Today is April 5th. It seems like it should be spring outside, right? Believe it or not, some people think that because I live in Maine, I’m a resident of Canada. I get strange emails. Truth is, on this Thursday I feel like I’m in the Himalayas. This morning there is about a foot of snow that fell overnight in Portland, Maine. Today is the opening day for the cryptid-named Portland Sea Dogs baseball team, but, of course, that event has to be postponed. So, back to thoughts of cryptozoology…. Humans may be dealing with incredibly unbelievable Easter/Passover skiing in [...]
Nessie and Adrian Shine
Fox and Friends had Loch Ness researcher on their show this week. Here’s the YouTube video:
Bigfoot Statue Quiz
Coming in the April 2007 issue of TAPS Paramagazine are two contributions by me on the importance of Bigfoot statues across North America, with a listing of some of the highlights awaiting you out there. The spread is illustrated with some great photographs by Tom Yamarone. Below are three of the more famous selections. Can you name where these statues are located? Can you name other statues of Sasquatch in other places? Of Lake Monsters? Of other roadside attraction cryptids? Photographs by Tom Yamarone; used by permission.
Weird Travels Marathon
The Travel Channel has a mini-marathon of “Weird Travels” episodes related to cryptozoology on television right now. March 30, 2007. 1:00 PM Pacific/4:00 PM Eastern “Bigfoot” (with Loren Coleman and Craig Woolheater) 2:00 PM Pacific/5:00 PM Eastern “Lake Monster” (with Loren Coleman) 4:00 PM Pacific/7:00 PM Eastern “Creepy Creatures” (with Loren Coleman) March 31, 2007 11:00 PM Pacific/2:00 AM Eastern “Creepy Creatures” (with Loren Coleman) Thanks to Bufo Calvin for alerting me to the marathon.
Mysterious America Roadshow Begins
I will soon begin to make appearances on various television and radio programs to discuss my 2007 edition of Mysterious America: The Ultimate Guide to the Nation’s Weirdest Wonders, Strangest Spots, and Creepiest Creatures, with its official release date of April 24th. Here are some forthcoming radio dates: April 21 – “Dover Demon” 30th Anniversary Special (“Dover Demon” is a chapter in Mysterious America.) 10 pm to Midnight. Eastern Spooky Southeast on WBSM-AM, 1420 AM, New Bedford, MA; http://www.SpookySouthcoast.com, iTune podcast. April 23 – Mysterious America, Monday overnight, 10 pm to 2 am Pacific, 1 am to 4 am Eastern, [...]
Lake Champlain Thunderbird
The Lake Champlain Sea Serpent in “Feathery Form” Visits Elizabethtown Clinton County papers report that the Lake Champlain Sea Serpent was seen off Cumberland Head early last week. Reputable men who were returning from Plattsburgh to their home on Cumberland Head discovered the huge monster performing in the water and but a short distance from the shore. We quote the following lines from the Plattsburgh Sentinel of Sept. 21, 1894: “That it was a living monster of some kind, there is no room to doubt. Indeed, we have never seriously questioned the substantial accuracy of the numerous accounts of this [...]
What’s Your CZ IQ?
Can you identify this mystery fish found on an old postcard? (Click on this image shared by Phyllis Mancz to see full size version.) I know, I know. The above photo is still a mystery, but how about some easier questions? What’s your Cryptozoology IQ? Okay, a couple questions are about aliens, but, overall, this is a good quick automated quiz to see how you rate. Take the short quiz on the FunTrivia.com site here. How did you do? (BTW, I will delete your comment if you give away any answers. That is just no fun for anyone else coming [...]
Meldrum Tapdances
In the current issue of TAPS Paramagazine on newsstands now and via mail (you can click on the ad to the right), you will find a new “Q and A” session with Dr. Jeff Meldrum about Bigfoot. Yes, I have the cover article on Sea Serpents plus a list-column on New England Lake Monsters, but what I wanted to really mention was the Meldrum article. I only learned about it after my issue came recently. Meldrum, of course, doesn’t “tapdance” in the traditional negative meaning, i.e. that he is avoiding topics. He dances about in fine form, as in cutting-a-rug [...]
The Outer Edge
Just to answer a question about my first two books, The Unidentified and Creatures of the Outer Edge, with Jerome Clark, yes, they have been republished. And yes, they reflect our youthful theories, long thrown overboard. But the reports, sightings, and some connections still ring true, decades later. First appearing in 1975 and 1978, these two paperbacks were published in 2006, as a special double edition with a new introduction. The Unidentified and Creatures of the Outer Edge: The Early Works of Jerome Clark and Loren Coleman is a combined quality paperbound book from Anomalist Books. The Unidentified has intriguing, [...]
Cryptomundo’s Ultimate CZ FAQs
(Click on image to see full size version, enhanced by shockbeton) Fans, friends, and readers of Cryptomundo, I have an idea that it might be good to have a permanent “Cryptomundo’s Frequently Asked Questions” location attached to the Cryptomundo site. Perhaps it would be via a long blog of answers, or series of blogs. Maybe it would be a hyperlinked sidebar dedicated location. I see this as a gift in return to all those who have done so much to keep my blogging alive here. Let me see if this will work. The details will be ironed out. But the [...]
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