Chinese Yeti seen

China's 'Bigfoot' Leaves Big Footprints in Chinese Cornfield

by China.new

Reports from central China hint at yet more evidence that the so-called “Shennongjia Wildman” may actually exist. Shennongjia, in China's Hubei province, is one of the country's most rugged areas featuring mountains up to 9,840 ft (3,000 meters) tall and thick old-growth forests.

The Shennongjia National Nature Reserve (神农架国家自然保护区), listed on UNESCO's World Network of Biosphere Reserves, protects a number of rare creatures including the endangered Golden Monkey but perhaps another, much larger primate may live there as well.A number of sightings, supposed footprints, and samples of coarse hair have hinted at the possibility of a bigfoot-like creature existing deep in the wilds of Shennongjia. Anecdotal evidence paints a picture of a very tall, bipedal, ape-like animal with thick reddish or yellowish hair.The latest report comes from Wang Taizhao, a local villager and farmer from nearby Chengkou county who was fertilizing his corn field early on the morning of June 2nd. “I was so scared,” said Wang in his statement to local police. “First I heard a strange noise from the woods near my corn field, which I thought to be the bark of a dog. Then I spotted a human-like creature approaching. I took a flight to my house with great haste.”

Read rest see pics here : http://inventorspot.com/articles/chinas_bigfoot_leaves_big_footprints_chinese_cornfield

Has the Beast of Bodmin returned?

I missed this earlier in the month :

Beast of Bodmin' sighted at Trewithen Gardens

Could these scratch marks have been made by the 'Beast of Bodmin'? Could these scratch marks have been made by the 'Beast of Bodmin'?A large black cat-like creature sighted at gardens in Cornwall could be the so-called Beast of Bodmin, according to a head gardener.Strange claw marks an inch thick have also been found on the bark of a shrub at Trewithen Gardens near Truro.Head Gardener Gary Long had a glimpse of a "very large black cat-like creature" and now believes it could have been the 'Beast'.He is unworried by their encounter believing it must be a timid creature.Mr Long said his view of the creature was so fleeting "he thought nothing more about it".But he later discovered one of the garden's rare plants showed clear signs of claw damage.

Read rest see pics here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-13944608

See also “South West 'is big cat hotspot'” : http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cornwall/3641957.stm

Rare black jellyfish filmed

 

Rare black jellyfish spotted off the coast of San Diego

Video Report By Jeff Zevely, Reporter

LA JOLLA (CBS 8) – It's an unusual find off the coast of La Jolla. A kayaker stumbled upon what is believed to be a rare black jellyfish. And, there was something very special about this jellyfish – it was the size of a hula hoop.
Friday, July 1, Joe Richman was fishing the kelp beds in his kayak about a quarter of a mile off La Jolla's shore."And all of a sudden, I see this big jelly fish swimming right by me," said Richman.Richman set down his fishing pole and picked up his camera."In 30 years of diving and fishing off San Diego, I've seen a lot of cool things and this ranks up there as one of them," Richman continued.Richman suspects this friendly floater was a rare black jellyfish.
Aquarist Vince Levesque with the Birch Aquarium confirms that what Richman saw was in fact a black jellyfish.Professor Greg Rouse from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, who snorkels the La Jolla Cove often, agrees with Levesque and had this to say:"Oh if I saw one, I'd be wanting to snorkel all around it. But those tentacles are so long you have to really watch out for them."

Read rest see video here : http://www.cbs8.com/story/15042532/rare-black-jellyfish-spotted-off-the-coast-of-san-diego

new pliosaur skull found-possibly new species

8 July 2011

Dorset pliosaur: ‘Most fearsome predator’ unveiled

By Rebecca Morelle Science reporter, BBC News

A skull belonging to one of the largest "sea monsters" ever unearthed is being unveiled to the public.

The beast, which is called a pliosaur, has been described as the most fearsome predator the Earth has seen.The fossil was found in Dorset, but it has taken 18 months to remove the skull from its rocky casing, revealing the monster in remarkable detail.Scientists suspect the creature, which is on show at the Dorset County Museum, may be a new species or even genus.Richard Edmonds, Dorset County Council's earth science manager for the Jurassic Coast, said: "This is amazing. We saw this fossil initially as a pile of bones - and slowly, after a lot of hard work, it has come together."We are now told this skull is 95% complete, and probably one of the largest and certainly one of the most well-preserved and complete pliosaurs ever found anywhere in the world."The 155-million-year-old fossil was discovered by local collector Kevan Sheehan between 2003 and 2008 as it gradually tumbled out of the cliffs near Weymouth. He told BBC News: "It was sheer luck - I was sitting on the beach, and saw three pieces. I had no idea what they were, but I proceeded to drag them back. Then over several years, I'd go back every year and find a new piece. I'm a beach magpie."

See pics read rest here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14061347

The return of Lizard Man?

Lizard Man Returns to Lee County?

Jul 6, 2011 Written by Lauren Talarico

Lee County, SC (WLTX) - Over the years reports have surfaced about infamous and mysterious creatures. There's Bigfoot, the giant ape-like animal that roams the wild forests on the West Coast. Across the pond, there's Nessie, the Loch Mess Monster that hides in the deep, dark waters of the Scottish Highlands. In Mexico and Texas, they have the Chupacabra, the blood-sucking goat that some say has killed animals. And in South Carolina we have the Lizard Man, the creature supposedly terrorizing Bishopville since 1988. That year, a 17-year-old reported a run-in with a scaly lizard that stood on two legs. Now, there's speculation that the creature may be back. On Ida Lane in rural Lee County, they're struggling to explain what took place Monday morning.
"I ran into the house and told my wife to call the police because something happened to the car," explained Leon Marshall."The tooth marks went completely through the fender," added his wife Ada.

Read rest here: http://www.wltx.com/news/article/142643/35/Lizard-Man-Returns-to-Lee-County-


See also here for 1988 story:
http://cryptozoo-oscity.blogspot.com/2010/07/lizard-man-in-news.html

scientists should study sea monsters

 From the Loch Ness Monster to the Kraken, sea monsters still capture the imagination centuries Get Kraken: Why Scientists Should Study Sea Monsters
Stephanie Pappas, LiveScience Senior Writerafter medieval cartographers doodled them in the blank spots of their maps. But to Charles Paxton, a researcher at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland, sea monster sightings are more than fish tales.
Paxton is no wild-eyed cryptozoologist who spends his weekends imagining Bigfoot behind every tree. He's a fisheries ecologist and statistician who believes that, with the right methods, anecdotes about mysterious monsters can become scientific data to tell us about human perception and the odd reports that science can't fully explain.
On July 12, Paxton and other bonafide, peer-reviewed researchers like him will discuss ways to bring cryptozoology into the scientific fold at the Zoological Society of London Communicating Science event "Cryptozoology: Science or Pseudoscience?" Ahead of the event, Paxton spoke with LiveScience about sea monster sightings, the likelihood of unknown beasts roaming the sea, and why, before you report a sea serpent, you should always make sure you're not looking at a sexually aroused whale.
LiveScience: What drives you to study sea monster sightings?
Paxton: Several reasons. Actually, probably the first is I'm a big kid and I thought it was an interesting set of questions. A more proper scientific reason is that I'm interested in why people believe the things they believe, especially if their beliefs are non-mainstream. And the third reason I got interested is it's important to understand how science tries to relate to anomalous data, data that doesn’t quite fit into our existing paradigms.
Read rest here: http://www.livescience.com/14928-kraken-study-sea-monsters.html