Many people question how a serious scientist can believe in the existence of North America's most famous cryptid. In this 5-minute video documentary from National Geographic, Dr. Jeff Meldrum, university professor and author, gives his perspective, based largely on the apparent shape of the alleged creature's foot. Elsewhere, another of the most famous cryptids, worldwide, has become the subject of extinction talk, prompting famed cryptozoologist, author and museum director Loren Coleman to issue an Editorial on "Death at Loch Ness".
Great white sharks are the ocean's deadliest killers and as they swim closer to our beaches, attacks against humans are on the rise. MonsterQuest leads an expedition to tag the first great white in the Atlantic and divers attach a camera to a live great white shark to examine why these monsters are becoming more aggressive predators.
Legends of a terrifying monster lurking in the back hills of Kentucky date back to the days of frontiersman Daniel Boone, but encounters with this mystery beast are increasing. Witnesses report alleged attacks by the creature and the sounds of ferocious screams from the wilderness. New photographic evidence may hold the key to uncovering the mystery. The MonsterQuest team goes on location to analyze the evidence, and heads deep into the dark forests, where they have their own frightening encounter.
A deadly, slithering menace is taking over Florida and may be heading north. For more than 100 years, giant pythons have been discovered in parts of the Sunshine State, but since Hurricane Andrew in 1992, their territory has rapidly spread. Now, MonsterQuest searches for incursions in the outskirts of Miami, a population hotspot that is just moments from schools and homes. The team investigates whether pythons could hybridize and adapt, enabling them to threaten every state in the US.
There is a new piece of footage making the rounds that seems to be perhaps the real thing (video seen above). It was captured 9 years ago by a camera crew for an IMAX documentary titled Great North and appears to show a dark individual popping up out of a ditch near a retreating group of caribou and it appears to be almost corralling them. Some have looked at the footage and said it resembled one of the members of the camera crew; others have said it looked like someone on a bicycle or motorcycle riding up out of a ditch. I am not really so sure of the human explanation; it seems to be moving a bit too fast and seems to be a bit more bulky than a human. The explanation has also emerged that it might be another caribou, but that too seems unlikely. I think it may very well be the real deal, but that is a tentative acceptance on my part, because there is always the chance that I am wrong. Of course, even if it is the real deal, it does not tell us anything and does not advance the cause. Still, it is an intriguing piece of footage if authentic.
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The documentary IMAX film "Great North" shows a figure near a caribou herd that has many viewers wondering if the figure is a Sasquatch. A still photo and clip from the film are presented here, while Lon Strickler gives his interpretation of what is seen. Is this a Sasquatch, or was a photographer accidentally caught in the act of filming?
National Geographic Channel is airing a special titled American Paranormal: Bigfoot airing Sunday, January 24th, at 7:00 EST/6:00 Central. Check local listings for time and channel.
Laurie, Lauren and Luke will welcome Mothman investigator Jeff Wamsley beginning at 7:00 EST/6:00 Central. And as always, we encourage you to please tune in and support great research.
A resounding review of the newest release from Brad Steiger, a master of the high strangeness book genre, notes the latest Steiger release "doesn't just focus on the cinema version vampires." In other words, there are real practitioners of the dark deeds attributed to fictional vampires, and, along with a look at other real life dabblers into arcane and frightening lifestyles, Steiger explores the psyches of these aberrant people and more. Elsewhere, another book review from another noted author finds Dr. Greg Little exploring the data presented by Brent Raynes in Raynes' new book On the Edge of Reality: Dream Weavers - The Mastering of Time and Space. Raynes has quickly garnered the interest of those who delve into the unexplained, as proven by the fact his first book, Visitors From Hidden Realms, has been chosen as the title and "focal point" of a conference scheduled for November of this year at the Edgar Cayce Society's national headquarters. Dr. Little points out the new book is not a continuation of Visitors From Hidden Realms, adhering more to Raynes' "basic approach to ufology". Key quote: "The book emphasizes shamanistic experiences that appear directly linked to the UFO phenomenon, contactees, and abductions." Is there a connection between the shamans and UFOs?
Catherine Guarnieri gives the historical perspective on what may have been some sort of Bigfoot being in Connecticut. As she points out, the legend of a large, hairy "Wild Man" first cropped up in the claims of Winsted Selectman Riley Smith in 1895. Where the legend goes from there leads to reports of much more recent vintage. Is there still a Bigfoot type creature hanging around Winsted, CT? Elsewhere, Loren Coleman reports Recession Hits Hobbits Hard.
The Professor lends a hand with the search for some information for three cryptid seekers. In response to a gentleman who has become a friend through correspondence, the Professor seeks information concerning legends of giant beavers in North America, Mer-beings of any kind and flying serpents. As he makes a request for any information out there, the Professor offers some tales and images of his own.
This week Thursday, January 7th at 10 PM est/9:00 Central. join Larry Battson as he welcomes film producer J.Mark Fowler. They will be talking about Mr. Fowler's recent documentary "Hunt For The Samuari Subs" which recently aired on New Years Eve on the National Geographic channel. Also his many other projects including an expedition up Mt. Kilimanjaro in Africa. www.blogtalkradio.com/Larry-Battson
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In a trip to the movie theater, Loren Coleman was able to pick up on "an incredible number of synchromystical symbols throughout" the new Sherlock Holmes movie. The Fortean nature of the synchronicities Coleman was able to note during his no-doubt working attendance at the theater lead to more and more coincidences involving the author of the Holmes mysteries, the Freemasons and other oddities. With movie trailer. Meanwhile, there may be some Fortean-ness, including numerology, in what Rick Philips says he has noticed about newscasters and the New Year, as he explains in Will Big Media Usage of 'Twenty-Ten' Diminish 'Two Thousand Twelve' Fever?
Reports from Scotland indicate the rumors over the past several years that the Loch Ness Monster may have gone on to the big lake in the sky have tourism officials worried. Members of the official Loch Ness Monster Fan Club are dismayed over the declining number of Nessie sightings. Only one credible sighting was reported in 2009, but some sonar readings of a large body moving through Loch Ness have been made on several occasions. There's more on recent Nessie sightings in Loch Ness Monster Death Rumours Denied. Elsewhere on the cryptozoology scene, famed cryptozoologist and author Loren Coleman injects a bit of naughty into the "Noughties" with The Top Ten Sexiest Cryptomundo Images of the '00s. With many images.
There is a 90% chance of the white stuff, as well as sleet and freezing rain tonight and tomorrow, so, who knows? Maybe I will find some tracks. If I do, the pics will be posted here. Even if I DON'T find any tracks, I will at least publish some pics of the pretty snow (which will probably stick around for a few days, since the temperatures won't reach far above freezing during that period). Stay tuned to this blog for further Mississippi Winter 2010 weather information.
Mystery Animals of the British Isles: The Western Isles, by Glen Vaudrey, is the third volume from Britain's CFZ Press in a series that is proving to be an ambitious and well-received venture. The project is under the aegis of the Centre for Fortean Zoology, overseen by the rollicking Jon Downes, and its aim is to produce a book on the mysterious creatures of "each and every one of the counties of the British Isles." Here Nick Redfern, no stranger to publication of books about weird animals, undertakes the pleasurable job of reviewing Vaudrey's book. Redfern notes Vaudrey directs his reports to the strange beasts reported from the "island-chains" off Scotland's northwest coast. What gruesome creatures have graced the reports of the villagers and seamen off the coast of Scotland?
Loren Coleman lists 15 lists. That's right, but these aren't just any lists; they're lists that are of interest to cryptoozoology. Elsewhere, Coleman goes searching for information about an out-of-place animal that made the news, briefly, in 2009, as reported in What Became of Ohio Zebra?
Please join hosts Billy Willard and Mike Killen as we invite Lori Leger to the show. Lori Leger is a published book author, who has been receiving many wonderful reviews. Her newest novel "The Night Walker", Volume one... is listed as one of the HOTTEST new fiction novels for 2009. If you have not purchased this book yet..Amazon says: You are truly missing out! And as always, we encourage you to please tune in and support great research.
Join us with Laurie Phillips live in the field. We will wait and see where she is at when we go on the air. Be sure to join us for what is sure to be a fantastic show. And as always, we encourage you to please tune in and support great research.
Loren Coleman presents a new video from YouTube that purports to show a cryptid creature crouching on a limb in the Maine woods. What's real and what's fake about this bit of new cryptid lore? The video may be an example of what cryptid researchers will have to suffer through in the New Year, and Coleman has some examples of what such serious researchers had to suffer through during the year just ended in Top Ten Worst Bigfoot Stories of 2009. Meanwhile, Coleman adds some notes to Gary Campbell's revelations in Top Ten Nessie Stories for 2009 (with images) and presents a fine compendium of publishing's Top Ten Cryptozoology Books of 2009, with cover art.
In an exclusive news release, William Gibbons brings to light some of the latest findings he and his associates have made concerning the dinosaur-like cryptid known by Congolese natives as the Mokele-Mbembe or La'Kila-Bembe and the rhinoceros-like Emela-Ntouka, which is also known as the N'Goubou. Gibbons expresses the belief the Mokele-Mbembe may be in danger of imminent extinction. Whatever the case, both of these cryptids are very rare. With images. Meanwhile, there's some very positive news for the International Museum of Cryptozoology revealed in Museum Makes Another Top Ten List.
Larry is ending 2009 with a New Years' Eve celebration with his brother Kevin, beginning at 10:00 EST/9:00 Central. And as always, we encourage you to please tune in and support great research.
A woman living near Grantsville in western Maryland describes what she saw while returning from a holiday party in the early post-midnight hours on December 16. What could the creature be that this lady encountered in western Maryland? That's a question for cryptozoologists, of course. But cryptozoologists don't always get to check out exotic beasts like the one prowling 'round a garbage can in Maryland. Sometimes they have to involve themselves with less bizarre creatures, such as the ones described in New Pygmy Sea Cow Discovered. With images.
Dale Drinnon gives his opinion concerning the ongoing examination of fossilized remains of hominids and the reports of such "wildmen" as Australia's Yowie. Noting the primitive appearance of fossils found in Australia and elsewhere, Drinnon compares the finds and reports to the supposed existence of "Solo hominids...also called 'tropical neanderthals'...". Is there a new way of looking at what may be lurking in the woods? Meanwhile, Loren Coleman comments on a recent reexamination of a World War I claim by a German naval officer and the resultant images in An Art Motif Origin for U28's Croc Monster?
A true Renaissance Man gets a quick biography that juxtaposes what everyone considers his solid scientific side to what many consider a crazy swerve on life's later path. Robert Rines was one of the foremost inventors in a nation full of the inventive spirit. He was a scientist, composer, patent attorney and...probably the best known of all the Loch Ness Monster hunters. What drove a renowned individual with impeccable academic credentials to search for what is arguably the most famous cryptid in the world? Could it be he was convinced the creature existed? There were other Nessie searchers around Loch Ness at the time of Rines' investigations, and some of them were of a character far beneath that of Rines, as you'll see in Mike Dash's report Frank Searle's Lost Second Book. With photos. Elsewhere, Loren Coleman shares comments on an unsavory claim that has raised the hackles of many sober seekers of North America's best known cryptid, as seen in Bigfoot Massacre Mess Ends Decade. With images.
Billy and Mike welcome Sylvanic Research founder Todd Standing beginning at 9:00 EST/8:00 Central. And as always, we encourage you to please tune in and support great research.
She has as much energy as a hydroelectric plant, virtually running on water alone, and somewhere down the line, must be related to Annie Oakley. Her name is Phylis B. Canion, Phyl for short. She divides her time between actively practicing as a Doctor of Nutrition and an avid outdoorsman. Two years and 26 chickens later, the Chupacabra landed in the hands of someone determined to discover the truth about what she thinks is the mystical Chupacabra. Heavy rains and lowland flooding caused the creature to stir, resulting in a vehicle collision. The rest is simply history, but the legend truly lives on. The passion for the truth about this beast is one that has not only captured the inquisative nature of the Chupacabra Lady but all of the thousands that have contacted her with even more questions that one can imagine. What do you think-go to our page and tell us. See the website at: http://www.cuerochupacabra.com/index.html Join Nite Callers Radio for something different and unique. We will continue to expand the horizons of our unknown world. Have a safe and blessed holiday from the cast of Nite Callers Radio. Thanks so much for listening in. And as always, we encourage you to please tune in and support great research.
From the Fortean news of the day: A 14-inch long mummy, discovered in Casper, WY, in 1932, has been pointed to as a possible example of the Little People the Native Americans said inhabited the forests of the New World. Dale Drinnon and Dr. Karl Shuker have taken opposite sides in the argument over whether the mummy is an adult or just an example of a deformed fetus. With images. Meanwhile, more than mummified remains are the subject of A Human Bone-stealing Cult Loose in Venezuela? Elsewhere, Loren Coleman sees "twilight language" in what a woman assailant was wearing during her attack on a religious leader, as seen in Woman in Red Attacks Pope. Does the attack portend the coming fulfillment of a prophecy? With video. There's also news today that a recent Fortean mystery has a more "moondane" explanation, as reported in Mystery Stink Riddle Solved.
Billy Cox makes note of a unique holiday gift in conjunction with recent reports of cattle mutilations in Colorado. He also shares a video that is reputed to show a cow being levitated into a UFO. Meanwhile, Joseph Capp is none too pleased with the first efforts of the supposedly quick-reaction investigatory team from the Mutual UFO Network, as he shows in MUFON's 600 lb Gorilla: Common Sense. With Men-in-Black video.
Larry will have for the Christmas Eve show daredevil/adventurer Bill Shirk beginning at 10:00 EST/9:00 Central. And as always, we encourage you to please tune in and support great research.
Dr. Karl Shuker relates the connections between many of Nature's creatures and Christmas, from "colly birds" to kangaroos, perhaps correcting some Christmas misconceptions along the way. Elsewhere, Loren Coleman promises to update this feature frequently, so make plans to go back daily until New Years for Top 2009 Lists of Cryptozoology Interest. Meanwhile, there are some interesting answers to equally interesting inquiries in Oll Lewis: 5 Questions on...Cryptozoology - Ian Simmons.
An archived news account of a fantastic encounter along the seashore near Tacoma, WA, is revived. The alleged encounter is supposed to have taken place in July of 1893 when several men on a fishing trip pitched camp near some surveyors. As a group the two camps then faced a monstrous form from the sea that possessed the ability to hurl "electrified water" at the men. Did the men witness a creature from the deep, or was their fear brought to the surface by some underwater vessel? That tale was no doubt included in the top tales of unexplained creatures for 1893, but what about such anomalous creatures for the year that's quickly slipping away? Loren Coleman has that covered with The Top Ten Cryptozoology Stories of 2009. With images.
Please join your hosts Bob Coyne and Mike Killen as we welcome Kathy Strain to the show. Kathy is a U.S. Forest Service Archaeologist, the treasurer of The Alliance of Independent Bigfoot Researchers (AIBR), and an author as well as a long time and much respected researcher. However, most people probably know her best from her numerous appearances on a number of TV shows devoted to the topic of Sasquatch research. This is sure to be an interesting and informative interview! If you can, please join us in our live show chat. It's always a lot of fun and we love to interact live with our listeners. And as always, we encourage you to please tune in and support great research.
In today's maverick science offerings: Consensus astronomers, having observed red giant stars exhibiting unexplained variations in luminosity, say "all possible explanations...fail." That's not so, says Mel Acheson. According to Acheson, consensus astronomers are refusing to listen to explanations from those who dissent with the consensus, such as the Electric Universe theorists. Can electric currents in space explain the behavior of red giant stars that is anomalous to consensus astronomers? Elsewhere, the now ubiquitous laser will celebrate its 50th anniversary next year, and scientists are hard at work to give the extremely useful tool another job that might have significance for everyone, as explained in Miracle Light: Can Lasers Solve the Energy Crisis? Meanwhile, much has been made of the recent story of satellite images revealing an ancient city submerged in the Caribbean Sea, prompting the original source of the news report to say Herald de Paris Makes "Atlantis" Claims? Look Again.