Wednesday, 24 November 2010

Proof of China's wildman?


Local people think hair of unidentified creature could be from "Wild Man"
     Source: Global Times November 23 2010
The Shennongjia Nature Reserve in Hubei province has examined a strand of hair which it has not managed to identify, prompting local people to speculate that it may belong to the "Wild Man" – China's own Bigfoot.Piao Jinlan, a researcher at the reserve, said that scientists need to continue their tests before they can identify the species.The hair is said to be thicker than human hair and thinner than horsetail hair, and the reserve posted a photo on its website on November 22.More than 400 people have claimed to have seen the half-man, half-ape "Wild Man" in the area in the last 100 years.Witnesses describe the creature as walking upright, more than 2 meters tall and with grey, red or black hair all over its body.An investigative team was set up in 2009 and started a large-scale search for the mysterious creature in Shennongjia this year.

Tuesday, 23 November 2010

The battle continues at Loch Ness


Monster battle is looming over rival Loch Ness tourism plans
Jacobite Discovery Project and existing attraction vie for approval
By mel fairhurst Published: 23/11/2010
Two businesses are going head to head in a monster battle for Loch Ness tourists.Highland Council’s planning committee will look at multimillion-pound plans for tourist centres on the banks of the most famous loch in the world.The plans include a £2.5million application for the Jacobite Discovery Project submitted by Jacobite Cruises and a £2million application from Loch Ness Centre and Exhibition at Drumnadrochit to develop its existing waterside facilities, 850 yards away beside the Clansman Hotel.Loch Ness cruise operator Jacobite Cruises announced plans in January for a new harbour, car park and visitor facilities on land each side of the loch-side A82 Inverness-Fort William road at Brackla. The venture promises to double the company’s 12-strong full-time Brackla workforce. It would cover 4.4 acres and incorporate 81 car parking spaces.Meanwhile, the family-run Loch Ness Centre and Exhibition is seeking approval for enhanced access, retail and catering facilities and parking. The plans include the Loch Ness and Caledonian Canal canoe trail and promise to create up to 40 peak-season jobs. The site to be developed by the centre is currently leased to Jacobite Cruises, which has announced its intention to vacate it for its new development.

Tuesday, 16 November 2010

Mystery highland beast


Beast spooks ghostbusters! By Stuart Taylor
Published:  11 November, 2010
A TEAM of ghostbusters have been left spooked by a mystery animal encounter near a Fort William sports field.Jim Morrison, his fiancé Heather MacLeod and Lynsey Dibsdale were conducting a paranormal investigation of Old Inverlochy Castle when they claim two "menacing" tail-less beasts ran across their path on a road leading to Black Parks on the banks of the River Lochy.The trio, who run their own investigations unit called USI Paranormal, are desperate to get to the bottom of the mystery meeting which happened in the early hours of last Monday.Jim, from Kinlochleven, told the Lochaber News: "We were doing an all-night investigation at Old Inverlochy Castle and also at the old and new cemeteries at Corpach."We were getting no results from either site in terms of any paranormal activity."Then at 3am, as we were walking along the road from the castle towards Inverlochy village, we saw two strange animals in the middle of the road."I actually only saw the first one, but Heather and Lynsey said there were two."They had the body of a greyhound, but were taller, no tail, muscular with very white eyes and a sheep-like face. They looked at us and then crossed the road going towards the river. We watched them and then it looked like they were coming towards us so we quickly made our way back to the castle."We didn't really want to hang around. They looked menacing.
Jim wonders whether the animals could be related to a recorded "Alien Big Cat" sighting in Glen Nevis nearly a decade ago.Two witnesses running in the area observed a three metre long "cat" drinking from the River Nevis.One of the women said it looked like a "tail-less tiger" with white eyes with no pupils.The local press reported the deaths of several sheep in Glen Nevis a few days after the sighting.
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Tuesday, 9 November 2010

News of the cat-dog-mongoose cryptid, the Bhootbilli


Indian neighborhood terrorized by cat-dog-mongoose cryptid, the Bhootbilli

There's been a rash of sightings of a creature known as the Bhootbilli, or "ghost cat" in a neighborhood near Pune, India. This large feline cryptid has consumed 45 pigeons (and one goat) belonging to one unlucky resident.The sightings of the creature have been in the Sanjay Park neighborhood ~100 miles outside of Mumbai. From MiD DAY:
    "The bhootbilli has been coming everyday the past 10 days around 7 pm. We had set up a lot of traps, but all turned into a flop show because whenever we would try to catch it, it would jump on the tree and sneak out somewhere," said Feroz Dilawar Khan, a driver and resident of the area. "It's fat and broad with a long tail, black in colour, has a face like a dog and back like a mongoose."    The bhootbilli, as it is called by the residents, has eaten around 45 pigeons and one goat within a span of 10 days which all belonged to Feroz.
Read rest here: http://io9.com/5685033/indian-neighborhood-terrorized-by-cat+dog+mongoose-cryptid-the-bhootbilli

Wednesday, 3 November 2010

Bigfoot filmed and spotted.


SHEBORO, N.C. (WGHP) —
A man that once worked as a fraud investigator claims he has captured an image of North American folklore.Mike Greene, a former chief of fraud investigation in New Jersey, claims he captured video of Bigfoot in the Uwharrie National Forest over a year ago.
"In the middle of the night, I was awakened by what I call, 'Darth Vader' breaths," said Greene. Greene said he was able to capture a thermal image of Sasquatch that night.
"The image is the first comprehensive thermal image of a Sasquatch… even though I admit that it's blurry," said Greene.In the video, Greene claims you can see a big creature come out of the woods and grab a candy bar that was set up to attract the Sasquatch."It can't be anything else, I mean, it literally can't be anything else," said Greene.Greene said many people have said the image is just a guy in a fat suit or gorilla suit, but he claims the thermal image proves it's something different."The heat signature - which is what you're looking at…the heat signature would be completely different. It would be splotchy," said Greene. "You could put a guy in a Bigfoot costume and fool night vision, because that's just like a video camera. But if you put a thermal image on him, that's going to look completely different."After seeing the video, Greene was convinced he had captured video of the much-discussed creature Bigfoot."Yeah, there's no doubt about it," said Greene.Greene admits that he, and the rest of the Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization, are surprised there has not been better proof after several years of searching and many attempts to get a glimpse of the evasive alleged creature.

Bigfoot Sighting In West Virginia
Submitted by Javier Ortega on November 2, 2010 –
I don’t know how reliable this news report is, since the website’s logo states “A questionable publication from West Virginia”. Either way, the report mentions a sighting of a “Sasquatch-like creature” near State route 16 by a life long resident. Stephen Summers claims that what he had seen was at least 9 feet tall and was “ape-like”.“I’ve lived here all my life and have never seen such a thing,” said Crooked Run resident Stephen Summers, 44.Summers claims he saw an ape-like creature Tuesday afternoon walking down an electric right-of-way, a short distance from Arnoldsburg along State Rt. 16.“Everybody is laughing at me, but I saw it. I swear to God,” Summers said.