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Pierre Sonnerat was a famous 18th-Century French explorer and naturalist. As will be revealed here in the following ShukerNature post of mine, however, he was also a blatant hoaxer – confirmed by the curious case of New Guinea’s non-existent penguins, and kookaburra.  ”Pierre Sonnerat’s publications include Voyage à la Nouvelle-Guinée (1776), documenting an expedition that he [...]

Read: Sonnerat’s Non-Existent Penguins (and Kookaburra) of New Guinea »

For my first ever Cryptomundo post, I thought it would be fitting to reflect on the Loch Ness mystery for a couple of reasons. First off, it was at age fifteen (back in 1982) that I wandered the shores of the mist-shrouded loch, armed with my little super 8 movie camera in hopes of, capturing footage of a monster. As it turned out, that particular enterprise became an influential event in my life.

Read: Reflections on the Loch Ness Monster »

“Looking back within the fossil record to around 300 million years ago, paleontologists today have managed to pry open a historical window to the past, and learn a lot about the kinds of deep-sea beasts that were swimming the warm waters of Earth’s deepest oceans…”

Read: Nessie: The Hotel Conspiracy »

‘The Legend of Bigfoot’

Read: Sasquatch Pop Culture Commentary »

“…Hidden within the pages of a 12th-century manuscript is not only a description but also a drawing of the beast known to millions as Nessie…”

Read: Fooling with Nessie »

Several showed up, one using Bigfoot, the other using the Loch Ness Monster…

Read: April Fools’ Day Cryptids »

Today, the national nonprofit Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF) is filing a lawsuit against the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, requesting judicial review of the agency’s May 2012 administrative finding that Bigfoot is an indigenous “nongame” species that can therefore be hunted without a permit.

Read: Animal Legal Defense Fund Sues to Stop Texas Bigfoot Hunt »

Did any Cryptomundians see any April Fools’ Day Cryptids?

Read: April Fools’ Day Cryptids? »

Today, March 12th, in 1996, a TV Show revealed a too-good-to-be-true Bigfoot video walking in the snow.

Read: Today in Bigfoot History | 1996 | Snow Walker Bigfoot Video »

What has Todd Standing been up to as of late?

Read: Sylvanic in 2013 »

When a blazing-eyed spectral hound is not a blazing-eyed spectral hound, after all…

Read: Creating a Phantom Black Dog »

There had been many sightings of a bigfoot in August of 2006 over a week’s time. One night the police were called out to a mobile home where a witness saw his dog chase after a very fast “tall man.” When police arrived, they were told the direction that the tall man had run and James started scanning the area with the department’s thermal imager while he sent a squad car down towards another home nearby. Through the imager he could see the cruiser and the police officers by the house, but he could also see another figure walking nearby.

Read: Behind the Scenes of Finding Bigfoot: “Badlands Bigfoot” with Cliff Barackman »

…Fox News coverage of the Neches River Bigfoot sighting.

Read: Fox News’ Megyn Kelly and Bigfoot »

Recently, the Minnesota Iceman “body”, exhibit signage and display was listed for sale on eBay for a buy it now price of $20,000.

Read: Minnesota Iceman Found and Sold »

“…one of the most important cryptozoological and Fortean books of all time…”

Read: Neil Arnold and Wildman »