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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…

Categories: cryptozoology, mysteries, strange happenings, unexplained, unidentified
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Mountain Lions in Connecticut!

June 14, 2011

 – – Mountain lions are said not to exist in Connecticut.  The problem is, however, mountain lions don’t read, and nobody thought to tell them; they just don’t appreciate that the nearest confirmed population of their kind is in Missouri.  As if to reinforce to one mountain lion that he was extinct, an SUV plowed into one on the Wilbur Cross Parkway earlier this month.

Now where do non-indigenous species come from?  Most likely, a rather lively trade in wild animals that is fueled by the internet.  While some states have laws prohibiting private ownership of non-native animals such as big cats, bears, wolves, and chimpanzees other states do not…and this patchwork quilt of different laws from state to state allows the irresponsible to travel to nearby states to make exotic animal purchases.  Sadly, illegal trafficking in exotic animals is a global business worth up to $20 billion annually.   A lot of the local exotic animal trade is fed by zoo or circus surplus,  the descendents of those animals, or from breeders. 

The eastern mountain lion slain may have been held in captivity, and either escaped or was released.  Irresponsible human behaviors continue to claim animal victims in this manner…

(…tip o’ the pen to carycomic!)

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New Bigfoot Footage?

May 31, 2011

 – – Once again Bigfoot has reportedly been sighted, this time by hikers in Spokane, Washington.  The good news is that the sighting was filmed, the bad news is that the footage is again grainy,  unclear, and taken from a distance.   The hikers hadn’t even realized what they had come across until they went home and examined their footage, which was taken on an iPhone at Downriver Park along the Spokane river.  The unexplained…creature?…appears in the background at some distance from the hikers.

As to whether this is yet another elaborate hoax, a case of mistaken identity, or the real deal is unclear, but the walk of the unexplained creature appears well done…

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“Mongo-D” for Short…

May 8, 2011

 – – I, for one, find it easy to obsess over Mongolian Death Worms;  they are reputedly large,  homicidal red worms that spew fiery acid, burrow in one of the world’s largest and coldest deserts,  can reportedly electrocute unlucky things like camels and goat-herders from a distance, and for a finale, explode when they get angry! –What’s not to like, Mongo-D has it all!

Certain aspects of the biology of the Mongolian Death Worm are not unfamiliar; big worms are not uncommon, with Australia hosting earthworms that can reach five foot lengths.  Spitting acid is also fairly common among arthropods, to say nothing of my former supervisors.  Intestinal worms can also bring down an animal, although they need to be inside it to perform that feat.  It’s when you combine all of these attributes that you get a really cool, otherworldly-type of cryptid!

The subject of investigations by Destination Truth and even National Geographic,  the Mongolian Death Worm has never been found, leaving us only with eyewitness testimonies about them and at least one really bad movie…

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Another Dubious Bigfoot Video…

March 26, 2011

– – Lord have mercy, it’s another Bigfoot video, this one from a guy in Rutherford County in North Carolina taken March 22nd, and guess what?—It’s blurry! The Bigfoot in this video is socially challenged and hygienically impaired.

The videotape is reported to show a 7-foot-tall, 300 pound, six-toed Bigfoot as taken from a distance of 15 to 20 feet away.  The creature, described as brown and furry, allegedly ran across a local road in Rutherford County, and smelled “like a cross between roadkill and a skunk.”  Bigfoot also supposedly snarled or growled at the photographer as it ran across the road.

Needless to say, the authenticity of the video has come into question, with a local respected Bigfoot hunter maintaining that a real Bigfoot creature would have only five toes and present with a different walking stride.   To quote another commentator, “I don’t believe that we as humans have seen all there is to see in this world, but when you show me a video that is in focus and does not appear to be some gorilla-suited weirdo, then I will believe someone captured Bigfoot on film.”

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Squirrel Goes Nuts!

March 18, 2011

– – It’s never pretty when a squirrel runs amuck and goes on the rampage in a neighborhood…and so, things must have gotten ugly indeed when a squirrel terrorized a Vermont neighborhood, attacking at least three residents and eluding wildlife control experts for more than a week!

The rascal rodent has bitten and scratched neighbors in Bennington, Vermont without apparent provocation.  One victim was shoveling snow outside his home when the sneak attack began.  “He was holding on.  He wouldn’t let go.  I was finally able to get him off, and as soon as I got him off, he just jumped right at me again,” said one man, who suffered several nasty scratches last week;  the horror, the horror…

A veterinarian has hypothesized that the gray squirrel might have been raised as a pet, and lost its fear of humans.  Wildlife authorities say its unlikely that the squirrel has rabies, as the incidence of rabid rodent cases is reportedly very low in Vermont…

…maybe the poor thing’s having an existential crisis.  At any rate, you who are traveling in Vermont have been warned, and we may at least be grateful that this squirrel doesn’t talk, wear aviator glasses, and keep company with a moose…

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Oh, the Fishies!

March 9, 2011

– – Once again, another mass fish-kill has occurred, this one in Redondo Beach, California.  The fish are mostly sardines and other small fish, thought to number in the hundreds of thousands; so massive are their numbers that the carcasses are about a foot deep on the surface!

Biologists have tentatively concluded that the fish died of oxygen deprivation after being driven by a storm into a closed-off pier area, basically swimming in the wrong direction and ending up in an area with insufficient free-flowing oxygen in it.  There is no sign of oil, chemicals, or illegal activity.

Seals and other fish are gorging themselves, while humans are using buckets and nets to remove the approximate one million deceased fish, which will be taken to a landfill specializing in organic materials…

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The Return of Bownessie!

February 18, 2011

– – Last September, we had posted about Bownessie, possibly a distant relative of the Loch Ness monster native to Lake Windermere, England’s largest lake.   A recent eighth sighting of the creature in the past five years has produced the clearest photographic image yet of the elusive cryptid, revealing a creature with oily black skin and three eerie humps.

The unidentified animal was judged to be about the size of three cars by the 24-year-old kayaker and his companion who observed it, and it moved at approximately 10 miles an hour with each hump demonstrating a rippling motion.

Skeptics remain unconvinced that something of the size attributed to the creature could exist in the 11 mile long lake.  Echo sounding surveys conducted each month have revealed nothing, nor have two prior sonar scans.   A lake ecologist feels that the aquatic beast could be an Eastern European catfish misjudged as to size.  A hoax cannot be ruled out as the file size of the photo, taken on a camera phone, is too small to really tell if it had been altered on Photoshop or not…

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‘Gator of a Different Color

January 9, 2011

– – In the wild, Florida alligators are usually a grayish black on top with a lighter colored belly.  That makes an orange-colored ‘gator discovered in Venice, Florida a bit of a stand-out.

Experts with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission have analyzed the photos taken of the alligator by a 74-year-old woman and determined that the animal’s coloring is not genetic, suspecting that the coloration comes from mud or something else in the environment. It’s unlikely that the ‘gator is a dye job in light of the creature’s thick skin.

Unless the experts get their hands on the animal itself, definitive answers on reasons for its color will remain elusive.  Until then, see you later alligator!


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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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