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10 September 2020 The owhuama is a cryptid reported from the Venezuelan Amazon, considered to be the Yanomami people's version of the mapinguari, which has itself been reported from the Venezuelan-Brazilian border region.

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CFZ Latest NOTICE - Unknown - 2021/08/03 13:38 Dear Friends, I have been doing blogs on Blogger/Blogspot for so long that it seems really strange not to be doing them anymore, but as many of you will have found out, dear Louis - who really is a Sa... THEORIES ABOUT THE NATURE OF THE UNIVERSE - Ego Ronanus - 2021/07/18 22:00 Including multiple universes, which might explain where certain cryptids come from - and return to. now read on....... HOPPING HOPPING HOPPING - Unknown - 2021/07/18 12:04  The Gonzo Daily: Sunday http://www.gonzomultimedia.co.uk/about.htmlOkay, boys and girls, this is all going to get a bit complicated. As you may know, Louis has been working very hard on the new CFZ w... Giant Eels in the Lake District; The return of Wally the Walrus; Ivory Billed Woodpecker (OTT#137) - Unknown - 2021/07/18 02:00 Woot Woot the lads are back with another cornucopia of Fortean frolics:- Gef the talking mongoose- Lake monsters in the English Lake District- Richard returns with a Grime DJ- The Eunuch Eel theory- T... Gonzo Weekly #455/6 - Unknown - 2021/07/18 02:00 Gonzo Weekly #455/6THE IRON ZION LION ISSUEwww.gonzoweekly.comThis magazine continues to go off on strange tangents that I never expect, but I am very happy to see it do so. What is in this week? Oooo... ShukerNature Latest PUBLISHED TODAY, MY BRAND-NEW 35TH BOOK - 'SHUKERNATURE BOOK 4: TIJUANA'S ZEBRAS, TURKANA'S DANCING WORMS, AND OTHER IMPOSSIBLE BLOG BEASTS' - Dr Karl Shuker - 2024/09/09 20:35  Featuring a vintage, suitably terrifying illustration of Wisconsin's hideous hodag glaring and frimacing at all potential readers, here is the front cover of my latest book, ShukerNature Book 4 (© Dr... HIDING FROM THE HIDE? EERIE DEEPSEA ENCOUNTERS WITH ABYSSAL ABOMINATIONS - Dr Karl Shuker - 2024/08/20 19:13  A photo-still from Encounter In The Abyss by Richard Svensson, depicting the nameless horror from the underwater abyss about to encapsulate the stricken shark while the terrified diver stood motionle... AN OYSTER-SCALED ODDITY FROM BRAZIL - Dr Karl Shuker - 2024/07/12 12:23  Is this what Lerius's big white Brazilian lizard looked like? My opalescent iguana sculpture met beneath a milky moon (© Dr Karl Shuker)  One of the earliest mystery beast reports emanating from the... SHARING SOME MONSTROUSLY-ENTERTAINING CRYPTO-CREATURE FEATURE REVIEWS IN FORTEAN TIMES! - Dr Karl Shuker - 2024/06/09 21:55  Front cover of the current issue (#446, dated July 2024) of the British monthly magazine Fortean Times, featuring yours truly as its cover star! (© David Sutton/Etienne Gilfillan/Fortean Times/Diamon... VALERO'S ROCK JAGUAR AND RED JAGUAR - TWO LESSER-KNOWN BRAZILIAN MYSTERY CATS - Dr Karl Shuker - 2024/04/29 12:44  Did Valero's kintanari look something like this? (© William M. Rebsamen) American correspondent Ted Leonard kindly brought to my attention some years ago a fascinating book that mentions two Brazili... Loch Ness Mystery Latest Alan Wilkins and his 1975 Nessie Photograph - Glasgow Boy - 2024/09/05 23:34  Another Nessie fan emailed me recently asking if I had any of Alan Wilkins photographs which were taken in July 1975. I recalled that at the time, as a teenager, I had seen one such picture on the fr... Frank Searle's Last Photograph - Glasgow Boy - 2024/08/13 21:38  The year 1976 was a mixed year for Frank Searle. First he had seen the publication of his book "Nessie: Seven Years in search of the Monster". This was a small but certainly not a modest work packed... The Quest 2024 and Webcam Images - Glasgow Boy - 2024/07/18 22:57 Back at the end of May, it was off once again to Loch Ness for a bit of Nessie Hunting and a bit of Nessie Fellowship. To borrow from a TV program about another mystery, it was the Fellowship of the H... Adrian Shine's New Book - Glasgow Boy - 2024/06/20 21:35  A while back Adrian told me he was intending to publish a new work and I immediately assumed it would be a larger work on Loch Ness, its legendary Monster and perhaps something biographical as regard... Fordyce's Monster walks over Sceptical Theory - Glasgow Boy - 2024/06/13 15:55  When examining the techniques used by sceptics in debunking claimed eyewitness account, there are at least four major factors involved in this process:The involvement of known objects and effects in...

July 2022's featured article

The Deepstar 4000 fish was a cryptid giant deep sea fish seen once, off southern California in the Pacific Ocean, by the crew of the Deepstar 4000↗ submersible during a 1966 dive. It was estimated to have measured 30–40 ft (9–12 m) in length, equal to some of the largest known living fish, and far larger than any known bony fish. This fish was allegedly observed by pilot Joe Thompson (1930 – 2003) and possibly marine biologist Gene LaFond (1909 – 2002), during a June 1966 research dive in the San Diego Trough alongside instrumentation engineer Dale Good. They had taken the Deepstar 4000 down to around 4,000 ft (1,219 m) to lay hydrographical instruments on the seafloor, and when Thompson happened to look through the window, he found himself staring into the eye of a giant fish which had swam briefly into view. It moved past quickly, bringing up silt from the seabed, before disappearing. Previously featured: Chipekwe

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CryptoZooNews Latest Jerry D. Coleman, Author and Cryptozoologist, Dies - Loren Coleman - 2024/09/03 22:16 Jerry became known as a candid, impartial, and pleasant interviewer, and a serious veteran monster hunter.... Bigfooter Henry Franzoni Has Passed Away - Loren Coleman - 2024/08/23 02:53 Henry Franzoni was a Bigfoot researcher of quiet renown.... “Wizard of the West” Tony Shiels Passes Away - Loren Coleman - 2024/07/13 02:59 On the morning of July 12, 2024, Tony "Doc" Shiels, the so-called "Wizard of the West" died.... Richard Ellis, 86, Dies; Had Embraced Cryptozoology - Loren Coleman - 2024/05/31 19:53   Richard Ellis, who often found himself quoted on cryptozoology reality programming, died. Richard Ellis was an American marine biologist, author, and illustrator. He was a research associate in the... The Top Cryptozoology Books of 2023 - Loren Coleman - 2024/01/19 21:08 The Top Cryptozoology Books of 2023 by Loren Coleman, Director, International Cryptozoology Museum...

Past featured articles

The Mapinguari Does the deepest Amazon harbour a surviving giant ground sloth? Read more > The Queensland Tiger A dangerous marsupial predator - and once the cryptid closest to official recognition Read more > The Tigre de Montagne A living sabre-toothed cat in the dry mountains? Read more > The Nandi Bear Bear, hyena, baboon, or chalicothere? Read more >

Past featured articles

The Mokele-Mbembe Meet the mysterious "dragons" of the Congo. Read more > The Emela-Ntouka Cameroon's killer of elephants Read more > The Minhocão A giant burrowing serpent of southern Brazil. Read more > Giant Lemurs Do Madagascar's giant subfossil lemurs still survive? Read more >