Archive for the ‘anomalies’ category
September 4, 2008
—Destination Truth reports the existence of a Cambodian wildman, an ape-like man who goes about naked with long hair and a sword (a guy could get into that!). The remote area of the appearances is rich in legends of wild men living in the forest. This guy is not Bigfoot as he also sports tattoos, and Bigfoot doesn’t work with a sword.
It gets better in that a young naked woman was also seen with the guy. She was captured as the duo lurked around the fringes of a village to steal food; the wildman escaped capture. The feral girl was reunited with her biological father, who identified her from a scar she had acquired before her disappearance 18 years ago. The language skills of the girl were poor, and she supposedly didn’t communicate much verbally with the wildman (guys aren’t much for conversation, anyhow). After being given a bad haircut and living with her father in civilization for about ten months, the girl again escaped into the forest, and has not been seen since.
A likely explanation is that the wildman escaped from the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia about 20 years ago, and has never bothered returning to civilization…kinda like those handful of Japanese soldiers in isolated locations who continued to fight World War II for years after it ended…
Categories: animals, anomalies, furry, unexplained
Tags: Cambodian wildman, feral human
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September 1, 2008
–No, we’re not talking about Big Bird, that mellow yellow fellow with the endocrine problem universally endeared to children on Sesame Street. This is about cryptic birds big enough to carry away small children, as reportedly happened in Lawndale, Illinois in 1977. At that time, a 4′ tall boy weighing 56 lbs. was reportedly carried 35 feet by an enormous black bird with a white ring around its neck. The bird was said to have had a 4-1/2 foot body, and each wing of the bird exclusive of the body measured 4 feet. The boy pounded at the bird and was eventually dropped after having been carried that 35′ distance; he was physically unharmed, but suffered psychological problems afterwards. The bird came to be referred to as the Lawndale Thinderbird, after the enormous birds of Native American legend…
Categories: animals, anomalies, furry, unexplained
Tags: enormous birds, Lawndale Thunderbird, Thunderbird
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August 28, 2008
–On August 25th, a guy from Texas found a moth bearing, yes, an image of Jesus, with this find seen on a recreational vehicle!–You remember, of course, the image of the Virgin Mary seen in a cheese sandwich?–The guy at least sees the moth as something God created rather than as a re-creation of Jesus, which would pose profound theological questions eclipsing even the Mothman…
…this might lead to The Gospel According to Lepidoptera, and lend bug hunts the significance of a spiritual pilgrimage…and maybe Mothra is truly worthy of veneration, having the death and resurrection thing going… 😉
Categories: animals, anomalies, furry
Tags: Jesus moth, moth
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August 22, 2008
—Extremely large invertebrates seldom seem to get big press, but the giant squid and giant octopus are both out there, and the latter was recently featured on a MonsterQuest episode. Mythological and undocumented reports exist of such creatures, with giant squids and octopuses hopelessly intermingled and jointly referred to as kraken. Such giant creatures are in some legends regarded as forms taken by shape shifting vengeful sea gods.
In 1896 remains of an extremely large specimen were washed up off St. Augustine, Florida (see picture). It didn’t have much of a head left and only the stumps of tentacles, but the science of the day estimated that the arm span of the creature may have reached 100 feet. The largest octopus documented is the North Pacific giant octopus, with a 14 foot arm span. Off the Bahamas Islands, however, is reputed to exist an octopus variant called the lusca, with a 75 to 200 foot span.
The octopus is a rather intelligent invertebrate, and can figure out how to open jars to get food within them. Having a boneless body makes the octopus able to squeeze through remarkably small openings to hide or prey. The fact that the body of an invertebrate such as the squid or octopus decays rapidly and can stretch after death makes post-mortem estimates of their size extremely difficult.
Categories: animals, anomalies, furry, science
Tags: giant octopus, kraken
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August 20, 2008
–Sigh…just days after a much ballyhooed news conference was held in California to proclaim that the remains of a creature found in the North Georgia mountains was the legendary man-ape, the “carcass” when thawed out was discovered to be a rubber gorilla outfit! The two individuals aiming to prove the existence of Bigfoot paid an undisclosed sum of money for the ice-enclosed rubber suit.
While this fraud fell apart faster than I thought it would, we who believe know only one thing: The truth is out there! Perhaps we someday will have a real cryptid discovery to celebrate…it’s happened before!
Categories: animals, anomalies, furry, science, unexplained
Tags: Bigfoot fraud
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August 16, 2008
–Well, the Montauk Monster’s missing, but we’ve got the Chupacabra video, and supposedly a dead Bigfoot.–Not bad times for cryptozoology or hucksterism, depending on what you believe!
Reporters were not impressed by the Bigfoot presentation of the two men claiming that it was the genuine article, as they did not produce a body nor disclose its location. One of the two was also involved in a previous Bigfoot hoax in 2005, when he was going to do a “Pay-Per-View” thing. They did produce a picture, which looked like a Chewbacca costume with a few guts sprinkled on for good measure. Of three DNA samples produced, one was human, the second possum, and the third untestable. Without rigorous and independent scientific investigation, conclusions will be tainted at best.
This will take months to spin out, but I would look for the claims to start to unravel. I’d be thrilled, however, if this was the real deal…but DNA samples may prove that this was the offspring of John Edwards...
Categories: animals, anomalies, furry, science, unexplained
Tags: Bigfoot, Georgia ape
Comments: 2 Comments
August 14, 2008
–This could be major, or just another hoax. Two Georgia residents who lead bigfoot-tracking expeditions are claiming to have found the body of a bigfoot in the woods of northern Georgia. The men, one a police officer and the other a former correctional officer, claim they have a body, photos, and DNA evidence of the 7-feet tall, 500 lb. mammal. On August 15th, the men will reveal their findings at a news conference in Palo Alto, where they intend to present DNA evidence that will prove that the carcass is that of a bigfoot. The creature has a 16-3/4 inch footprint and a palm to fingertip span of 11-1/2 inches. The presenters are not stating where the body was found or where it is now.
Will this be the find of a lifetime, or just another disappointment?–I want to believe!
Categories: animals, anomalies, cryptozoology, furry, science, unexplained
Tags: Bigfoot, Bigfoot found?
Comments: 1 Comment
August 12, 2008
–Another Chupacabra video has recently surfaced, this one supposedly made by a sheriff’s deputy. Most of the alleged Chupacabra videos and pictures viewable so far on the internet are either so out of focus as to be anything, or they are laughable fakes. Something may yet come of the roadkill specimen preserved in a freezer in Cuero, Texas. I saw a brief snippet of the video on the news in which I only saw the life form from the rear as it retreated; definitely a canid. Some say that the creature is a gray fox with a bad case of mange, or a strange coyote…
…if the “strange coyote” is equipped with an assortment of Acme products, we’ll probably be seeing more of him… 😉
Categories: animals, anomalies, furry, science, unexplained
Tags: chupacabra
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August 5, 2008
–No, the Hairy Man is not a guy in desperate need of a back waxing, but rather a Native American Bigfoot analogue dating back in their art and descriptions for a thousand years. Sightings and reported destruction have occurred in Canada.
Native American sentiments are positive towards the Hairy Man, who is seen as being a benign protector dangerous only if crossed or opposed. Very cool are associated myths that humans and animals once shared communicative capabilities, circumstances which ended when man began to think of himself as better than the animals…
Categories: animals, anomalies, furry, science, unexplained
Tags: Bigfoot, the hairy man
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July 26, 2008
–The Jersey Devil, also known as The Leeds Devil, is a cryptic animal reputed to inhabit the Pine Barrens in southern New Jersey. The creature was first described in the 1700’s, with sightings reported as recently as 2008. Most accounts describe the Jersey Devil as having a long neck, wings, and hooves. The long neck has brought comparisons to the giraffe, while the head is elongated and horse-like.
Legend is rich surrounding the origins of the Jersey Devil, with a Mother Leeds in colonial times reputed to have had twelve children while learning that she was pregnant with a thirteenth child. “Let it be a devil!,” the woman is reported to have said with understandable exasperation, and so it was! The product of Mother Leeds’ thirteenth pregnancy ate its mother and siblings, and then burst into the outside world.
By some accounts, the Jersey Devil is said to have red eyes with hypnotic or paralyzing impact. Some locals regard the Devil affectionately as a protector or kind of area mascot, and it is a source of attraction for tourists and related merchandising...
Categories: animals, anomalies, cryptozoology, furry, science, unexplained
Tags: Jersey Devil
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—Destination Truth reports the existence of a Cambodian wildman, an ape-like man who goes about naked with long hair and a sword (a guy could get into that!). The remote area of the appearances is rich in legends of wild men living in the forest. This guy is not Bigfoot as he also sports tattoos, and Bigfoot doesn’t work with a sword. 
FOXSYLVANIA 
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