Friday, June 26, 2009
More Wallabies!
Well, my prediction yesterday was right: a third strange tale of the wallaby kind has come along - thanks to good friend Micah Hanks, of North Carolina! Here's the link. Check it out: it also contains a hilarious bit of film-footage of a kangaroo punching the crap out of a husband and wife!
Monsters in "Paranormal"
The new issue of Britain's Paranormal magazine contains a 6-page article from me that details what I consider to be my "Top-10" investigations of the unknown. Of those ten, a number fall into the category of cryptozoology:
1. One on Bigfoot in the United States;
2. An encounter of the Big-Cat kind in the tunnels of the London Underground;
3. A weird report of Gargoyles in Texas;
4. A story pertaining to the undoubtedly-paranormal Goat-Man of the U.S.;
5. And, finally, my quest for the truth pertaining to the Chupacabras of Puerto Rico.
And, also in the same issue, you can find a great article from Dr. Karl Shuker on mysterious, bat-like winged-things.
Paranormal is an excellent publication, and under the editorship of Richard Holland it's going from strength to strength.
Thursday, June 25, 2009
More Wallabies
It's definitely a weird, Fortean day today. Hot on the trail of the story of the junkie-wallabies as detailed below, comes (thanks to the CFZ-Britain office) a story pertaining to Britain's very own wallaby populations.
If a third wallaby story comes along today, I am going to resign myself to the fact that we are indeed living in a bizarre Matrix-style world, and the programmer has well and truly gone nuts (well, I already believe that; but that would just vindicate it even more!).
If a third wallaby story comes along today, I am going to resign myself to the fact that we are indeed living in a bizarre Matrix-style world, and the programmer has well and truly gone nuts (well, I already believe that; but that would just vindicate it even more!).
Higher and Higher
This is quite possibly the strangest - and most entertaining - animal-based story to appear at The Anomalist in a long time:
As they state:
Wallabies Get High In Poppy Fields, Make Crop Circles The News. Did you know that Tasmania had poppy fields? Did you know that wallabies eat poppy heads and become drug fiends, hopping around in circles, squashing the poppies, and creating crop circle formations? Tasmanian Devils, perhaps, but wallabies? But seriously, can the wallabies produce Mandelbrot patterns? The next thing you know they'll tell us wallabies are responsible for the crop circles in the UK!
As they state:
Wallabies Get High In Poppy Fields, Make Crop Circles The News. Did you know that Tasmania had poppy fields? Did you know that wallabies eat poppy heads and become drug fiends, hopping around in circles, squashing the poppies, and creating crop circle formations? Tasmanian Devils, perhaps, but wallabies? But seriously, can the wallabies produce Mandelbrot patterns? The next thing you know they'll tell us wallabies are responsible for the crop circles in the UK!
Crazy Croc Mania
Over at Cryptomundo, you can find all the latest news on a breaking-story from France. Something is lurking beneath the waters...
Bigfoot Weirdness
Reports of high-strangeness in relation to Bigfoot in particular, and other mystery animals in general, are a specific interest of mine. And there's never a shortage of good, thought-provoking data on this particular issue over at The Blogsquatcher.
Check out the latest:
Bigfoot: The Electric Connection.
Check out the latest:
Bigfoot: The Electric Connection.
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
More Mammoth News
The new issue of David Acord's Cryptid Chronicles is now available, and includes an update on his fascinating research into claimed sightings of surviving mammoths. Check it out!
Castle Ring Hazards
As some of you may know, I have written pretty extensively in the past on the issue of strange creatures (predominantly Bigfoot-style entities) seen at the ancient Castle Ring, on the fringes of the Cannock Chase, Staffordshire, England.
Well, now it seems that hairy man-beasts aren't the only hazardous things to be found at this historic site.
Well, now it seems that hairy man-beasts aren't the only hazardous things to be found at this historic site.
A Texas Lake Monster?
As this isn't too far away, I'm planning on driving up there one of the days to dig into this story a bit deeper.
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Bigfoot Quest Tonight
From the people at Bigfoot Quest:
Please join your hosts Bob Coyne and Mike Killen as we welcome Jaime Avalos to the show. Jaime had his own personal sighting in June 2006 in the Sierra Mountains of California.
He returned to this location a year later and began researching the area.
He's been tracking three specific individual creatures in the eastern and western Sierras ever since through hundreds of miles of wilderness.
If you can, please join us in our live show chat. It's always a lot of fun and we love to interact live with our listeners.
For those who wish to find out a little more about our guest for this week prior to the show, there are a couple of links just below the show announcement block on the left side of our show page in the 'On Demand Episodes' block.
Where: www.blogtalkradio.com/Bigfoot_Quest
When: Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Time: 9:00 P.M. Eastern
Duration: 90 Minutes
Bob Coyne & Mike Lillen
Please join your hosts Bob Coyne and Mike Killen as we welcome Jaime Avalos to the show. Jaime had his own personal sighting in June 2006 in the Sierra Mountains of California.
He returned to this location a year later and began researching the area.
He's been tracking three specific individual creatures in the eastern and western Sierras ever since through hundreds of miles of wilderness.
If you can, please join us in our live show chat. It's always a lot of fun and we love to interact live with our listeners.
For those who wish to find out a little more about our guest for this week prior to the show, there are a couple of links just below the show announcement block on the left side of our show page in the 'On Demand Episodes' block.
Where: www.blogtalkradio.com/Bigfoot_Quest
When: Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Time: 9:00 P.M. Eastern
Duration: 90 Minutes
Bob Coyne & Mike Lillen
Cannock Chase Creatures
There's nothing anomalous or cryptozoological about this; however, it does directly concern the rich and varied wildlife present within England's Cannock Chase - an area legendary for sightings of big-cats, werewolves, Bigfoot, giant snakes, and much more.
With respect to this new story, it's an encouraging tale of the way in which a truly huge diversity of moths and butterflies have made the Chase their home.
With respect to this new story, it's an encouraging tale of the way in which a truly huge diversity of moths and butterflies have made the Chase their home.
Monsters of the Various Kind
There's a good body of insightful stories over at The Anomalist right now covering such matters as Bigfoot camouflage, the Lizard Man, the nature of Mokele-Mbembe, and much more:
In the Field, June 20, 2009 The Blogsquatcher Three witnesses to what they believed was a Bigfoot crossing the face of a hill in Virginia lead to a trip to the woods for Sasquatch Watch of Virginia. With photos. Also, there's a note concerning an alleged encounter, reminiscent of the movie Predator, presented as Odd Tale of Bigfoot Emitting Heat Waves, and a programming reminder in Sasquatch Watch Radio: Guests Are Dave Paulides & Harvey Prat - June 22 - 9:00 PM. Paulides is the author of The Hoopa Project and Tribal Bigfoot, while Pratt is a forensic artist.
The Lonesome Death of Mister Lizardman Cryptozoology Online. Jon Downes explains what may be considered a curse as he refers to the news story Police: Murder Victim Lizard Man Witness, which details the events that led to the death of 37-year-old Christopher Davis, who in 1988 became the first person to report the existence of the Lizard Man of Scape Ore Swamp in South Carolina. Does a curse attach itself to people who have an experience with a monster? Downes says it does, in a way, and credits Tony 'Doc' Shiels with coining the term "Psychic Backlash" to describe the "series of inexplicabe and horrific outbreaks of bad luck that can overtake the hapless seeker after monstrous truth on his way to his goal." Elsewhere, Loren Coleman at Cryptomundo joins the speculation that the mokele-mbembe of central Africa, thought by many to be a surviving dinosaur is, instead, a relic of a more modern beast, as described, with multiple images, in Maybe Mokele-Mbembe Are Mammals. Meanwhile, the possibility an out-of-place animal is on the loose has raised the alarm in France, as reported in 'Loch Ness Monster of the Vosges' Threatens French Village.
In the Field, June 20, 2009 The Blogsquatcher Three witnesses to what they believed was a Bigfoot crossing the face of a hill in Virginia lead to a trip to the woods for Sasquatch Watch of Virginia. With photos. Also, there's a note concerning an alleged encounter, reminiscent of the movie Predator, presented as Odd Tale of Bigfoot Emitting Heat Waves, and a programming reminder in Sasquatch Watch Radio: Guests Are Dave Paulides & Harvey Prat - June 22 - 9:00 PM. Paulides is the author of The Hoopa Project and Tribal Bigfoot, while Pratt is a forensic artist.
The Lonesome Death of Mister Lizardman Cryptozoology Online. Jon Downes explains what may be considered a curse as he refers to the news story Police: Murder Victim Lizard Man Witness, which details the events that led to the death of 37-year-old Christopher Davis, who in 1988 became the first person to report the existence of the Lizard Man of Scape Ore Swamp in South Carolina. Does a curse attach itself to people who have an experience with a monster? Downes says it does, in a way, and credits Tony 'Doc' Shiels with coining the term "Psychic Backlash" to describe the "series of inexplicabe and horrific outbreaks of bad luck that can overtake the hapless seeker after monstrous truth on his way to his goal." Elsewhere, Loren Coleman at Cryptomundo joins the speculation that the mokele-mbembe of central Africa, thought by many to be a surviving dinosaur is, instead, a relic of a more modern beast, as described, with multiple images, in Maybe Mokele-Mbembe Are Mammals. Meanwhile, the possibility an out-of-place animal is on the loose has raised the alarm in France, as reported in 'Loch Ness Monster of the Vosges' Threatens French Village.
Monday, June 22, 2009
Back!
Having lectured on Puerto Rico's most famous vampire this past weekend in Decatur, Illinois (at the Haunted America gig), having survived numerous aircraft hassles (a faulty exterior light on one plane, a "loose panel" on another, and stormy weather that had the pilot diverted seemingly here, there and everywhere), and having paid a quick visit to Abraham Lincoln's tomb in Springfield, Illinois, I have finally made it home.
Normal service will be resumed tomorrow!
Normal service will be resumed tomorrow!
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Going Offline
I'll be offline from now until Monday, as I'll be speaking on my crypto-investigations at the annual Haunted America conference in Decatur, Illinois.
Here's the details if you want to attend - and if you do, say hello!
Here's the details if you want to attend - and if you do, say hello!
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Monstrous Anomalies
From today's Anomalist:
Angel and His Amazing Technicolor Dream Cat ShukerNature. Dr. Karl Shuker, buoyed by a positive response from readers in his search for the answer to the coelacanth goblet mystery, has decided to share other mysteries with his readers in hopes of responses that will settle the matters. Today's mystery involves a black cat-like creature, having forepaws like a monkey, attaining the size of a jaguar, and having the colorful stripes of the rainbow across its chest. In 1999 Spanish cryptozoologist Angel Morant Fores gathered reports of the creature from the Shuar Indians of Ecuador's Amazonian region. Elsewhere, guest blogger Brent Swancer continues a discussion of the wild canids of the Land of the Rising Sun, with images, in Japanese Wolves - Part III: The Ezo Wolf; and Loren Coleman offers some programming notes for tonight's "MonsterQuest" television show in Killer Jellies & Crocs.
Angel and His Amazing Technicolor Dream Cat ShukerNature. Dr. Karl Shuker, buoyed by a positive response from readers in his search for the answer to the coelacanth goblet mystery, has decided to share other mysteries with his readers in hopes of responses that will settle the matters. Today's mystery involves a black cat-like creature, having forepaws like a monkey, attaining the size of a jaguar, and having the colorful stripes of the rainbow across its chest. In 1999 Spanish cryptozoologist Angel Morant Fores gathered reports of the creature from the Shuar Indians of Ecuador's Amazonian region. Elsewhere, guest blogger Brent Swancer continues a discussion of the wild canids of the Land of the Rising Sun, with images, in Japanese Wolves - Part III: The Ezo Wolf; and Loren Coleman offers some programming notes for tonight's "MonsterQuest" television show in Killer Jellies & Crocs.
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