Cryptozoology, in various overt and covert ways, is all over the news this last week in November 2006, as people appear to be getting a headstart on their end of the year lists. Here’s a snappy overview of the first wave. First, a calm and quiet honor you may have missed. Stanley Newman is the editor of the Newsday Crossword and author/editor of nearly 100 books on crosswords, word games and trivia. On November 29, 2006, Newman picked his: Word of the week: “cryptozoology.” It is the study of creatures whose existence is as yet unproved. Cryptozoological subjects include the [...]
Creepy Creatures Alert
TRAVEL CHANNEL Friday, Nov. 24, 2006 9:00 PM Eastern USA 1:00 hr. (TV show) Weird Travel: “Creepy Creatures” Cryptozoologists search the world for legendary creatures, including Sasquatch, the Loch Ness Monster and Mothman. Are programs like this worthwhile? Educational? What would you have done differently?
James Bond and Cryptozoology
Did you know there are links between actual people, some real-life characters, who have searched for cryptids and the stories surrounding and linked to "James Bond"? Ask any spy trivia or "Jeopardy" buff, what was the inspiration for the name "James Bond"? The answer: Ian Fleming, the author of the James Bond novels, got the idea for his title character’s name from the author name of one of Fleming’s favorite tropical books, The Birds of the West Indies. Birdwatchers, Cryptozoologists, and Spies As I mention in my Tom Slick biography, there are in-depth links between cryptozoology, ornithology and the "Old [...]
Nessie Revealed?
Sunday Funnies Reveal the truth about the Loch Ness Monster by clicking on Nessie’s neck. Thanks to Emilio Diaz and Brad Steiger for sharing this with Cryptomundo.
KC’s Kids CZ Book List
Looking for some suggestions for your holiday gift-giving to add to the book shelves of cryptozoologists-in-training? Trying to come up with colorful presents for those stockings? Here’s some book ideas that are being put out there for kids who are visiting the activities and the current Missouri home of the traveling exhibition that left Bates College only a few weeks ago. The Kansas City Library’s children’s services are recommending various kid-friendly books to go with the new exhibition at the H & R Artspace, the show that is entitled “Cryptozoology: Out of Time Place Scale.” One section of the traveling [...]
Loch Ness Monster Sightings: 2006
The famed 1934 photograph by Dr. Kenneth Wilson of something in Loch Ness that automatically lets people know that what we are talking about are the Loch Ness Monsters. Gary Campbell, President of The Official Loch Ness Fan Club, shares this rundown of the sightings of Nessie for 2006, thusfar: 6 October 2006 Nick Thurston and Emma Louise Jones were holidaying at the loch when they saw what they say was Nessie from the Jacobite Queen. “As we sailed along I saw a hump, much like that of a bridge, which was dark brown in colour and was relative to [...]
New Mystery Loch Ness Photo
Compare the two photographs taken on the underwater cam within Scotland’s Loch Ness. It is clear that in one the surface of the bottom shows a permanent group of objects to the right and nothing to the left. In the other, a cam image capture, you can see a long object on the bottom, on the left. The difference in time was within minutes, so the object was definitely animate. What is it? An eel? A salmon on the bottom? One of Adrian Shine’s lost sturgeons? A baby Nessie? The tentacle of a giant squid? A seal? An ad man [...]
Nessie: Pachyderm, Plesiosaur or Pinniped?
First the old 1970s theory that all the Nessies are swimming elephants was retold in new clothing in March 2006, and now we are hearing that the Scottish Lake Monsters cannot be plesiosaurs. Okay, tell me something I don’t know, please! What is it? See below. The news out of Scotland, as for example in the Scotsman article, “Scientist pours cold water on Loch Ness dinosaur theory”, is propelling the finding that Nessie is not a plesiosaur, which really is not a dinosaur anyway (but that’s another story). Here’s part of what the “breaking news” services you will read today [...]
Loren Coleman’s Top Cryptids
Halloween 2006 seems as good a time as any to publish a response to several requests I have received lately for my top ten picks in cryptids, those animals that serve as the focus of cryptozoologists. Of course, thinking outside the lines, as I always do, I had to choose thirteen. Also, I had to create two parallel lists. One is for those supported by what I see as the most credible evidence, in my opinion only. For the other group, I see this one as viewed through the public’s eye, those most popular cryptids, monsters, crypto-creatures, or whatever the [...]
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