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While most students of cryptozoology recognize “Giganto” as a favorite Bigfoot/Yeti candidate, many may be unaware that German anatomist-anthropologist Franz Weidenreich (1873-1948) renamed the creature Giganthropus, treating it as a primitive ancestor of Homo sapiens.

Read: Newton on Giants »

What if something else, something even more fantastic in its implications than the idea that Bigfoot is Gigantopithecus, is actually afoot?

Read: Redfern on Giants »

Where’s the smoking gun for the stance of the claims? Images.

Read: Myakka And Multiple Models Again »

The Russian government approved Igor Burtsev’s idea and instructed officials to set up a Hominology Institute at Kemerovo State University?

It seems they are backtracking now…

Read: The Latest on the Siberian Snowman Front »

At the Russian news source, The Voice of Russia, Alexei Chernichenko reports a new enthusiasm for the Yeti. An enthusiasm that has escalated since National Yeti Day November 11th For their part, local business people were quick to capitalize on the Yeti boom by opening a fancy restaurant in the Gornaya Shoriya mountains, thought to [...]

Read: The Voice of Russia: Tea party with the Yeti? »

Favorable conditions have been shaping up in the Kemerovo Region of Siberia for hominological expeditions and other fieldwork. Images.

Read: Siberian Snowman Support »

Today, a guest blogger’s critique of the new book from Mark A. Hall and Loren Coleman, True Giants: Is Gigantopithecus Still Alive?. Images.

Read: Redfern On Giganto »

New photos are published exclusively here showing evidence of something rather remarkable. Images.

Read: Famed Russian Hominologists Discuss Unusual Tracks »

Herewith, the best works on cryptids, monsters, and creatures that were published in 2010 are assembled here for your use and interest. Plus get some sneak peeks at 2011. Images.

Read: Top 20 Cryptozoology Books of 2010 »

Well it seems that a perfect stocking stuffer has appeared on the scene.

The Sasqwatch Watch.

Who can resist this fun timepiece?

Sure to start a conversation anywhere.

Read: Sasqwatch Stocking Stuffers »

Is there a record of human beings being abducted by hairy unknown hominids, including by Sasquatch in North America and by relic Neandertals in Europe? Images.

Read: Have Hairy Hominoids Kidnapped Humans? »

Of course, technically, the Yeti is a specific name for the unknown hominoids of the Himalayas.

Read: November 11: Siberian Yeti Day »

Famed Russian hominologist Igor Bourtsev has sent to Cryptomundo some extended thoughts that further detail his knowledge and speculations regarding Russian and American hominological (“Snowman,” “Bigfoot,” etc.) incidents and past research he has conducted.

Read: Russian Hominologist Speaks: Exclusive Update »

I asked Igor Bourtsev to contribute to Cryptomundo some input regarding his recent expedition. News of the expedition has been covered here on Cryptomundo at: New Russian Scientific Bigfoot Expedition and Update: New Russian Scientific Bigfoot Expedition Cryptomundian RandyS commented thusly: The problem with reports like these is that whatever was actually said has been [...]

Read: Igor Bourtsev on the Russian Bigfoot Expedition »

An expedition that was looking for the mysterious yeti in Mountain Shoria – a faraway region in the Siberian taiga – has recently returned home. The expedition’s members claim that the forest fires of this extremely hot summer made Altai yetis move to the Kuzbass region, where they have started a “war” with local bears.

What?????

Read: Update: New Russian Scientific Bigfoot Expedition »