Comments on: Media Listens: “Oriental Yeti” = Civet?

By: scarecrow

scarecrow — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 03:19:10 +0000

Considering the amount of research he’s done, his tireless pursuit of all things cryptid, and his wonderful website and books, I hereby nominate Loren as Woman of the Year.

By: SIRUPAPERS

SIRUPAPERS — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 16:11:04 +0000

I’ve had the same question, but I think we have two different elements working here. Firstly, I personally believe that the coydog/chapacabra is a unique hairless breed that has given the media a convenient scapegoat and a new model for media “wipes” (which leads me to my second point). Because hairless animals look so different than what we are used to the media is promoting the mange stories as it gives them an easy out for “wiping” future cryptid stories. Suddenly every bigfoot is a mangy bear, and EVERYONE knows it.

By: TheHighlandTiger

TheHighlandTiger — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 08:59:13 +0000

It’s interesting the number of cases of alleged cryptids over the last few years that have involved animals with mange.

Is the mange spreading and at a very high level amongst the animal population now, or has it always been the same over the centuries.

It makes you wonder, when looking at historical accounts of cryptids, just how many of them could have been just animals with a bad case of mange.