Month: January 2015

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An Incredibly Rare Megamouth Shark Just Washed Up In The Philippines

Its scientific name means “giant mouth of the deep.” “The megamouth shark is so uncommon that until recently, some still considered it a cryptid, a creature so rare that it couldn’t be confirmed by science.” Full story at Business Insider Cryptid Chronicles readers, what do YOU think? Your Cryptid Chronicler,Sydney Colvin IF YOU HAVE HAD A CRYPTID ENCOUNTER AND WOULD LIKE TO TELL YOUR STORY … Continue reading An Incredibly Rare Megamouth Shark Just Washed Up In The Philippines

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Chinese Police Officials Caught Eating Real-Life Monster

Undercover journalists catch police officials in China eating a critically endangered Chinese giant salamander. The reporters were beaten. OH NO! This is a very sad 😦 “It’s bad enough when humans create endangered species through hunting, pollution and other activities. It’s even worse when they knowingly dine on one of the last of a species – just to show they can. That’s what happened in … Continue reading Chinese Police Officials Caught Eating Real-Life Monster

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I was asked by professional photographer Nathan Cowlishaw to help get the word out about his The Great Southwestern Suzuki Adventure Kickstarter campaign, hosted by his brother Joe. Together, they are asking anyone who appreciates Southwest photography and adventure to consider supporting the campaign. I am a big fan of Nathan’s exciting and beautiful work and he is offering professional prints and unique books of … Continue reading

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MEG (A Novel of Deep Terror) by Steve Alten We don’t talk enough about the possibility of relict populations of megalodon on here, so to help fill that void, consider this book I really enjoyed as a kid. Hope you enjoy my review 🙂 It’s really a shame that the film based on this novel has been trapped down in the depths (har har) since … Continue reading

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Desert Tawny Owl: New Species of Bird Discovered

Ornithologists have described a new cryptic species of owl that inhabits the desert areas of Israel, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Oman and Yemen. Full story at Sci-News! Cryptid Chronicles readers, what do YOU think? Your Cryptid Chronicler, Sydney Colvin If you enjoyed this post please comment, Like ♥ and share! Thank you!I’m also on Facebookhttp://www.facebook.com/CryptidChronicles• Write for Cryptid Chronicles• Submit Art Desert Tawny Owl: New … Continue reading Desert Tawny Owl: New Species of Bird Discovered

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Australian Megafauna for Australia Day Per my associate Dale Drinnon over at Frontiers of Zoology: Picture of the presumably-extinct Australian megafauna was posted this morning on Facebook because of Australia Day. Most of the creatures shown on it have been nominated as survivals corresponding to recent Cryptid categories. *Syd’s note* The image is from the book cover of Prehistoric Giants (Danielle Clode), the second in the Museum … Continue reading

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About This Blog

Cryptid Chronicles covers a variety of topics from cryptozoology and mythological beasts to rare animals and unidentified creatures. This blog has been online since November 2011 and to my surprise,… I have updated the About & Submitting Material page. Please if you know of the sources of anything I haven’t provided a source or credit for, I would appreciate help in identifying it. Many of … Continue reading About This Blog

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Monsters of Texas by Ken Gerhard, Nick Redfern As some of you know, Ken and Nick are friends of mine, as well as professional monster hunters and fortean researchers. Here I offer a review of their book, Monsters of Texas, which we will be able to ask Ken questions about later this year here on my blog! Hope you enjoy 🙂 When most people think … Continue reading

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The professor is going down! In need of inspiration for researching for an upcoming article for you guys on the (previously and erroneously referred to, but acceptedly known) Megalania (correctly Varanus priscus) possibly surviving into our century, I decided to use some of my Lego minifigs and a Komodo dragon educational toy (by Safari Ltd.) to help show scale between Megalania and a six foot … Continue reading

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