Above is the photograph which has become familiar from my book, Cryptozoology A to Z (1999), and then lifted from there to be shared throughout the internet. The story of the 19th century shooting and mounting of this unknown cryptid canine has been repeated often. It is scheduled to be one of the stories discussed in a forthcoming History Channel “Monster Quest” program. The “Monster Quest” film crew visited the International Cryptozoology Museum specifically to talk to me about this cryptid and other related canine enigmas. The mystery of the Shunka Warak’in has been an enduring one in cryptozoology. It [...]
CZ Museum’s Deco Logo For The 21st Century
The International Cryptozoology Museum (ICM) continues its evolving development, and today announces the launch of its new logo. Designed by award-winning branding and marketing designer Duncan Hopkins of iTaggit, who has a subspeciality in cryptozoology work, this logo becomes the icon of the ICM. The design proudly displays as its centerpiece a symbolic representation of the first coelacanth discovered in 1938. The story of the coelacanth, a fish ethnoknown to the locals as the gombessa or mame, ranks as one of the “darlings of cryptozoology,” along with other discovered species such as the okapi, the giant squid, the mountain gorilla, [...]
Monster Quest: Meldrum Comments
Jeff Meldrum, Ph. D., Idaho State University, emailed me late last night. He shares his insights regarding the “Sasquatch Attack” episode of the History Channel’s recently broadcast “Monster Quest” program. Below are his unedited remarks, given for clarification, from the point of view of someone who was there: Loren ~ I’m running a couple days behind this week. 1. Bear in mind that the result is based on a mere 300 nucleotide sequence. This is extremely small data set. Results based on that short a sequence would never get published for any study, let alone one as controversial as this. [...]
Two Ancient Apes Discovered
Above, one of the most famed of the ancient apes, Proconsul africanus (Dryopithecus). A 10 million-year-old jawbone and teeth discovered in Kenya may represent a new species very close to the last common ancestor of gorillas, chimpanzees and humans, according to a study published in the U.S. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on November 12, 2007. Researchers from the Primate Research Institute of the Kyoto University in Japan found the jawbone, along with 11 teeth in volcanic mud flow deposits in the Nakali region of Kenya, in 2005. The last time a hominoid fossil of this period was [...]
When Oliver Was Bigfoot
Oliver is not a Sasquatch, but you might not have known that in the 1970s. Articles about Oliver being a Bigfoot were written in all seriousness. But Oliver is a chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes). Unfortunately, despite his history being easily obtainable, I still get inquiries about Oliver really being a Bigfoot. Supposedly, there is a government conspiracy to keep Oliver hidden away in Texas and the “truth” about his Sasquatch affinities hidden from all of you. Hogwash! Sometimes a mishandled chimp merely grows up to be a dysfunctional but recovering chimp. Sometimes a mangy bear is only a mangy bear.
CFZ Guyana Trek Begins
On Wednesday evening, November 14, 2007, a five-person party flies from London’s Heathrow Airport in search of more complete information on at least three South American cryptids (e.g. Giant Anaconda, Didi/Mapinguary, Water Tiger). The five individuals from the UK-based Centre for Fortean Zoology [CFZ] are on the track of cryptid data and en route to Guyana. For more information, see their previous release (which is being recycled this week), here. CFZ misread early notices here about this being called a “publicity stunt” for the videogame company Capcom’s launch of their new video game Monster Hunter 3. In the USA, the [...]
Another Monster Quest Followup
There is a rumor going around ~ I literally have now read it from individuals in three countries ~ that the “Sasquatch Attack” documentary “occurred five years ago.” I’m not sure where some people get their information, but I think the dating of the nail board incident is being confused with the making of the documentary. Supposedly, the nail board events took place in 2003 or perhaps 2004. There is enough vagueness about whether one or several animals might have stepped on this trap to raise some questions. But the board held only an old sample or samples, that’s for [...]
Monster Quest’s Doug Hajicek Comments
Dear Loren, I can assure you and your readers that fear did play a part of our decision to not be all running around in the woods at night. As you know also, just walking in this kind of terrain at night is dangerous. Being hit in the head with a heavy rock in the middle of nowhere was a big safety concern for me and everybody on my crew. I doubt this thing would of confronted us anyhow as the rock throwing is most likely a safe way to try to intimidate us from a distance (and it worked). [...]
New Coelacanth Discoveries in Solomon Islands
More big breaking news from the oceans… The expedition results of Jerome Hamlin, Dinofish, have been filed, and the results appear certain that a new population of coelacanth has been discovered. He was able to gather very credible testimonies on the presence of coelacanths in the archipelago of the Solomon Island, in the Western Pacific. The findings positively indicate this new population moves the known range of coelacanths further east from Africa and Indonesia. This is exciting news, indeed, because it means that all deep-water sites similar to what is being found near the Comoros, the Sulawesi, and the Solomons [...]
Thylacine Videos
In Australia, as it turns out, there are many borderline good videos that may show evidence of the survival of the thylacine. Are some of these not merely dingo? Do I see some striping on the rear quarters of these animals? Are any of these the “Patterson-Gimlin film” of a thylacine? You be the judge. Thanks to “on the track.”
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