BIGFOOT BODY A HOAX! August 20, 2008 - National Geographic has reported that only days after Georgia residents Matt Whitton and Rick Dyer told reporters at a press conference on Friday that they had a dead Bigfoot body, their evidence has been exposed as a rubber ape costume. The deception was made public by the very company Whitton and Dyer teamed up with to announce their supposed find. In a statement posted on the Web site of Searching for Bigfoot Inc., "Sasquatch Detective" Steve Kulls said he realized the Bigfoot "corpse" was a fake when the frozen body began to thaw—after the press conference had already taken place.   BIGFOOT CORPSE FOUND IN GEORGIA! August 14, 2008 - Fox News has reported that two Northern California men and two Georgians say they've got a body, a photo and DNA evidence pertaining to the elusive forest-dwelling man-ape known across the globe as BIGFOOT — and that they'll reveal all at a press conference in Palo Alto, Calif., on Friday. Matthew Whitton, a cop in Clayton County, Ga., and his friend Rick Dyer, a former corrections officer, say they recently found the body in the woods of northern Georgia. Veteran Bigfoot tracker Tom Biscardi said he's examined the body, and that scientists will get their chance soon. Seen the Fox News clip here.   IS THERE A LEMUR LOOSE IN BOSTON? July 28, 2008 - The New Yorker has reported that several weeks ago, Bill James, the Boston Red Sox senior adviser, was walking home from Fenway Park, when he came across a strange-looking lemur animal with a speckled gray head. He at first took it to be a cat, but soon noticed a number of peculiar characteristics: the animal had large eyes on the sides of its head, a puglike face, and an extra-long tail and it moved with “an odd sashaying motion.” The animal scurried under a parked car, at one point seeming to lift its hind legs over a stick in the road by using its tail as a kind of lever.   HISTORY CHANNEL VIDEO DOCUMENTS MONSTERS! July 28, 2008 - The History Channel presents a video history on legendary creatures such as BIGFOOT, AQUATIC ENIGMAS and the notorious lake beast, the LOCH NESS MONSTER.   YETI HAIR DISCOVERED! July 27, 2008 - The Independent has reported that tests at Oxford Brookes University on hairs which local people believe came from a HAIRY HOMINID in an Indian jungle have failed to link them with any known species and are said to have "a startling resemblance" to those brought back from the Himalayas by Sir Edmund Hillary half a century ago. The two short hairs – 33mm and 44mm long – were picked up in thick forest in the Garo hills in the mountains of north-east India five years ago after a forester reported seeing a yeti – locally known as mande barung, or "forest man" – for three days in a row breaking branches off trees and eating their sap. Ape expert Ian Redmond, who is co-ordinating the research, said: "The hairs are the most positive evidence yet that a yeti might possibly exist, because they are tangible. We are very excited about the preliminary results, although more tests need to be done."   WEREWOLF RUNS WILD IN BRAZIL! July 27, 2008 - Forgetomori has reorted that inhabitants from the rural area of Taua, Ceara, are scared of the vicious HYBRID BEAST known as a WEREWOLF who is robbing sheep and breaking into houses of the locality. Two cases were registered by the city police on July 9. An eyewitness said to the police that she saw a man “half-man and half-wolf”. On Tuesday, a 12 year old boy also told the police officers that he saw a similar figure near his house. Both reports suggest that the figure is “very ugly and have a strong sulfur smell”. “I believe it is a person using a werewolf mask to scare the people of the area, who strongly believe in folk tales. They are innocent and naive people”, said the regional deputy officer, Marcos Sandro Lira.   PRIVATE DETECTIVE ON BIGFOOT'S TRAIL! July 15, 2008 - Mercury News has published a report about longtime private investigator David Paulides, who has decided to track don evidence of HAIRY HOMINIDS, considering the reality of these legendary creatures as yet another case to solve. Paulides, now the director of the North American Bigfoot Search, claims it is the only group in the world researching and studying the subject full time. "No one has ever given 100 percent of their time to this," said Paulides, citing the lack of serious and credible efforts put into tracking Bigfoot. "The evidence is overwhelming. There is a lot more that needs to be understood. The puzzle will be solved."   BAHAMIAN BEASTS MAKE HEADLINES! April 22, 2008 - The Salt Lake Tribune has published a story about various cryptids that allegedly dwell on the island of Andros. These creatures include the chickcharnie, a red-eyed man-beast or a birdlike creature with a lizard's tail and a fluffy mane that likes to hang upside down from trees and the infamous LUSCA.   THE GREAT EEL OF BIRMINGHAM! April 22, 2008 - The MonsterUSA blog has published an account about a bizarre, 15 foot, eel-like creature seen swimming in the canals of Birmingham, England. Other colossal eel-like beasts have been recorded, such as those that allegedly dwell in the depths of Newfoundland's Crescent Lake, which the locals refer to as CRESSIE, and upstate New York's vicious eel beast, OLD GREENY.   STRANGE FROG HAS NO LUNGS! April 08, 2008 - Live Science has reported that the first Live Science has reported that lungless frog has been discovered lurking in the jungles of Borneo. The enigmatic amphibian, dubbed Barbourula kalimantanensis, apparently gets all the oxygen it needs through its skin. Scientists first saw one of these frogs 30 years ago, but due to their rarity, just one other specimen had been collected since then and neither had been dissected. "No one thought to open them up — there was no real reason to believe that they could be lungless," said researcher David Bickford, an evolutionary biologist at the National University of Singapore. "Because these specimens were so rare, they had never been dissected. If you have just one specimen in your museum, you don't want to rip it open!"   HEARST MUSEUM PUTS BIGFOOT CASTS ON DISPLAY! March 03, 2008 - UC Berkeley has reported that the Hearst Museum of Anthropology has decided to pay homage to America's favorite HAIRY HOMINID with a museum display that includes allegedly deformed sasquatch tracks made by an individual known as Cripplefoot, which were found in the snow by a local butcher near a Bossburg, Wash., garbage dump in 1969. Famed bigfoot researcher and anthropologist, Grover Krantz, donated the casts to the museum in 1970.   ROBERT GIMLIN GIVES LECTURE! March 03, 2008 - THe Olympian has reported that Robert Gimlin of Yakima, who, along with Roger Patterson, witnessed and helped film a creature in 1967, in Northern California, held the rapt attention of more than 100 people at the State Capital Museum. The hourlong presentation drew so much interest that some had to be turned away, museum manager Susan Rohrer said. After 411 years the so-called Patterson footage remains the best evidence that has some to light regarding the existence of heretofore unknown, North American primates.   TASMANIAN TIGER SIGHTINGS LIST! March 03, 2008 - The Australian Broadcasting Corporation has listed summaries of the 50 most intriguing sightings of the thylacine - AKA the Tasmanian Tiger.   SYNTHETIC LIFE A REALITY! January 25, 2008 - The BBC has reported that an important step has been taken in the quest to create a synthetic lifeform. A US team reported in Science magazine how it built the entire DNA code of a common bacterium in the laboratory using blocks of genetic material. The group hopes eventually to use engineered genomes to make organisms that can produce clean fuels and take carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere. Publication of the research gives others the chance to scrutinise it. Some have ethical concerns. Critics have been calling for several years now for a debate on the risks of creating "artificial life" in a test tube.   FIRST ANIMAL / HUMAN HYBRIDS TO BE CREATED! January 19, 2008 - The Times has reported that experiments to create Britain’s first embryos that combine human and animal material will begin within months after a government watchdog gave its approval yesterday to two research teams to carry out the controversial work. Scientists at King’s College London, and the University of Newcastle will inject human DNA into empty eggs from cows to create embryos known as cytoplasmic hybrids, which are 99.9 per cent human in genetic terms. The experiments are intended to provide insights into diseases such as Parkinson’s and spinal muscular atrophy by producing stem cells containing genetic defects that contribute to these conditions   NEW TREE SPECIES DISCOVERED IN MADAGASCAR! January 18, 2008 - The AP has reported that a self-destructing palm tree that flowers once every 100 years and then dies has been discovered on the Indian Ocean island of Madagascar. The name of the giant palm and its remarkable life cycle will be detailed in a study by Kew Gardens scientists in the Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. "It's spectacular. It does not flower for maybe 100 years and when it's like this it can be mistaken for other types of palm," said Mijoro Rakotoarinivo, who works for the London botanical gardens in Madagascar. Fans of the bizarre will no doubt recall that the most notorious of this island's legendary flora is the so-called man-eating tree of Madagascar. The first European description of this bulbous tree, a kind of elephantine Venus flytrap, appeared in the South Australian Register of 1881. In horrifying detail, the author tells how he watched aghast as members of the Mkodo tribe offered a woman in sacrifice to the dreaded tree, whose white, transparent leaves reminded him of the quivering mouthparts of an insect:   CRYPTOZOOLOGY AND THE U.S.O. PHENOMENON! January 03, 2008 - The Paradigmprobe blog discusses the relationship between cryptozoology and the USO (Unidentified Submerged Object) Phenomenon using words that I would be proud to learn someday.   CFZ CRYPTO NEWS! January 03, 2008 - The CFZ (Centre for Fortean Zoology) gives a round-up of crypto news from around the world.   COLOSSAL December 14, 2007 - Wired has reported that the remains of a bus-sized prehistoric "monster" reptile was found on a remote Arctic island and may be a new species never before recorded by science, researchers said Tuesday. Initial excavation of a site on the Svalbard islands in August yielded the remains, teeth, skull fragments and vertebrae of a reptile estimated to measure nearly 40 feet long. "It seems the monster is a new species," said Joern Harald Hurum of the University of Oslo to The Associated Press. This news harkens back to classic frozen creature cases such as the infamous GLACIER ISLAND CARCASS, which made its way onto the pages of the New York Times on November 26, 1930.   BIGFOOT PRANK ALMOST RESULTS IN TRAGEDY! December 12, 2007 - WTVY NEWS of Alabama has reported that a teenager wearing a BIGFOOT suit alarmed several residents, who armed themselves with shotguns and headed to where the prank was taking place. The pranksters, ranging in age from 18-to-23, were given a warning. Sheriff's officials say those involved in any copycat incidents will face reckless endangerment charges. This incident comes on the heels of recent HAIRY HOMNID sightings in the area.   MARS ROVER FINDS SIGNS OF LIFE! December 12, 2007 - The London Telegraph has reported that Nasa claims its Mars rover Spirit has discovered "the best evidence yet" of a past habitable environment on the planet's surface. Spirit unearthed a patch of silica-rich soil on a plateau called Home Plate. Researchers believe the deposits came from an ancient hot-spring environment or an environment called a fumarole, in which acidic steam rises through cracks. "The evidence is pointing most strongly toward fumarolic conditions, like you might see in Hawaii and in Iceland," said rover chief scientist Steve Squyres.   IS ANECDOTAL EVIDENCE A VALID INVESTIGATIVE TOOL? December 10, 2007 - The Frame 352 blog discusses the importance of anecdotal evidence in the pursuit of unknown animals.   BIGFOOT INVESTIGATORS HEAD TO ALABAMA! December 05, 2007 - WTYV News har reported that a California-based research team led by Tom Biscardi have descended on Geneva, Alabama in order to investigate reports of a HAIRY HOMINID. Bigfoot Team Member Steve Kulls said, "The sighting here in Alabama, I saw him for 3-to-5 seconds in a cow pasture. We caught him with the thermal imager. He didn't even know we saw him." Bigfoot Team Member T.J. Biscardi said, "He could have thrown me two-hundred yards back with the others. He was in excess of eight feet tall, and four-foot wide. Just looking at him, you could tell he was very powerful."   FT. WORTH'S FISHY GOAT-MAN REMEMBERED! December 03, 2007 - Heckler Spray has published an article about Ft. Worth's infmaous HYBRID BEAST - the scaly Goatman. The monster made headlines on July 10, 1969 when it apparently jumped over a car full of people on a LOVERS LANE. The Fort Worth Star-Telegram described the sighting the day it happened. According to a witness they interviewed: "We were driving around trying to find it, when we heard it squalling. We heard it before we saw it. I saw it come across the road and I tried to take a picture of it but the flash didn't work. I took another picture but I don't know if I got anything because I was too busy rolling up my window. We watched him run up and down a bluff for a while and other cars arrived. There must have been 30 or 40 people watching him.   ARE HEAVENLY LAKE MONSTERS MUTANT TROUT? November 26, 2007 - China.org has reported that 77-year-old Kim Li-tae, a senior researcher from the National Academy of Science of The Democratic People's Republic of Korea, said the "Tianchi monster" (or "HEAVENLY LAKE MONSTER"), which a Chinese photographer caught on film last month, is probably the mutated offspring of trout stocked by the North Korea 40 years ago. Kim said that he was one of the North Korean researchers who released nine trout into Tianchi Lake, located on Changbai Mountain, on July 30, 1960. "The fish mutate during growth and form new varieties, so the trout they stocked might now be called "Tianchi trout," Kim said. This explanation, however, does not explain the numerous sightings of these creatures, which go back for 150 years. Read more here and here.   UNIDENTIFIED ORANGE APE SEEN IN FLORIDA! November 25, 2007 - The Baker County Press has published a report regarding a large, orange colored monkey-like creature, which was cornered by eyewitnesses and a wildlife official in a tree just north of Glen St. Mary, Florida, before slipping away. Some have speculated that the beast might be a baby SKUNK APE.   BIZARRE CARCASS REDISCOVERED! November 23, 2007 - The Bozeman Daily Chronicle has reported that the missing mounted carcass of a wolf-like creature that prowled the Madison Valley 121 years ago, killing livestock and letting out screams that one account said would leave a person's hair standing on end, has been discovered in the Idaho Museum of Natural History in Pocatello. The only evidence of the creature's existence was a missing taxidermy mount and a grainy black-and-white photograph of that mount - which fueled strange speculation about what kind of animal it really was. The tale was again picked up by writers Loren Coleman and Jerome Clark in their book “Cryptozoology A to Z.” In that book, Coleman linked it to a Native American legend about the “shunka warak'in,” a creature that snuck into camps at night to steal dogs. Coleman and Clark suggested that a DNA test should be done on the mount to determine what it is. Kirby, however, was not so certain he was ready to end a mystery that had been passed down by his family for four generations.   KILLER JELLYFISH ATTACK SALMON FARM! November 22, 2007 - The Globe and Mail has reported that a salmon farm in Northern Ireland has lost its entire population of more than 100,000 fish, worth some $2-million, to a cataclysmic jellyfish attack. The Northern Salmon Co. Ltd. said billions of jellyfish — in a dense pack of about 16 square kilometers and 11 meters deep — overwhelmed the fish last week in two net pens about 1.5 kilometers off the coast of the Glens of Antrim, north of Belfast. “It was unprecedented, absolutely amazing. The sea was red with these jellyfish and there was nothing we could do about it, absolutely nothing,” said Managing director John Russell.   MYSTERY SHRIMP NETTED OFF FLORIDA! September 17, 2007 - The Florida Times-Union has reported that fisherman and Jacksonville native, Rhoden Baker, netted a large clawed creature, which he assumed was some kind of lobster. "I was going to put him in the pot when I got home, but my wife wouldn't let me." Baker said. Scientists have identified the marine animal as the rare Macrobrachium ohione (or Ohio Shrimp.) The shrimp is supposed to grow to about 4 inches long, but this specimen is closer to 12.   FLYING BLOOD SUCKERS FROM HELL! September 15, 2007 - About.com gives a fun overview of chupacabras, the Jersey Devil, monkey men and gargoyles.   EXTINCT WHITE FLAG DOLPHIN SEEN! September 04, 2007 - The International Herald Tribune has reported that a white dolphin native to China's Yangtze river that scientists declared extinct last year has possibly been spotted swimming in the wild, offering a small shred of hope for the animal's revival, a researcher said Wednesday. Wang Ding, a researcher with the Institute of Hydrobiology under the Chinese Academy of Sciences, said a man saw and shot a video of what appears to be a baiji or white flag dolphin in central China's Anhui province on Aug. 19. A team of scientists will go to the area in September to look for the dolphin   TEXAS CHUPACABRA CRAZE HEATS UP! September 02, 2007 - The Associated Press has reported that renowned hunter, Phylis Canion, has discovered what she believes to be a chupacabra carcass outside of her Texas ranch on Highway 183. "It is one ugly creature," Canion said, holding the frozen head of the mammal, which has big ears, large fanged teeth and grayish-blue, mostly hairless skin. "I've seen a lot of nasty stuff. I've never seen anything like this." She suspects, as have many rural denizens over the years, that a chupacabra may have killed as many as 26 of her chickens in the past couple of years. Canion is now turning her discovery into a booming T-shirt business.   NEW SPECIES OF FROG DISCOVERED IN COLUMBIA! August 29, 2007 - Live Science has reported that a new poisonous frog has been discovered by scientists in a remote mountainous region of Colombia. The new frog, which measures almost 0.8 inches in length and has yellowish skin, was named the "golden frog of Supatá." Study leader Oswaldo Cortes, a graduate student at La Universidad Distrital in Colombia, says the discovery highlights how little is known about the biodiversity of Earth and how many species are left undiscovered.   KANASA LAKE MONSTERS CAPTURED ON VIDEO! August 10, 2007 - Youtube is now airing a clip of a News clip with video that appears to show several large creatures frolicking in China's, Lake Kanasa.   MYSTERIOUS WHITE STURGEON FOUND IN BLACK LAKE! August 09, 2007 - Reuters UK reports that fisherman have discovered a 150-kilogram (330-pound) white sturgeon in Black Lake in Washington state, although sturgeons have never been found there before. Sturgeon are commonly found in deep pockets of major rivers that lead into the ocean, not in warm water lakes where it was found.   EXTINCT BUTTERFLY RE-DISCOVERED! August 03, 2007 - The Herald News has reported that on June 30th a Forest Service volunteer hiking high above Mount Charleston's Kyle Canyon saw a Mount Charleston blue butterfly, which was believed to have become extinct. Last week the insect was spotted by another volunteer and a Wildlife Service employee at about 10,500 feet. On both occasions, the spotters photographed the elusive butterfly.   NORTH AMERICAN CHUPA-CORPSE RECOVERED! July 30, 2007 - The Victoria Advocate has reported that a bizarre dog-like creature, which some have speculated may be a CHUPACABRA, has been killed by a motor vehicle on Buenger Road off U.S. Highway 183 south of Cuero. "I had seen one three or four times on our place, but it's very elusive. So, when I got the call that one had been killed, I got it and took it back to the house," eyewitness Phylis Canion said. "It's a strange-looking animal. It has short front legs and longer back legs. The paws on the front are different than the ones on the back, and it has no hair. The nose is very long. The tip of the nose is longer than the lower jaw, and the front teeth stick out, almost like fangs. They are the ugliest things I have ever seen in my life." DNA tests are being conducted.   BIZARRE ANIMAL PHOTOGRAPHED IN DARTMOOR! July 28, 2007 - The Fortean Times has reported that Martin Whitley, a pro­fess­ional fal­coner hailing from Devon, saw a strange, miniature horse-sized creature, which seemed to resemble a cross between a large feline and a bear: "I was flying a hawk on Dart­moor with some Amer­ican clients, when one of them pointed out this creat­ure," claimed whitley. "It was walk­ing along a path about 200 yards away from us. It was black and grey and com­par­able in size to a minia­ture pony. It had very thick should­ers, a long, thick tail with a blunt end, and small round ears. Its move­ment app­eared feline; then bear-like... I have worked with dogs all my life and it was def­in­itely not canine." The aforementioned American clients managed to snap several photos of the creature in question.   NEW THUNDERBIRD REPORT SURFACES! July 25, 2007 - KRQE News from New Mexico has reported that Doña Ana Mountains resident, Dave Zander, claimed to have a Thunderbird sighting 9 years ago: "These creatures were so huge they looked like the size of small planes," claimed Zander. "All of the sudden one of them jumped off dropped off the top of the mountain, came down the front of the mountain and all the sudden these huge wings just spread out." According to Zander the creature's wingspan was approximatelt 20-feet.   NEW "OCTO-SQUID" DISCOVERED OFF HAWAII! July 19, 2007 - Honolulu's Local 10 has reported that scientists at the University of Hawaii at Manoa will soon have a chance to investigate a creature that appears to be half-squid, half-octopus that was sucked up in a deep seawater pipeline at the Natural Energy Laboratory Hawaii Authority at Keahole on the Big Island. The pipeline pumps cold water up from 3,000 feet below sea level. Occasionally deep-sea marine life will get caught in a filter in the line, officials said.   STRANGE FISH SEEN IN MONACO! July 01, 2007 - Monaco Revue has reported that crows gathered for the closing night of the 2007 international horse jumping competition at Port Hercule were shocked to see bizarre, apparently tropical, fish, about the length of a man's arm, in the harbour just behind the showground.   BIGFOOT INVADES ROCK CITY! June 30, 2007 - The Moultrie Observer has published a tongue-in-cheek report claiming that the Pacific Northwest no longer has a monopoly of HAIRY HOMINID sightings.   DEAD DODO MAY YIELD DNA! June 29, 2007 - Yahoo News has reported that the remains of a dodo were found earlier this month in a cave beneath bamboo and tea plantations in the Mauritian highlands. Nicknamed "Fred," this skeleton might offer the best chance yet to learn about the extinct flightless bird. "The geneticists who want to get their hands on this will be skipping down the street," said Julian Hume, a paleontologist at Britain's Natural History Museum, after bringing the last of the remains to the surface.   PHOTOS OF RECENTLY DISCOVERED ANIMALS! June 16, 2007 - National Geographic has released photo galleries of heretofore unknown species that were RECENTLY UNCOVERED in Surnami as well as new species that were found in Hawaii on November 22, 2006 and in Antarctica on February 27, 2007.   MYSTERY SKELETON SEEN OFF NEWFOUNDLAND! June 11, 2007 - Canada's The Star has reported that marine scientists in Canada, Greenland and Norway are puzzled by six bizarre photographs that appear to show the rib cage and spinal column of a large mammal jutting out of an iceberg that recently drifted past Newfoundland's east coast. Researchers are unable to determine the origin of the skeleton, said Garry Stenson, a marine mammal scientist with the federal Fisheries Department. The appearance of this CURIOUS CARCASS begs comparisons to the fabled GLACIER ISLAND CARCASS, which was first reported in the New York Times on November 26, 1930, with a headline which read: "ICE BARES STRANGE ANIMAL: ALASKANS SUGGEST PREHISTORIC ORIGIN."   KELPIE TO HIT THE BIG SCREEN! June 11, 2007 - Sony Pictures has put up a site for a motion picture called The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep. The story surrounds a lonely young boy vows to protect the rapidly growing hatchling of a KELPIE that emerges from a mysterious egg found on the shores of a Scottish loch. For a complete synopsis check here. Don't forget to check out some other AQUATIC ENIGMAS!   NEW SIGHTINGS OF INDIAN BIGFOOT! June 11, 2007 - The Times has reported that authorities in India are set to investigate claims by terrified villagers that "bigfoot"-type hairy giants are roaming the jungles in the Garo hills area of Meghalaya state, close to the borders with Bangladesh and Bhutan. The creatures, which villagers have dubbed "Mande Burung" - or Jungle Man, have been seen for years, but a rise in the number of sightings over the past month has prompted authorities to look into the matter further. "A team of wildlife officials and other experts will conduct a study to find out if there is any truth in the locals’ claims about these hairy giants," said Samphat Kumar, a district magistrate in the West Garo Hills district.   24 NEW SPECIES DISCOVERED IN SURINAME! June 11, 2007 - Yahoo News has reported that a frog with fluorescent purple markings, six types of fish; 12 dung beetles, and one ant species were among two dozen new species discovered in the remote plateaus of eastern Suriname. The expedition was sponsored by two mining companies hoping to excavate the area of the South American country for bauxite, the raw material used to make aluminum, and it was unknown how the findings would affect their plans.   IS BIGFOOT REAL? TEENAGERS TELL ALL! June 04, 2007 - News Review has published reports by highschooloers detailing their opinions regarding the existence of North America's most famous HAIRY HOMINID... BIGFOOT.   COELACANTH CAPTURED OFF INDONESIA! June 03, 2007 - ABC News has reported that a fisherman, Yustinus Lahama, has captured a COELACANTH near Marine Park in Indonesia. The four-foot, 110-pound coelacanth, an ancient fish once thought to have become extinct around the time of the dinosaurs, was caught in the sea off North Sulawesi province on May 19, 2007.   NEW SPECIES OF FRESHWATER STINGRAY DISCOVERED! June 01, 2007 - Wildlife Extra has reported that a new species of freshwater stingray has been discovered in a river in western Thailand. The new species of stingray, measuring 23.6 inches in width, was first observed two years ago by prominent Thai fish expert, Kittipong Jaruthanin in 2004, but has only now been confirmed in detail as a new species by researchers from WWF Thailand and the US-based Smithsonian Institute. Sadly, the WWF warns that its chances for long-term survival are slim as pollution, overfishing and dam building have taken a deadly toll on Thailand's once diverse and abundant river life.   DOES NEW VIDEO SHOW NESSIE? May 31, 2007 - The Yorkshire Post has reported that a 55 year-old science enthusiast, Gordon Holmes, has captured two and a half minutes of footage showing what he believes to be the world's most famous LAKE MONSTER, none other than NESSIE herself. "It wasn't a wave because it was going in the opposite direction to the waves that I could see and the top half of it seemed to be black, claimed Holmes. "My camcorder was on a black and white setting and it took me a while to find it again in the water, but I've got two-and-half-minutes of footage which I have shown to experts and they think it is definitely a living creature." Yahoo has posted an exerpt from the footage here.   BIGFOOT HUNTER'S LIFE CELEBRATED! May 30, 2007 - The Tribune-Democrat has published a story detailing 85-year-old Sam Sherry’s May 17, 1987 encounter with a HAIRY HOMINID. The event changed his life and Sam became a celebrity in cryptozoological circles as a legendary BIGFOOT hunter.   MYSTERY ANIMAL ATTACKS CAMPER! May 25, 2007 - The Minneapolis Star Tribune has reported that Jon Kenning, a 28-year-old assistant professor from Creighton University in Nebraska, was attacked by an unknown animal at 2:13 am. on Thursday in a park located in northwestern Minnesota, near Bemidji. The mystery animal batted him around for a short time, causing a half-dozen "swipe"-type lacerations 2 inches long to his face that are consistent with a wild animal's claw, the Clearwater County sheriff said. Park authorities are calling the attack "an aberration" and an "oddity."   MUSEUM SHOWS A HISTORY OF CRYPTO-CRITTERS! May 24, 2007 - Live Science has reported that a new exhibition opening at the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) this weekend entitled "Mythic Creatures: Dragons, Unicorns & Mermaids," will trace the possible origins of some of the world's most famous "imaginary" beasts and also their lesser-known counterparts. The exhibition deftly combines nature and myth, paleontology and anthropology, and delightfully campy models of mythical creatures with real fossils. "This museum has a long history of studying and presenting great stories about the natural world and the culture of humanity," said AMNH president Ellen Futter at a press preview of the exhibition earlier this week. "In this exhibition, we extend that tradition further, by looking at the intersection of nature and culture, those moments when people glimpse something fantastical in nature."   CHINESE CAT GROWS WINGS! May 23, 2007 - Ananova has reported that a Chinese woman known as "Granny Feng" claims that her male cat has grown wings as a reponse to being sexually harassed by the female felines in the area.   CFZ DOCUMENTS GAMBIA "DRAGON" EXPEDITION! May 15, 2007 - Monster USA has reported that six British cryptozoologists from the Centre for Fortean Zoology (CFZ) have released a film chronicling their expedition to Senegal last summer to investigate the legend of a dangerous dragon-like monster known as the Ninki-Nanka. "One man was so frightened of the monster he refused to enter a swamp where, years before, a sighting of the beast had caused a whole village to be abandoned. We had to speak to him from behind a bush, where he was hiding in terror," said Richard Freeman, Zoological Director of the Centre for Fortean Zoology. The film can be seen - for free - on the CFZtv site, together with the team's other documentary films.   TOURISTS HELP SEARCH FOR NESSIE! April 19, 2007 - The BBC has reported that a cruise company is to fit sonar equipment to its flagship boat, the Jacobite Queen, which takes tourists on cruises around the loch, in case it passes over the LOCH NESS MONSTER. The equipment will be fitted to the Jacobite Queen which takes tourists on cruises around the loch. Freda Rapson, owner of Jacobite, said: "It's been a while since the last sighting of the Loch Ness Monster. That could be about to change, though, now the Jacobite Queen's got sonar aboard."   DEAD ALLIGATOR FOUND IN INDIANA SEWER! April 19, 2007 - Fort Wayne has reported that An investigation into a plugged drainage tile led to the discovery of a dead 7-foot alligator inside a catch basin in southern Adams County, Indiana. The alligator was found Monday afternoon by employees with the Adams County Surveyor’s Office. “At first they thought it was a turtle in there, but then they discovered an alligator,” sheriff’s deputy Larry Butler said. “My gut feeling is that someone put it there to get rid of it."   BIZARRE CREATURES BEFFUDLE EXPERTS! April 18, 2007 - The Plain Dealer has reported that mysterious, four-legged creatures are roaming Geauga County, Ohio. At least three of the mystery animals popped up a few months ago, bringing a smattering of quizzical calls to Chester Township police and leaving wildlife experts scratching their heads. One resident managed to snap a few photos of the creatures, but nobody has found an answer in the image. "We're not exactly sure what they are," said Allen Lea of the Ohio Division of Wildlife, which has reviewed the photos. "But they're definitely not a native species. They're not where they belong."   ARE WOMEN CRYPTOZOOLOGISTS DISMISSED? April 17, 2007 - Bigfoot Quest has published a blog dealing with the the contribution of women to the field of HAIRY HOMINID research.   SHOW EXPLORES MANITOBA BIGFOOT MYSTERY! April 02, 2007 - A CTV Original documentary "There's Something Out There: A Bigfoot Encounter" examines car ferry operator Bobby Clarke's encounter with a Bigfoot in April of 2005. Clarke's 40-second video of a of an alleged HAIRY HOMINID was shot just after dawn on the banks of the Nelson River. Clarke says he was on duty at his job when he saw a "big, black figure" on the opposite bank, about 300 meters away. According to Clarke, he wasted no time in grabbing his video camera and filming the "massive" creature. "It's pictures of Bigfoot," claimed Clarke's mother Georgina Henry. "It's black and it's big. Oh god, it's huge, seven or eight feet high... We can see him walking, and then turning to look at him (Clarke). A second sighting was reported by a young girl, and her play mates in Paupanekis Point, on May 20, 2005. Footprints were also discovered atthe scene.   VAN LAKE MONSTER SURFACES AGAIN! March 15, 2007 - Snail's Tales has reported that the Turkish newspaper Hürriyet has chronicled yet another sighting of the VAN LAKE MONSTER, this time by the crew of a ferry boat running between the east coast of the lake and Tatvan on the west coast. The crew claims to have spotted a very fast object resembling a "very large whale." The eyewitnesses attempted to photograph the creature with their cell phone cameras, but because of the “perpendicular rays of sunlight,” they claim that they were unable to obtain any sharp images. This beast first came to internation attention when video footage of the LAKE MONSTER was aired on CNN in late 1997.   ARE THE YETI RELATED TO TREE SLOTHS? March 15, 2007 - The Center for the Study of Complex Systems has published what appears to be a pseudo-scientific (and borderline psychedelic) attempt to assimilate the yeti into a modern mitochondrial ribosomal RNA sequencing.   TO KILL OR NOT TO KILL... March 15, 2007 - The debate between those who feel that unknown animals deserve protection and those who believe that a crypto-carcass will be the only way to prove - and thus preserve - these elusive creatures rages on at Escape's Hideaway.   DO TITAN'S SEAS HARBOR LIFE? March 15, 2007 - Yahoo News has reported that scientists have discovered what appear to be sea-size bodies of liquid, probably methane or ethane, on the surface of Saturn's largest moon, including one about as big as Montana. The discovery by the international Cassini spacecraft was welcomed by researchers, who have long theorized that Titan possessed hydrocarbon seas because of methane and other organic compounds in its thick, largely nitrogen atmosphere. This fuels further speculation that Titan may be the first celestial body in our solar system to reveal active lifeforms.   NEW MANITOBA BIGFOOT FOOTAGE! March 11, 2007 - Cryptomundo has reported that new video of the so-called "Manitoba Bigfoot" has appeared online. Many will remember the stir that was caused in the media by Bobby Clarke on April 16, 2005, when he presented alleged Bigfoot video from Manitoba.   THOUSANDS OF NEW MARINE SPECIES DISCOVERED! February 05, 2007 - Physorg has reported that a French-led marine expedition - consisting of 80 scientists, students and volunteers from 19 countries - has discovered thousands of new species of crustaceans and mollusks in waters around the central Philippines. "Numerous species were observed and photographed alive, many for the first time," said Philippe Bouchet, of the Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle in France. "It is estimated that 150-250 of the crustaceans and 1,500-2,500 of the mollusks are new species... To put it in perspective, the whole decapod crustacean (shrimp or prawn) fauna of Japan barely exceeds 1,600 species... The Mediterranean has 340 species of decapods and 2,024 species of mollusks."   KILLER SEA SERPENTS! February 03, 2007 - Cryptomundo has published an article discussing the possibility that SEA SERPENTS may be responsible for some human deaths, including the only documented case, which allegedly took place on March 24, 1962 off Pensacola, Florida.   MAN ASKS THAT MONSTER BE LEFT ALONE! February 03, 2007 - Heiderberg.com has published at letter from Johan Moolman from South Africa's, Sir Lowry's Pass, in which he pleads local authorities "Leave our 'Nessie' alone." The short letter to the editor argues that South Africa's newest mystery beast (apparently a very large croc or something similar) should be left alone.   HUMANS MAY HAVE KILLED OFF THE HOBBITS! February 02, 2007 - In a plot twist that would have done Tolkien proud, The Sydney Morning Herald has reported that Homo floresiensis (or hobbits, as they are more commonly known) may have been wiped out not by volcanic eruptions, as was previously assumed, but by modern man. Mike Morwood, co-leader of the Australian and Indonesian discovery team, said he now believed modern humans, who arrived on the "lost world" of Flores, hunted the stegadon to extinction and were responsible for the disappearance of the hobbits.   AMERICAN MONSTERS UPDATE! January 19, 2007 - We realize that the updates and the monster articles have been sloooow in coming and we want to thank everybody who has stuck with us as a part of their daily "cryptozoological research regimen." We've been hard at work trying to get both the television show and a book project off the ground (as well as a handful of other projects) all the while making sure we have a home, heat and food. All of us here at American Monsters Headquarters truly believe that 2007 is going to be a great year for both American Monsters and the field of cryptozoology in general and we look forward to all the discoveries to come.... thanks again for all your patience and have a HAPPY (albeit belated) NEW YEAR!!!   AGE GAP SHOWS IN BIGFOOT INVESTIGATORS! January 18, 2007 - Cryptomundo's Loren Coleman has published a report about what seems to be a growing rift between both younger and older BIGFOOT researchers.   BIGFOOT SIGHTINGS MAP! January 18, 2007 - A Google Earth map chronicling hundreds of HAIRY HOMINID sightings in North American has been put online.   FABLED GREENLAND SHARK DISCOVERED! January 17, 2007 - Once the stuff of fishermen's legends, the Vancouver Sun has reported that the large and allegedly dangerous Greenland Shark has finally been discovered to be alive and 'biting' in the dark frigid waters off Quebec. Chris Harvey-Clark, a zoologist and veterinarian who runs the University of B.C.'s Animal Care Centre was the first to encounter the creature in 2003, chronicling all 1,100 kilograms of the beast. Its immense size makes the Greenland Shark the biggest shark in the North Atlantic and, after the Great White, the second largest on the planet.   MAN-BAT SPOTTED IN WISCONSIN! January 04, 2007 - West Salem's Coulee News has reported that legendary Beast of Bray Road researcher and author, LINDA GODFREY, has been investigating an alleged September 26 encounter with what two eyewitnesses describe as a man-bat or, as it has been dubbed, The Beast of Briggs Road. According to Godfrey’s account, a 53-year-old La Crosse man and his 25-year-old son were driving on Briggs Road in Holmen at about 9:30 p.m. on Tuesday when a creature that resembled the demonic vampire out of “Van Helsing” flew right at their windshield, flying straight up into the night sky just inches from striking the glass. Descriptions of the creature harken back to Washington State's BATSQUATCH, complete with pronounced ribs, human-like legs with claws for toes, glowing yellow eyes and rows of sharp teeth.   LOCH NESS THEORIES RESURFACE! January 03, 2007 - Thothweb has published an article detailing different theories regarding the existence of the LOCH NESS MONSTER; including everything from the classic plesiosaur hypothesis to Ted Holiday's "Tullimonstrum gregarium" to evil entities to water with memory!   TOP TEN BIGFOOT STORIES OF 2006! December 24, 2006 - Cryptomundo has reported on some of the bigest HAIRY HOMONID stories of the past year; including the Johor Bigfoot debacle and a fascinating story about bizarre, grey haired, porcupine quilled, chimpanzee like creatures known as Kalanoro, which were allegedly captured on videotape my Navy SEALs in the Democratic Republic of the Congo sometime between 1997 and 2002.   COLOSSAL BONES DISCOVERED IN SPAIN! December 22, 2006 - MSNBC has reported that Scientists in Spain have found the fossilized remains of one of a gargantuan plant-eating dinosaur, which was up to 125 feet long and weighed as much as seven elephants. Turiasaurus riodevensis, named for the region and village in Spain where it was found, lived about 145 million years ago and was a sauropod, that familiar kind of dinosaur with a long neck, long tail and massive body. This BEHEMOTH -like creature is the largest dinosaur ever found in Europe.   SASQUATCH REPORTS FILTER IN FROM CANADA! December 22, 2006 - The CBC has reported that sightings of a large hairy creature walking upright in Saskatchewan and Manitoba have sparked renewed interest in the legendary HAIRY-HOMINID known as sasquatch. John Bindernagel, a B.C.-based wildlife biologist who believes the creatures exist and has written extensively on the subject: "The trail [of a Sasquatch] is different from a human and very different from a bear," he said.   OREGON WOMAN BELIEVES IN BIGFOOT! December 19, 2006 - Oregon's The Register-Guard has published a story about 33 year-old Eugene native and BIGFOOT believer Autumn Williams. Her Web site lists 870 alleged Sasquatch-related reports in North America since the late 19th century, more than half of them in Oregon. "When you see something like that, it's not really a question of do they exist, but what are they?" said Williams.   NEANDERTHALS AND HUMANS ALMOST THE SAME! November 21, 2006 - Live Science has reported that human beings and their close Neanderthal relatives began diverging from a common ancestor about 700,000 years ago, and the two groups split permanently some 300,000 years later, according to two of the most detailed analyses of Neanderthal DNA to date. The results from the new studies confirm the Neanderthal's humanity, and show that their genomes and ours are more than 99.5 percent identical. "Humans went through several stages of evolution in the last 400,000 years," said study co-author Jonathan Pritchard of the University of Chicago. "If we can compare humans’ and Neanderthals’ genomes, then we can possibly identify what the key genetic changes were during that final stage of human evolution." It has also been confirmed that the Neanderthal brains were bigger than modern humans, further fueling speculation that these hominids (who continue to bee see throughout the globe - most notably in Russia - may have more than instinct to help them remain below the radar of the human race.   BIGFOOT STEALS DEER CARCASS OFF TRUCK! November 11, 2006 - ABC affiliate WISN has reported that as Washington County Wisconsin's Steven Krueger was picking up a deer carcass on the side of the road and loading it onto his truck when he saw what he described as a "large black animal, at least 7 feet tall and larger than a bear." The beast then proceeded to take the deer. Sheriff's deputies responded to the scene but have yet to locate either the missing deer or mysterious HAIRY HOMINID.   DOLPHIN DISCOVERED WITH VESTIGIAL LEGS! November 05, 2006 - Fox News has reported that Japanese researchers announced Sunday that a bottlenose dolphin captured last month has an extra set of fins that could be the remains of back legs. This discovery may provide further evidence that ocean-dwelling mammals once lived on land about 50 million years ago and share the same common ancestor as hippos and deer. "I believe the fins may be remains from the time when dolphins' ancient ancestors lived on land... this is an unprecedented discovery," Seiji Osumi, an adviser at Tokyo's Institute of Cetacean Research, said at a news conference televised Sunday.   DID DRAGONS LIVE IN 19TH CENTURY AMERICA? November 04, 2006 - Biofort has published an atricle about a 7-foot long, beaked, alligator bodied "dragon," which allegedly pursued and attempted to attack Mrs. Casper Mann and Mrs. Jos. Groswick in Greensburg, Indiana in 1893.   UNKNOWN SNAKE SEEN IN THE CAYMANS! November 03, 2006 - Cayman Net News has reported that the Department of Environment said it was called to investigate a report of a large snake in the vicinity of Newlands recently after a resident, said they had seen a snake that appeared to be some ten feet in length. When asked whether such a snake might pose a threat to children in the area, Dr. Mat Cottam, a Terrestrial Ecologist with the Department of Environment, responded that this was a difficult question to answer in light of the fact that the size and species of the snake had not been confirmed. “Until we are able to determine for sure what this creature is, and how large it is, it would be wise to err on the side of caution. Snakes do not generally go out of their way to attack people, and are best left alone. No snake should be approached, unless you are absolutely familiar with the species,” he warned.   SCIENTIST CRITICIZED FOR BIGFOOT RESEARCH! November 03, 2006 - Yahoo News has reported that Dr. Jeffrey Meldrum, a tenured professor of anatomy at Idaho State University who holds a Ph.D. in anatomical sciences, is being criticized by his peers for his interest in HAIRY HOMINID research. John Kijinski, dean of arts and sciences, said there have been "grumblings" about Meldrum's tenure, but no formal request for a review. "He's a bona fide scientist," Kijinski said. "I think he helps this university. He provides a form of open discussion and dissenting viewpoints that may not be popular with the scientific community, but that's what academics all about."   ARE THERE ALLIGATORS IN INDIANAPOLIS? October 10, 2006 - The Indy Star has reported that two alligator-like creatures have been seen in Indiana's White River, a waterway that cuts through the center of Indianapolis. The creatures were seen by fishermen as well as Brad Craig, an Indianapolis Police Department environmental officer. "At first I thought it was a log," said eyewitness Matt Goode. "But then it took off - and that was enough for me to decide it was time to go."   NEW LEECH FOUND IN SOUTH JERSEY! October 10, 2006 - The Courier Post has reported that evolutionary biologist, Dan Shain, is offering a $20 reward for new samples of a large, earthworm eating leech that was first discovered in Salem County, New Jersey in 2004.   IS THIS A PHOTO OF AN OGOPOGO SKULL? September 17, 2006 - The Western News has reported that Warren Linklater believes that he photographed the skull of a creature that may be related to the LAKE MONSTER known as OGOPOGO. Linklater snapped the photo in a museum located in the tiny fishing village of Tecohitla, during a trip around the Gulf of Mexico in 1970. "It had a head of a thing that they didn't know what it was," said Linklater. Linklater claimed that he was told that the two-meter high skull had been cut off a 12-meter long body with a chain saw. The body was then allowed to drift out to sea... which is all too typical in cases such as this.   IS THERE A NEW LAKE MONSTER IN GREAT BRITAIN? September 17, 2006 - England's Sunday Sun has reported that lecturer Steve Burnip spotted a mysterious shape in Lake Windermere, which - at 12 miles long, one mile wide and 220 feet deep - is the largest natural lake in England. "It was about 20ft long and it went in a straight line up the lake. I nudged my wife and watched open-mouthed as it gradually faded from sight," said Burnip. A team from the Centre for Fortean Zoology set to investigate.   NEW PHOTOS OF YETI PRINTS FROM RUSSIA! September 16, 2006 - The Regnum News Agency in Russia has reported that alleged YETI footprints have been photographed near the village Shogorka by local hunter Leonid Skomorokhov. According to director of the Northern branch of the All-Russian research institute of hunting economy and fur farming Vladimir Korepanov, some of the footsteps belong to a bear, and some of them remind those of Primates and Ursidae simultaneously. Local residents have already made molds of the footprints.   ARTIST INSPIRED BY SEA SERPENT! September 06, 2006 - ABC has reported that former Methodist minister turned one of this countries most famous master woodcarvers, Tom D'onofrio, still takes inspiration from an eyewitness encounter he had of a SEA SERPENT approximately 30 years ago on a quiet beach in West Marin, California. "It was a big glassy wave and right in the wall of that wave was a dark object big like 40, 50 feet long. And I looked at him and he looked at me and my eyes must of been like that I mean it was like nothing I've ever seen," said D'onofrio. "I was in the presence of something I couldn't cope with, so I went back got on my horse, went back to the studio filled with this energy, this came to me to get this piece finished. I am going to loose this energy man, and I am going to finish this piece and I carved for 4 days I never came out except to eat."   BIZARRE CARCASS DISCOVERED IN MAINE August 17, 2006 - The SF Gate has reported that a mysterious, canine-like creature was struck dead by a car and photographed on August 12, 2006. The animal, which some have described as a cross between a dog and a rodent, was charcoal gray, weighed between 40 and 50 pounds and had a short snout, short ears and curled fangs hanging over its lips. Cryptozoologist Loren Coleman examed the carcass, stating: "I think this dead animal is a chow or chow-mix, a relatively small dog, that was feral, which is unusual for that area. Nevertheless, this interesting body probably has nothing to do with the local killings, and it is highly doubtful the real ‘mystery beast.’" Eyewitness Michelle O’Donnell, who claimed to have spotted the animal near her yard roughly a week before the carcass was discovered, felt that the beast in question was less mundane in origin: “It was evil, evil looking. And it had a horrible stench I will never forget,” she said. “We locked eyes for a few seconds and then it took off. I’ve lived in Maine my whole life and I’ve never seen anything like it.”   SPRING-HEELED JACK VS. THE MONKEY MAN! August 15, 2006 - The Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal (CSICOP) has published an article comparing the Monkey Man attacks that occured in East Delhi, India in 2001, to the notorious spate of assaults credited to the notorious Spring Heeled Jack, hailing from Victorian London. Jack, who was described as a powerfully built man in a shiny suit with a helmet and cloak, was first reported in 1837, but sightings of this bizarre and malicious entity continued on through 1870. For more on the Monkey Man phenomenon check here.   LAKE ELSINORE MONSTER RETURNS IN PRINT! August 15, 2006 - California's NC Times has published an atricle about local mysteries, including that of a LAKE MONSTER named "Elsie," which is said to dwell in the depths of Lake Elsinore. The most recent documented sighting hails from 1992: "There were numerous reports of something in the lake that year," claimed Lake Elsinore city spokesman Mark Dennis. "The lake's a lot deeper now than it's been in recent years. We may not know what's lurking in the depths of Lake Elsinore today."   DISGRACED SCIENTIST TRIED TO CLONE MAMMOTH! August 01, 2006 - CNN has reported that South Korean scientist Hwang Woo-suk (who was at the center of a storm of controversy last year for being involved with some forged academic articles on cloning and stem cell research) denied Tuesday that he had spent research funds for personal use and said part of the money was used in failed attempts to clone mammoths, extinct relatives of today's elephants. "Not a single penny was spent for personal use," Hwang testified. "All the money was used for the purpose of research."   BIGFOOT OR BIG HOAX? July 31, 2006 - Oklahoma's KXII has reported that 13-year-old Morgan Whatley and her 12-year-old brother Garrett, allegedly encountered a large creature near Clear Boggy Creek in Atoka County. A local store owner set up game cameras hoping to catch a glimpse of the beast. He managed to capture a series of controversial photos, which some claim is a genuine HAIRY HOMINID, while others suggest that this is a not-so clever ruse.   JOHOR BIGFOOT ON THE WEB! July 20, 2006 - A website dedicated to a HAIRY-HOMINID know as the "Johor Bigfoot" has created a buzz among enthusiasts of the enigmatic creature across the globe.   CFZ EXPEDITION ON THE WAY! July 20, 2006 - The Independent has published an article about the Centre for Fortean Zoology's (CFZ) expedition to the Gambian jungle, in search of the legendary, swamp dwelling, giraffe necked, horse headed, three horned monstrosity known as the Ninki-Nanka. They will also be headed to Zambia in a effort to disinter the remains of mysterious beast known as GAMBO, which was said to have been buried near the beach after washing up dead. The team leader, Richard Freeman, suspects that the ninki-nanka may be a species of colossal monitor lizard: "Whatever the truth, this is the first dedicated expedition to search for this animal."   WEIRD FISH CAUGHT IN TEXAS! July 20, 2006 - KAMC has reported that fisherman Scott Curry has caught a bizarre toothy fish at Buffalo Springs Lake in Lubbock, Texas. "I`ve lived out here 36-years, and I`ve never seen a fish like that out here in my life," says Greg Thornton, General Manager of Buffalo Springs Lake. Lake officials have put a bounty on the same species, anyone catching it will get $100. The first specimen now resides in the spring pond at Buffalo Springs Lake.   LOCH NESS KEEPS MYSTERY ALIVE! July 17, 2006 - The Herald News has published an article by Tim Norris who reminisces about his trip to Loch Ness and his relationship with Dr. Roy P. Mackal.   ARE LION KILLER APES REALLY JUST FAT CHIMPS? July 10, 2006 - South Africa's News 24 has reported that Cleve Hicks and his colleagues from the University of Amsterdam believe that there is only a "negligible" chance that Bili or "Lion Killer" apes are a new branch of the primate tree or a chimp-gorilla hybrid as some have suggested.   DNA REVEALS COLORS OF EXTINCT MAMMOTHS! July 07, 2006 - The BBC has reported that scientists using ancient DNA extracted from the excavated mammoth have been able to determine the color of the presumably extinct beasts to range from dark brown to blond. "It's the first time anybody has taken an extinct species and been able to say something about how the animal appears from its DNA," said Dr Mark Thomas from the Centre for Genetic Anthropology, at UCL. "The possibilities from there are endless. For example, in future we might be able to look at genes that affect behavior and come to conclusions about the animal's temperament."   GROVER KRANTZ'S BONES IN SMITHSONIAN! July 06, 2006 - The Washington Post has published an article regarding controversial (and respected) anthropologist and HAIRY-HOMINID researcher, Grover Krantz, and his decision to donate his skeleton to the Smithsonian Institute.   CFZ EXPEDITION PLANNED TO FIND GAMBO! July 01, 2006 - The North Devon Gazette has reported that the Centre for Fortean Zoology (CFZ) are headed to Zambia in a effort to disinter the remains of mysterious beast known as GAMBO, which was said to have been buried near the beach after washing up dead. The group also intends to collect evidence regarding the existence of the horned, swamp-dwelling beast known as the Ninki-Nanka.   ODD BEAST PHOTOGRAPHED IN NEBRASKA! June 17, 2006 - Cryptomundo has published a photo a creature that has both canine and felid (as well as simian, according to some)characteristics. The photo was allegedly snapped on June 13, 2006, by grandmother Mary Ann Carta in her backyard in Nebraska. KETV-7 in Omaha broadcast the picture on June 14. "I was not afraid at the moment. I was in the house, but I was just thinking about yesterday with the grandkids it was like, what would I have done," Carta said.   BIGFOOT EXPEDITION GOES AWRY! June 16, 2006 - Fort Wayne has published an article chronicling the trials and tribulations of a pack of BIGFOOT hunters who were attempting to flush the elusive beasts from a swampy / wooded area in Oregon.   "FENCE FIEND" SEEN IN ILLINOIS! May 31, 2006 - Cryptomundo has published a recent eyewitness report of a smallish primate-like creature, which the anonymous female witness claimed to have seen in Illinois. The encounter occurred while the witness was driving home from work on what she stated was a dark stretch of road. "It was probably between 3 and 4 feet tall, but very stocky, and I don’t know if it was bipedal or not," claimed the witness. "It could have been because it was coming over the guardrail like you or I would. Its head was kind of like a hyena, longer face and furry, but it didn’t have a long snout or anything." While the evidence has yet to be weighed in this incident, the general description seems to be akin to the classic DEVIL MONKEY encounters, which have plagued the mid-west for decades.   BIZARRE CREATURE DISCOVERED IN CHINA! May 30, 2006 - China Daily has published an article about a strange, alligator or turtle-like creature, which was discovered by an elderly man in a reservoir near Tianmen in the Hubei Province. The reptilian animal is said to have three rows of horns on its shell, a 30 centimeter tail and a pair of eyes that resemble those of an owl. A photo published in a Chinese paper revealed the creature to be an alligator snapping turtle , which leaves open the mystery as to how it ended up in a Chinese pond.   HOBBIT DISCOVERER DEFENDS FIND! May 21, 2006 - Cryptomundo has reported that Peter Brown, the co-discover of the new species known as Homo floresiensis (or Hobbits - because of their small stature) is defending his position against biologist Robert D. Martin of the Field Museum in Chicago who, in the May 19th issue of Science, claimed the now famous LB1 skull is not that of a new-discovered extinct species, but a modern Homo sapiens afflicted with microcephaly. “Some people see exactly what they want to see, for a variety of reasons,” claimed brown.   LAKE MONSTER PHOTOGRAPHED IN PENNSLYVANIA! May 20, 2006 - Cryptomundo has published an article about a series of photographs, which were allegedly taken by a local fisherman of a LAKE MONSTER known as Raystown Ray. The large creature is said to dwell in the depths of Huntingdon County’s Raystown Lake. "We’ve known it’s been in there a while now," claimed Managing Director of Raystown Lake Dwight Beall. "It’s a private creature, but it comes out around this time of year."   NAHUELITO PHOTOS SURFACE! April 17, 2006 - Cryptomundo has announced that cryptozoologist Scott Corrales of Inexplicata has shared the latest photographs of the infamous, Argentinean LAKE MONSTER known as NAHUELITO, which allegedly surfaced on April 15, 2006. Known as the "Patagonian Plesiosaur", this beast has alternately been described with an archetypal small head and swan-like neck as well as being whale-like in a appearance. Modern reports of this strange animal can be traced back to 1897, when a Patagonian farmer reported that he had witnessed a long necked creature swimming in the water. As recently as 1994, two young women (Paula Jacarbe and Jessica Campbell), while sunbathing on the shores of Nahuel Huapi, witnessed what they described as a headless whale with a humped back and small fins along the side, frolicking in the water.   BIGFOOT EXHIBIT TO KICK OFF! March 29, 2006 - The San Antonio Express News has reported that on April 7, the Institute of Texan Cultures will offer "Bigfoot in Texas," an exhibit presented through a cooperative effort between the institute and the Dallas-based Texas Bigfoot Research Center. The exhibit will spotlight the mystery of HAIRY HOMINIDS in the modern world, which have a reported history stretching from the Himalayas to Texas.   IS BIGFOOT GIVING CRYPTOZOOLOGY A BAD NAME? March 20, 2006 - The New Straits Times has published an article questioning wether or not the continued pursuit of HAIRY HOMINIDS has maligned other cryptozoological efforts.   MYSTERIOUS NEW CRAB-LIKE CREATURE FOUND! March 20, 2006 - The San Francisco Chronicle has reported that an entirely new crustacean was discovered 7,500 feet down in waters 900 miles south of Easter Island in the South Pacific, a creature so unlike anything previously discovered that scientists had to create an entirely new genus for it, Kiwa hirsuta, named after the goddess of crustaceans in Polynesian mythology. This eyeless, albino, crablike animal is about 6 inches long with forearms sticking straight out of its torso and extending twice the length of its body, with those forearms and its legs all covered in a silky blond fur, like something straight out of a medieval bestiary. "It's not a lobster. It's not a crab," said journalist Mark Morford. "It's not anything anyone really understands."   RAT SQUIRREL REAPPEARS AFTER 11 MILLION YEARS! March 10, 2006 - The Washington Post has reported that the Laotian "rock rat," a chipmunk-size, brush-tailed rodent with a long head and quick paws once found ancient China and Pakistan, has been found in Laos after scientists had believed the animal to have been extinct for the past 11 million years. This is a textbook example of a phenomenon known as the "Lazarus effect." Where creature - like the coelacanth, a Paleozoic fish believed to have gone extinct along with the dinosaurs 65 million years ago - that was thought to have died out deep in the prehistoric past, suddenly reappears.   GOLDEN HOAN KIEM TURTLE INJURED! March 10, 2006 - Vietnam Bridge has reported that associate Professor Ha Dinh Duc said that recent photos of the beloved reptile prove that it has been injured. In a picture dated November 2005, scientists saw deep-set marks on the famous shell and believe them to have resulted from a “strong blow”. The legendary turtles in Hoan Kiem Lake are associated with the stories of Kim Qui (the Golden Turtle) God and until 1998 were believed to be nothing more than legend. An amateur cameraman caught the creatures on video, which subsequently aired on Vietnamese television and CNN. This discovery is made all the more significant by the fact that these giant turtles lived undiscovered in a lake passed by thousands of pedestrians every day in downtown Hanoi... forcing one to wonder what might actually dwell in the depths of larger and more obscure bodies of water across the globe.   MALAYSIAN APE MAN PRINT TO BE DNA TESTED! March 10, 2006 - The Malaysian Star has reported that DNA test will be carried out on the cast of a giant footprint found in the forests of Johor to determine whether or not it is an unknown anthropoid. Singapore Paranormal Investigators (SPI) founder, Dr. Kenny Fong, said they did not spot Bigfoot but stumbled on the prints during intermittent rain, just as the forest was getting dark: “We were shocked when we saw the prints. I thought to myself, 'this thing is real'. I was pretty sure the prints did not belong to any other animal,” Fong said, adding that all the team members were literally jumping for joy.   "TYCO" ANIMAL SEEN IN NORTH CAROLINA! March 09, 2006 - The News Observer has reported that over the past two months a bizarre-looking creature, which employees have dubbed the "Tyco Animal," has been skulking in the fields around Tyco Electronics' woodsy campus in Fuquay-Varina. With its super-thin coat, the animal looks like a hairless fox from afar. Viewed with binoculars, it appears to have the head of a baby kangaroo and the sleek, elongated tail of a rat. "It's definitely a very strange-looking thing," said Jerri Durazo, an employee who has photographed the animal.   MORE CHUPACABRA HYPE! February 28, 2006 - ABC News has published a story chronicling "El Chupacabra's" continuing popularity as both a biological mystery and piece of modern folklore along U.S.-Mexico borderlands.   MORE MALAYSIAN BIGFOOT REPORTS! February 28, 2006 - The BBC has reported on the continued scientific pursuit of the so-called Malaysian "Bigfoot" in the Johor region. Public relations consultant Eva Hawa says she saw a creature fitting Bigfoot's description crossing the road in broad daylight: "It was hairy, it was big, it was about six to seven feet tall. He moved right across in front of my car. He has a hunch and walked like a very old man," she said. It is still unknown wether or not these huge beasts have been associated with their smaller counterparts, the BATUTUT.   NEW CHAMP VIDEO SURFACES! February 23, 2006 - ABC News has obtained exclusive video of something just under the surface of Lake Champlain, that some claim may be CHAMP. The video was taken by two fishermen, Peter Bodette and Dick Affolter, with their digital camera last summer. Although the duo claims that they never saw the entire creature, the former Champ skeptics were able to catch at least a glimpse of this animal's large proportions. "It was as big around as my thigh," said Bodette. "I'm 100 percent sure of what we saw. I'm not 100 percent sure of what it was." Affolter added: "It made my hair stand on end at the time," said Affolter. "It just didn't fit anything — any creature I had seen."   ILLINOIS BIGFOOT ATTACKS CAR! February 21, 2006 - PJStar has reported that Chris Vielhak claims to have had a close encounter with a black creature, which "slapped" his car, leaving five large claw marks in its wake. "It kept bugging me and fascinated me about what hit my car, and it ticked me off because paint jobs cost money," said Vielhak, 31. "Many people may not believe me, that's up to them." This is not the first bizarre, ape-like creature to be seen in Illinois. On May 25, 1972, Central Illinois police logged more than 200 calls regarding a shrieking, 7-foot tall, white haired, ape-like creature, which has come to be known as the MURPHYSBORO MUD MONSTER.   HAS EVIDENCE OF APE MEN BEEN FOUND IN MALAYSIA? February 20, 2006 - The Malaysian National News Agency has reported that the Johor Wildlife Protection Society claims to have scientific evidence, which proves the existence of a colony of large, hairy ape-like creatures (which the society has dubbed "Orang Lenggor" or "Lenggor People") in the jungles of Johor. "The adult creatures are between 10 and 12 feet tall while their children are 6 to 7 footers. Seventy per cent of the Orang Lenggor have a human appearance but the rest resemble apes," claimed the society's secretary Tay Teng Hwa. "We will make public the evidence soon." read more...   HUNT IS ON FOR MALAYSIAN BIGFOOT! January 30, 2006 - National Public Radio has announced that the Malaysian government has taken reports of a 10-foot tall, ape-like, HAIRY HOMINID so seriously that they have sent a team of scientists to track the elusive creature. It is unknown wether or not these huge beasts have been associated with their smaller counterparts, the BATUTUT.   BOOK CHRONICLES NEW SPECIES HUNTERS! January 29, 2006 - The San Francisco Chronicle has published a review of the book: "Strange New Species - Astonishing Discoveries of Life on Earth," by Elin Kelsey, Ph.D. "To date, 1.7 million species have been identified on Earth, but scientists believe there are somewhere between 5 million and 10 million total, and many are busy at work finding them. Monterey author Elin Kelsey, profiles several scientists and their work in her vibrant book 'Strange New Species'."   SCIENTISTS STRIVE FOR A REAL LIFE JURASSIC PARK! January 23, 2006 - Newsweek has reported that scientist from across the globe are putting themselves to the task of re-populating the world with once extinct species, Far and away the most exciting prospect could be the re-emergence of one of the Pleistocene era's greatest beasts, the woolly-mammoth. "Genetic wizards have already cloned sheep, monkeys, pigs and cats. But resurrecting millennial beasts like the mammoth or giant armadillo is far trickier. Although many experts scoff at the idea of using science to "restart evolution" through cloning extinct animals, the prospect has sent waves of excitement through biotech labs around the world."   NEW SASQUATCH RESEARCH ORGANIZATION! January 23, 2006 - The Toronto Globe and Mail has published a story about a new research organization in British Columbia, known as the West Coast Sasquatch. The organization is working with an international group known as the Sasquatch Research Initiative in an attempt to finally prove that the ape-like animals are real. “Oh, they exist all right. I'm convinced of that,” says Ken Kristian, a 50-year-old former fishing guide who spends many weekends tramping through the rainforest, hoping for a close encounter. “Somebody, somewhere is going to get a lucky break one day and prove sasquatch exist. I hope it's us.”   THE AFRICAN ELEPHANT KILLER ON DISPLAY! January 23, 2006 - Cryptomundo has published an article about Africa's notorious elephant killer EMELA-NTOUKA. Oft confused with the saurapod-like MOKELE-M'BEMBE, it would seem that this animal has its own unique, and possibly prehistoric, origin.   BRITISH COLUMBIA "BIGFOOT" RESEARCHER SPEAKS! January 05, 2006 - The White Rock Peace Arch News has published a conversation with Fraser Valley, British Columbia HAIRY HOMINID researcher and webmaster Gerry Mathews. “I’ve studied what’s out there. There’s a lot of bull," calimed Mathews. "That’s why I built the website, to put up the material that has convinced me and to add my version, which is accurate if anyone wants to look into it.”   MALAYSIAN "KING KONG" REPORTED! January 01, 2006 - The Malaysian National News Agency has reported that numerous eyewitnesses claim to have seen a 10-foot tall, bipedal, ape-like creature in the jungles of Johor. A 5-year old Orang Asli girl, Empan Melai, who was lost for six days in the Lenggor National Park while searching for rattan with her family early this month, claimed to have seen a creature which she descibed as a "King Kong" with huge arms and covered with black fur. "Bigfoot exists. We have received reports from many people who said they had seen the creature in the forests of Tanjung Piai, Mersing, Kahang, the Endau Rompin National Park and Kota Tinggi," said the adviser to the Malaysian Nature Society Vincent Chow. "They (the sightings) are not a new phenomenon. In fact, I regard this as a unique feature of the Johor's treasures and we must take steps to safeguard it."   MAMMOTH DNA PARTIALLY DECODED! December 19, 2005 - Live Science has reported that a team of scientists, led by Hendrik Poinar at McMaster University, have unlocked a portion of the allegedly extinct Woolly Mammoth's nuclear DNA by working with a well preserved 27,000-year-old specimen from Siberia. Colleagues at Penn State sequenced 1 percent of the genome in a few hours and say they expect to finish the whole genome in about a year if funding is provided. “More importantly our discovery means that recreating extinct hybrid animals is theoretically possible," Poinar said.   BIZARRE THREE-TOED PRINT DISCOVERED! December 19, 2005 - Coast to Coast AM has posted a picture allegedly taken in Rickett's Glen State Park in North Central Pennsylvania of what appears to be the print of a 13-inch long, three toed foot. The photographer, known only as Travis M., claims to have stumbled across the print while hiking. "I found this track as I climbed a hill in the center of the park. At first, I was confident that it was probably a Bigfoot track, similar to the ones which are frequently reported in the south. However, I am now open to the possibility that this is a Thunderbird track, although I cannot imagine why it would be out in the snow," said Travis.   COLEMAN'S TOP CRYPTO BOOKS OF 2005! December 17, 2005 - Esteemed author, lecturer and cryptozoologist Loren Coleman gives his annual overview of the top cryptozoological books of the past year.   THE SCIENCE OF SEA MONSTERS! December 11, 2005 - Live Science has published an article about the current scientific and pop culture craze surrounding the colossal denizens of the deep known as SEA MONSTERS.   BABY BIGFOOT CAUGHT ON VIDEO! November 25, 2005 - The Times Herald-Record has reported that an 8-year-old videotape, which appears to show a pair of young, HAIRY-HOMINIDS climbing a tree near Lembo Lake off Route 44/55 in New York State. The alleged BIGFOOT's baby pictures were captured inadvertently in 1997 by a camper identified as Doug Pridgen, who was taping a friend at the lake. While transferring the videotape to a different format a few years ago, Pridgen's girlfriend noticed two ape-like figures, one smaller than the next, cavorting in some trees about 100 feet behind Pridgen's friend. "At first, you think, 'big monkey,' but what would a monkey be doing in the woods of N.Y.? The thing swings from one tree to the next and moves up and down it with ease," claimed Pridgen   ARABIAN "CHUPACABRA" ON THE LOOSE! November 24, 2005 - The Khaleej Times has reported that a feral, blood-sucking, chupacabra-like predator is allegedly preying on sheep in the sleepy Fujairah suburb of Sakmakam in the United Arab Emirate. When asked about the beast the residents stated: "The creature takes the sheep by the neck, sucks the blood and leaves them dead." Police officials believe the carnage to be the work of Arabian leopard or wolves.   HUNTING SEASON OPEN ON STORSIE! November 19, 2005 - AOL News has reported that open season has been declared on the serpentine beast known as STORSIE, which is said to lurk in murky depths of Sweden's lake Storsjon. The creature, which has been seen by hundreds of eyewitnesses and pursued doggedly by monster hunter JAN OVE SUNDBERG, has enjoyed the protection of being on the endangered species list since 1986, but now it is fair game for hunters - if they can find it. "It exists, inasmuch as it lives in the minds of people," the council's chief legal adviser Peter Lif said about the purported beast. "But I guess we'll have to agree that it cannot be proved scientifically, and then it should not be listed as an endangered species."   TRACKING THE PENNSYLVANIA BIGFOOT! November 14, 2005 - The Chambersburg Pennsylvania Public Opinion has reported that representatives of the Bigfoot Field Research Organization converged on Caledonia State Park in order to investigate the surrounding state forest in the hopes that they might procure evidence of the existence of the elusive e