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The Skulls Have Spoken!

December 23, 2012

crystal skull– – Well, you’ll probably be relieved to hear that the life-sized crystal skulls claimed to have been passed down by the ancient Maya have spoken, and the world is not going to end…it’s the beginning of the new world, kinda like reality 2.0.

Several of the crystal skulls have been consulted by modern seers at the cosmic dawn Friday, Dec. 21st in Merida, Mexico, together with impressive whooping, dancing, and drum-beating in a gathering of about 1,000 shamans, seers, stargazers, crystal enthusiasts, yogis, sufis, and swamis at a convention center only an hour and a half away from the Mayan ruins at Chicken Itza.   While the crystal skulls did not break into song to perform Duke of Earl and a medley of other great hits from the fifties, a new era is now at hand in which adherents believe that they will recover the ability to communicate telepathically and levitate objects like their ancestors are reputed to have done.- -Who wouldn’t like to have telekinesis for Xmas?!

So what does this mean?–Well, believers say that the “galactic bridge has been established,” with spirals of light to enter the center of our heads, and generate powerful vortexes that will cover the planet!  It’s not an ending but rather the birth of a new age.  Those of us who were around in the 1960’s or know someone who was already have some feeling for this kinda thing…and welcome to the new age!

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New Loch Ness Monster Photo?

August 17, 2012

– – I would be ever so happy if definitive, verifiable proof of any of the major cryptids were found during my lifetime that I could die happy!  Certainly the Loch Ness Monster is one of the major players in this field, with George Edwards recently submitting a new picture alleged to be the elusive creature.  Now Edwards, a sixty-year-old Scottish sailor, spends about 60 hours a week on the loch, providing tours on his boat, the Nessie Hunter IV.  He has been searching for the Loch Ness Monster for the past 26 years.  

The image is regarded by most skeptics to be a large sturgeon, although it appears to lack a serrated spine like the sturgeon.  Unfortunately, there is nothing in the picture to measure size against, such as a building or island in the background.  The photo, captured by Edwards towards the end of last year, is believed by him to show the back of one of the creatures…

Categories: animals, anomalies, aquatic, cryptozoology, mysteries, unexplained, unidentified

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The Ozark Howler

July 25, 2012

– – The Ozark Howler sounds like a really bad country music act, but refers to a cat-like cryptid reputed to reside in remote areas of Arkansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Texas.  Said to be the size of a black bear, it boasts a thick body, black hair, glowing eyes, and perhaps horns from its forehead!  The Howler is reputed to stand three to four feet tall at the  shoulder, and weighs in at about 400 pounds.  The creature makes a deafening aggressive, threatening scream that is kind of a combination of a wolf’s howl and an elk’s cry…

A search for the Ozark Howler was detailed on an episode of Haunted Highway in which two investigators went to Jasper County in Arkansas, where initially a local cop was interviewed who attached some credibility to the story,  saying that he had heard the creature.  The investigators then went hiking in the woods near Wallpac, where they set up thermal cameras and meat bait, complete with a GPS in the bait.  Eerie, high-pitched cries were heard.  Later, the bait was taken but unfortunately the camera was knocked over.  The GPS had been displaced from the bait, and tooth marks were found on the GPS.  Paw prints were found nearby of which a cast was taken.  Lastly, a non-revealing thermal image was captured on another camera.

All of this was taken to a biologist, who said that he could believe that the creature detected might have been an escaped puma or another kind of large feral cat.  Predictably inconclusive, the episode summarized that there was something out there in the Arkansas woods that was “large and hungry.”- -What could be truer, or safer to say?

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Idaho Bigfoot?

June 1, 2012

– – A group of high school students on a class project in the Idaho wilderness captured a dark, mysterious creature on a short video taken near Mink Creek before the unknown creature retreated into the treeline.  The student who captured the video described the thing sighted as “big and bulky and black,” but not as appearing human-like and not looking like a bear or moose.  The footage of course is blurred and out of focus…

The students also climbed to where they saw the potential Bigfoot and photographed large footprints that it left in the dirt.   The video footage and image of the large footprint was taken by a local news station to Sasquatch expert Jeff Meldrum at Idaho State University, who said the large, dark figure portrayed bears resemblance to descriptions of Sasquatch.  Anatomist Trent Stephens said that the beast resembled that seen in the 1967 classic Patterson film taken in California. 

The Animal Planet show “Finding Bigfoot” will visit Pocatello, Idaho next month to investigate claims that Bigfoot could be in the area…

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Icelandic River Monster?

February 15, 2012

  – – A video reportedly showing an apparent subarctic anaconda snaking its way upstream through Iceland’s Jokulsa River as shot by a 67-year-old farmer has been subjected to an analysis in which the position of the monster’s head were matched up with relation to static reference points.  It was concluded that the “monster” was actually stuck in one place on the river, with moving water creating the illusion of a swimming snake.

The object is thought to be a fishing net or long piece of cloth caught on a branch or a rock lying beneath the surface of the water.  The serpentine shape is caused by chunks of ice hanging onto the net.

Iceland does have a legendary Lagafljot Worm, the Icelandic equivalent of the Loch Ness monster…but this was no Nessie cousin.

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Mystery Roadkill!

August 24, 2011

 – – I, for one, can never get enough of mystery roadkill!  One such dead white mammal was found on a Douglas County road in Minnesota that boasts five claws, dark tufts of hair on its back and head, and long toenails.- -Well actually, it’s not boasting anything, such being one of the limitations of being dead…

While the head suggests a canine, the right front leg appears to have five toes, which is not typical for canines.  The long toenails are also not typical for an active canine.  While the creature is similar to a badger, the tail is much longer than usual for such.  Other guesses about the identity of the mystery carcass have ranged from a skunk to a wolverine to a wolf or, of course, the mythical chupacabra!   The usual rumors are also flying about secret government testing, without which I wouldn’t be here.

…while the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has been unable to conclusively identify the carcass,  further testing is planned.  Meanwhile, guinea hens and cats in the area are missing, and burrowed holes from four to ten inches in size were spotted near where the animal was found.  The best guess on the identity of the deceased at this point is that it’s a badger with mange…or is it?!   Dramatic Fox

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Caddy, the Alaskan Nessie?

July 22, 2011

 – – There’s a monster in Alaska…and no, I do not speak of Sarah Palin!  I even dislike the term, “monster,” for its negative connotations.  But in the North Pacific a 2009 video captures a 20- to 30-foot long unknown creature.  The footage, black and white video, was taken by fishermen on a rainy day with (- -what else?) a shaky camera.  


One eyewitness, none less than Andy Hillstrand of the Deadliest Catch reality tv show, describes the creature as a “big, long white thing moving in the water.”  Spray came out of the creature’s head, and the fishermen chased it for twenty minutes.  Described as “definitely not a shark,” the cryptid was unlike anything that the men had seen before.  

This Nessie-like aquatic animal hails from the Cadboro Bay in British Columbia, and is accordingly called “Caddy” for short.  It is further described as having a long neck, a horse-like head, large eyes, and back bumps that stick out of the water.   No newcomer, reports of such a creature have circulated for 200 years.  In 1937, scientists thought that they might have uncovered physical evidence of  Caddy when what was thought to be a sea serpent was found inside the stomach of a whale. 


Alternative identities of the sightings have made mention of the Beluga whale, an oarfish, or a ribbon fish.  In any case, be wary of large, blurry monsters running rampant on the land and seas!  And would someone with a high-definition camera please get out there?!

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“Bigfoot” Hair and Oil Samples to Undergo DNA Testing…

June 25, 2011

  – –  Samples of hair hoped or thought to be from a Bigfoot have yielded disappointing results in the past few years when subjected to scientific analysis; some have been found to be from a bison, others from a humble opossum.  Here we go again with hair and oil samples left on a pickup truck in California’s Sierra National Forest over Memorial Day!   Dirt and oil impressions left on the passenger side window may be from a Bigfoot, or they may be bear slobber and snot; a twelve-inch footprint was also found at the site.  An even larger creature left impressions on the driver’s side window which included prints of a nose, eyes, and lips…the lips measuring about six inches long.

Friends of the pickup truck’s owner who have observed the evidence include a former science teacher and a correctional officer.   They doubt that a bear was responsible for the intrusion as none of four ice chests filled with food in the back of the truck had been touched.  DNA samples collected by a forensic expert may eventually shed light on the identity of the unknown intruder, although if the sample comes back having tested as near human or primate, it could match both Bigfoot and a homeless person…

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Something Smells Fishy!

January 7, 2011

– – Were the Mayans on to something?–Is it the Apocalypse?!- -I dunno, but just as birds were dropping from the skies in Beebe, Arkansas a massive fish kill was occurring some 125 miles to the west over a 20-mile stretch of the Arkansas River!

Some 100,000 drum fish were involved.  A pollutant was not felt to have been involved as only drum fish were affected, and a pollutant would have affected all fish.

The massive fish kill appears to be a natural occurrence, however, that is not tied to the bird kill in any way.  Fish kills in the area are common, although this one was larger than most…

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ET in an Ice Meteorite?

November 30, 2010

– – I could die happy if extraterrestrial life or a major cryptid would be found within my lifetime, but disappointment constantly haunts these dreams.

–Well, here’s another straw to clutch at:  a guy in Michigan claims to possess an ice meteorite rich in extraterrestrial organisms that conveniently plopped down on the road near his home in South Haven, Michigan in March of 2000.

Since it hadn’t snowed for weeks, the guy deduced that the ice must have been from an ice meteorite.  He gathered up the ice, stashed it in his freezer, and spent the following ten years trying to convince scientists to analyze the frozen mass.  Their collective interest was underwhelming, and the true believer in September put out his own bucks to have chemical analyses performed by two commercial labs.  The labs found that the samples contained particles with unique molecular structures, which their finder regards to be alien life forms.

A news conference will be held November 30th at a Ramada Inn in South Haven regarding the supposed find with coverage from media outlets, mostly hailing from outside of this country.   The discoverer admits that more rigorous analysis is needed to see if the meteorite is a meteor-wrong..

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