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The forthcoming film Indiana Jones and the Kingdom and the Crystal Skull is set to open May 22, 2008. Cryptozoologists, dust off your fedoras and keep informed here. (Please be forewarned, if you are at work or in a library, the opening page has loud theme music.)
Set in 1957, the new movie centers around [...]

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I send out a simple heartfelt “thank you.”
I have much to be thankful for this year. I appreciate the artwork design Duncan Hopkins donated to the museum in the production of the logo above, to the two on-site docents Jess and Jeff Meuse for assisting with the space of the museum, for Rob Carignan [...]

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Boonville, Ind., Aug. 18. [1937] - (U.P.) - A stranger who declined to identify himself strolled into the newspaper office here today and declared that the weird, mysterious beast whose screams and prowlings have terrified residents of the Ohio river valley is simply a giant sloth.
The man said he and his uncle were returning [...]

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Okay, British Columbia readers, can someone capture one of these Quatchi souvenirs for the International Cryptozoology Museum?
Apparently they are selling out like hotcakes, or at least hot Bigfoot. These guys are bestsellers. Reports are they will be extinct soon.

Post Office Box 360
Portland, ME 04112
USA

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What happened on the shores of Lisbon Falls that shook me to my core?
I was shocked by the point of reference shown in the midst of this melodrama.
I certainly can die now. My legacy has been set in video at YouTube.

Performance art, cryptofiction cinema, or just incredibly funny? What have I inspired?
+++++
An additional [...]

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This somewhat comedic video is from Blake “DoctorAtlantis” Smith, who introduces it thusly: “I have posted a follow-up video based on several remarks from [pro-'juvenile Sasquatch'] posters. I think this video, while still mildly sarcastic, does contain some good analytic data.”
{Warning: Loud music soundtrack.}

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On MonsterQuest on Wednesday, November 28, 2007, it is all women on the track of “Bigfoot.”
The show’s description has this to say: “Bigfoot has been sighted in Washington State more than any other place on earth. Join an all-female expedition as they try to lure a Bigfoot within range of their cameras. The 1967 [...]

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Although I mentioned the footprints in my previously published “Top Ten…for 2007″ list, this more detailed news item includes additional information:

The bigger footprint discovered was 30 centimeters long with a width of eight centimeters at the heel and 12 centimeters at the sole.
The investigation into the Shennongjia “wild men” made great progress when witnesses identified [...]

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2007’s Top Five Melanistic Deer Hot Spots in America
by Loren Coleman, cryptozoologist and coauthor of cryptozoological field guides.
In the tradition of my list of the top places to find melanistic squirrels in 2006, here’s a list of the top locations to see black deer in 2007.
1. Texas Hill Country, Central Texas.
It has been said that [...]

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The 2010 Olympics are taking on a decidedly cryptozoological slant with two of their three official mascots being partially based on cryptids.
There is no doubt that the Sasquatch-influenced Quatchi and the weird Bear-Thunderbird-Guardian Spirit Sumi will give us much to ponder as these games get closer.
I especially look forward to seeing what kind of Quatchi [...]

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The Top Ten Cryptozoology Stories for 2007
by Loren Coleman, Cryptozoologist and Author, Mysterious America, Cryptozoology A to Z, and other books.

From Bigfoot to Yeren, and from dwarf killer whales to dwarf manatees, it was quite a year.
Welcome to this year’s top stories in cryptozoology. It wasn’t heaven during 2007 for the cryptids, but instead [...]

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One of the new anemones. Photo courtesy of Stephen Jewett.
A couple newly discovered species don’t talk but they apparently “walk!”
Unlike most sea anemones that attach themselves to the sea floor, two possibly new species found in the waters surrounding the Aleutian Islands near Alaska can swim and walk. The employment this mode of travel [...]

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You may recall that the following footage was reluctantly mentioned here in September 2007.
It was claimed to be an “old 1924 video of supposed Pterosaur in PNG.”

Now, the Dinosaurs and Origins weblog is saying this is a fake that was created by a skeptic to discredit a researcher.
It looked as if David Woetzel (Cryptozoologist and [...]

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Here are some recent things said by Brent Swancer (mystery man) and Sheila Collins (kittenz) in an exchange about hybrids, which was going off-topic within another blog.
The opinions expressed in the following comments do not (necessarily) express those of any Cryptomundo bloggers, and should be viewed as readers’ commentary versus verified factual information that has [...]

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