Month: November 2011

Flying Cryptid Sightings: Weird Bat-Like Creatures / Large Bioluminescent Birds

Posted by Lon at Phantoms and Monsters I received the following inquiry from my friend Sunny Williams at Lights in the Texas Sky: Hi Lon, I thought I’d run this by you. I received an email from someone who had (years ago) witnessed a UFO and had possibly been abducted, along with a friend. They were children at the time and the UFO sighting was … Continue reading Flying Cryptid Sightings: Weird Bat-Like Creatures / Large Bioluminescent Birds

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Theories about Nessie Existence A variety of explanations have been postulated over the years to account for sightings of the Loch Ness Monster. These may be categorized as: misidentifications of common animals; misidentifications of inanimate objects or effects; reinterpretations of traditional Scottish folklore; hoaxes; and exotic species of large animals. –The Plesiosaur Theory– Many versions of water monsters resemble dinosaurs, such as the plesiosaur dinosaur. … Continue reading

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Above Photo: The last Tasmanian tiger in captivity, in ca.1936Second Illustration: H. C. Richter’s illustration of the Tasmanian tiger, from John Gould’s The Mammals of Australia. In July 1936, thylacines were finally granted full protection. Two months later, on 7 September 1936, the last known thylacine died in Hobart Zoo. – Thylacine collection goes on display – The permanent exhibition is showing in the Wilderness … Continue reading

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Top Photo Credit: The Alecton crew tries to catch a giant squid. From “20000 leagues under the seas” by Jules Verne. Reference: Andreas Fehrmann. From Myth To Reality When the Nautilus returns to the Atlantic Ocean, a “poulpe” (usually translated as a giant squid, although the French “poulpe” means “octopus”) attacks the vessel and devours a crew member. Excerpt from Chapter XVIII of Jules Verne’s … Continue reading

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Source http://www.occultopedia.com/y/yeti.htm Yeti The Tibetan name for the Abominable Snowman, a humanlike monster whose tracks have been discovered in the frigid lands of perpetual snow in the Himalayan regions of India, Nepal, and Tibet. According to locals, the Yeti is but one of several unidentified creatures that inhabit the highlands of southern Asia. Sherpas, Nepalis and Tibetans alike have described different types of Yeti; a … Continue reading

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Recently a team of explorers and film makers returned from their expedition to the Peruvian Amazon in search of the giant anaconda and repeatedly came across stories and eye-witness accounts of the Yacumama. They decided to systematically interview every tribe they met in the jungle to see if the descriptions varied. Not only did every report corroborate the other but they also supported the data … Continue reading

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STOP KILLING TEXAS BLUE DOGS! “Farmer May Have Caught Legendary ‘Chupacabra’  – October 14, 2004 Pollok, Texas – What are the strange, unidentified grey-blue animals that people keep seeing ? and shooting ? in Texas? Back in May this year, Elmendorf, Texas farmer, Devin McAnally, shot an animal eating mulberries that he also thought was killing his chickens. Devin was amazed that his bullets did … Continue reading

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The Dingonek

The Dingonek The Dingonek is said to be a walrus-like creature found in the parts of Africa; Kenya in particular. John Alfred Jordan, an explorer, claimed to have shot at this unidentified creature in the River Maggori in Kenya in 1907 (some reports say 1909). Jordan claimed this scale-covered creature was 18 feet (6 metres) long and had reptilian claws, a spotted back, a long … Continue reading The Dingonek

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FORMER AFRICA (Translated from Italian) We propose you here some testimonies on some mysterious exploratory marked animals in Africa from and travellers of the past century. We begin to read to the diaries of one of shipments Africans of the past century… In 1910 the exploratory hunter and naturalist Hans Schomburgk – the discoverer of the ippopotamo pigmeo in Liberia – reached on the rivers … Continue reading

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The Dobhar-Chu Known as the “Irish Crocodile” this creature is considered to be the single most vicious aquatic predator ever to haunt the murky depths of the Emerald Isle.  Although the British Isles are littered with dangerous underwater beasts, few are as frightening as the Dobhar-Chu. Known to locals as the Irish crocodile, the Dobhar-Chu’s name, when roughly translated from Gaelic, literally means “water hound.” … Continue reading

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