Have the readers of Cryptomundo correctly identified this mystery carcass? While I initially thought that the "Russian Plesiosaur" looked crocodilian in origin, I agree with the majority of the commenters here on Cryptomundo that the carcass looks like it is that of a whale, most likely a beluga…
(Also read: "The Hunt for Lake Monsters")
Residents of Fort Resolution report UFO sightings
There's something strange in the sky above Fort Resolution in the Northwest Territories. Over the years, residents of the South Slave community have reported a number of unidentified flying objects, or UFOs. There's no obvious explanation for them…
Fortean Maine provides much to inspire fans of the weird
Stinging ocean blobs, sharks and, of course, the mutant Beast of Turner. It's been a good month for Maine among America's fans of the weird. Maine's weirdness potential is high to begin with, jammed, as we are, like a thumb into Canada - itself an inscrutable bastion of weirdness in the eyes of many Americans…
The day the Earth fell over
Earth might have spun on its side to keep its balance in the distant past, and could do so again, scientists reported today. Alaska was suddenly at the equator, the thinking goes…
(Also read: "Pole Shift!")
Physics proves horror movies get it wrong
Who needs ghostbusters when you've got Newton, says a scientist who has used physics and maths to poke holes in the way Hollywood depicts ghosts and vampires. In a paper, published recently on the physics website arXiv, theoretical physicist Professor Costas Efthimiou of the University of Central Florida shows that when it comes to things supernatural, the figures just don't add up…
World's oldest woman dies at 116
Maria Esther de Capovilla - officially the world's oldest woman - has died in Ecuador aged 116, relatives said…
Trouvelot and the UFOs
Today according to Australian Eastern Standard Time when this item was posted
1871 At the Meudon Observatory in France, astronomer Étienne Léopold Trouvelot (1827 - 1895) saw several flying objects high in the atmosphere…
Circles of light in photographs
What do you think are these circles of light appearing in my photos?” Jean [not her real name] recently asked me in a text message. One picture only has two or three of the circles but some pictures have dozens of them. They sometimes cover the entire frame…
(Also read: " What Makes A Great Ghost Photo?")
Who truly coined the term "cryptozoology"?
Mystery beast could be 'wendigo'
A DNA test has been ordered to determine the species of a mystery beast killed in Turner, Maine, that some believe was a mythical creature called a "wendigo." The Lewiston (Maine) Sun Journal shipped DNA samples from the "Turner Beast" to Dr. Irv Kornfield at the University of Maine and to HealthGene Corp. in Toronto to attempt to determine what sort of animal was killed by a car Aug. 12, the newspaper said. Results are expected back later in the week…
