Update: Giant Gator Killed In Trinity River
Posted by: Craig Woolheater on July 21st, 2011
Monster-gator killers face charges of illegal hunting.
Uh-oh…
Archive for the “Giant Cryptid Reptiles”
Alaskan Monster Hunt on youtube
Posted by: Craig Woolheater on July 20th, 2011
For Cryptomundians who live outside the US and were not able to watch the premiere last night, the show has been uploaded to youtube.
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Get Kraken: Why Scientists Should Study Sea Monsters
Posted by: Craig Woolheater on July 14th, 2011
From the Loch Ness Monster to the Kraken, sea monsters still capture the imagination centuries after medieval cartographers doodled them in the blank spots of their maps. But to Charles Paxton, a researcher at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland, sea monster sightings are more than fish tales.
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Japanese Woman Swallowed by Giant Snake
Posted by: Loren Coleman on July 14th, 2011
This report comes from one of the most desolate provinces in Japan, from where monster reptiles and wild animals are frequently killed.
Giant Snake Roars Like Train
Posted by: Loren Coleman on July 6th, 2011
This is from Iowa, 1885.
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Giant Horned Snake
Posted by: Loren Coleman on July 5th, 2011
This account is from Pennsylvania, 1902.
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Beast of Busco Discovered?
Posted by: Loren Coleman on June 24th, 2011
I found and documented a rival town claiming to have physical evidence of the 1949 turtle and labeling it as “Beast of Busco. Here are the photos of that evidence. Images.
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Giant Gator Killed In Trinity River
Posted by: Craig Woolheater on June 24th, 2011
Weighing a whopping 900 lbs and stretching 14 ft long, McCathern’s gator may be the largest ever killed in Texas history.
Video.
In Search Of The Beast of Busco
Posted by: Loren Coleman on June 22nd, 2011
Today, I find myself in north-central Indiana, tracking down the Beast of Busco info and material. Images.
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Serpentarium’s Hasst, 100, Has Died
Posted by: Loren Coleman on June 18th, 2011
Does injecting snake venom make you live longer? Images.
io9’s Cryptid Summer
Posted by: Craig Woolheater on June 16th, 2011
Cryptomundo has been asked to participate in io9’s Cryptid Summer by io9 Editor-in-Chief Annalee Newitz.
This summer, io9 is going cryptozoological. We’re offering a $2000 bounty to the person who sends us the best authentic photo or video of a “cryptid,” or mystery animal. And that’s just the beginning of Cryptid Summer.
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Turtle Days 2011 Celebrates “Beast of Busco”
Posted by: Loren Coleman on June 16th, 2011
Taking place right now, this festival recalls a giant turtle seen in an Indiana lake. Images.
Stalking Altie: Does Georgia have its own Loch Ness Monster?
Posted by: Craig Woolheater on June 5th, 2011
The Altamaha-ha, known more casually as “Altie,” defies scientific explanation. Even before European settlement, the Tama tribes people told stories of a giant, snake-like river animal that hissed and bellowed. Over the past century, fishermen, lumberjacks and boy scouts have reported sightings of a creature in the tributaries and marshes of the Altamaha River, which feeds one of the largest river basins on the Atlantic Coast. The eyewitness consensus holds that the Altamaha-ha has a dark, smooth hide, apart from the tire-tread-like ridges on its back, as well as a narrow neck, prominent snout and flat, porpoise-like tail.
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Animal Planet’s Buildup To Finding Bigfoot: “Swamp Ape”
Posted by: Loren Coleman on June 5th, 2011
On Sunday, June 5, 2011, the programmers at Animal Planet (AP) have slanted a collection of episodes of cryptid-related shows to lead up to the evening screening of “Finding Bigfoot: Swamp Ape.”
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Cop “Kills” Crazy Croc Cryptid
Posted by: Loren Coleman on June 3rd, 2011
Another report of an out-of-place alligator? Image.
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