This has got to be the sort of headline that most cryptozoologists salivate over. Thelarge animal in question turns out to be a shark of unknown species. On Twitter, one woman said: “Possible shark sighting at Boscombe Beach. Everyone called out of the water.”
It is nice to know that we are not the only people who stuck our neck out and said that the theory that the Loch Ness monster is a whale penis is ridiculous. Snopes agrees.
A strange radio show I did recently
Mildly interesting article about the history of big cats in Oxfordshire
A weekly round up of the CFZ-USA blog
In 1963 he produced a book summarising the evidence the Commission had received, studies from other parts of the world, and further evidence from history. He built up on this basis a consistent picture of the creature and discussed its possible relation to Neanderthal man. The book was never actually completed, but 180 copies of a preliminary version were circulated to colleagues in Moscow. The book then disappeared for well over half a century. With the assistance of Porshnev’s family the manuscript has now reached the West and is published here in an English translation with the addition of notes, maps, illustrations and an index. This book casts a wholly new light on the Yeti, Bigfoot and the possible survival of human ancestors into the present day.
Another Loch Ness monster sighting claimed
Bhutan reports two different colour morphs of the Asiatic golden cat
An interesting video from Missouri showing bipedalism in North American black bears
And once again the gang are back with a whizzo new episode
More on Flora and Fauna International’s gibbon project
An interesting photograph has been published in a Cheshire newspaper. It allegedly shows a mystery animal photographed near the Chester football club stadium.