Archive for the “Forteana”
Posted by: Nick Redfern on December 20th, 2012
Over at my World of Whatever blog, I have a new post that addresses one of the stranger “British Bigfoot” controversies ever to have surfaced. The creature at the heart of the saga became known as the “Beast of Bolam” (after the location: Bolam Lake Country Park, which is located in Northumberland, England), and briefly provoked massive interest at a local level and within British Fortean and cryptozoological circles.
Read: The Beast of Bolam: 10 Years On »
Categorized as: Bigfoot, Books, Cryptozoology, Expedition Reports, Eyewitness Accounts, Feral People, Folklore, Forteana, Lair of the Beasts, Sasquatch | No Comments »
Posted by: Nick Redfern on December 19th, 2012
Karl Shuker’s latest book, Cats of Magic, Mythology, and Mystery (CFZ Press: Bideford, 2012), is now in print!
Read: Cats of Magic – Now Available! »
Categorized as: Alien Big Cats, Books, Cryptozoology, Folklore, Forteana, Lair of the Beasts, Mystery Cats, Phantom Panthers | No Comments »
Posted by: Nick Redfern on December 15th, 2012
Dr. Karl Shuker has a new post at his Shuker Nature blog. The subject: the European wildman.
Read: The European Wildman »
Categorized as: Bigfoot, Cryptozoology, Feral People, Folklore, Forteana, Lair of the Beasts | 1 Comment »
Posted by: Nick Redfern on December 15th, 2012
For decades, people all across the United Kingdom – from the cold northern realms of Scotland to the southern-most borders of England – have reported sightings of large cats, very often the size of mountain-lions and equally often completely black in color.
Read: Seeking Britain’s Big Cats »
Categorized as: Alien Big Cats, Cryptozoology, Folklore, Forteana, Lair of the Beasts, Mystery Cats, Out of Place, Phantom Panthers | 2 Comments »
Posted by: Nick Redfern on December 14th, 2012
“In cryptozoology, it is always a delight to unearth accounts of hitherto-obscure mystery beasts from the archives of antiquity,” says Dr. Karl Shuker, in a new post, continuing: “Lately two such creatures, hailing from widely disparate geographical regions but of oddly similar appearance, have occupied my attention simultaneously, though with very different outcomes, as will [...]
Read: Megalopedus and More »
Categorized as: Cryptofiction, Cryptozoology, Folklore, Forteana, Lair of the Beasts | 1 Comment »
Posted by: Nick Redfern on December 13th, 2012
Over at Mysterious Universe, there’s a new post from me that deals with one of my trips to Puerto Rico in search of the Chupacabras, when nothing less than both a Man in Black and a Woman in Black became part of the story!
Read: A MIB, a WIB, and a Monster »
Categorized as: Chupacabras, Folklore, Forteana, Lair of the Beasts | No Comments »
Posted by: Nick Redfern on December 11th, 2012
Nick Redfern has produced another excellent title that we will all wish to add to our Redfern Library of Monsters, Weird Creatures, and Perplexing Paths of the Paranormal. In Monster Diary Redfern takes to the road to search out ‘strange and sinister creatures,’ and the literary style of diary entries serves the subject matter very well.Brad Steiger
Read: Monster Diary: Brad Steiger Reviews »
Categorized as: Alien Big Cats, Bigfoot, Books, Forteana, Lair of the Beasts, Loch Ness Monster, Mystery Cats, Phantom Panthers, Reviews | No Comments »
Posted by: Nick Redfern on December 10th, 2012
“…one hairy read that should not be missed…”
Read: Neil Arnold: Wildman Comments »
Categorized as: Bigfoot, Books, Cryptozoology, Eyewitness Accounts, Feral People, Folklore, Forteana, Lair of the Beasts, Out of Place, Reviews, Sasquatch, Yeti | 2 Comments »
Posted by: Nick Redfern on December 6th, 2012
A couple of people have asked me what kinds of cases and theories for the British Bigfoot appear in my new book, Wildman!, which is the first full-length study of the phenomenon of hairy man-beasts in the UK. Well, the easiest way to answer that question of cases and theories, is to share with you the “Contents” list…
Read: Wildman! – The Contents »
Categorized as: Bigfoot, Books, Cryptozoology, Eyewitness Accounts, Feral People, Folklore, Forteana, Hoaxes, Lair of the Beasts, Out of Place, Sasquatch | No Comments »
Posted by: Nick Redfern on December 5th, 2012
Exotic and impossible…
Read: An “Impossibeast” »
Categorized as: Cryptozoology, Folklore, Forteana, Lair of the Beasts | No Comments »
Posted by: Nick Redfern on December 4th, 2012
Sasquatch in the UK: My new book…
Read: Wildman! A Study of the British Bigfoot »
Categorized as: Abominable Snowman, Bigfoot, Books, Cryptozoology, Eyewitness Accounts, Feral People, Folklore, Footprint Evidence, Forteana, Hoaxes, Lair of the Beasts, Out of Place, Sasquatch | 1 Comment »
Posted by: Nick Redfern on December 3rd, 2012
“…to hear them baying is a sign of imminent disaster…”
Read: Cornwall’s Phantom Hounds »
Categorized as: Cryptid Canids, Cryptozoology, Folklore, Forteana, Lair of the Beasts | No Comments »
Posted by: Nick Redfern on November 29th, 2012
“…curious accounts and seldom-spoken mysteries…”
Read: Strange Beasts of the Vietnam War »
Categorized as: Cryptozoology, Eyewitness Accounts, Folklore, Forteana, Lake Monsters | 9 Comments »
Posted by: Loren Coleman on November 18th, 2012
The author of Saucer Smear is gone.
Read: James W. Moseley, 81, Dies »
Categorized as: Books, Breaking News, CryptoZoo News, Forteana, Pop Culture | No Comments »
