Abominable Snowman

I mentioned the other day that I picked up a cryptozoological bargain in Oxfam and so here it is: Ivan T Sanderson's Abominable Snowmen: Legend Come to Life. I'd never heard of it before and certainly never seen it. I was amazed that it pre-dated the Patterson-Gimlin 'Sasquatch' footage from 1967 because inside there is an illustration of a female bigfoot uncannily similar to the 'man in suit' presented in the footage. Better yet, though it's tough to get a good scan of because the book is thick and the image near the spine, there is also an illustration of a Yeti with a high sagittal crest. Put the two together and I start to wonder if Patterson/Gimlin had this book and took to their costume designer and said, "Hey, make us something like this!" Alternatively, maybe they rented a cine camera for the weekend, went pony trekking the woods and captured the real Bigfoot on film. You pays the money and you makes the choice. In my case, £6.99 (ouch!) in Oxfam West Bridgford - cheap at half the price...

Starved of the Interweb

Wow! Just back on line after a week waiting for my new router to arrive...how have I survived without internet access for all this time...argh!! Normal service will be resumed shortly! Postings ahoy!!

Is it True - Loch Ness Monster

Well, to answer the criticism that there not enough cryptozoology in this cryptozoology themed blog (and to celebrate that this month it is thirty umpty years since my boyhood trip to Loch Ness) here's the cover of Valiant Comic from 22nd June 1968. The 'Is it True' question posed is 'Is it true that the Loch Ness Monster collided with a tug thirty years previously" - Have a look inside to find out, chums! I suppose in those pre-google/pre-wikipedia days you could get away with that sort of question!

And tomorrow I shall share with you my latest cryptozoology themed charity shop purchase...

Take it easy my people.

Revenge of Where the Heck...

Curse you Dan Roberts...you are too good for me...but just to prove it...where the heck is this?

Where the Heck is this?

It seems the earlier 'Where the Heck' was all too easy for some people...so try this one.

Where the Heck is this?

OK, so you think you're pretty smart. This is an easy game when you've been there but...here's a more difficult one...you haven't sat outside a pub just here. And it isn't Costa Rica.

Stranger than People: Spider

I was just puzzling over which image from the legendary Stranger than People annual to upload when I saw an article over on the BBC website about spiders that breathe underwater using bubbles. http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/13614742 - google or cut and paste into your browser or whatever...

So here is The Yellow Monster of Sundra Strait - a fictional tale from Ted Hallam in the Stranger than People annual. Take it easy...