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Sunday Cryptocomics

The above photograph was contributed by the author of The Pink Room. Plus An Encore Appearance Goofy as the Maine Mutant by Peter Loh.

Update: Baffin Mystery Skull Identified

Update Regarding the “Bizarre Baffin Skull” entry posted on May 30, 2006, the enigma has been solved. The mystery skull is discussed in an article in the Nunatsiaq News of Iqaluit, Nunavut, and it is a skull of a caribou calf. The scientist who confirmed this is Richard Harrington, an archeologist with the Museum of Nature in Ottawa. At first Harrington was hopeful it was a skull of an animal he is researching. The newspaper observed that Harrington has ….spent over a decade excavating an ancient beaver pond on Ellesmere Island, where he found the remains of several extinct species, [...]

The Silver Bridge: How Many Died?

Mothman mysteriously appeared and for 13 months was seen in a Banshee-like wave of sightings. Then the Silver Bridge fell. Maybe there’s a connection, maybe there isn’t. With all due respect, do you know how many died in that tragedy? Why have my buddies at the Fortean Times forgotten to fact-check this significant detail before publishing a Letter to the Editor about it? Bill Rebsamen’s image of the Mothman created for the cover of my book on the subject. In the new issue of the Fortean Times, # 214, for October 2006, on page 71, in a letter entitled “Silver [...]

Gone Where The Goblins Go

Ding-dong the dog is dead Which old dog? The wicked dog Ding-dong the wicked dog is dead Wake up you sleepyhead Rub your eyes, get out of bed Wake up the wicked dog is dead He’s gone where the goblins go. The story of the Maine Mutant or Mystery Beast of Turner, Maine, has just begun. Scholars, scoundrels, and skeptics will write about the case for years, attempting to prove that it says something sinister about the gullibility of humans. But the story is one deeper than that, of media, madness, and mayhem, of jealousy, joining, and journeys. But we’ve [...]

Cryptozoology Exhibit Moves To Kansas City

Alexis Rockman’s art is at Bates College. Have you seen Cryptozoology: Out of Time Place Scale yet? You better hurry. There are museums across the country that give unique learning opportunities through the gateway of cryptozoology. I encourage everyone – friends, fans, parents, teachers, professors – to look to the museums and exhibitions that are popular and fun for students and youth and you! For example, the on-going exhibition Cryptozoology: Out of Time Place Scale continues in Maine, at Bates College, through October 8, 2006. Then it moves to Missouri. If you wish to see it, have your class tour [...]

Enter the Cryptosphere

I’ve been on the road for two weeks, but have to stop off here to share this August 29, 2006, editorial in the Portland, Maine Press Herald with you. Surprisingly, I discovered it was mostly written by Theo Stein, a former Denver Post reporter who has penned some of the most thoughtful, intelligent articles examining the science of hominology (the sincere study of Bigfoot and other unknown hairy hominoids) of recent note. Tuesday, August 29, 2006 EDITORIAL: Fortean Maine provides much to inspire fans of the weird Stinging ocean blobs, sharks and, of course, the mutant Beast of Turner. It’s [...]

Strange Brazilian Creature

Click on image for full-size version Click on image for full-size version Scott Corrales has sent to Cryptomundo the photographs you see here, labeled "Strange Brazilian Creature," with this following message: These images were just forwarded to me from Spain regarding (and I quote): "a strange creature found by the Servicio de Aguas (Water Authority) of the town of Sorcaba, Brasil. It was taken to a biologist at the zoo (no name given) was was stunned and believed it to be a mutation of a smaller creature." What Scott is being shown is not cryptozoological, not a mutation of a [...]