The Formosan wild boar’s distinctive nostril stripe is clearly seen in this photograph. The China Post is reporting on January 12, 2007, that Formosan wild boar nests have been sighted in northern Taiwan, during the past two months. The Taiwan Forestry Research Institute (TFRI) reported yesterday that these incidents marked the “first sightings” in 15 years. (The news release is unclear if they are talking about just nest sightings or the actual animals also being seen. The sightings near the Fu-Shan Research Station in Yilan County, northeastern Taiwan, marked the first time for such events by TFRI officials since the [...]
Afghan Artillery and Baffling Barmanu
Jodi Magraner discusses the Barmanu and shows the drawings he had made of them from eyewitness accounts. In my modest effort to send some field guides and other books to the troops who are in harms’ way, a few shipments have gone out. Today, via a received email, I heard back from a soldier in an area known for some unknown hominoid activity and much more. Mark Langenkamp is stationed someplace in eastern Afghanistan. He writes: I got your book in the mail today! Thank you again for sending it. When I am done reading it, I will leave it [...]
Never Stop Asking Nessie Questions
Before this bit of news gets too old, I want to mention the seemingly funny media mentions last week about tourists in Scotland asking silly questions. The media had a bit of laughter over some questions from visitors, and, of course, Nessie was right up there at the top. According to a Travel Connect article entitled “Tourists Ponder Loch Ness Monster’s Feeding Times,” the tourism agency VisitBritain compiled “some rather puzzling queries from befuddled travellers.” As the headline to their article gives away, one inquiry they highlight dealt directly with the topic: One such visitor was evidently unfamiliar with the [...]
“Yeti” Photographed
The famed coelacanth researcher and dinofish.com site author Jerome Hamlin sends along the above photographs. Hamlin writes: Here’s a picture of a “Yeti” that approached our car at a gas station in India last April! I thought of you when I snapped it. I was quite impressed by the outfit and in the heat. I think his idea was to approach tourist cars for money. He’s worth it. I have him on video as well, making hissing growls. I was also surprised by the cultural influence. Many of these far away places have learned to parody themselves in situ! Our [...]
Maeher: Melanistic Bobcats in Florida
Dr. Dave Maehr’s 1990 article details the discoveries of black bobcats in Florida. Please see below his Florida location chart (numbers 1 and 2 are from 1939-1940 through the 1990 captures). Click on image for full size version Also here is a photograph from 1990 of a black Florida bobcat. Click on image for full size version The pdf of Maehr’s 1990 report he co-authored, can be downloaded by clicking on its title here: "Melanistic Bobcats in Florida". Melanistic felid photographed by Georgia Tech’s biology professor (ret.) Edward Yeargers, Martin County, Florida, December 2005.
Mystery Black Felid Photo: Identified
An update on the mystery black felid photograph (see various enhancements on this page) reveals some new information, which, in context, makes much sense. The picture was taken December 2005, according to the photographer’s letter shared with me last night by felid researcher Ben Willis. The photo was taken by a retired biology professor from a Georgia university, Dr. Edward Yeargers . Dr. Yeargers had seen the cat, which he identified as a black bobcat, “several times” in his yard. The location of his yard – Palm City, Florida. Palm City is located in Martin County, Florida. The professor wrote, [...]
A Sea Serpent Surprise
I turned on the television this morning, over there in the background near my desk, to check the news on the local NBC channel. The very first thing on the screen was an individual discussing a Sea Serpent sighting. I happened to be in the midst of writing an article about New England Sea Serpents. I was floored, struck by, well, this bolt from out of nowhere. I quickly discovered the guy was a Reverend Peter B. Panagore, giving one of those daily messages the stations run, it seems, so their viewers can take a break from the news and [...]
Nashville And Bobbing Black Cats
Nashville Cats, play clean as country water Nashville Cats, play wild as mountain dew Nashville Cats, been playin’ since they’s babies Nashville Cats, get work before they’re two — by John B. Sebastian, Lovin’ Spoonful, 1967. Is this cryptid black cat a melanistic bobcat (Lynx rufus/Felis rufus)? Back on November 19, 2006, I wrote about the sightings and then videotape of a large short-tailed cat seen in Nashville, Tennessee. Speculations covered caracal, lynx, and bobcat. The two images below are from the video taken of the Tennessee Mystery Cat: Ben Willis of Bigcats.org brings to my attention that a road-killed [...]
Another Out-of-Place Manatee
Tennessee’s Manatee Last August 2006, an out-of-place manatee showed up in the Hudson Valley, New York (remember Tappie?). Then in October, one apparently swam up the Mississippi River to a harbor near Memphis, Tennessee. The Memphis manatee was found dead in December in a lake in the State of Mississippi. On January 4, 2007, the news was announced that the reason for the death of the Memphis manatee may never be known, as not enough tissue samples could be collected to discover the cause. Perhaps the warm weather is disorienting manatees, as well as the blossoms coming out in New [...]
Weird Wisconsin: Man Bat
Click on image for full size version Wisconsin’s Coulee News has published a story on January 3, 2006, entitled: "Man Bat Tale Tops 2006 for Weirdness" by Randy Erikson. It gives a journalistic overview of the case, although Linda Godfrey warns me it does have some factual mistakes. Her website with this same incident is found by clicking here and the student newspaper’s story is a pdf here (go to page five of the document). The article reads: As we start another year, I know there are at least a few among us who will look back at 2006 and [...]
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