olympics Sasquatch Mania
Okay, British Columbia readers, can someone capture one of these Quatchi souvenirs for the International Cryptozoology Museum? Apparently they are selling out like hotcakes, or at least hot Bigfoot. These guys are bestsellers. Reports are they will be extinct soon. Post Office Box 360 Portland, ME 04112 USA
That Mangy Bear: The Final Word
This somewhat comedic video is from Blake “DoctorAtlantis” Smith, who introduces it thusly: “I have posted a follow-up video based on several remarks from [pro-'juvenile Sasquatch'] posters. I think this video, while still mildly sarcastic, does contain some good analytic data.” {Warning: Loud music soundtrack.}
Women Take On Bigfoot
On MonsterQuest on Wednesday, November 28, 2007, it is all women on the track of “Bigfoot.” The show’s description has this to say: “Bigfoot has been sighted in Washington State more than any other place on earth. Join an all-female expedition as they try to lure a Bigfoot within range of their cameras. The 1967 Patterson footage will be reexamined using digital microscopes that could reveal details that might prove if the beast is real or a hoax.” I asked one of the members of the expedition, Monica Rawlins for some details. Her answers to my questions are below: Loren: [...]
2010 Olympics Mascots Go Crypto
The 2010 Olympics are taking on a decidedly cryptozoological slant with two of their three official mascots being partially based on cryptids. There is no doubt that the Sasquatch-influenced Quatchi and the weird Bear-Thunderbird-Guardian Spirit Sumi will give us much to ponder as these games get closer. I especially look forward to seeing what kind of Quatchi cultural and souvenir Sasquatch spillovers these British Columbian events will produce. But why the boots? Doesn’t that kind of defeat the fun of leaving big footprints behind?
The Top Ten Cryptozoology Stories for 2007
The Top Ten Cryptozoology Stories for 2007 by Loren Coleman, Cryptozoologist and Author, Mysterious America, Cryptozoology A to Z, and other books. From Bigfoot to Yeren, and from dwarf killer whales to dwarf manatees, it was quite a year. Welcome to this year’s top stories in cryptozoology. It wasn’t heaven during 2007 for the cryptids, but instead seemed to have been a year of reflection, mistakes, fakes, and a few new finds. In the 1940s, the Scottish-born American zoologist Ivan T. Sanderson (photo with lemur) began using a word he coined, “cryptozoology,” to describe a new discipline of science that [...]
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