Paul Compton writes: I’m the researcher that has these pictures. [They] aren’t a stump. We don’t go tramping in Australia; it’s called back packing. The Paul Compton Yowie photographs have been sent in, shared, and pointed to by many people. The following are some of the better versions of those submissions. Click on image for full size version Blowup of detail above Click on image for full size version Blowup of detail above For the best summary on Yowie sightings and history, see Tony Healy’s and Paul Cropper’s The Yowie: In Search of Australia’s Bigfoot:
Yeren Steals Beer
Cryptomundo correspondent Adam Campbell sends along this sighting of a Yeren: I saw a Yeren between Guilin and Kunming in China, in October 1995. I was on a train travelling at night at about 20 mph when the Yeren put it’s hand through the window and grabbed a bottle of beer off the table next to the window. We heard the bottle smash about 10 seconds later. Four of us saw it of which one [of the eyewitnesses] was Chinese; he kept shouting “Yeren! Yeren!” The Yeren had very long thin fingers covered in gingery auburn hair. We assume that [...]
Hillary’s Yeti Debunking Lives On
Sir Edmund Hillary recently died, and yet his legacy of Yeti debunking continues onward, even now through his associates. The Telegraph of Calcutta, India has published a subtle little article recalling in glowing terms Hillary’s damaging Yeti investigations, which were set up skeptically, versus open-mindedly, from the very start. In the article, “Climber recalls days with Edmund, hunting for Yeti,” the Telegraph’s correspondent writes of one man who was on the trek: Nearly half-a-century ago, Bhanu Banerjee accompanied legendary climber Edmund Hillary to a Himalayan expedition in pursuit of the Abominable Snowman and came back with some incredible memories. “Every [...]
Yowie Photo
Sometimes everyone wants to jump on the bandwagon. Sometimes people are just in the right place at the right time. What is this episode all about? Tony Healy’s and Paul Cropper’s The Yowie: In Search of Australia’s Bigfoot has made these hairy hominoids quite popular in their own country and much more well-known around the world. More people are trying to get new pieces of evidence. Now comes word that one person says he has proof. Proof…Paul Compton with one of the photos that he believes backs up his personal claims of a giant Yowie-like animal living in the Glen [...]
Too Much Fooling
My brief editorial in the wake of this year’s April Fool’s Day is that there was entirely too much fooling around. None of the jokes were overly interesting or even intelligent. Most of the ones I read were downright stupid. Perhaps, a random few (e.g. the “Happy Valley Horror”?) were marginally funny. By the end of the day, I was getting a pit in my stomach as I saw the tidal wave of bad jokes and lame attempts to truly try to fool people come ashore. I was sorry I posted any April Fool’s stories. Most reporters actually wrote their [...]
Blaming Bigfoot: AP Video
Gene R. Morrill The Associated Press has posted on YouTube their video report on Gene R. Morrill, 57, of New Ipswich, New Hampshire. Morrill had previously pleaded guilty to 20 charges stemming from his efforts to solicit 13-year-old boys over the Internet and blamed it all on a molestation he alleged he had suffered by a Bigfoot. From open giggling to an undercover officer interviewed with his face hidden, this is a unique news document.
Hominology: The Russian View
A new work has been published by Crypto-Logos in Russia, entitled Bigfoot Research: The Russian Vision. It appears it will soon be offered by Hancock House. (I have not seen a review copy yet.) The book’s author is Dmitri Bayanov; it was compiled by Christopher L. Murphy, and edited by Roger Knights.
Orange Raccoons, Dover Demons & Green Eyes
It’s been called an “orange,” a “blond,” and a “red” raccoon. Certainly, it is a rare color phase of a common raccoon that was trapped in Greene County, Indiana, late in February and then again in March 2008. It is slowly getting more and more attention. It’s been featured in the local media in Indiana, and I heard a short story about it on Field and Stream radio last weekend. I think people are catching and releasing the same little tan-color-phase raccoon or its relatives. It got me to wondering, how would have people described this if it hadn’t been [...]
Happy Valley Horror?
Happy Valley group concerned school will harm Bigfoot habitat A local environmental group has vowed to stop construction of a new Coweta elementary school, claiming the work will destroy the habitat of a Bigfoot-like creature known as the Happy Valley Horror. “The Board of Education of Coweta County is going to build a new elementary school on Jim Starr Road and forever change our quiet country life,” said Michael Bright, head of the newly-formed group Save The Happy Valley Horror (STHVH). “My concern is that this area is known to be the home of the infamous and rare Happy Valley [...]
Denver’s Cryptozoology Lecture
As mentioned previously, “Birders, Bigfoot and Bond, James Bond,” a cryptozoology lecture by museum staffers Aaron Spriggs and Paula Cushing, will be delivered today at 7 p.m., in Ricketson Auditorium, at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science, 2001 Colorado Blvd.; $12 (members) and $15 (non-members). Reservations at 303-322-7009. For more on “James Bond and Cryptozoology,” please see my 2006 blog on the topic.
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