On the Trail of the 'Indian Yeti' BBC News

The venerable "Beeb" has a fascinating foray into the West Garo Hills of northeastern India, within Meghalaya State, as Alastair Lawson pursues evidence of the mysterious, hairy, manlike creature known in the area as mande barung, the forest man. Is the terrain such that an 8-foot-tall, near-700-pound man/beast could wander nearly undetected? A large accompanying photo file gives you an idea of where one of the Indian sub-continent's most mysterious creatures may have secreted itself away from the inquisitive eyes of civilization. There's more information, including photos, in Mande Burung (Bigfoot of Garo Hills, Meghalaya). In the not-so-cryptid creature file, the continuing search for the bird that may not be extinct (but hope is fading), the vaunted Ivory-billed Woodpecker, has Don Hendershot reporting from the Naturalist's Corner that things are not going too well for searchers in his playfully titled tale Heh-heh-heh-heaah-uh-huh-heaah-uh-huh, an approximation of the sound made famous by Walter Lantz's cartoon character Woody Woodpecker. Elsewhere, Nick Redfern at There's Something in the Woods reveals CFZ Yearbooks - Back in Print, an event sure to elicit raves from fans of cryptid creatures and those intrepid adventurers who seek them. Meanwhile, at Cryptomundo, Loren Coleman thanks goodness the ghosts are gone (for the moment) from "MonsterQuest," and seems to welcome Don Keating's Ohio Grassman, the latest target of a "MonsterQuest" investigation.