Beast of Gevaudan The Beast of Gévaudan is a name given to man-eating wolf-like animals that terrorized the former province of Gévaudan (modern day département of Lozère), in the Margeride Mountains in south-central France from 1764 to 1767.The beasts were sometimes consistently described by eyewitnesses as having formidable teeth and immense tails. Their fur had a reddish tinge, and was said to have emitted an … Continue reading
Month: June 2012
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Hey man, thanks for taking time to say something so nice 🙂I normally don’t want to use this blog as a channel for my other passions, but felt this was acceptable and appropriate. I was elated to see so many reblogs of that post. Every bit counts to bring more awareness on the cruelty that animals are suffering every single second of every single day … Continue reading I love your blog!! Not only do you show awesome stuff about cryptids, but I also appreciate how you advocate social responsibility with your promotion of animal abuse awareness!!
Surviving Plesiosaurs as Vs. Longnecked Seals as Longnecked Sea-Serpent candidates (PART ONE) (Sydney’s note: This is an article posted by Dale Drinnon over at Frontiers of Zoology earlier this year that I have been meaning to share with you guys, please let me know what you think of his thoughtful assessment.) In assessing the likelihood of any candidates for the Plesiosaur shaped sea-Serpent category, some … Continue reading
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Mystery of the Shunka Warak’in The Shunka Warak’in is an unknown presumably canine-like creature reported through out the northern United States including Montana, Illinois, Nebraska and Iowa, often described by eyewitnesses as being a primitive wolf or hyena like creature. The Ioway, and several other Native American Indian tribes in the region, called the creature Shunka Warak’in, which translates into carrying off dogs, because it … Continue reading
Please take a stand against animal cruelty and show your support for animals by using a purple photo the week of June 24-30 ,2012 on your facebooks. Feel free to use mine or grab one in their album or you can create your own http://www.facebook.com/PurpleforAnimals 5 Ways to Prevent Animal Cruelty Educate yourself on reporting animal cruelty – Create a list of who to … Continue reading
“WOMAN IN BLACK” DIRECTOR SEEKS OUT NESSIE James Watkins, who’s already impressed with the likes of EDEN LAKE and THE WOMAN IN BLACK is moving on to one of the world’s most infamous monsters, Nessie. Screen Daily reports that Watkins will co-write THE LOCH alongside Simon Duric, who will eventually helm. The first film planned under producer Will Clarke’s newly established Altitude Entertainment, THE LOCH is … Continue reading
Hand feeding a Tasmanian tiger John Austwick recalls a conversation with Frank Castle who looked after a Tasmanian tiger for three months before it was sent off to a buyer on the mainland. Frank was only a young boy at the time, which was around 1910 and it wasn’t long after this time that the Tasmanian tiger became extinct. In 1888 the government offered a … Continue reading
Mothman as an Owl Mothman as an owl has previously been discussed on Cryptid Chronicles with Mark A. Hall’s theory about “Bighoot” with his sense that Mothman/Bighoot may have developed a protective mimicry that has been utilized by the giant owls to disguise themselves as upright trees and logs lying on the ground. While I don’t believe that all Mothman sightings can be misdiagnosed as … Continue reading
In Search of the Alp
Back in 2011, Lon at Phantoms and Monsters posted that one of his Finnish readers had alerted him to an expedition to the Waldviertel region of Austria in search of the Alp. He had been looking for interested parties to join him once he arrived on location. His name is Tapio Mäkinen and his website is The Finnish Hunter. Mäkinen’s description of this cryptid (edited … Continue reading In Search of the Alp
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