— Something is snatching up the wild leek crop that is a staple of the diet of the local Shor people of Kemero Region in Siberia!
The onion-loving creature leaves behind abundant large footprints with clearly-defined toes…
…well, even Bigfoot needs to take a leek now and then!
— Look!–Up in the sky!–Is it a bird?–Is it a plane?–Is Sarah Palin killing wolves from aircraft?–No, it’s an unidentified flying humanoid, and they’ve been reported since the days of the early indigenous people of Mexico thousands of years ago. Ancient petroglyphs from Mexico indicate having seen an aerial presence, although the stylized nature of the petroglyphs makes identification difficult. Today, witnesses in North America tell of human-like creatures that float or hover in the skies and at times descend to attack; one cop shared such an attack experience.
MonsterQuest examined a shaky, poor resolution video taken in June 2005 of something seen over Mexico City; a law enforcement video analyst found that the video hadn’t been faked, and couldn’t be explained. A 2004 video taken in Santa Monica, California suggested a flying humanoid about 7 feet in height and 3 to 4 feet wide. It was described as being bulky and slate gray in color. Speculations were that some sightings could be misidentified balloon clusters, although balloons tend to sway or bob. Eerily, witnesses described a feeling that the flying humanoids seemed aware of their presence! A justifiable criticism of the episode is that MonsterQuest completely ignored the most likely explanation for the “flying humanoids;” namely, that they were indeed humans wearing jet packs, an existing technology that has been around now for decades.–Remember the old black-and-white Rocketman serials?!
More intriguing was the corpse of a immature creature (left) captured in 2007 and now mummified, but reported to have been alive and aggressive when captured; the connection was that perhaps this was an infantile form of a flying humanoid, some kind of previously-unknown species. Described as appearing between a rat and a monkey, this small corpse was at first thought to have been that of a skinned monkey, although it was later found to have rudimentary skin, fangs, and semi-human features including a double arch which is thought to have given the creature the capacity to stand. Large eye orbits in the remains suggest that the beast had good vision. A piece of the creature’s tail was taken for DNA analysis, and it was found to contain no identifiable material! In other words, they’re not sure what it is! The creature appeared primate-like in appearance.
This Terror from the Sky episode was at least an improvement over the rather dreary and mundane wild dogs or rats episodes that MonsterQuest has aired in recent times…
— They were having a terrible, no-good, very bad day in La Jolla, California. First there was a 4.0 magnitude earthquake centered 19 miles out in the ocean, then dozens of 3-to 4-foot long Humboldt squid weighing up to 40 lbs. washed ashore and flopped around, dazed and disoriented and probably appalled at California’s real estate prices…
…then to add to the eww factor, seagulls swooped in and started feeding on the squid! — How’s that rate on the grossness scale? This caused well-intentioned beachgoers to try and save the squid (gotta be a T-shirt slogan there!) by tossing them back in the sea, and we’re talking big, wet, slippery, heavy squid here! The squid were so loopy by this point that even when thrown back, they tended to wash ashore again. There’s no helping some cephalopods…they just don’t listen.
So a fun time was had by all, excepting, of course, the squid. Water temperature inversions rather than the earthquake could have been the cause of the beachings…calamari, anyone?
–More convincing than other installments, the latest episode of MonsterQuest re-examined the classic Patterson film footage (vintage 1967) of a supposed Bigfoot as well as looked to the “Cripplefoot tracks” of an injured Bigfoot from Washington state in 1969. Lastly, the mid-tarsal break evidenced in Bigfoot tracks was examined.
Bends to the mid-foot represented in alledged Bigfoot prints show a skeletal structure more similar to primates than humans. The Cripplefoot tracks show a low probability of being a hoax due to the accurate representation of the deformity, and are judged to be not human in nature. Lastly, the Patterson film footage in simulations was judged in the MonsterQuest episode not to be a human in a suit, and to represent a figure of a size larger than human. The movement of fur and underlying tissue reflected in the film would also appear to present a level of realism and technology that was not available using 1967 materials and methodology.
The Patterson film (aka, the Patterson-Gimlin film) has been subjected to many attempts over the years both to debunk and authenticate it; scientists remain divided on the authenticity of the sighting. We won’t go into the Patterson film in detail here as books can and have been written about it, one by Greg Long. Some maintain that the film is a well-executed hoax, with Planet of the Apes special effects pioneer John Chambers being judged capable of having made the Patterson film suit. At least one person claims to have been the person inside the suit.
Understandably, the MonsterQuest presentation was sympathetic to the viewpoint of the Patterson film being the real deal. Whether you believe in the authenticity of the film or not, it is among the most renowned artifacts in the field of paranormal study. Many, like anthropologist Grover Krantz, have concluded that the film depicts a genuine unknown creature…
…we can only keep hoping for additional verifiable confirmations.
— If you haven’t heard, the Sci Fi channel has been re-branded Syfy; the old name was felt to be too limiting and geeky, conjuring up images of aliens, space ships, and ray guns.–Well, what’s wrong with them?!–Add mummies, the living dead, mysterious ancient civilizations, cryptids, and I’d never tune anywhere else!
Anyways, Warehouse 13, kind of a hybrid of X-Files and Raiders of the Lost Ark, debuted on Syfy, and just might work with Saul Rubinek supervising a top-secret government storage facility in South Dakota that looks remarkably like the one glimpsed by Indy at the end of Raiders; fantastic and supernatural objects abound here, with Pandora’s box several rows over. The gadgets alone have been described at “catnip for nerds;” for example, there’s a wonderful ray gun designed by none less than Nikola Tesla. Throw in Eddie McClintock and Joanne Kelly as stereotypically mismatched Secret Service agents in the Mulder/Scully tradition, and this fox might bat the catnip around a bit even if it seems familiar…
–A previous post here has looked at Mokele-mbembe, but now MonsterQuest has done a feature as well. Going into the West African jungle in search of a sauropod-like creature with a long neck and tail and a small head, Mokele-mbembe is a territorial, amphibious creature known to attack humans. It is active at night, browsing on leaves.
The first written accounts of the creature came from odd claw marks found in the Congo in 1776. Pygmies are familiar with the beast, but believe that they will surely die if they report it, which puts a bit of a damper on things.
An underwater sonar survey by MonsterQuest found crocodiles, snakes, and “unusual profiles,” some of which were likely tree branches…and the dark and murky waters of the African rivers weren’t conducive to sightings. The remote location of the investigation and the politically dangerous nature of the area also hampered the search…so once again, MonsterQuest came up empty.
Our imagination or not, humanity needs great mysteries. This is yet another one of them…
— Featured on UFO Hunters, the Starchild Skull is an unusually elongated and flat skull further distinguished by extremely shallow eye sockets and a total lack of front sinuses, morphology which cannot be accounted for by any known combination of deformities. The skull appears similar to what one might anticipate from the “Greys,” the classic alien stereotype. UFO afficionados speculate that the skull may be that of a Grey alien/human hybrid.
The Starchild Skull was found in a tunnel in Mexico in 1930, and clinically speaking is that of a young male child. Carbon-14 dating places the skull at about 900 years old, with mitochondrial DNA identifiable as coming from a human mother; useful lengths of nuclear DNA have not yet been recovered.
The skull is comprised of real bone, although the bone is half as thick, weighs half as much, and is substantially more durable than normal human bone. There are also microscopic fibers and a reddish residue inside the bone that defies explanation.
Hydrocephaly has been ruled out as a cause of the abnormalities, although this does not rule out an as of yet unidentified illness causing the malformations…the truth is out there!
– – Heh, you gotta love MonsterQuest for its theatrical episode titles, and this one sounds like a B-movie out of the 50’s! Anyhow, the Monkster is described as up to 8′ tall but nimble; he’d be a great b-ball player. Monkey Man also has black hair, a gorilla-like face, and makes strange sounds. It’s a complete package.
Indigenous to India, accounts of Monkey Man date back to 77 B.C., when he was described by Pliny. Supposed attacks of the creature reached a high in May 2001 in Delhi, with victims beaten and clawed by a powerful assailant; three people died while fleeing the creature, and dozens were hospitalized. The most recent attacks are attributed to Meghalaya, where 14-1/2″ footprints and broken branches were found. Natives in this part of India call the creature “the forest man.” Blood samples were taken from the walls of a dwelling where an encounter occurred, and hair samples were also found elsewhere.
And what, you may ask, did MonsterQuest find?–Interestingly enough, the bites that were found on supposed victims were of a different nature than those inflicted by a monkey or another animal. Hairs that were found and subjected to microscopic analysis were found to be similar to those of the red panda; blood samples were human. Police investigations in Delhi were negative, and experts suggest a mass hysteria/psychosis phenomenon.
A Hindu deity also has simian features, but he is noted to be a benign type, not really into the biting, scratching, and clawing thing…
– – Crop circles have long appeared in a variety of designs, mostly geometric. A recent one to appear in England is most unusual in that it has the shape of a jellyfish, and is the only known jellyfish crop circle to have been seen in the world...
…this crop circle is additionally unusual for being three times as large as the “average” crop circle; a real monster!
…Perhaps E.T. is an invertebrate?–Is this part of the “Killer Jellyfish Invasion” which was the subject of one MonsterQuest episode?!
The truth is out there… (Theme from The X-Files plays)
– – Do pterosaurs still exist in the 21st century?- -Perhaps in Papua, New Guinea, suggests MonsterQuest. Called the Demon Flyer or Ropens by natives, stories exist concerning the creatures going back to the 16th century. The creature is said to have killed men and scavenged graves, and may boast wingspans of over 30 feet. It is largely nocturnal, and most strangely is in some accounts said to be bioluminescent.
Now the smart money says that pterosaurs survived to the end of the Cretaceous Period, becoming extinct about 65 million years ago. Sightings of pterosaurs may be misidentified frigate birds or a new bat species. Known species such as the greater flying fox (gotta love that one!) may have a wingspan of six feet.
Not to be discouraged, MonsterQuest deployed a thermal camera and a 300 square foot bat net. The thermal camera yielded images of two campfires, and the bat net caught a blossom bat. More intriguing was a 2006 video showing two lights thought to be the bioluminescence from some creatures; analysis of the video showed that the lights were not flashlights, fires, or meteors.
While the MonsterQuest inventigation failed to yield a video of a glowing pterosaur, New Guinea is rightfully noted to be a remote island boasting amazing biodiversity and many uncatalogued species, some of which may be surprising…
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