It's Raining Tadpoles In Japan Town Agence France-Press

Residents of the small coastal town of Nanao reported hearing thudding noises outside and seeing a hundred dead tadpoles on car windshields and on the ground. Did a waterspout pick them up and drop them from the air?

Peruvian "Giant Snake" Pictures Released Still on the Track

Photos from Mike and Greg Warner's Peruvian expedition are said to be of the Yacumama or giant anaconda. Without for a moment doubting Greg and Mike's sincerity, Jon Downes thinks otherwise. Their correspondence on the photos is reprinted. The backstory is available at Lisburn Men Find Giant Snake In The Amazon.

Modern Merbeings? Cryptomundo

Merbeing sightings are a thing of the past, right? Wrong. In a guest post, Cryptomundo correspondent Xtrox collects some modern sightings of mermaids and mermen, including one from the Caspian Sea in 2005 and another from Peru in 2007. In another post, Loren Coleman revisits the recent Eric Olsen footage, in “Champ Video”: New Photos, New Look. Meanwhile, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution asks, is there a Lion on the loose in North Georgia?