Posted by: Loren Coleman on September 16th, 2008
A beautiful new species of iguana has been found in the central regions of Fiji, which makes three living Pacific iguana species including one that is critically endangered. Images.
Posted by: Loren Coleman on July 17th, 2008
I’m trying to take off to Alberta, and the stories just keep rolling in…now here’s one from Gorham, Maine, merely a few miles from where I am right now.
According to the Associated Press and local media, Mara Ranger will be a little paranoid doing laundry now. When she was removing clothes from the washing machine [...]
Read: Big Maine Snake & Richard Burton »
Posted by: Loren Coleman on July 17th, 2008
The lay of the land near Stivers Lagoon. Watch out for the water hazards on the nearby golf course.
Another report of a huge, unidentified reptile? Let’s put the latest sightings in their NoCal context.
The reptile spotted by two people at a Fremont, California, golf course last week remains at large, and there are no plans [...]
Posted by: Loren Coleman on July 12th, 2008
Chris Robinson at the Royal Alberta Museum passes this along to be shared:
Monster experts tell all
Dragon-inspired lecture series features handful of big names
Gilbert A. Bouchard, Special to The Edmonton Journal
Lecture Series: Here be Dragons … and Other Creatures
Where: Royal Alberta Museum
When: 2 p.m., July 6 through Sunday, Sept. 7, 2008.
The cover of Swamp Thing Issue [...]
Read: Monster Experts Tell All »
Posted by: Loren Coleman on July 9th, 2008
In addition to my July 20th talk at the Royal Alberta Museum in Edmondton, Canada, on “Dragons and Cryptozoology,” new presentations have been scheduled now for other groups.
The added talks include one new casual one for children, and a private lunch presentation for the museum staff:
· A 45-minute [...]
Read: Dragon Talks Expanded »
Posted by: Loren Coleman on July 6th, 2008
Glad to see so many readers of Cryptomundo at Saturday, July 5th’s talk at Fort Knox. The late arrival crowds were so big that cars were backed up for a couple miles to get into the place.
For Sunday, July 6th, when it is predicted people tend to get there earlier and on time, I’ve [...]
Posted by: Loren Coleman on June 26th, 2008
Above: The newly described Limnonectes megastomais McLeod, 2008. Photographed at SERS in central east Thailand. John C. Murphy. On the right the fang-like odontoid processes are clearly visible in the lower jaw.
A new species of dicroglossid frog in the genus Limnonectes has been described from three forested locations in eastern Thailand by D. S. McLeod [...]
Posted by: Loren Coleman on June 23rd, 2008
On Sunday, June 22, 2008, Massachusetts got into the out-of-place alligator business. Welcome to another summer of errant crocs in North America!
Barnstable police and Barnstable Natural Resource officer responded to a Hyannis resident who reported finding an alligator resting under his car, on Hiramar Road.
The animal was described as 3-feet in length and about [...]
Read: Cape Cod Gator »
Posted by: Loren Coleman on June 21st, 2008
Chad Arment, author of Boss Snakes: Stories and Sightings of Giant Snakes in North America, passes along this intriguing new case.
The python [sic - no actual scientific identification occurred] snake that was spotted on Lake Sinclair [Georgia, USA] earlier this spring [2008] was killed by a Putnam County Sheriff’s Department deputy last Thursday [apparently June [...]
Read: Cryptid Giant Snake Shot & Sank »
Posted by: Loren Coleman on June 18th, 2008
The Sheriff decided to carry the photo of the Saltville gator to show folks, because no one believed him.
More “crazy crocs” have made their way into mini-media mentions. The “crocs” is shorthand for “crocodilians,” of course, and thus includes alligators, crocodiles, gharials, caimans, and kin.
Ohio
On Monday, June 16, 2008, an “urban alligator,” as it [...]
Read: Crazy Crocs: OH, VA, MD, & MI »
Posted by: Loren Coleman on June 6th, 2008
Times have been rather hectic lately with the recent news of the Bigfoot “massacre” theory, the Bigfoot trail camera photo prize, and the Pepie challenge money. Therefore, I did want to acknowledge an item published over at the Pink Tentacle a few days ago.
The essay was entitled “Seven Mysterious Creatures of Japan”. It is [...]
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