South American Mystery Beasts - Part 2 ShukerNature
Dr. Karl Shuker continues the listing of some of the strange creatures believed to creep, slither, crawl, swim, fly and walk through the dense jungles, raging rivers, high mountain lakes and turbulent skies of South America. What's more, Shuker promises at least one more posting of these elusive creatures. If you missed it, here's where you'll find South American Mystery Beasts - Part 1. Elsewhere, Cryptozoology Online presents Mike Hallowell's Geordie Monsters: The Splitback Demon.



What Is It: Mexican Mystery Image Cryptomundo
A mural that lines the walls of Mexico's Bellas Artes in San Miguel de Allende, presented over the weekend in a Loren Coleman discussion of the swine flu and chupacabras, has garnered some attention from a Mexican investigator. Who painted the "Chupacabras mural"? And what is the creature so vividly portrayed in the image? With illustrations. Meanwhile, The Blogsquatcher presents some short videos in Clips From the 21st Annual Ohio Bigfoot Conference.



Random Reports of Bigfoot Wearing Clothes Cryptomundo
Cryptozoologist Loren Coleman, co-author, with Patrick Huyghe, of The Field Guide to Bigfoot and Other Mystery Primates, guides you to tales of hairy hominoids spotted in North America wearing various items of ragged clothing. Of particular interest are those sightings from the "Headless Valley." With images. Elsewhere, The Blogsquatcher is inviting you to tune in as he and co-host Billy Willard take calls, beginning at 9:00 p.m. ET tonight, during the Sasquatch Watch Radio: Ohio Conference Show. Meanwhile, at Cryptozoology Online, Jon Downes shows that even after thousands of years of human occupation, Europe still harbors some mysterious creatures, as evidenced in the report The Tatzelwurm as Lungfish?



Russia: Search for the Yeti of Shoria Mountain Continues All News Web
Plans are afoot to follow the warmer weather of Spring into the mountain reaches of Siberia where local hunters claim to have spotted several Yetis. An expedition to the Azass caves will get underway in June after locals submitted fourteen written reports of Yeti sightings in the region. Meanwhile, author David Laskin is the guest reviewer who doesn't have much praise for a Bigfoot piece (The Life and Times of a Legend by Joshua Blu Buhs) and a short skeptical collection (Loch Ness Monsters and Raining Frogs: The World's Most Puzzling Mysteries Solved by Albert Jack) in Tracking Sasquatch Lore, Sizable Zeal Is Always Afoot.




May 7
Possible Alien UFO Retrieved in Japan All News Web
In a report highlighted as "Breaking News," Michael Cohen tries to bring together what he refers to as "(s)ketchy details" of a reported crash of a UFO July 16, 2008, near the city of Tokushima on Japan's Shikoku Island. The usual appearance of government personnel to secure the area and remove any evidence are also reported. Elsewhere, at UFO Provocateur(s), the continuing controversy surrounding the 1947 incident in Roswell, NM, leads to a post challenging the notion that the people of the community would be cowed by someone in authority telling them to keep quiet, and that they would remain quiet until 1978: The Roswell Lacuna. Meanwhile, there's a history lesson, of sorts, in Mike Conley's Tales of the Weird: The Great UFO Scare of October 1973.
Bigfoot Hobbit Could Be Ancient Island Human Cryptozoology Online
Continuing studies of the remains unearthed on the Indonesian island of Flores are suggesting more and more mystery. One theory suggesting the diminutive remains are those of a scaled down version of Homo erectus is among the latest proposals. Another suggests the curiously apelike feet indicate the Hobbit shared ancestry with the very dawning of the genus Homo. The arguments for brain size determinations versus the bizarre foot structure are presented here. Meanwhile, Nick Redfern at There's Something in the Woods alerts us to last night's downloadable podcast detailing a trek into upstate New York's Adirondack Park last week in search of Bigfoot: Bigfoot Quest: NESRA Spring 2009 Expedition. And, back at Cryptozoology Online, Richard Freeman addresses recent claims of a Nessie-like creature in the English Channel with It's a Hoax Folks.
UFO Traffic Report: May 6 Examiner
The Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) remains busy, and here are the details of just nine selected sightings, reported to MUFON's database from eight different states, as of yesterday. Meanwhile, Anthony Wharton of the United Kingdom interviews the North American Media representative for a famous Swiss contact claimant in Michael Horn and the Great Billy Meier UFO Controversy.
Joining the Dots Part One: Fireworks on New Year's Day TPOD
Mythologist Rens Van der Sluijs revisits a statement attributed to a 3rd Century BCE Babylonian priest/soothsayer that predicts disaster when the "five naked eye planets" align in certain signs of the zodiac. Is it possible such alignments were responsible for the ancient myths of a much more active solar system with frequent comets and meteors, or even the displacement of planets from their previous routes? Do alignments of the five naked eye planets predict tribulation on Earth? Meanwhile, another soothsayer is mentioned by Lisa Lee Harp Waugh at 2012 the Truth in Nostradamus, Controversial 2012 Beliefs, and the Reality. With videos. Elsewhere, the subject of an Earth catastrophe is revisited in Max Anderson's Popular Mechanics report, When Comets Attack: Solving the Mystery of the Biggest Natural Explosion in Modern History, that addresses the June 30, 1908, Tunguska Event that decimated a large portion of Siberia. With images.
Hempsted House: Could It Be Haunted? The Day
In New London, CT, Kira Goldenberg accompanied the Connecticut Paranormal Research and Investigations (CT-PRI) team as, by request of Connecticut Landmarks, the team investigated claims of paranormal activity at the 331-year-old Joshua Hempsted House. Goldenberg's article is accompanied by reader comments as interesting as the article itself. With photos. Meanwhile, Gregory Myers of Paranormal Task Force, Inc., tells why he refused to investigate artifacts retrieved from ruins near Trion, GA, in Corpsewood Manor - A Pandora's Box Waiting to Be Opened. Was something Satanic connected to the items from this double murder scene? With photos.
Physicists Prove That Vampires Could Not Exist io9
In the maverick science news of the day: Those pesky physicists, most of whose number insist the universe consists of 90% undetectable "dark matter," that equally undetectable "black holes" dot the galaxies, that unexplained "dark energy" is influencing every motion in the heavens, that an event dubbed the "Big Bang" blasted everything apart so it could pull itself back together and form the objects observable in the void of space, that the notoriously weak force of gravity powers the universe, that an as yet undetectable particle they've already named is the basis of all matter...and that mathematics and computer models show all these things to be true...now says mathematics proves vampires cannot exist. Aren't they the same scientists who champion quantum physics, which seems to say that anything goes? Next, some authority will probably call that Famed Nefertiti Bust 'a Fake'.
May 6
The Ghost at 3 a.m. From the Shadows
Jason Offutt, author of Darkness Walks: The Shadow People Among Us, relates the tale told to him by Yvonne Steele of New Lebanon, OH. It's a tale that will make you wonder why a certain early morning hour is important, who the man in the top hat is and what could set the chime ringing and reset the hour on a partially dismantled pendulum clock that's 150-years-old. Elsewhere, Haunted America Tours calls on Clayton Guera to explain How the Internet Has Changed the Ghost Hunting Techniques of The Ghost Hunters.
Australia Activity: Blue Mountains Bigfoot? The Blogsquatcher
Reports from Australia's prime Yowie territory, the region of the Blue Mountains, is reported here with additional insight. The Yowie, of course, is the Australian equivalent of the North American Bigfoot or Sasquatch. In this story, a hiker reports an encounter. Meanwhile, Cryptomundo has more items of interest to the Bigfoot research community in Healthwatch: "Sasquatch Sleuth" Larry Lund and Bigfoot Skeptic Dies. With images.
Psychic Patricia Putts to be Tested Today for JREF Prize Digital Journal
Skeptic James Randi's $1M prize is the goal of Mrs. Patricia Putts, a psychic who claims she can ascertain personal information about someone by simply being in close proximity to them and hearing their voices. Today, Putts will be tested by an independent group from Goldsmiths University in a preliminary step each applicant for the prize must undergo before facing a final test. No one has ever made it past this round to contest for the prize.
'Alien Hunter's' True Believer Sarasota Herald Tribune
Billy Cox of De Void comments on the position of Seth Shostak of the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) concerning the presence of alien spacecraft in Earth's skies. Shostak, author of Confessions of An Alien Hunter, thinks "his pursuit of ET radio signals is in competition with 'UFO fans' who 'regard themselves as heroes denied a rightful place in the pantheon of discovery.'" Elsewhere, much that is considered high strangeness "always comes back to the UFO issue," according to Gary S. Bekkum in Knowing the Future: CIA, 9/11, UFOs and the Extraterrestrial Presence Part Seven. Meanwhile, The UFO Chronicles presents an archived newspaper report from 1952 in 8 to 12 Saucers (UFOs) Appear Over Washington Again; U.S. Calls in Scientists.
Giant Spiders Invade Queensland Cryptomundo
Unusual conditions in the North Queensland area of Australia are leading to reports of large spiders prowling gardens and lawns, making for freaky conditions for residents. The spiders in question are of a variety considered the largest in Australia. With image and a "Flashback" to other large spider reports. Elsewhere at Cryptomundo, unexpected felines are turning up in North Carolina, as explained in Mystery Animal in Iredell County; and some programming notes direct you to cryptid searches on television, as reported in Killer Fish, Lake Demons, Sasquatch and More. Meanwhile, Cryptozoology Online offers Richard Freeman's Odd Tales from Herodotus Part Two - The Phoenix.
Can You Believe What You're Seeing? Ghostly Images That Spooked NZ Daily Mail
A recent British competition to find the best ghostly photograph has led to a similar competition in New Zealand. With photos. Elsewhere, Pastor Swope relates the heartwarming tale of a terminally ill hospital patient who continued to visit other patients even after he had passed over to the other side in Visits from the Dead.
The Rebellion of the Jinn Intangible Materiality
Bruce Duensing examines the idea that such high strangeness cases as Sasquatch (Bigfoot), UFOs and other manifestations could actually be the product of the human mind...and whether these "entities" could then take over their own form and function, ruling themselves and their actions independent of the human mind that created them. Meanwhile, the final night of a week-long paranormal extravaganza in England is revealed in Londonist Spends the Night in a Haunted East-End School. With photos.
Witness Photographs UFO Over Phoenix Examiner
From the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) national database comes a report, with photograph, of an object in the Arizona sky that drifted balloon-like across the South Mountain area in August of last year. Meanwhile, from England come reports of objects spotted above Dorset, as explained in Mystery Sightings of Orange Orbs Floating Across Evening Sky; and from Russia comes video to show a UFO Filmed Above Moscow During Daylight. Elsewhere, Rick Philips, who monitors reports to establish a timetable for the government to reveal what it knows about unknown aerial phenomena, explains why there's a new setting in The UFO Disclosure Countdown Clock Setting - Current Time for May 2009 Is 6:00 A.M.
May 5
South American Mystery Beasts - Part 2 ShukerNature
Dr. Karl Shuker continues the listing of some of the strange creatures believed to creep, slither, crawl, swim, fly and walk through the dense jungles, raging rivers, high mountain lakes and turbulent skies of South America. What's more, Shuker promises at least one more posting of these elusive creatures. If you missed it, here's where you'll find South American Mystery Beasts - Part 1. Elsewhere, Cryptozoology Online presents Mike Hallowell's Geordie Monsters: The Splitback Demon.
Stunning UFO Filmed by Russian Farmer All News Web
A video, allegedly shot May 3, 2009, by a farmer tending his fields, is presented in this short article. Is this video a simple light reflection off window glass, captured on a camera being wielded indoors? Elsewhere, The UFO Chronicles offers a news video retrospective from a famous 1997 incident in Phoenix Lights: Vintage Interview With Tim Ley, Mike Fortson, Frances Barwood and Richard Motzer.
What Is It: Mexican Mystery Image Cryptomundo
A mural that lines the walls of Mexico's Bellas Artes in San Miguel de Allende, presented over the weekend in a Loren Coleman discussion of the swine flu and chupacabras, has garnered some attention from a Mexican investigator. Who painted the "Chupacabras mural"? And what is the creature so vividly portrayed in the image? With illustrations. Meanwhile, The Blogsquatcher presents some short videos in Clips From the 21st Annual Ohio Bigfoot Conference.
Popular Annapolis Nightspot Also Favored by Spirits P & M
Rams Head Tavern in Annapolis, MD, was established in 1703. That means, of course, that the spirit world has had plenty of time to infest the place. One of the spirits within the 306-year-old establishment is identified as "Amy," who died in the building while she was "entertaining" a young gentleman. Spirited happenings at the Rams Head Tavern bring the Maryland Ghost and Spirit Association to investigate. Meanwhile, at Haunted America Tours, Greg Myers of Paranormal Task Force, Inc., reveals his Top 10 Places to Hunt Ghosts. With videos and photos.
Uri Geller Paranormalia
Robert McLuhan, who admits having met Uri Geller last week regarding a writing project, warms to the subject of Geller's alleged psychic powers. Along the way, McLuhan quotes from magicians who've witnessed Geller's work, most of whom concede Geller seems to have amazing abilities. Meanwhile, at Ghostvillage, Lee Prosser gives a glowing review of the latest work from the talented and prolific writing team of Brad Steiger and Sherry Hansen Steiger in Real Angels: Guiding Spirits, Benevolent Beings, and Heavenly Hosts. Elsewhere, the supernatural permeates the conversation in a downloadable podcast at Skeptiko, as Alex Tsakiris interviews author Guy Harrison About 50 Reasons People Give for Believing in a God.
May 4
Argentina: A One Million-Signature Goal Inexplicata
Scott Corrales reports on a concerted effort by most of Argentina's UFO researchers to collect the signatures of a million Argentineans on a petition to the nation's government to release its classified UFO files. Meanwhile, as Argentineans seek some disclosure, Kentaro Mori, at forgetomori, is helping to announce a new online publication of skeptical intent, Tim Printy's SUNlite, including a link to download the first issue, in Skeptical UFO Newsletter...Lite!.
Random Reports of Bigfoot Wearing Clothes Cryptomundo
Cryptozoologist Loren Coleman, co-author, with Patrick Huyghe, of The Field Guide to Bigfoot and Other Mystery Primates, guides you to tales of hairy hominoids spotted in North America wearing various items of ragged clothing. Of particular interest are those sightings from the "Headless Valley." With images. Elsewhere, The Blogsquatcher is inviting you to tune in as he and co-host Billy Willard take calls, beginning at 9:00 p.m. ET tonight, during the Sasquatch Watch Radio: Ohio Conference Show. Meanwhile, at Cryptozoology Online, Jon Downes shows that even after thousands of years of human occupation, Europe still harbors some mysterious creatures, as evidenced in the report The Tatzelwurm as Lungfish?
The Man With Tin Foil Goggles Cabinet of Wonders
In today's maverick science news: The Amazing Randi has thus far refused to test 58-year-old psychiatrist Colin Ross who "claims to be able to fire energy beams from his eyes." Randie has, however, seen fit to give Ross one of this year's Pigasus awards. With photo. Elsewhere, in a tale with much more science behind it, Stephen Smith, at TPOD, examines the data being returned by the MESSENGER spacecraft of the surface of Mercury, the innermost planet of our solar system, in Unveiling More of Mercury's Secrets. Meanwhile, in what may be a precursor to recognizing the effects of electricity throughout the universe, NASA scientists reviewing MESSENGER data have recognized Magnetic Twisters "Dance" Across Mercury. On a different note, recent reports of findings during examination of an 80-million-year-old dinosaur bone are expanded in Oldest Dinosaur Protein Found -- Blood Vessels, More.

Is the Channel Creature the Loch Ness Monster? Video All News Web
Frequent sightings of something in the English Channel that many interpret as a sea monster are causing some researchers into the legendary Loch Ness Monster (Nessie) to theorize the channel sightings are of Nessie. With photo and video. There's more Nessie-flavored news in the report of a 'Loch Ness' Monster Fossil Found on Lyme Coast. Meanwhile, at Cryptomundo, Loren Coleman is recommending renaming the current disease du jour in The Chupacabras Flu. With images.

The Native American Hypothesis The Blogsquatcher
The possibility, expressed by many Native American Bigfoot believers, that Bigfoot will never be found, because the creature is a spirit that manifests itself from time to time, is discussed here. There's also commentary on a recent Cryptomundo posting in Jacko, We Hardly Knew Ye... Elsewhere, at Haunted America Tours, REAP has commentary on the legendary creature in A Little Opinion on a Big Foot.



The Story of Jacko Cryptomundo
Loren Coleman revisits one of the tales from his book, Bigfoot! The True Story of Apes in America. The report from a July 4, 1884, Canadian newspaper, saying an apelike creature had been captured in British Columbia and housed in a jail cell, seems to have taken on a life of its own, despite the efforts of Coleman and others to show the tale has been thoroughly refuted. With images. Coleman examines another "ape-like" creature report, this time from India, in Remembering the Monkey Man, and notes that the latest episode of MonsterQuest may have provided a shortcut to fame for a medico in Instant Celebrity Occupation: Bigfoot's Podiatrist.



Seven Degrees of Sasquatch: Giants, Nephilim and Proto-Humans Gralien Report
Micah Hanks presents some thoughts on the possible connections between Biblical references, Native American legends, a popular novel and persistent reports of giant skeletons unearthed in 19th century America. Hanks' thoughts were spurred on by Nick Redfern's post at There's Something in the Woods, entitled Commenting on Qatar that referred to the now debunked photos supposedly taken in that Persian Gulf location. Meanwhile, The Blogsquatcher notes the report from Hanks and ties it together with the epic saga of Beowulf and the legendary creatures of the Amerindians of the Pacific Northwest in Every Creepy Old Thing Is New Again.