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GlobalPost.com reports on the discovery of a truly giant "shrimp". |
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02-03-2012 |
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The National Post contributor and author Josh Bazell discusses why he wrote the novel "Wild Thing", which involves a lake monster, and why he thinks the evidence for the Loch Ness monster is compelling. First in a series. |
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02-01-2012 |
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HecklerSpray discusses Malaysia's Mothman-like "Oily Men" phenomenon. |
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02-01-2012 |
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NPR has a slideshow of photos taken by Joshua Dudley Greer, of the "TNT" area, made famous by the Mothman sightings. |
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01-24-2012 |
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The Daily Caller reports that a Russian scientist, analyzing photos of Venus taken by a Soviet landing probe in 1982, says they may show signs of life, including something that looks like a scorpion. |
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01-23-2012 |
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Washington's The Bellingham Herald interviews Cliff Barackman, a bigfoot researcher on the tv series "Finding Bigfoot". |
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01-18-2012 |
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ABC Science talks with Dr. Diana Fisher and why she says searching for the thylacine is a waste of effort, that could be better used to search for animals with a chance of existing. |
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01-17-2012 |
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WildlifeExtra.com has a look at the conservation program called "EDGE of Existence". |
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01-17-2012 |
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01-12-2012 |
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MSNBC reports that residents of Kampung district of Malaka, Malaysia, are complaining of a creature called the orang minyak (Oily Man). |
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01-08-2012 |
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The UK's EADT24 News interviews Jeremy Wade, the star of Animal Planet's hit show "River Monsters". |
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01-05-2012 |
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zap2it reports that the 2nd season premiere of "Finding Bigfoot" was a huge hit for the cable channel Animal Planet. This debut ranks as the #2 best debut ever for Animal Planet, following the #1 "River Monsters". |
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01-05-2012 |
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South Dakota's Argus Leader interviews Ranae Holland, one of the investigators on the hit show "Finding Bigfoot". |
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01-04-2012 |
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CapsuleComputers.com announces that the film "The Hunter" will be released on blu ray dvd on February 8, 2012. |
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01-04-2012 |
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The Examiner interviews Cliff Barackman, one of the hunters on the hit show "Finding Bigfoot". |
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01-03-2012 |
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The Texas Beaumont Enterprise talks with cryptozoologist Ken Gerhard. |
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12-28-2011 |
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The BBC has a video segment with explorer Adam Davies, about his experiences at Lake Tele. |
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12-28-2011 |
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The Calgary Herald reports that an upcoming episode of "Call Out: Search and Rescue" will feature a bigfoot hunter who got trapped on a ledge with a grizzly bear stalking him from below. |
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12-23-2011 |
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Argophilia lists the ways to get evidence for the existence of nessie. |
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12-22-2011 |
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Tampa Bay's WTSP.com has a video segment on Champ sightings. |
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12-22-2011 |
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Bermuda's BerNews has a story on a curious anecdote from founding father Benjamin Franklin. |
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12-19-2011 |
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A Huffington Post blog lists the 10, after nessie, lake monsters. |
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12-19-2011 |
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Arizona's Baxter Bulletin reports that Clifford LaBrecque has had a sculpture of a bigfoot made, at a cost of $9000. He says its accurate to what he saw in 1977, in Iowa. |
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12-14-2011 |
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The New York Times reviews the new movie "Letters From the Big Man", about a woman who takes a work assignment in the Oregon wilderness, and has encounters with a bigfoot. |
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11-29-2011 |
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WMAL radio in Washington DC reports that police were alerted to a sighting of a "werewolf", by a person in Woodbridge, VA. |
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10-20-2011 |
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Mother Nature Network reports that the story of the "one-eyed shark" is true. However, it was a malformed fetus, and its doubtful it would have survived. |
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10-19-2011 |
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The BBC reports that Lake Ellsworth will be the target of a UK expedition, which hopes to drill through the ice using hot water drills, to extract samples of water from the lake, and sediment from the lake bottom. The lake is estimated to have been covered in solid ice for at least 125,000 years. Two other antarctic lakes are the targets of teams from Russia and the US. |
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10-16-2011 |
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The Florida Alligator reports on the cryptozoology presentation put on by Dallas Tanner, in Gainesville Florida yesterday. |
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10-12-2011 |
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The Guardian posts a blog critical about the bombastic news coming out of Russia from the conference on Yetis, calling it pseudoscience and "shenanigans", and damaging to the cause of serious research into unknown animals. |
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10-12-2011 |
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The UK's Telegraph reports on the recent Yeti conference in Kemerovo, Siberia. |
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10-10-2011 |
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The UK's Daily Express reports on the Yeti expedition under way in Kemerovo in Western Siberia. |
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10-10-2011 |
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Australia's In My Community talks with director Daniel Nettheim, director of the movie "The Hunter", and stories of thylacine sightings. |
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10-10-2011 |
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North Dakota's Grand Forks Herald reports on this coming weekend's "MUFON PA East Coast Conference", in Philadelphia. |
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10-07-2011 |
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North Dakota's WDAY News 6 has a video report on Chad Lewis, author of "Minnesota Road Guide to Mysterious Creatures". |
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10-07-2011 |
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International Business Times reports that the governor of Siberia's Kemerovo region will be hosting an international conference this week on the Yeti, thought to be inhabiting the mountainous areas around Kemerovo. There will also be an expedition heading out. |
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10-06-2011 |
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North Dakota's Inforum reports that Chad Lewis, author of the new book "Minnesota Road Guide to Mysterious Creatures", will be speaking at the Moorhead Public Library (Fargo, MN) at 7pm Thursday. It is a free event. |
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10-03-2011 |
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Massachusetts' StoughtonPatch reviews the history of the Jersey Devil. |
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10-03-2011 |
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Utah's The Spectrum talks with bigfoot researcher William Barnes. |
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10-03-2011 |
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Australia's ABC News has an audio segment on thylacine sightings. |
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10-03-2011 |
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Scientific American has a blog post on the recent article, published in the Journal of Scientific Exploration, on the identification of the 1968 Hagelund "Caddy" as a pipefish. |
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09-26-2011 |
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09-23-2011 |
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The UK's Mail Online reports that zookeepers in Wenling, in eastern China, were given an animal by an anonymous man. They don't know what it is, but they'll keep it and see if, as it matures, becomes recognizable. |
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09-22-2011 |
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Slate magazine has put together a slideshow of monster depictions on historic maps. |
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09-21-2011 |
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io9 reports that the Royal Canadian Mint is producing two coins featuring famous Canadian cryptids. |
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09-21-2011 |
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Oklahoma Texoma's Fox News has a video report on the recent Cryptid Fest in Atoka, OK. |
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09-18-2011 |
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US News & World Report reveals that government documents show that in November 30, 1959, the US State Department issued "regulations" on how people should conduct a search for the Yeti, requiring Yeti hunters to abide by 3 rules. |
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09-14-2011 |
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The Guardian reports that zoologist Richard Freeman is returning to Sumatra on his 4th expedition for the orang pendek. |
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09-13-2011 |
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ScreenDaily has posted a review of the movie "The Hunter", starring Willem Dafoe, directed by Daniel Nettheim. The movie will open in Australia on October 6. US release date has not been announced. Another review is at WhatCulture! |
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09-13-2011 |
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Yahoo! EU Sports reports that former champion boxer Nikolai Valuev is taking a break from his career to go on an expedition to look for the "Kuzbass Bigfoot", said to inhabit the Shoriya Mountains in southern Siberia. |
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09-10-2011 |
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Georgia's Panola Watchman reports that the annual Texas Bigfoot Conference will take place on October 1, in Tyler Texas. This will be the 3rd annual conference put together by the Texas Bigfoot Research Conservancy (TBRC). Scheduled speakers include Dr. Ian Redmond, Dr. Jeff Meldrum, and Chester Moore. |
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09-07-2011 |
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Yahoo News! reports on the capture of a 1 ton crocodile, measuring at 21-foot (6.4-meter). The residents of Bunawan township in Agusan del Sur province will keep the crocodile as the star of their new ecotourism park they are building. |
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09-05-2011 |
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The UK's John O'Groat Journal reports that Loch Ness monster researcher Adrian Shine is to announce a new theory on sea serpents, at the Orkney International Science Festival today. |
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09-05-2011 |
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North Carolina's The Star reports that bigfoot tourism has brought some good business to Cleveland county. |
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09-05-2011 |
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Australia's The Sun reports that scientists doing CAT scan research of thylacine skulls, and other related creatures, have come to the conclusion that thylacines mostly preyed on small prey, under 12 pounds, and could not kill healthy full grown sheep. |
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09-04-2011 |
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Dash.com reports that a huge rat was killed by a groundskeeper in Brooklyn, NY. Experts say its a Gambian pouched rat, a common type of rat sold as pets. Importation of Gambian pouched rats has been banned since 2003, due to their ability to carry monkeypox. |
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08-26-2011 |
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Paranormal@suite101 discusses the recent scientific announcements concerning the prospects of finding new species. |
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08-26-2011 |
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Florida's Marco News reports that David Shealy is accusing the National Park Service for being uncooperative and obstructive with his efforts to research the skunk ape. |
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08-08-2011 |
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CoinWeek.com reports that a new collectors coin, commemorating the thylacine, is on sale now. They are not cheap. |
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08-04-2011 |
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Minnesota's KSAX.com has posted a picture of an odd creature, killed on the road. Seems to be a wolf, but with strange features. |
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08-04-2011 |
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Sacramento's Fox 40 News has posted some video interviews with bigfoot witnesses and researchers in northern California. |
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07-28-2011 |
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FirstShowing.net has posted the trailer for the new movie 'The Hunter', a thriller about a mercernary hired by a biotech company to hunt down the last Tasmanian tiger. The movie will premiere at the Toronto Film Festival |
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07-28-2011 |
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Australian Geographic talks with ecologist and mathematician Dr. Charles Paxton, about why he believes there are large undiscovered creatures in the world's oceans. |
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07-22-2011 |
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The UK's Daily Mail reports that a veteran Loch Ness monster hunter took a picture of what he says is a large living creature in the lake. |
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07-22-2011 |
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OregonLive.com reports that the Animal Planet show "Finding Bigfoot" has proven to be a big hit. The series is being renewed for a 2nd season. |
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07-20-2011 |
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LiveScience.com discusses the video taken in Bristol Bay AK, in 2009, of what appears to be a large serpent-like creature. |
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07-20-2011 |
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The UK's Guardian reports on the Zoological Society London's event "Cryptozoology: science or pseudoscience?". |
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07-17-2011 |
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The Inverness Courier reports that another Loch Ness monster sighting has been made. |
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06-21-2011 |
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Monsters & Critics posts a short review on the new book "Tracking the Man Beasts", by Joe Nickell. |
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06-21-2011 |
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AOL's Weird News reports that bigfoot investigators that were in the California's Sierra National Forest over Memorial Day weekend, found an impression of what seems to be a face against a the window of one of their vehicles, and a large bigfoot-ish print in the dirt. The residue left on the window will be sent for DNA analysis. There will be a news conference about this event on June 23 at the Piccadilly Inn in Fresno, Calif. |
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06-17-2011 |
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Oregon's Register Guard talks about a segment in an upcoming episode of "Finding Bigfoot", featuring a video segment shot on the McKenzie River, Oregon, that appears to show a bigfoot-type creature. |
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06-17-2011 |
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Fresno Famous reports that a large bird was spotted in the Fresno area. |
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06-17-2011 |
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North Carolina's Burlington Times News reports that muddy prints that were photographed and measured by a couple in Gibsonville created alot of excitement, when the BFRO and Animal Planet went to find out more. A segment about these footprints will be on Sunday's "Finding Bigfoot" episode. |
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06-12-2011 |
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AVClub.com posts a review of the new Animal Planet tv series "Finding Bigfoot". |
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06-06-2011 |
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The Chinese blog Gochengdoo posts a picture of a cute little .... something, found in a home in central China. A local expert thinks it may be a masked palm civet. |
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06-02-2011 |
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Atlanta's Creating Loafing speculates on the existence of "Altamaha-ha", the legendary monster of the South Altamaha River, in south Georgia. |
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06-02-2011 |
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The Gloucester Times talks with Elizabeth Burns, who is working on a doctoral thesis on the Gloucester Sea Serpent. |
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05-25-2011 |
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Australia's Daily Mercury reports on a yowie sighting near Grafton. |
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05-25-2011 |
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The Alaska Dispatch reports on a video that seems to show a bigfoot-type creature working its way through heavy brush in Ketchikan, Alaska. |
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05-25-2011 |
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The Winnipeg Free Press reviews the documentary Bigfoot: The Definitive Guide. |
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05-15-2011 |
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VietnamNet reports that mysterious creatures are terrorizing residents in southeastern Vietnam. The creatures are said to be doglike, with red eyes, and have black or white spots, or stripes, and have reportedly killed dogs and bitten people. |
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05-12-2011 |
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MonsterTracker.com has an article on a monster sighting in a field where a crop circle appeared. |
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05-11-2011 |
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Time Magazine's NewsFeed reports on current research on the thylacine. |
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05-11-2011 |
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Albuquerque's Local IQ has an interview with Benjamin Radford, author of "Tracking the Chupacabra: The Vampire Beast in Fact, Fiction, and Folklore". |
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05-06-2011 |
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California Calavera's The Pinetree recounts an early sighting of the Loch Ness monster. |
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05-04-2011 |
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New Zealand's Stuff reports that excitement is high after a reward of $100,000 has been offered, to find evidence of a living moose, in southern New Zealand. In 1910, 10 Canadian moose were released into the area, in the hopes a population would take hold. However, it is thought the last one died in 1952. |
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05-01-2011 |
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The Ross-Shire Journal reports that a large black cat was photographed in Ross-Shire, Scotland, and may be connected to a dead deer. |
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04-29-2011 |
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04-14-2011 |
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The Tennessean reports that residents near Nashville, TN, are seeing and hearing what they think may be a black panther. |
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04-14-2011 |
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Dread Central reports that a new made-for-tv movie, "Xtinction: Predator X", is about a scientifically recreated pliosaur getting "loose" in the swamps, and causing much mayhem and consternation. |
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04-08-2011 |
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Florida's Orlando Sentinel interviews Jeremy Wade, the intrepid host of 'River Monsters'. |
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04-08-2011 |
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Australian Geographic has posted a video clip of their expedition to Papua New Guinea to search for evidence of the thylacine. |
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04-08-2011 |
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Australia's The Bulletin reports that a Rockhampton resident saw a creature she described as something like a lemur. |
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04-08-2011 |
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Yahoo! News reports that on Sunday, Hanoi's legendary urban turtle, Cu Rua, was finally captured in the capital's central Hoan Kiem Lake. |
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04-06-2011 |
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The Philippines' ABS-CBNnews has a story on mysterious creatures of the Philippines. |
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04-06-2011 |
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Ohio's Marietta Times talks with members of the Southeastern Ohio Society for Bigfoot Investigation. |
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04-02-2011 |
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The UK News&Star alerts people to a April Fool's joke being spread around, about a humanoid creature in a sewer. It was created by a utility company in the UK. See the utility's page that comes clean about their hoax: http://www.unitedutilities.com/monstersightings. |
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04-01-2011 |
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Texas's Victoria Advocate reports that a museum exhibit titled "Mammoths and Mastodons: Titans of the Ice Age" is currently in Anchorage, AK through October 9. It will then move onto St. Louis MO, Huntsville AL, Boston MA, Denver CO, San Diego CA. See the schedule here. See video here. |
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03-26-2011 |
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Central California's Recorder Online reports that there will be a presentation at Porterville College Theater, California, about the connection between Native American legends, and bigfoot, this Friday at 7pm. It is a free event. |
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03-23-2011 |
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San Antonio's KSAT 12 discusses the new book "Tracking the Chupacabra: The Vampire Beast in Fact, Fiction and Folklore". |
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03-23-2011 |
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The UK's Mail Online reports that Dr. Igor Burtsev will head a new institute at Kemerovo State University, for studying alleged Yeti sightings in Siberia. |
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03-23-2011 |
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Albany NY's Times Union reports that several scientists are disputing the conclusions of a NASA scientist, of evidence of alien life. |
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03-08-2011 |
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Yahoo! News AU reports that a man and his family were visiting Windermere lake, when he spotted a split tire on the shore. He noticed it looked alot like the "bownessie" photo, especially when put in the water. |
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03-07-2011 |
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Yahoo! News reports that NASA scientist Dr. Richard B. Hoover has declared the confirmation of alien life. By dissecting a extremely rare class of meteorite called CI1 carbonaceous chondrites, he found fossil remains of bacteria, some similar to earth types, and some quite alien. His research and data have been submitted to the scientific community for peer review. |
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03-06-2011 |
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Discovery News comments on the recent "Bownessie" photograph. |
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03-02-2011 |
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Baltimore's City Paper reviews Eye of the Mothman, a documentary. |
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03-02-2011 |
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North Carolina's WFMY News reports that Rick Lunsford is organizing a search for bigfoot on March 5 in Wilkes county. |
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02-25-2011 |
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San Antonio's MySA reviews the new documentary Eyes of the Mothman. |
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02-24-2011 |
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ZAP2it reviews the new NatGeo Channel series "Beast Hunter". |
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02-24-2011 |
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New Orleans' Nola.com reports on recent black panther sightings, including a surveillance video of what appears to be a very large black cat. |
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02-23-2011 |
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National Geographic has posted a video segment on research into the short-eared Amazon Dog. |
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02-23-2011 |
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Slate magazine has an article on a "crypto-tourism" trip to Peru, searching for a giant anaconda. |
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02-20-2011 |
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Austin's KVUE.com has a video segment on Ken Gerhard and his presentation on Texas cryptids, in Austin TX. |
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02-20-2011 |
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Aberdeen's The Press and Journal talks with Gary Campbell, who started the Loch Ness Monster Fan Club in 1996. |
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02-20-2011 |
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The UK's Sun reports that a photograph of a mysterious creature was taken on lake Windermere by a kayaker (See also Mail Online). |
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02-18-2011 |
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The Austin Anomaly Archives has scheduled a meetup.com event featuring cryptozoologist Ken Gerhard, in Austin TX, February 18 2011. |
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02-18-2011 |
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North Carolina's Salisbury Post reports that a team from Animal Planet, and Michael Greene, led a group of more than 300 people on a search for evidence of Bigfoot in the Uwharrie Mountains. |
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02-13-2011 |
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Signon San Diego reports that a UCSD biology professor, J. David Archibald, inspected the "tiger pelt" that Bill Warren bought at a garage sale for $5. It was thought it may be a thylacine pelt, but Archibald says it appears to be the pelt of a zebra duiker, a type of African antelope. DNA testing could give a final answer. |
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02-12-2011 |
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The Phoenix NewTimes reports that an ocelot has been confirmed to be in southern Arizona. It is not known if its a wild cat, or if its a released or escaped pet. |
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02-10-2011 |
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WideWorld interviews Pat Spain, a biologist and adventurer who is the host of a new NatGeo series titled "Beast Hunter" (NatGeo site). |
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02-08-2011 |
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The Los Angeles Times has a review on History Channel's "Bigfoot: The Definitive Guide". |
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02-04-2011 |
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Australia's National Times has a commentary on monster sightings. |
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02-03-2011 |
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North Carolina's Montgomery Herald reports that Animal Planet is sending a team to do a story on Bigfoot in the Uwharrie National Forest (Fox News interview with Michael Greene and his thermal video taken in the Uwharrie National Forest). |
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02-02-2011 |
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The Review has a preview of the new Discovery Channel documentary titled "Bigfoot: The Definitive Guide". Airs on Wednesday, Feb. 2, 9-11 p.m. EST (History Channel). |
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01-30-2011 |
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The Independent reports that a former policeman in west Wales had a run in with a large cat, which he is sure was some kind of black puma or panther. |
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01-29-2011 |
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Fortean Times has posted a report by Dr. Karl Shuker about the possibility of a big development in the legend of the "King Cheetah". |
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01-29-2011 |
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Mania.com has posted an article by Nick Redfern, about a Soviet army doctor who was asked to examine a strange hairy *man* in 1941, a story that was documented by Ivan T. Sanderson. |
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01-29-2011 |
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Georgia's Dahlonega Nugget reports that the Discovery Channel will send a "Animal Planet" team down to Lumpkin County, where bigfoot sightings were reported. |
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01-27-2011 |
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Georgia, Gainesville Times reports on the premier of a new documentary on the search for the ivory-billed woodpecker. The film, titled Ghost Bird, will be shown at the Elachee Nature Science Center in Gainesville at 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan 27 2011. Trailer - Ghost Bird Trailer. |
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01-25-2011 |
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West Virginia's Point Pleasant Register reports on the Febuary 22nd. release of a new documentary dvd titled "Eyes of the Mothman". Produced by Red Line Studios, the project took 5 years to complete. The documentary includes interviews with witnesses and explores alternative theories as to what the Mothman might have been. Official website: Eyes of the Mothman |
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01-25-2011 |
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Batavia, New York's The Daily News recounts the 1960 Batavia monster hoax. |
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01-16-2011 |
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The Telegraph reports that a Japanese scientist, Akira Iritani, thinks that a mammoth could be reborn, using a new dna cloning technique developed in 2008. |
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01-16-2011 |
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Fortean Times has posted commentary on whether speculation and anecdotal evidence should be included in scientific cryptozoology. |
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01-15-2011 |
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FreeMalaysiaToday.com reports that camera traps have snaps pictures of one of the world's rarest cats, the Bornean Bay Cat, in the northern highlands of Sarawak, Kuala Lumpur. |
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01-14-2011 |
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AOL News reviews the cryptozoological events of 2010. |
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01-12-2011 |
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Oregon's Salem News takes a look at sea monster mysteries off of Oregon's coast. |
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01-12-2011 |
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UFOnut.com has posted a video interview with bigfoot researcher Joe Fex, who has been conducting searches in the Colorado mountains. |
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01-03-2011 |
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SalemNews.com has a story of a married couple's experience on a hike in Oregon. |
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01-03-2011 |
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China's People's Daily reports that a Beijing-based entertainment company will be producing a movie about China's Yeren, called "Primary Zone". It will reportedly cost more than 100 million yuan ($15 million US). |
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12-30-2010 |
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12-30-2010 |
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Washington, Everett's Daily Herald reports that Ian Schimmel was one of the winners in The Chicago Tribune’s 2010 Nelson Algren Short Story Awards. Ian's story is about a bigfoot sighting, called What Is Known |
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12-30-2010 |
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The Santa Barbara Independent has an overview of the Yeti. |
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12-28-2010 |
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Tanzania's IPP Media reports that the 'Serengeti Enigma', which appears to be a bearded gazelle, may be a cross breed. Tanzania National Parks Authority spokesman Paschal Shelutete says they expect tourism to increase due to their new attraction (pictures). |
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12-20-2010 |
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NineMSN reports that a strange creature was photographed by satellite, and visible on Google Earth, swimming in the Albert dock in Merseyside, near Liverpool, England. |
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12-19-2010 |
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Massachusetts's Gloucester Times talks with author Wayne Soini about his new book, Gloucester's Sea Serpent. |
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12-16-2010 |
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UFODIGEST.com reports that Argentina is experiencing a UFO flap, along with a report of an encounter with a very strange creature. |
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12-14-2010 |
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Australia's ABC News reports that the biggest collection of Tasmanian Tiger artifacts and memorabilia are on permanent display at the museum at Cradle Mountain, Tasmania. |
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12-13-2010 |
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The Telegraph reports that Simon Dinsdale, son of Tim Dinsdale [the famous video he took], claims he has also seen the Loch Ness monster on two occasions. |
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12-13-2010 |
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The Sacramento Bee reprints a press release from cryptozoologist Jonathan Whitcomb, who thinks the flying glowing lights of Marfa, Texas, are the same phenomena that the people of Papua New Guinea are seeing - pterosaurs. (video of the Marfa Lights) |
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12-06-2010 |
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The Australian reports that the movie production The Hunter is finishing up shooting in Tasmania. The film, starring Willem Dafoe, is a psychological thriller involving the search for a living thylacine. |
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12-05-2010 |
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New Zealand's Sunday News reports that mountain climber and adventurer Mike Allsop is putting out a request, that whoever has the original "yeti" fingers stolen by Peter Byrne in 1959, to come forward and offer them to Allsop, so that he can return the original items back to the monks of the Nepalese village of Pangboche. |
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12-05-2010 |
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Texas's The San Angelo Standard Times has a commentary on what the large creature may have been, that so unnerved a man that he shot a gun at the animal. |
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12-05-2010 |
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NBC Los Angeles reports that sightings of the extremely rare Sierra Nevada red fox are confirmed by federal wildlife biologists. |
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12-04-2010 |
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New Hampshire's Seacoast reports that a grammar school class is working on a cryptozoology project - a cryptozoology calendar, in order to raise funds for the N.H. Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. |
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12-04-2010 |
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Eugene Oregon's Examiner reports that a series of bigfoot sightings and evidence were documented over the Thanksgiving holiday in northern California and Oregon. |
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12-01-2010 |
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Russia InfoCentre reports that chupacabra-type animals are killing livestock in the Anuiskoe Settlement in the Altai Territory. Residents say the creatures are strong and intelligent, breaking into sheds, while guard dogs cower in fear. (News video, in Russian). |
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11-30-2010 |
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UfoDigest.com reprints an article from the Spanish cryptozoological website Criptozoología en Espańa, concerning a giant bird sighting in the Barcelona area, back in 1990. |
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11-30-2010 |
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The Paluxy website has posted an article on a carving of what appears to be a stegosaurus, on a Cambodian temple, which was built in the 12th century. |
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11-29-2010 |
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Australia's Courier Mail reports that claims of a giant crocodile, photographed in Normanton (northwest Queensland, Australia) are causing controversy. Size estimates of it being over 8 meters long (26 feet) were given some weight when photographs of the animal were taken. |
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11-28-2010 |
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WalesOnline.com reports that farmers in West Wales are on high alert after a rash of big cat sightings and killed livestock. One sheep was found "ripped to shreds". |
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11-28-2010 |
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Scotland's STV.tv reports that a man working on the Aldourie Castle gardens, on the banks of Loch Ness, took a picture of what appears to be a large creature in the lake. |
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11-26-2010 |
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The Bangkok Post reports that the premier episode of Discovery Channel's Monster Tracker will feature Kevin Grevioux (Rise of the Lycans), as he attempts to "construct" a dragon using biology and physics. |
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11-26-2010 |
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China's Global Times reports that strands of hair, said to come from the Shennongjia "Wild Man", are still being analysed. |
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11-23-2010 |
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Cleveland.com looks at the skepticism experts have over the reports of ivory-billed woodpecker sightings. |
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11-21-2010 |
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OurAmazingPlanet.com reports that Jeremy Austin, an evolutionary biologist at the University of Adelaide in South Australia, says he analyzed DNA samples of the animal seen in the McAllister video, and the result was : red fox. |
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11-20-2010 |
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Marketwire has a look at the new fiction book "The Yeti Incident". |
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11-20-2010 |
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MongaBay.com comments on the youtube video posted by Murray McAllister, that shows what may be a thylacine. Murray has only released a segment of a longer video that he is reserving for later release. |
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11-17-2010 |
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Australia's Weekly Times Now has an account of a traveler's visit to the Mole Creek Hotel, near Devonport, Tasmania, which might as well be called the Thylacine Hotel. |
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11-15-2010 |
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Kansas's KAKE 10 News has a video story on a strange creature of the recent "chupacabra" variety. |
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11-15-2010 |
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China's Shanghai Daily reports that officials were not convinced that photos taken of a cat last month in Jiangzi Province were of the extinct South China tiger (see photos here). |
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11-08-2010 |
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The Toronto Sun reports that the Ontario Science Centre is running an exhibit called "Mythic Creatures: Dragons, Unicorns and Mermaids", featuring models and artifacts. |
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11-08-2010 |
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Australian Geographic reports that a man bought a thylacine pelt at a garage sale in San Diego, California, for $5. The woman who sold it had no clue as to its value, which could be in the tens of thousands of dollars (see photo here). |
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11-05-2010 |
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The Illinois, Harrisburg's Daily Register reports that an organization named Shadows of the Shwenee is investigating sightings of a creature seen northwest of Harrisburg. |
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11-04-2010 |
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MyFoxOrlando.com talks with bigfoot researcher Mike Green, and his thermal video camera footage he took of what he says is a sasquatch. |
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11-02-2010 |
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SlashFilm.com reports that a film adaptation of the book The Hunter has started production. The story line is about a scientist on an secretive search for a living thylacine. Some of the cast are Willem Dafoe, Sam Neill and Frances O'Connor. |
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10-28-2010 |
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Sify News talks with David Hatcher Childress about his new book Yetis, Sasquatch and Hairy Giants. |
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10-25-2010 |
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Milwaukee's WISN Abc News reports that a mysterious animal was photographed by a woman. She was told by officials at a local wildlife center that its a fox. |
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10-23-2010 |
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Germany's The Local reports that authorities have given permission for hunters to shoot and kill a large black panther, that has been sighted prowling around Belgium, Luxemburg, and Germany's Eifel region for several months. It may be a black panther that escaped from a French animal park. |
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10-21-2010 |
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Australia's Donnybrook-Bridgetown Mail talks with thylacine researcher Alan Troode, of Nannup, SW Australia. |
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10-15-2010 |
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China's People's Daily Online reports that locals have seen a "bigfoot" on Taibai Mountain. |
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10-15-2010 |
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The Telegraph talks with explorer John Blashford-Snell, about his Scientific Exploration Society (SES), and his adventures. |
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10-14-2010 |
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The Voice of Russia reports that the expedition team has returned from Mountain Shoria, with stories of Yetis being forced into confrontations with bears, due to a forest fire. |
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10-12-2010 |
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WildMadagascar.org reports that a new carnivorous mammal has been identified in Madagascar's Lake Alaotra. |
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10-11-2010 |
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British Columbia's NelsonStar recounts some bigfoot sightings in the area. |
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10-10-2010 |
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Seer Press reports that China's Hubei Wild Man Research Association is asking for volunteers from around the world to join them in a search for the "Yeren", the wildman, or Bigfoot, in the province of Hubei. |
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10-10-2010 |
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Idaho State University's The Bengal talks with the university's Dr. Jeffery Meldrum and his bigfoot research. |
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10-07-2010 |
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Den of Geek reports that the Fortean Times UnConvention (UNCON 2010) returns on October 23-24, at London's University of Westminster. |
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10-06-2010 |
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Den of Geek reports that the Fortean Times UnConvention (UNCON 2010) returns on October 23-24, at London's University of Westminster. |
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10-05-2010 |
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Animal Planet has posted a video clip about the Mothman, from their Freak Encounters series. |
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10-02-2010 |
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Fortean Times has posted an article on living pterodactyls. |
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10-01-2010 |
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The Outsider reports that a mystery cat was photographed by a trail cam in eastern Georgia. |
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09-29-2010 |
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The UK's Guardian comments on the issue of *officially extinct* animals often being found again. |
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09-29-2010 |
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The UK's Express reviews the new book Monsters: Caught on Film, which looks into strange creatures that have been photographed or filmed. |
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09-26-2010 |
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Australia's Herald Sun reviews the new book Something is Out There, which looks into Australian mysteries. |
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09-26-2010 |
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Russia's Itar-Tass News Agency reports that a team of researchers, led by Igor Burtsev, have started an expedition to Mountain Shoria, in southern Siberia, to search for a bigfoot. Sightings in the area have been increasing. (see also BigfootLunchClub.com) |
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09-23-2010 |
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Yahoo! News reports that tigers have been found living at an altitude of 13,450 ft in the Himalayas. |
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09-21-2010 |
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BBC News reports on the discovery of a new animal species, a type of elephant shrew. |
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09-19-2010 |
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The Point Pleasant Register reports that the annual Mothman Festival will take place Sept 17-19. Attending will be actual Mothman witnesses, and various researchers/investigators, and there will be a showing of the new film "Eyes of the Mothman". |
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09-14-2010 |
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Gather.com has an overview of the new SyFy series "Beast Legends". |
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09-14-2010 |
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ABC News in Fresno, California, has a video report on bigfoot sightings in the Fresno area. |
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09-14-2010 |
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The UK's North-west Evening Mail reports that a team of investigators on Windermere lake, using sonar, have not found anything yet. |
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09-13-2010 |
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Sacramento's CBS13.com reports that a disabled man says he will fly in helium balloons over various states, to search for bigfoot. He calls it "Project Falcon". |
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09-13-2010 |
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Science website io9.com lists the main theories on what Bigfoot may be. |
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09-13-2010 |
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MIT's Technology Review arXiv Blog reports that analysis of "red rain", which fell in India in 2001, shows what appears to be living cells that start reproducing when they reach a temperature of 121 degrees Celsius (250 degrees Fahrenheit). Independent verification of these findings has not been done yet. |
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09-08-2010 |
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Salem Oregon's Salem-News.com reports there was a recent sighting of a giant bird in Pennsylvania, by multiple witnesses. |
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09-03-2010 |
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Tampa Bay's 10 News reports that there was a new sighting of what is being called the Normandy Nessie, this time off Sand Key Park. |
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09-03-2010 |
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Albuquerque's Alabi.com has posted an article by Benjamin Radford, chupacabra researcher. |
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09-03-2010 |
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British Columbia's LDnews.net reports that a large creature was spotted swimming in small Ootsa Lake. |
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08-26-2010 |
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Lincoln, England's The Lincolnite reports that giant rats were found by a pest control company. |
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08-25-2010 |
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MSNBC.com reports that a bearded antelope was photographed in Kenya by Italian wildlife photographer Paolo Torchio. Experts are not sure if this represents a new kind of antelope. |
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08-25-2010 |
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Montreal's Gazette reports that the B.C. Scientific Cryptozoology Club has been invited to come back to Cameron Lake to continue their search for a mysterious creature. |
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08-25-2010 |
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The Toronto Sun reports that actor Ving Rhames says he was snorkeling in the Great Barrier Reef when he encountered a bizarre creature, which has caused him to quit diving. |
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08-17-2010 |
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Oregon's Salem News has an overview of the legends of monster snakes in the Amazon. |
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08-17-2010 |
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Asia's CNNgo.com has a video overview of 6 prominent unknown monsters. |
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08-17-2010 |
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National Geographic Channel has a preview of the upcoming Mystery 360 episode on Bigfoot |
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08-17-2010 |
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Kentucky's Lexington Herald-Leader reports that a mysterious cat-like animal has been attacking large dogs in Harrison County. |
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08-15-2010 |
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Dallas's myfoxdfw.com takes a look at stories of the Yeti. |
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08-07-2010 |
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Canada's VicNews.com takes a look at stories of the Cadborosaurus. |
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08-07-2010 |
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The San Diego Reader has posted an overview of sightings of strange sea creatures off the Southern California coast. |
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08-07-2010 |
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The San Diego Reader has posted a story on the legends of Deadman's Hole, including the "Wild Man of Paguay Gulch". |
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08-07-2010 |
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The UK's Westmorland Gazette reports that Lakeland hotelier Thomas 'The Gladiator' Noblett and celebrity psychic Dean 'Midas' Maynard will be exploring lake Windermere, looking for its fabled monster. |
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08-06-2010 |
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West Virginia's The State Journal reports that residents in Goldtown, Kanawha County, have made recordings of a strange howling sound they've been hearing in the woods. |
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07-30-2010 |
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The BBC reports that large creatures have been spotted off the coast of Devon, UK. |
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07-30-2010 |
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Northern Australia's ntnews.com.au reports that a picture taken recently by Jan Donovan (exact date seems to be in dispute, 1990s, or 2003-4), shows what appears to be a thylacine. |
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07-28-2010 |
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The CharlotteObserver.com talks with bigfoot researcher Mike Greene. |
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07-15-2010 |
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Albuquerque's alibi.com talks with Loch Ness monster researcher Steve Feltham. |
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07-15-2010 |
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The UK's Sun talks with dedicated Nessie hunters. |
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06-29-2010 |
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Oregon's Register-Guard reports on yesterday's Oregon Sasquatch Symposium. |
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06-20-2010 |
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North Carolina's wsoctv.com reports that a large footprint was found in a rural area of Burke County. |
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06-18-2010 |
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Fortean Times has posted an article on legendary creatures in France. |
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06-16-2010 |
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The Charlotte Observer reports that a man trying to attract coyotes got something much bigger. |
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06-16-2010 |
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Australia's TheMercury.com.au reports that artists in Hobart are creating replicas of thylacine pelts, for sale. They are made out of felt. |
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06-13-2010 |
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Australia's Advocate reports that there have been sightings of a large serpent-like creature inhabiting the Hawkesbury River. |
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06-13-2010 |
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The Seattle Times talks with Billy Willard, bigfoot researcher in Spotsylvania County. Myspace page |
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06-08-2010 |
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Ontario's The Star reports on a mysterious creature pulled out of the water in northern Ontario. |
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05-22-2010 |
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The UK's Caledonian Mercury discusses tales of mysterious creatures of Scotland. |
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05-17-2010 |
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The UK's Daily Mail reports that a herring over 11ft (3.4m) long was found floating in the water near the shore of Bovallstrand on Sweden's west coast. |
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05-13-2010 |
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Scotland's Caledonian Mercury reports that there was a sighting of what is described as an African lion, in the woods north of Glasgow. |
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05-08-2010 |
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ForteanTimes has posted an article about sea serpents. |
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05-04-2010 |
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Georgia's Valdosta Daily Times reports that people claim to have seen the "Skunk Ape" in southern Georgia. |
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05-04-2010 |
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Discovery News reports that scientists have reanimated mammoth dna in hemoglobin. |
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05-04-2010 |
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Augusta Georgia's Metro Spirit reports that artists Jay Jacobs and Jason Craig have created a mural with a cryptozoological theme. There will be an opening reception for the artwork this Friday. |
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05-02-2010 |
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San Antonio's WOAI.com reports that a former Department of Homeland Security employee, Troy Hudson, has started up a new Bigfoot research group called TBIG - The Bigfoot Investigation Group, based in Dallas. |
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05-02-2010 |
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NYDailyNews.com takes a look at Animal Planet's 'River Monsters' program. |
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04-27-2010 |
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Yahoo News! reports that newly released documents from the National Archive of Scotland show that police in the 1930s believed there was a huge unknown kind of creature living in Loch Ness, and worried how to protect it. |
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04-27-2010 |
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TV ONE New Zealand reviews the new radio program about cryptozoology, The Cryptid Factor Radio Show. |
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04-24-2010 |
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St. Petersburg Times reports that the mysterious monkey, who has continued to evade capture for more than a year, was captured on video eating out of a bird feeder in St. Petersburg. |
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04-17-2010 |
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Tulsa Oklahoma's NewsOn6.com reports that a strange hairless creature was captured in Mayes County. |
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04-17-2010 |
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AnnArbor.com's Juliana Keeping investigates a strange animal sighting in Ann Arbor, Michigan [followup]. |
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04-17-2010 |
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Washington State's Peninsula Daily News reports that TV celebrity Bob Saget interviewed Bigfoot researcher John Bindernagel, at the George Washington Inn. Saget is working on a new series called "Bob Saget's Strange Days", which focuses on unusual topics in Americana. |
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04-15-2010 |
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The Independent reports that Burma's military is out on the search for a white elephant, spotted near the coast. The superstition is that if the rulers have a white elephant in their possession, then it will bring prosperity to Burma. |
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04-08-2010 |
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China's Global Times reports on the capture of a strange hairless creature. |
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04-04-2010 |
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Pennsylvania's Altoona Mirror reports that a documentary production team is headed to Huntingdon County's Raystown Lake to investigate sightings of the "Raystown Ray". |
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03-30-2010 |
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The ForteanTimes has posted a review of "In the Wake of Bernard Heuvelmans: An introduction to the history and future of sea serpent classification". |
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03-30-2010 |
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Cincinnati.com reports that witnesses called in police when they saw what they describe as a large white cat, or tiger, in a residential area in Avondale, a suburb of Cincinnati. |
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03-25-2010 |
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Fortean Times has posted an article about 19th-century stories of sea monsters. |
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03-23-2010 |
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LakeLubbers.com has put together a listing of lake monsters. |
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03-10-2010 |
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Bulgaria's Novinite.com takes a look at reports of a creature in Rabisha Lake, near Sofia. |
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03-09-2010 |
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Yahoo News! reports that animals resembling kangaroos are being seen by witnesses in the Mayama mountain district of Osaki city in Miyagi. |
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03-09-2010 |
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The Telegraph reports that a government agency, Natural England, has released a report documenting the existence of big cats in England. |
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03-09-2010 |
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Canada's CNW Group reports that VisionTV will present a new documentary titled "Beasts of the Bible", which will investigate stories of fantastical creatures described in the Bible. Air date March 31. |
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03-05-2010 |
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San Antonio's KENS5.com reports that a strange looking creature was captured and turned over to animal rescue. Its a mangy raccoon. |
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03-05-2010 |
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ITV.com has posted an abbreviated version of their program on the Lake Windermere creature. |
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03-03-2010 |
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The Epoch Times takes a look at eyewitness accounts of dragons. |
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03-03-2010 |
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The BBC reports that photographer Alan McNamee has assembled a fast-response team that will try to get evidence of big cats in the Dorset area. |
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02-24-2010 |
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Science+Religion Today has a commentary on the connections, and conflicts, between cryptozoology and religion. |
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02-21-2010 |
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Canada's The Western Star reports that a strange carcass has washed ashore at the Bay of Islands, Newfoundland. |
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02-21-2010 |
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Texas A&M's The Battalion has an opinion piece on the issue of belief and bigfoot. |
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02-07-2010 |
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GhostTheory has some comments on the BFRO video interview with Mike Green, bigfoot researcher, who took the "Squeaky Bigfoot" footage (youtube). |
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02-07-2010 |
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Independence, Virginia's The Declaration reports that some people traveling on Route 89 saw a large hairy creature on the side of the highway. |
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02-06-2010 |
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Physorg.com talks with genomicist Stephan Schuster, who is at the forefront of ancient DNA research. |
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02-04-2010 |
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The Tacoma Weekly has a look at the "Giants in the Mountains: The Search for Sasquatch" exhibit going on now at the Washington State History Museum. |
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02-04-2010 |
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The Humboldt Beacon reports that William Barnes is conducting what he calls "the most penetrating search for Sasquatch/Bigfoot ever conducted in North America." |
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01-30-2010 |
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Lewis County, Washington's The Chronicle looks at the state of Bigfoot research in the Pacific Northwest. |
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01-30-2010 |
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The Fortean Times has posted an article on the search for the chupacabra in Nicaragua. |
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01-27-2010 |
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Tacoma Washington's The News Tribune reports that the Washington State History Museum is holding a exhibition titled "Giants in the Mountains: The Search for Sasquatch". |
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01-27-2010 |
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Lake Wales, Florida's The Lake Wales News has an opinion piece on bigfoot in Florida. |
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01-27-2010 |
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Tacoma Washington's The News Tribune talks with controversial bigfoot researcher Cliff Crook, who says he's going to reveal a "fossil footprint". |
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01-27-2010 |
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BinnallOfAmerica.com has posted an interview with cryptozoologist Adam Davies, about his recent expedition to find the Orang Pendek, in Sumatra. |
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01-23-2010 |
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The Telegraph talks with scientists who are looking for rare or unknown species of animals. |
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01-23-2010 |
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The UK's Mail Online reports that a picture was taken of what residents are calling the Buckshaw Beast. |
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01-23-2010 |
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artdaily.org reports that the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art has acquired a major new work by Walton Ford, which depicts the end of the thylacines in a dramatic manner. |
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01-21-2010 |
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The Telegraph reports that scientists are trying to bring Aurochs, giant prehistoric cattle, back to life. And they are making progress. |
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01-21-2010 |
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San Antonio's KENS5.com reports that a strange dead canine creature was found on a golf course. |
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01-19-2010 |
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The San Diego Reader has posted a story of a hiker who came across a large footprint embedded in rock, in southern California in 2002, and of his experiences with the media afterwards. |
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01-18-2010 |
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The UK's SundayMercury.net reports of sightings of an enormous dog, and of strange lights in the sky, in Cannock Chase. |
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01-14-2010 |
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El Paso Times reports of mysterious chicken deaths in Horizon City, Texas. |
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01-14-2010 |
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Indiana's The River Journal reviews some mysteries of Bonners Ferry. |
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01-14-2010 |
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British Columbia's bclocalnews.com reports that a driver claims to have taken a short video and picture of a mysterious creature in Cameron Lake. |
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01-11-2010 |
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Australia's The Independent has an overview of thylacine sightings in Tasmania's northwest. |
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01-11-2010 |
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Pennsylvania's The Morning Call reports that a large cat was seen strolling along railroad tracks near a school. A wildlife officer investigated, measured the tracks, and determined it was some kind of big cat. |
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01-11-2010 |
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BFRO.net has posted a video clip from a 2001 IMAX film that seems to show a humanoid figure running and crouching near some caribou. |
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01-11-2010 |
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The UK's Telegraph talks with Gary Campbell, president of the Official Loch Ness Monster Fan Club, about the possibility of the Loch Ness monster having died. |
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01-08-2010 |
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ForteanTimes has posted an article on legends of monsters in the Waikato area of New Zealand. |
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01-08-2010 |
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The UK Cumbria's News&Star reports that large mysterious tracks have been found in the snow at the Workington Reds football field, along with a sighting of a big cat. |
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01-08-2010 |
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AMC's Horror Hacker blog has posted a review of chupacabra-themed movies. |
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01-04-2010 |
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Ghosttheory.com has a look at the mysterious "Sylvanic Bigfoot" project. |
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12-30-2009 |
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Salt Lake City's Deseret News reports that monster hunter John Warms was in Utah, looking for evidence of local lake monsters. |
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12-28-2009 |
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The Dallas Morning News reports that there have been sightings of what one witness called a large tiger with stripes, about 50 miles south of Houston. |
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12-23-2009 |
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New Zealand's Stuff.co.nz reports that country farmer David Wightman has setup a trap to try to catch the mysterious black panther, said to be roaming the hills of Mid-Canterbury. |
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12-13-2009 |
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Houston's The Examiner has posted the recording of the 911 call about the bigfoot sighting in San Antonio, TX. |
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12-09-2009 |
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San Antonio's WOAI.com reports that prints were found in the area where a witness saw what he described as a tall and hairy creature dragging a deer carcass into the woods, in Bexar County, Texas. |
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12-03-2009 |
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Wisconsin's NBC16.com has a video segment on the Beast of Bray Road. |
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11-14-2009 |
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Florida's St. Petersburg Times reports that Russ Sittloh and his wife, retirees living on a waterfront home in Madeira Beach, on the west coast of Florida, have claimed to have seen, on multiple occasions, a very large serpent like creature. Russ has taken pictures and video and posted them to the internet (link). |
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11-14-2009 |
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Scientific American reports that new dna analysis reveals that the mysterious wolves, that Charles Darwin documented on the Falkland Islands in the 1830s, are related to the the South American maned wolf. |
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11-14-2009 |
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West Virginia's Point Pleasant Register has an overview of the Mothman mystery. |
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11-14-2009 |
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The Sacramento Press has some stories about strange sightings in and around Lake Tahoe, California. |
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11-12-2009 |
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The Sydney Morning Herald has an overview of the life of Robert H. Rines. |
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11-12-2009 |
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The Huffington Post has a commentary on Robert H. Rines. |
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11-12-2009 |
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The Highland News reports that an Italian entertainment troupe is in Inverness, looking for signs of the Loch Ness monster. |
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11-12-2009 |
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North Carolina's News Herald recounts the story of the Woolybooger. |
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11-07-2009 |
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North Carolina's McDowell News remembers Robert H. Rines, and his search for the Loch Ness Monster. |
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11-07-2009 |
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New Zealand's 3News reports on a new radio show about cryptozoology. |
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11-07-2009 |
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Fort Worth, TX's Star-Telegram reports that Sallie Ann Clarke, the local authority on the Lake Worth Monster, has died. |
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11-07-2009 |
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Houston's Examiner.com has a story from the 1950s about some men who encountered a mysterious creature while intoxicated on the Red River, between Minnesota and North Dakota. |
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10-30-2009 |
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EverythingPR has a look at the recent chupacabra reports. |
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10-30-2009 |
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North Carolina's Eyewitness News reports that a Phoenix man says he has a taxidermied chupacabra on display in downtown Phoenix's the Lost World Museum. |
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10-30-2009 |
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Texas College Station's KBTX.com reports on a new "chupacabra" body. |
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10-30-2009 |
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The UK's Matlock Mercury reports that a cyclist was confronted by a large black cat, said to be as big as a German Shepard dog, in Cromford, north of Derby. A photo of a print was taken. |
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10-27-2009 |
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Australia's News.com.au reports that a black panther has been seen in southwest Luxembourg. This follows reports of a black panther apparently traveling through France and Belgium. |
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10-27-2009 |
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Georgia's Times-Herald has an overview of the story of the Belt Road Booger, of Happy Valley Circle. |
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10-15-2009 |
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Newfoundland's St. John's Telegram has an overview of local sea monster legends. |
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10-11-2009 |
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The Coventry Telegraph's The Geek Files blog reports that Spiderman director Sam Raimi is to produce a horror movie about the Yeti, titled Refuge. |
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09-29-2009 |
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The Center for Fortean Zoology reports that the CFZ team has come back from its expedition to Sumatra with a sighting report, hair samples, prints, and rattan vine samples that the animal was chewing on. |
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09-29-2009 |
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The blog Still on The Track has posted video taken of some odd swimming creatures at Killarney Lakes, Ireland, taken by Jonathan Downes. |
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09-26-2009 |
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UK's Windermere North-west Evening Mail reports that footage of a creature making a wake on Lake Windermere is attracting media attention. |
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09-24-2009 |
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Vermont's Rutland Herald talks with Joseph Citro, author of "The Vermont Monster Guide". |
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09-13-2009 |
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Canada.com reports that the B.C. Scientific Cryptozoology Club will investigate Cameron Lake, where reports have been coming in of something mysterious swimming about. |
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09-11-2009 |
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Kentucky's Wave3 reports on a camera trap photo of what appears to be a large ape-like creature raiding a vegetable garden. |
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09-11-2009 |
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The UK's Mail Online reports that video was taken in Poland of a bigfoot-type creature walking around near some sunbathers. |
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09-01-2009 |
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Houston's Examiner takes a look at the new series on the Cartoon Network called Secret Saturdays, which is a children's program about the adventures of a group of kids investigating cryptids. |
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08-30-2009 |
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The UK's Daily Record talks with Jonathan Scott, the star of the BBC series Big Cat Diary. |
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08-28-2009 |
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New York's New Tang Dynasty Television has a video report on the excitement over a mysterious animal that no one has been able to identify yet. |
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08-27-2009 |
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Scotland's STV news reports that a Google Earth satellite image appears to show a large strange creature swimming along the surface of Loch Ness. |
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08-26-2009 |
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Florida's WCBD news reports that video was taken of an apparently large creature swimming under the surface of Lake Worth Lagoon in West Palm Beach. |
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08-22-2009 |
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Houston's Examiner.com takes a look at the life of John A. Keel, author of many books, including the seminal Mothman Prophesies. |
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08-17-2009 |
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LiveScience.com reports that people in the town of Kiryat Yam have been going to the coast at sunset to try to catch a glimpse of the "mermaid". |
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08-17-2009 |
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Florida's Palm Beach Post reports that the crew of the History Channel show MonsterQuest filmed a mysterious creature in the Lake Worth Lagoon. |
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08-17-2009 |
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China's People's Daily Online has an overview of the top 5 lake monsters in China. |
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07-29-2009 |
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Houston's Examiner.com reports that a trail cam setup in the Sierra National Forest took a picture of an apparently humanoid creature. |
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07-29-2009 |
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San Francisco's io9.com reports that another expedition in search of the Mongolian death worms will be underway. |
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07-29-2009 |
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Scotland's STV reports that a police officer videotaped what appears to be a big cat in Helensburgh. |
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07-28-2009 |
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Florida's NapleNews.com reports that a woman found strange egg-shaped objects in her flower pot, which bloom into red hexagonal "flowers". |
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07-26-2009 |
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California, Eureka's Times-Standard reports that artist Duane Flatmo has painted a mural overlooking State Route 299 depicting Bigfoot in a helpful light. |
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07-26-2009 |
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New York's LoHud.com reports that efforts are underway to try to capture the mysterious black-colored panther type animals in the Palisades and Tallman State Parks. Sightings, paw prints, claw marks on trees, and killed deer are the evidence. |
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07-24-2009 |
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Houston's Examiner takes a look at some *formerly extinct* animals, that have re-appeared. |
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07-24-2009 |
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Namibia's New Era reports that mysterious creatures are attacking and killing livestock in some towns. |
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07-23-2009 |
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China's People's Daily Online reports that tourists at Kanas Lake saw the "monster" while on a boat. |
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07-23-2009 |
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Michigan's The Ogemaw County Herald talks with BFRO member Phil Shaw. |
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07-23-2009 |
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Time magazine reports that a large, hairy blob floating in the Arctic Ocean is an unusual type of algae bloom. |
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07-18-2009 |
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Houston's Examiner looks at the stories of shape-shifting creatures in Michigan. |
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07-16-2009 |
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Canada.com reports that a kayaker at Okanagan Lake found a decomposing carcass that he could not identify. DNA analysis is being arranged. |
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07-11-2009 |
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Yahoo! News reports that the search is on for the legendary giant worm of Palouse. |
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07-11-2009 |
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North Carolina's McDowell News has a column on strange cryptozoological animals. This one is a giant bird and the Lizard Man. |
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07-05-2009 |
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Turkey's Hurriyet Daily News reports that a fictional movie about the Lake Van monster is in production. |
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07-05-2009 |
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The Houston Examiner has a story on bigfoot sightings around the ruins of an old castle near Hartford, Illinois. |
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07-05-2009 |
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The Los Angeles Times talks with Joshua Blu Buhs, author of "Bigfoot: The Life and Times of a Legend". |
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07-05-2009 |
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Oklahoma's Tahlequah Daily Press looks into stories of a monster living next to the Illinois River. |
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06-27-2009 |
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Utah's Deseret News talks with Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization member John R. Salmond. |
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06-27-2009 |
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California's Monterey County The Herald talks with Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization member Bart Cutino. |
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06-27-2009 |
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Tampabay.com talks with Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization member Cathy Betz. |
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06-27-2009 |
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Indiana's IndyStar.com looks back at the story of the monster of Fulk Lake. |
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06-19-2009 |
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Texas' Bandera County Courier reports that a strange creature shot on the Bandera-Medina county line is actually a coyote with severe mange. |
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06-19-2009 |
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Science Daily reports that Brian Regal, assistant professor of the history of science at Kean University in Union, New Jersey, has a thesis that Darwin's Origin of the Species shifted public belief in werewolves towards apemen, like bigfoot. |
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06-19-2009 |
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California's Los Gatos Observer talks with David Paulides, author of the new book "Tribal Bigfoot". |
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06-19-2009 |
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06-07-2009 |
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ABCNews looks into all the commotion regarding a video taken at Lake Champlain, which seems to show something big swimming about. |
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06-07-2009 |
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Florida's Ivanhoe Broadcast News has an article on searching for extinct animals. |
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06-07-2009 |
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Australia's The Border Watch reports that Richard Elliott claims to have seen an animal resembling a thylacine, near Mount Gambier, in Victoria. |
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06-07-2009 |
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Oklahoma's Tulsa World reports that bigfoot hunters found what they say may be a bigfoot footprint, in the Kiamichi Mountains in southeastern Oklahoma. |
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06-07-2009 |
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The New York Times has a review of the book "Bigfoot: The Life and Times of a Legend", a satirical look at the bigfoot culture in America. |
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06-07-2009 |
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California's Times Standard talks with David Paulides, author of "The Hoopa Project: Bigfoot Encounters in California". |
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05-31-2009 |
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The Denver Examiner talks with Chris Noel, author and bigfoot researcher. |
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05-31-2009 |
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AllNewsWeb.com reports that "Tim the Yowie Man" has set up camp in the village of Springbrook, in hopes of spotting the Yowie, due to the record breaking flooding occurring in south-east Queensland. |
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05-31-2009 |
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California's Santa Cruz Sentinel reports that a discussion and exhibit on Bigfoot will take place at the Bigfoot Discovery Museum in Felton, on June 7. |
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05-31-2009 |
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The North Carolina Farm Bureau Magazine talks with Michael Greene, of the Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization. |
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05-26-2009 |
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Vietnam's thanhniennews.com reports that a growing viscous blob type goop taking over a lake is actually colonies of living organisms called Bryozoan. |
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05-16-2009 |
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New Zealand's Stuff talks with New Zealanders who are on the hunt for mysterious animals. |
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05-16-2009 |
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Newsarama.com reports that the tv series Primeval is going to be adapted into a major motion picture. Its about creatures from the past being transported through time to the present. |
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05-16-2009 |
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Russia's Mosnews.com reports that farmers in the Kemerovo region of Siberia are complaining that bigfoot type creatures are eating their leek crops. |
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05-16-2009 |
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North Carolina's McDowell News reports that a local man has had encounters with Bigfoots. |
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05-16-2009 |
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Exclaim.ca has posted a review of the new dvd "Ghost Bird", about the search for the Ivory-Billed Woodpecker. |
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05-06-2009 |
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Allnewsweb.com comments on the video of what appears to be a large creature in the English Channel. |
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05-04-2009 |
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Illinois' Pjstar.com reports that emus are running amok in rural Chillicothe. |
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04-25-2009 |
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New York's Plattsburgh Press Republican takes a look at bigfoot sightings in the New York area. |
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04-19-2009 |
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AllNewsWeb.com reports that two backpackers hiking near Sydney saw what they described as a bigfoot. |
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04-16-2009 |
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Cornwall's Falmouth Penryn Packet reports on a recent sighting of the "Falmouth Beast". |
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04-11-2009 |
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American Chronicle has posted a review of the book "Hunt for the Skinwalker". |
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04-11-2009 |
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Houston TX's KHOU.com reports that a SUV vehicle was torn apart by an unknown animal, in North Carolina. |
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04-11-2009 |
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The Norfolk Eastern Daily Press takes a look into the unsolved case of the Waveney monster. |
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04-11-2009 |
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EcoWorldly has put up a gallery of pictures of extinct animals. |
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04-04-2009 |
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Whiznews.com has a video interview with Don Keating. |
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04-04-2009 |
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The Palm Beach Post has an article on the Skunk Ape. |
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04-04-2009 |
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Pennsylvania's Lancaster Online reports that people are still unsure what it was that was found dead on the side of the road. Whatever it was, it was big. |
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03-22-2009 |
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Albertville, Alabama's Sand Mountain The Reporter reports that bigfoot researchers (Elusive Primates of North America) exploring a heavily wooded area near Albertville found a large, gorilla-like hand print, and vocalizations were heard. |
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03-22-2009 |
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The Trinidad & Tobago Express reports that a strange one-horned creature was found washed up on the beach in Cedros, southern Trinidad. |
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03-19-2009 |
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The UK's MailOnline.com reports that "satan's hoofprints" have been photographed in a backyard in Devon. |
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03-15-2009 |
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CDNN.com reports that a pink bottlenose dolphin is swimming around in Lake Calcasieu, an inland saltwater estuary in Louisiana. |
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03-15-2009 |
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LancasterOnline.com reports that a large pig-like or rodent-like creature has been spotted running around in New Danville. |
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03-15-2009 |
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Mongabay.com reports that the dna testing on droppings, thought to have been from thylacines, came out as "tasmanian devil". Dr. Jeremy Austin says money should stop being spent on trying to prove that thylacines exist, and instead be used for other conservation purposes. |
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03-15-2009 |
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Canada.com reports that photos of bigfoot-type footprints were taken in northern British Columbia. |
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03-15-2009 |
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InventorSpot has an article on the current Russian search for "some hairy humanoid creatures". |
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03-15-2009 |
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Chicago's The Courier News looks into the issue of cougars coming back to Illinois. |
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03-08-2009 |
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The American Chronicle has an opinion piece on what the nature of "Bigfoot" may be. |
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03-08-2009 |
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Time magazine talks with zoologist Bill Schutt, who puts forth the theory that the legend of chupacabras may be rooted in reality. |
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03-01-2009 |
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The Epoch Times has posted an article discussing common features of popular mysterious creatures. |
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03-01-2009 |
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Laredo, Texas station KGNS-TV reports that a strange creature was photographed at a ranch. |
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03-01-2009 |
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Australia's The Sydney Morning Herald reports that Dr. Jeremy Austin, with the curiously long title of "deputy director of the Australian Centre for Ancient DNA at the University of Adelaide", is testing animal scat collected during the 1950s and 60s, to see if any of it came from a thylacine. |
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03-01-2009 |
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Michigan's Bay City News talks with bigfoot researcher Phil Shaw. |
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03-01-2009 |
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Russia's NOVOSTI reports that a team led by the Orthodox Bishop of Kemerovo and a local official are going on an expedition to try to find a bigfoot-type creature being reported by hunters to be living in cave in the Tashtagol area, which is north of Kazakhstan and Mongolia. |
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02-19-2009 |
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The UK's KentOnline reports that very large cat prints are being found at the Gravesend golf course in Kent, making people wonder if a big panther is on the loose in the area. |
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02-19-2009 |
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New Orlean's The Times-Picayune reports that a wild African cat, a serval, was found in the backyard of a home in New Orleans. The cat was tranquilized and is now at the local zoo while police try to find out where the cat came from. |
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02-19-2009 |
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The UK's Daily Mail reports that a photograph of what appears to be a giant snake in a river in Borneo was taken recently. Locals have a legend of a giant snake they call "Nabau". |
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02-19-2009 |
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Australia's AllNewsWeb.com comments on the problems with thylacines vs. commercial interests. |
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02-15-2009 |
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The UK's The Packet reports a woman on a walk on the Falmouth coastal path saw a creature she could not identify. |
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02-14-2009 |
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The UK's Telegraph reports that a bizarre photograph taken at an airport in Argentina appears to show a flying insect-man. |
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02-02-2009 |
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The Aberdeen Press and Journal reports that a motorist saw what he described as a cheetah-like animal in Aberdeenshire. |
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02-02-2009 |
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The Gazette of Colchester and north Essex reports that a police officer called for backup when he spotted a panther-like animal lurking behind the Wivenhoe police station. |
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02-02-2009 |
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The Phillyist.com reports on the annual yearbook published by The Centre For Fortean Zoology. This issue has an article about the monsters of Philadelphia. |
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02-02-2009 |
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Australia's Courier Mail reports on a new big cat sighting. The animal is given the name "Glenwood Panther". |
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02-02-2009 |
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Examiner.com presents an overview of mysterious sightings in Pennsylvania during last year. |
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02-02-2009 |
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This is North Devon reports that an unidentified dead animal was found washed up on a beach. |
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02-02-2009 |
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ScienceCentric.com reports that a population viability analysis, sponsored by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, predicts that ivory bill woodpeckers could have survived extinction with as few as five breeding pairs. |
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01-19-2009 |
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MSNBC reports that scientists examining the dna of extinct tasmanian tigers have found that their genetic diversity was very poor, and therefore a major factor leading to their extinction. |
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01-14-2009 |
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The Boston Phoenix reports on the surging popularity of cryptozoology in these hard economic times. |
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01-14-2009 |
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Kenya's The East African reports that a multi-national team of researchers are conducting a study on a crater lake, Lake Ngozi, in the Mporoto Ridge Forest Reserve. The lake is a source of mystery to the local people, since it changes color depending on the weather, and legend says there is a giant serpent living there. |
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01-08-2009 |
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MSNBC reports on the mysterious black wolf of Juneau, Alaska, who remains a lone wolf, and is attracted to people with dogs. |
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01-04-2009 |
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Mania.com has a review of Linda Godfrey's book "Strange Wisconsin". |
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01-04-2009 |
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The Langley AdvanceNews, Canada, has an opinion piece on the (non)existence of Bigfoot. |
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01-04-2009 |
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Whiznews.com of Ohio reports on the meeting of the Southeastern Ohio Society for Bigfoot Investigation, at the Crossroads Branch Library in Cambridge. |
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01-04-2009 |
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The Modesto Bee talks with Kathy Moskowitz Strain, author and bigfoot researcher. |
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12-28-2008 |
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Australia's The Daily Telegraph reports that the mysterious cats that have been sighted in remote areas appear to be moving in closer to populated areas. |
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12-26-2008 |
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Mania.com reviews the booklet "Phantom Black Dogs in Latin America". |
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12-26-2008 |
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CondeNast Traveler reports on recent discoveries of new animal species. |
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12-21-2008 |
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The Scotsman reports that an elderly woman was attacked in the Highlands by a large cat, which she says was about 4 feet long, and with a black stripe down its back. She says this was the second time that cat had attacked her. |
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12-21-2008 |
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The UK's Westmorland Gazette reports that photographs of the prints of a large cat in the snow were taken. |
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12-21-2008 |
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The San Francisco Sentinel reports on recent bigfoot sightings in British Columbia. |
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12-21-2008 |
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The UK's Times Online gives some pointers on how to search for Nessie in style. |
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12-21-2008 |
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Firefox News has posted an article on the Fouke Monster. |
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12-21-2008 |
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National Geographic reports that video of a strange elbowed-squid were taken by a camera a mile and a half deep in the ocean. |
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11-27-2008 |
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Reuters reports that New Zealand researchers have discovered there was another species of penguin that had existed in New Zealand, which they are calling the "Waitaha penguin". |
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11-21-2008 |
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The New York Times looks into the possibilities of re-creating a woolly mammoth. |
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11-20-2008 |
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The San Francisco Chronicle reports that sightings of what people claim to be large black cats are being made in the area's parks. It is said to have "jet-black" fur, and very big. |
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11-20-2008 |
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The Anchorage Daily News reports that an exotic cat has been spotted prowling around the city of Anchorage, Alaska. |
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11-20-2008 |
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The BBC has an overview of Nessie, the Loch Ness monster. |
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11-20-2008 |
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The blog Environmental graffiti takes a look at sea serpents. |
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11-20-2008 |
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The Washington Post reports that scientists have reconstructed about 70% of the woolly mammoth genome by extracting it from hair samples. They say mammoth dna is only about 0.6% different than modern elephant dna. |
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11-20-2008 |
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India's The Telegraph reports that 34 people have been attacked by a dog-like, or panther-like, animal this past week in Assam, India. However, none of the victims have been able to describe what the animal was, exactly. |
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11-18-2008 |
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The UK's Guardian looks into what the Loch Ness monster means to Scotland. |
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11-18-2008 |
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Canada.com reports on interesting findings by the crew of the History Channel's "Monster Quest", while on location on Okanagan Lake. |
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11-15-2008 |
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The American Chronicle reports that two new DVDs about mysterious creatures are coming out soon - "The Wildman of Kentucky" and "The Viking Serpent". |
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11-15-2008 |
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Canada's Houston-Today reports that new sightings of bigfoot have been made. |
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11-15-2008 |
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The UK's Sunday Mercury reports on sightings of bigfoot type creatures in the Staffordshire, England area. |
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11-15-2008 |
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Michigan's The Kalamazoo Gazette reports on author Linda Godfrey's presentation last Sunday at the Kalamazoo Public Library, where she talked about her new book "Strange Michigan". |
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11-08-2008 |
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The Arkansas Democrat Gazette reports that a private donor is offering $50,000 to anyone who can get a photograph of the ivory-billed woodpecker. |
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11-08-2008 |
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Colorado's Eagle Valley Enterprise reports that the tv crew from History Channel's "Monster Quest" went to Eagle Valley to do an episode on bigfoot sightings in the area. |
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11-08-2008 |
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Australia's The Mercury reports that a new movie, titled "Dying Breed", is opening in theaters. A horror movie, where people, searching for living thylacines, instead find living cannibals. |
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11-02-2008 |
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Canada's Waterloo Record reports that a new childrens' cartoon show titled "Secret Saturdays" will be airing in the US and Canada. It is about a "family of cryptozoologists". It is expected that toy products based on the series will soon be available in stores. |
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11-02-2008 |
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California's The Willits News reports that a bigfoot sighting took place on Highway 101 in northern California during the fires last summer. |
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11-02-2008 |
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Vermont's Rutland Herald looks into reports of Bigfoot sightings and evidence in Vermont. |
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11-02-2008 |
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Eureka, California's Times-Standard presents an overview of how the modern Bigfoot legend began. |
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11-02-2008 |
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Zap2it.com reports that the Sci Fi Channel is going to continue with its line of crypto/monster/alien themed movies. Upcoming will be "Sand Serpents", "Alien Western", and "Carney". |
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10-25-2008 |
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Monterey, California's Fox 35 looks into continuing expeditions for cryptozoological creatures. |
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10-25-2008 |
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Yahoo! News reports that members of "Yeti Project Japan" have found footprints of the Yeti, while on a expedition to photograph the creature on a mountain called Dhaulagiri IV. |
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10-20-2008 |
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The UK's Sun reports that another video from Argentina shows a very short sideways walking creature with a pointy hat, apparently the same thing filmed several months ago at a town 200 miles away. |
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10-19-2008 |
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The Texas Marshall News Messenger has a report on the 2008 Texas Bigfoot Conference. |
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10-19-2008 |
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Minnesota's KEYC.com reports that Siberian hunters have found large footprints with large strides. |
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10-11-2008 |
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HecklerSpray takes a look at the legend of Mahamba, a 50 foot crocodile. |
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10-07-2008 |
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NBC30.com of New London, Connecticut, reports that a photo of an unidentified dead creature was taken on the shoreline. The body is now gone. |
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09-29-2008 |
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The Tetrapod Zoology blog has an article on the long-necked seal. |
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09-29-2008 |
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BBC News reports that scientists are working on bringing back the giant tortoise from extinction. But it may take several decades to accomplish. |
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09-23-2008 |
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Marion, North Carolina's McDowell News has an overview of the Dover Demon mystery. |
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09-18-2008 |
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Marion, North Carolina's McDowell News has an overview of Champ sightings in Lake Champlain. |
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09-18-2008 |
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The annual Mothman Festival, in Point Pleasant, West Virginia, will take place this weekend, Sept. 20-21. Admission is free. |
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09-18-2008 |
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Australia's News.com.au reports that New South Wales Premier Nathan Rees takes sightings of big cats seriously. |
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09-18-2008 |
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The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reports that The Pennsylvania Bigfoot Society will hold its 2008 East Coast Conference on Saturday, Sept 27, from noon-8pm, at Pitzer's Townhouse in Jeannette. On Sunday there will be a "driving tour" and a walk at some locations where sightings had been reported. |
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09-18-2008 |
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Heckler Spray has posted an article on Soctland's legendary Big Grey Man of Ben MacDhui. |
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09-17-2008 |
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Yahoo! News reports that photographs of the Okapi in the wild were taken in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. There were feared extinct or near extinction. |
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09-11-2008 |
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The UK's Ely Standard reports on sightings of a big cat Isleham. |
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09-05-2008 |
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The American Chronicle has an article on an investigation of a Sasquatch sighting in Canada. |
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09-05-2008 |
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New York's WSYR reports that a strange canine-type creature was photographed with a cellphone camera in Solvay. |
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08-28-2008 |
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California's The Eureka Reporter reports that the 48th annual Bigfoot Days will take place this weekend at Veterans Park in Willow Creek. |
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08-28-2008 |
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The UK's Times Online has posted a commentary on cryptozoology. |
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08-24-2008 |
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Fox News takes a look into why we are so fascinated by stories of fantastic creatures. |
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08-20-2008 |
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The "bright green blog" on The Christian Science Monitor has some thoughts on the latest bigfoot hoax, and what bigfoot may be about. |
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08-20-2008 |
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West Virginia's Huntington Herald Dispatch reports that the 7th Annual Mothman Festival will take place on Sept. 20-21 in Point Pleasant, West Virginia (www.mothmanfestival.com). |
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08-18-2008 |
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American Chronicle comments on the recent Bigfoot hoax. |
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08-18-2008 |
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Texas' WFFA.com reports that a sheriff filmed a strange creature running down a rural road. The creature was not caught. |
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08-13-2008 |
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San Lorenzo Valley Press reports that leading bigfoot researchers will hold a four-hour mini-conference on the topic of bigfoot this Saturday at Felton Community Hall, Felton CA. |
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08-04-2008 |
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Scientific American has posted a 2003 article on cryptids. |
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08-04-2008 |
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Canada's Times Colonist wonders what has happened to Caddy, Cadborosaurus willsi. |
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07-28-2008 |
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Canada's Winnipeg Sun reports that a bigfoot sighting in Kenora, Ontario, have got people excited. Pictures were taken of 6-toed foot prints. |
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07-28-2008 |
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BBC News reports that an apparently new species of insect has been discovered on the grounds of the Natural History Museum's Wildlife Garden. |
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07-19-2008 |
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The American Chronicle has posted an editorial comparing bigfoot phenomena to alien phenomena. |
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07-19-2008 |
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Washington state's Longview Daily News reports on a sidewalk chalk competition, with the theme "Where did you see Sasquatch?", held at the Saturday Market in Longview. |
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07-16-2008 |
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Colorado Springs' The Gazette reports than an African lion has been seen, and photographed, running wild in El Paso county. |
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07-16-2008 |
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Oklahoma's Tahlequah Daily Press talks with D.W. Lee, of the Mid-America Bigfoot Research organization. |
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07-16-2008 |
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San Jose's Mercury News talks with David Paulides, director of the North American Bigfoot Search. |
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07-16-2008 |
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Physorg.com reports that scientists have discovered a species of chameleon which has a unique characteristic - it spends most of its life as an embryo. |
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07-12-2008 |
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The Tetrapod Zoology blog ponders over sea monsters. |
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07-12-2008 |
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The Wildlife Conservation Society reports that a white giraffe was photographed in Tanzania's Tarangire National Park. |
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07-08-2008 |
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The Lancashire Telegraph reports that a white starling was seen feeding in a garden in Trawden. |
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07-07-2008 |
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Oklahoma's Tahlequah Daily Press reports that a bigfoot type creature may be lurking in Cherokee county. |
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07-02-2008 |
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Yahoo! News reports on the current status of the search for the ivory-billed woodpecker. |
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06-23-2008 |
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The History Channel has posted episodes of MonsterQuest online. |
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06-22-2008 |
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New Zealand's Petone Herald reports on Rex Gilroy's search for Moas in Urewera National Park. |
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06-17-2008 |
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India's FreshNews reports that very large footprints were found on Borneo, and villagers in the area say they felt ill for a couple months before finding the footprints, as if there was something in the air. |
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06-17-2008 |
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BBC News reports on the mande barung of the West Garo hills in the north-eastern state of Meghalaya. With video. |
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06-17-2008 |
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Yahoo! News reports that a unicorn-horned deer is in a nature preserve in Italy. Its a Roe Deer with a genetic anomaly. |
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06-11-2008 |
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Maryland's Delmarva Daily Times reports that Swamp Monster hoaxer Fred Stevens has come out with his story. |
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06-11-2008 |
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The Chicago Tribune reports that Larry Nielson, a member of St. Paul's Lake City Tourism Bureau, is putting up a $5000 reward for evidence of "Pepie", the legendary creature of Lake Pepin. |
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06-11-2008 |
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The UK's STV.tv has a video report on a sonar detection of an apparently very large creature in Loch Ness. |
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06-11-2008 |
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The UK's The Argus reports that a man walking his dog says a big cat attacked his dog. He says it wasn't black, but sandy colored with a grey muzzle. |
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06-11-2008 |
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Bhutan's Kuensel Online reports that the first ever photo of an "ocelot morph" in the wild was taken in October of 2006. |
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06-11-2008 |
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The UK's Metro reports that an artist traveling in the Bhutan region says she was shown the scalp of what the locals call a "migoi", a legendary hairy ape-man, otherwise known as the "Yeti" to Westerners. |
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06-05-2008 |
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The UK's Bucks Free Press reports that an albino squirrel was photographed in Kent. |
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06-05-2008 |
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The blog Tetrapod Zoology has an article on the famous Mansi photo. |
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06-05-2008 |
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Paranormal News has posted an article about unidentified flying creatures. |
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06-05-2008 |
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The UK's Dorset Echo reports that a mother and son were repeatedly attacked by what they describe as a giant bee. The bee was killed, and has been sent off for identification. |
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05-19-2008 |
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Hecklerspray.com has posted an overview of the Minnesota Iceman mystery. |
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05-19-2008 |
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The UK's Metro.co.uk reports that thylacine DNA has been reactivated by scientists in Melbourne, Australia. |
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05-19-2008 |
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The Londonist reports that there will be a special presentation by cryptozoologists Richard Freeman and Jonathan Downes at the Grant Museum of Zoology, located in London, this Tuesday night. |
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05-19-2008 |
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UFODigest.com has posted an article by Brad Steiger about Thunderbirds. |
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05-19-2008 |
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The UK's icWales reports that a local man says he was walking his dog by Pluck Lake, when he saw a crocodile swimming in the water. |
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05-17-2008 |
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Louisiana's Houma Courier reviews the book "The First Fossil Hunters: Paleontology in Greek and Roman Times", which looks into how interpretations of fossil remains led to the creation of myths of monsters. |
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05-17-2008 |
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Wisconsin's WIS10 reports that dna results have come back from the blood on the van that was torn up in Lee County, and that it's from a canine. |
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05-17-2008 |
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Ohio's Toledo Blade reports on the upcoming 20th annual Bigfoot Conference/EXPO this Saturday at Salt Fork State Park. |
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05-13-2008 |
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India's Meri News reports on the search for a bigfoot-type creature called Mande Burung, in the jungle of the Garo Hills. |
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05-10-2008 |
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Monsters and Critics reports that the Monsterquest Season 1 dvd has been released. |
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05-07-2008 |
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Minnesota's KTTC takes a look at stories of "Peppie", a creature thought to be living in Lake Pepin. |
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05-03-2008 |
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California's Santa Rosa Press Democrat reports that a surveillance camera took pictures of what appears to be a black cougar. |
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05-03-2008 |
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Fresno's ABC30 reports on the sightings of a bigfoot-type creature in Sequoia National Park. An interesting aspect is that the anchors of the news program did not joke or belittle the story, but rather treated it as an important topic, as professionals should. |
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04-27-2008 |
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Tasmania's The Advocate reports that a new movie is opening in New York called "Dying Breed". Its an adventure film about researchers looking for the tasmanian tiger, who end up being hunted by cannibals while in the bush. |
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04-27-2008 |
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Ohio's Tri-County Journal talks with members of the Tri-County Bigfoot Group. |
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04-24-2008 |
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Boston's NPR station WBUR talks with Daniel Johnson, director of the newly opened "The Greater Boston Bigfoot Research Institute". |
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04-18-2008 |
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Montana's Great Falls Tribune reports that several large foot and handprints, and a half-eaten coyote, have people speculating theres a bigfoot in the area. But it turns out to have been a hoax. |
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04-18-2008 |
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WildlifeExtra.com reports that an amateur ornithologist claims to have heard the call of the South Island kokako, a bird, in Kahurangi National Park, New Zealand. The South Island kokako is believed to be extinct. |
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04-11-2008 |
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West Virginia's Beckly Register-Herald has posted some thoughts on the possibility of Bigfoot. |
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04-11-2008 |
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04-06-2008 |
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The Sidney Herald posts some thoughts on the subject of cryptozoology. |
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04-06-2008 |
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Blogcritics Magazine has posted a review of the fiction book "The Cage". The plot involves the escape of various cryptids from captivity. |
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03-28-2008 |
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Pennsylvania's Blairsville Dispatch takes a look at Stan Gordon and the Pennsylvania Researchers Organization. |
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03-21-2008 |
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Live Science has posted their 10 favorite legendary animals. |
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03-18-2008 |
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National Geographic reports that a pygmy hippo was photographed by a camera trap in West Africa, where it had been feared extinct. |
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03-12-2008 |
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About.com has posted an article about some obscure cryptozoological animals. |
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03-12-2008 |
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The XPRESS, United Arab Emirates, reports that a lion is on the loose, killing livestock and frightening people. |
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03-12-2008 |
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DVDTALK.com has a review of the dvd "Monster Hunters". |
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03-10-2008 |
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KLTV of Texas reports that Bigfoot researcher Mike Hall is leading a team on an expedition in East Texas, looking for evidence of Bigfoot. |
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03-10-2008 |
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Wisconsin's WIS10 reports that owners of a van in Bishopville were shocked to find that their van was apparently "attacked" by something that left what looks like teeth marks and claw marks. |
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03-07-2008 |
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The UK's Telegraph reports that a bird feared extinct, the Beck petrel, has been photographed by an ornithologist on a research ship near New Guinea. |
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03-07-2008 |
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NOAA reports that a rare white orca was photographed by scientists on a research ship off the Aleutian islands. |
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03-07-2008 |
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Maine's Belfast VillageSoup reports that cryptozoologist Loren Coleman will give a talk on cryptozoology at the Belfast Free Library on Monday March 3 at 6 pm. |
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03-02-2008 |
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UC Berkeley News reports on the Hearst Museum's Bigfoot exhibition, going on all this week. |
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03-02-2008 |
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The Australian Broadcasting Corporation has listed summaries of 50 thylacine sighting reports. |
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02-26-2008 |
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The Sydney Morning Herald reports that the Canadian Centre for DNA Barcoding will receive funding from 25 nations to develop a hand held device that will be able to identify any animal, plant, or insect, within 3 minutes. It could also work on animal droppings. |
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02-20-2008 |
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The Charleston Daily Mail reports that the Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization will be doing a field investigation in West Virginia. They will be looking in an area with recent reports of sightings. They have not disclosed the location. |
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02-20-2008 |
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The Sunday Tasmanian reports that a sighting of an animal fitting the description of a thylacine has sparked new hope that the species is still living, and now in Australia. The witness, a farmer, says he has been chastised by other farmers in the area, for breaking the "code of silence". |
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02-11-2008 |
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North Carolina's The Charlotte Observer talks with film maker James "Bubba" Cromer Jr., and his movie, "The Long Way Home: A Bigfoot Story". |
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02-11-2008 |
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KVUE of Austin TX reports that dna results of the Texas chupacabra indicate that the animal was a mix of coyote and Mexican wolf. Why it was hairless is not known. Previously it was thought it was diseased, but now that is in doubt. |
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02-07-2008 |
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California's 10 Zen Monkeys has an article on the link between Bigfoot and Mormonism. |
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02-07-2008 |
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Washington's The Olympian reports that Robert Gimlin, of the Patterson/Gimlin film, gave two presentations in the State Capitol Museum about the sighting and the film. |
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01-27-2008 |
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Colorado's Fox 13 reports that what a robotic camera captured deep in the sewer systems is actually a Bryozoan, a primitive life form. |
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01-15-2008 |
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South Africa's The Herald reports that some locals claimed to have seen a strange creature swimming in Buffelsjags River. The river has a history of having a mermaid-like creature inhabiting it, but the last sighting claim was 15 years ago. |
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01-15-2008 |
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MarketWire talks with Clint Romag, author of the new fiction book "The Ape Cave Horror". |
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01-12-2008 |
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KansasCity.com talks with wildlife expert Larry Battson, who gives presentations about Bigfoot evidence at sports shows. |
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01-12-2008 |
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Skeptical Inquirer magazine takes a look at what the past 50 years of bigfoot research has provided us. |
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01-05-2008 |
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New Zealand's Stuff reports on the findings of the Australasian Cryptozoological Research Centre's search for the moa in New Zealand. |
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01-02-2008 |
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Florida's Villages Daily Sun talks with Dan Jackson, who had a close encounter with a bigfoot 20 years ago, and has been searching for it since. |
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12-31-2007 |
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The Canadian Press takes a look at Point Pleasant, West Virginia, and its continuing popularity as a destination for monster enthusiasts. |
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12-27-2007 |
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The Los Angeles Times talks with Daniel Perez, director of The Center for Bigfoot Studies. |
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12-27-2007 |
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Firefox News has an article on recent claims of Bigfoot evidence made by some television program research teams. |
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12-27-2007 |
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Pennsylvania's GoErie.com has an article about Wally Hersom, the man who has put thousands of dollars into the Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization. |
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12-22-2007 |
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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports than an unknown predator has killed some dogs in Brunswick County. No one has seen it, and tracks left behind did not help in its identification. Locals are calling it the "Beast of Bolivia", after the city where the killings occurred. |
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12-13-2007 |
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Australia's Geelong Advertiser reports that a strange striped creature was spotted at Freshwater Creek, near Melbourne. This is apparently the second reported sighting of the same creature. |
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12-11-2007 |
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The Guardian reports that the first known film of the rare long-eared jerboa of Mongolia has been released. |
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12-10-2007 |
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Colorado's Rocky Mountain News reviews the History Channel's MonsterQuest series. |
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12-07-2007 |
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Maine's Sun Journal talks with Doug Hajicek, creator of the History Channel's MonsterQuest. |
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12-07-2007 |
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Florida's Baker County Press reports that the mysterious monkey-like creature spotted in the area still has residents perplexed. The orangutan explanation doesn't work, because the creature is said to have a long tail. Fish and Wildlife says it was a squirrel, but witnesses scoff at that suggestion, one witness says it was at least 40 pounds. |
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12-07-2007 |
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Alabama's Southeast Sun talks with Tom Biscardi, and of the adventures of his latest bigfoot hunt. |
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12-07-2007 |
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The Orange County (California) Register talks with Wally Hersom and Matt Moneymaker, of the Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization. |
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12-07-2007 |
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Maine's SunJournal.com talks with Chris Julian, leader of the Maine Bigfoot Research group. |
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12-05-2007 |
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LiveScience.com has a commentary on the latest excitement about Yeti tracks. |
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12-04-2007 |
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MSNBC reports that a team from SciFi Channel's Destination Truth has found footprints of a large creature near Mt. Everest. |
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11-30-2007 |
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Pennsylvania's Slippery Rock University student newspaper has an opinion article on other people's opinion about the author's opinion about bigfoot. |
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11-30-2007 |
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Portland's WCSH6.com looks into the sightings of a large creature in Lake Pohenegamook. |
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11-28-2007 |
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Albuquerque New Mexico's KRQE.com reports on the sightings and photographs of a strange dog-like animal. |
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11-28-2007 |
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China Internet Information Center reports on an investigation into possible "wild men" in the Shennongjia Nature Reserve. |
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11-28-2007 |
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Ohio's Local12.com has a video segment on Bigfoot sightings in Ohio. |
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11-28-2007 |
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The UK's Hartlepool Mail reports that Victorian author David Haigh is putting forth a case that the Beowulf story is based in reality, and that the events occurred in Hartlepool, which was known as Heretu in the Middle Ages. Heorot is the name of the village in the epic story. |
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11-16-2007 |
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Jacksonville's News4 reports that wildlife officials attempted to lure an orangutan down from a tree. The orangutan outsmarted the humans and has escaped capture again. |
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11-16-2007 |
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China.org.cn reports that a scientist thinks the "Tianchi monster" sightings are actually of trout they planted in the volcanic lake 40 years ago. |
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11-16-2007 |
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Montana's Bozeman Daily Chronicle reports that the "shunka warak'in" mount has been located, and dna testing may reveal what it really is. |
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11-15-2007 |
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Jacksonville Florida's First Coast News reports that an orangutan was spotted in Glen St. Mary. Where it came from is unknown. |
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11-12-2007 |
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Yahoo! News reports that a new species of peccary has been discovered in the Amazon. |
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11-02-2007 |
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ClickPress reports that educator Scott Marlowe will be a guest on the internet radio program "Shadows in the Dark" on Nov 4, to discuss Bigfoot. |
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11-01-2007 |
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Kithra's Krystal Kave has posted an article on the phenomenon of glowing red eyes in sightings of strange creatures. |
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10-29-2007 |
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OGPaper.com reports that hunter Rick Jacobs is claiming he captured a photo of a juvenile bigfoot, on a camera trap he had set up in the Allegheny National Forest. |
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10-28-2007 |
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North Dakota's Grand Forks Herald talks with bigfoot researchers who took part in the presentation at Lady Ocalat's Emporium last weekend. |
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10-23-2007 |
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Boston.com reports that the new "Greater Boston Bigfoot Research Institute" will open soon. It will be part of a complex designed to provide a creative and fun environment for helping youths develop writing skills. |
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10-23-2007 |
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California's Redding.com reviews the legacy of the Patterson/Gimlin bigfoot video. |
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10-23-2007 |
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California's Humboldt county's The Journal has a report from a bigfoot hunter, Ryan "Capt. Buhne" Hurley, and his attempts to capture a bigfoot on camera traps. |
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10-19-2007 |
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Yahoo! News reports that scientists have discovered new species of marine animals deep in the Celebes Sea, south of the Philippines. |
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10-17-2007 |
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South Carolina's Independent Mail reports that the indy movie "The Long Way Home: A Bigfoot Story", has won an award at the New York International Independent Film and Video Festival. |
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10-14-2007 |
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Minnesota's Duluth News Tribune talks with Robert Olson, a bigfoot researcher, who will be giving a presentation on bigfoot sightings at Lady Ocalat's Emporium in downtown Duluth on Monday. |
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10-13-2007 |
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China Daily reports that photos taken by a farmer in Wencai, China, have been authenticated as pictures of the Penthern tiger (South China tiger), thought extinct for 20 years. |
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10-12-2007 |
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SignOn San Diego talks with real estate agent Joe Rauh, of Ranchita, who has a side job - making giant bigfoot replicas. |
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10-12-2007 |
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North Carolina's Relish Now! takes a look at two new films on Bigfoot. One is a comedy, and the other a documentary. |
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10-10-2007 |
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Maine's Sun Journal talks with Loren Coleman, about the crypto-items he has collected for his museum. |
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10-08-2007 |
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MSNBC reports that declining reports of Nessie sightings have Scottish tourism officials worried. |
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10-01-2007 |
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Survival International reports that isolated indian tribes have been spotted from the air in Peru. |
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10-01-2007 |
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Science Daily reports that scientists have recovered the dna of 10 woolly mammoths, enabling them to sequence the entire genome. |
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10-01-2007 |
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Yahoo News! reports that high-resolution satellite imagery that is available on the internet gives anyone the ability to search for strange creatures at their leisure. |
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09-26-2007 |
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Tasmania's Mercury News reports that a team of Australian scientists, using computer modeling, say that the tasmanian tiger may had already been on the path to extinction before dingoes and farmers arrived on Tasmania, although they definitely gave it a big push over the edge. |
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09-16-2007 |
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The Pittsburgh Post Gazette talks with members of the Butler Organization for Research of the Unexplained (BORU), which meets regularly in Butler Township, southwestern Pennsylvania. |
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09-16-2007 |
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Canada's Parksville Qualicum News talks with John Kirk, president of the B.C. Scientific Cryptozoology Club, about a sighting at Cameron lake. |
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09-11-2007 |
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The UK's Metro reports that monster hunters from The Centre for Fortean Zoology are headed to Guyana in search of the didi, a large bigfoot-type creature, and giant anacondas. |
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09-11-2007 |
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About.com has posted an article about strange flying creatures. |
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09-09-2007 |
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Florida's Times-Union reports that a fisherman recently netted a "Ohio shrimp" in the St. Johns River. The rare creature is thought to have reached a maximum size of 4 inches, but this specimen is 12 inches long. The shrimp has made itself at home in an aquarium. |
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09-09-2007 |
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AP reports that Phylis Canion, of Texas, has kept the head of a mysterious creature, which she found dead, in a freezer. She hopes to get dna testing done on it to find out what it is. |
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09-01-2007 |
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Live Science reports that a new species of frog has been discovered in a remote mountainous region of Colombia. |
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08-29-2007 |
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Austin, TX's KVUE.com reports that a local resident is doing a brisk business selling Chupacabra t-shirts. |
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08-29-2007 |
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The International Herald Tribune reports that a man filmed what appears to be a white flag dolphin in central China's Anhui province last week. The river dolphin was announced as extinct last year after a major search failed to find any. |
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08-29-2007 |
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Florida's WPTV.com reports that researchers have captured a black bobcat in the Busch Wildlife Sanctuary. |
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08-24-2007 |
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Environment News Service reports that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has presented a draft of a recovery plan for the ivory-billed woodpecker. |
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08-24-2007 |
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Yahoo! News reports that scientists have discovered a variety of new species on a submerged mountain ridge under the North Atlantic Ocean. |
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08-24-2007 |
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The Sydney Morning Herald has an article on traveling in Tasmania, in "tiger" country. |
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08-17-2007 |
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CBCNews.com reports that mounties in eastern Manitoba responded to reports of a hairy monster stalking campgrounds around Whiteshell Provincial Park. They captured it - a 18-year old man wearing a gorilla mask. |
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08-17-2007 |
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08-09-2007 |
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The UK's Mid Devon Star reports that the Centre of Fortean Zoology will hold their "Weird Weekend" on August 17-19 at Woolfardisworthy, North Devon. |
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08-06-2007 |
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Pennsylvania's Pocono Record takes a look at Tom Biscardi, and his award winning documentary "Bigfoot Lives". |
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08-05-2007 |
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The UK's Daily Mail reports that the pictures of what seems to be a strange creature in Dartmoor is really just a pet dog, a Newfoundland. The owner says she takes the dog to the area, where the photo was taken, every weekend. |
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08-04-2007 |
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Chicago's Herald News reports that hikers have photographed the Mount Charleston blue butterfly, which was thought to be extinct. [stock photo here] |
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08-02-2007 |
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The Texas Victoria Advocate reports that a strange creature was hit and killed by a car. A local game warden inspected the carcass, and says he doesn't know what it is. Tissue samples have been sent for DNA testing. |
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08-01-2007 |
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YouTube.com has the video of large unknown creatures swimming in Kanas Lake in China. |
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08-01-2007 |
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Reuters reports that a giant white sturgeon was found floating dead in Black Lake in Washington state. The lake is not known to have sturgeon. |
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08-01-2007 |
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San Antonio, Texas's MySA.com reports on sightings of very large birds in the area. |
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07-30-2007 |
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Fortean Times has posted an article on a strange looking "dog" photographed in Dartmoor, said to be the size of a small pony. |
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07-27-2007 |
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National Geographic reports that the world's largest freshwater fish, the Chinese paddlefish, is feared extinct. |
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07-26-2007 |
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The UK's Fife Free Press reports that sightings of a reported penguin on the beach at West Sands may turn out to be a guillemot, a common seabird which can look like a penguin from a distance. |
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07-20-2007 |
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New Mexico's KRQE.com looks at reports of giant bird sightings in the Southwest. |
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07-20-2007 |
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Colorado's 9News.com reports that kids saw a large creature attempt to get onto a dock at a pond. Animal control officers says it was probably a alligator or cayman. The ponds will be closed until the animal is captured. |
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07-14-2007 |
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China's People's Daily Online reports that witnesses videotaped huge ripples on Kanas Lake, that were apparently being created by some large unknown creatures. |
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07-14-2007 |
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The New York Times has an article on the legendary giant sloth of South America, the mapinguary. |
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07-08-2007 |
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Florida's Local10.com reports that an 'Octosquid' has been sucked up from the ocean depths by a pipe. |
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07-06-2007 |
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Sprinfield Illinois' State Journal-Register reports that a large snake has been seen and photographed in Lake Springfield. The photographs are too poor quality though to identify the species. |
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07-02-2007 |
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PhillyBurbs.com reports that a large snake has been repeatedly seen in Bristol, central Illinois, said to be 12 to 13 feet long. A snake catcher was hired, but failed to show up. |
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07-02-2007 |
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Yahoo! News reports that scientists have recovered the intact remains of a dodo in a cave, inland, on the island of Mauritius. They say it will provide an excellent source of dodo DNA. Previous findings of dodo remains have been scattered bones, and only along the coast. |
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06-29-2007 |
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California's Santa Cruz Sentinel reports that "Bigfoot Discovery Day" will take place this Saturday. The Bigfoot Discovery Museum, in Felton, will present a barbecue lunch from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m, researchers will give presentations, and then Jeff Meldrum will give a presentation on bigfoot evidence at 6:30 p.m. at the Louden Nelson Community Center. |
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06-28-2007 |
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National Geographic looks at the possibilities of bringing a woolly mammoth back into existence. |
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06-26-2007 |
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ScienceDaily.com reports that scientists are analyzing scat found in the 1950s and 1960s to see if it contains tasmanian tiger dna. It is thought that tasmanian tigers went extinct in the late 1930s. |
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06-26-2007 |
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MonsterUsa.blogspot.com has a review on the new book "Big Cats: Loose in Britain" by Marcus Matthews. |
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06-19-2007 |
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Central California's MetroActive talks with Bigfoot hunter Tom Biscardi. |
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06-14-2007 |
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National Geographic has pictures of new species discovered in the Amazon. |
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06-12-2007 |
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Monsters & Critics reports that India will send a scientific team into the West and East Garo Hills districts to investigate claims of a ape-like creature being seen by villagers. Pictures of footprints and hair samples have been collected by the locals. |
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06-09-2007 |
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Toronto's The Star reports that scientists are puzzled by photos of a skeleton sticking out of an iceberg. |
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06-08-2007 |
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CNN reports than an amateur scientist has filmed a creature in Loch Ness that seems to show a very big animal. Video included. |
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05-31-2007 |
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Fangoria reports that an indie film titled "Monster in the Woods" is in postproduction. The plot involves two cryptozoologists who go looking for bigfoot in the forests of Maine. |
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05-31-2007 |
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The New York Times describes an exhibition opening at the American Museum of Natural History, titled "Mythic Creatures: Dragons, Unicorns & Mermaids". |
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05-24-2007 |
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Monsterusa.blogspot.com has posted an interview with the director of the Center for Fortean Zoology (CFZ), Jon Downes. |
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05-24-2007 |
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The Michigan Upper Peninsula Bigfoot Organization has posted an interview with cryptozoology and paranormal researcher Nick Redfern. |
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05-22-2007 |
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ScienceBlogs.com has a blog on the current controversy over the recent trend of announcing "new" species, when the justification for it seems weak. |
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05-22-2007 |
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ABC News reports that a fisherman in Indonesia has caught a coelacanth. |
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05-21-2007 |
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Anchorage Alaska's KTUU talks with artist Robroy Menzies, who specializes in depictions of Bigfoot. |
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05-19-2007 |
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Somerset,UK's Bridgwater Mercury reports that another sighting has occurred of a large black cat, dubbed the "Beast of Sedgemoor". |
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05-18-2007 |
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Milwaukee's WTMJ-TV reports on Tom Biscardi's research group's search for bigfoot in Wisconsin. |
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05-18-2007 |
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The Czech Republic's Prague Post has an article on cryptozoologist Ivan Mackerle. |
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05-18-2007 |
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Washington State's the Spokesman Review discusses the evidence there is for the existence of sasquatch. |
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05-14-2007 |
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Wildlife Extra reports that a new genus of frogmouth bird has been discovered in the Solomon Islands. |
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05-05-2007 |
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Wildlife Extra reports that a new species of freshwater stingray has been found in a river in western Thailand. |
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05-05-2007 |
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The Edmonton Sun reports that a Cranbrook, BC truck driver saw a bigfoot-like creature beside the highway. Pictures were later taken of footprints in the snow. |
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05-05-2007 |
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Florida International University has posted the award winning student documentary on Florida's skunk ape, "Footprints". |
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05-04-2007 |
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The Highland's Inverness Courier reports that a company named Buccaneer will put 15 underwater video cameras into Loch Ness, to film anything that comes by. |
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05-04-2007 |
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Tampa Bay's WPTV.com reports that a videographer has captured a strange worm-like creature in the ocean off Juno beach. |
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05-03-2007 |
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Philly.com reports that a large black cat has been photographed in Cumberland county. |
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05-02-2007 |
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India's The Telegraph reports that a picture of what appears to be a black panther has a team of experts perplexed. |
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04-30-2007 |
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StrangeArk reports that Craig Heinselman will release a new book featuring various articles on cryptozoological topics from a wide range of authors. |
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04-24-2007 |
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Yahoo! News reports that the Sumatran rhinoceros has been captured on film for the first time in years. It was taken at night on a island in Malaysia, and came up and sniffed the camera. The species is on the brink of extinction. |
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04-24-2007 |
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Sargeworld posts some info about Scott Herriott and his quest for evidence of Bigfoot. |
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04-23-2007 |
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Boston.com has an article on the legend of the Dover Demon. |
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04-22-2007 |
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Cleveland.com reports that some kind of deer are wandering around in the woods of Geauga County. Exactly what they are is unknown at this time. |
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04-19-2007 |
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The UK's Highland News reports than a vacationer took a picture of some kind of creature in Loch Ness. |
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04-17-2007 |
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About.com has posted an article by researcher and author Bart Nunnelly. His book "Mysterious Kentucky" is due out this summer. |
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04-15-2007 |
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Mongabay.com reports that the world's rarest rabbit, the Sumatran striped rabbit, was captured on camera in Bukit Barisan National Park. |
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04-05-2007 |
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The UK's Bridlington Today reports that birdwatchers are flocking to see an unusual visitor in Yorkshire, the black-throated thrush, which is native to Siberia and Asia. |
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03-31-2007 |
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Canada's CTV.ca describes the new bigfoot documentary "There's Something Out There: A Bigfoot Encounter", which is about Bobby Clarke's sighting and filming of a bigfoot-type creature in Manitoba last year. |
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03-31-2007 |
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ABC's KLTV.com reports that residents of Upshur County, Texas, have seen and heard the howls of a large black cat, some are calling a panther. Some animals have been found killed by a large predator. |
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03-31-2007 |
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Australia's The Standard reports that Isobel and Arthur Peart of Warrnambool insist that they saw a black panther in the Grampians last November. |
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03-31-2007 |
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Canada's Times Colonist discusses the recent YouTube upload purporting to show a humanoid creature in the forest of British Columbia. |
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03-29-2007 |
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The Sydney Morning Herald reports that thylacine enthusiast Chris Rehberg has put together a Google Earth map of thylacine sightings. |
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03-29-2007 |
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The Manchester Evening News talks with Adam Davies, and the new National Geographic documentary, "Is It Real?: Russian Bigfoot", in which he leads the search for the truth behind the story. |
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03-21-2007 |
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About.com talks with Mark Mihalko, cryptozoology author. |
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03-21-2007 |
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The Mid Devon Star reports that the Centre for Fortean Zoology CFZ has scheduled their annual 'Weird Weekend' for three days from August 17 - 19. |
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03-21-2007 |
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The BBC reports that a beetle thought to be extinct for 60 years has re-appeared in south Devon. |
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03-21-2007 |
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Physorg.com reports that a new species of finch has been confirmed, living in Idaho. |
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03-21-2007 |
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Hawaii's Star Bulletin has a review on a new book about cryptozoological animals called "Beasts". |
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03-18-2007 |
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Yahoo! News reports that a new leopard species has been identified in Borneo. The clouded leopard is a new species, and not the same one, as previously thought, as a species found on the mainland of Southeast Asia. |
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03-15-2007 |
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Fate Magazine has posted part of an article about sea monsters, as a teaser for their new issue. |
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03-12-2007 |
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Variety reports that New Line will produce a comedy called "Cryptozoologists". The story will be about some scientists who discover cryptozoological creatures in San Francisco. |
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03-09-2007 |
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Variety reports that Universal Pictures will produce a movie based on the book "Three Men Seeking Monsters". They hope to cast Jon Heder (Napoleon Dynamite, Blades of Glory) in the main role. |
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03-09-2007 |
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Canada's PlayBack.com reports that a new documentary about Bigfoot, "Bigfoot's Reflection", will air on the Space channel in May. |
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03-09-2007 |
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Critterzone.com has an article about some unusual footprints found in the Colorado Rocky Mountains. |
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03-07-2007 |
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Breitbart.com reports that a bird thought extinct for 130 years has been found in Thailand. |
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03-07-2007 |
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LiveScience has posted a review that is critical of SciFi Channel's new series "Sci Fi Investigates", which will feature a team of investigators as they search out evidence of strange phenomena, such as mysterious creatures and UFOs. |
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03-03-2007 |
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Reuters reports that Skunk Ape researcher Dave Shealy estimates that he needs $250,000 to help in his research. |
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03-03-2007 |
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Reuters reports that Klaus Emmerichs is returning to Tasmania to film the thylacine that he believes he photographed when he was there on vacation in February 2005. The photos he took at the time were accused of being hoaxes. He is to be accompanied by Paul Bailey, a thylacine researcher, who also believes thylacines may still be alive. |
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03-01-2007 |
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FirstScience.com has posted an article on the Loch Ness Monster. |
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03-01-2007 |
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CBS news in Marysville California reports that large footprints have been found in a forest near Marysville. An expert tracker was called in, and he says they look authentic, and apparently were caused by a very heavy creature with a large stride. |
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02-28-2007 |
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PopMatters has posted an article about the coelacanth. |
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02-26-2007 |
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Montana's Missoula Independent reports that the film company BadFritter Films is in Los Angeles finalizing the work on their film "Paper Dolls", which is "a psychological thriller about killer Sasquatches in the Flathead National Forest". |
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02-22-2007 |
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Australia's News.com.au reports that New Zealand fishermen have caught a huge squid weighing 450kg (990 lbs). The squid is known as the "colossal squid", Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni, and while not as long as its more famous cousin, the giant squid, it is a heavier squid. |
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02-22-2007 |
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Florida's St. Petersburg Times reports that a very large pig has been seen running around St. Petersburg. The "Parker Porker" may have been what people saw when they reported "dolphins" in Lake Seminole a few weeks ago. |
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02-22-2007 |
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Yahoo! News reports that scientists will be installing robotic cameras that will scan the skies to look for the ivory-billed woodpecker, in the Cache River National Wildlife Refuge in Arkansas. |
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02-19-2007 |
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Washington State's Herald.net reports that a new novel about Bigfoot has been published. "The Shadow Killer", by author Matthew Scott Hansen, is getting great buzz among the Bigfoot researcher community. |
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02-16-2007 |
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Film Threat talks about the footage of the last living Thylacine. |
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02-16-2007 |
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Fort Worth's Star Telegram reports that a new tv-reality show is planned called "Capturing Bigfoot". |
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02-16-2007 |
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Arizona's Channel 12 News reports that an anthropology student at Northern Arizona University, Nick Sucik, is researching Navajo and Hopi stories of mysterious creatures, including recent sighting reports. |
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02-10-2007 |
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Skeptical Inquirer magazine has posted the first part of a commentary on some popular cryptozoological legends of the Pacific Northwest. |
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02-09-2007 |
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02-09-2007 |
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Yahoo! News reports that Britain's top female paraglider was attacked by a pair of wedge-tailed eagles while competing in Australia. |
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02-05-2007 |
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Australia's Macarthur Chronicle reports on the repeated sightings of a large panther type creature in the Cumberland area. One girl was riding her horse at Sugarloaf Horse Centre in Menangle when she said the creature chased them. |
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02-02-2007 |
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California's Santa Clarita Valley The Signal lists the various strange phenomena recorded in Santa Clarita history. |
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02-02-2007 |
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South Carolina's The State reports that a technician with the U.S. Forest Service, Terrance Fletcher, says he was chased by a 7-foot-long jet black panther, and he had to dive into the Chattooga River to escape. |
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01-29-2007 |
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Canada's The Drum has a commentary on the recent turmoil and controversy over Jeff Meldrum's interest in bigfoot research. |
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01-28-2007 |
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The Union Democrat, Sonora,CA, talks with archaeologist Kathy Strain, who is, in her free time, a bigfoot researcher. |
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01-28-2007 |
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Reuters reports that a frilled shark was captured in a port south of Tokyo, swimming along the surface. This species of shark is rarely seen because it typically lives 2000 ft. or more under the sea. |
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01-24-2007 |
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Oregon's News Channel 21 reports that the Bigfoot Field Research Organization is starting off another large-scale search for bigfoot in the Central Oregon Cascades. Participates have paid up to $300/per person to be part of this expedition. |
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01-19-2007 |
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Florida International University's newspaper The Beacon reports on a group of students who are working on a 15-minute long documentary on Florida's Skunk Ape. |
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01-19-2007 |
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Yahoo! News reports that villagers in Thailand have caught a river terrapin turtle in a mangrove canal in Phang Nga province, the first specimen found in Thailand in 20 years. |
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01-11-2007 |
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The Hollywood Reporter reports that the Sci Fi Channel will be producing a series called "Destination Truth", which will be a globe-trekking adventure heading to places that hold mysteries, such as the Fire Worm of Mongolia, and the Chilean Chupacabra. |
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01-11-2007 |
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Winnipeg's Sun reports that Manitoba resident and bigfoot enthusiast Michelle Baril will be working with the History Channel and White Wolf Entertainment on a new documentary of cryptozoological creatures. |
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01-07-2007 |
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Minnesota's Kare11 TV reports that a wild hog weighing 1100 lbs. was shot in a suburban neighborhood near Atlanta, Georgia. |
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01-06-2007 |
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Wisconsin's Coulee News talks with author and investigator Linda Godfrey, about the sightings of the "Beast of Briggs Road, the Man Bat". |
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01-06-2007 |
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The Miami Herald reports that a group of film students have produced a short documentary on the Skunk Ape. |
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01-03-2007 |
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National Geographic takes a look at the ivory-billed woodpecker. |
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12-21-2006 |
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OregonLife talks with Autumn Williams, of oregonbigfoot.com. |
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12-17-2006 |
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Canada's CBCNews reports that a sasquatch-like creature was reportedly seen last Saturday in the northern community of Deschambault Lake. Photographs of the prints were taken, and some brown hair found. (See also Claims she saw Bigfoot) |
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12-15-2006 |
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Yahoo! News reports that a deer was found, killed by a truck on the highway, with both male and female reproductive organs, and a total of 7 legs. |
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12-15-2006 |
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The UK's Globe and Mail has an article about the new species being found in the oceans. |
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12-12-2006 |
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Wyoming's Star Tribune reports that a sheep-killing predator that was hunted down by helicopter and shot may not be a wolf. DNA results are being analyzed. The animal had unusually long claws and teeth. (See also A Montana Wolf Mystery & the Fury it Breeds) |
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12-11-2006 |
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The UK's Guardian Unlimited reports that the Florida panther population has increased to about 100 on the southwestern edge of the Everglades. |
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12-04-2006 |
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Texas San Antonio's MySa.com talks with bigfoot researcher Craig Woolheater. |
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11-28-2006 |
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Georgia's Newnan Times-Herald reports that Andrew Marshall, a student at Savannah College of Art and Design, is producing a short film as a graduation requirement. He is going to do it on the experiences of people who have seen 'Bigfoot'. |
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11-28-2006 |
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NewScientist.com reports that new creatures have been photographed, and videotaped, living by the methane vents in the southwest Pacific, off New Zealand. |
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11-27-2006 |
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Scotland's The Buchan Observer reports that a large black cat is being seen in the north-east. |
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11-23-2006 |
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UnderwaterTimes.com reports that a mysterious "thing" was photographed in the ocean off Norway. |
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11-23-2006 |
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KentuckyBigfoot.com has posted a screenplay about a Kentucky family terrorized by monsters, by Barton M. Nunnelly. |
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11-18-2006 |
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11-15-2006 |
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First Coast News of Jacksonville, FL reports that two boys in Waukesha county, Wisconsin, say they saw a "hairy monster" leaning on a tree, on the edge of some woods. |
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11-15-2006 |
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NPR has an audio interview with scientist Jeff Meldrum about Bigfoot. |
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11-13-2006 |
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Ipswich's EveningStar24 reports that a couple in Ipswich have found very large, clawed, footprints in their yard. |
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11-12-2006 |
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Greater Milwaukee Today reports that Steven Krueger was out picking up deer carcasses off the road, a contract job, when he was startled as his pickup truck was rocked while he was sitting in the cab filling out paperwork. He looked in the rearview mirror, and saw what he described as a 7ft. tall, black, and wide creature trying to pull out a deer he had in the back of the truck. He's not sure what it was, because he immediately hit the gas and took off from the animal - leaving behind the deer and a atv ramp that slid out the back of the truck (Also see The Washington County Bigfoot is not a Bigfoot! for further info). |
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11-11-2006 |
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Time Magazine reports that dozens of new frog species have been discovered in Papua New Guinea. |
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11-07-2006 |
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Fox News reports that a dolphin with an extra set of fins has been captured near Japan. |
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11-05-2006 |
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Edmonton's Sun News reports that Todd Standing, 33, says he has video evidence of Bigfoot, and he will show it this Thursday at the Citadel. |
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11-04-2006 |
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Canada First Perspective has a article from Bigfoot Encounters about a sighting from 20 years ago, but which has not been revealed until now. |
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11-04-2006 |
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New Scientist explains why the plesiosaur is a poor candidate for what has reportedly been seen in Loch Ness. |
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11-04-2006 |
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Cayman NetNews reports that several people have reported seeing a very large snake in the Cayman Islands, said to be 10 feet long. |
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11-04-2006 |
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CNN talks about Jeffrey Meldrum, professor of anatomy at Idaho State University, and bigfoot researcher. |
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11-04-2006 |
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Warren, Ohio's Tribune Chronicle talks with Eric Altman, one of the founders of the Pennsylvania Bigfoot Society. |
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11-01-2006 |
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AZCentral.com talks with a Fish and Game biologist in Arizona, about the frequent reports they get of strange creatures. |
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10-22-2006 |
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Florida's Gainesville.com reports that Judy Caseley, of Foxboro MA, says she took photos of a "Skunk Ape" when she was in the Big Cypress National Preserve in July - 5 years ago. She said she kept the photos secret because she was afraid of ridicule. She is now trying to sell the photographs for $175. |
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10-22-2006 |
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Oklahoma's Tahlequah Daily reports that a film crew working on a film about Bigfoot traveled to eastern Oklahoma, and interviewed several witnesses, and went out looking for the creature. |
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10-20-2006 |
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The Allentown Morning Call, of Allentown ,PA, reports that residents of Pennsylvania have been reporting sightings of mountain lions in increasing numbers. |
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10-17-2006 |
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Australia's Ararat Advertiser reports that big-cat researcher Michael Williams will be visiting the Ararat area, in south-east Australia, to search for evidence of the "Grampians Puma". |
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10-16-2006 |
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The UK's Times Online reports that a new species of mouse has been discovered by a French scientist, on the island of Cyprus. |
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10-15-2006 |
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Yahoo! News reports that conservationists have discovered a new bird in the Andean cloud forest in Colombia. |
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10-10-2006 |
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Scott Maruna has posted on his "Biofort" blog the story of a giant bird seen on a farm in central Illinois in the summer of 1977. |
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10-07-2006 |
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The BBC reports on the discovery of a fossil of a pliosaur that may be more than 28 feet in length. |
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10-07-2006 |
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Yahoo! News reports that researchers have discovered the 100,000 year old remains of a previously unknown species of giant camel in Syria. |
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10-07-2006 |
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Malaysia's The Star reports that a private museum owner in the United States has offered $50,000 for the cast of a supposed "bigfoot" footprint, which was taken in Kota Tinggi. |
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10-07-2006 |
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Cryptomundo has photographs of the mysterious footprints found in Brunei. |
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09-27-2006 |
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CNN reports that researchers looking for the ivory-billed woodpecker in northwest Florida say they heard and saw the elusive bird, but did not manage to get any photographic evidence. |
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09-27-2006 |
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Brunei's Darussalam reports that a Sungai Liang resident has found strange footprints in the Andulau forest area in Labi. |
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09-26-2006 |
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phillyBurbs.com reports that people are again reporting seeing a strange canid type creature in the Yardley/Lower Makefield area. |
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09-19-2006 |
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Montana's Daily Inter Lake talks with the young filmmakers of "Paper Dolls", an independent movie that features an attack by sasquatches. |
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09-17-2006 |
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Canada's Penticton Western News reports that a picture of a mysterious skull found in a small fishing village in Mexico may be of a humpback whale, and not of an "ogopogo"-type creature. |
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09-15-2006 |
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The New York Times reports that a new bird species has been found in India, the first such discovery in 50 years. |
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09-13-2006 |
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The Scientist has an article on the Bigfoot Rendezvous, which was held in Pocatello Idaho last June. |
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09-10-2006 |
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Russia's Regnum News Agency has posted pictures of footprints that the director of the Russian hunting and fur trapping department says appear to be of primates (Click on the "Read it in Russian" link to see the pictures). |
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09-10-2006 |
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ABC News reports that in northern California, artists met in West Marin to commerate the sighting of a sea monster 30 years ago. |
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09-09-2006 |
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Arizona's Daily Star reports that the White Mountain Apache Nation are opening up and telling their stories about bigfoot-type creatures. |
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09-09-2006 |
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The Texas Beaumont Enterprise has an article on the spread of an internet hoax regarding the size of a beached shark. |
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09-02-2006 |
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About.com has posted an article about a couple in South Africa, who were having problems with some kind of creature. |
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08-30-2006 |
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Alabama's Montgomery Advertiser reports that giant yellow jacket nests have started appearing in Alabama. |
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08-22-2006 |
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The UK's Berwickshire Today reports that a driver was on the A1 just south of Eyemouth when he spotted a large rodent-type creature on the road. Some think this "Beast of Berwickshire" might be a imported capybara or a coypu, although there have been no reports of such creatures in this area before. |
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08-17-2006 |
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Scotland's Highland News reports that the 2nd nessie sighting of the year has come in. A German father and his son reported seeing something as huge as a u-boat coming out of the water. |
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08-17-2006 |
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Boston.com reports that an animal found dead may be the one that has been frightening residents and mauling dogs in Turner, Maine. |
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08-16-2006 |
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New Zealand's Ashburton Guardian discusses the excitement over sightings of a large black cat in the Ashburton District. |
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08-14-2006 |
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Malaysia's The Star has an overview of some investigators of the paranormal. |
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08-14-2006 |
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Skeptical Inquirer has posted an article on India's Monkey Man, and its seeming relation to Spring-Heeled Jack. |
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08-07-2006 |
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Lucknow Newsline, India, talks with Charlie Foley, the creator and writer of Discovery Channel's "Dragon: A Fantasy Made Real". |
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08-07-2006 |
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Skeptical Inquirer has posted a review of the book "The Field Guide to Bigfoot, Yeti, and Other Mystery Primates Worldwide". |
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08-07-2006 |
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Skeptical Inquirer has posted an article on the the Honey Island Swamp Monster. |
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08-07-2006 |
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Malaysia's TheStar online reports that the website www.johorhominid.org has been closed down soon after a photo they had released was shown to be a hoax. |
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08-04-2006 |
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New York's WCBS-TV reports that the Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization met in Whitehall to discuss the phenomenon. |
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08-02-2006 |
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Green Bay Wisconsin's CBS 5 has a video segment on the Oklahoma bigfoot sightings and pictures. |
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08-02-2006 |
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Ardmore Oklahoma's KXII reports that pictures were taken of what appears to be a man in a suit, although some people around Clear Boggy Creek say its "bigfoot". |
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07-31-2006 |
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CNN reports that a South Korean scientist is on trial for misusing funds and embezzlement. He says some of the money was used on work to clone mammoths. |
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07-25-2006 |
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NorthJersey.com has an article on the Loch Ness Monster mystery. |
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07-19-2006 |
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The San Jose Mercury News reports that C. Thomas Biscardi is suing the Great American Bigfoot Research Organization for breaking their contract with him. |
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07-19-2006 |
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The Malaysia Star reports that a website for the so-called 'Johor Bigfoot' is attracting alot of attention. |
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07-14-2006 |
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National Geographic reports that scientists have discovered a prehistoric reptile who swam the shallow waters of an inland sea in Australia, about 115 million years ago. |
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07-13-2006 |
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MSNBC reports that paleontologists in Sydney Australia have found the fossilized remains of a fanged killer kangaroo, and very large, carnivorous duck-like birds. |
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07-12-2006 |
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The Independent talks about the Gambian expedition by a British team, looking for info and evidence of the legendary "ninki-nanka". |
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07-12-2006 |
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The Washington Post takes a look at the legacy of Grover Krantz. |
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07-08-2006 |
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BBC News reports that scientists have discovered what the hair color of mammoths were. |
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07-08-2006 |
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Voice of America talks with bigfoot researchers Don Young, Matthew Moneymaker, Luke Molloy, and John Bindernagel. |
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07-05-2006 |
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Yahoo! News reports that a new kind of mosquito has developed in Athens, Greece. These mosquitos are larger, faster, and more adept at locating humans. They are also able to see in color. |
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07-05-2006 |
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South Africa's News24 reports that New Scientist magazine has found that the mystery apes of the Congo are really just chimpanzees, not a new species. They are just larger that average. |
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06-28-2006 |
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The UK's Daily Mail reports that a giant beetle not seen in the UK for 300 years was found by workers in south Wales. |
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06-27-2006 |
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The St. Petersburg Times reports that a man is claiming he was the hoaxster behind the "Clearwater Monster" craze of 1948. |
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06-26-2006 |
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Yahoo! News reports that biologists in Borneo have discovered a poisonous snake that can change its colors like a chameleon. They named it the "Kapuas Mud Snake". |
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06-26-2006 |
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Ohio's LancasterEagle-Gazette.com talks with Cryptozoologist Marc E.W. Miller, and about the picture he took of the "Yeti" hand, which is on display at Disney World's Expedition Everest attraction. video. |
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06-26-2006 |
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Maine's Portland Press Herald reports on the artwork at the "Cryptozoology: Out of Time Place Scale" exhibit at the Bates College Museum of Art. |
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06-26-2006 |
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San Antonio's MySA.com reports that the University of Texas at San Antonio will be holding an exhibit and speaker series at the Institute of Texan Cultures investigating the Bigfoot phenomenon, through July 30. |
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06-25-2006 |
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AbsoluteArts.com reports that the Bates College Museum of Art, Lewiston Maine, will present an exhibition featuring cryptozoological art from 16 artists. The exhibit is titled "Cryptozoology: Out of Time Place Scale". |
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06-23-2006 |
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The UK's Yorkshire Post reports that police were sent out looking for a "tiger" that a motorist said dashed across the road in Ryther. |
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06-23-2006 |
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The Washington Post reports that The Nature Conservancy and the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission will offer $10,000 for information that leads to a nest, roost, or feeding site of the ivory-billed woodpecker. The $10,000 came from an anonymous donation with the specification that the money be for a reward of proof of the ivory-bill. The reward will be offered starting Monday. |
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06-21-2006 |
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The UK's North Devon Gazette reports that members of the Centre for Fortean Zoology are headed to Zambia to attempt to dig up the remains of mysterious creatures said to have been buried near the beach after washing up dead, and to search for evidence of the Ninki-Nanka. |
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06-21-2006 |
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The Walker Pilot Independent, of Walker, MN, reports that large footprints found in eastern Cass County has brought out carloads of curiousity seekers looking for the "bigfoot prints". Bob Olson, a bigfoot enthusiast, made casts of the prints. |
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06-21-2006 |
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BBC News reports that the Laotian rock rat has been captured and photographed. With video. |
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06-20-2006 |
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Yahoo! News reports that the Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF) has managed to take the first picture ever of the extremely rare wild rhino in the Borneo jungle. Only an estimated 13 are left in the wild. |
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06-14-2006 |
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Yahoo! News reports that the Idaho Museum of Natural History will open an exhibit on Bigfoot, displaying artifacts, and the Patterson-Gimlin film. They will display the actual branch that the creature stepped on in the film. That branch was used to estimate the creature's height. |
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06-14-2006 |
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Omaha's KETV-7 reports that a woman in west Omaha took a picture of a strange creature outside her house. |
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06-14-2006 |
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BBC News reports that a new species of fly are among the 1000 rare creatures that were found in a survey of the Cairngorm Mountains in Scotland. |
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06-12-2006 |
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The Oregonian reports that the Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization is reporting they had some success in a recent search in the upper Kilchis River Basin in Tillamook State Forest over Memorial Day Weekend. |
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06-12-2006 |
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Yahoo! News reports that conservationists have found conclusive proof of surviving okapis in Congo's Virunga National Park. They had not been seen in the park since 1959. |
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06-11-2006 |
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The Buffalo News talks with Tom Biscardi about his group Searching for Bigfoot Inc. |
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06-11-2006 |
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Yahoo! News reports that a scientist has rediscovered I. plenipes, a species of millipede not seen for 80 years, in central California. |
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06-07-2006 |
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The International Herald Tribune has posted a review on the book "In Tasmania", a nonfiction book about the author's assignment to search for the thylacine in Tasmania. |
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06-06-2006 |
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Bookslut has posted a review on the book "Carnivorous Nights: On the Trail of the Tasmanian Tiger". |
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06-06-2006 |
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Popular Science reports that a physicist at Mahatma Gandhi University says that red particles that showered down in India in 2001 contain extraterrestrial microbes. |
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06-03-2006 |
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Buffalo New York's WGRZ-TV reports that a man who was clearing brush on his farm in upstate New York took a picture of what appears to be a bigfoot. |
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05-31-2006 |
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Yahoo! News reports that Israeli scientists have discovered a cave with the remains of previously unknown species of animals. |
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05-31-2006 |
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China Daily reports that a strange creature was caught in a reservoir. |
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05-31-2006 |
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SeattlePI.com reports that the giant Palouse earthworm has been rediscovered, dug up by graduate student Yaniria Sanchez-de Leon, in the Smoot Hill Ecological Reserve, about 65 miles south of Spokane, Washington. |
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05-30-2006 |
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Grist Magazine has an article on the subject of protecting creatures that have not been proven to exist. |
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05-24-2006 |
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Germany's Spiegel reports that the first brown bear seen in Germany since 170 years is becoming a problem. The bear apparently came across the border from Austria into Bavaria. "Petzi", as he is called, has been causing chaos on farms - smashing a chicken coop, stealing honey, and killing sheep. The government now wants to deport the bear. |
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05-22-2006 |
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MSNBC reports that French scientists exploring the Coral Sea have discovered a species of crustacean thought to have been extinct for 60 million years. |
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05-20-2006 |
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Fox News reports that what has been claimed as a new species of human ancestor, the so-called "Hobbits" of Indonesia, may not be as it seems. Robert D. Martin of the Field Museum in Chicago, says the bones seem to indicate an individual suffering from microencephaly, a genetic disorder that results in small brain size and other defects. Other reseachers are agreeing. |
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05-19-2006 |
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Wisconsin's The-Bee reports that the Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization (BFRO) is going to host two 3-day hiking trips in the next few weeks to search for Bigfoot in Price County. About 25-45 people will pay $400 per vehicle to participate. |
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05-19-2006 |
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Yahoo! News reports that an intensive six-month search in the Big Woods area of Arkansas for the ivory-billed woodpecker has been called off. It was not successful. |
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05-19-2006 |
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DallasNews.com reports that a Dallas pawn shop owner who put a 6ft. 8in. statue of a bigfoot in front of his store is refusing city warnings to remove the statue. The owner is going to court to defend his right to advertise. |
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05-19-2006 |
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Yahoo! News reports that Brazilian scientists are claiming to have discovered a new species of monkey. The small monkey, with an adult weight of about 6.4 pounds, has longish golden-yellow fur and a snow-white cap on the front half of it's head. |
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05-19-2006 |
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The Pakistan Daily Times reports that a new species of monkey has been confirmed in Africa. |
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05-16-2006 |
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The SciFi channel will present an original movie, ABOMINABLE, which involves a Bigfoot. |
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05-16-2006 |
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National Geographic News talks with Craig Woolheater, director of the Texas Bigfoot Research Center, about bigfoot sightings in Texas. |
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05-14-2006 |
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Canada's National Post reports that a bear shot in Canada's Northwest arctic region by an American has been confirmed to be a polar bear / grizzly hybrid. The bear will be returned to the hunter, who will not face charges for shooting a grizzly. He had a permit to only shoot a polar bear. |
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05-11-2006 |
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The Texas Brownsville Herald talks with cryptozoologist Ken Gerhard, about sightings of the Texas "Big Bird". |
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05-08-2006 |
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The New York Times Magazine has an article on the ivory-Billed woodpecker, written by Jack Hitt - who saw one .. perhaps. |
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05-07-2006 |
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Yahoo! News reports that a Northern Arizona University doctoral candidate, J. Judson Wynne, and National Park researcher Kyle Voyles have discovered a whole new genus of cricket in caves in northwestern Arizona. There are more than 1000 caves in Arizona, and only about 3 percent have been surveyed by biologists. |
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05-07-2006 |
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Malaysia's New Sunday Times reports that a book on the "Johor Bigfoot" is due out in a few months that has pictures of the creature. Vincent Chow, a biodiversity researcher, says the photos are convincing. |
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05-07-2006 |
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MOSNEWS.COM reports that the chupacabra phenomena has migrated to Central Russia. A teenager who was guarding sheep reported seeing a dog-like animal that leaped like a kangaroo. Another witness says she saw a family of the creatures - a large one followed by a "pack of pups". |
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05-05-2006 |
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Yahoo! News reports that scientists have discovered about 10-20 new species of zooplankton in the Atlantic. 28 scientists from 14 nations participated in the study, which looked at waters between the eastern United States and the mid-Atlantic ridge. |
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05-05-2006 |
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Yahoo! News reports that scientists have discovered 8 new frog species in Laos. |
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05-05-2006 |
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The Ohio State University newsletter has a writeup of a student journalist's trip to the 18th Annual Bigfoot Conference/Expo. |
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05-05-2006 |
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PRWeb reports that author and investigator Lisa Shiel will present evidence for a link between Bigfoots and UFOs, at the Michigan Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) meeting on May 7, at Walli's East Restaurant in Burton, Michigan. |
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05-03-2006 |
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The Columbus Ohio Dispatch reports that Ohio University biologist Scott Moody believes that reports of Bigfoots in Ohio are nothing more than myth. |
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05-03-2006 |
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KPVI-TV of Pocatello Idaho reports that The Bigfoot Rendezvous will take place in Pocatello June 16th through the 18th. Speakers will include Jeff Meldrum, Rick Noll, Benjamin Radford, Eric Penz, Christopher Murphy, Loren Coleman, and several others. |
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04-29-2006 |
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04-27-2006 |
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IF Magazine talks with Ryan Schifrin about his movie Abominable. |
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04-24-2006 |
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Malaysia's New Straits Times reports that witnesses saw a group of about 20 men pull up into a reststop at Felda Tenggaroh 2, who then bragged that they had captured a bigfoot with a tranquilizer gun. One man got a look through a tinted window, but could only see "something big". He was refused permission to photograph the creature. Then the men and trucks drove off. The vehicles were said to have Wildlife Department license plates. |
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04-22-2006 |
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The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation talks with Red Grossinger, who has founded the Sasquatch Yukon organization. |
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04-19-2006 |
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The Mercury News reports that the two German tourists who say they photographed a tasmanian tiger have returned to Tasmania to prove their photographs are real. |
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04-17-2006 |
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Monsters&Critics reports that scientists exploring in north-east Ethiopia have uncovered the fossils of Australopithecus anamensis, a species thought to be an ancestor of modern man. The remains are said to be 4.2 million years old. |
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04-12-2006 |
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LiveScience reports that scientists in a two-month expedition into six regions in the Tibetan "Sacred Lands" are discovering a multitude of new species. Among them are giant hornets and jumping mice. |
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04-07-2006 |
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New York Times video on the ivory billed woodpecker controversy. |
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04-05-2006 |
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The University of Texas at San Antonio is hosting an exhibit by the Texas Bigfoot Research Center, at the museum. |
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04-05-2006 |
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Clarion News, of Clarion, PA, talks with Vance Winsor, bigfoot researcher and founder of the Clarion County Bigfoot Research Organization. |
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04-05-2006 |
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The Illinois Daily Ledger reports that black panthers are being spotted in Illinois. |
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04-02-2006 |
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Canada's Globe and Mail reports that customers can go on a "Bigfoot Safari" on Vancouver Island. Michael Ruge, with the assistance of bigfoot researcher and author John Bindernagel, set up the adventure to give tourists a chance to do some real sasquatch hunting. The business has been operating for 5 years, taking people deep into the woods of Vancouver Island in 4x4 vehicles, to areas where bigfoot sightings had been reported. |
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04-01-2006 |
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The Charleston Daily Mail reports that a Mothman museum has opened in Point Pleasant, West Virginia. Founder Jeff Wamsley has stocked the museum with news clippings, props from the 2002 movie "The Mothman Prophesies", a media center with several films, documentaries, and segments from television programs. Mothman sightings are still being reported to the museum. |
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03-29-2006 |
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Malaysia'a New Straits Times reports that Kong Nam Choy, 38, says he was hiking in the jungle of Kota Tinggi, in Johor, when he spotted a bigfoot-type creature. As he was going to take a picture, however, his phone rang. |
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03-24-2006 |
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Florida's Marco Island Sun Times reports that Nathan Martin and Dave Shealy made a presentation on the Skunk Ape at the Marco Island Library on March 14. They will be presenting a full video of the skunk ape on April 14 at Stan's in Goodland. |
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03-24-2006 |
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ABC News reports that ivory-billed woodpecker enthusiasts in Arkansas are not being discouraged by a negative article printed in the journal Science. Govenor Mike Huckabee says that qualified ornithologists have confirmed the evidence, and that the 'experts' who say the video evidence in not conclusive are wrong. |
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03-16-2006 |
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New York's The Epoch Times has an overview of the thylacine. |
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03-15-2006 |
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The Tampa Bay Weekly reports that the Goliath Grouper, which was near extinction, is rebounding in the Gulf of Mexico. |
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03-15-2006 |
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The Scotsman.com talks with Dr Geoff Swinney, of the National Museums of Scotland, about cryptozoology. |
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03-15-2006 |
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The Charlottesville Daily Progress reports that the offer by Malaysia to allow people to go into the forest to search for a bigfoot-type creature has gotten no response. 500 applications were printed up, but none have been returned. |
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03-10-2006 |
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The Anchorage Press talks with author and writing instructor Don Rearden, who recently wrote a script for a bigfoot movie. |
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03-10-2006 |
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CNN reports that a new species of assassin spider has been found in the forests of the island of Madagascar. Researchers from California, working with researchers in Madagascar, recently captured more than a million insects in a survey on the island. There are about 12 species of assassin spiders known. |
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03-10-2006 |
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CNN reports that a new kind of furry lobster has been discovered in the South Pacific. It is only about 6 inches long (15 cm). This find will create a new family classification, to be called "Kiwaida". |
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03-10-2006 |
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Yahoo! News reports on the rediscovery of the rat-squirrel found in Laos. It is neither rat nor squirrel, but from a family of animals previously known only through the fossil record. It is being nicknamed the "Laotian rock rat". |
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03-10-2006 |
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Live Science reports that a deep-sea expedition has revealed new information about creatures and their lives at the bottom of the Atlantic ocean. |
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03-06-2006 |
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BBC News reports that a new theory has come up about the Loch Ness Monster. Neil Clark, curator of palaeontology at Glasgow University's Hunterian Museum, says it might have been sightings of circus elephants in the loch. |
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03-06-2006 |
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Virginia's The Breeze discusses Jonathan Kent's search for a mysterious bigfoot-like creature in the jungles of Indonesia. |
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03-05-2006 |
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MSNBC reports that a new shark species has been discovered by a Mexican marine biologist. It is the first new shark species found in the Sea of Cortez since 1972. |
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03-02-2006 |
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South Africa's The Mercury has an article on the search for a bigfoot-like creature in Malaysia. |
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03-02-2006 |
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ABC News talks about the growing popularity of the Chupacabra. |
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03-01-2006 |
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Washington's Yakima Herald reports that researchers captured a 19-lb wolverine in the North Cascades, state of Washington. |
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02-23-2006 |
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ABC News reports on a new video supposedly showing a mysterious creature in Lake Champlain. |
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02-22-2006 |
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Florida's CBS4.con news reports that a giant decomposing turtle has been found floating in a canal in Miami-Date. Initial reports said it was a bear. |
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02-20-2006 |
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Malaysia's Bernama.com reports that the Johor Wildlife Protection Society says it will present proof of the existence of large hairy creatures they call "Orang Lenggor" (Lenggor People). |
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02-20-2006 |
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ABC News reports that a large earthworm thought to be extinct was found in Idaho. |
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02-17-2006 |
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Fox News reports that a new fish species has possibly been discovered in a recent expedition to the Caribbean off the island of Saba. |
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02-17-2006 |
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Peoria Illinois's PJStar reports that a driver in Bloomington saw a black creature that he thought at first was a bear run by his car, and then slap it - leaving claw marks on the trunk. Chris Vielhak says "it ticked me off because paint jobs cost money". |
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02-17-2006 |
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Jim Hill Media provides a photo tour of Disney's "Yeti Museum" in the queue area for the "Expedition Everest" ride. |
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02-17-2006 |
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Illinois's HOINews reports that a team of bigfoot searchers, led by the controversial Tom Biscardi, is looking for bigfoot armed with sensors and infrared cameras in central Illinois. |
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02-13-2006 |
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Singapore's The Electric New Paper reports that a group, the Asia Paranormal Investigators (website - www.api.sg), went to Johor to investigate the "bigfoot" sightings. They suspect that the reports have been exaggerated, and that the mystery creature may be just an orangutan. |
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02-13-2006 |
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San Diego's 10News.com reports that a creature resembling a monitor lizard has been spotted at Otay lake. |
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02-13-2006 |
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SignOnSanDiego.com reports that police have received 3 reports of a large tiger roaming the Valley Center area in San Diego. A search by sheriff deputies, US Fish & Game officers, and a helicopter have not located it. |
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02-12-2006 |
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The Scotsman.com reports that a multi-million dollar movie production has begun, called "The Water Horse", about the birth of the Loch Ness Monster. |
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02-11-2006 |
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BBC News reports that an animal first thought to be a wolf or hyena wandering on a golf course near Port Talbot, has turned out to be a white Alsatian dog with an injured foot. It has been captured and being cared for. It's up for adoption. |
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02-08-2006 |
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Yahoo News! reports on the discovery of new species in mountains in a remote province of Indonesia. A small team of American, Indonesian and Australian scientists were dropped off in the area by helicopter a few months ago. With slide show. |
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02-07-2006 |
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Fox News reports that Florida Gulf Coast University ornithologist Jerome A. Jackson is criticizing the evidence of a living Ivory-billed Woodpecker. He says it's a case of "faith-based" ornithology. He examined the video of the supposed Ivory-billed woodpecker, and has concluded that its not the real deal. |
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02-05-2006 |
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Bangalore,India's Deccan Herald has an article discussing the Yeti. |
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01-28-2006 |
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Associated Press reports that a state in Malaysia will form a team to search for a "bigfoot" type creature reportedly inhabiting the Endau Rompin National Park forest. |
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01-26-2006 |
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Texas's MySa.com reports on the hunt for bigfoot in "Big Thicket" National Preserve by dedicated members of the Texas Bigfoot Research Center. |
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01-22-2006 |
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Tyler Texas's KLTV reports that a wildlife expert has identified a strange creature that was shot last week as nothing more than a coyote with mange. With video. |
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01-20-2006 |
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Arkansas' Charleston Express reports on sightings of strange creatures in Franklin County. |
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01-18-2006 |
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The UK's Mirror reports that according to recently declassified documents, in 1979 the Thatcher government proposed a plan to put dolphins into Loch Ness to look for the monster. |
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01-18-2006 |
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Ireland Online reports that China has temporarily closed Shennongjia Nature Reserve due to excessive traffic from visitors. China has been urging tourist agencies to cut down on the number of safaris conducted to search for the mythical creature called the Yeren. |
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01-14-2006 |
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Yahoo! News reports that a South African anthropologist has discovered that nearly 2 million years ago, apes were preyed upon by birds. |
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01-14-2006 |
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The Cayman NetNews reports that an odd fish was photographed washed up on the beach. |
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01-14-2006 |
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The UK's The Independent has an article by the authors of the book "Carnivorous Nights : On the Trail of the Tasmanian Tiger". |
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01-09-2006 |
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The Warrnambool Standard, of Victoria,Australia, reports that a man reported seeing a thylacine run across the road near the town of Colac. Four weeks ago two women near Anglesea reported seeing a thylacine (map). |
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01-09-2006 |
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Japan's Mainichi Daily News reports that Japanese researchers have discovered a new genus of fish in a Cambodian lake. The researchers speculate that the fish got into the lake about 5,500 years ago, and evolved into a new genus. |
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01-07-2006 |
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About.com has posted an article on mysterious creatures. |
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01-07-2006 |
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White Rock Peace Arch News, British Columbia, talks with Bigfoot researcher Gerry Matthews, webmaster of westcoast-sasquatch.com. |
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01-04-2006 |
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The New Yorker has posted a short fictional story about a woman and her involvement in Bigfoot research. |
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01-02-2006 |
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Portsmouth Herald News reports that the comedy troupe "Stranger than Fiction" will *hunt* a Yeti through the streets of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, on New Years Eve. Members of the group will wear 7-foot-tall furry yeti costumes, and be chased by "British" scientists waving butterfly nets. If they catch any of the yetis, they will be displayed in a cage in Market Square on New Years day. |
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12-30-2005 |
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ZWire reports that a 12-ft sculpture of Bigfoot has been completed and can be seen on the Coulee Corridor on the Disautel Pass, in the state of Washington. |
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12-29-2005 |
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BBC News reports that a group of dodo bird bones have been discovered on the island of Mauritius. Researchers think the bones are at least 2000 years old. This find will help expand the knowledge of the bird and how it lived. |
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12-27-2005 |
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Malaysia's Bernama.com reports that there are numerous reports of large hairy creatures, described as "Bigfoots", in the state of Johor, Malaysia. The Johor National Parks Corporation is open to a search for the creature, and is preparate to collaborate with interested parties (separate link). |
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12-27-2005 |
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WISN Milwaukee reports that a driver struck and killed a kangaroo north of Madison Wisconsin. No one has claimed the kangaroo. |
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12-23-2005 |
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Cryptomundo presents Loren Coleman's pick of the best 10 cryptozoology books of 2005. |
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12-22-2005 |
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Innovations Report reports that the Mongolian Przewalski's horse is being reclassified as "endangered" instead of "extinct". Breeding and re-introduction programs have returned the horse to its natural habitat. In 1945 there were only 31 of these horses left. Thanks to the program, there are now 248 free ranging Przewalski's horses in Mongolia. |
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12-19-2005 |
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PRNewsWire reports that Kleeberg Entertainment is producing a movie about a family's story about their grandfather's obsession with Bigfoot |
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12-19-2005 |
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The Natural Resources Defense Council reports on the status of the search for the ivory billed woodpecker. More than 30 bird experts are in the swampy forests of eastern Arkansas. The director of the effort is Ron Rohrbaugh, and his directive is "Relocate the bird and obtain irrefutable evidence." |
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12-19-2005 |
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The Houston Chronicle discusses the sighting of an ivory-billed woodpecker in February 1967 in east Texas. Ornithologist John V. Dennis and local scientist Armand Yramategui said they had spotted the bird, but their report was considered a fraud. |
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12-17-2005 |
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The BBC reports that the dna sequence of the wooly mammoth has been accomplished. |
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12-17-2005 |
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NBC4i.com News in Columbus Ohio reports that two police officers are the latest witnesses of a large black creature prowling through the woods. Pictures were taken. |
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12-12-2005 |
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LiveScience.com has an article on the science of Sea Monsters. |
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12-10-2005 |
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Australia's Travel Blackboard reports that "Tim the Yowie Man" (actual name) will be hosting a new national radio program called "Get Lost Travel". His first episode will be on his trip to Llangorse Lake in Wales to investigate sightings of a lake creature. |
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12-08-2005 |
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CNN reports that a new species of carnivore has apparently been discovered on the island of Borneo. It was pictured by a camera trap. |
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12-06-2005 |
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"Mickey News" reports that Walt Disney World Resort will debut "Expedition Everest". Disney teamed up with Discovery Networks and Conservation International and traveled to the Himalayas to search for new species and research ancient legends. Disney brought back what they learned to help create authentic scenery for the attraction. The result is a high-speed adventure ride combined with the legend of the Yeti. |
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11-29-2005 |
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Cryptomundo has an article by Loren Coleman on the subject of African Americans involved in cryptozoology. |
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11-29-2005 |
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About.com has posted an article about stories of living pterosaurs. |
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11-27-2005 |
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The Times Herald-Record, of Middletown, NY, reports that a 1997 video taken by a Lembo Lake camper shows two ape-like figures in the trees. BFRO did an investigation. |
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11-27-2005 |
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Yahoo News reports that scientists and birders will resume their search for the ivory-billed woodpecker in the Cache River National Wildlife Refuge this winter. A team of 100 volunteers will search 500,000 acres in 6 months. |
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11-27-2005 |
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The Chambersburg Pennsylvania Public Opinion reports that the Bigfoot Field Research Organization (BFRO) was in Caledonia State Park, Pennsylvania, to investigate some sightings. |
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11-12-2005 |
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AOL reports that Sweden has lifted the protection of the Storsjo monster, the creature that is thought by some to inhabit Lake Storsjon. The regional council decided to remove the creature from its list of endangered species after a government watchdog group complained about the government treating an animal as real when it has not been scientifically proven to exist. |
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11-11-2005 |
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Fox News reports that the giant prehistoric ape Gigantopithecus blackii lived alongside humans for over a million years, dieing out about 100,000 years ago. |
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11-08-2005 |
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Loren Coleman's Cryptozoo News reports that a new television movie called "Strange Wilderness" will air in 2006. It is about two animal enthusiasts, who work for a floundering tv program called Strange Wilderness, going to the Andes to look for a bigfoot-type of creature in the hopes of boosting the ratings of their show. |
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11-07-2005 |
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Tasmania's The Mercury reports that the production of a movie about searching for the thylacine may start in 2007, by the Irish company Zanzibar Films. This will be the first co-produced Irish/Australian feature film. The film will be titled Shutter Speed. |
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11-07-2005 |
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Michigan's Petoskey News-Review takes a look at some famous cryptozoological creatures of Michigan. |
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10-28-2005 |
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Pittsburgh's Tribune-Review reports on the Canadian production of a tv series called "Creepy Canada", and their episode on Bigfoot. |
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10-28-2005 |
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Southern Illinois' TheSouthern.com talks with retired Murphysboro police chief Ron Manwaring about the "Big Muddy Monster" case. |
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10-26-2005 |
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Albuquerque NM's KRQE News reports that a strange creature was spotted in Las Vegas, New Mexico. The creature reportedly leapt 40 feet from one roof to another, leaving behind claw marks. |
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10-25-2005 |
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Galveston's The Daily News reports that Daryl Colyer and Craig Woolheater will host a lecture titled "Bigfoot, Sasquatch at COM" this Friday at 6:30pm at the College of the Mainland Learning Center, 200 Parker Court, League City. |
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10-24-2005 |
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Arizona's Daily Sun reports on the production of a movie on bigfoot, which is filming in the Williams/Flagstaff area. The movie is called "Devil on the Mountain", and will be shown on the SciFi channel next year. |
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10-17-2005 |
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Livescience.com reports on an investigation into sightings of an unknown creature in Lake Simcoe, forty miles north of Toronto. The creature has been named "Igopogo", in reference to the more famous creature in Lake Ogopogo. |
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10-17-2005 |
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The Associated Press reports on the 5th annual Texas Bigfoot Conference. Nearly 400 people turned out to discuss and report on current Bigfoot research. |
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10-16-2005 |
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The website American Monsters is looking for two crypto-enthusiasts to host a weekly cryptozoology series. |
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10-14-2005 |
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BBC News reports that new evidence for the existance of the Orang Pendek in Sumatra will be presented by Adam Davies and Andrew Sanderson. |
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10-13-2005 |
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The Texarkana Gazette previews the upcoming Texas Bigfoot Conference for this weekend. Sightings of bigfoot in Texas are on the agenda, as well as a presentation from Chris Murphy about bigfoot sightings in Ohio, as well as presentations on bigfoot sightings from across the US. |
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10-13-2005 |
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Yahoo! News reports that a Kansas City professor, Robert Powell, will soon announce the discovery of a new lizard found in the south Caribbean. The geckolike lizard is colorful, described as greenish with bright red, black and white spots. It is small, about half the size of a cigarette. |
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10-11-2005 |
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SouthFlorida.com discusses the town of Seneca, Illinois, and its numerous Bigfoot sightings. The BFRO (Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization) has been active in the area, researching the reports and investigating. |
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10-10-2005 |
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UK's The Independent reports on the difficult reintroduction of the bustard in the UK. The bustard was a large bird, somewhat like a cross between a goose and a partridge. The species used to be plentiful on the treeless parts of England, but went extinct in the UK in the 1800s. The bustard still lives in other parts of Europe, Russia, and Asia. See descríption. |
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10-10-2005 |
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BBC News reports that the bones of a lynx found in a cave 100 years ago shows the bones were only 1500 years old, which means the lynx was alive in the UK up to around the year 500. Previously, it was thought the lynx went extinct in the UK about 2000 bc. |
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10-10-2005 |
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Australia's Sunday Mail reports that a large black cat has been shot. The dna is being analyzed to see if its a puma. With picture. |
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10-09-2005 |
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The New York Times looks at cryptozoological mysteries. |
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10-03-2005 |
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Reuters reports that Japanese scientists have captured the giant squid on camera. In the photographs, Architeuthis is seen chasing bait 900 meters deep in the north Pacific ocean. |
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09-28-2005 |
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Texas Monthly Magazine has an article on the Texas Bigfoot Research Center. |
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09-23-2005 |
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CNN reports that lions have been attacking and eating people in Ethiopia, in an area north of Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa. |
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09-23-2005 |
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Tasmania's Mercury News reports that a picture of a paw print found in the snow in the Central Highlands may be of a thylacine. |
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09-22-2005 |
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Southern Oregon's Mail Tribune gives directions on how to get to the "Bigfoot trap", a cage which never captured a bigfoot, but is still in place - locked open, for any visitors that want to see it. |
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09-20-2005 |
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A San Francisco Chronicle reporter describes her visit to the Bigfoot museum in Felton, California. |
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09-20-2005 |
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Scotland's Grampian TV reports that scientists claim to have recovered flesh-like material from the bottom of Loch Ness which might be from the famed Loch Ness monster. |
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09-19-2005 |
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BBC joins with an Earthwatch expedition to Tsavo in southeast Kenya to search for the ferocious maneless lions. Two maneless lions, named "The Ghost" and "The Darkness", made headlines around the world when they killed perhaps up to 100 men who were working on the Tsavo River railway bridge in 1898. |
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09-19-2005 |
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China's The Epoch Times reports that a university student took a picture of something in the sky that he was a flying animal-shaped object. |
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09-14-2005 |
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The student newspaper at Drexel University, Philadelphia, has an article on Chupacabras. |
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09-13-2005 |
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Texas Highways Magazine has an article on looking for bigfoot in Texas. |
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09-12-2005 |
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Florida's Orlando Sentinel reports that a field research class from the Florida Keys Community College will go on a search for the swamp ape of the Florida Everglades in November. Chester Moore will be joining the group. There will be about 20 participants. |
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09-05-2005 |
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Australia's News.com.au reports that large numbers of mysterious moths are appearing in Australia. Entomologists are currently trying to find out what species they are. |
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08-31-2005 |
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Click2Houston reports that another "chupacabra" has been killed in Texas. It looks like a mix between a dog, a rat, and a kangaroo. It has been sent to the Texas Parks and Wildlife for evaluation. |
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08-25-2005 |
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Canada's CTV reports that photos of a mysterious creature in Quebec's Lake Massawippi were taken by a tourist. Jeff Stafford, owner of the Ripplecove Inn, was given the pictures and told the creature was about 10 feet long. |
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08-20-2005 |
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Vermont's Burlington Free Press reports that two fishermen took pictures and short movies of something large moving under the surface of Lake Champlain. |
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08-18-2005 |
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Montana's Bigfork Eagle reports that new sightings of the Flathead lake monster have come in. |
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08-15-2005 |
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Florida's Tallahassee Democrat examines the legend of the Skunk Ape. |
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08-14-2005 |
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The San Francisco Chronicle talks with Michael Rugg, proprietor of the Bigfoot Discovery Museum. |
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08-14-2005 |
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Florida's Tallahassee Democrat lists some cryptozoological courses available at the Florida Keys Community College. |
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08-14-2005 |
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Reuters talks with BirdLife International about "extinct" birds. They believe that discoveries of more "extinct" birds will happen in the future. |
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08-10-2005 |
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China's The Epoch Times reports that a photographer took a picture from a plane over the Himalayas which seems to show two scaly creatures in the clouds. |
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08-10-2005 |
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Oregon's Tidepool.com reports that the Kingdom of Bhutan, a small country between India and Tibet, has established a 253-square mile nature reserve made specifically for protection of the yeti. |
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08-02-2005 |
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Yahoo News reports that sound recordings of the ivory-billed woodpecker that was discovered have convinced some researchers of the ivory-bill's existence. They had previously doubted the re-discovery. |
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08-02-2005 |
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Canada's London Free Press reports that a University of Alberta scientist, David Coltman, has offered to perform a dna test on the hair sample taken from the sighting of a bigfoot-type creature in the Yukon. |
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07-22-2005 |
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Canada's CBC.CA reports that the hair supposedly left behind by a bigfoot type creature sighted in the Yukon has been analyzed by a biologist. He says it most resembles bison hair, but that a more precise test could be done. |
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07-21-2005 |
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Canada.com reports that witnesses are reporting a bigfoot type creature around the town of Teslin, in Yukon. A witness says "It was something big, about eight feet tall. It's black, hairy, muscular. It was huge". One bicyclist said she came upon a group of men armed with bows and arrows and axes who were looking for the creature. |
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07-20-2005 |
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Phenomena magazine has posted an article about Ken Gerhard, and his his search for the Goat-Man of Texas. |
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07-20-2005 |
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Wyoming's Star Tribune reports that Bigfoot researcher Thomas Biscardi is about to go on his hunt to capture a bigfoot in California. "This is a high stakes, high risk, scientific and commercial expedition", says Biscardi. |
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07-14-2005 |
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Canada's CBC.ca reports that a group of people in Teslin, Yukon, saw a large human-like creature. They say it was 3 meters tall and moving so fast that they couldn't keep up with it. A footprint was found, as well as some hair. They hope to have the hair undergo dna testing. |
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07-13-2005 |
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China Daily reports that a local tourist claims to have videotaped the "Tianchi Lake Monster", in Jilin Province. The video lasts almost a minute, but he was more than 1000 meters away from the creature. He says the object that was above the water was about the size of an adult ox head. |
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07-13-2005 |
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Michigan's Morning Sun reports that a man dressed up in a ghillie suit stood by a road, trying to spook cars by acting like a Bigfoot. Unfortunately for the hoaxer, a State Police and a sheriff's car came upon him. |
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07-12-2005 |
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SouthFlorida.com reports that a photo is going around supposedly showing a rattlesnake 8 feet long and 50 pounds, and that it was caught in Clay County Va. But experts are dismissing the photo. Also see Washington Post story. |
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07-08-2005 |
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Alberta's Lakeside Leader reports that strange footprints were photographed and turned in anonymously to the paper last week. The prints are 15 inches long, several inches deep, with what looks like short, claw-like toenails. The man who turned in the pictures says the animal must have been enormously heavy. About a month ago, Fish and Wildlife received a report of a bigfoot sighting, and they found prints. |
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07-07-2005 |
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Australia's News.com reports that a new species of dolphin has been confirmed living in the coastal waters and rivers of Asia and northern Australia. The new species has been named the "Australian Snubfin Dolphin". |
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07-05-2005 |
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Ohio's News-Herald reports that a new movie titled "Bigfoot" will premiere at the Mentor Lagoons Marina. Bob Gray created the movie on a low budget, and features several area residents. |
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07-04-2005 |
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Indiana's South Bend Tribute reports that a kangaroo has been sighted hopping along in South Bend. Animal control officers were unsuccessful in capturing it. It is unknown from where the kangaroo came from. Update. |
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06-29-2005 |
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Australia's ABC Western talks with Michael Morris, a independent researcher who has been using Freedom of Information requests to gain information about big cats and thylacines in Australia. |
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06-24-2005 |
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New York's The Citizen reports that the team behind the website AmericanMonsters.com have inked a deal with a major television network to produce a television pilot based on their website. |
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06-21-2005 |
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Living Earth interviews Margaret Mittelbach about her new book "Carnivorous Nights: On the Trail of the Tasmanian Tiger". |
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06-18-2005 |
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Howtorockstar/blogspot.com blogs that San Francisco-based artist Jill Miller is combining a gallery show with a bigfoot stakeout. Beginning in July, the art piece - titled "Waiting for Bigfoot" - will feature a round-the-clock-feed of camera surveillance in Northern California. The show will be in the New York School of Art. |
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06-16-2005 |
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Wolf.com reports that a new canid species has possibly been seen in Eritrea, Africa. With pictures. |
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06-16-2005 |
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San Francisco's SFGate has a short review of the new book "Carnivorous Nights: On the Trail of the Tasmanian Tiger". |
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06-13-2005 |
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The Texan Rio Grande Valley's The Monitor reports that a species of dragonfly never recorded before in Texas has appeared in the Rio Grande valley. With picture. |
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06-13-2005 |
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The Oregonian reports that shooting for the comedy movie "The Sasquatch Dumpling Gang" will take place in the Portland area. |
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06-13-2005 |
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BBC News talks with thylacine expert Col Bailey and Tasmania biologist Mena Jones about the possibility of living thylacines. |
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05-29-2005 |
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The Scotsman has an overview of lake monster legends of Scotland. |
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05-27-2005 |
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Seattle's First4 News talks with Jason Valenti, host of the upcoming Sasquatch Research Conference in Bellingham. |
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05-26-2005 |
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The Scotsman discusses Nessie hunter Frank Searle's life. |
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05-26-2005 |
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Washington State's Skagit Valley Herald talks with the people behind SasquatchResearch.com. Jason Valenti and John Andrews often head out to the hills of eastern Skagit and Whatcom counties on bigfoot searches. They will be hosting the 2005 "Sasquatch Research Conference" on May 27-28-29 2005 in Bellingham, Washington. |
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05-23-2005 |
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CNN reports that a new species of monkey has been discovered in Tanzania. The highland mangabey is a medium-sized monkey and lives at elevations of up to 8,000 feet. There are fewer than 1000 of them. |
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05-20-2005 |
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Loren Coleman reports that Nessie searcher Frank Searle has died at age 83. He spent tens of thousands of hours looking for Nessie, and in 1972 snapped a famous photo showing some humps in the water that indicated a large creature. |
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05-19-2005 |
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The Hollywood Reporter reports that the filmmakers behind last year's "Napoleon Dynamite" are now working on a new film titled "The Sasquatch Dumpling Gang". It is described as "a comedy about several groups who converge as they search for the legendary apelike creature." |
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05-15-2005 |
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The Sydney Morning Herald reports that the plan to clone the thylacine is back on the table. A group of interested universities and a research institute will join forces to continue the project. |
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05-15-2005 |
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The Houston Chronicle reports that a new species of rodent has been found in Laos. It looks likes a cross between a squirrel, a rat, and a guinea pig. |
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05-12-2005 |
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The Los Angeles Times talks about the legend of Tessie, the Lake Tahoe Monster. |
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05-10-2005 |
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Florida's Tallahassee Democrat talks about David Shealy and his quest for the Skunk Ape of Florida. |
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05-10-2005 |
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Massachusetts' Milford Daily News has an overview of the Dover Demon mystery. |
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05-10-2005 |
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The UK's The Independent reports that a new species of fox has been discovered in the dense forests of central Borneo. The animal was caught on an infra-red camera trap. It is red with a bushy tail, with slightly extended back legs, suggesting it may climb trees. Local hunters were shown the video but did not recognize the creature. The Borneo government has recently stopped logging in the area. |
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05-10-2005 |
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South Africa's Independent Online reports that a recent dive with a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) was able to record on video eight coelacanths swimming together. |
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05-10-2005 |
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LiveScience reports that a new species of lungless salamander has been found in South Korea. |
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05-05-2005 |
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05-03-2005 |
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Canada's Globe and Mail reports that the FOX television network will air the Bobby Clarke bigfoot video on their program "A Current Affair" on Wednesday night. The program will air to a U.S. audience, and only Canadians with special cable access will be able to watch it. Fox says that they will put the bigfoot video on their program's website on Thursday. |
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05-03-2005 |
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Tasmania's Examiner reports that artist Lonsdale Smith will have his paintings of the thylacine on display at the Penguin Market. Lonsdale claims to have seen thylacines 3 times. |
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05-01-2005 |
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National Public Radio reports that the ivory-billed woodpecker has been rediscovered. Feared extinct since the 1950's, there have been many reported sightings, but never confirmations. Living ivory-bills have finally been confirmed in the Cache River and White River national wildlife refuges in Arkansas. (Video of sighting here). |
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04-28-2005 |
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Canada's Globe and Mail reports that Bobby Clarke's bigfoot video has been sold to an unnamed "US television show". |
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04-28-2005 |
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Discovery Channel Canada has audio of Missy Flett describing the Bobby Clarke bigfoot footage that she saw, before the Clarke family stopped showing it to visitors. Also, anatomist Jeff Muldrum talks about Bigfoot evidence. |
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04-25-2005 |
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The Great American Bigfoot Research Organization has posted pictures taken of a supposed Bigfoot. |
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04-23-2005 |
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The Daily Californian reports that a student has based an art exhibit around the topic of the Yeti. UC Berkeley art student Josephine Zarkovich has created artwork and made a video documentary for the exhibit. Her creation will be on display at UC Berkeley in Kroeber Hall until April 26. |
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04-21-2005 |
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Florida's Marco Island Sun Times reports that an hour-long film on the Skunk Ape premiered at the Bombay Club, Marco Island. The film features Dave Shealy on his adventures while looking for the Skunk Ape. Shealy announced that he may appear on the David Letterman show. |
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04-21-2005 |
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The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation reports that Bobby Clarke and his family have stopped showing the "bigfoot" video to visitors, and will have an expert enhance the video, and then they look for offers from the media. |
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04-21-2005 |
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The Miami Herald talks with David Shealy, the foremost authority on Florida's "Skunk Ape". Says Shealy, "I don't have a choice to believe, because I've seen him three times". |
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04-21-2005 |
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Canada's Globe and Mail has more on the filming of a bigfoot type creature in Manitoba. Hundreds of people have traveled to the remote area on the shore of the Nelson River, Manitoba, to watch the 2-minute 49-second video taken by ferry-operator Bobby Clarke. The video is said to be "stunning", and is turning disbelievers into believers of Bigfoot. The decision still has not been made on whether to release the video to the media. |
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04-20-2005 |
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04-19-2005 |
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Vietnam's Thanhniem News talks with zoologist Ha Dinh Duc. He has been involved in tracking and documenting the giant turtle of Ho Hoan Kiem lake. |
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04-19-2005 |
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Florida's WESH.COM reports that the body of a huge turtle washed ashore behind the Maverick Hotel in Ormond Beach. |
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04-19-2005 |
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The UK's Mirror reports that a photograph of an apparent big cat eating a pigeon was taken in Cwmbran, South Wales. The 43-year-old that ran into it said "I couldn't believe my eyes. I was in utter shock." |
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04-18-2005 |
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Indiana's The Courier reports that a woman in Dunkerton saw what looked like 4 mountain lions outside her home, and films them. |
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04-11-2005 |
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eMediaWire reports that the Southern Crypto Conference will be held Saturday, June 18 in Conroe Texas. Among the presentations, Chester Moore will talk about his search for giant catfish. |
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04-10-2005 |
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India's KeralaNext reports on stories of a strange human-looking creature swimming alongside boats in the Caspian Sea. It's rumored that Iranians are actively searching for the creature. |
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03-30-2005 |
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The Sunday Tasmanian reports that in Bob Paddle's book The Last Tasmanian Tiger, its revealed that "Benjamin the Last Tasmanian Tiger" is a myth. There was no thylacine named "Benjamin" at the Hobart Zoo. The originator of the story, Frank Darby, claimed to work at the zoo and took care of "Benjy". But it turns out Darby never worked at the zoo. |
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03-30-2005 |
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Australia's The Age comments on the recent furor over the fuzzy thylacine photos and the bounties. The Age had been offered the pictures but turned down the asking price. |
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03-26-2005 |
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Australia's World News reports that another offer of reward for proof of thylacine existance has pushed the total reward to AUS $3 million. The response of would-be trackers has alarmed the Australian authorities, who say that permits would be required, and that they won't be handing them out to just anyone. |
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03-25-2005 |
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The Houston Chronicle reports on the National Geographic special that dispelled the hype about "Hogzilla" - which was reputed to be 12 ft. long and 1000 lbs. The truth is closer to 8 ft. long and 800 pounds - still a freakishly huge hog. |
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03-23-2005 |
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Australia's National Nine News reports that The Bulletin magazine is offering AUS $1.25 million for proof of a living thylacine. Here is the magazine's announcement. |
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03-23-2005 |
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The New York Times talks about 'Hogzilla', the reputed 1000-lb wild hog that was shot in Georgia last year. National Geographic Channel will air its program on Hogzilla this Sunday. |
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03-19-2005 |
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The Australian Broadcasting Corporation reports that four new species of fish have been discovered in Queensland. One species lives in hot water bores that reach 50C degrees (122F). |
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03-19-2005 |
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Animation World Magazine talks with Neil Glasbey, lead animator for 'Dragons', which will air on Animal Planet this Sunday in the US. |
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03-18-2005 |
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USA Today has a writeup about the new 'Dragons" program that will air on Animal Planet channel this Sunday in the US. |
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03-18-2005 |
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New Zealand's Stuff reports on a search for some unusual geckos, suspected to be the rare native Alpine gecko, that was sighted by two climbers in the Beetham Valley earlier this year. |
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03-18-2005 |
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The Indian Express reports that scientists will be searching for the mythical pygmy elephant in the forests of Agasthyavanam and Neyyar, India. See this earlier report of a sighting. |
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03-11-2005 |
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FilmStew.com has a talk with Zak Penn, director of Incident at Loch Ness, which has been released on DVD. |
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03-09-2005 |
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eMediaWire reports that The American Primate Conservation Alliance is accepting nominations for "Youth Conservationist of the Year", "Crypto Steward of the Year", "Crypto Finding of the Year", and "Crypto Web Site of the Year". The awards will be given out at the Fourth Annual Southern Crypto Conference, Saturday June 18, 2005 in Conroe, Texas at the Lone Star Expo Center. |
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03-03-2005 |
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The Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports that two reports came to police about a shape that looks like the head of an alligator near the docks in Lake Washington's Fairweather Bay. The water temperature is about 47 degrees Fahrenheit, so the possibility of a caiman living in the lake is nil. |
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03-03-2005 |
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Outside Magazine has put on the web their 2002 article on the Bigfoot mystery. |
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03-02-2005 |
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The Sydney Morning Herald has an overview of reported thylacine sightings since 1937, when they were considered extinct. There have been over 4000 reported sightings of the animal. A video titled Tasmanian Tiger: Alive and Well has been released, with interviews of people who say they have sighted a thylacine. |
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03-01-2005 |
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The Sydney Morning Herald reports that the supposedly photos of a thylacine that were shown to the director of the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Bill Bleathman, and a wildlife biologist with the state's Department of Primary Industries, Nick Mooney, were shown to them on a laptop computer. The photos were supposedly taken in Tasmania. According to Mr. Bleathman, the photos were of poor quality. |
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03-01-2005 |
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South Africa's Independent Online reports that the return of cougars to Quebec has been officially recognized. But how, and from where, the cougars came from is still a mystery. |
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03-01-2005 |
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The Sydney Morning Herald reports that wildlife expert Nick Mooney saw the photographs taken by the mysterious German tourist, and that it looked "very much like a thylacine". The tourist is reportedly not willing to show the photographs again. |
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03-01-2005 |
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The Sunday Tasmanian reports that a German tourist showed up at the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery and showed the staff there pictures he said he took of a tasmanian tiger in the Lake St Clair region. The visitor has left, and has taken the pictures with him. He apparently left no contact information. |
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02-26-2005 |
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Virginia's PilotOnline talks with William Granginis, who has a passion for Bigfoot hunting ever since seeing a Bigfoot in Virginia's Piedmont. He has formed the "Virginia Bigfoot Research Organization", and has what he calls a mobile Bigfoot Primate Research Lab, a 24-foot camper outfitted with high-tech surveillance gear. |
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02-22-2005 |
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The Los Angeles Times reports on Mark Moran and Mark Sceurman, two investigators and authors and the men behind the "Weird N.J." magazine and the books "Weird N.J." and "Weird U.S.". It has been picked up by the History Channel to be made into a 13-part series. The pilot aired on Halloween night and got excellent ratings. |
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02-20-2005 |
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The Australian Broadcasting Company reports that the plan to clone the thylacine has been dropped. The dna from the thylacine embryo is said to be in too poor of condition. |
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02-15-2005 |
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Penn State's Digital Collegian reports on the Penn State Bigfoot Society. The group has about 30 members, and they have several activities planned, such as using GIS systems to help map out Bigfoot sightings. They are also planning on a field expedition. |
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02-08-2005 |
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Florida's Times-Union reports on a monster hog that is bigger than the famed Hogzilla of last year. An estimated 1,140 pound wild hog was reportedly shot last August by Larry Earley near Leesburg. Larry says he shot the giant hog with a 44 handgun. He says "I didn't realize he was that big or I would have gotten a different gun." |
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02-08-2005 |
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California's Santa Cruz Sentinel talks with Mike Rugg, proprietor of the Felton Bigfoot Discovery Museum. |
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02-08-2005 |
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60 Minutes has a program on the discovery of a new species of monkey in the Bolivian Amazon. Christiane Amanpour traveled with a guide and managed to take video of them. The species is awaiting scientific review. |
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02-04-2005 |
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Animal Planet will present a special program on Dragons on March 20. It will be an investigation into the possibility that dragons represented a real creature in our distant past. |
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02-02-2005 |
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California's Daily Bulletin of the Inland Valley (Southern California) reports that an animal described as an oversized coyote has been making incredible leaps over fences and attacking small pets. Two dogs have been killed, several wounded, and there are missing pets. Residents have reported seeing the animal at night and the daytime. |
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02-01-2005 |
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CheckpointZERO.com reports that the next XPD Expedition Race will take place in Tasmania. Competitors will race across Tasmania through various stages - including trekking, mountain biking, kayaking, and special disciplines. The routes will be through rugged and remote parts of Tasmania that have seen little human activity. |
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01-27-2005 |
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BBC News reports on an apparent cross between a common house sparrow and a rare migrant Spanish sparrow. A specimen was netted near Cambria. The British Trust for Ornithology said they are not sure if they are going to classify this hybrid. |
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01-27-2005 |
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Tasmania's The Mercury reports that a movie is being shot in Tasmania. Titled "Shutter Speed", it is a drama about two brothers in Tasmania, one looking to build a thylacine-themed resort, and the other more interested in finding actual evidence of living thylacines. |
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01-24-2005 |
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The San Francisco Chronicle talks with Tasmania biologist Nick Mooney about the thylacine. |
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01-24-2005 |
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Australia's Warrnambool Standard reports that Independent researcher Michael Moss has setup a infrared triggered camera trap in Australia's Otway National Park. He hopes to get evidence of the big cats and thylacines that have been reported in the area. |
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01-18-2005 |
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The Omaha World-Herald reports that two new species of lemurs have been identified living in the forests of Madagascar. |
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01-14-2005 |
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Time Magazine has posted an article about the search for a potentially new species of primate in the Congo. |
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01-11-2005 |
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DreamMasters Studios has released its documentary "Chupacabras! The Legend Begins" online for free viewing. It is broken up into segments, and requires the Real Player. |
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01-08-2005 |
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Connecticut's NBC30 reports that the renegade Dodgeville kangaroo has been captured, and is now being kept at a zoo for quarantine. |
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01-07-2005 |
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Florida's Sun Times reports that a movie about Dave Shealy and his adventures with Florida's Swamp Ape will be coming out in April. Producer Nate Martin hopes to get the movie into various film festivals. |
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01-07-2005 |
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Wisconsin's State Journal reports that police in Dodgeville have gotten several reports of a kangaroo on the loose along highways 18 and 151. Two witnesses saw it hop across the highway, and described it as a "huge red kangaroo". |
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01-05-2005 |
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Ohio's TimesRecorder reports that an apparent African lion has been spotted repeatedly in Licking County. It is described as a "wolf on steriods". |
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01-05-2005 |
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California's TheReporter.com reviews the new book "Weird U.S.". The book covers strange and fascinating stories from all over the United States. |
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01-05-2005 |
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South Carolina's Island Packet Online reports that Dan Taylor is putting the finishing touches on his submarine, in which he is planning to search for the Loch Ness Monster this coming Spring. |
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01-03-2005 |
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The Nature Conservancy reports that at least two new fish species and a variety of insects, snail, and plant species have been discovered in the 'karst' systems of Borneo. |
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12-23-2004 |
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BBC News reports that a new species of monkey will be announced in a forthcoming issue of International Journal of Primatology. The Arunachal macaque is a large primate with a short tail discovered in the state of Arunachal Pradesh, north-eastern India. |
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12-20-2004 |
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London's Wood&Vale reports that a strange creature called the 'Golden Rat of Kenwood' may be a rare vole. It's home is in Kenwood Pond, and is said to be orange colored. The water vole is fast dissappearing in England, and has never been reported in the London area before. |
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12-18-2004 |
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AScribe talks with University of Florida researcher anthropologist David Daegling. He talks about reasons some people tend to believe too eagerly in Bigfoot. But when it comes to the Patterson film, he states "The guys who took this movie did not go to the local costume shop and rent a gorilla outfit, it's definitely not a cheap carnival suit." |
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12-16-2004 |
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Australia's Augusta Margaret River Mail (Southwest Australia) reports that a large black cat, known locally as the 'coupan', was sighted again. The witness described hearing a "scream like a lion" and "It freaked us out". He spotting the cat running full tilt, and says he was "totally stunned at its speed". |
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12-15-2004 |
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The San Jose, CA. Mercury News talks with Mike Rugg, the proprietor of a Bigfoot museum in Felton, CA. The "CapriTaurus' Bigfoot Discovery Museum" opened in July.
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12-12-2004 |
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Reuters reports that a study by scientists at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Massachusetts indicates that a whale with a voice like no other has been wandering the the northern Pacific Ocean since 1992. |
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12-11-2004 |
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Illinois' PjStar talks with Kenny Tharp who was deer hunting with some friends near New Boston when they found a dead cougar that had been shot. |
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12-08-2004 |
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Australia's The Age reports that Melbourne Zoo officials are pretty sure that a 'mystery cat' in a video taken by campers in Dunkeld shows an ordinary house cat. |
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12-07-2004 |
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The Times of India interviews Daniel Taylor, naturalist and author of There is Something Hidden Behind the Range, about the Yeti. |
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12-04-2004 |
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The Orlando Sentinel talks about sightings of the skunk ape. |
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11-28-2004 |
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Philly.com has an article on East Coast Bigfoot hunters. One researcher turned his van into a $50,000 Mobile Bigfoot Research Lab. |
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11-25-2004 |
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Malta's Sunday Times reports on the photo of an apparent Diplocaulus - extinct for 270 million years. A biology professor says its a hoax. |
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11-23-2004 |
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Australia's Sydney Morning Herald reports that the Discovery Channel is in Australia to film for an episode of Animal-X. The topic is black panthers. |
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11-22-2004 |
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Australia's Hawkesbury Gazette reports that a black panther was seen in East Kurrajong by Karen Dolan. She says she observed the large black cat for 2 minutes. When she went to get a camera, the cat left. |
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11-18-2004 |
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The Los Angeles Times talks about the thylacine, and reported sightings of them. |
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11-17-2004 |
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ClickOnDetroit.com reports that construction workers spotted a large black 'panther' in Oakland county, Michigan. |
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11-14-2004 |
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San Antonio's WOAI.com has a discussion with witnesses of the strange creatures that have been popping up in Texas recently. |
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11-14-2004 |
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Australia's Examiner reports than an anonymous author, known as 'Tigerman', has posted on the internet a 80-page book giving evidence of the continued existance of the thylacine. |
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11-14-2004 |
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Florida's The Ledger talks with Jennifer Ward about her sighting of a strange creature a few months ago in Polk county, a few days after hurricane Charley. |
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11-14-2004 |
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Charleston.net talks about the possibility of bringing back the extinct Carolina parakeet through cloning. There is one existing egg in storage. |
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11-08-2004 |
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South Africa's Daily News discusses the possible new gorilla species that has the zoological community buzzing. |
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11-05-2004 |
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The Texas Monitor talks about the creature known as "Big Bird", a reportedly horrible-looking 5-foot tall bird that made news in 1976. Large 3-toed footprints had been documented, and a man reported to the police that he had been attacked by a large bird. |
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11-01-2004 |
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The BBC reports that officials and local conservationists are teaming up to find conclusive evidence that pine martens have returned to North Yorkshire. |
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10-29-2004 |
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San Antonio's WOAI.com reports that a resident of Nacogdoches took pictures of an animal that looks alot like the dead "chupacabra" shot two weeks ago. |
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10-26-2004 |
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The Texas News-Journal reports on the fourth annual Texas Bigfoot Conference in Jefferson. It attracted more than 200 people, who gathered to discuss Bigfoot, and to watch presentations. |
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10-24-2004 |
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Kelowna BC's The Daily Courier reports that on August 9th a video was taken of a possibly strange creature in Okanagan Lake in British Columbia. The video is going to be on Sci-Fi channel's "Proof Positive" on Dec. 1. |
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10-23-2004 |
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Ottawa's Xpress reports that a documentary on the Memphrémagog lake creature was produced by Ari Cohen and Evan Beloff. It will next Wednesday, Oct. 27, on the Space Network. |
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10-21-2004 |
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The Texas Longview News Journal talks with Bigfoot hunter Charlie DeVore. He investigates sightings for the Texas Bigfoot Research Center, a Dallas-based group. Their website is at Texas Bigfoot Independent Study. |
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10-18-2004 |
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The Miami Herald has an article about the fourth annual Texas Bigfoot Conference, taking place Oct. 22-23 in Jefferson, Texas. |
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10-14-2004 |
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WOAI Tv in San Antonio Texas reports that another creature that looks like the "Elmendorf Beast" was killed in Angelina County last Friday. Animal experts are scratching their heads asking "what is it?". |
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10-14-2004 |
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West Virginia's Charleston Gazette talks with author Frank Feschino Jr. about his new book titled "The Braxton County Monster: The Cover-Up of the Flatwoods Monster Revealed". |
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10-12-2004 |
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BBC News reports that explorers Adam Davies and Andrew Sanderson have found footprints that might be from the mysterious orang pendek, in the jungles of Sumatra. |
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10-12-2004 |
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Ireland's Galway Advertiser reports that a five man television crew from Japan will arrive in Galway soon to investigate reports of mysterious creatures in the Clifden lakes. |
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10-08-2004 |
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Washington State's Yakima-Herald.com has an article on the man that says he was the bigfoot in the Patterson/Gimlin film. He poses with a costume that he says was like the costume he wore. |
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10-08-2004 |
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The St. Petersburg Times talks with Ornithologist Jerry Jackson, who is on a quest to re-discover the ivory-billed woodpecker. |
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10-08-2004 |
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Discovery Channel reports that the next issue of New Scientist will have an article on the mysterious apes in the Congo. The apes were captured on video in 2002, and speculation is that they may be a new species. |
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10-07-2004 |
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BirdLife International reports that the Slender-billed Curlew has possibly taken up residence at England's Minsmere Reserve on the Suffolk coast. It is estimated there are only 50 of these in the world. |
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10-05-2004 |
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MSNBC.com reports on the 2004 East Coast Bigfoot Conference held last week in Pennsylvania. |
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10-02-2004 |
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Canada's Edmonton Journal reports that a lake creature was spotted in Great Slave Lake near Yellowknife. Its head reportedly raised six to eight feet above the water, and moving at a great speed. |
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09-19-2004 |
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Asian News International reports that a starling that migrates from India to the central Asian Steppes has appeared in Australia. How it got to Australia has experts stumped. |
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09-16-2004 |
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The El Campo Leader-News reports that residents of Matagorda County have reported seeing a monkey-like creature, described by one account as a "grayish animal that looked like an overgrown monkey". |
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09-15-2004 |
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Comicbookresources.com reports that Richard Corben, comic book artist, will be drawing for "Bigfoot", a four-issue mini-series. |
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09-13-2004 |
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Milwaukee's Journal Sentinel has an article on a University of Wisconin-Stevens Point study to find out if cougars have returned to live in Wisconsin after an absence of 100 years. |
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09-10-2004 |
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BBC News reports that Adam Davies and Andrew Sanderson are going to Sumatra again to search for the orang pendek. |
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09-09-2004 |
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North Dakota's GrandForksHerald.com has an article on bigfoot sightings by the Nez Perce. |
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09-07-2004 |
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Minnesota's Post Review reports on a new movie titled "Almelund". It centers on a town in Minnesota with alot of Sasquatch sightings, and a murder mystery. The movie has been accepted by the New York Independent Film and Video Festival. Website with trailers is at http://www.manfromfieryhill.com/almelund/. |
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09-04-2004 |
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Alabama's nbc13.com reports that sightings of a tiger on an army base at Fort Polk, Louisiana, has about 40 soldiers and deputies combing the woods. It is unknown where the tiger came from, but witnesses say its wearing a collar. |
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09-01-2004 |
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Australia's The Age interviews adventurer Redmond O'Hanlon. He's explored the jungles of Boreo, the Amazon basin, and the Congo. He plans to go on an expedition looking for the Tasmanian Tiger. |
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08-30-2004 |
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Australia's The Age reports that a curious shark found in an aquarium in Germany may be a new species. It "hops", is covered in red hairy bristles, has big nostrils and an extra gill. Biologists think the shark is from waters off South Africa. |
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08-30-2004 |
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Ohio's Canton Repository reports that bigfoot researcher Donald Keating is giving up on Bigfoot. He says "I'm just getting to the point where I'm fed up with it." |
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08-30-2004 |
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Florida's Lake City Reporter reports that there are reports of the jaguarundi, a member of the cat family, being seen in Florida. Some jaguarundis were kept as pets in the 1940s, and some may have escaped to start a population in Florida. |
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08-30-2004 |
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The Los Angeles Times talks with George Eberhart, author of the two volume "Mysterious Creatures: A Guide to Cryptozoology". |
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08-24-2004 |
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Philippines' Manila Times reports that Chinese scientists will go on an expedition to investigate claims of lake monsters in northwest China. |
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08-23-2004 |
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The Chicago Sun-Times has an article on the Bear Lake Monster. |
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08-23-2004 |
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Washinton's Daily Record reports on a filmmaking project by two brothers called"The Search for Bigfoot", a series on sightings of the creature in Kittitas County. Their website, with a preview of the movie, can be seen at www.filmwave.com. |
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08-23-2004 |
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The UK's Renfrewshire.co.uk reports that Michael McFadden was enjoying an early morning stroll with his dog near the River Gryfe in Scotland when a huge black cat came out of the woods. He estimates it at about 3 feet high and jet black. |
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08-18-2004 |
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Virginia's Staunton News Leader reports that a mystery cat that was photographed near a corn field 10 days ago has not been spotted again. |
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08-18-2004 |
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Oregon's MedfordNews.com has an article about a decades-old "Bigfoot Trap" that is still standing in the Rogue River National Forest. |
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08-18-2004 |
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BirdLife International reports on the discovery of a new flightless bird on a remote island of the northern Philippines by a team of Filipino and British wildlife researchers. The Calayan Rail has a bright red beak and legs and dark plumage. |
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08-17-2004 |
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Associated Press reports that a red-footed falcon has been seen in Martha's Vineyard, Mass. Its causing quite a commotion among bird watchers, who are flocking to the island to catch a glimpse of the wayward bird, which is native to Europe, Africa and Asia. It has no band, so it appears to be a wild bird. Birdguides.com page on the Red-footed Falcon. |
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08-13-2004 |
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Science-AFP reports that a 62 mile wide ant colony that is underneath Melbourne, Australia, is composed of ants that have mutated into a super-cooperating type of ant that keeps its aggression under control in order to better cooperate with each other. These ants originally came from Argentina, where their aggressiveness kept each other's colonies in check, but for some reason they have modified their behavior in Australia. |
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08-13-2004 |
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The New York Times talks about a bizarre new Loch Ness monster movie titled "Incident at Loch Ness". Director Werner Herzog stars in the movie. Its been getting alot of interest, and opens in Los Angeles today. |
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08-09-2004 |
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New York's Capital News reports that Port Henry of lake Champlain celebrated "Champ Day". Vendors sold items, there was music, games for kids, and a guy in a Champ suit. |
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08-09-2004 |
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National Geographic reports on recent discoveries in the mid-Atlantic Ocean. The MAR-ECO expedition found a new species of anglerfish, two new species of squid, and rings of plankton more than 6 miles wide. |
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08-06-2004 |
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San Antonio's Channel WOAI reports that the mystery creature that was shot and buried in Elmendorf is going to be exhumed and have its DNA tested by the Communion Foundation.
UPDATE: Dig is postphoned. |
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08-04-2004 |
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Michigan's Cheboygan Daily Tribune has an article on the mysterious Indian legend of the 'Underwater Panther', a slithery creature that lived in Burt Lake. |
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08-03-2004 |
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Maryland's WBALChannel.com reports that a male red fox has been captured in a trap set for the mystery animal that has been seen and photographed recently. A vet says the fox is not the mystery creature itself, but the offspring of the mystery creature. It has sarcoptic mange, a parasite infection. Plans are to rehabilitate the fox and re-release it to the wild. |
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08-02-2004 |
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Minnesota's Duluth News Tribune reports that FATE magazine owner Phyllis Galde says her journal will not publish anymore "New Age hokum", and will only print stories that have some credibility. How do you determine credibility? Its a "gut-level feeling" says Galde. Skeptic editor Michael Shermer was non-commital with a comment, but said that Fate researched stories more carefully. |
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08-01-2004 |
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Cleveland Ohio's The Plain Dealer reports on a bigfoot movie being shot in Mentor Marsh by Indie filmmaker Bob Gray. His version of bigfoot is of a killer and not a shy elusive creature, which is causing some controversy. |
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08-01-2004 |
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Albany's Times Union reports that people are seeing wolverines in New York state. Experts think that it is highly unlikely, and suspect that people are actually seeing fishers, which are known to be in the Adirondacks. |
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08-01-2004 |
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Nature.com reports that an albino elephant was photographed in Sri Lanka's Ruhunu National Park. Albino elephants are extremely rare, and is the first one spotted in Sri Lanka. It's a belief that white elephants bring good luck, so it's believed that poachers won't shoot it. |
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07-30-2004 |
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Oklahoma City's Channel KFOR reports that bigfoot researcher Charles Hallmark says he has another form of proof of bigfoot - big fingerprints. |
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07-29-2004 |
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The UK's Guardian reports that London's Natural History Museum is starting a project to preserve the dna of endangered animals in deep-freeze. |
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07-27-2004 |
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Maryland's WBALChannel.com reports that another animal similar to the one in Baltimore County has been photographed.
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07-22-2004 |
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Yahoo! News reports that a 5-year-old black macaque monkey in Israel has started walking completely straight after recovering from near-death during intensive treatment for a severe stomach flu. The doctor has no explanation for the sudden switch to human-like walking, other than proposing that some sort of brain damage may have changed the monkey. |
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07-22-2004 |
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Central Florida's Channel 6 News reports that a rabbit from Holland is believed to be the world's longest rabbit. It is almost 4 feet long and weighs 27 pounds. |
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07-21-2004 |
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Maryland's WBAL reports that a mystery animal was videotaped in Glyndon. The locals have come up with a name for it - hyote, a combination of hyena and coyote. |
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07-20-2004 |
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Games Domain announces that popular game character Ty the Tasmanian Tiger will be made into a television cartoon program. |
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07-19-2004 |
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BBC News reports that a type of wolf spider has been found living in the wild in a nature preserve in the UK. The Pardosa lugubris apparently has extended its range. |
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07-19-2004 |
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Mississippi's Biloxi Sun Herald reports that small, icy cold fish fell from the sky during a thunderstorm in Ocean Springs, MS. The species has not been identified yet. |
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07-15-2004 |
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USA Today reports that researchers in Antarctica have discovered that Lake Vostok, which is a lake buried under two miles of ice, is divided into two deep basins. The water in this underground lake is not frozen, and it is assumed that life exists, frozen off and isolated from the rest of the world since prehistoric times. |
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07-11-2004 |
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ABC News has an article about the cloning project for the tasmanian tiger. |
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07-11-2004 |
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Texas's The Orange Leader talks with Chester Moore about Bigfoot and the red wolf. |
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07-11-2004 |
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Ohio News Network reports that an African lion that had been reportedly seen last May near Columbus, Ohio, has apparently resurfaced 13 miles to the southeast. A firefighter was on a training exercise when he spotted the lion in a cornfield. He says "I promise you it was a lion". He estimated it at about 200 pounds. |
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07-09-2004 |
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The UK's Wakefield Today reports that Belinda Hodgson, a bank employee from Sharlston Common, has been selected to join an expedition to go to Madagascar to search for the rare and elusive fossa - a meat eating mammal described as a cross between a cat and a dog. The expedition is a joint project between the UK banking firm HSBC and environmental charity Earthwatch. |
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07-09-2004 |
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Washington DC's Eurekalert reports that the Cozumel Thrasher has been rediscovered in the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico. It hadn't been seen since 1995. |
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07-09-2004 |
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Michigan's MLive.com reports that a mechanical designer has constructed a lake monster out of wood and steel that will surface at the Saline Celtic Festival July 10th in Saline, Michigan. |
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07-08-2004 |
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South Africa's Cape Times reports on the rediscovery of two Cape damselflies that were thought to be extinct for 83 years. Credit is being given to restoration efforts to the riverine system in the Western Cape. |
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07-08-2004 |
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Wyoming's Casper Star Tribune discusses the legend of the Thunderbird. |
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07-07-2004 |
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Australia's Daily Telegraph reports that the world's smallest fish has been classified as a new species. The "Stout Infantfish" grows to a maximum length of seven millimeters, and lives for about two months. Picture is at ABC Online. |
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07-07-2004 |
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Phenomena Magazine reports that a new documentary that covers the "Kelly Green Men" event, Mothman and the Flatwoods Monster will probably air on the Sci-Fi channel on Halloween. |
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06-27-2004 |
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Newsweek talks with Taran Grant, co-curator of a frog exhibit that is currently underway in the American Museum of Natural History in New York. |
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06-25-2004 |
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The Houston Chronicle talks with J.E. "Smokey" Crabtree and Chester Moore. Crabtree was the author of the original book that was used for the quasi movie/documentary "The Legend of Boggy Creek". Crabtree will be at the third annual "Southern Crypto Conference", organized by Chester Moore, in Texas this Saturday. |
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06-25-2004 |
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BCC News reports that a team will set out to the Arctic in August. They will dive into the Arctic waters to make an inventory of the life forms found there. They will have submersibles and the use of icebreakers at their disposal. |
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06-25-2004 |
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Netherland's Expatica reports that around 150 soldiers, police, and rangers are searching for a reported black panther in southern France, just east of Marseille. About 20 people, including a policeman, have reported sightings of the creature.
UPDATE - cat was found to be nothing more that a big purtycat French not in the pink about black panther. |
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06-23-2004 |
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California's St. Helena Star reports that local filmmakers have been working on a film about the chupacabra. Filming is due to wrap up soon, which took place in California's Napa Valley. 26-year-old director Fredy Polania hopes to submit the movie to the Sundance and Cannes Film festivals. |
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06-20-2004 |
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CNN reports that a new species of fish has been identified off of Brazil. It is related to sharks and skates, and features wing-like fins. |
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06-18-2004 |
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India's Deccan Herald reports that an unknown species of spider is attacking people and making them ill. The mystery spiders are about one centimeter long and covered with shiny black hair. |
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06-16-2004 |
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UK's Manchester Online reports that explorers Adam Davies and Adam Sanderson are returning to Sumatra to continue their quest for the orang-pendek. |
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06-12-2004 |
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Canadian Broadcasting Corporation reports on a bigfoot sighting near Teslin, Alaska. Witnesses said it took just two strides to cross the Alaska Highway. |
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06-08-2004 |
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The Vancouver Sun reports that a woman claims to have seen a mysterious creature in lake Okanagan twice this week. |
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06-05-2004 |
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The Kansas Whichita Eagle reports that a dead mountain lion has been found just south of the Kansas/Oklahoma border, 40 miles south of Arkansas City. It had a tracking collar on it, it travelled from the Black Hills of Wyoming - 667 miles travel. This sets a record on how far a tracked cougar has been known to travel. |
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06-04-2004 |
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National Geographic reports on the large number of big cat sightings in the U.K. |
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06-04-2004 |
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North Carolina's Greensboro News Record reports that a strange creature has been photographed in Asheboro. Its about the size of a fox, but with short brown hair and a long tail. A couple has seen the animal a few times, and managed to get some photographs of it thanks to a camera trap, but the local zoo still cannot identify what it is. |
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06-03-2004 |
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The Houston Chronicle reports that a pink flamingo has shown up in Galveston Bay, Texas. The usual habitat for this species of flamingo is from the Bahamas down to northern South America. There have only been 4 recorded flamingo visitations in Texas since 1978, and this is the first for the upper Texas Coast. The flamingo is a large bird, with this particular specimen coming in at nearly 5 feet tall. picture. |
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05-30-2004 |
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The Philippine Daily Inquirer reports on the discovery of a new kind of mouse on Mount Banahaw, Philippines. Its head is bigger than a regular mouse, with whiskers 5 times the width of its head. Its strong jaws enable it to eat the nuts of the Kalomala tree. Picture is here. |
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05-27-2004 |
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Here's your chance to hit the bigtime. Cleveland Ohio's The Plain Dealer reports that Bob Gray Productions is looking for actors and actresses for an independent movie on bigfoot. |
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05-14-2004 |
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The Sydney Morning Herald has an article on a revisionist version of fauna on the Australian continent 25 million years ago. This new version says Australia had many large animals, including six species of killer kangaroo, 13 kinds of thylacine and eight species of marsupial lions. |
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05-14-2004 |
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The North Carolina Charlotte Observer talks with Philip Morris, the person identified by Greg Long as the creator of the suit that was supposedly used in the famous Patterson film of bigfoot.
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05-11-2004 |
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Ohio's The News-Messenger reports that a man in Port Lincoln saw what he estimated to be a 50 pound pure black cat. |
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05-05-2004 |
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Columbus NBC4 News reports that an estimated 300-400 lb. African lion has been seen in Gahanna when it bounded across the street in front of police. The search yesterday failed in locating it. The local zoo and other residents that own big cats have not reported losing any lions. |
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05-05-2004 |
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The BFRO reponds to the stories about the Patterson film being "proved" to be a hoax. |
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05-05-2004 |
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Idaho's KTVB Channel 7 News discusses the Patterson bigfoot film. The authors say they got a gorilla suit, and with no modifications to the suit, made a film, and they say "The results were amazingly similar" to the Patterson film. |
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05-04-2004 |
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Oregon's KATU channel 2 News talks to the Ray Wallace family, and is treated to a video of Ray tramping around in a "bigfoot" suit. Part 1 of the video is here. Part 2 is here. Part 3 seems to be broken. Part 4 is here. |
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05-04-2004 |
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Georgia's Citizen Online reports on the so far uncatchable crocodile of Hong Kong. |
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05-02-2004 |
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Pennsylvania's The Daily & Sunday Review reports that many people are seeing mountain lions in Pennsylvania. Several sightings are mentioned. |
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05-02-2004 |
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The UK's SkyNews reports on a strange budgie with unusual plumage that makes it look like some bizarre creature. It even sings differently than a normal budgie. |
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04-30-2004 |
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Arizona's Tucson Citizen reports that thirteen endangered Mexican gray wolves were killed in Arizona and New Mexico last year, six of them were shot. These deaths make it the deadliest year for the wolves since the start of the federal project to reintroduce the wolves, but it is also encouraging because it indicates their numbers are increasing. |
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04-29-2004 |
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South Africa's IOL reports that two giant catfish where recently caught in the Mekong River, where they were feared extinct. |
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04-29-2004 |
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The Pittsburgh Pennsylvania Post-Gazette reports on the Eastern Cougar Conference behind held in Morgantown, West Virginia April 28 - May 1. The Eastern Cougar Foundation is working to document the presence of cougars in the north-eastern United States, and to educate the public on cougars. |
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04-25-2004 |
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The BBC reports that Shrek, a legendary sheep that has eluded capture for 6 years in New Zealand has finally been captured. See video. |
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04-22-2004 |
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The BBC reports that the British Big Cats Society says there is little doubt that a population of big cats are roaming the English countryside, especially in the southwest. The Society is calling for a full scale government investigation. |
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04-21-2004 |
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Canada's Globe And Mail has an article about shifting animal territories that are occuring due to global warming. |
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04-17-2004 |
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The Chicago Tribune reports that residents of Lake County in Illinois have been seeing a mountain lion, or perhaps more than one mountain lion, prowling about. |
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04-16-2004 |
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Florida's Local6.com reports of the discovery of a stripeless zebra in Kenya. |
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04-15-2004 |
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South Korea's Chosun Ilbo reports that live sperm has been extracted from a dead Korean Wild Fox that was found dead three weeks ago. The body of the thought-to-be-extinct fox was found in the mountainous area of Gangwon Province on March 23. This species hasn't been seen for 26 years. |
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04-13-2004 |
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PittsburghLIVE.com has an article on the Pennsylvania Researchers Organization. |
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04-12-2004 |
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The Japan Times has an article on the mysterious tsuchinoko, a snake unlike any other. |
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04-10-2004 |
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The UK's Western Morning News reports that a large black puma-like cat was scene walking around on an airbase in Cornwall. Witnesses say it was "five times the size of a fox". The RAF is undertaking efforts to capture the cat. |
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04-06-2004 |
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The Sydney Morning Herald reports that a rare yellow colored Port Jackson shark has made its debut at the Sydney Aquarium. It was caught by a fisherman on Hawkesbury River about 5 months ago. Its coloration is due to a rare genetic mutation. |
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03-30-2004 |
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Eugene Oregon's The Register-Guard has an article on researcher J. Richard Greenwell and his theories on Bigfoot. |
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03-29-2004 |
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BBC News reports that author Allistair Mitchell, who fascinated the world with a dragon in a jar, has admitted it was a hoax. It was created by Crawley Creatures, a company that is behind the Walking with Dinosaurs series. He did it to promote his writing career. Book publisher Waterstone has signed Mitchell for a book deal. |
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03-28-2004 |
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The Oklahoman has received several reports of black panther sightings after an editor wrote an article critical of the "mythical" black panther.
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03-28-2004 |
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New Jersey's Star Ledger reports that a mountain lion has been spotted in Mahwah New Jersey. Police were called to the scene near a pond, and witnessed the big cat run into the forest. The last confirmed sighting of a wild mountain lion in New Jersey was in 1805. Police are monitoring the area. |
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03-26-2004 |
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Underwater Times reports that a ultra-rare megamouth shark was found washed up on Sumatra. |
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03-25-2004 |
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Australia's Sydney Morning Herald reports that photographs and plaster casts have been taken of mysterious paw prints in the Blue Mountains. (Note: the photograph in the article is not from this event). |
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03-23-2004 |
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The Australian Broadcasting Network reports that Professor Michael Archer talked on tv about the possibility of being able to clone any animal that has been preserved. He says "we now realise, what’s in our museums, is actually a genetic ark of Australian rare animals". |
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03-22-2004 |
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North Dakota's Minot Daily News reports that bigfoot researcher Kelly Berdahl has completed his investigation and was surprised by the number of sightings at the Fort Berthold Reservation. He plans to return in the Spring to continue his research. |
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03-20-2004 |
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North Dakota's Minot Daily News reports that sightings of a bigfoot on the Fort Berthold Reservation have gotten the interest of the BFRO (Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization), who is sending out Kelly Berdahl, a field investigator for the BFRO, to investigate. |
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03-16-2004 |
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About.com has an article discussing the new allegations that Bob Heironimus was the "man in the suit" of the Patterson film. |
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03-16-2004 |
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The UK's Financial Times has an overview of the big cat situation in the UK. |
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03-13-2004 |
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South Africa's IOL reports that police on the island of Papua New Guinea are making a major search for a strange creature seen by villagers. The "dinosaur" is supposedly nearly 10 feet tall and is described as grey with a dog-like head and a crocodile-like tail. See also Dinosaur Discovery and Hunt for dinosaur |
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03-12-2004 |
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Australia's News.com reports that in India an endangered species of monkey held onto the bottom of a car for 43 miles and after the owner of the vehicle parked the monkey came out, none the worse. The owner had thought he ran over the monkey, but when he stopped and looked under the car, he saw nothing. |
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03-11-2004 |
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The Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization has issued a challenge to CSICOP, the Committee for Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal. The frequent "confessions" of people who claim to have been the "man in the suit" of the Patterson film have prompted BFRO to issue a challenge to CSICOP to recreate the Patterson film. Since CSICOP has repeatedly asserted that the movement of the creature is "human" and that the film is a hoax, then CSICOP should be able to duplicate the hoax. The BFRO is offering full assistance to CSICOP in this matter. |
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03-08-2004 |
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Indiana's Journal Express reports that the bigfoot of Marian County was, at least in part, a hoax perpetrated by a bored self-proclaimed "tracker", Glen Visser, during a long snowy winter during 1977-78. He was assisted by his wife and daughter. Thousands of people turned up the next day to "track" the bigfoot, and Visser said "It was a great time. I really enjoyed it." Visser even climbed a nearby bluff and "howled like a wolf". |
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03-08-2004 |
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The Washington Post reports that Bob Heironimus says he is the "man in the suit" of the famous Patterson bigfoot film. The retired Pepsi bottler from Yakima, Washington, says he wore a suit made by North Carolina gorilla suit specialist, Philip Morris. |
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03-07-2004 |
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National Geographic has an article on Thylacoleo carnifex. Turns out this prehistoric marsupial predator was larger than previously thought, around 215 pounds. Not as large as a lion or tiger, but big enough to have been the top dog on the Australian continent. |
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03-06-2004 |
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Australia's The Sunday Mail reports that a very rare giant wood moth was found by a man in Sydney. They can reach a wingspan of 9 inches. Included is an "actual size" picture. |
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03-05-2004 |
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California's Marin Independent Journal reports that "Chippy", the wayward sealion that was found wandering 65 miles from sea in the Central Valley 3 weeks ago, was treated for the gunshot wound that he was discovered with, and has been released back into the ocean. He was outfitted with a locating transmitter that will track his movements for about 3 months. |
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03-04-2004 |
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North Dakota's Minot Daily News reports that a rash of Bigfoot sightings have prompted an official of the Natural Resources Department for the Three Affiliated Tribes to create a map showing the locations of sightings. |
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03-04-2004 |
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The Australian reports that the Australian government is pushing ahead with the construction of a dam in Queensland, despite the sighting of a pair of rare Coxen's fig-parrots a couple months ago, in the area that is to be flooded. |
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03-03-2004 |
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eMediaWire reviews Lisa Shiel's new novel "The Hunt for Bigfoot". Lisa Shiel, who holds a masters degree in Library Science, is well versed in bigfoot literature, and uses this knowledge to build a mystery novel that is based on the considerable evidence and research that has been done on bigfoot. Her novel presents an "alternative" explanation to the mystery of bigfoot. |
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03-03-2004 |
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Utah's KSL-TV reports that video of two wolf-like animals may signal a return to Utah of wild wolves after a 70-year absence. But experts who viewed the video say they may just be coyotes. |
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03-03-2004 |
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The UK's Western Daily Press reports on the upcoming bigfoot expedition, to be led by Thomas Biscardi in Northern California. Biscardi hopes to employ helicopters and advanced equipment to aid in the search. Note that this article repeats the common media error that the Patterson/Gimli film has been *proven* to be a hoax. |
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03-03-2004 |
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The New York Times reports on southern Florida and its problem with loose exotic animals. Burmese pythons are living in the Everglades, monitor lizards are in canals in Cape Coral, monkeys, peacocks, and iguanas are living in urban areas, and Cuban tree frogs are eating the native frogs out of existence.
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02-29-2004 |
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Australia's News.com reports that a sighting of the rare Fiordland penguin was made on Tasmania, in Pirates Bay. 14-year-old Brock Males saw the penguin near the dock and took birdwatchers, who had just come off a sightseeing boat, over to see it. |
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02-29-2004 |
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The UK's Telegraph reports that the population of Red Crabs, otherwise known as "Stalin" crabs, is exploding, and spreading towards the British isles, and unstopped may reach as far south as Gibraltar. They eat practically anything and are decimating native species. |
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02-28-2004 |
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The UK's Western Morning News reports that Georgina Cross, who lives on the outskirts of Bodwin, saw a large big jet-black cat cross her garden. Although she didn't get a picture, she did get plaster casts of its prints, which shows a print about 5 or 6 inches across. |
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02-26-2004 |
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MSNBC reports that the first wolverine seen in 200 years in Michigan has been sighted and photographed, and confirmed by a biologist. It was spotted by coyote hunters about 90 miles north of Detroit. Today, its range has been cut down to northern Canada, Idaho and Alaska, with occasional sightings in a few other states. |
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02-26-2004 |
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The Chicago Tribune reports that a cougar-type animal has been repeatedly sighted near Libertyville. Big cat prints have been found, but authorities are not ready to make a determination as to the identity of the animal.
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02-25-2004 |
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Guam's Pacific Daily News reports that two birds have now been declared extinct. Guam's Mariana mallard and the Guam broadbill have not been sighted for more than 20 years. A third bird species, the bridled white eye, will also soon be added to the extinct list. |
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02-25-2004 |
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Hawaii's Star Bulletin reports that a mongoose has been sighted on the island of Kauai. Traps have been set to capture the egg-eating creature, which threatens the sensitive native bird species. |
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02-25-2004 |
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Taipei Times has an article on the Eastern Cougar in the United States. |
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02-24-2004 |
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Taipei Times reports that the crocodile that escaped numerous attempts to capture it when it was in Hong Kong two months ago has reappeared among some fish farms along the Hong Kong - Chinese border. It has reportedly grown to 2 meters. |
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02-23-2004 |
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DallasNews.com reports that unexplained phenomena researcher Rick Moran will give a two-day presentation on Unexplained Phenomena at Richland College starting Tuesday. The presentation will cover two events, the Amityville haunting, and Mothman. While he has deemed the "Amityville Horror" a hoax, he says that the Mothman phenomenon may be true. After investigating the Mothman reports in Point Pleasant, West Virginia, he began getting strange phone calls at home, and after an investigation the phone company said the calls were coming from inside his house. On one call his children were told "Tell your father to stop writing about this." |
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02-21-2004 |
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Vermont's Rutland Herald reports that two live Eastern Racer snakes have been found in Vermont. The Eastern Racer is common in the Southeastern U.S. but rare in New England. This confirmed sighting may lead to the snake being placed on Vermont's endangered list, and provide funds for studying and protecting the snake. |
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02-21-2004 |
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The University of Wisconsin reports that an entirely new family of water fleas has been discovered in a pond near Medford, Oregon. Specimens were actually collected 5 years ago, but they were not examined until recently. |
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02-20-2004 |
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Arizon'a Tucson Citizen has an article on looking for jaquars in the Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge. |
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02-19-2004 |
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The University of South Florida's Oracle has an article on blobs and giant squid. |
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02-16-2004 |
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Silverbullet Comic Books has an article on the new cryptozoology based comic series. |
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02-16-2004 |
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New Mexico's The Albuquerque Tribune reports that scientists are confident they will be able to create artificial life within the next 10 years. |
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02-14-2004 |
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Fangoria reports that a horror movie has entered production in the mountains of Southern California. Titled "SASQUATCH", it is about a rampaging bigfoot creature that is after some vacationing college students. |
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02-11-2004 |
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Arizona's Daily Courier reports that a woman in Prescott saw a cougar that was sleek black, and estimated at 100 lbs. The black cougar has been sighted by other residents in 2003, and one person says they saw it with a cub. It has been dubbed the "Yeti of the Southwest" by the Fish & Game. |
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02-10-2004 |
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San Francisco's 5PIX.com reports that a sea lion was found in the Central Valley, nearly 65 miles east of Monterey Bay. The 300 pound animal bounded onto the police car that came to investigate the report. A theory on how it got so far from the ocean is that it swam up a river then up a canal. More pictures here. |
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02-10-2004 |
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Canada's CBC News reports that whitetip shark populations have dropped by 99 percent since the 1950s, and is just about extinct in the Gulf of Mexico. They were once the most common tropical shark. A comparison is made with the great herds of buffalo that used to exist on the American plains. But with the whitetip shark most people didn't notice. |
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02-09-2004 |
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ZWire reports that an immature 8½ foot long oarfish was found washed up on a beach on Marco Island, Florida. |
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02-06-2004 |
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The International Herald Tribune has an article on why many prehistoric insects were giants compared to today's insects. |
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02-05-2004 |
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The Capital Times of Wisconsin reports that sales of the new book "Weird NJ" are soaring, and is in it's fifth printing since coming out last September. It is filled with many New Jersey mysteries such as the Jersey Devil, the Monkey-Man, Albino Village, and other strange and fascinating stories. |
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02-04-2004 |
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Innovations Report reports that an African primate thought extinct may still exist in the Ivory Coast. In the past few years anthropologist Scott McGraw has collected a recent photograph, a skin, and a tail of the Waldron’s red colobus monkey. |
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02-04-2004 |
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The Battalion of Texas reports that the Brazos Valley Museum of Natural History has put up a temporary Bigfoot exhibit. The main piece in the exhibit is a life-size replica of Bigfoot, along with photographs, footprint casts, newspaper articles, films, and books. The director of the museum, Tom Lynch, says "Students need to learn not to believe everything they read or hear. They need to know how to judge what is true and what is false." |
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02-02-2004 |
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Wisconsin's JSOnline reports that two wolves were killed by vehicles in southern Wisconsin. A wolf was killed in 2001 in generally the same area, which seems to indicate that some wolves may be moving south. About 335 wolves live in central and northern Wisconsin during the winter. |
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01-31-2004 |
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ScienceDaily reports that a species of shrew that was first found 40 years ago has finally been recognized as a new species. |
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01-31-2004 |
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New York's Capital 9 News reports that Paul Bartholomew, a bigfoot researcher in the Whitehall area, has asked the Whitehall town board to pass a resolution to protect bigfoots. |
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01-30-2004 |
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The Kansas Lawrence Journal reports that the State House Legislature heard testimony today on the existance of cougars in Kansas. Mark Jakubauskas presented the picture he took with a motion-triggered camera of an apparent cougar on the Kansas University campus last October 1. |
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01-29-2004 |
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Connecticut's Voices Online reports that wolf sightings in Southbury, Connecticut, are now being taken more seriously because of sharp color photos that were taken by Mike and Kyle Ushka. Whether the animal is a wolf or not is not certain. A veterinarian who saw the pictures said his best guess is that its a hybrid. |
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01-29-2004 |
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The Australian Broadcasting Corporation has more on the study on big cats living in the Grampians. Says Dr. John Henry, author of the report, "We concluded that it was beyond reasonable doubt that there was a population of big cats in the Grampians at that time". |
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01-29-2004 |
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Australia's The Bulletin reports that a study that was made 25 years ago came to the conclusion that pumas lived in Victoria's Grampian Mountains, but the study was never released to the public. The study was headed by Dr. John Henry, of Deakin University, and is well documented. |
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01-28-2004 |
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North Carolina's Asheboro Courier Tribune reports that a resident of Asheboro, Denise Williams, videotaped a large black animal in a field next to her home. She said it moved like a big cat. An mammal curator from the North Carolina Zoo said the tracks in the snow indicated an animal of about 35-40 pounds, maybe more. Zoo staffers who viewed William's video initially thought it showed a big fat house cat, but more sightings, including one by a sheriff's deputy, and yet another videotaping, has people wondering what it is. An animal control officer said "I don't know, I really don't know." |
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01-28-2004 |
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National Geographic reports that an apparently new bird species has been discovered on an island in Indonesia. |
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01-27-2004 |
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The UK's Guardian Unlimited reports that staff in Russia's Zeya nature reserve, in Amur, Eastern Russia, saw an Amur Tiger, 250 miles from its known range. It is estimated that only 500 Amur tigers are left in the wild. |
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01-27-2004 |
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The UK's Independent reports boars have become re-established in the wild. They became extinct about 400 years ago, but since the 1980s, escapes from boar farms have enabled a breeding population to take hold. With no natural predators the wild boar population is increasing rapidly. Worries over public safety and agricultural damage are causing concern over what to do. |
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01-26-2004 |
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About.com has an article on the stories of animals found sealed in stone, and still alive. |
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01-25-2004 |
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The Kansas City Star reports that local puppeteer Paul Mesner will present "Chupacabra", a puppet show at the Paul Mesner Puppets Studio this Thursday through Saturday. Termed an "adult show", it has a rating of PG-16. Mesner says he has been studying the Chupacabra for 5 or 6 years. He received a grant from the Jim Henson Foundation to help with the production.
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01-25-2004 |
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Alaska's Juneau Empire has an article on mountain lions in Alaska. Although Alaska is considered outside of the cat's range, two mountain lions were killed in southeastern Alaska, in 1989 and 1998. The closest known breeding population of cougars is in southern British Columbia, with about 3500 cats. But there have been sightings further up in Alaska, in the Kenai peninsula and the Cleveland Peninsula, although the culprit sometimes turns up to be a lynx, a much smaller cat. |
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01-25-2004 |
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This Is London reports on the re-discovery of a jar containing an apparently small dragon in what appears to be formaldehyde. Frederick Hart, from Sutton Courtenay, found the item in a box that belonged to his father, now deceased. According to some documents found with it, it was sent to the Natural History Museum, which rejected it and sent it to be destroyed, but apparently it was saved by someone. It is suspected it was constructed in Germany, as an attempt to discredit British science. The detail is exquisite. |
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01-25-2004 |
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Pennsylvania's NEPA News reports that despite reported sightings of mountain lions in Pennsylvania, no evidence has been found. The Pennsylvania Game Commission and Penn State University say that if there are any mountain lions roaming the state, they are released pets. |
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01-24-2004 |
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Mississippi State University reports that new ant species have been discovered in Mississippi. One species farms aphids in order to harvest the honeydew they produce. Another species raids other ant mounds to steal pupa, and then raise them as slaves. |
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01-23-2004 |
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New Zealand's Scoop reports that the discovery voyage named "Ross Sea 2004" will depart for the Antarctic coast next week. It will be funded by New Zealand, and has various goals. Two ships, one from New Zealand and one from Italy, will explore the biodiversity of the Ross Sea. It is expected that new species will be discovered. |
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01-23-2004 |
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The Texas Star-Telegram reports that a new fish species has been officially accepted. The fish was actually found 7 years ago by biologist Robert Edwards in San Felipe Springs. The guppy sized fish is of the mosquito family, and has been named the San Felipe Gambusia. |
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01-22-2004 |
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UnexplainedEarth.com has posted an article about a trip to "Bigfoot Cave", a cave located in the Tule River Indian Reservation in central California. The main attraction in this cave are pictographs of a monstrous creature. |
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01-22-2004 |
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BBC News reports that the expedition to travel the Nile has departed from their starting point in Uganda and will travel north, mostly by raft. They hope to reach the Mediterranean coast in May. |
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01-19-2004 |
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About.com has posted an article about missing links in our evolutionary path. |
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01-16-2004 |
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Northern California's Daily Journal has more info on the expedition being organized by Thomas Biscardi. |
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01-16-2004 |
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National Geographic reports that a new species of fly has been found and has a very unique characteristic - it has asymmetrical wings. |
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01-16-2004 |
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Korea's Donga.com reports that research at the Mayo Clinic has accidentally created half pig / half human cells. Pigs were injected with human stem cells for studying the possibility of growing replacement organs for humans. |
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01-16-2004 |
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The Philippines' Sun Star reports that there is some confusion as to whether the huge dolphin that was found beached is a Bottlenose Dolphin or a Southern Bottlenose Whale (Hyperoodon planifrons), or perhaps even a different species of beaked whale. In a rather cryptic statement, a Fisheries official said, "Dolphins are small whales, whales are big dolphins. This one is a giant dolphin so it must be a whale". |
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01-16-2004 |
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The Times of India reports that hyena predations have gotten a village in the Awadh Rakhauna forests on edge. Hyenas have been reportedly invading homes and taking away children, in one case running off with a five-year-old with villagers in pursuit, but the hyena escaped and killed the child. |
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01-15-2004 |
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UK's EDP24 discusses the efforts in Norwich to track the big cats. The National Farmers' Union is cooperating with the British Big Cats Society to build up a database of sightings. |
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01-15-2004 |
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The Philippine's Mindanao Times reports that a huge bottlenose dolphin was found beached near the shoreline of Matina Aplaya, Philippines. Fishermen tried to prod the dolphin back into the water but it didn't work, and the dolphin died when the tide went out. It measures at 20.8 feet - much bigger than what was thought to be their maximum size of around 14 feet. |
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01-15-2004 |
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Australia's News Limited reports that two men in the Northern Territory of Australia witnessed a vast cloud of locusts as they flew north over their caravan park. Mr McAskill, 63, said "I know there were a lot of them because it took about an hour for them to fly overhead". A locust episode occurred in 2000 when the hungry grasshoppers ate their way through grazing land in New South Wales and South Australia. |
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01-14-2004 |
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Ananova reports that American film producer David Foster will produce the "quintessential Loch Ness Monster story". It will be based on Steve Alten's new novel The Loch. Steve Alten is the author of Meg and The Trench. |
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01-13-2004 |
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The BBC reports that it has been discovered that Sleeper Sharks feed on giant squid. |
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01-13-2004 |
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Russia's Pravda reports that an expedition in the Kirov region that was looking for a yeti type creature found a den and an underground passage. |
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01-12-2004 |
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Pennsylvania's Pocono Record has a commentary on our fascination with giant animals. |
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01-11-2004 |
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China View reports that 3 new populations of the endangered Przewalski's gazelle have been found in areas near the known population at Qinghai Lake, Qinghai Province, which were down to less than 300 members. Jiang Zhigang, chief researcher and the gazelle program manager of the Institute of Zoology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, says the numbers of the new populations will be released soon. A picture of the gazelles can be seen here. |
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01-11-2004 |
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Michigan's Daily Oakland Press reports that about 5 people say they saw a large black cat as it walked out of a treeline and by a retirement community in White Lake. The manager of Independence Village, Beverly Immel, said "He had a long tail, kind of just like my domestic cat at home, only on steroids". A maintenance man saw it the next day. The police say they received several reports, and that "It was described as having a round bowling ball type head with pointed ears." The police found large cat prints but could not preserve them because of rain. Sightings of large black cats have occurred in the area repeatedly since 1980. |
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01-11-2004 |
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ABC Science has posted a transcrípt of a radio show where historian Graham Joyner talks about the stories and history of the Australian Gorilla, or "Yahoo". |
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01-09-2004 |
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CBSNEWS.com reports that a new type of squid has been discovered in Hawaii. The Hawaiian "Bobtail" squid is unique in that it uses a built-in light to confuse predators. The light is produced by bacteria that live in the squid. |
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01-09-2004 |
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NSNBC News reports that a female biker was attacked by a mountian lion in an Orange County, California park and that the body of a male biker, possibly killed by a mountain lion was found nearby. Park authorities shot and killed a 2 year old, 110 pound mountain lion believed to be responsible for the attacks. The story states that tests are being run on the cat and the unidentified male victim. |
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01-09-2004 |
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The Star-Herald of Kosciusko, Mississippi, reports that a black bear was photographed in Attala County. The Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks, says this is the first confirmed sighting east of the Delta in Mississippi in 30 or 40 years. The photo was taken by a motion-triggered camera and clearly shows a bear. |
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01-08-2004 |
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MarketWIRE reports that C. Thomas Biscardi of Redwood City, California, is putting together a corporate sponsored bigfoot hunt called the "American Bigfoot Expedition", that he wishes to launch in Spring or early Summer 2004. |
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01-08-2004 |
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The U.K's Guardian reports that the giant snake claimed to be a little over 49 feet long has come up short when the Guardian sent their reporter with a tape measurer to Indonesia. |
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01-07-2004 |
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The Los Angeles Times reports on the growing industry of producing genetically modified monster sized trout that are sold to private lakes. These trout can reach 30 pounds, and are controversial in the fishing community. The California Dept. of Fish & Game has the state record for "natural" trout at 23 pounds, but keep records for genetically enhanced trout in a separate category. These so-called "FrakenFish" are created by manipulating trout eggs to have three sets of chromosomes instead of two, thus enabling hyper-growth.
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01-07-2004 |
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The Inverness Courier of Scotland reports that some illustrations on Pictish symbol stones may be of the Loch Ness monster. Pictish symbol stones are ancient slabs of rock that were planted in the ground and have ornate illustrations carved into them. They exist in Scotland and seem to be either territorial markers or commemorations, or perhaps they served to display the rank of a person or people living in the area. While most "animals" that were drawn onto the pictish stones are easy to identify as a common animal, such as birds, fish, deer, on some of the stones there is a strange animal. Researchers have labled this animal the "Pictish Beast". An example can be seen here and here. |
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01-07-2004 |
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Insight Studios Group has released their first "Tails From the Cryptozoo" comic, available online. While not adding much to the science of cryptozoology, a little fun is always good. The main site for the Cryptozoo is at http://www.cryptozoocrew.com/. |
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01-06-2004 |
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Bahrain's Gulf Daily News reports that the existence of killer whales in the waters of Bahrain have been confirmed by clear photos taken by boaters. |
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01-04-2004 |
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Bahrain's Gulf Daily News reports that a group of eight people claim to have seen killer whales off of Sitra. They took pictures but they are not conclusive. Marine biologist Michael Arora, of Posford Haskoning Environment Gulf, discounts the idea and postulates that they were false killer whales or pilot whales. Killer whales prefer cold water, such as near the polar regions. But there was a confirmed sighting of killer whales off of Saudi Arabia in 2002. |
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01-03-2004 |
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The Green Man Review has posted reviews on Raincoast Sasquatch and The Locals, two books about the bigfoot phenomenon. |
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01-03-2004 |
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About.com has a listing of the top paranormal events of 2003. The list actually contains several cryptozoological items and other strange animal stories, such as a bigfoot encounter, skunk ape sighting, talking fish, rods, baboons, nessie, mothman, Chinese Man-Beast, Selma, and other sightings. |
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01-03-2004 |
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Sri Lanka's Daily Mirror reports that an unidentified species of moth has invaded Kataragama, a popular pilgrimage town made famous for its "fire-walking" where the devout prove their faith by walking on white hot coals. The moth causes a rash upon contact with the skin which lasts a couple days. The yellow colored moth is about a quarter of an inch in size. |
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12-30-2003 |
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The White Winged Guan, discovered in 1877, was thought extinct for 100 years, until it was rediscovered in 1977. The White Winged Guan, Penelope albipennis has been officially endangered since 1990. While it is being successfully bred in captivity, funds are running out and the program is in jeopardy. An MSNBC article gives a brief history of the program and a picture of the bird. |
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12-30-2003 |
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BBC reports that the largest snake ever recorded has been captured in Indonesia and is now on display at a zoo on Java. It is almost 15 meters long (50 ft) weighs 447 kg (985 lbs). The Guinness Book of World Records lists the largest snake ever in captivity at 9.75 meters, so this snake, a reticulated python, shatters the record. Others pictures are at yahoo news and yahoo news. |
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12-29-2003 |
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South Africa's News24 reports the first group of U.S. born Mountain Bongo antelopes will be transported to Kenya next month. The Bongo antelope was headed to extinction when a program that ran between 1966 and 1975 captured twenty young bongos and transported them to the United States for breeding. Now, with over 400 bongos, the re-introduction of bongos to their native lands can begin. |
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12-28-2003 |
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The South Korea Herald reports that a wild boar has been seen on the island Geumho-dong, in South Jeolla Province. There are two busy bridges that connect the island to the mainland, and guesses are that it either managed to sneak across a bridge unseen, or swam. The island was built upon tidal flats by a steelmaking company as a community for its workers, and built apartment buildings and surrounded them with trees, brick sidewalks, and manicured landscaping. |
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12-26-2003 |
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Wyoming's CodyEnterprise.com has an article about the questions and problems that the proven existance of a bigfoot would create. |
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12-25-2003 |
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BBC News reports that a sighting of a New Zealand Storm Petrel was made by Bryan Thomas, a professional bird photographer, and his friend Bob Flood, a writer, while on a boat near North Island. The New Zealand storm petrel was believed to have gone extinct 150 years ago. |
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12-25-2003 |
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Texas A&M University announced today that they have successfully cloned a deer. "Dewey" was born on May 23, 2003. Announcement of the birth was kept secret until DNA testing proved that he was an exact duplicate of the donor. This breakthrough may help in saving endangered deer species such as the Key West deer of Florida. "Dewey is developing normally for a fawn his age and appears healthy," says Dr. Mark Westhusin. |
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12-23-2003 |
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The Honolulu Advertiser reports that the 'alala, or Hawaiian crow, has disappeared from the wild. There are 40 'alalas left in captivity. However, there have been unconfirmed reports of wild 'alalas as recently as a few months ago. The 'alala is a large bird, growing up to 21 inches in length, with a variety of songs. A plan to restock the wild population with the captive birds may take 5 years or more. |
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12-19-2003 |
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Steve Currey's Expedition Company is advertising an expedition to try to find the entrance to the "Hollow Earth", which is reportedly near the North Pole. The adventurers will travel on a Russian Nuclear Icebreaker ship. 100 spots are available at US$18,950 each. |
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12-18-2003 |
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The Sydney Morning Herald reports that Professor Michael Archer, who held the post of director of the Australian Museum for 5 years, will be leaving for a new career as the Dean of Science at the University of NSW. Professor Archer had been the driving force behind the project to clone the thylacine, but a scandal with thefts at the Museum created alot of controversy and criticism over his directorship. He hints that his support of the research into cloning the thylacine may continue under his new position. He will be in command of a AUS$70 million dollar budget ($52 million U.S. dollars) and "20 times the number of scientists that there are in the museum". |
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12-15-2003 |
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BBC News reports that an enterprising farmer in Scotland has painted her sheep to camouflage them from the 'big cats' that have been predating on livestock in the area. |
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12-13-2003 |
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MTV.com reports that Rob Zombie, prodigy singer/artist/movie director, has teamed up with screenwriter Steve Niles to form a new company named Creep Entertainment International. One of their first projects will be a graphic novel about Bigfoot. "We're trying to take something that has been really perverted into stupidity by things like 'Harry and the Hendersons' and make it scary and cool.", says Mr. Zombie. |
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12-13-2003 |
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The New Zealand Herald reports that a new black panther sighting has come in from Mid-Canterbury. A man out walking his dog saw what he thought was another dog, but then saw a tail that "was about as long as its body" and he realized "it was definitely not a dog or cat or possum or anything like that." |
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12-10-2003 |
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SimonSays.com has posted an excerpt of a new novel by Mickey Spillane titled Something's Down There. Its about a government operative, Mako Hooker, who takes a break from his high stress career and takes on a job as a fishing boat captain. But when a mysterious sea creature starts killing off the local fishermen, Mako Hooker investigates and soon finds that the mystery is deep indeed. |
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12-10-2003 |
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Lawrence Journal-World (Kansas) reports that DNA testing of feces found on a field of the Kansas University do match a cougar. Mark Jakubauskas, research assistant professor for the Kansas Applied Remote Sensing Program with the Kansas Biological Survey, had set up a motion-triggered camera back in August when it took a picture of what looked to be a mountain lion. He found the feces when he was investigating the spot where the picture was taken. There have been many sightings in the area, but this is the first scientific proof that there is at least one mountain lion in the area. |
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12-10-2003 |
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Lawrence Journal-World (Kansas) reports that a boy out hunting for deer about 24 miles southwest of Lawrence ran into what he describes as a big mountain lion on Monday afternoon. When Anthony Capra, 12, first saw the cat, he made a "baa" sound to attract it, and the cat came right at him. As the cat approached he says "I was freaking out". He shot twice at the animal but missed. |
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12-09-2003 |
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Tasmania's Examiner reports on Buck and Joan Emberg's tasmanian tiger announcement. They've lived in Golconda Tasmania (northeast) for over 10 years, and have loggged many sightings and taken plaster casts of prints that they say are of thylacines. They identify Ferny Hill, Panama and Lone Stone roads as the hot spots for sightings, with the Stony Head military training area, which is off limits to the public, as the probable home of the thylacines. They say they are divulging this information now, because the thylacines are being threatened by habitat destruction. |
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12-08-2003 |
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About.com has posted an article about the Ica Stones. These are a large collection of carved rocks found in Peru that seem to depict various strange creatures, including dinosaur-like animals. The age of the stones cannot be determined, since radio-carbon dating cannot be done on stone. |
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12-07-2003 |
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Canada's National Post reports that southeastern Saskatchewan, Canada, is having big problems as hostile boars are on the loose. The pigs were introduced to the area either by accident or on purpose by farmers who lost interest in raising the boars as livestock. The boars are now thriving and harassing livestock, digging holes, and frightening the local citizens. The British Wild Boar Association recommends that if chased by a boar, people should "climb something or, if you can't, run like hell." Due to a technicality in the law, the boars cannot legally be shot, but a local official says "If they're really causing you a problem, then go ahead and shoot them." |
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12-07-2003 |
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The Los Angeles Times reports that the lone male mountain lion has moved away from Sweeney's ranch and so the hunt has been called off. Sweeney claims he never wanted to kill the lion, and that he said to Gary Isbell, his animal manager, "I gave strict instructions to Gary, 'Try to scare that lion from coming back to eat my goats'". The professional hunter that was hired, Leo Fisher, could not be reached for comment, but an agent of the wildlife services program said he contacted Fisher before the hunt, and he said his intent was to kill it. Fisher was even given the special wrench needed to remove the collar from the cat if he had killed it. Leo Fisher did reportedly take a shot at the cat, but missed. Gary Isbell said "Leo shot just to scare him." There are no plans to resume the hunt.
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12-06-2003 |
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The Los Angeles Times reports that a rancher has received a permit to kill the last male mountain lion in the Santa Monica mountains, where he owns land. Brian A. Sweeney got the permit after he verified to the Department of Fish & Game that the mountain lion killed 5 of his goats. The Department was required by law to issue the permit due to the rancher losing lifestock to the predator. Sweeney, who is really a land developer, has made a fortune in buying and then selling vacant property to conservation groups and park agencies at high prices after threatening to develop the land. He has been accused of "environmental terrorism" in the past by a State representative.
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12-05-2003 |
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The New Zealand Herald reports that the Milford Galleries in Auckland is presenting a new exhibition on the extinct Huia bird. Grant Whibley's "Passing Away" will showcase the Huia in a series of oil paintings. Grant studied the stuffed birds in the Auckland Museum for his inspiration. (For info on the exhibition, click here then click on "current exhibition" at the top.) |
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12-03-2003 |
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Lancashire England's Oldham Chronicle reports that a farmer claims that he shot a blank panther near Greenfield 5 weeks ago, but did not kill it and it may still be on the prowl. Police say the farmer was in his legal rights to shoot the animal. A magazine is offering 1000 pounds reward for evidence of a big cat, which may be encouraging people to shoot first and call police later. |
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12-03-2003 |
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National Geographic reports on the plight of the Mekong Giant Catfish. It is the largest species of scaleless freshwater fish on the planet, weighing as much as 650 pounds (300 kg). Known in Thailand as Pla Buek, it is on the brink of extinction there. They are doing only marginally better in Cambodia, but are fast headed towards extinction there too, with only 5 giant catfish caught in 2002. |
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12-02-2003 |
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California's Calaveras Enterprise reports that California red-legged frogs have been discovered on a cattle ranch in western Calaveras County, California. It is the first confirmed sighting of a California red-legged frog in Calaveras county since 1969. The California red-legged frog exists in several other areas of California, but their populations have plummeted and are federally listed as threatened. Two children, Beau, 6, and Haylie, 10, found the frogs while playing at a water hole. Says Haylie, "It makes our ranch more special. The frogs are really cool." |
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12-02-2003 |
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The Honolulu Advertiser has an overview of the "big cat" phenomenon on the island of Maui. Two big cat experts were flown in to search for the cat, and traps have been set, but no big cat has been produced, and now sightings have dropped off. Some experts and residents are skeptical of the reports, as one resident says "It really is a Loch Ness monster thing". |
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12-01-2003 |
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South Africa's News24 reports on a dangerous expedition that will be attempted down the entire length of the Nile. Three South Africans, a New Zealander, an Englishman and an Irish doctor plan to depart on January 17 2004. They will start from the origin of the White Nile in Uganda, and travel 6500 km (4000 miles) downstream to the Mediterranean Ocean. No one has made this journey before, and the explorers will have to pass through some very hostile territory. For further info see the expedition's website at The Final Frontier Expedition. |
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12-01-2003 |
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Milwaukee's Journal Sentinel has an article on the existence of cougars in the upper Midwest. While the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service still does not accept that the "eastern" cougar exists in the wild, citizens and various organizations insist they are living in the wild, are not simply escaped pets, and need the protection of the Endangered Species Act before they become truly extinct. |
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11-30-2003 |
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BBC News reports that the rare Ethiopian wolf is being ravaged by rabies in Bale Mountains national park. Only about 300 of these rare wolves exist in the park, about half the global population. About 30 of the wolves have died from the disease. A project is underway to vaccinate the wild wolves against rabies by the Ethiopian Wolf Conservation Programme. For more info see www.canids.org. For a PDF of the Ethiopian Wolf Action Plan click here. |
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11-29-2003 |
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Arizona's Daily Star reports that Arizona's Fish and Wildlife Service wants to enlist the help of the endangered Gila Topminnow, Yaqui Topminnow, Desert Pupfish and Quitobaquito Pupfish in the battle against the West Nile virus. The plan would involve stocking the fish into ponds and stormwater basins, major breeding grounds for mosquitoes. It would help increase the habitat of the little fish, cut down on mosquito populations and reduce the need for chemical pesticides, a win-win proposition. The plan has been presented to the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service for approval in the Spring. |
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11-29-2003 |
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New York's Newsday had an article on the history of the Jersey Devil, and how is has become integrated into the culture of New Jersey. The Jersey Devil Cafe in Medford serves Jersey Devil items on its menu. The local hockey team is named the New Jersey Devils. The Pinelands Preservation Alliance takes people on trips into the Pinelands on devil "hunts" every month. Russ Juelg, who guides these outings, says "Being out in the wilderness at night and hearing and seeing strange things that you can't account for is kind of a thrill, and it kind of puts you in touch with the mysterious side of nature". |
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11-29-2003 |
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The California Skeptic Society has put online an article about the Ray Wallace affair. The author looks into the claims and counter-claims flying around over the "death-bed confession" of Ray Wallace. |
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11-29-2003 |
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BirdLife International reports that a species of warbler last seen in 1894 has been rediscovered on an island in Fiji. 12 pairs of the long-legged warbler, Trichocichla rufa, were found at 1,323 meters (4340 feet) on Mount Tomaniivi, the highest point on Viti Levu island. Photographs and recordings of its song were taken by a team from BirdLife International. |
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11-28-2003 |
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National Geographic has an article discussing the possibility that jaguars are making a comeback into the southwestern United States. The closest known populations of jaguars is in Mexico 135 miles south of the border. Bill Van Pelt, a biologist with the Arizona Game and Fish Department in Phoenix, says "It could be that that habitat is saturated and that the animals are now starting to disperse outside of that population." The Jaguar Conservation Team, a group formed in 1996, is actively trying to document jaguars in the United States, and distributes information to U.S. and Mexico residents about the jaguar. See Northern Jaguar Project for additional info. |
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11-26-2003 |
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Boston Herald.com has an article on the work of conservationist Alan Rabinowitz and the Bronx Zoo's Wildlife Conservation Society towards protecting Central and South America's Jaguar. Their efforts will be documented on "In Search of the Jaguar", produced by National Geographic, which will air tomorrow, Wednesday November 26 on PBS. Rabinowitz has been diagnosed with leukemia, but he refuses to quit in his efforts to save the jaguar, and is working towards the establishment of a "Jaguar Corridor" which will link private and public lands from Mexico to Argentina, providing territory for the jaguars to migrate safely in. |
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11-25-2003 |
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About.com has posted an article about "rods". These flying objects seem to be only viewable on photographs or video. They appear to be rod shaped things with undulating wings, although different forms have been documented. They move so fast that the human eye cannot see them, their speed estimated from 150 mph to 1000 mph, and range in size from a few inches to over 100 feet long. One person claimed to have caught one and put it in a jar, but it supposedly dissolved into a mist. |
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11-25-2003 |
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BBC News reports that an investigation into the deaths of the rare Sumatran rhinos in the Sungai Dusun Rhino Conservation Centre in Malaysia shows neglect as the cause. Animal welfare experts said conditions at the centre were unsanitary, with food and feces left to rot, and roaches and rats were found there. The animals' feed was placed on the same floor where they defecated. The laboratory staff were on holiday when they were needed, resulting in lab tests that were completed after the rhinos died. E. Coli bacteria was present and is suspected as the cause of death. |
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11-24-2003 |
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New Jersey's Newark Star Ledger reports that the U.S. House of Representatives has unanimously passed a bill that bans the interstate sale or transportation of lions, tigers, leopards, cheetahs and cougars, or their hybrids, for use as pets. It allows exemptions for licensed facilities, zoos, and professional animal trainers. The Senate has already passed a similar bill, and after some small details are worked out, it will be sent on to President Bush for his signature. Key supporters of the bill are the Humane Society, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, the Fund for Animals, and the Roar Foundation. |
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11-23-2003 |
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The Houston Chronicle has an article about a reporter's experience running across the rare indigo snake in Texas. The indigo snake is listed as "protected" in Texas, and is one of the largest non-venomous snakes in North America, known to exceed 8 feet in length. |
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11-23-2003 |
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Scotland on Sunday reports that the apes of Africa and Southeast Asia have only 30-50 years before they become extinct. An emergency meeting is taking place in Paris involving 28 countries. The topic is about reinvigorating the "Great Apes Survival Project" (Grasp) which was launched two years ago, but has shown little progress. Doug Cress, of Pan African Sanctuaries, says "Mountain gorilla populations are extremely tenuous and chimpanzees are hanging by a thread. They are close to extinction." |
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11-23-2003 |
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The Honolulu Advertiser reports that the state is suspending their hunt for the mystery big cat until credible new sightings are made. The 19 snares that have been in place for 3 weeks will be removed. The Board of Land and Natural Resources said it was costing the department $3000/wk in manpower to check the traps. The total cost of "cat hunting" is now over $18,000. |
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11-22-2003 |
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BBC News recounts the famous Piltdown Man hoax and other scientific hoaxes in history. |
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11-22-2003 |
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England's News&Star reports that two wild wolves have been sighted in Scotland. They have been extinct there since the 17th Century. (This article includes a picture but apparently its of some captive wolves). |
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11-20-2003 |
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National Geographic reports on the controversial claim by Japanese scientists of the discovery of a new species of whale. The newly named Balaenoptera omurai is a type of whale known as Rorqual whales, or baleen whales, and are distinquished by long bodies and pleated throats, and no teeth. Access to the specimens has been restricted to the Japaneses scientists, and so there is some reluctance in the wider scientific community to accept the findings until they are given full access. The Japanese government is currently attempting to gain the rights to hunt Bryde's whales, a type of baleen. |
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11-20-2003 |
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation has a commentary on the study that shows the Dodo should have existed 30 years after its last confirmed sighting. By extention this should imply that animals in Australia that have gone extinct may have existed for some time after their official extinction dates. One creature that came back from extinction was the Gilbert's Potoroo. It was thought to have gone extinct over a century ago, but was rediscovered in 1994. |
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11-20-2003 |
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CNN.com reports that the German Cormorant, a bird that was rescued from extinction in the 1980s, has rebounded in numbers. The problem is that they are now eating fish into extinction. In some rivers evidence shows that fish populations have been reduced by 95% once the cormorants set up house. Bavaria is asking for permission to reduce the population of the German cormorant by shooting them or confiscating their eggs. Chiemsee lake in Germany was the only lake that had Pearl Fish, but they have gone extinct there and now only exist in captivity. Operators of fisheries complain that their fish pens have become all-you-can-eat buffets to the ravenous birds. |
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11-20-2003 |
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Creature-corner.com reports that the creators of the Blair Witch Project are working on a movie about Sasquatch. |
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11-20-2003 |
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The Times of India reports that a new species of caecilian has been discovered in Ratnagiri, Mumbai, western India. It looks like a worm but is actually related to frogs. Scientists from the Bombay Natural History Society have named it 'Gegeneophis danieli'. Varad Giri, Sameer Kehimkar and Vithoba Hegde discovered the curious creature 3 years ago while during a survey. The report will appear in the international scientific journal Zootaxa this month. |
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11-20-2003 |
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Canada's CBC News reports that a zoologists David Roberts (Britain's Royal Botanic Gardens) and Andrew Solow (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Massachusetts) have researched the extinction of the Dodo bird, and by using reports of sightings and a mathematical model, they have determined that the species probably existed until 1690. The last confirmed sighting of a Dodo was in 1662. The Dodo was discovered on the island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean in 1507. |
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11-19-2003 |
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The Borneo Bulletin reports on the deaths of the Sumatran rhinos at the Sungai Dusun Rhino Conservation Centre in Malaysia. A pneumonia-like bacterial infection is suspected. The program had not been successful in getting the rhinos to produce offspring, although they felt they were close. |
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11-19-2003 |
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The Twin Cities website citypages.com has an article on Phyllis Galde and the magazine she runs, FATE. She was FATE's copy editor for several years and then bought FATE when it came up for sale in 2001. |
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11-19-2003 |
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Yahoo! News has posted a nice slideshow of the activity in Hong Kong surrounding John Lever's attempts to capture the Hong Kong Croc. In another article from Taiwan's chinapost.com.tw John Lever was quoted as saying "It's turning into the most difficult one", after a fifth day of attempting to capture the slippery crocodile passed without a sighting. |
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11-19-2003 |
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The Washington Times reports that the rogue crocodile loose in a river in Hong Kong has defied capture by Australian crocodile expert John Lever. It has ignored chicken heads, was too slick to be harpooned, too fast for sharp shooters with tranquilizer guns, and even went into a trap and ate a free meal and then left with the trap failing to close. A frustrated John Lever will continue his pursuit. |
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11-18-2003 |
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Yahoo! News reports that the Sungai Dusun Rhino Conservation Center in Malaysia has lost the last 7 of their rare Sumatran rhinos to disease all within a few weeks, with the last one dying last Monday. This ends the 16-year breeding program at that facility. There are only a few breeding programs in existance for this rhino. The Sumatran rhinoceros is smallest of the 5 species of rhino. It is estimated that less than 300 remain in the wild, making it one of the rarest mammals on the planet. |
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11-18-2003 |
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Reuters reports on the status of the wolf in Spain. The wolf was decimated in the 1960's, but then made a surprising recovery in 2000. While a protected species in the south of Spain, in the north it can still be hunted. The license to hunt one wolf is about US$3400. |
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11-17-2003 |
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South Carolina's Charleston.net has an article on continuing sightings of big cats in the area. David Crawford has seen panthers around 20 times while hunting the past several years. He says "You know, a bobcat's got a short tail. The tails on these cats were as big as the cat, and the bobcat's not nearly as big as these cats. It's a really beautiful cat." The Department of Natural Resources gets many sightings reported to it each year, yet no hard evidence has been found that big cats are making a living in the area.
(This site requires registration, use "cryptozoology" for name and "bigfoot" for password.) |
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11-16-2003 |
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Pennsylvania's GoErie.com has an article on the Pennsylvania Bigfoot Society. Founder Eric Altman, 33, of Jeannette, says "It's slowly starting to grow. People are starting to take it seriously. I think it's only a matter of time with the technology and manpower that we find something out there." |
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11-16-2003 |
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Florida's Orlando Sentinel reports that monkey sightings in the Silver Springs are becoming frequent, indicating to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission that the monkeys may be making a home in the area. Rhesus macaques were said to have been released in the 1930s while filming the Tarzan movies. Last year in Wekiwa Springs State Park a pair of rhesus monkies were making a nuisance of themselves and frightening park goers, and Fish and Wildlife officials managed to shoot one with a tranquilzer and removed it. An official of the Fish and Wildlife commission recommends that people leave the monkeys alone, and to not feed them.
(This site requires registration, use "cryptozoology" for name and "bigfoot" for password.) |
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11-16-2003 |
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Yahoo! News reports that John Lever, who is in Hong Kong to capture a crocodile, has asked for chicken heads, a bamboo pole, and a boat. The event is proving popular with the local residents, who are crowding by the river hoping to catch a glimpse of their crocodile. |
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11-14-2003 |
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USA Today reports that genomics pioneer Craig Venter and his research group at the Institute for Biological Energy Alternatives have created an artificial virus. The synthetic bacteriophage is a simple life form that was created by injecting a man made genome into a cell, and it became "biologically active" and started reproducing itself. The work that Craig Venter is heading is funded in part by the U.S. Department of Energy. The goal is to produce microbes that will capture carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and convert it to hydrogen. The new technology developed by the Institute will be put into the public domain in a few weeks. |
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11-14-2003 |
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Wisconsin's The Journal Times has an article on Linda Godfrey, who has written the book "The Beast of Bray Road". She will be at Barnes & Noble in Mount Pleasant on Saturday to sign copies of her book. |
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11-14-2003 |
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Insight On The News has an article on Idaho State University professor Jeff Meldrum and the article about him in National Geographic. |
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11-14-2003 |
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The European Space Agency has an article on the Mars Express program. The Beagle 2 lander is scheduled to land on the surface of Mars on Christmas Day 2003. It's prime purpose is to search for signs of life through exobiology experiments and geochemistry research. Previous missions have come up with inconclusive results in their tests for life. |
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11-13-2003 |
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Russia's Pravda has an article discussing anomalous finds of human footprints that date millions of years old, even as far back as the Mesozoic period. |
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11-12-2003 |
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Genome News Network reports that scientists have discovered a new kind of snail living at the bottom of the Indian Ocean near hydrothermal vents. Its "feet" are covered in hard mineralized scales in a tile pattern. The mineral is pyrite, known as "fools gold". The snails are about 1½ inches long. |
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11-11-2003 |
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Australia's ninemsn.com.au reports that John Lever, an Australian crocodile expert, will fly to Hong Kong on Friday to capture the crocodile that has been successfully evading capture for a week. Authorities fear that the crocodile will be a threat to people, and want it taken away. John Lever volunteered for the job, saying "I just want to get up there and get it because it would be getting twitchier by the day". |
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11-11-2003 |
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Hawaii's Starbulletin.com reports that a deep sea submersible working in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands has discovered 17 new species of corals at depths of 4500 to 5400 feet. They also spotted a monk seal at 1600 feet, which is unheard of. |
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11-10-2003 |
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South Africa's IOL.com reports that the mysterious crocodile that has been plying the waters off of Hong Kong is proving too elusive for local authorities, and help is being requested. An official said, "We have contacted foreign crocodile experts to see if they have confidence in catching the crocodile." |
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11-10-2003 |
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Oklamhoma City's KFOR.com Channel 4 talks with Roger Roberts, a bigfoot researcher, who says his team has evidence to prove Bigfoot exists in southeast Oklahoma. He has recovered hair that comes from a primate, and has catalogued many footprints. He even claims to have come face to face with a huge creature on a cold foggy night - "I never seen any eyes like that, they just pulsated for about four seconds and they, they blinked and they were outta there." |
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11-10-2003 |
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South Africa's The Star reports that in Tehran a mob attempted to execute a woman whom they claimed was half-human and half-tiger. About 50 people were arrested after rioting broke out. The woman apparently insulted Islamic values and was turned into a half-tiger by divine justice. Drawings of the woman with a tiger head were distributed in the city and schools. |
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11-10-2003 |
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BFRO.net has posted an open letter to the Hollywood company that is planning to produce a documentary on the Ray Wallace mess. Judge Reinhold's new company TLP Productions apparently paid for the rights to the Ray Wallace family. BFRO lists several facts that show the Ray Wallace story itself is the hoax. |
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11-09-2003 |
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Dallas/Ft.Worth's NBCi.com Channel 5 reports that a tiger cub weighing about 50 lbs. was apprehended running along a highway in Collin County. The Humane Society is holding the animal until its owner can be located. |
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11-09-2003 |
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Philadelphia's KYW-TV Channel 3 reports that more sightings of big cats have come in from Bucks County, Pennsylvania. A "large odd looking creature" was seen by two people on the grounds of an elementary school while the children were outside in recess. Northampton Township Police are taking the report seriously, they have received several reports in the past months. |
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11-09-2003 |
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The Illinois Daily Ledger has a commentary on the recent sightings of wolves, mountain lions, and bears in Illinois. Kevin Wright thinks these animals are wandering in from neighboring states, but that a resident population cannot take hold in Illinois because of insufficient wilderness, and that hunters would be too willing to shoot these animals as "novelty" trophies. |
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11-09-2003 |
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BBC News reports that zoologist Nigel Marven will take viewers back in time to the age of prehistoric marine animals. He will be fending off giant armoured fish and many other vicious creatures. There is some controversy on whether these "walking with" type programs are good for the public, or if they are doing a disservice by "dumbing down" science. Richard Dawkins, the Professor for the Public Understanding of Science, says "I think the Nigel Marven programmes are awful, awful - really naff". But the executive producer, Jasper James, counters, "If you can enjoy the drama of a programme while learning something then that's great." The program's budget ran to US$5 million. Those living in the UK will be able to see Part 1 on November 9, Part 2 on November 16, and Part 3 on November 23. Most North American viewers will have to wait. |
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11-08-2003 |
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Hollywood's ZAP2it.com reports that a new movie production company headed by actor Judge Reinhold, TLP Productions, have announced their first movie project. It will be about bigfoot hoaxer Ray Wallace. Says Reinhold, "the more we learned about Ray and the ingenious ways he captured people's imagination and manipulated mass media, we knew we had to tell his story." The movie is currently untitled, but is referred to as the "Bigfoot hoax project". |
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11-07-2003 |
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New Zealand's nzoom.com reports that mysterious radio transmissions were being received by the Government Communications Headquarters in western England. The high frequency signals would only occur during the afternoon. After some investigation, it was found that the source was a ram that was using the aeriel masts in Yorkshire for scratching its horns. |
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11-05-2003 |
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Australia's News.com.au reports that a crocodile has appeared in a river in South China. It is estimated to be about 4 feet long, and it seems to be of the saltwater variety. Authorities are attempting to capture it. It is suspected to be a released pet or perhaps escaped from a local zoo. Crocodiles are not native to the area. |
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11-04-2003 |
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South Africa's IOL reports that a frigate bird is flying around at a dam north of Pretoria. Frigate birds are usually found far out at sea. Why it moved so far inland is a mystery. |
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11-03-2003 |
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Alabama's Times Daily reports that an effort to locate more giant turtles in Vietnam is underway. Conservationists will scout lakes in Thanh Hoa provinces, 100 miles south of Hanoi, to investigate sightings of other giant turtles like the one in Ho Hoan Kiem lake. There is dispute over whether the lone giant turtle in Ho Hoan Kiem lake is the last of a species, or if others of its kind exist in zoos and in a monastery in China. The turtle weighs about 440 pounds and its shell is 6 feet long and 4 feet wide, its gender is unknown. Examining the turtle is a difficult proposition, as even touching the turtle is forbidden. CNN video from 1998. |
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11-03-2003 |
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Sydney Morning Herald reports that a State Government Inquiry has concluded that it is "more likely than not" that a colony of big cats exists on the outskirts of Sydney and beyond. "Difficult as it seems to accept, the most likely explanation of the evidence ... is the presence of a large feline predator", said big cat expert Dr Johannes Bauer, who was commissioned by the government to investigate the sightings. |
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11-02-2003 |
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Reuters reports that a swarm of grasshoppers invaded the town of Wad Medani in central Sudan last Saturday. 1,685 people reported breathing difficulties, and 11 have died. Although locusts are a common problem in Africa, the type of grasshopper that invaded this town is not clear. It is smaller than the usual species, and reportedly gives off a strong smell that causes asthma like symptoms. |
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11-01-2003 |
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iafrica.com reports on the International Ocean and Exploration Conference which took place Oct 30 2003 in London. The coelacanth is of concern to worried scientists. Sylvia Earle, internationally renown oceanographer, said "If we cannot maintain the oceans so that Coelacanth that have been around for millions of years can't survive, think about what that says about us." |
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11-01-2003 |
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Knoxville Tennessee's WATE.com Channel 6 reports that tests on hair and stool samples collected by investigators last weekend have come up inconclusive. Meanwhile, some businesses in Campbell county are benefiting from the popularity of the "skunk ape". |
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11-01-2003 |
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Skeptical Inquirer magazine has posted an article from their July 2003 issue on the famous 1977 Mansi photograph of Champ, the monster of Lake Champlain. The author is confident that Sandra Mansi did not hoax the picture, but says there are nevertheless problems with the picture, including a "suspicious detail". The author attempted to replicate the photograph with a mockup of the "creature", and came away with calculations that show the "neck" of the creature in the Mansi photograph was around 3 feet long - much shorter than other estimates. |
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10-31-2003 |
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Tibet's Phayul.com has an article reprinted from Moscow News about the yeti and bigfoot. It discusses Japanese mountain climber Makato Nebuka's recent claim that the yeti is nothing more than a bear. It also talks about Boris Porshnev and Dmitry Bayanov's efforts in the Soviet Union in the cause of hominology. It ends with a quote from Dmitry, "The Snowman has been branded with a sneer. We will remove it." |
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10-31-2003 |
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AllAfrica.com reports that the Bongo Antelope, a species that disappeared from its native Mt Kenya and Aberdares forests, is going to be re-introduced. A group which includes the Kenya Wildlife Service, U.S. zoos, and other entities formed the "Bongo Repatriation Advisory Group", and has financed the multi-million dollar project. The first group of 20 bongos is being acclimatised at a Florida zoo before being transported to Mt Kenya. |
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10-30-2003 |
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The Pensacola News Journal reports that a emu that was running loose in Pensacola Florida was captured. It will be shipped to a zoo to join the other emus. It is not known where the emu came from, but it is suspected that a local rancher set it loose. |
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10-29-2003 |
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New Jersey's PressofAtlanticCity.com reports that apparently one or more emus are still on the loose in Atlantic County. Residents of Buena Vista Township have reported a rash of emu sightings over the past few days, and police were called to a scene where an emu trapped a man in his vehicle. John Hill of Animal Control Services said "He's just not afraid of us". |
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10-28-2003 |
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The 35th Annual FortFest will take place on November 15-16 2003 in Baltimore, Maryland. Although mostly an event on paranormal topics such as aliens, crop circles, and shape-shifting bigfoots, author Merrily Harpur, author of the upcoming "The Big Cats Enigma", will talk on out-of-place big cats. Famous author John Keel (The Mothman Prophesies) will speak at 8:00pm on Saturday night. On Sunday there will be a "Motor Coach Tour of Phenomenal Baltimore". |
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10-28-2003 |
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The U.S. Department of Energy's EurekAlert! reports that the secret hiding place of a sponge with fantastic cancer-killing abilities has been located after 2 decades of searching. It was found in an area known as the "dead zone', 1000 feet deep, off the Bahamas. A deep sea submersible was used to collect specimens. In 1984 a chemical extracted from the sponge was found to be extremely potent in killing cancer cells, while being fairly non-toxic to normal cells. But the small amount of the sponge obtained in 1984 was insufficient to carry out extensive research. Now with a good haul of the sponge, major research can begin, but may take as much as 10 years to yield results. Amy Wright, director of Harbor Branch Biomedical Marine Research, says "This is our next cure, I know it's our next cure." |
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10-28-2003 |
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ScienCentral News reports on the reasons for a black mutation of cats. Studies show that the genetic reason for a black coat is different for different species of cats, meaning that the mutation was repeatedly favored. The benefits of a black coat, however, are unclear. |
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10-28-2003 |
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Wisconsin's WBAY.com Channel 2 news reports that a police officer responding to a call of a cougar in Green Lake, Wisconsin, spotted the cougar behind a garage. Bear tracking hounds were called in to help in the search, but the big cat disappeared into the night without leaving any evidence. The U.S. Department of Agriculture thinks the policeman saw a deer. |
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10-28-2003 |
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CSICOP has posted an article on the Lake Champlain Monster from the July 2003 issue of Skeptical Inquirer magazine. While the article pretty much dismisses the possibility of a monstrous creature existing there, it is an interesting read for their detailed account of their investigation and their criticisms of published accounts. One fact that came out was that the area of the lake where the famous monster of Mansi's photograph was at is only about 12 feet deep. |
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10-28-2003 |
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Knoxville Tennessee's WATE.com Channel 6 reports that biologist John Placyk, cryptozoologist Chris Dotson, and four other team members collected some hair and feces samples while searching for the mystery creature being reported around Campbell County, Tennessee. The samples will be tested to determine what kind of animal they came from. |
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10-28-2003 |
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Australia's Sydney Morning Herald reports that the government is looking for a new director for the Australian Museum. Current director Mike Archer has fallen into disfavor after the scandal involving the disappearance of thousands of artifacts. The job is being advertised in the weekend employment ads, and pays about US$130,000/year. Professor Archer has brought international attention to the museum by his highly controversial project to clone the thylacine. But visitor attendance at the museum has dropped more than 35 percent over the past four years. It is unclear if Professor Archer can apply for the position, or if he is being forced out. |
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10-27-2003 |
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Animal News Center reports on the discovery of a new species of salamander in Tennessee. The Cumberland Dusky Salamander is described in the Fall 2003 issue of Herpetological Monographs. You can see a picture of the critter at CNAH. |
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10-27-2003 |
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National Geographic has an article on the current state of bigfootology. Michael Dennett, of Skeptical Inquirer, says, "The bottom line is, they don't have a body". |
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10-26-2003 |
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BBC reports that a sighting of the "Beast of Ongar" occurred in Ongar, Essex. Ms Hayden said: "All I can say is it was a great big leopard size. It was a muscular, completely black, strong-looking animal...". |
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10-26-2003 |
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South Carolina's Greenville News reports that some residents are claiming to have seen big cats in the Mauldin area for years. But a wildlife biologist says its virtually impossible for even a small colony of big cats to be living in the area. He points to the lack of roadkills of big cats. Pat Rusz, director of the Michigan Wildlife Conservancy, is critical of wildlife biologists. He says "Most of them have not done any kind of research themselves. They just know what the scuttlebutt is around the department — that since they haven't seen any cougars, there must not be any out there." |
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10-26-2003 |
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Hawaii's Star Bulletin reports that Stan Cunningham, of the Arizona Fish and Game Department, is on Maui to assist state workers in capturing a big cat. Prints found of the cat indicate that it is at least 150 pounds, and Cunningham thinks it is either a jaguar or leopard. About 10 to 15 snares will be set. |
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10-26-2003 |
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Iowa's The Sioux City Journal reports that a mountain lion was killed by a farmer near Ireton, Iowa. A state conservation officer confirmed the kill. The 113 pound male mountain lion was spotted last Thursday night as it crossed a corn field, and the farmers, after conferring with family members, decided to kill it for the safety of the livestock and children in the area. This is only the second mountain lion seen in Iowa since the 1860s. |
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10-26-2003 |
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Tennesee's KnoxNews.com has a commentary critical of the recent fuss over reports of an ape-like creature stirring up the people of Campbell County. |
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10-26-2003 |
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Knoxville Tennessee's WATE.com Channel 6 reports that University of Tennessee biologist John Placyk thinks the creature killing cats in Campbell county is not an ape, but either a pack of dogs or coyotes. He has joined a group that will investigate some local caves today to try to find out what it is. Placyk will collect feces and hair samples for dna analysis. |
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10-26-2003 |
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Tennessee's Maryville Daily Times reports that an alien earthworm is causing havoc in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. During a "All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory" survey at the park this summer an area of forest was found with no "duff" (forest litter, decomposing organic material). Instead they found gray earthworms that were eating everything in sight. It is believed these worms are from Asia. By eating the duff, and replacing it with their excrement, they are radically changing the soil composition, which is damaging the growth of native plants. |
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10-25-2003 |
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Environmental News Network reports on the on-going Census of Marine Life, a huge project that involves 53 countries in a ten year study of ocean life. Thousands of new species are being catalogued. The cost of the project is expect to run to US$1 Billion by the time it is completed in 2010. |
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10-24-2003 |
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The Honolulu Star Bulletin reports that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is going to attempt to capture what is thought to be the last 3 surviving Hawaiian po'ouli honeycreepers on Maui. One is male and two are female, and they are about 7 years old. They were discovered in 1973, and at that time their numbers were around 200. They live in eastern Maui between the elevations of 5000 and 6500 feet. Attempts to capture the birds last winter and spring failed due to rains that hampered the operations. Workers will lay out 20 mist nets of about 6 feet wide by 20-40 feet long in an attempt to safely net them. The birds have been captured in the past but were released in the hopes that they would breed in the wild. |
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10-24-2003 |
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Memphis Tennessee's WMC-TV Channel 5 reports that pets have been disappearing and dead animals are being found mutilated in Memphis. Reports are of an extremely loud howling that "makes a ringing in your ear and it shakes the whole brick house". A Wildlife officer says the likely culprit is a coyote, but residents have installed fences recently for protection, and some have installed outdoor cameras to help keep a watch. They are afraid the mystery animal will soon start attacking people. The city will cut down the high brush in the area to discourage the animal from sticking around. |
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10-24-2003 |
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Rhode Island's The Providence Journal announces that bigfoot researcher Dave Downs will speak tonight, Friday October 24, at the North Scituate Public Library. His presentation will include a slide show on bigfoot and will display plaster casts of bigfoot and the yeti prints. (Site requires registration - you can use info@cryptozoology.com with the password bigfoot.) |
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10-24-2003 |
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New Mexico's Albuquerque Tribune reports that a conference organized by the Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal (CSICOP) is being held today through Sunday at the Radisson Hotel in Albuquerque. "Hoaxes, Myths and Manias" will discuss issues such as bigfoot, urban legends, aliens, etc. CSICOP is the publisher of "Skeptical Inquirer: The Magazine for Science and Reason." |
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10-23-2003 |
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South Carolina's Greenville News reports that the big cat seen around Mauldin, South Carolina, may be moving south. A witness in Simpsonville, Mark Duppstadt, said he saw the cat sneaking up on him, but he managed to scare it off. He said, "... I can tell you, it ain't just some big fat house cat." |
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10-23-2003 |
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Tucson Arizona's www.kold.com channel 13 reports that a jaguar was photographed by a camera trap last August. A jaguar was photographed about 2 years ago in the same area, so it may be the same one. Arizona Game & Fish is keeping the exact location secret. |
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10-23-2003 |
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Australia's news.com.au reports that the Australian government has said "no" to requests that a search for thylacines and big cats be made in the Victoria region, despite a Freedom of Information request that revealed 63 reported sightings. Melbourne amateur researcher Michael Moss is disappointed and said, "The bottom line is these things are out there and the DSE and Parks Victoria haven't done enough mammal surveys to rule it out." |
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10-23-2003 |
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Knoxville Tennessee's WATE.com Channel 6 reports that local cryptozoologist Chris Dotson is convinced the ape on the loose in Campbell county is a skunk ape. Dotson has been interviewing witnesses in the area and showing them the Myakka photo. Witness Donna Keathley positively identified the creature in the Myakka photo as the creature she saw. Pets are still being killed and sightings are pouring in. |
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10-23-2003 |
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New Zealand's Stuff reports that a foul-smelling sludge has been splattering and coating houses and cars in New Zealand. Conservation Department waterfowl biologist Murray Williams investigated and declared the culprits are ducks. Specifically, mother ducks that spend hours incubating eggs then fly off in a hurry to dump "a load". One resident, who spent hours cleaning off the material, discounted the notion and said it would have to have been "a bloody big duck". |
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10-23-2003 |
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Reuters reports on the discovery of a new bird species in Venezuela. It was first spotted in July 2001, but it took researchers two years to verify it as a new species. They gave it the name "Carrizal Seedeater", and is a finch. Unfortunately the habitat of this little bird has been destroyed by the construction of a new hydroelectric dam. |
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10-23-2003 |
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Northern California's The Daily Triplicate reports that many bigfoot sightings have been coming into the Bigfoot Field Research Organization (BFRO). Del Norte county has more sightings of bigfoot per square mile than anywhere else. |
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10-22-2003 |
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NCBuy reports that researcher Loren Coleman says there were about 3 times as many lake monster sightings this past summer than usual, in places like Loch Ness, Lake Champlain, and in China and Sweden. Coleman attributes it to dryer conditions. |
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10-22-2003 |
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South Carolina's Greenville News has a followup on the reports of a big black cat prowling around Mauldin, South Carolina. A metal trap the police had set up did not attract anything, and no evidence has been found of a big cat. But over the weekend 8 more sightings were called in to police. |
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10-22-2003 |
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Pennsylvania's PhillyBurbs.com discusses the many strange animal sightings reportedly seen recently in Pennsylvania. Although there are hundreds of bigfoot sightings, other sightings are of more bizarre creatures, such as Mothman, a giant badger-type animal, and huge big cats. |
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10-21-2003 |
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India's HindustanTimes.com has an article on the project to clone the thylacine. It says that only one person has been working on the project, and that only US$83,000 has been spent so far. |
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10-21-2003 |
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Knoxville Tennessee's WATE.com channel 6 reports that a big primate weighing perhaps 400 lbs. is on the loose in Campbell county. Over 100 pets are reported missing. Donna Keathley, who spotted the creature last week in LaFollette, startled the animal and it threw a kitten at her. She said, "he's big and he's got a really bad stinkful odor to him." Another witness says he saw it defecating on his property and that its an orangutan. Animal Control said they started getting calls about the animal 3 weeks ago, and they seem to be centered around the College Hill community, just outside LaFollette. |
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10-21-2003 |
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The Texarkana Gazette reports on the third annual Texas Bigfoot Conference which took place Oct 18-19 this past weekend. Craig Woolheater of the Texas Bigfoot Research Center explains about bigfoot sightings in Texas. Other prominent researchers who spoke at the conference were M. K. Davis, John Kirk III, and Chester Moore Jr. |
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10-20-2003 |
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New York's Times Union follows Steven Kulls, a bigfoot researcher/enthusiast as he searches for bigfoot near Whitehall, NY. |
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10-20-2003 |
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Canada's Calgary Sun reports on the bizarre experience the Bearspaw family had on Saturday night around 10pm. They saw two cloud-like objects moving around in the sky, merge into one, and then follow them. They called several people to confirm the apparition. One neighbor said "The clouds, or whatever they were, were perfectly round and illuminated -- it kind of gave me the creeps". |
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10-20-2003 |
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Telegraph.co.uk reports that tests on hairs found in Lincolnshire, east-central England, have proved to be from the leopard family. Earlier this summer a large black cat had been seen frequenting a garden, and the owners filmed the cat and called the police, who didn't catch the cat, but did find hairs. Some of the hairs were forwarded to a lab in the United States for confirmation, and it was confirmed that the hair belongs to the genus panthera, which includes lions, tigers, leopards and jaguars. The Lincolnshire Police said "This is concrete proof, as far as we are concerned". |
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10-19-2003 |
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South Carolina's Greenville News reports that residents of Mauldin, South Carolina, have been seeing a large black animal, that some describe as a black panther. Two police officers reported seeing a large black animal they could not identify at 2am. A trap with live meat for bait has been set for the animal. |
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10-18-2003 |
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KYW_TV Philadelphia reports that the emu that had been defeating all past attempts at capture has finally been apprehended, with the aid of a blow dart tranquilizer. It was spotted by residents at Collings Lake, New Jersey, who called animal control. Barbara Ciric snapped a photo of the 6-foot bird as it was walking down the street. A local zoo will be its new home. |
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10-18-2003 |
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Movie fan site Psychotronic.com has posted a review of "The Last Broadcast", a movie now available on DVD. The story is about the crew of a public access cable show that go into Pine Barrens in an attempt to get the legendary Jersey Devil on live tv. Psychotronic compares it to the Blair Witch Project, which was made after The Last Broadcast. The official site is at tebweb. |
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10-18-2003 |
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Europe's Expatica.com reports that a kangaroo is hopping away in Bosberg, Belgium. A motorist spotted the marsupial along the side of a road. Last month the police attempted to capture a kangaroo, perhaps the same one, but it eluded them. |
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10-17-2003 |
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The Kansas Lawrence Journal World reports that a former city official, Dennis Constance, spotted what he describes as a mountain lion on the Kansas University campus. There have been reports of sightings of a mountain lion on the campus, and a photo of what appears to be a mountain lion was taken on October 1 by a motion-triggered camera trap. There is also an audio link to an interview with Mr. Constance. |
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10-17-2003 |
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation Tasmania has an audio interview with Dale Bennett, who is positive he spotted a thylacine in northern Australia. They also talk with Dorothy Williams, of the Australian Rare Fauna Research Association, about the sightings that get reported to them. Since 1936 there have been over 5000 reported sightings of thylacines. |
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10-16-2003 |
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The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that for four months an emu has been on the loose in the Pinelands. The police have been getting so many calls on emu sightings that it has put "a strain on the Police Department". The emu has proven difficult to capture, and is described as "Defiant". A local emu rancher says its not from his herd, but says that the loose emu is part of a trend. People are buying emus when they are cute little chicks, and when they get big and require alot more maintenance, they are being set loose, or are escaping from yards with fences that are too low. |
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10-16-2003 |
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ABCNews reports on the discovery of a species of frog in the Western Ghats Mountains of southern India. It represents a new family of frogs, and scientists think it branched off of a family that died out millions of years ago. For a better picture see the article on the Ananova site. |
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10-15-2003 |
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Japan's Asahi.com reports that the last wild born Crested Ibis died on October 10. The Crested Ibis is extinct in its native habitat, and only exists in captivity. |
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10-15-2003 |
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North Dakota's The Bismarck Tribune reports that a few whooping cranes were spotted making their way south across North Dakota. They are moving from Wood Buffalo National Park in northwest Canada to Aransas National Wildlife Refuge on the Texas Gulf Coast for the winter. They are critically endangered, with only 318 living in the wild. Their main cause of death during migration is collision with power lines. Whooping cranes are the tallest bird in North America, standing up to 5 feet, with a wingspan of up to 8 feet. For more info see the BringBackTheCranes website. |
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10-15-2003 |
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Arkansas's TheHometownChannel.com has posted a news report on the monkey-like creature being seen in Decatur, Arkansas. Included is a link to a video of the news cast on this story. |
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10-15-2003 |
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The UK's Manchester Online reports that the Manchester Museum's breeding program for the Lemur Leaf Frog is succeeding. This colorful frog has become extinct in its native Costa Rica. |
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10-15-2003 |
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The Fish and Wildlife Service reports that some gray wolves have travelled south, but that viable populations are only possible in the upper Great Lakes region. A gray wolf was found dead in Indiana in June 2003, and another was found dead in Illinois in 2002. Wildlife Service biologist Ron Refsnider says these wolves require large tracts of land with low human population and sufficient prey animals, and that this does not exist outside of their current range outside of Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan, where there are established packs. The wolves that were found further south were solo animals that for some reason broke off from their packs. Gray wolves are a protected species, and in most cases are illegal to shoot. Their population in the Great Lakes region is estimated at around 3000, and some gray wolves also live in the Northern Rocky mountains. For further information on wolves, see the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service's Gray Wolf Recovery website, and Refsnider also recommends the International Wolf Center website. |
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10-15-2003 |
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Australia's Mudgee Guardian has an article on a Mudgee (southeast Australia) couple, Mark and Monika Gibbs, who said their cats were being threatened by a big cat about 13 years ago. Mark borrowed a gun and shot the cat. He dragged the cat to the fence and dropped it over the other side, but the next day when he checked it was gone. Mark said he was sure it was a panther. |
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10-14-2003 |
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The University of Nebraska reports that a bobcat or puma was seen in Omaha. Police converged on Memorial Park, along with Humane Society personnel armed with a tranquilizer gun. At 10:44pm police officers sighted the cat. One officer said over the radio "They can see its eyes and it's moving slowly". Despite a search from police cruisers, on foot, and from the air by police helicopter, the cat escaped capture. |
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10-14-2003 |
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DVDtalk has a review of the movie "13th Child: Legend of the Jersey Devil". It is a pseudo fact/fiction movie that mixes some of the stories about the legendary creature of the Pine Barrens with a murder mystery. |
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10-13-2003 |
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ScienceDaily magazine reports that the East Asian giant softshell turtle is down to its last known living member. The Wildlife Conservation Society says the turtle, living in Vietnam's Hoan Kiem Lake, is the only one left in the lake, and probably the only one left in the world, although there may be a chance some still exist in the Red River floodplain. |
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10-13-2003 |
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New Zealand's The Ashburton Guardian has an article talking about the history of black panther sightings in New Zealand. A gamekeeper states that the black panthers are real, and that they are massive and menacing. He adds, "These big ones, these panthers people reckon they see, they are not pulling your leg. They are real". Investigators looking into the most recent sighting have called off their search, after finding nothing of note. |
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10-13-2003 |
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New Orleans' The Times-Picayune reports that the first cloned wild carnivore has been born at the Audubon Center in New Orleans. The African wildcat, named Ditteaux, is now 2 months old and is a carbon copy of the doner - Jazz, a 3 year old African wildcat. Cells were taken from a patch of skin from Jazz and the extracted dna fused into an embryo and implanted in a surrogate mother, a domestic cat. Two more cloned African wildcats are on the way. |
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10-12-2003 |
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South Africa's IOL.com reports that the endangered riverine rabbit has been discovered living about 100 miles northeast of Capetown. Previously the only known population was in Central Karoo, further to the north. This rabbit lives only in shrublands on alluvial soils along rivers. Their numbers have been falling due to degrading habitat. See Riverine Rabbit Conservation Project for more info. |
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10-11-2003 |
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Ohio's Marietta Times reports that a sika deer, a deer native to Eastern Asia, was hit and killed by a car in Belpre, Ohio. The Sika deer's snout is shorter than a whitetail's, its fur is darker, and has antlers that are elk-like. There is a known population of these transplanted deer in Maryland, and private ownership of these deers is allowed. |
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10-11-2003 |
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Hawaii's Star Bulletin reports that State wildlife officials will be bringing in another expert from Arizona. He will arrive in a couple weeks to train Hawaii workers on how to set snares to catch the big cat that is still wandering freely on the island of Maui. The hair samples that Arizona big cat expert William Van Pelt had retrieved from a search on Maui has been submitted for dna testing, but it is taking longer than expected. |
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10-10-2003 |
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BBC Newsround reports that Lloyd Scott has finished his trek around the perimeter of Loch Ness underwater. He did not see anything unusual, other than an oil drum that snagged his foot. |
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10-10-2003 |
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The Humane Society of the United States has posted an article on the dangers of keeping wild animals as pets. There are between 5,000 and 7,000 captive tigers in the United States, and most are not kept and cared for by professionals. About half the "pet" tigers are in Texas, and have been responsible for a series of attacks on, and often killing, people. Tigers and other wild animals can be purchased easily over the internet, with prices ranging from $300 and up to $7000 for a white tiger kitten. Most states have very lax laws regarding ownership of wild animals such as tigers, lions, cougars, and wolves. Roy Horn, of Siegfried & Roy, was considered one of the top big cat handlers in the United States, and he was almost killed by his pet tiger while performing in the show in Las Vegas. There are bills moving through Congress currently that will ban the sale of big cats as pets in the United States, and the Siegfreid and Roy show tiger attack will surely add alot of support for the bills. |
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10-10-2003 |
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BBC News has more on the discovery of the mummified leg found in Siberia. Included are a couple pictures, one of the foot, and another of the x-ray, and a video of the BBC news report. Yurii Malofeev, of the Russian Association of Veterinary Anatomists, says, "It looks very human, there are many similarities...the position of the knee-joint indicates that the creature walked on two legs". The furry foot indicates that it was designed to walk on snow. |
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10-09-2003 |
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CityMax.com reports that a 16-day expedition in Durango state, Mexico, has failed to locate any imperial woodpeckers. There had been reported sightings of the bird in 1996. The last confirmed sighting had been in 1956. BirdLife International now concedes that this species should be considered extinct. |
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10-09-2003 |
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Gateway2Russia.com reports that mountain-climbers in Altai, Siberia, have discovered a mummified fragment of a leg at 3000 ft. Scientists say it resembles a human leg, and is covered with red hair. It is several thousand years old. |
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10-09-2003 |
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The Kansas Lawrence Journal World reports that a picture of a mountain lion was taken by a camera trap in a wooded area of Kansas University. Mark Jakubauskas, a KU faculty member, was motivated by reports of a mountain lion in the area. He had secretly set up the camera back in August, only telling a friend and the Lawrence Journal World about his project. There is also a video clip of the report on the local news channel. |
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10-08-2003 |
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Australia's Sydney Morning Herald has an article about the speed of extinction of large animals. Whereas the human population has exploded from 2.5 billion to more than 6 billion in 50 years, many large animal species have fallen even more precipitously in the other direction. It is estimated the rate of extinction is 1000 times the normal rate. |
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10-08-2003 |
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EUBusiness.com reports that Reinhold Messner says he was the first to come out with the theory that the Yeti is the Himalayan Brown Bear, and so Makoto Nebuka's controversial report is not the first time this assertion has been made. In Messner's book "My Quest for the Yeti", published in 1998, he comes to the conclusion that the legendary Yeti is a bear. |
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10-07-2003 |
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The New Zealand Herald reports that since the sighting of a large black cat, described as a panther, by a trucker in Mid Canterbury there have been more reports coming out about big cat sightings. A witness saw a large black animal three weeks ago and says "It wasn't a domestic cat, it wasn't a possum and it wasn't a dog". The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry is sending out an investigator, who has searched for big cats in the past. |
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10-07-2003 |
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The Australian Broadcasting Corporation announces that the Australian Rare Fauna Research Association is requesting the public to report any thylacine sightings to them. This article has a real audio link to an interview with the Association's Dorothy Williams and also talks with some thylacine witnesses. |
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10-07-2003 |
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New Zealand's The Ashburton Guardian reports that a trucker unloading sheep at a farm in Mid Canterbury, New Zealand, saw a big cat. Chad Steward said "I am pretty sure it was a black panther – not that I am a big cat expert, but it definitely wasn't a dog." There were reports of big black cats in the area in 1999 and 2001. |
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10-07-2003 |
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The Salt Lake Tribune talks about Utah's legendary Bear Lake Monster. Although it has gone a long time without a reported sighting since its heyday in 1881, there was a sighting reported in 2002. |
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10-05-2003 |
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New Zealand's XtraMsn reports that a team of New Zealand scientists will attempt to film giant squid off of the west coast of New Zealand. Dr O'Shea says that it has been determined that they breed there twice a year, and so the team will be at the right place at the right time. |
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10-05-2003 |
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Milwaukee's Journal Sentinel reports on sightings of a mountain lion in Sturgeon Bay, Door County, Wisconsin. State Department of Natural Resources officials think it is probably a released pet. Wild mountain lions are supposedly extinct in Wisconsin. |
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10-05-2003 |
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The New York Times reports that police were called to an apartment building in Harlem to investigate a report of a wild animal. When police investigated, they found a 350 pound Bengal tiger in an apartment. The tiger was shot with tranquilizer darts and taken under custody. It will be sent to a conservancy in Ohio. The apparent owner of the tiger had been in the hospital for "pit bull bites" on his arm and leg, but he checked out before the police could get to him, and now his whereabouts are unknown. |
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10-05-2003 |
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Australia's Sydney Morning Herald reports that Lloyd Scott, the man who is attempting to walk the entire shoreline of Loch Ness underwater, lost his attachment to his guide rope and fell 4.5 meters down a 90 meter cliff face and injured his shoulder. He dismissed the incident as minor and has continued his trek. He hopes to finish by next Thursday. As for the Loch Ness Monster, all he has seen is one fish. |
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10-05-2003 |
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The Pittsburgh Post Gazette has an overview of last month's Fifth Annual East Coast Bigfoot Conference/Expo. |
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10-05-2003 |
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The Washington Times reports on the plight of the Northern White Rhino. There are only 22 left in the Congo, and will soon be extinct due to rebels in the area that are slaughtering them for their horns. |
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10-05-2003 |
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Phil Potter of myinky.com (Indiana, Kentucky, Illinois news) has an editorial about animals that are appearing where they are not supposed to be. He discusses a gray wolf that apparently travelled from Wisconsin into Indiana, unseen or unreported, and ended up dying on the Indiana/Ohio border last June. |
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10-05-2003 |
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Arkansas's KATV news station reports on the commotion being caused by recent sightings of a bigfoot like creature in Northwest Arkansas. Said a local resident, "It's freaky. They're saying its Sasquatch. They're saying bigfoot and this and that." |
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10-04-2003 |
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Lawrence Journal World has posted a picture of the cougar captured in Omaha, Nebraska on Wednesday. The cat weighed in at 108 pounds, and is almost 7 feet long from nose to tail. Officials do not know yet if they will release it to the wild, or hand it over to a zoo. |
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10-04-2003 |
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The Massachusetts Berkshire Eagle reports on the spate of recent "bigfoot" sightings in Vermont. Some of the witnesses think it was a guy in a bigfoot suit. Tips came in that a local known jokester had pulled the stunt, but when asked, he said "I pull some jokes on people, but not this one". |
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10-04-2003 |
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New Zealand's Stuff website reports that Dr. O'Shea, of Earth and Oceanic Sciences Research Institute, has found the partially digested remains of another giant squid in the gut of a giant squid. He will publish his findings in the New Zealand Journal of Zoology. He said, "Whether intentional or not, ingestion of an entire giant squid tentacle club does constitute cannibalism". |
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10-03-2003 |
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Rhode Island's Newsday.com reports that the cougar that was later captured in Omaha, Nebraska, had made its appearance in the city known by attacking the window of an office. The window was about 2 feet from the desk of Robin Reynoso, and luckily did not break, and now sports some fashionable mountain lion claw scratches. |
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10-03-2003 |
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TheOmahaChannel.com reports that the cougar captured Wednesday in Omaha, Nebraska, is recovering from surgery at Henry Doorly Zoo. A police officer had shot it with a shotgun when it lunged at the officer. Three shotgun pellets were removed during surgery and it appears to have suffered some nerve damage. The Game and Parks Commission said it wasn't sure what to do with the cougar, but it may end up going to another zoo. |
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10-03-2003 |
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The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that a mountain lion was captured after being shot by a tranquilizer dart in Omaha, Nebraska. It was also peppered with a shotgun blast when it lunged at a police officer, but was not seriously injured. It was spotted in a busy section of the city when the police and Zoo employees responded to the call. It is a male mountain lion weighing 80 lbs., in good condition and being kept currently at the zoo. Although there have been several sightings of mountain lions in Nebraska, this was the first sighting in the eastern third of the state. |
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10-02-2003 |
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ABC network affiliate KAIT8.com reports that sightings are being reported of a large ape-like animal. Decatur Police Chief Coy Hendrix says that 3 sightings have recently come in. Decatur is about 220 miles northwest of Little Rock. |
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10-02-2003 |
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The Belfast Telegraph has published the picture of a big cat taken in Northern Ireland last July. The picture was taken by a Dublin doctor. USPCA's chief executive Stephen Philpot has stated "We have four big cats on the loose in Northern Ireland..." |
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10-01-2003 |
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The Belfast Telegraph reports that vigilantes have taken up the hunt for big cats in North Antrim, Ireland, after a search operation by the USPCA and police failed to produce results. The USPCA is appealing to the public to leave the cats alone. |
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10-01-2003 |
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The Christian Science Monitor reports on the project to bring back the Quagga, a subspecies of the Zebra. Once thought a separate species, it was found through dna testing that quaggas were actually a subspecies of zebra, with unusual coloration. A breeding project is underway using quagga-like zebras to help push nature along and produce more or less pure quaggas once again. The quagga was hunted to extinction in the late 1800s. |
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10-01-2003 |
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TheKansasCityChannel.com has posted the video of a big cat taken in May in Richmond, Missouri. Experts are examining the footage, which seems to show a mountain lion type of cat walking in a clearing and then running off into the brush. Mountain lions have been considered extinct in Missouri, but recently two mountain lions have been killed on highways in the state. |
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09-30-2003 |
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Australian Broadcasting Network reports that the "hopping mouse", a creature not seen since the mid 1800s in New South Wales, has been rediscovered there. Several specimens have been captured by researchers. |
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09-30-2003 |
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Telegraph.co.uk reports that a huge komodo dragon is on the loose in Rabieh, Lebanon. Estimated at about 8 feet long, and very fast, the creature has been held responsible for the disappearance of numerous pet cats, and for digging up some dead horses that had been buried. A civil defense unit of 150 men is on the hunt for the creature. |
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09-30-2003 |
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Bridgeton News reports that an agriculture agent says the giant wasps found in a downed tree in Millville, New Jersey, are ichneumon, or parasitic, wasps. They bore holes in trees, but he said they probably did not cause the tree to fall. An entomologist is examining a sample to determine exactly what kind of wasp it is. |
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09-30-2003 |
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South Africa's IOL reports that the Barkudia skink, a limbless lizard, was sighted, and videotaped, in the state of Orissa, eastern India. The last confirmed sighting of the lizard was in 1917, and was considered extinct. Ajit Pattnaik, chief executive of Chilka Development Authority, said there were four, two adults and two juveniles. The skink looks like a giant earthworm. |
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09-29-2003 |
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Australia's news.com.au reports that 41-year-old Lloyd Scott, outfitted with a deep diving suit, will attempt to walk underwater around the entire edge of Loch Ness. He is doing this to raise money for children with leukemia. Lloyd Scott is himself a leukemia survivor. He will walk along the bottom while being fed air from a boat above. As to the possiblility of meeting the legendary monster of the loch, he said "If I do meet Nessie, I'm not sure who will be more scared, the monster or myself". |
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09-29-2003 |
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Bridgeton News reports that in Millville, New Jersey, some huge bugs described as mutant wasps have been discovered when a 40 foot tree fell and revealed the creatures, which had apparently been busy eating the tree. Janet Hanson, owner of the property, said "Their tails open up like a fan. Their bodies are 5 or 6 inches long and the tail that looks like a stinger is just as long." One of the bugs was placed in a jar for a biologist to examine, and Janet's son videotaped the bugs. |
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09-29-2003 |
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BBC News reports on the uproar that has occurred over a study released by Dr Matako Nabuka, a Japanese researcher and mountaineer who has spent several years in Nepal, Tibet, and Bhutan investigating the yeti. The conclusion of the report is that descriptions of the "Yeti" as a humanoid or ape-like creature is really a case of misidentifications of the common Himalayan brown bear. The study says that the word "Meti", the local name for the bear, has gotten mixed up with "Yeti", leading to confusion. Critics say that the similarity of the words is of little importance, and that the word "meti" actually means mythical beast, not bear. Some think that there is some professional rivalry going on here between Dr Nabuka and Yoshiteru Takahashi. Takahashi is currently on an expedition in the Himalayas to find evidence of the Yeti. |
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09-27-2003 |
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WSTM-TV reports that residents of New York's Oswego County town of Altmar are talking about a panther living in the densely wooded area around the town. A biologist with the state Department of Environmental Conservation says people are seeing some other animal, not a panther. |
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09-26-2003 |
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Vermont's Bennington Banner reports that a man reported seeing a bigfoot-type creature while driving north on Route 7 towards Burlington. Ray Dufresne, age 45, said "It was hairy from the top of his head to the bottom of his feet,... It was not walking like a normal person." An officer of the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department says it was a bear. |
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09-26-2003 |
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MSNBC reports that the Doorly Zoo in Omaha has begun dna testing of the mysterious ape species found in the Congo. These apes seem to be a cross of gorilla and chimpanzee species, and are very aggressive. These apes behave differently than both gorillas or chimpanzees, and are known to hoot at the rising and setting of the moon - something neither gorillas or chimpanzees do. The local people are afraid of them, and call them "lion-killers". The dna analysis is expected to take months. |
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09-26-2003 |
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Ohio's TimesLeaderONLINE.com reports on two close encounters with vicious mountain lions in the St. Clairsville area, Ohio, recently. Two teenage boys went looking for a large cat seen in the area, and found it, but the cat came at them and stared at them for three minutes while standing 7 feet away. The boy was armed only with a small pocket knife. The cat then ran off. In another incident, a mountain lion charged at two men, and it took two shots to dispatch the animal. |
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09-25-2003 |
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Rhode Island's The Standard Times reports that since the Sept. 10 sighting of a brutal big cat attack on a deer, more witnesses are coming forward relating stories of big cats in Rhode Island. A man identifying himself as part of the Eastern Puma Research Network says there are at least 5 cougars living in the wild on Rhode Island. A biologist with the Division of Fish and Wildlife, who investigated the Sept. 10 deer attack, is convinced the predator was a coyote, and says he has not seen any evidence of mountain lions in the area. |
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09-25-2003 |
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BBC News reports that the Ulster Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals says there are actually two big cats in the Antrim area, a brown colored puma and a black panther. A large scale operation to find the cat, or cats, has drawn to a close at dusk today, and the USPCA says they are withdrawing from the operation, but the police say they will continue investigating sightings. |
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09-25-2003 |
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The UK's Belfast Telegraph reports that an unprecendented operation is underway to end the reign of terror of a big cat that is in the Ballybogey area, Antrim, Northern Ireland. The creature, which is assumed to be a puma, has slain and mauled several farm animals. Police and USPCA officials are on the ground and in the air in a helicopter, using heat-seeking equipment, in an attempt to capture or kill the cat. |
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09-25-2003 |
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Australia's Daily Telegraph profiles Hank van Leeuwen, charged with hoarding an incredible amount of valuable and irreplaceable artifacts from the Australian Museum, including thylacine skulls. As a trusted employee of the museum, he had full and unrestricted access. It does not appear that he was stealing for profit, as most of the missing items were recovered from his home. Asked why he did it, he replied "... it became an obsession, my collection." |
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09-25-2003 |
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This event will take place on Saturday, September 27 at Gators Nightclub (Located above Pitzer's Townhouse) 101 S. 5th Street, Jeannette Pennsylvania 15644. It is a free event, and takes place from 12 noon to 6:00pm. Several speakers are slated, and there will be a display of bigfoot evidence and an auction. |
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09-24-2003 |
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Yahoo! News reports that a previously thought to be extinct mammal has been rediscovered. An almiqui, a small insect eating creature, was found in Eastern Cuba. It weighed two pounds and was declared in good health by veterinarians. It was released back into the wild. |
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09-24-2003 |
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NarragansettTimes.com reports that sightings of a cougar-like animal have occurred in Rhode Island. In the most dramatic sighting, witnesses heard piercing screams just after midnight, and then sighted what they described as a big cat tearing a deer in half, which then proceeded to calmly eat its kill while keeping an eye on the people watching from the house. |
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09-23-2003 |
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Virginia's Fredericksburg.com talks with William Dranginis, founder of Virginia Bigfoot Research. William and some friends witnessed a bigfoot in Culpeper County in 1995, and since then he's become the foremost bigfoot researcher in Virginia, putting his skills to use with sophisticated surveillance systems and motion detectors. |
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09-21-2003 |
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Florida's Naples Daily News reports that a Miami tv program will feature an expedition for the skunk ape. Controversial skunk-ape-ologist David Shealy leads the team into the wilderness. |
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09-19-2003 |
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The Centre for Fortean Zoology has released a video of an intriguing object moving about in Loch Ness. The video was reportedly taken in April 2003. |
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09-18-2003 |
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Michigan's The Macomb Daily reports that a cougar like animal was sighted by residents of Macomb county. Authorities dispatched to the area could find no evidence of a large cat. Numerous strange animals have been reported in Macomb county in the past, including cougars, ligers, ostriches, and alligators. |
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09-17-2003 |
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California's Humboldt State University website MergeMedia reports on the speakers and what they had to say at last weekend's International Bigfoot Symposium. |
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09-17-2003 |
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MSNBC.com reports that two giant squids (Architeuthis Dux) have been found on the coast of Northern Spain. One of them was dragged to shore by an enterprising swimmer. |
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09-17-2003 |
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National Geographic News reports that the Ohrid trout, an ancient species of trout that grows to 25 lbs., is in danger of extinction. It lives in only one lake, between Albania and Macedonia. Pollution and over-fishing are to blame. |
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09-16-2003 |
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SFGate.com reports on the currently underway International Bigfoot Symposium in Willow Creek, California. |
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09-14-2003 |
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JapanToday.com reports that Makoto Nebuka, a member of the Japanese Alpine Club, is expected to release a 12-year study that concludes that the animal witnesses have called the yeti is actually the Himalayan brown bear. |
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09-14-2003 |
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Japan's Asahi.com reports on the status of the Japanese expedition for the Yeti. Rains have hampered progress, but the team has established their base camp. |
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09-14-2003 |
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Australia's The Age reports that Tammar Wallabies are being reintroduced into Australia after their extinction there a century ago. The species was saved when the wallabies were brought to New Zealand's Kawau Island in 1870. |
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09-13-2003 |
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Yahoo! News reports that a mysterious mass the size of a whale has been detected in Muckross Lake in Ireland. What it is hasn't been determined yet. |
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09-13-2003 |
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Australia's Sydney Morning Herald reports that extensive searches for hundreds of stolen artifacts from Sydney's Australian Museum have failed to turn up 2 thylacine skulls. Many items were recovered from a raid at the home of a former department manager of the museum, but about 1 third of the stolen items are still missing. |
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09-12-2003 |
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09-12-2003 |
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HonoluluAdvertiser.com reports of a new suspected attack by the mystery cat on the island of Maui. A 80 lb. black Labrador dog was attacked around 1:30 am, and survived with slash and puncture wounds. |
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09-10-2003 |
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Business Wire reports that a $1 million dollar award has been given to Andrew Mudge. His award winning project is titled "The P.T. Johansen Field Guide To North American Monsters". The plot involves a cub scout who embarks on a search for a sasquatch after a sighting. Click here for Chrysler's info on the winner. |
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09-09-2003 |
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California's Redding.com reports on the 3-day International Bigfoot Symposium is taking place in Redding this weekend. 17 speakers are scheduled to talk on various bigfoot topics. |
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09-07-2003 |
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Paranormalnews.com reports that a newspaper in Chile has an article on the strange death of some dogs that were locked in a kennel. Recent sightings of an "unknown biological entity" in the area have been reported. |
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09-07-2003 |
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Tasmania's Mercury News reports on the popularity of the thylacine, and its controversial use in commercial and government logos. |
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09-06-2003 |
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CanadaEast.com reports that a hunter came face to face with a large cat "the size of a german shepard" in New Brunswick (next to the state of Maine, U.S.). The cat threatened the hunter, who retreated to the safety of his car. |
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09-06-2003 |
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Tasmania's examiner.com.au reports that Sunday is National Threatened Species Day. This event is held every year on the day that last Tasmanian tiger died in 1936. Launceston's Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery at Royal Park will be displaying a mounted thylacine never seen before. Various activities will help to heighten public awareness about endangered species. |
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09-06-2003 |
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South Carolina's Greenville News has an article on cryptofiction author D.L. Tanner. He talks about his interest in cryptozoology. Tanner's book "Shadow of the Thunderbird" has been selected by Greenville Technical College for its critical reading classes. |
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09-05-2003 |
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Canberra's (Australia) City News reports that the Northern Corroboree Tree Frog is threatened with extinction. Already severely reduced in numbers, the habitat of this distinctively colored frog has been devastated by fires. Less than 100 of these frogs exist according to the latest count. |
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09-03-2003 |
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Pennsylvania's The Wayne Independent has published the picture of the big cat taken by Janice Klinkiewicz on August 27. Since the photograph does not show the long tail that the witness says it had, there is dispute over whether it is just a common bobcat or something unusual. |
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09-02-2003 |
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Tasmania's The Mercury reports that the Tasmanian Premier Jim Bacon has announced a campaign to save the Tasmanian Devil from possible extinction due to a virus that is decimating the population. |
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09-02-2003 |
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Tasmania's The Mercury reports that a pine carving of a thylacine that poops M&Ms when patted on the head is the winner of the People's Choice Award at the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery. |
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09-02-2003 |
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BBC News reports that a giant lizard is prowling the streets of Beirut, Lebanon. Authorities have not been able to capture it. |
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09-01-2003 |
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Vermont's Caledonian-Record reports that the crew from Diversus Productions of Montreal, which is at the lake working on a documentary of the lake creature, held a town meeting to discuss the ownership rights to Memphre. |
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08-31-2003 |
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Vermont's Caledonian-Record reports that a film crew is at Lake Memphremagog working on a documentary of the lake creature Memphre. |
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08-31-2003 |
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ICNorthernIreland.co.uk reports that two police officers gave chase to a big sandy colored cat, but lost it in a field in Northern Ireland. |
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08-31-2003 |
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BBC News reports that several new species of fish and a new species of shrimp have been discovered in a remote river basin in Venezuela. |
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08-31-2003 |
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Skeptical Inquirer has published online an article on the current state of affairs with the Bigfoot phenomenon (article was published March/April 2002). |
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08-31-2003 |
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Skeptical Inquirer has published online an article investigating the mysterious Ica Stones, carved rocks reportly discovered in Peru in 1966 that seem to depict dinosaurs and other fantastic creatures. |
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08-31-2003 |
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Florida's Boca Beacon reports that residents of Boca Grande have been seeing an animal in Gasparilla Lake that resembles a small dolphin. The small lake is landlocked. A local authority says it is "highly unlikely" that it is a dolphin, and is probably a tarpon or otter. But several witnesses are convinced it is a dolphin. |
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08-30-2003 |
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The UK's ITV News reports that a huge forest fire in eastern Russia, bordering on China, is burning out of control. The fire is destroying tiger habitat, and has destroyed many border security installations, hindering the ability of Russian border forces to control the border with China. As a result, Chinese poachers have found easier access to the areas. |
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08-30-2003 |
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The Sioux City Journal reports that the hippopotamus population in eastern Congo is crashing. Civil war and disorder have created a thriving hippo poaching industry. The hippos are killed for meat and for their teeth, which are sold to the underground ivory market. Since 1970, the hippo population in Virunga National Park has been cut by more than 95 percent, leaving only about 1300 left. |
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08-30-2003 |
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Maine's Press Herald reports on apparent lynx-bobcat hybrids living in the wilds of Maine. |
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08-30-2003 |
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TerraDaily.com reports that the Iberian lynx is being pushed to extinction by the enormous wildfires in Portugal. Fueled by record temperatures in Europe, about 830,000 acres has gone up in flames, destroying much of the habitat of the lynx. The population has dropped from an estimated 3000 in the 1960s to about 120 today. |
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08-29-2003 |
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BBC News has more info on the pony that was apparently attacked by a big cat in Devon UK. The pony is expected to make a full recovery. |
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08-29-2003 |
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The Scottish Big Cat Trust has been awarded charitable status, enabling it to continue its work studying naturalised Non-Native Cats in Scotland. Reuel Chisholm, Press Officer for the Trust: "This is the first time that a UK organisation focused on free-living exotic cats has been recognised as a charity." To find out more about the aims of The Trust please view the following webpage Frequently Asked Questions |
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08-29-2003 |
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Colorado's Douglas County News Press reports on a new 1/2 hour installment of "Legends and Oddities", focusing on the Monster of Plum Creek incident. In April and May of 1954 an estimated 2000 people armed with weapons went on a frenzied search for a Bigfoot type creature sighted in the area. |
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08-28-2003 |
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The UK's HorseandHound.co.uk reports that a pony was mysteriously attacked in Devon, south west England. From investigation of the wounds, a veterinarian concludes that the assault was from one, and possibly more than one, big cats. |
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08-28-2003 |
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HonoluluAdvertiser.com reports that state wildlife officials have recovered fresh paw prints of a large cat after investigating a sighting on Maui. A website has been set up for information on this big cat at http://state.hi.us/dlnr/dofaw/wild |
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08-28-2003 |
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The BBC reports that a busy road in Shrewsbury was temporarily shut down while police and a helicopter searched for a big cat reportedly seen near the highway. |
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08-26-2003 |
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South Africa's Sunday Times reports that the remains of a giant squid found by fishermen at Pringle Bay last month was cut up for bait after the local aquarium declined to pick it up. But one lucky squid enthusiast managed to get the head, which he's keeping in his fridge. |
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08-26-2003 |
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Boston.com reports that researchers working on a Discovery Channel documentary on Champ have taken strange recordings from Lake Champlain. The sounds seem like dolphin or Beluga whale communication, and are currently under analysis. |
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08-26-2003 |
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08-26-2003 |
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California's San Diego Union Tribune has a lighthearted look into the mystery of the Procter Valley monster. |
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08-25-2003 |
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The Arkansas Democrat reports that a hunter's camera trap captured an image of a mountain lion in Arkansas, near Little Rock. In 2001 the Game and Fish Commission had declared mountain lions as extinct from Arkansas. |
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08-24-2003 |
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BBC reports that a spotter plane has joined in the search for what is apparently a panther. The Ulster Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals estimates there are about 5 dangerous wild animals in Northern Ireland. |
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08-24-2003 |
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Canada.com reports that the merger of towns around Lake Memphremagog has created a dispute over who owns the rights over promoting Memphre, the supposed monster of the lake. |
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08-24-2003 |
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BBC News reports that a pedigree ram was found killed in Northern Ireland. The bite marks are consistent with a big cat. Big cat sightings were reported in the area the past week. The USPCA chief suspects a puma or lynx. |
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08-22-2003 |
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Australia's news.com.au reports that calls to the police station of a giant beaver "behaving strangely" in Vienna, Austria, turned out to be a kangaroo on the loose. It is has been captured, and is being kept until the owner can be found. |
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08-21-2003 |
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Australia's news.com.au reports that Freedom of Information requests to the Australian government reveal that there have been 63 reported sightings of thylacines and big cats in the Victoria area. Melbourne researcher Michael Moss says that many sightings of thylacine type creatures are ignored by park rangers and go unrecorded. But despite the sightings, no hard evidence has yet been produced. |
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08-19-2003 |
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The Times of India reports that the Japanese soft drink company Suntory is the sponsor of the Yeti expedition currently underway, funding the expedition with 10 million yen (about US$84,000). |
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08-19-2003 |
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Tasmania's The Mercury reports that DNA sequencing has begun on the Tasmanian devil. The results will help in the Tasmanian tiger cloning project. Australian Museum director Mike Archer says that the public supports the project, despite protests from some that the money would be better spent on saving existing Tasmanian species. |
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08-18-2003 |
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Canada's CNews reports that dna testing has begun on the strange apes found in the Congo. |
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08-16-2003 |
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Another article on Bill Van Pelt's search for the big cat on Maui, from The Hawaii Channel. This one provides a real video news station clip. |
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08-15-2003 |
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Reuters reports that a camera trap in Borneo has snapped a picture of the previously thought extinct Borneo bay cat (Catopuma badia). |
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08-14-2003 |
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The Honolulu Advertiser reports that big cat expert Bill Van Pelt has made his report after a 5 day search for a big cat on the island of Maui in the Olinda area: "It is my professional opinion: Yes, there is a large cat in the area." |
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08-14-2003 |
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The Japan Times has a talk with Yoshiteru Takahashi, leader of the current Yeti expedition underway in the Himalayas. |
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08-14-2003 |
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National Geographic reports that a large, unknown shark was sighted feeding 20 yards off the coast of Devon, UK. There is speculation that it was a great white. |
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08-13-2003 |
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The Kansas Lawrence Journal reports that a second mountain lion has been hit and killed by a vehicle in Missouri. Officially, there have been no mountain lions in Missouri since 1927. The 105 pound adult mail cougar was hit by a woman who called the police and told them she thought she had hit a dog. |
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08-13-2003 |
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The Honolulu Advertiser reports that the search for the big cat on Maui have turned up some large scratches on several trees, which expert Bill van Pelt says points to evidence that the big cat is hunting for rats in the trees. Wind and rain has hampered the search, and today is Van Pelt's last day in Maui. |
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08-13-2003 |
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The BBC reports that the big cat footage caught by Clifford Knott on video is the most conclusive evidence that big cats are prowling the UK. The video seems to show a big cat, but the exact species is unknown. This article has a still shot from the video. |
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08-13-2003 |
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The Belfast Telegraph reports that police and the USPCA are coordinating in a search for a puma like creature seen in Carrick, Scotland. |
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08-13-2003 |
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The Kansas Lawrence Journal reports that sightings of mountain lions keep coming in, while the official stance of the authorities is that there are no wild mountain lions in Kansas. |
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08-13-2003 |
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The Kansas Lawrence Journal reports that people in Afghanistan are blaming the U.S. military on bringing dangerous tiger-like cats to attack Afghans. "Pisho Palang", as the killer cats are called, are reportedly being dropped by aircraft to begin their deadly attacks. |
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08-12-2003 |
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The New York Post reports that the mysterious blob-like formation that had been lurking in a lagoon off of Tuckerton Creek tributary in New Jersey has been found to be a rotting algae formation that had filled with gasses causing it to float. |
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08-11-2003 |
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WorldNetDaily.com reports that the 7-man Japanese team has started their expedition into the Himalayas today. On the team is 60-year-old Yoshiteru Takahashi, who in 1994 detected a strong animal smell and small footprints in a cave 15,000 feet up Dhaulagiri mountain. |
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08-11-2003 |
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Tibet's Phayul.com reports that people are reporting sightings of white bears. A specialist theorizes that they may simply be albino brown bears. |
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08-10-2003 |
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talk: Wildlife reports that Mozambique has declared two new land and marine reserves, that offer full protection to its creatures. The endangered dungong and the coelacanth live in these areas. |
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08-10-2003 |
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CNN.com has more info on the apparently new ape species being investigated in the Congo. Preliminary DNA testing shows these animals are similar to chimpanzees. |
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08-09-2003 |
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New Jersey's The Star Ledger reports that strange, smelly, jellyfish-type blobs have infested a lagoon connected to the Tuckerton Creek tributary. The Health Department has concluded that they are not hazardous, but it is unknown what they are. |
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08-09-2003 |
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Honoluluadvertiser.com reports that Arizona's big cat expert Bill Van Pelt will arrive tomorrow to begin a 5 day search for the mystery big cat on the Hawaiian island of Maui. |
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08-08-2003 |
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Talk:Wildife reports that many of the world's primate species are fast approaching extinction. |
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08-08-2003 |
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Isreal's Arustz Sheva website reports that the Scmitar-horned oryx, an animal that became extinct in its native Senegal, is being re-introduced to Africa, thanks to a successful breeding program in Israel. |
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08-08-2003 |
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Ananova.com reports that the Japanese expedition for the Yeti is leaving this Sunday for the Dhaulagiri range in the Himalayas. They are taking 15 infrared-triggered cameras to aid in their search. |
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08-08-2003 |
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Skeptical Inquirer has posted a scathing review of the book "The Field Guide to Bigfoot, Yeti, and Other Mystery Primates Worldwide". |
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08-08-2003 |
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Mail & Guardian Online reports that the harlequin sprite, a dragonfly long thought extinct, has been rediscovered in South Africa. |
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08-08-2003 |
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ScotlandOnSunday.com reports that the police in Dumfries and Galloway of Southern Scotland have warned the public to steer clear of a big cat seen in the area. |
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08-03-2003 |
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Honoluluadvertiser.com reports that Maui may bring in a big cat expert from Arizona to help identify and capture the mystery big cat that continues to be spotted and leaving prints. |
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08-02-2003 |
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China's People's Daily reports that a group of soldiers have seen a mysterious creature in Lake Tianchi. |
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08-01-2003 |
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Canada's CBC News reports that new sightings of 'Cressie', the monster of Cresent Lake, have been coming in. |
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08-01-2003 |
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UK's PressAndJournal.com reports that investigators at Loch Ness have discovered evidence that Loch Ness was part of the ocean in the past. |
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08-01-2003 |
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NationalGeographic.com reports that scientists investigating the plesiosaur fossil found at Loch Ness have good reason for believing that it was planted at the Loch Ness location. |
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07-30-2003 |
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Florida's Herald Tribune reports that a Nile Monitor lizard chased a woman up a ladder in Cape Coral. |
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07-29-2003 |
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Discovery.com reports that a team of scientists have announced that there is nothing that might suggest a large creature is living in Loch Ness, after doing a comprehensive sonar survey of the lake. |
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07-28-2003 |
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Pressandjournal.com.uk reports that a big cat has been captured in video in northern Scotland. |
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07-26-2003 |
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BBC News reports that a spate of big cat sightings and suspected sheep killings have occurred in Wales, alarming residents. |
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07-25-2003 |
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Aftenposten.no reports that "Selma", the monster of Lake Seljord in Norway, was spotted by a man who claims to have captured not one, but two Selmas cavorting in the lake on video. |
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07-25-2003 |
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PressAndJournal.co.uk reports that Nessie fans are upset about the depiction of the monster on an upcoming BBC program. |
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07-23-2003 |
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BBC News reports that the British Big Cats Society has announced that they will be unveiling new evidence to show that big cats are roaming the British countryside. |
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07-23-2003 |
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The Tahoe Daily Tribune reports that strange translucent blobs have been collected for investigation from a lake in Nevada. They seem to be some kind of freshwater jellyfish. |
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07-23-2003 |
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The Boston Globe reports that biologists in southwest Florida are attempting to trap Nile monitor lizards. The lizards are native to Africa, and can grow to 5 ft. |
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07-19-2003 |
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Manchester Online reports that the hairs recovered by an expedition looking for the Sumatran Orang Pendek have finished being analyzed. World-renowned hair expert Dr. Hans Brunner states that the dna of the hairs do not match any known creature. Footprints recovered by the expedition indicates the creature to be some kind of unknown primate. |
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07-19-2003 |
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The Learning Channel reports that a Japanese team is headed to the Himalayas on an expedition for the Yeti. The team is going to use infrared cameras to help in the search. |
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07-19-2003 |
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News.telegraph.co.uk reports that the fossil of a plesiosaur has been discovered at Loch Ness. This is the first evidence found that plesiosaurs lived in the area. |
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07-16-2003 |
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The Guardian reports that Japanese scientists are preparing to clone prehistoric mammoths. |
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07-16-2003 |
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Reuters reports that the legendary "Lake Tianchi Monster" was spotted on July 11 2003, with up to 20 of the creatures seen swimming together. Several local government cadres and officials watched the creatures as they submerged and resurfaced 5 times over a 50 minute period. |
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07-16-2003 |
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Scoop.co.nz reports that the Imperial Woodpecker, the largest woodpecker in the world, is feared extinct. |
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07-15-2003 |
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The Sunday Tasmanian reports on a protest in Tasmania against opening virgin areas of forest to logging. These forests are believed to be the home of the last remaining thylacines. |
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07-12-2003 |
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CNN.com reports that Chilean scientists have identified "the blob" as the carcass of a sperm whale. |
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07-12-2003 |
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Australia's The Age reports that interbreeding between dingoes and domestic dogs are threatening pure dingoes with extinction. |
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07-10-2003 |
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MSNBC.com reports that the giant Chilean blob has been cut up, with specimens sent to scientists in England, France, Italy and New Zealand. |
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07-09-2003 |
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The Honolulu Advertiser reports that state wildlife officials are winding down the search for a large cat. The traps and cameras have failed to capture anything larger than a house cat. |
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07-09-2003 |
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Yahoo! News reports that an entirely new kind of creature has been discovered, one that is going to require the creation of a new genus and a new family to accommodate it. It is a fish that is a carnivore and a cross between an eel and a fish, and can breath in the water or on the surface. |
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07-07-2003 |
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The Sunday Tasmanian talks with wildlife biologist Nick Mooney about the recent scientific study that predicts that thylacines survived the bounty system. Nick feels the study's findings are probably too optimistic. |
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07-05-2003 |
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07-03-2003 |
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Ananova.com reports that the Chilean blob is to be sent to France for scientific investigation. |
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07-03-2003 |
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CNN.com reports on the continuing investigation into the giant blob that washed up on a Chilean beach. Scientists are comparing this blob to the blob that washed up on a Florida beach in 1896. If you're a blob fan, you should check out The Dare Island Enigma, a novel about the finding of a giant blob. |
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07-03-2003 |
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The Cincinnati Enquirer reports that a full grown male African lion is apparently on the loose in Ohio. |
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07-03-2003 |
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CNN.com reports that German filmmaker Werner Herzog will be working on a documentary on the Loch Ness monster. |
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07-03-2003 |
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Australia's The Age website reports on the controversy over what people have been seeing in a remote town near Cape York. Authorities say it's a common tree kangaroo, but residents say it's a puma type cat. |
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07-02-2003 |
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CNN reports on a strange gelatinous blob that has turned up on the coast in Chile. |
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07-02-2003 |
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Newsday.com reports on the recent article in the magazine Skeptical Inquirer disputing the claims of witnesses of Champ, the so-called monster of Lake Champlain. |
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07-01-2003 |
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Rediff.com reports that a grayish 5-6 ft. tall ape-like beast was sighted by 6 people. Prints and broken branches were found, as well as a 3 meter-long patch of "foul smelling" urine. |
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07-01-2003 |
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The Honolulu Star-Bulletin reports that the mystery cat of Maui has knocked around some traps but has still avoided capture. |
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07-01-2003 |
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The Sunday Tasmanian reports on the continuing controversy over the recent scientific study that concludes that thylacines should have survived the bounty system. The researchers say that extinction was "possible but very unlikely". On the other hand, critics point out that the data that was used for the model failed to include facts such as continued hunting after the bounty system, and poisoning that was common in the 30's and 40's. |
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06-29-2003 |
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ICWales.com reports that a new species of spitting cobra has been discovered in a customs seizure from Eqypt. The cobras laid 10 eggs which have successfully hatched. |
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06-28-2003 |
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South Africa's news24.com reports that an expedition into the high mountain rain forests of Brazil have discovered several new species of animals, including frogs and a lizard. |
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06-25-2003 |
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Novascotia.cbc.com reports on a sighting of a mysterious sea creature by a fisherman in Nova Scotia. |
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06-25-2003 |
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National Geographic has an article on the investigation into cave dwelling crocodiles on the island of Madagascar. |
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06-21-2003 |
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The Missoula Independent reports on an apparent bigfoot sighting in Montana. |
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06-21-2003 |
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News in Science reports that a study utilizing a complex mathematical model has come up with a surprising result - thylacines should still exist. It estimates a 'steady state' population of around 779. |
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06-19-2003 |
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Starbulletin.com reports that big cat sightings are occuring in Hawaii. |
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06-18-2003 |
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Massachusetts' Lowellsun.com reports on sightings of large cat-like creature roaming the area. |
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06-15-2003 |
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Florida's Naples Daily News reports on the Skunk Ape Festival held in Everglades City. |
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06-15-2003 |
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Conneticut's ctnow.com reports on the status of the cougar in the Northeastern United States. |
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06-09-2003 |
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India's Sify.com discusses the Yeti mystery. |
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06-09-2003 |
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The Staten Island Advance has an overview on sightings in the area. |
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06-09-2003 |
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Businesswire.com reports that Hewlett-Packard has funded the creation of a system called ARKive, which will save digital files on endangered animals, including video, still image, audio, and other data for each creature. |
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06-03-2003 |
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The Hawkesbury Gazette (Australia) reports on the creation of a map that shows locations of big cat sightings. |
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05-28-2003 |
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ScienceDaily.com reports that scientists working in the high alpine area of Colorado have discovered new microbes that expand the "kingdoms" of life known to man. |
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05-21-2003 |
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Canada.com reports on the growing legal fight over who owns the name "Memphre". |
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05-20-2003 |
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Indystar.com reports on a bizarre story of a car that was apparently mauled by a big cat in Indiana. |
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05-20-2003 |
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ThisDayOnline.com reports that people in Maru, Nigeria, are being terrorized by a creature described as half man, half horse. |
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05-19-2003 |
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National Geographic has the story on the strange apes discovered in Central Africa. Are they apes or giant chimpanzees? |
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05-19-2003 |
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South Africa's Independent Online reports that scientists are going to attempt to clone the coelacanth. |
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05-15-2003 |
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The Caledonian-Record reports on a new sighting of Memphre. |
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05-15-2003 |
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The Times-Standard reports on the upcoming International Bigfoot Symposium in Willow Creek California, on Sept. 12-14 2003. |
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05-08-2003 |
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SFGate.com reports that a curious new species of jellyfish has been found. Dubbed "Big Red", this jellyfish has fleshy arms instead of tentacles. |
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05-08-2003 |
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The New York Times has an article discussing why legends of dragons exist in cultures around the world. |
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05-02-2003 |
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ContraCostaTimes.com has an article on the current state of Bigfoot research. |
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04-28-2003 |
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Cleveland.com has an article on the upcoming Bigfoot Conference/Expo in Newcomerstown. |
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04-28-2003 |
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Scotland on Line has pulled the plug on their live Loch Ness web cam. The reason for this has not been explained. Nora Jones has created an online petition to send to Scotland on Line to reinstate the webcam, and urges everyone concerned to sign it. |
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04-25-2003 |
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The Salt Lake Tribune carries a story on the legend of the Bear Lake Monster. |
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04-23-2003 |
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ICWales.co.uk reports that a former zoo keeper spotted a large black cat that he identifies as a puma. |
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04-23-2003 |
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ICLiverpool.com reports that sightings continue of a large black cat in the Lancashire area, UK. |
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04-19-2003 |
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CNN.com reports that one of the cloned bantengs had to be euthanized due to declining health. |
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04-14-2003 |
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Reuters reports that a pair of banteng calves were produced by cloning. The banteng donors are in San Diego Zoo's "frozen zoo", and had died 20 years ago. The banteng is an endangered species of wild cattle from Asia. |
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04-09-2003 |
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Examiner.com.au has an article on a sculture made of the famous thylacine pup that is preserved in alcohol at Hobart's Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery. |
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04-06-2003 |
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AstroBiology magazine has an article on the Tasmanian Tiger, and on the forthcoming book "Ghost Hunters: On the Trail of the Tasmanian Tiger". |
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04-06-2003 |
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About.com has a good article summarizing some famous bigfoot attack stories. |
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04-06-2003 |
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This article on the colossal squid that was caught has a picture of the specimen. |
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04-04-2003 |
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Stuff.co.nz has an article on the sighting of "colossal squid" attacking long-line hooked fish. These squid may be longer than even the Giant Squid. |
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04-01-2003 |
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PressAndJournal.co.uk reports that a large cat was spotted in an urban area in Northern Scotland. |
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03-26-2003 |
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The Western Telegraph has some speculation as to the identity of the "Milford Monster". It was reported by several witnesses as a huge serpent-like creature. |
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03-20-2003 |
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BBCi reports that the Albatross could become extinct if commercial fishing methods are not altered. |
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03-18-2003 |
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ICLiverpool.co.uk reports that a large black cat has been repeatly spotted in West Lancashire. |
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03-14-2003 |
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Aftenposten.com reports that a strange new kind of black fox has become a problem in Norway. It is very aggressive and seems to kill for enjoyment. |
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03-14-2003 |
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The Western Mail reports that a huge serpent-like creature was spotted by several witnesses in Ireland, off the Pembrokeshire coast. |
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03-13-2003 |
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The Daily News reports that Galveston, Texas, was bombarded by a huge amount of spider webs for a 5 hour period, coating poles, trees and shrubs. |
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03-12-2003 |
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smh.com.au reports that a painting of a thylacine has been entered into the inaugural photographic Archibald prize, an art contest in Australia. |
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03-10-2003 |
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Redding.com reports that the Willow Creek-China Flat Museum is offering $100,000 to anyone that can produce bigfoot tracks that can fool experts. |
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03-10-2003 |
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BBCNews reports on an unknown creature that has killed 3 people, injured 16, and caused thousands of people from 4 villages to flee. |
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03-06-2003 |
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NorthantsNews reports that a new sighting of a large black panther has occurred in Northumberland England. |
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02-28-2003 |
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TheIndependent.com reports that armadillos have moved into Nebraska. |
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02-25-2003 |
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The TimesOnline reports that a woman angler caught an 11 ft. 4 in. 140 lb. oarfish on hook and line off of Skinningrove England using squid for bait. London's History Museum wanted to get the specimen, but Val Fletcher and her fishing buddy Robert Herrings had already cut up the fish for cooking, and stored it their freezer. |
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02-25-2003 |
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BBC News reports that the American Association for the Advancement of Science has concluded that the leatherback turtles, a species that has existed from the time of the dinosaurs, will become extinct in 10 to 30 years unless steps are taken internationally. |
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02-25-2003 |
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The People's Daily reports that Chinese ornithologists have declared that the white stork is now extinct in China. |
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02-25-2003 |
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The Daily News Tribune reports that bald eagles are being seen in the Boston area. Bald eagles are rarely seen in Massachusetts. |
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02-25-2003 |
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BruneiDirect.Com reports that the skeletal remains of an unknown creature have been found on a beach in Brunei, in Southeastern Asia. |
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02-18-2003 |
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The BBC has setup a section on their server devoted to Weird Nature. There are some crypto-related articles: Giant Squid, Orang Pendek. |
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02-15-2003 |
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A new attraction in Sheffield, Tasmania, features an animatronic thylacine. |
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02-10-2003 |
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TheStraitsTimes.com reports that Russian scientists have recovered living cells from a frozen mammoth. This provides a huge boost to the mammoth cloning project, which was stalled while searching for viable dna. |
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02-07-2003 |
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Reuters reports that an estimated 12 million "Russian" king crabs are on the move, and may spread as far as Portugal. The king crabs were introduced to the Russian arctic in the 1960s, and are thriving. |
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02-04-2003 |
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The Plain Deal reports that Ray Wallace's *death bed* confession has little effect on serious bigfoot researchers. |
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02-02-2003 |
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The Virginia Pilot has further info on the big cat attack in Chincoteague Island, Virginia. A large house cat has been identified by the police as the culprit, but that id is under dispute. |
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02-01-2003 |
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DelmarvaNow.com reports on the attack on an elderly woman by a large cat described as possibly a panther, in Chincoteague, Virginia. After examining the wounds, the Health Department announced that it was caused by an animal larger than a house cat. |
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02-01-2003 |
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The Western Newspaper reports on the growing controversy between the public and authorities in Wales over the existance of big cats. |
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01-31-2003 |
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CNN reports on the discovery of 7 million-year old remains of an early species of elephant on the island of Crete. The skulls of these creatures might have been the source of tales of the giant cyclops. |
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01-31-2003 |
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HindustanTimes.com reports that Iran has agreed to cooperate with India in a project to clone the extinct Asiatic cheetah. |
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01-30-2003 |
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BBC News reports that the analysis of the hairs recovered from the recent dog killing in Wales was not from any cat species, but probably a badger. |
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01-30-2003 |
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TheEagle.com talks with professor Vaughn Bryant Jr., who is also a bigfoot investigator. |
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01-30-2003 |
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The Western Mail (Wales newspaper) examines the current controversy over the recent spate of Big Cat sightings in Wales. |
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01-27-2003 |
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The BBC reports on the arrival of a team from the Centre for Fortean Zoology in Exeter, which will begin a search for a hairy man-like creature. |
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01-26-2003 |
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ICNewcastle talks with Jonathan Downes, head of the Centre for Fortean Zoology in Exeter, who has arrived with his team in Northumberland to search for a tall hairy creature that has been sighted in the area. |
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01-26-2003 |
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NorthantsNews.com reports that the number of big cat sightings in the Northamptonshire area shot up by 800 percent last year. |
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01-25-2003 |
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SkyNews reports that the mysterious big cat of Wales has managed to elude sharpshooters and a night-vision equipped helicopter. |
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01-24-2003 |
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EDP24 reports on the mysterious appearance of a photograph supposedly depicting a lynx that was shot in East Anglia in 1991. The reason given for keeping the incident secret for so long was that the shooter was afraid of the legal implications of killing the big cat. |
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01-24-2003 |
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The Washington Times investigated a story making the rounds on the internet about a 1600 lb. bear, with picture, that was taken in Alaska. They found that the truth is much .. lighter. |
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01-23-2003 |
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IC NorthWales.co.uk reports that the police in Wales are hunting, with intent to kill, a big cat that reportedly killed a dog and has been frightening residents. |
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01-22-2003 |
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News Canada.com reports that hair that was thought to belong to a cougar sighted in Eastern Canada has turned out to be from a cow. |
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01-22-2003 |
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Express & Star website reports on a large black cat-like creature spotted in a suburb of Wales, U.K. |
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01-18-2003 |
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Blaine-Spring Lake Park Life has an interview with the producer and director of Discovery Channel's latest bigfoot program. |
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01-17-2003 |
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Earthfiles interviews a witness who spotted a bigfoot on January 2 2003 in Utah. |
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01-17-2003 |
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The BBC has a report on a giant squid that latched onto a French boat that was taking part in the round-the-world Jules Verne Trophy. |
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01-16-2003 |
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The Shropshire Star reports that there has been a possible fifth sighting of a big cat prowling around in the Wales area. |
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01-16-2003 |
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The BFRO website has an article describing the many problems with the Ray Wallace "confession", and the incredibly inept handling of the story by most of the media. |
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01-16-2003 |
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Newhouse News Service talks with Ray Crowe, who runs the International Bigfoot Society. |
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01-15-2003 |
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ICNewcastle reports that the Centre for Fortean Zoology is sending out a 4-man team to investigate the sightings of a bigfoot type creature in Northumberland, UK. |
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01-11-2003 |
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KeralaNext.com reports on an attack by a menacing creature in Kashmir. The 20-year-old said, "There is no mistake about what I saw. The monster had the face of a man with monkey-like features. It was four feet tall, but extremely sturdy. It was the Snowman." |
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01-11-2003 |
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The La Crosse Tribune has some information on the new Bigfoot show "Sasquatch: Legend Meets Science" that airs tonight. |
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01-09-2003 |
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The Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune reports that experts at Central Michigan University are testing 34 feces samples to see if they came from a cougar. Officially, there have been no cougars in Michigan since 1906. |
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01-09-2003 |
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BBC News reports on the rediscovery of the greater mouse-eared bat, thought to be extinct for 10 years. |
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01-08-2003 |
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ICNewcastle of Britain reports on a new sighting of the big cat, that possibly was the culprit in the killing of a dog last weekend, spotted near a milk processing plant in Wales. |
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01-08-2003 |
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ICNewcastle of Britain reports on the sightings of a bigfoot type creature at a Northumberland country park. |
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01-07-2003 |
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BBC News carries a report on the killing of a dog by a mysterious big cat in Wales. |
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01-07-2003 |
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ABC News has an article about a theory that early man was prevented from crossing the Bering Land Bridge by packs of super-sized hyenas, and could only make it across once they had dogs with them, that, supposedly, kept the hyenas at bay. Could there be a connection between these prehistoric hyenas and the legends of the shunka warak'in? |
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01-06-2003 |
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The Denver Post has an article about the increasing number of qualified and highly regarded scientists that are starting to take the Bigfoot phenomenon seriously. |
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01-06-2003 |
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Canada's CBC News reports on the testing of DNA from some fur that was found on a velcro lined pole that was sprayed with scent to attract cougars. The last verified sighting of a cougar in Quebec was in 1938. |
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01-06-2003 |
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Mysterious Creatures: A Guide to Cryptozoology, by George M. Eberhart, has been released. Weighing in at a hefty 800 pages, it seems poised to grab the crown of "Most Important Cryptozoological Book" from the venerable, but aging, "On The Track of Unknown Animals". This book has been delayed several months. Curiously, it appears that the original title "Encyclopedia of Cryptozoology" has been dropped. Retailing at a whopping $185 USD, I found the cheapest online price at Walmart.com, for $166. I don't have a copy of the book yet, but the info I've found states that it has over 1,000 entries, over 60 illustrations, and distribution maps. |
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01-04-2003 |
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The New York Times comments on the Ray Wallace controversy. "All it means is that Ray Wallace is dead, not Bigfoot," said Dr. Wolf Henner Fahrenbach, a zoologist in the Portland area. |
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01-04-2003 |
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The UK's Daily Record reports on the sighting and filming of a panther-sized pure white cat in Scotland. Scientist Phil Crosby says "This is definitely a big cat but at the moment it has me stumped.". |
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12-30-2002 |
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CNN.com reports on the first body ever recovered of a Longman's Beaked Whale, something that looks like a cross between a dolphin and a whale. |
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12-30-2002 |
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The UK's Western Morning News has an article on some some humorous animal misidentifications. |
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12-29-2002 |
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Las Vegas Mercury has an article commenting on the Ray Wallace flap. |
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12-28-2002 |
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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has an article about the supposedly big cat spotted in Clayton County. |
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12-28-2002 |
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Carolina Morning News has an article about Dan Taylor and his Viper, the Loch Ness hunting submarine, which will be towed in a parade. |
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12-28-2002 |
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Mythical giant turtle in Vietnam seen by many |
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11-26-2002 |
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Bigfootin' in the Siskiyou Mountains |
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11-22-2002 |
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Reports of bigfoots on Vancouver Island start again |
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11-22-2002 |
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Is a lion lurking in the mountains of Carter County, Tennessee? |
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11-10-2002 |
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A species of ape unrecognised by science may exist in the Congo |
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10-19-2002 |
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Witnesses describe a huge bird with a wingspan of 14 ft. |
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10-17-2002 |
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Mike Quast and his search for bigfoot |
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10-15-2002 |
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A news reporter searches for bigfoot |
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10-09-2002 |
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3 British explorers find a footprint and hairs |
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10-03-2002 |
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A tourist claims to have taken 4 photos of the Loch Ness Monster |
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09-09-2002 |
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Ramon Ruiz-Carus is called the "Weird Fish Guy". He's in charge of identifiying odd fish. |
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09-08-2002 |
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The plan to bring back the Mammoth |
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08-22-2002 |
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Claims that an ape-like animal has been traipsing through the woods round the Loch of Skene |
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04-14-2002 |
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A "large ape" has been spotted on the banks of the Loch of Skene |
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04-14-2002 |
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Mike Quast is out to prove that the Minnesota Bigfoot is real. |
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04-04-2002 |
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Scientists have identified what they believe is the largest octopus ever seen... |
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03-28-2002 |
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A re-evaluation of Oliver's DNA shows he really is "just a chimp" |
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03-11-2002 |
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TUCSON - A jaguar was photographed by a motion-activated camera set out in southern Arizona... |
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02-11-2002 |
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Man aims to prove cougars still inhabit eastern U.S. |
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02-05-2002 |
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Experts investigating sightings of large, mysterious animal |
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02-05-2002 |
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People Claim Seeing Hairy, 2-Legged Being |
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02-05-2002 |
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Residents nervous after spotting creature in forest area south of Lake Monroe |
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02-02-2002 |
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The search for the ivory-billed woodpecker (PART 2) |
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01-22-2002 |
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The search for the ivory-billed woodpecker (PART 1) |
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01-22-2002 |
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GLAND, Switzerland, January 10, 2002 (ENS) - Using automatic infrared cameras triggered by the.... |
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01-21-2002 |
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Original clippings covering the Point Pleasant phenomena |
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01-21-2002 |
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A little history behind the mothman and info on the upcoming movie "The Mothman Prophecies" |
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01-21-2002 |
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SAN MARCELINO, Zambales -- Five "huge, black creatures" have dwelled in the Tikis River in the form |
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01-21-2002 |
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MULTNOMAH FALLS, Ore. (Wireless Flash) -- An Idaho family recently had a run-in with a Bigfoot that |
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01-21-2002 |
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Andy Sanderson plans latest mission to solve a Tasmanian mystery |
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01-21-2002 |
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Monster hunt or wild goose chase? |
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01-21-2002 |
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Teenagers recount encounter |
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01-21-2002 |
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