Albert Klyne shows off the statue he made of the creature he says he spotted near his home in 2001. (Jason Halstead, Sun Media). Pick up your computer and turn it on its side, by 90 degrees, or if it is easier, merely tilt your head, to see the proper configuration of the object he carved. He calls himself a sort of Dr. Frankenstein, but Albert Klyne isn’t worried about his creation coming to life. What concerns the 63-year-old, is whether his muse will come back now that his masterpiece is near complete. “It gave me creepy feelings while I [...]
Tim Cameron’s Seven Weird Mythical Creatures: Commentary
Comedian Tim Cameron at Cracked.com has set out to name the most outrageous “creatures,” which I guess we might assume could include a cryptid or two. His new list is entitled the “Weirdest Mythical Creatures in the World,” and I thought I’d share the essence of his gathering. Despite the profanity-injected narrative, which I found sometimes not-too-funny and distracting, the compilation was worthy of a look, as Cameron pointed to some overlooked alleged beasts. The creative list with a few of Cameron’s quoted but edited comments, without his “how to kill” them conclusions, is below. I truly did find the [...]
Alaska’s Prehistoric Monster
Cryptotourism has been in play for ages, especially highlighted by such sites as Loch Ness, which boasts of Nessie. Smaller examples of monsters and places, such as the Lizard Man of South Carolina or Tessie of Lake Tahoe, dot the maps of the world. But a new trend is the recognition of cryptids, history, and places in various locations, often further overlooked. Glacier Island’s monster is one case that even turned up in the old Books of Charles Fort. In Mr. X’s Hypertext of the works of Charles Fort, he notes the passage from Lo!: It may be that there [...]
California’s Latest Black Cougar
Continuing a definite trend here in cryptozoological news of late, this is a breaking May 3, 2008, story from the early edition of The Press Democrat of Santa Rosa, California, about a “black cougar” seen by a Forestville, California man: If there really is a black cougar prowling Don Callen’s woodlands near Forestville, it’s a bona fide feline phenomenon. Such a creature may exist, experts say, but there has never been a documented sighting of a black cougar, also known as a mountain lion or puma. And the furry shape in the two photographs captured 50 feet from Callen’s stationary [...]
Spanish Black Panthers Terrorize Pigs
One of the mauled Pato Negra pigs, with an insert of a black panther. The Olive Press in Andalucia, Spain, has published the latest on a roaming pair of large melanistic cryptid felids. Needless to say, big cats are not suppose to exist in modern-day Spain. The La Cala cougar is clearly not scared of travelling for a meal. The celebrated wild cat that was first spotted in La Cala a year ago has apparently turned up in Campillos. As reported by the Olive Press, he has been SLOWLY moving inland, and now the “panther-like” feline has been accused of [...]
Cary Stayner’s Bigfoot
Cary Stayner (above) is the Valentine Weekend Yosemite Killer who said he had an encounter with Bigfoot. He later used his hunt for Bigfoot to get closer to one of his victims, the park ranger he beheaded. A relative of Stayner’s ~ named Jeff [last name on file] ~ has written to me via Cryptomundo, and sends along these observations of Stayner: I would like to add as a family member to Cary Stayner, as long as I can remember, Cary was out running and climbing mountains. I remember when he first had told me and my brother of what [...]
“No Animal Experts in North Texas Would Comment.”
Do You Believe Bigfoot Exists? North Texas (CBS 11 News) ― A local organization has been tracking Bigfoot sightings in North Texas for years. They work on proving the creature’s existence through video or photographic evidence. Craig Woolheather is a member of the Texas Bigfoot Research Conservancy. He believes he came face to face with the creature in Louisiana. “It was about 11:30 at night, and we noticed in the headlights of my vehicle a large, upright figure off to the right of the road,” said Woolheater. “As we approached, we noticed that it was covered in hair… I said [...]
Free Cryptozoology at JSE
Don’t worry. You now can join years of scientific explorers at the edge, for free. In a gesture of Superman scale, Greg Taylor of The Daily Grail passes along the news that all issues of the Journal of Scientific Exploration have been released as free PDF downloads here. Greg Taylor writes: If you head to the JSE website now, you’ll find that they have actually made *all* volumes from 1987 to 2006 available as free PDF downloads. That’s 20 volumes/70 issues of JSE (!!!) – absolutely the most important journal for ideas on the edge of science and knowledge. Thought [...]
Black Squirrel Expedition
This occurred at Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Lake Placid’s Black Panther
Large eastern North American cryptid felids are generally referred to as “Black Panthers,” no matter what the description. The practice is commonplace. It has little bearing on what the animal’s classification alignments may be. This breaking news out of the Lake Placid area of New York tries to jumble around the science and speculation to include black leopards and melanistic jaguars – and remarkably exclude the realities of folk use of the term “Black Panther.” The rather illogical statement in this media account that “black panthers,” in fact, “do not exist” is incorrect. After all, “black panther” is merely a [...]
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