Cryptoflorida News

Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Panthers killing livestock

Maybe it's not chupacabras, after all.


      The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has issued a bulletin about panthers killing goats and pigs on the edges of the Everglades.


    There's no word that they are invading Weston at this point, unlike the 2009 sightings of a black bear in the area.


     There's no mention of the chupacabra, the legendary goat-sucking beast that was once alleged to be active in the Homestead area, south of Miami.


     Officially, the FWC says panthers have committed six "depredations," which is official speak for a predatory attack in the Golden Gate Estates area. That area is near the western end of Alligator Alley (Interstate 75).

"In the past week alone, panthers have killed several goats and a pig," the FWC said.


     Other depredation reports have come from the Immokalee area, west of Lake Okeechobee.


     Raising goats and pigs is somewhat of a cottage industry in South Florida, where goats in particular are popular for holiday feasts in Latin cultures.

Mark Lotz, a biologist on the FWC’s panther team, said: "Livestock, such as chickens, goats and hogs, should be secured in enclosed structures at night. Electric fencing also can be an effective predator deterrent. Cats and small dogs should be kept indoors, particularly at night."


     The Defenders of the Wildlife website says male panthers can average 130 pounds, while females are closer to 70 pounds. They primarily eat white-tailed deer, but are opportunistic hunters.


     Only about 100 panthers are estimated to exist, so spotting one is rare.

If you do encounter one, though, the FWC has some tips:


Do whatever you can to appear larger – a great excuse to hit holiday parties, in my book.Like a good job candidate, one should stand up tall and face the panther while making good eye contact.Don't run away or turn away from the panther.If you are attacked, don't play dead – be sure to fight back.

Tuesday, December 7, 2010

An Outing in December

    Me and my lovely wife, Diane and Rocco the Skunk Ape Hunter, went out this last weekend and investigated a tip we recieved from James L. of Florida. Here is a part of the contact he left for me here on CryptoFlorida:


Cryptoflorda,


I don't want to sound like I am crazy, but if I need to tell someone about something I saw last week, anonymously of course. I work as an escort for heavy and wide loads here in Florida. I travel all over the state and keep some really odd hours. I was in the Ridge Manor area delivering a modular home to a rural piece of property East of Highway 75 and North of Ridge Manor. We had a problem getting the semi into the property because the gate was locked and we had to wait until after dark when the property owner finally showed up to let us in. To make a long story short, we got the home located on a level spot and decided to call it a night.

We left the semi hooked up and the owner gave us a key to return the next day, Saturday, and finish up in the day light. I drove Dave back the next morning and he set the home in place and unhooked. I did my usual walk around and left about 20 minutes behind him. I had drove about 15 miles and reach to get a soda out of my cooler and noticed....no cooler. Then it dawned on me that I had taken it out of the truck and set it on the hitch of the home where we ate lunch. I turned around and drove back. When I got to the property, I saw something I have never seen before in my 59 years of life.

It was about 5:30 in the afternoon and was starting to get dark. I drove down the long lane and as I came to the area where we set the home up, I saw movement out of the corner of my eye moving toward the treeline. It appeared to be a man in fur coat. Only thing is, he was at least eight feet tall and filled the coat out like a linebacker does a uniform. He stopped and turned toward me as I got out of my truck, then I noticed, he had my cooler in his arms. He wasn't carrying it like you or I would with the handle. He was holding it like we would a baby. He was to far away to make out details of his face, but he appeared to have a heavy beard and mustache. I yelled at him and asked him where he thought he was going with my cooler but he seemed to lift his head a little higher in the air and let out a scream that gave me chicken skin. Then he turned and in about 3 steps covered the 20 or so yards left to make it back into the woods. Each time he took a step I could feel it in the ground. Then it dawned on me that this was no man. I got in my truck and left as fast as I could. I know what I saw had to have been a Skunk Ape or Bigfoot. I never took much stock in them until that day.

When I got into the office on Monday I turned the keys to the property over to my manager and told him I wasn't going to make the second trip with the other half of the home. He asked me why but I would gave him a line about having a Dr.'s appointment. That thing scared the hell out of me and I wasn't going back. If you want more info I am leaving you my number. I will tell you all I can but don't expect me to go back there cause I won't. Thanks for having a place for people like me that have encounters like mine. The best time to call is after 8pm in the evenings.

Thanks

James


    We called James and discussed his sighting for over an hour. then we arranged to meet him.


This is a stacking we found in the middle of the property.



This is a possible bedding area found next to the stacking.



The area is far from any human contamination....no hunters etc. Private property.



      We were not able to locate any foot prints in the area due to the forest floor was covered with pine ferns so there were no prints what so ever around the stacking or the bedding areas.



Pine ferns covering the forest floor.


     We spent the next two nights camped out near the area and heard a few whoops and whistles. there was possbly some tree knocks, but it also could have been contributed to the 28 degree weather and trees falling in the forest. We will be returning to the area in another month to see if anything more gets added to this stacking. We will keep you updated when the time comes.



TG

Monday, December 6, 2010

Pelicans Drop Near Unidentified Submerged Object

  


     In the world of UFO sightings there are some distinct features that make the phenomenon all the more bizarre when seen.  This latest sighting by one witness from Chesapeake Virginia of a mass of dead pelicans seems to suggest the same type of perplexing mystery that we saw once before earlier this year in the United Kingdom.  But unlike that scenario, this flock of dead birds was far larger and has seen no attention in mainstream media.


     As the witness was driving toward New Jersey on the 12th of November, he looked out the window as they approached the Chesapeake Bridge and noticed -of all things- a pelican mysteriously struck down by an unknown sudden force.  As they slowed their car down to look closer they saw more pelicans.  As they continued crossing the bridge the slew of dead pelicans was quite large, and they appeared equidistant from one another as though they had been flying in some sort of formation before suddenly dropping dead due to an unknown influence. 


     Thinking the incident was strange, they checked the bodies of each pelican as they passed by it and noticed none of them were mangled in any way.  The distance between the bodies was so regular that they were able to look at each one in turn as they passed it and were able to even predict the next one before they would inevitably pass it.  The witness describes their arrangement as if they were almost "strategically placed."


       Looking out over the water the witnesses then saw a strange glow from within the water as though something were in it.  The strange glow was comprised of four lights all arranged in a diamond shape.  As the witnesses continued on, they couldn't tell what the strange object was.  It was for all intents and purposes a USO or Unidentified Submerged Object.  Looking into the sky they noted how there were no clouds and the entire area was lit up by the stars and the moon.  Though they didn't see anything strange in the air, they couldn't help but wonder as they passed the bridge what that mysterious object in the water was. 


     The witness, upon doing their own research, suggested that there had been several sightings of unidentified flying objects in the area that night, and indeed in Massachusetts and New York a search on UFO databases from both the Mutual UFO Network and the National UFO Reporting Center yielded startling results, though the specific diamond shape was not discovered.


     Due to the nature of the object beneath the water it’s difficult to determine what exactly was going on that night or what the witness saw.  The presence of dead pelicans is fairly reminiscent, however, of the discovery of a flock of Starlings in one woman’s garden just as she was getting home.  The birds apparently suddenly died with no known cause.  And there have been other mass deaths of birds entirely unaccounted for. 


    But could this mysterious glowing from the waters have prompted such a death?  And how would it do this?  Though the answer eludes us for the moment, we will have to wait to see if others come forward with similar sightings from the area.

 



Thursday, December 2, 2010

A Giant Winged Cryptid Over Barcelona Spain? (1990)

    


    The twentieth anniversary of an unusual and highly original case within Spanish cryptozoology took place a few months ago. In June 1990, a giant bird decided to frighten—with its imposing presence and unpleasant crowing—a sizeable number of Barcelona’s residents. What was extraordinary, aside from the apparition in itself, was the way it became known through a series of letters to the editor of a renowned Spanish newspaper. We must bear in mind that this phenomenon goes beyond the purely cryptozoological to go into the field of anthropology or social psychology.


     On the morning of June 10, 1990, readers of Barcelona’s “La Vanguardia” had the chance to read a brief missive sent to the paper’s editor by Pere Carbó, a resident of the city. The anonymous citizen said: “I cannot help but to make known my surprise at this unusual event: on the evening 28 May, some residents of the Les Corts district were awakened by the unbearable crowing of a bird. It wasn’t just any bird. Our astonishment was immense when we stepped out to the balcony to see the black silhouette of a bird of tremendous size. It perhaps measured between 3 and 5 meters, and I am not exaggerating.


     Numerous residents saw it and numerous comments were made the next day. We assume that others must have seen it other neighborhoods. What was it? And what’s stranger still, why hasn’t it been mentioned in the press?”


     This letter became the starter’s pistol that unleashed a veritable flood of letters from readers who claimed having seen the animal in various locations and under various circumstances.


     Thus, during the following weeks, the creature was seen (day and night) in various parts of the Catalonian capital and in locations such as Gavá, Sant Joan Despí, Salou, Bellvei del Penedés and the region of Empordá. According to eyewitness accounts, the bird ranged as far away as 100 kilometers distant from Barcelona.


     According to witnesses, the animal was dark (mainly black or grey) with a wingspan of between 3 and 15 meters, making loud crowing sounds in three different tones, and whose membranous wings were reminiscent of a prehistoric pterodactyl. In other cases, however, it was classified as a “mutant pigeon” or a black crow, naturally. As we can see, the descriptions were so wide-ranging as to preclude an identikit drawing of the bird.


     A few days after the apparition, the Police acknowledged in a story published in El Periodico de Cataluña that it had received hundreds of calls reporting the presence of the gigantic being, while the citizen hotline crashed as a result of the event.

The most unusual hypotheses on the nature of the uncanny bird were put forward. Thus, Xavier Tutusaus (a reader who signed his letter as “botanist”;) suggested that it was a specimen of Avis Cervus, a mythical species described in real in the 16th century (half deer, half bird) which – according to his theory – was passing through the city during its “customary” journey to Madagascar.


     Moreover, Santiago Mayosa, officer in charge of the ornithology service of the Barcelona School of Biology, was unable to put forth a scientific explanation to the existence of an animal with these characteristics, theorizing that it could be an albatross, a species from the southern hemisphere whose wingspan can reach three meters, but completely unknown in the Catalonian littoral. The Department of the Environment of the Generalitat, on the other hand, offered a laconic solution: the bird in question was nothing more than a mere vulture.


      In spite of this, the bird paraded through the Catalonian skies for three months, although several cases collected by local researcher Jordi Ardanuy lead us to believe that the bird (or birds, as the case may be) was not passing through the city, but rather had or has a local habitat. Let us see some of the cases compiled by Ardanuy: in the summer of 1991 or 1992, eyewitness J.A. Pérez was driving his car in the company of his wife near the El Prat airport when he saw a bird six times larger than his car. The animal, which looked prehistoric, made no noise whatsoever.


      In early 1996, in Girona, a family was able to see a bird measuring some 5 or 6 meters. It was dark, silent, motionless wings and thick legs.


     On April 14 of that year, Lluis Villamaría and a group of friends envisioned an immense black bird in broad daylight near Montseny. The bird flew by beating its wings barely three meters over the ground.


     As we can see, we are faced by a curious phenomenon within domestic case histories. The apparently numerous witnesses made the fact known through editorial pages in a newspaper. This in turn caused the reaction of other readers who decided to share their experience, offer an explanation, give an opinion or, as was the case with some letters, add a humorous tone to the entire matter.


     As a result of this initiative (let us call it a grass roots initiative), other dailies such as El Periodico de Cataluña, Avui and the Europa Press agency (as well as mystery magazines) decided to give a certain credibility to the story that became the talk of the streets of Barcelona for a long time, and collect reports to which they had access.


     But what were the citizens of Barcelona facing back then? Several hypotheses have been put forth to explain the giant bird. The one that gathers the most supporters considers a voluntary or involuntary hoax that may have started with a malicious letter, followed by others who “thought” they had seen something or heard something. Errors of perception and a desire for celebrity, or to feel part of an extraordinary event, could lead a mystifying event to become real for many citizens.


     The fact is that this animal (or whatever) became rara avis (pun intended) within cryptozoology at the international level.


     So that all readers of our blog may have access to the full information on the case, the Criptozoología en España team has compiled the documents published by La Vanguardia. These are the letters, surveys, opinion pieces and editorials that the paper devoted to the bird. A total of sixty pages of material that our friends can request by writing to our e-mail address: criptospain@yahoo.es. We will be delighted to share the information with all of you.


SOURCE





Chupacabra........IN RUSSIA!!!!!

Neither local militiamen nor veterinarians can explain what kind of a creature is holding in awe dwellers of Anuiskoe Settlement in the Altai Territory.



Judging by descriptions of the eyewitnesses, the mysterious monster attacks their domestic animals at night and sucks their blood out making them die.



In the recent months there have been registered 13 cases of mass murder of rabbits and other small livestock in Anuiskoe Settlement.



Local dwellers are panicking. Some extremely strong and smart beast breaks doors of the rabbit cages, breaks out pieces of wood, and undermines the sheds. The character and traces of attacks are always the same: the rabbits are killed, each of them having only two small pinholes at the back of the neck, and sorted out into heaps. During night attacks on the rabbits the watchdogs yelp of fear and hide in doghouses.



Local Internet users just add up to the fears. In any search engine the most popular answer to the request "mysterious death of rabbits" refers to the vampire animal Chupacabra unknown to scientists.

Sources:

vesti.ru

bankfax.ru(1)

bankfax.ru(2)

Monday, November 29, 2010

Don't Lie About Me...Be My Friend .........What a load!!! FASANO Tries Another HOAX!

Well Mr. Fasano, I would like to challenge your spout on your latest YouBoob video. For starters....you don't have a clue as to who I am. I have NEVER hid behind anything. I have never had the pleasure of meeting Scott Hamilton....whoever he is. There are those that are closer to you that know my real name and a lot about my person life......SURPRISED??????

Now let's get on to some of your most recent work and let me explain why it is that many think you are a mental midget.

#1. Your preview youBoob video where you state and I quote...."We have the an area secured. The group that I am working with....you have to get permission from The State of Florida to even gain entry into this land.........My question is.......what happened to the group you working with? To gain entry all you need is a free camping permit. It's not that top secret. You stated you there would be no other people that would be in the area....well what about the others you were camped by that had the dog? AND....you said you were going to be posting on two different sites but the skunkapeflorida site has nothing......OH WELL.....not calling you a liar or nothing.

#2. Now....that said.....Let's start with the first photograph you uploaded about your "LIVE" broadcast Sasquatch / Skunk Ape outing. It showed your supplies for your outing. A 12 pack of Bud, 2 gallons of water and some grocery store bought firewood. I was hoping some wildlife officer was following you and looked you up at your camp site and busted you for bringing alcohol. Don't you know that there are people selling firewood for miles surrounding the area you were in for half the price that the grocery store sells it for? Right on the corner of SR50 and 98 there was a young couple selling wood dirt cheap and they looked like they could use the money.

#3. Nice fire....surprised you didn't get burnt. Expensive wood.

Next at 6:11 pm........no one there yet. You claimed that you had a turkey in an AC/DC crock pot.......never had crock pot turkey before but then again....you evidently haven't either. You claimed in a virusal video that you had NOTHING to eat on Thanksgiving.....but you had a turkey in your crock pot.........but in the ending video.....you are bloating on a ham sandwich.....which was it???? As you stated in your post..."Stay toned"......DOH......proof reading or less Budweiser needed here. Must be the bud.

#4. Next is the "Deep at night" post......and I quote again, "Its breaking loose back in hete." Good punctuation......once again....too many Buds. Eye shine.....this can be one of at least dozen animals in Florida whose eyes shine at night when hit by direct light. Namely....a cat, raccoon, dog, etc.

Lastly is the"I GIVE UP" post where you headlined.....I Went Home Saturday!


Okay on to the hoax bit. As I stated before.....You have no clue. People are not talking about you behind your back....they do it too your face until like a grade schooler you block them from doing so.
Then and I quote you again...." I not only know that he is an accountant in St. Petersburg."......WRONG

and...."I know where he works."..........WRONG again Tim.....I retired 2 years ago.

and...."I know his phone number."........It's an unlisted number.

Did you also know that a proxy can be used by someone in Chicago Illinois and it will show up on your site from St. Pete. Did you know that anyone using Roadrunner or Verizon will show up as a community location. But your right....I do live in St. Pete, but I guarantee you don't know my address. So obviously.......the only thing you know about me is that I live in St. Pete....cause I told you so. Now....who is above the person that you talk to?.....More Bud or PBR talk is all. By the way...that's Pabst Blue Ribbon, and it is not known if it ever actually won a blue ribbon. The company has historically claimed its flagship beer was renamed Pabst Blue Ribbon following its win as "America’s Best" at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893.
Whether the brand actually won an award in 1893 is unclear. Some contemporaneous accounts indicate that many vendors were frustrated by the fair's refusal to award such prizes. One account says that the only prizes awarded by the executive committee were bronze medals, in recognition of "some independent and essential excellence in the article displayed," rather "than merely to indicate the relative merits of competing exhibits.

I even contacted before about going out on an outing....you never even answered me back.

You even admitted....quote..."A real expedition team would have found something out there tonight"........I rest my case. And no they wouldn't have found a thing. I could go into why they wouldn't....but it would be over your head.

Then in closing...you threaten people and I quote again...."You'll get yours' This has happened to me my entire life."....That should tell you something right there dude. You have obviously been a boasting, self centered asshole your whole life. IMO.

In short....the entire "LIVE" web posting of an outing that was taking place on the busiest hunting weekend in North America where the woods and camp grounds were full of people....with dogs....all we got was a picture of a shopping basket, a picture of a camp fire. And videos that contained nothing but your face and full of your drunk ass rantings. And you wonder why no one showed up. Why did you call it quits on Saturday. I will post your last post:

I Went Home Saturday

I called the trip off. Nobody showed up or contacted me. I found it difficult to manage everything from setting up camp, getting equipment ready, keeping my laptop out of the rain, getting firewood, spot light dying out, getting bit by fire ants, something stalking my tent at night and pushing on the back. I got no sleep and I need to go home. I do have a friend who will go with me next time. He has a canoe. I will post vids on my Youtube channel.

When you drink to much Bud.....all kinds of things can happen.


So once again we are treated to another batch of videos that:

A: show nothing but Fasano's face

B: Show more trees and such

C: Contain more ranting from a beer guzzling cab driver.

Friday, November 26, 2010

HOAXER------EXPLAINED

Just what is a hoaxer? Wikipedia's definition is as follows:


A hoax is a deliberately fabricated falsehood made to masquerade as truth.[1] It is distinguishable from errors in observation or judgment,[1] or rumors and urban legends that are passed along in good faith by believers or as jokes.[2]


1.- MacDougall, Curtis D. (1958. Hoaxes. Dover. p. 6. ISBN 0486204650.


2.- Brunvand, Jan H. (2001). Encyclopedia of Urban Legends. W. W. Norton & Company. p. 194. ISBN 157607076X.


There are those in our circle of constituents that fall into this category. I don't have to dwindle but it not only pertains to individuals, but can also include group or organizations as well. People that make claims, either by written word, or video type media, without proper evidence or scientific proof to back up their claims.


They may, or may not, act in a responsible manner when they are "called out" to provide proof of their claims. The first act of self defense for these characters is to lay blame on others for their actions. A good case of this was the Bigfoot in the freezer episode that came out of Georgia a couple years ago. A lot of statements were made and claims brought forth, but in the end, when the truth came out and a cover up was impossible, scapegoats were invented and finger pointing started that almost made the entire cryptozoology community coward in corners and keep the lowest profile possible. Save a few that either seen through it from the beginning, or that knew the parties involved and never paid much attention to it except only to get a good laugh out of it.


Next come the Blobsquatchers. Let me begin that photographic or video evidence, outside of print casting or physical sampling, is all we have until a more definite piece of physical evidence is brought forth by any of the many researchers in the field today. Blobsquatching seems to have become a way of internet life for some. On the only hand, there are other that have nothing better to do other than make video's of their cousin Billyneck running around in a monkey suit so they can rush in and post them to You Tube or other media outlets. I just wish that these media centers would make them post to a separate category or section of their site specialized for such stupidity and keep the "real" research video and the unexplainable videos together.


Then there are the "researchers" that post video after video with titles such as BIGFOOT IN FLORIDA, to get viewers tuned in, expecting to see some trace evidence, only to get greeted by the face of a huffing and puffing, out of shape individual filming boats, trees and bushes. Over and over again. Some even go as far as to make point of reference to shadows, tree stumps, and common animal or mechanical sounds, and try to pass them off as....."WHAT WAS THAT?" These definitely fall into the second line of the Wikipedia definition:


It is distinguishable from errors in observation or judgment,[1] or rumors and urban legends that are passed along in good faith by believers


Now don't get me wrong. I have respect for ANYONE that gets out in the trenches and does legitimate work. After all, until someone come up with INDISPUTABLE evidence, every one of us are NOTHING but AMATEURS!


YES....I said it.....AMATEURS!!!!


There are those that have made names for themselves by appearing on the small and the big screen as professionals giving commentary and explanations of Cryptids and their backgrounds. But if you stop and think really hard.......what have they done to have anything other than an "Honorary" title as a professional. For the most part, it is hard work in the field, countless hours of collecting information and trace evidence.


Finally, in closing, until certain individuals and some research groups realize that their is no right or wrong way to conduct research. There is only a proper way to present it and a proper way to maintain integrety while researching for any Cryptid event. As long as research is misleading and the people involved continue to act in childish and a broken record manner and not take the advise of those only trying to help them, it will only make it harder for us, "real" researchers. When people trespass, try and pass off noises as something they are not, or just film that BLOBSQUATCH and make false claims, in the end, they will only be remembered for what they are.....closet HOAXERS!

Thursday, October 28, 2010

Welcome to CryptoFlorida

Welcome to CryptoFlorida

    This is a call for help. Anyone out there wishes to contact him can do so by email.


By Greg and Jo


     Since March 2010, many strange (and for the most part, unexplained) things have happened in our house, a lot of which we have on film -


* our 3 y.o son moved from where he was sleeping on the lounge to the exact same position on the floor outside his bedroom door. He had to have gone right past where we were sitting but he was never seen or heard moving. He didn't have his pillow or teddy which he never sleeps without.


* One night we filmed his room all night (9pm - dawn). On film he is never seen or heard leaving his room despite the camera pointed right at his bed. In actual fact he came into our room and woke us up at about 3am.


* On film-One night he woke up and immediately looked at something off camera. He was very upset and was saying..."no, no...don't want...no, no...". He definately wasn't dreaming and left the room as quick as he could.


* On film-Our video footage floats as though it's not being held completely still, yet it's on a tripod on even ground and floats when we are in the room and stops when we leave the room (it only did this once and only in one room so a faulty camera is highly questionable)


* On film - Strange, banging/hitting noises that just don't belong in our house. There are no appliances etc to make such noises and everyone is always asleep.


*  One night while using the bathroom, a ghostly figure moved quickly past the door. When I checked, everyone was asleep. I felt a cool chill and when I looked over my shoulder I saw it directly.


* This is the most disturbing for us - Last week my wife saw our 14 y.o son walk past the door and smile at her. About 5 seconds later (literally) our 3 y.o son called out to him and his brother answered him from the other end of the house - which is also in the opposite direction to what the "thing" was walking. My wife knew right away what she saw wasn't our son. It was "him" in every detail.


* My wife saw a bright light flash 3 times in quick succession on a bedroom wall; bright like the reflection of a camera flash - no-one was using a camera....


     We have had two paranormal teams investigate us now and although they have answered some of our questions, they havent been able to give us an explanation to the above points, that make sense.


    For example - "the flash on the wall was a reflection of light" - (how can that be when no-one turned a light on/off/on/off and it was much brighter than any light we have in the house anyway?) -- "The footage floated because you were moving in the room, a bit like an impact tremor, despite the house being on a cement slab" (How come it still floated when I'm standing still, and how come it doesn't float in time with the steps I take?) -- "The 'copy' of your 14 y.o son was probably a Doppelganger. Don't worry, they usually go as quick as they come" (Every article on the Net about Doppelgangers are anything but good news, so what should/can we do?)


     The above points are the ones that worry us the most, especially this so-called Doppelganger. Believe me - we don't want a ghost -  but the answers people give us to the above points make even less sense than the events themselves, or their explanations are physically impossible in normal circumstances. If anyone can help (with real answers or advice that makes sense and is actually plausible - yes, even if your answer is of a paranormal nature) please reply. We just don't know what to do.

 

      We are living our lives at the moment just waiting for the next 'something' to happen. Perhaps we could e-mail you some pics we have? Please remember one thing - we do not do drugs / alcoholics and we are certainly not chasing notoriety. We just want to live our lives in peace...


Email me tips and suggestions.  gregbannon1969@yahoo.com


Many thanks to you all - Greg & Jo.

 

 

 

 


BIGFOOT....Missing Link or Mis-Evolved?

Welcome to CryptoFlorida




     When studying Darwin's theory of evolution a commonly misappropriated statement is that humans evolved from simpler forms of life such as apes and then became more complex until they became humans.  And yet this is not what Darwin claimed. 


     The relationship between humans and the mythical and legendary Bigfoot then becomes incredibly strange.  Rather than Bigfoot being the missing link between humans and their ancestors, Bigfoot may have gone the other way around and come from humans.


     It sound like an incredible claim, but first we should take a look at this commonly cited misinterpretation of the theory of evolution.  According to evolution, first there were microbes which clung together into cells and made more complex creatures as more cells worked in cohesion.  Over millions of years these cells then became even larger collections of cells competing with others for supremacy, resources, and breeding.  Eventually the cells became so complex that they formed an apelike ancestor to today's apes and human beings.


       Human beings did not evolve from apes and gorillas, but rather branched off and became different from a common ancestor that would eventually become ape and human respectively.  Ultimately the human race would be as it is today just as gorillas, monkeys, dogs, cats, fish, plants, and microbes.  And their interactions with one another would result in a more complex ecosystem whereby the cells would continue to compete and interact in the form of complex beings.


     But if this is true, then the Bigfoot that is alive today is not the human race as it was a few million years ago.  As the diversity of life continues to change, the closest Bigfoot could hope to be to humanity would be to share a common ancestor.  Or would it?


     If Bigfoot were in North America, there are no apes or monkeys naturally occurring where it is now.  Bigfoot would have evolved from the humans reaching the Western World as they migrated here from the human race's point of origin.  Bigfoot would then have evolved, according to the theory of evolution, not from the common ancestor humans share with apes, but by branching off fairly recently from what would be considered modern humans.  Bigfoot could have evolved fairly recently indeed, in this theory.


     But what would have caused such an incredible genetic migration in our recent past?  Is it possible that a group of humans migrating far north into the wilderness during the ice age could have relied on thick fur covering their bodies to survive?  And is it possible that large size and the ability to be stealthy, rather than complex communication could have served these humans better so they could eventually evolve into modern Bigfoot?  And because this shape, combined with a misunderstanding of evolution could have contributed to the conception that Bigfoot was a missing link, is it possible that Bigfoot is not the missing link, but the next step that would have branched off from late paleoamericans in the late Pleistocene era?


      Unless Bigfoot arrived to North America by some unknown force, it seems impossible that the being would have predated Paleolithic era humans.  And in that regard, is it possible that Bigfoot is not the missing link, but a potential next step in evolution?


Saturday, October 23, 2010

"2012" Mayan Prediction Could be Off by a Century

The date most commonly associated in popular culture as being the end of the world is December 21st, 2012 - the day the Mayan long count calendar finally comes to an end and a new era begins. But is this date accurate? No, according to one professor at the University of California.


Gerardo Aldana, a professor at the university says that the current calculations of the calendar make many assumptions that simply have not been taken into consideration. He suggests that the real date of the calendar could be up to a hundred years off, meaning even if it does suggest the end of the world it may not actually happen within our own lifetimes. This comes as relief to many in the new age movement who suggest the end of the calendar will be indicative of the end of the world.


It has often been a matter of curiosity among scholars and skeptics alike what the world will look like on dawn of December 21st 2012 in a little over two years. Will the sun rise on chaos sweeping across the Earth? Will it see nothing more than a barren wasteland of people barely clinging on to the last morsels left on Earth and attempting to eek out an existence in a barren and unforgiving wasteland? Or will it see a world left uneasy by the predictions made for the past decade and simply trying to chuckle away the uneasy apprehension that will be all encompassing?



Though it may not have an effect directly, the very belief that the world is coming to an end could have an impact on any number of economic and social aspects of life on Earth. But this inaccuracy illustrated by Dr. Aldana may put a stopper on the mass panic that could potentially break out in the coming hours before the date comes to pass.


There is a great deal of temptation in our society to oversimplify things, and the 2012 phenomenon may actually be another indicator. We no longer would have to face up to the responsibility of nuclear disarmament, the countless years involved in the space race, coming economic crises, and famine if there was a clandestine apocalypse on the next page of mankind's history preordained to either wipe out humanity or decidedly make everything better forever (or at least a few thousand years). So the 2012 date may be changed, but another will arise inevitably given enough time to take away the sting of constant perseverance through adversity.


Aldana's prediction also believed that many other dates throughout Mayan history have in fact been wrong as well by possibly hundreds of years. But is the 2012 prediction's possible inaccuracy reason to sit tight and breath a sigh of relief? Perhaps not yet.


If mankind is to enjoy a fruitful and happy existence in the coming ten years it will be delivered as a result of hard work and determination resulting from planning ahead just as we have done with some consistency throughout history.

Thursday, October 14, 2010

Multiple UFO Sighting Around the Globe

     Last month we told you about the Ex Norad Official's (Stanley Fulham) UFO prediction and today, to many's disbelief, a HUGE UFO display happened. Not only over New York,  but possibly around the globe.

     Early debunking attempts claim the UFO's over NYC were balloons, but eye witnesses say otherwise.

     Video from Malaysia also popped up showing an ominous glowing object, along with some video from Ohio earlier this morning. Video from Moscow has also surfaced which show some incredible footage.

At the moment, we can not confirm any of the videos, reports, or opinions. We will keep this page updated as the story develops.

Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Bear-like creature spotted along Ulu Pandan, Singapore--------UPDATE

     
SINGAPORE: A bear-like creature was spotted along Ulu Pandan on Monday morning.
The strange scene was caught on an amateur video using a hand phone.



SINGAPORE: A bear-like creature was spotted along Ulu Pandan on Monday morning.

The strange scene was caught on an amateur video using a hand phone.
Eyewitness Wilson Tay, a civil engineer, was driving home with his son when he spotted "something strange".

He said his son took the video when the creature was spotted near a dustbin.
By Mr Tay's estimation, the bear was about the height of an average adult human being.
It's as yet unclear whether the creature is for real.

In a media release, Wildlife Reserves Singapore said no bears had been missing from its parks.

Wildlife Reserve Singapore manages the Singapore Zoo, Night Safari, Jurong Bird Park and the upcoming River Safari.

It added it was unable to verify yet, if the creature was a real bear. 


UPDATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It has been brought to my attention that this is nothing more than a hoax.
The mysterious bear-like creature spotted along Ulu Pandan Road in Singapore has now been revealed to be a publicity stunt by a company to market shavers.

SINGAPORE : Worried residents, searches by animal interest and wildlife groups, even police officers having to cordon off the area - all because of a purported "bear" sighting along Ulu Pandan Road which has turned out to be a publicity stunt by a company to market shavers.

The blurry video clip of a purported "bear" rummaging through a dustbin at a bus stop had been making the rounds on the Internet. It was also reported on television and in newspapers such as Lianhe Wanbao, Shin Min Daily and The New Paper.

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Saturday, October 9, 2010

Michigan Mystery----Gaping Crack in the Ground

Mysterious crack still begs answers

Nearly 200 yards long, 5 feet deep in parts

Updated: Wednesday, 06 Oct 2010, 5:57 PM CDT

Published : Wednesday, 06 Oct 2010, 5:57 PM CDT

Reporter: Cameron Clark

     MENOMINEE TOWNSHIP, Mich. - Nestled just beyond the tree line of Eileen Heider's 53 acres, is Menominee County's newest tourist attraction.
"It's amazing, I want to get back there and check the rest of it out," said Kevin Clermont of Wallace, Michigan, who stopped on his way home from work to sightsee.

     Heider and neighbors heard an explosion-like sound Monday morning. Heider found the nearly 200-yard-long crevice, which measures five-feet deep in parts, Tuesday.
"I was sitting in my recliner and the recliner started to vibrate," said Heider. "And it's not electric."

     Trooper Paul Anderson with Michigan State Police was the first to check it out. He said he ruled out a gas line leak, but could not determine much more.
"This would be a first," he said. "You don't learn that at the academy."
Anderson said he called some geological experts. So far none have come to look at the crevice.

     There have not been any reported earthquakes in the area.


From Unexplainable:

     A massive rift has opened up in Michigan leaving a yawning chasm that goes down 20 feet at certain points and has left local geologists, police, and fire officials entirely perplexed.  The massive rift simply opened up without warning and seems to have no real possible explanation.  As experts descend on the area, it is unclear how the mystery will unfold.  And as the case is cracked on the almost 500 foot rift, no one has any answers.

     As residents were going about their daily business on Monday, a sudden shaking sensation rocked Menominee Township's residential district.  Residents reported feeling the trembling of the Earth itself and feeling unable to sense just what the cause was, going outside to investigate after fears that the cause was an Earthquake were laid to rest.  After the shaking subsided between the hours of 8:00 and 9:00 AM eastern time, residents went outside to investigate and discovered that the Earth in a straight line through their neighborhood had suddenly yawned outward leaving a crack wide enough at points for a fully grown man to fall into and deep enough for him to disappear into the darkness within.

        One anonymous poster on the internet described the event as being like ground was opening up and hell was spilling out.  State and local police were soon called and descended on the area.  Soon geologists, county officials, and fire marshals were present as well, each weighing in their expertise and each coming back to the same conclusion - it was a complete mystery.

      And since the story first broke through local news stations, theories have been spreading like wildfire blaming everything from the planet's shifting poles to nibiru and 2012.  The crack in the Earth is a definite sign of the end times for some while others are blaming an undiscovered fault line or glacial rebound due to global warming.  Regardless of the cause, however, it seems to several experts that we may be dealing with an entirely new geological phenomenon.

        And with the Earth going through so many rapid changes in such a short span of time, this certainly doesn't seem beyond the realm of reason.

      But how big of an event could this be?  The crack suggested not only the shifting of two plates along a fault line, but actually separating as well.  Had the crack been much larger, it could have threatened to create a large chasm that threatened to pull people into it as well.  But did the shift increase the risk of Earthquakes elsewhere?  Or did it indicate another shift that may be taking place in the near future? 

      As geologists work to solve the enigma of this sudden crack opening up in an otherwise peaceful neighborhood, we must be forced to simply speculate and hope this doesn't indicate a larger problem.

     As for the residents of Menominee, the crack is certainly causing no small amount of worry over what could follow.

      Could this be the result of all the oil being pumped from ground on the other side of the world causing gaps and voids that are collapsing?

Spottsville Monster Sighting---Possible Hoax

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Recently some posts have been showing up at other sites across the web declaring that there was a sighting of the so-called Spottsville Monster. After searching feverishly for anything to show up on the news wire.....ANYWHERE.....no clue of this event has been found. What was found however is the fact that there is a documentary being filmed by Chris McGill of McGill Media, LLC -


The McGill Media crew will be following Bart Nunnelly into the western Kentucky bottom lands in search of the fabled beast according to an April of 2010 post on the Kick Acts web site.


The Kentucky Bigfoot web site holds a lengthy post on a sighting from 1975 that is way to long to be posted here but here, but we will supply the link. In a nutshell, Nunnelly's family and a neighbor had several run ins with the creature until they finally gave in and moved back to the city. One account even states that the beast could speak proper english.


We are more under the impression that it is fodder to spark interest in the documentary than anything else. The 1975 incident makes for good reading....but even it leaves much to imagination. I hope I am wrong here and something shows up in actual news or another "legitimate" cryptid site.....but for now....we have to list this one more as a publicity post than anything else.

Helicopters Chase Down UFO in Lakeland Florida

Link to CryptoFlorida

BIGFOOT Hunters WANTED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Chinese association to hunt for "Bigfoot" search team members

     WUHAN, Oct. 9 (Xinhua) -- A "Bigfoot" research association in central China's Hubei Province said Saturday it plans to launch a global recruitment drive seeking members of a high-profile search team for the ape-like creature in the Shennongjia Forest Region.

     The association, made up of more than 100 scientists and explorers, is hoping the expedition could end the long-running debate on the existence of the legendary half-human, half-ape figure, nearly 30 years after the last organized expedition to seek the mysterious beast in the early 1980s, said Luo Baosheng, vice president of the Hubei Wild Man Research Association.

      Altogether more than 400 people have claimed to have seen Bigfoot in the Shennongjia area, but no hard evidence has been found to prove its existence.
According to witnesses, the creature walks upright, is more than 2 meters tall as an adult and has a gray, red or black hairy body.

      The team members should be between 25 and 40 years old. With good physical health, they should also have a basic knowledge of biology and know how to use a camera, said Luo.

    Preference would be given to those who have outdoor experience.
"Most importantly, we want the team members to be devoted, as there will be a lot a hard work in the process," he said.

    However, there is no specific timetable yet for the expedition as the association is still in talks with several companies and institutions about the funding of the expedition which will cost at least 10 million yuan (about 1.5 million U.S. dollars), said Wang Shancai, an archaeologist with the Hubei Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, who is also a member of the association.

     Located deep in the remote mountains in Hubei, Shennongjia Nature Reserve has long been rumored to be the home of the elusive creature known in China as the "Yeren," or "Wild Man."

      China organized three high-profile scientific expeditions for Bigfoot through the 1970s and 1980s. Researchers found hair, a footprint, excrement and a sleeping nest that were said to be Bigfoot's, but none of which could conclusively prove its existence.

Wednesday, September 29, 2010

"The Weird, Strange and Unexplained in Seminole County"

Seminole County just got weird


By Brittni Johnson

Guest Reporter

     The Museum of Seminole County History is exploring a side of history that doesn't usually get much attention. It involves flying toads, river monsters and skunk apes.
"This is a side of history that we never talk about," said Charlie Carlson, local historian and author of several weird Florida books.

     "The Weird, Strange and Unexplained in Seminole County" exhibit, which is open through November, features strange animals, people and happenings found in Seminole County. They range from the Florida skunk ape to local late magician Harry Wise. About a year ago, the idea came to Paul Zuromski, on the Seminole County Historical Commission, and Kim Nelson, the museum's coordinator.


"In a time of budget cuts, I thought, what can we do to get some interest here?" Zuromski said.

     And so they contacted local weird historians Carlson and Scott Marlowe, who pulled from their own strange collections and expertise to create the exhibit. Nelson said she hopes to spark some interest with the younger crowd.

"The problem with history is that young people don't seem to grab onto it," she said.
But that is what makes this exhibit special — it is history with a twist that will capture any imagination, Nelson said.

"This is really opening their minds to the possibilities," Marlowe said.

     The possibility of ghosts and creatures right in their own backyard is something people can't help but be drawn to. It adds spice to history, which even Nelson admits can get dry.

 "Folklore is part of the fabric of a culture," Carlson said. "It's those things that kind of hold us together. This is our escape."
"It's fun, but still historically accurate," Nelson said.
So let your mind wander, and escape into something a bit different, while learning a little about Seminole County's history.

Here's some of the weird stuff you'll find at the exhibit:

     There's the skunk ape, "Florida's Bigfoot," a creature that looks like a big ape that walks on two legs. It's named and known for its smell, which cryptozoologist Marlowe said is like a skunk and wet dog. While the creature is thought of as a myth, Marlowe said he's seen the ape three times, once in Winter Park.

     Then there's the Longwood Toad Invasion of 1982. One morning that year, residents woke up to find loads of toads had found their way to their neighborhoods. After a few days of dealing with the critters, one day the people woke up and they were mysteriously gone again. Did they fall from the sky?

     Maggie Bell's Spirit Table is another oddity you'll get to see in person. Florida weird expert Carlson loaned the museum the table, which Maggie levitated.

     Carlson also loaned the Red Rocker, a tiny child's rocking chair that sometimes rocks on its own. The chair was his grandmother's, and Carlson grew up seeing the chair move for no reason. It might have been just a draft, but he likes to think there's a ghost rocking the chair.

      One strange happening with a spot at the exhibit is the I-4 Dead Zone, said to be an area on Interstate 4 in Seminole County where there are graves beneath the road. In that spot, people have seen ghost hitchhikers and strange orbs of light, heard unknown voices while they're on their cell phones and clear radio signals change to static. There's also a claim of a high number of accidents and deaths in this stretch.
You will also find a geode from outer space, mastodon teeth, ghosts, graveyards, a river monster and some very strange people. So take some time, "suspend your disbelief," and let yourself be drawn into the tales.



Scott Marlowe, a cryptzoologist with the Pangea Institute, shows one of his many contributions to the exhibit, a reproduction of a Skunk Ape track that was originally found in the Ocala National Forest in 1983.



Charlie Carlson, Florida's "Master of the Weird" stands with his boxer Miss Scarlet next to The Red Rocker and Maggie Bell's Spirit table, just two of the pieces he has contributed to the Museum of Seminole County History for the "Weird, Strange and Unexplained in Seminole County" exhibit.

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Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Animal Planets' LOST TAPES is Making a Come Back

MYTH WILL MEET REALITY AS ANIMAL PLANET SERIES "LOST TAPES" FEATURES CREATURES SCIENCE REFUSES TO CONFIRM NOR DENY

Released by Animal Planet

    [NOTE: The following article is a press release issued by the aforementioned network and/or company. Any errors, typos, etc. are attributed to the original author. The release is reproduced solely for the dissemination of the enclosed information.]


    Animal Planet Unearths Secret Footage About the Legends You've Heard. Now Find Out If They're Real

      If you've seen it with your own eyes and it's been captured on camera, does it truly exist? The existence of zombies, vampires, poltergeists and yetis have been etched in legend for centuries but have never been proven. These crypto-creatures continue to escape mankind but alleged sightings and brief encounters have encouraged cyrptozoologists, scientists and paranormal investigation teams to investigate and research the possibility that these creatures do exist. Now, Animal Planet has unearthed hours of footage apparently shot by the people who have encountered them.

     This fall, Animal Planet will premiere its third season of the popular cryptozoology series, LOST TAPES, on September 28, at 10 PM (ET/PT) with back-to-back 30-minute premieres. Each of the 10 new episodes of LOST TAPES encounters creatures you wish didn't exist. Every peculiar and unbelievable encounter caught on film will not only make you believe but leave you feeling the hair standing up on the back of your neck.

     LOST TAPES takes an up close look at footage discovered at the sites of suspicious disappearances and gruesome deaths and delves deeply into the mysterious circumstances behind them. Specialists in the field of the paranormal and cryptozoology explain the history and science behind the undiscovered creatures that may be responsible for these unexplainable incidents. Despite criticism from their peers and a lack of physical support for the existence of these creatures, these specialists continue to investigate sightings and evidence in an attempt to prove their existence.

   Paranormal encounters from this season include:

ZOMBIES - The Enigma Corporation, a private security firm specializing in unexplained activity, travels to New Orleans to bring a murderer to justice - one that reportedly died eight years earlier. Once there, they discover that the suspect is living in a house of the undead...and he is not alone.

YETI - Two journalists eager to uncover the story of the century sneak onto a cargo ship rumored to carry the remains of a Himalayan explorer. What they find instead turns into an even bigger and deadlier story - one they may never get to tell.

POLTERGEIST - A team of paranormal investigators attempt to help a family troubled by mysterious occurrences having to do with their son. The team, believing at first that the boy might be gifted with extrasensory powers, soon discovers that it's not the boy at all that is causing these increasingly violent disturbances, but rather something much more powerful and sinister.

     "LOST TAPES has been a white knuckled joy-ride for viewers," said Rick Holzman, senior vice president, programming and scheduling for Animal Planet Media. "Like the best - and worst - of horror movies, the series proves that we all want to believe in the possibility that there are still creature out there and things that go bump in the night"

     Proving their existence has not been an easy task, the creatures featured in each episode are aggressive predators, each with unique abilities allowing them to exist invisibly among us...almost. One of the most elusive traits featured this season is the ability to take on another form known as shape-shifting. Shape-shifting is common in nature but has not proved deadly to humans until now. Other creature traits discovered this season include excessive speed, invisibility and the capability to take over the mind of another organism.

      LOST TAPES is produced for Animal Planet by Go Go Luckey. Gary Auerbach and Doug Segal are the executive producers for Go Go Luckey, and Keith Hoffman is the executive producer for Animal Planet. Marc Etkind is the vice president of development for Animal Planet.

     Animal Planet Media (APM), a multi-media business unit of Discovery Communications, is the world's only entertainment brand that immerses viewers in the full range of life in the animal kingdom with rich, deep content via multiple platforms and offers animal lovers and pet owners access to a centralized online, television and mobile community for immersive, engaging, high-quality entertainment, information and enrichment. APM consists of the Animal Planet television network, available in more than 96 million homes in the US; online assets www.animalplanet.com, the ultimate online destination for all things animal; the 24/7 broadband channel, Animal Planet Beyond; Petfinder.com, the #1 pet-related Web property globally that facilitates pet adoption; and other media platforms including a robust Video-on-Demand (VOD) service; mobile content; and merchandising extensions.

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

The Dreaded Popobawa

One-Eyed Elf Attacks Only Men.



    “Help me,” Dr. Makan Ouzin cried weakly. He was alone in his bed, his wife and grown children late in returning from a village festival. The pummeling was like a torrential rain on his ribs and back, but worst of all was the sense that the last breath was being sucked from his lungs. And there was nothing to grab, nothing to fight, because whatever pinned Dr. Ouzin to the mattress was invisible.
Footsteps in the hallway.

     “Father!” A voice screamed and Dr. Ouzin’s strapping 25-year-old son Baba charged into the room. “It is Popobawa atop you!”

     The dreaded night creature, that’s what was trying to kill him, Dr Ouzin realized. Invisible to those it assaulted. Hideously ugly to those witnessing the carnage. In attacks throughout Zimbabwe, Popobawa had been described as a bizarre, elf-like entity with a single eye in the center of its head, small pointed ears, bat wings and talons.
 
     All of its victims were male and required hospital treatment for broken ribs, bruises and festering wounds where they had been raked by the monster’s talons.

     Baba grabbed a solid ebony stool by its leg and swung it against the Popobawa’s flank. A sickening crunch. The animal howled and bounded out an open window.
When Dr. Ouzin regained consciousness, he was in the same hospital where he usually made his rounds. Like most other men who had survived the Popobawa (Swahili for bat and wing), he reported the incident to the proper authorities. Because, as with each of its victims, Popobawa ordered Dr. Ouzin to reveal what had happened–or it would be back.

     There is no known defense against Popobawa attack, other than by banding together. Fearful villagers often sleep outside, locked arm-in-arm to prevent one of their number from being dragged away. It is estimated that there are about 125 living Popobawa and its range is expanding to include urban areas.


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Thursday, September 9, 2010

Beast Legend...on SYFY

HMmmmmmmmmmmmmm.......let's see, mythological legend and they are looking for a weapon to fight it....remains to seen if this will pan out. Watch for yourself and let me know what you think.

Monster rattlesnake has people talking - CHARLESTON, SC NEWS - LIVE 5 WCSC Breaking News, Weather, Sports

Monster rattlesnake has people talking - CHARLESTON, SC NEWS - LIVE 5 WCSC Breaking News, Weather, Sports

Archaeologists dig up 200-year-old skeleton of London's Moby Dick - This Britain, UK - The Independent

Archaeologists dig up 200-year-old skeleton of London's Moby Dick - This Britain, UK - The Independent

Carolinians seeing weird objects in the sky

For decades, folks all over the world have aimed their cameras, both still and video, toward the sky in hopes of catching images of a UFO for everyone to see. In some cases, they were remarkably successful.

     In 1965, Rex Heflin’s pictures of a hat-shaped object hovering in the sky over Santa Ana, Calif. have been regarded as some of the most famous ever taken of a UFO.

     Then, there are the four glowing objects in the sky that were captured on film one night in 1952 over Salem, Mass. And in May 1950, Paul Trent of Oregon took one of the best-known photos of what was then called a flying saucer. In short, thousands and thousands of purported UFO photographs and videos have been produced over the years. A few of them are considered to be authentic while many others are outright fakes.

     Now, a man in Simpsonville, S.C. claims to have caught the image of a UFO on his video camera. Jawad Ashey was sitting on the front porch of his home with his girlfriend at approximately 10:30 p.m. Sunday. All of a sudden, a blue light appeared in the night sky.

     Ashey said it started out small and then got bigger, according to a story by WSPA-TV of Spartanburg, S.C. “Just here on the porch, chilling out, and there it was!” he said in the TV story. “I don’t think it was anything of this world, I really don’t.” Ashey said that what he saw was not an airplane or some other manmade aircraft. He’s convinced it is a UFO. Ashey’s video shows the blue light in the sky for about three minutes. “I went from ‘Oh wow, I’m excited,’” he said, “to ‘Oh wow, I’m kinda weirded out,’ to ‘Oh wow, I’m a little scared!’” WSPA Meteorologist Dan Bickford said there was “nothing unusual,” such as a meteor shower, going on in the skies at the time of Ashey’s sighting. Ed Richards, who enjoys astronomy, said both Venus and Jupiter are visible in the night sky now, but this object does not match those heavenly bodies.
“I was a skeptic, but now I’m a believer,” said Ashey to WSPA. “I’m definitely coming back out tonight to see if it shows up again.” To see the video Ashey recorded, visit this link: http//www2.wspa.com/news/2010/sep/06/6/simpsonville-man-believes-he-caught-ufo-on-camera-ar-795868/

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     While a blue light has been seen over Simpsonville, S.C., some folks in Highlands are reporting orange orbs in the sky over their homes. The website skyshipsovercashiers.com contains an eyewitness testimony about some weird lights seen near Highlands, which is west of Cashiers.

     “On the evening of June 18, 2010 at approximately 9:30 p.m., I and five friends were sitting on the deck of a home on Panther Mountain outside Highlands, NC and observed six to eight bright orange orbs blinking on and off in the trees adjacent to the property,” read the testimony.

     The weird orange lights were larger than softballs, perhaps up to 8 inches in diameter. The bright color orange was very clear. “This was observed by myself and two others in our party and lasted for about 15 minutes,” read the testimony. “We all experienced feelings of euphoria and elation. Our intuition was that we were being acknowledged by loving and benevolent light beings.” These “light beings” apparently enjoy giving folks in western North Carolina and upstate South Carolina something interesting to talk about. So if you watch the skies carefully, they just might appear.

Contact Mike Conley at 652-3313, ext. 3422 or e-mail nconley@mcdowellnews.com.

Film Company Seeking Ideas For Movie Creature

The creative juices of the Smith Mountain Lake area may soon start flowing to reel in a prop for a local film project.

     Life Out Loud Films LLC is proposing a contest to select a fake lake monster that will have a role in a movie planned for Smith Mountain Lake this fall.

     The monster — to be called “Smithy” — would be built exclusively for “Lake Effects,” a dramatic comedy set for filming at the lake in October.

     The winner would receive a package that includes feature extra roles in the film, a limousine ride to and from the set, lunch with the cast and crew and the chance to be cast as Smithy.

     All contest entries must be submitted no later than 3 p.m. on Sept. 19 at the Penhook boat dock at 1300 Jefferson Dock Road in Franklin County. The public is welcome to attend the event and view the entries.

     For more information about the movie and contest guidelines, visit

www.lifeoutloudfilms.com.

Just What is The Latta Creature?

Latta, OK.

September 8, 2010

Latta critter sighted again

Justin Lofton Staff Writer Ada Evening News

Ada Evening News Wed Sep 08, 2010, 12:40 PM CDT

     Latta — Another resident has spotted Latta’s strange creature near the community. Miranda Wood said her grandson saw the creature on the road about a month ago while driving his scooter home one evening. “He said, ‘I stopped and looked at it because it was so weird. I honked my horn and it took off running,’” she said.

     Several ideas of what the creature could be have been circulating. Ada area residents have speculated it could be anything from a muskrat to a spider monkey. May Brown, a Stratford resident, said she saw a similar animal years ago called a Jaguarandi. “The thing that I saw didn’t have tall back legs,” she said. “It looked like a house-cat on the head. It had a real fuzzy tail, a long body and short legs. It’s a weird looking animal. I went down to the ranger station and talked to a girl down there and she said they are in this area.”

     Another Ada resident said the mysterious creature’s description sounded like an Italian greyhound. “They walk hunched over. They have the long tail, pointy ears and they do kind of look like a rat,” she said.

     Any other Latta residents who spot a similar creature can call (580) 310-7524 to report it to the Ada Evening News.

Saturday, September 4, 2010

Normandy Nessie---ALL HYPE

       It would seem as though Normandy Nessie is blessing the Internet circuit once again. This water monster mystery has been solved over a year ago, but some like Ron "I WILL SELL YOU AN AUTOGRAPH" Strickler keep wanting to drive patrons to their blogs by keeping this story....floating.......no pun intended. After researching this subject, it was discovered that Normandy Nessie is nothing more than an often mis-identified, everyday...........family of Manatee's. Yes.....Manatee's.


    These gentle giants have been the blame for many monster sightings in Florida and even the butt of a "Monster Quest" episode. When traveling in groups they can span over 40 feet in length. This makes appear as a much larger single animal. They do this to ward off sharks in the wild. After interviewing the neighbors where the sightings took place, all were in agreement that there was NO NORMANDY NESSIE. They even admitted to seeing the Manatee's on the or around the same time that all the newspapers reported the sightings. SO....in closing....once again......this one is and has been debunked............sorry guys and gals. I guess it's time to go back to searching for Skunk Apes!!!




Thursday, September 2, 2010

Big black cat creature spotted prowling near Gloucester



     THREE people have reported spotting a big black cat type creature near Gloucester. The report was made on the website - Big Cats in Britain which records and investigates sightings of suspected big cats in the UK.


     In the latest report on the site three people say they saw a large cat liike creature at Hasfield, between Ashleworth and Tirley on August 28.


     They describe it as being black with rounded ears and a thick tail approximately 30cms in length. They also say it was slightly smaller than a German Shepherd dog.

 

     The report said: "Firstly I was inside and spotted the cat out in the middle of the field by an old tree where a lot of rabbits tend to live.

"Having watched it from inside through the binoculars for about 45mins I then went outside to get slightly closer.

"The big cat was aware I was there but was in no way bothered at all (it had a good old stare at me!).

"The big cat moved around the tree several times with one successful catch and then made it's way along the hedgerow and up into the woodland surrounding the field."

 


Seeking the Puerto Rican Chupacabra

By Benjamin Radford



  

     The chupacabra hasn’t reared its ugly head in Albuquerque lately. In fact, it’s been almost exactly three years since the last local sighting on the Westside. But many believe the creatures are out there, sucking the blood from goats (chupacabra means “goatsucker” in Spanish) and other livestock. Descriptions of the chupacabra vary widely, but the typical version is a creature 4 to 5 feet tall. It has short, powerful legs, long claws, and terrifying black or glowing red eyes. Some claim it has spikes down its back; others report seeing stubby, bat-like wings.


    The chupacabra was first seen in 1995, and believers say it is the result of secret U.S. government experiments in the jungles of Puerto Rico. It had a heyday of about five years when it was widely reported in Latin America, Florida and elsewhere. Reports have dropped dramatically, except for occasional sightings of animals in Texas resembling hairless dogs or coyotes that have been proven to be nothing but that.  


     I have spent much of the past five years investigating the chupacabra, including an expedition into the jungles of Nicaragua and trips to Texas for the “MonsterQuest” TV show. By 2009, my research had unearthed central facts about the chupacabra, save perhaps the most important: its origin. Why was the goatsucker first sighted in 1995 and not before? Animals simply do not appear out of thin air.


     To get answers about where the chupacabra came from, I visited its birthplace, Puerto Rico. I began by interviewing the woman who first sighted the monster, and whose eyewitness description was the basis for the most famous drawing of it in the world.


     A woman named Madelyne Tolentino said she saw the beast through a picture window outside her house in Canóvanas, Puerto Rico, during the second week of August 1995. In a 1996 interview, Tolentino said the bipedal animal had dark gray or black eyes that “were damp and protruding, running up to its temples and spreading to the sides,” like typical alien eyes. Its height was “about 4 feet, more or less. At the time, it was walking like a human, on both legs. Its arms were drawn back in an attack position, as though it were a TV monster.” She said it had three long, skinny fingers and that its arms were also very long. Its hair “was rather short, and close to its body. Rather well-combed in fact.”


     It had some round things on its torso, and the region seemed ashen, as if something had burned it there. The burn mark revealed pinkish-purple skin, as if the top layer had fallen off.” The creature’s legs, Tolentino said, “were very long and skinny, and I could see three separate toes.” She said they were similar to goose feet, and that it had something like webbing between its toes.


     Tolentino’s curiosity about the chupacabra extended to its genitals: “I even got down on the floor to see if it had genitals. It had nothing at all. It was plain and sealed." She also noted a row of distinctive spikes on its back.


     The creature turned away, ran into the road, and leaped off into tall grass in a neighboring vacant lot.


      Despite being such a significant eyewitness, Tolentino dropped from sight and had only been interviewed once or twice since 1995—never by a professional investigator. With help from a friend, I tracked her down and met her at a busy Borders bookstore outside the capital, San Juan. I had never been able to find a photograph of her and wondered what she looked like. Was she a wacko UFO nut wearing the standard-issue tinfoil hat? Was she a wild-eyed young woman who saw monsters behind every tree?


     Tolentino is neither; instead I found an intelligent and sober petite woman in her 40s with an easy smile and quick laugh. She was cautious at first. All she knew about me was that I was a writer from New Mexico who had come to Puerto Rico specifically to see her, so she showed up with her ex-husband at her side.


“At the time, it was walking like a human, on both legs. Its arms were drawn back in an attack position, as though it were a TV monster.”

Madelyne Tolentino


     But she soon warmed up to me as I interviewed her in Spanglish, and Tolentino recounted her story.


     The basics remained the same. She said the creature she saw was about 3 feet tall, not the 4 to 5 earlier reported. She also said its skin looked like she expected an alien’s might. “I have an interest in UFOs and aliens, but I never said it was either an extraterrestrial or an animal. I don’t know what it was. I’ve never changed my story,” she told me. “Most people have believed me. People trust me and know I’m telling the truth.” I showed her a drawing I made based upon her original description, and she endorsed it as the most accurate depiction to date.


     She then kindly drove the four of us to the site where she had been the first person in history to see the chupacabra. We zoomed through the verdant Puerto Rican countryside, heading east toward her hometown of Canóvanas. We chatted and joked as she drove, and after about 20 minutes we pulled onto a side road and parked in front of a house where her mother still lives. It was a rural residential area, and I almost felt there should be a little monument or plaque commemorating the spot: Birthplace of el Chupacabra.


      Tolentino reenacted her sighting, which she said occurred at about 1 p.m. that day in 1995. She had been sleeping when her mother woke her up, excited and alarmed about something odd she saw near the house. Tolentino said the sighting lasted from three to five minutes, and though it happened near a fairly busy road, during that time no other cars appeared.


      In the 15 years since her sighting, a few things had changed. A wall had since been built between her house and the road, and a house stood in the once-vacant lot across the street that had tall plants through which the chupacabra disappeared. But, otherwise, the scene was more or less the same. Having studied her account many times at length, it was fascinating to visit the actual location.


      I did more investigating while on the island, spending hours in libraries searching through newspaper accounts from 1995 and visiting the Caribbean National Forest (better known as El Yunque), where the chupacabra is said to have emerged.

   

      Speaking to the original chupacabra eyewitness didn’t dramatically alter my information, nor did it change the course of my investigation (for example, she didn’t admit to me that it was all a hoax—not that I think it was).


      But mysteries are rarely solved all at once. Pieces of the puzzle come together in increments; a fact established here, a claim disproved there. I had picked up the last few pieces that I’d need to finally solve the mystery.