Thursday, July 30, 2009

The Texas Bigfoot Research Conservatory (TBRC), based in Plano, TX, will hold its annual Texas Bigfoot Conferece in Tyler, TX, this year. Why Tyler? Perhaps it has something to do with the four Bigfoot sighting reports in Smith County that date back to 1963. The Smith County reports and the upcoming conference lineup are included in this review. Meanwhile, a Wisconsin television station takes time to talk with Ed Welch, because he'sLooking for Bigfoot. With news video.



From the latest edition of "Mike Conley's Tales of the Weird" comes the legendary supernatural cat of the Southern Appalachian Mountains. While Cherokee Indian legends describe a creature the sight of which could drive people insane, modern claims to sightings describe a catlike creature with glowing eyes that walks upright on two legs. Is there any truth to the Wampus Cat legends? Meanwhile, a report from People's Daily highlights some anomalous creatures from the People's Republic in Top Five Lake Monsters in China. With photos. Elsewhere, there are interesting images in the Phantoms & Monsters report Has Ogopogo Been Spotted on Google Earth?

Scientists in Laos have stumbled upon a bird that, thus far, is believed to be the only known bald songbird in Asia. Pycnonotus hualon, has been assigned to the bulbul family, making it the first description of a new bulbul in Asia in over 100 years. With photo and accompanying rare bird slide show. Meanwhile, another rare creature is about to return to an area of Britain where it hasn't been recorded since the 1950s, as reported in The 'Secretive and Timid' Smooth Snake is Sliding Back into Devon's Heathland. With photo.

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