Maine Mutant: Folk Art

Artist: Roland LaVallee, Crow Track Gallery, Eastport, Maine. Used with permission. Travel over to eBay.com and you will find an auction that lasts until August 26, for the first piece of folk art coming out of the recent cryptid media frenzy. The title of the object is “Turner Maine Mutant Mystery Beast” The artist, Roland LaVallee has given us permission to share these photographs of the carving. Here’s the artist’s description: I am Roland LaVallee a woodcarver from Eastport, Maine. I carved this mystery beast on August 19 2006 after reading of the death of an animal in Turner, Maine. [...]

Cryptozoologist Relocates

The author of Thunderbirds is closing up shop in the South and flying, er, driving back North. Mark A. Hall, cryptozoologist, Fortean, author, editor of Wonders, primary investigator of the Minnesota Iceman, former director of Ivan T. Sanderson’s Society for the Investigation of the Unexplained, and my good friend, is making his final relocation. After living in North Carolina for a few years and trying to make a go of it there, Hall is moving back to his home state of Minnesota. He is also permanently closing down his private publishing company, Mark A. Hall Publications (MAHP), and will no [...]

Sunday Op-Ed Funnies

Johor Hominid Says: “What’s this I’ve heard about some missing photographs in Maine? Would you like to see some drawings of them?” ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Meanwhile, deep in the rainforests of Malaysia….

Lake Winnipegosis Monster Sighting

City and General. [excerpt] A Pine River correspondent of the Dauphin Press writes: For the second time within a month a sea serpent has been seen by fishermen on Lake Winnipegosis. It is described as about a foot in diameter and from 20 to 25 feet in length. It skims along with its head about two feet above water and frequently disappears under the surface for several seconds at a time. The strange creature has been observed with 300 yards of the shore, and the [Natives] are terror-stricken as a marine monster of similar appearance was seen on the lake [...]

Story About Turner’s Mystery Beast Has Legs

TURNER, Maine –Whether or not tests prove that a "mystery beast" is a dog or something else, the story that has captured headlines from coast to coast won’t go away any time soon, according to an expert in human behavior. The Sun Journal newspaper obtained samples of the creature and shipped them to a University of Maine professor and to HealthGen in Toronto for genetic tests to determine the type of animal, said Judith Meyer, managing editor. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ For the rest of the article, please do a search via your favorite Google news or Yahoo news service, or see: Story [...]

Mystery Beast Photos Withdrawn

Update: Ms. O’Donnell changed her mind about the following, and the photographs are to be found on Cryptomundo. August 21, 2006. All of the photographs taken by Michelle O’Donnell of the "Mystery Beast" or "Maine Mutant" have been removed from Cryptomundo. This has been done at her request because she wants Cryptomundo to block anyone from pirating them. Ms. O’Donnell of Route 4, Turner, Maine, also wishes to be paid the sum of one hundred dollars per picture, if you want to order a copy of any of the photographs. Apparently someone at the Associated Press gave her some advice [...]

Bigfoot Researcher Dies In Tragic Accident

Jason Valenti and Star Sams are well-known Bigfoot researchers in Washington State. Many of us got to meet them for the first time after Jason decided to organize the Sasquatch Research Conference held at Bellingham, Washington, on May 27-29, 2005. The event was successfully hosted by Jason Valenti and Star Sams, along with assistance from Paul Smith and others. I was happy to be one of their guests and speak at the gathering. Sadly, the terrible news has reached Cryptomundo that Jason’s wife, Star, has died in a car crash on August 15, 2006. Our deepest empathy and sympathy to [...]

Snakes on Plains – Part III

Click on image for full-size version Click on image for full-size version [Credit: Cryptomundo contributor Robert O. Hipp III - but no citation or date is given. A little help here.]

Maine Mutant Takes Down Website

The media attention was unabated on August 18 for this story, continuing late into the night for me with local television comments, scores of email inquiries & requests, and an interview on BBC News at 10:50 p.m. People wanted to have an answer to the "Maine Mutant" or "Mystery Beast" question, even when I told them there really is not one, but two parts here: the unknown large canid creature still out in the woods, uncaught, and the dead body off Route 4, which was most likely a strange, small feral dog. As noted below, with our publication of the [...]