Boggy Depot Reviewed

Last weekend me and Ken Gerhard spoke at the first Boggy Depot Bigfoot Conference at Atoka, Oklahoma. It was a cool event and you can find my review of the weekend at my latest Lair of the Beasts column at Mania.com.
And...have a fun Halloween!

A Halloween/Monster Profile

Just recently, I was interviewed about my cryptozoological pursuits for a Halloween-themed article in our local DFW.com magazine. It's just been published and here's the link.

Bigfoot & UFOs

While some people cringe at the notion that Bigfoot and distinct Fortean high-strangeness might somehow go together, I most certainly do not! Indeed, I have investigated numerous cases that suggest whatever the Bigfoot creatures may be, there seems to be an aspect of the phenomenon that takes us into some very strange, and near-paranormal, realms.

And, in view of this, I'm very pleased to learn that there's a new book out right now, courtesy of Stan Gordon, that delves into these very areas. Here's all the data on what looks to be a fascinating book!

Silent Invasion: The Pennsylvania UFO-Bigfoot Casebook
By Stan Gordon,
Edited By Roger Marsh

Publication Date: October 30, 2010
348 pages, With Photos & Illustrations

Stan Gordon began his journey in field investigations of UFOs and other Paranormal encounters in Pennsylvania in 1965. During 1973 UFOs began to make widespread appearances in the sky across the Keystone State. It was during the summer of that year however when a mysterious wave of events began to unfold. Alarmed citizens over a widespread area reported close encounters with huge hairy Bigfoot-like creatures. Frightened residents called local authorities and media outlets reporting enormous footprints and terrified animals.

As the pace of the abnormal encounters quickened through the following months, more eyewitness reports of other strange creatures, and a variety of other paranormal events came to the attention of Gordon’s investigation team. Stan’s second book covers many of the mysterious incidents from that period which continued into 1974, including illustrations and photos. For the first time the author reveals many new details about this puzzling period of time. Some of the startling cases discussed suggest that there may be more to the Bigfoot mystery than a flesh and blood explanation. Some of the first hand accounts and details you will read about include:

*UFOs And Bigfoot Seen At The Same Time And Place
*The Case Of The Vanishing Bigfoot
*Bigfoot Shooting Incidents
*UFO Landings And Car Pursuits
*Mystery Men Interviewing Witnesses And Destroying Evidence
*The Government Interest

Silent Invasion: The Pennsylvania UFO-Bigfoot Casebook $19.95
Shipping & handling is $4.95. Pennsylvania sales tax as applicable

Sold Outside of PA
$19.95 plus $4.95 SH=$24.90

PA Residents (Except those living in Allegheny or Philadelphia County (6%)
$19.95 plus $4.95 SH plus $1.49 (6% tax)=$26.39

PA Residents Living in Allegheny or Philadelphia County (7%)
$19.95 plus $4.95 SH plus $1.74 (7%)=$26.64

Shipped Outside of the U.S.
$19.95 plus $12.00 SH=$31.95

Don’t forget to order your copy of Stan’s other recently released book, “Really Mysterious Pennsylvania.” at www.stangordon.info

Order at www.stangordon.info or send check or money order to: Stan Gordon Productions, P.O. Box 936, Greensburg, PA 15601. For other ordering information call: 724-838-7768.

Gigantopithecus in the News

Loren Coleman treats us to an excellently-illustrated article that delves deep into the controversy surrounding hairy hominids and the presumed-extinct, mighty ape, Gigantopithecus...and there's good news on a certain, forthcoming book from Loren too. Here's the link.

A Down-Under Q&A

Neil Arnold has undertaken an excellent Q&A with Australian researchers Mike Williams and Rebecca Lang - and here's the link to access the story.

Croc Crash!

True or not, this is a very bizarre animal-based story, and a cautionary lesson for anyone wanting to take a crocodile on-board an aircraft!!

Ireland's Monsters - Reviewed

Over at my Reviews blog, you can find a new review of the brand-new book from Gary Cunningham and Ronan Coghlan - Mystery Animals of the British Isles: Ireland, which is a book I definitely recommend to everyone!

A World War II Chupacabras...???

Over at his blog, Dr. Karl Shuker has a fascinating new post (and accompanying drawing) from the Second World War that appears to show nothing less than (wait for it!) a Chupacabras clad like a dastardly Nazi! I absolutely kid you not! Here's the link...

A Bigfoot Anniversary...

Yep, the famous Patterson footage reaches the ripe old age of 43! How depressing that I'm 3-years older than it...

Reviewing New Jersey Monsters

At Mania.com, you can find my latest Lair of the Beasts column, which is a review of the new book from Loren Coleman and Bruce Hallenbeck. Here's the link...

Neil in the News

Good friend Neil Arnold is the focus of a new article in the UK media that focuses on his research and writings in the realm of Forteana - including, of course, cryptozoology. The article also provided good insight into Neil's brand new book, Paranormal Kent.

ShadowCass on Mothman

ShadowCass delves into the ominous world of Mothman and addresses the nature of the creature, its intent and much more...

The Chinese Bigfoot

A couple of days ago, Fox News interviewed me about the new expedition to China to search for their equivalent of Bigfoot - the Yeren - and the possibility of the beasts being relic colonies of Gigantopithecus.

Here's the link to the story.

Winged Things Around The World

In a new article that can be found at his Gralien Report website, good mate Micah Hanks delves into the weird realm of Mothman-style entities seen around the world and across the decades. He begins:

"It is often said in Fortean circles that the mysterious appearance of the Mothman, a winged cryptid monstrosity that appeared in the vicinity of Point Pleasant, West Virginia in the late 1960s, was prophetic in nature. Traditionally, researchers have felt that the creature’s presence represented some sort of omen, warning of terrible things to come; specifically, the collapse of the Silver Bridge on December 15, 1967. Though the Mothman certainly isn’t the only winged creature alleged to exist in the realm of the unexplained, it is by far the most famous. Nonetheless, its cousins, reportedly seen at various times and places elsewhere around the globe, are also sometimes seen to be harbingers of ill fortune."

And if that has caught your attention, it's time to click right here for the rest...

Tonight on Bigfoot Quest

Here's Mike and Bob at Bigfoot Quest to tell you about tonight's show:

Your hosts are Bob Coyne and Mike Killen and this week will be a call in show. If you have something to report, have an opinion on something, have a topic you want to discuss, have had a sighting at one time or another or just want to say hello to Mike or Bob, these are the shows to do it. We'd love to talk to you this week on the show if you want to call in. Also please join us in the chat room if you can. It's always a lot of fun and we love to interact live with our listeners.

Where: www.blogtalkradio.com/Bigfoot_Quest

When: Tonight, Tuesday October 12, 2010

Time: 9:00 P.M. Eastern

Bob Coyne & Mike Killen

Paranormal Kent - Available!

Neil Arnold has sent me the press-release for his new book Paranormal Kent, which looks to be a great read for Halloween! Here's you go:

PARANORMAL KENT – PRESS RELEASE

Enquiries – Neil Arnold at: neil.Arnold@live.com

Available from: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Paranormal-Kent-Neil-Arnold/dp/0752455907

PARANORMAL KENT (published by The History Press) – A brand new, richly illustrated book by full-time monster-hunter Neil Arnold, explores the darker heart of the Garden Of England. For centuries Kent has been the centre of high strangeness – from monsters in the woods, weird objects in the skies, serpents in the water, ghosts on the road. Now, for the first time ever, Kent has a book pertaining to the supernatural which DOESN’T regurgitate old myths and legends.

With October – the ‘season of the witch’ barely out of the way, the 1st November 2010 sees PARANORMAL KENT venture down the foggy avenues of the arcane, and the back-streets of the mind in search of the chilling and the obscure. New light shed on classic ghostly tales – 1) dispelling the myth of the phantom hitchhiker of Blue Bell Hill and yet uncovering an even more sinister secret in this haunted location. 2) delving into the dingy corners of Dover Castle’s eerie past. 3) uncovering brand new ghost stories from historic Rochester – Charles Dickens country. 4) shedding new light on the mysteries of Britain’s most haunted village – Pluckley.

And not forgetting a foray into the field of phantom animals – from spectral hellhounds, flying jellyfish, the Hythe Mothman, and red-eyed manimals. And a strange safari in search of ‘big cats’, serpents, dragons and out-of-place animals. And what autumnal mystery would be complete without macabre tales of local zombies, witchcraft and alien abductions.

PARANORMAL KENT – Neil’s fourth book, is a unique trip into the weird and wonderful side of a county steeped in folklore. Just when you thought mysterious monsters, ghouls, ghosts and zombies were confined to the lore of Halloween…think again.

Price £9.99
96 pages

The Mande-Burung Expedition Logo

Here's the official logo of the expedition to India in search of the Mande-Burung - and, of course, I'll be keeping you updated right here on any and all news on the expedition, which kicks off on October 31...

Monsters for Kids

On both Thursday and Friday, I gave lectures for two classes of 9-year-old kids at Dallas' Highland Park Independent School District on the subject of the Loch Ness Monster - lectures that rapidly opened up into full-scale debates on cryptozoology as a whole, the nature of Bigfoot, the Chupacabras and much more.

I'm very pleased to say that in an age when it seems so many kids are obsessed by computers, staying in-doors, and texting, all the kids proved to be highly interested in the subject, asked a lot of very good questions, were very motivated, and were also very knowledgeable on the matter.

Indeed, a number were regular watchers of shows like Monster Quest, Destination Truth, etc., and I found myself answering questions on everything from the Alligator Gar to the big-cats of Britain, and from the Yeti to giant Catfish.

And, from what some of the kids said, I suspect some of them may turn out to be next-generation cryptozoologists!

More on the Mande-Burung Expedition...

The CFZ's Richard Freeman talks about the forthcoming expedition to India in search of the Bigfoot-like Mande-Burung...

Crypto At The Anomalist

Sometimes, as you'll know, I link right here to articles on crypto that can be found at The Anomalist site. Well, over the last few days there has been such a wealth of stories on all manner of crypto-issues (Bigfoot, the new India expedition and much more), that it's probably easier (and quicker!) for me to just direct you to the site, rather than the individual links.