Friday, April 09, 2010

The Unidentified and Creatures of the Outer Edge, the Early Works of Jerome Clark and Loren Coleman comes under review by Peter Rogerson. Rogerson finds these two volumes, wrapped into one by Anomalist Books, to still hold an edge in some respects, but to show the youthfulness of their co-authors and the sway the early 1970s Western culture had over the two at the time the books were originally released. According to Rogerson, the two volumes command a handsome price at used book dealers' stalls. Clark's and Coleman's views about some events that are now considered a bit mundane are viewed by Rogerson as the effects of the times before Roswell struck everyone's fancy, while "some surprising figures were taken in by what today look like the crude magic tricks of Uri Geller."

An Early Tale of Chipekwe Cryptozoology Online
Lindsay Selby continues a far ranging look at monsters of lakes and rivers with these tales of a creature said to inhabit the waters at the foot of Victoria Falls in Africa. While many would attribute these tales to the imagination of the natives, consider the announcement of a new discovery in the Philippines, Dragon-sized Lizard Eluded Science, Until Now. With photo. Elsewhere, The Blogsquatcher notes the similarities between a legendary Chiricahua Apache warrior and Bigfoot in Geronimo and His "Power". With photo. And Loren Coleman gives a heads-up to anyone who might be journeying to Portland, ME, around May 7th to visit the gala event lined up for that weekend, featuring The Maine Iceman: Crypto-Gaff for a Good Cause, being assembled by the International Cryptozoology Museum. With many images.

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