Four reports published in August by The Official Loch Ness Monster Sightings Register bring the total number of reported Nessie—as the monster is affectionately known—sightings up to seven so far in 2023.The first sighting came at around 1 p.m. on August 17th from Steve Valentine, who was visiting Scotland's Loch Ness while on holiday from Urmston in Manchester with his family. They were returning from a tour of the loch when Valentine said he spotted something from the Deepscan boat they were aboard."I just saw a black shape in the water," he said. "It was when we were returning to the dock near to Urquhart Castle. I lost sight of it when the boat turned but managed to get a quick […]
Lon Strickler of Phantoms & Monsters received the following report this morning from a couple hiking on the Appalachian Trail near Halifax, Pennsylvania, who said they encountered a 10-foot-tall Bigfoot at around 9 a.m. yesterday.My girlfriend and I woke up yesterday (Monday, August 14, 2023) around 9 AM at Peters Mountain Shelter on the Appalachian Trail. We had begun to continue our backpacking trek north. We had an encounter with a Bigfoot for sure. It was easily 10' tall, with no smell that I recalled. I yelled "Hey" in order to scare it away. We were scared and didn't know what else to do. The creature turned around, looked at us, and made a soft grunt noise and ran away making […]
Reports from the Void is a repository to share those stories for which we do not have enough information to make a full report. This is usually because of little or no communication from the witness following their initial submission. The Singular Fortean Society will always provide as much information as possible regarding any correspondence during our attempts to speak with those involved.This series is meant only to present you with the full breadth of the information sent to us and makes no judgments towards the veracity of any stories shared within it.The Singular Fortean Society received the following email on November 21st, 2022, reporting a “Mothman” sighting in Lebanon Regional […]
An illustration by artist Donie Odulio of the creature people have been reporting in and around Chicago and the greater Lake Michigan area. (Donie Odulio / Instagram: @donie_odulio) Reports from the Void is a repository to share those stories for which we do not have enough information to make a full report. This is usually because of little or no communication from the witness following their initial submission. The Singular Fortean Society will always provide as much information as possible regarding any correspondence during our attempts to speak with those involved.This series is meant only to present you with the full […]
A silhouette based off of materials provided by a witness in LaGrange Park, a western suburb of Chicago. (Emily Wayland / The Singular Fortean Society) Lon Strickler of Phantoms & Monsters said he received a phone call recently from someone wanting to report a string of bizarre winged creature sightings that lasted at least from 1978 to 1988.The person, who identified themselves as the friend of an eyewitness "who was born and raised in a northwest suburb of Chicago, Illinois," would only specify the location of the sightings as "near the Des Plaines River."Strickler said that the eyewitness was reluctant to discuss their […]
An artist’s rendition of a winged humanoid reported in the Chicago suburb of McCook. (Emily Wayland / The Singular Fortean Society) In a piece published June 23rd for The Edwardsville Intelligencer, columnist John J. Dunphy recounted the experience of an acquaintance who said she had recently seen a mysterious winged creature in Alton, Illinois.According to Dunphy, the woman, who remains anonymous, said she had seen a “strange creature” while walking her dog in downtown Alton, near the Dunphy Building, at around 1 a.m."She described it as tall, dark, and large," Dunphy wrote. "It had a human face, which was white in […]
The front cover of the new cryptozoology-themed Fortean Times bookazine Monster Hunters (© Fortean Times/Diamond Publishing Limited – reproduced here on a strictly non-commercial Fair Use basis for educational/review purposes only) Bookazines are increasingly popular and prevalent in bookstores and on news stands nowadays, constituting a handy publication format that, as its name suggests, is midway between a magazine and a book. They sell well too, which is why I am currently involved in what, if all ultimately transpires according to plan, will be a series of bookazines featuring various of my animal anomaly writings from down through the years – but more about that some other […]
Is this a bilby I see before me – in Peru?? (public domain)In my previous ShukerNature blog article (click here to access it), I documented two unexpected creatures depicted in a magnificent mural-format pictorial encyclopaedia entitled Quadro de Historia Natural, Civil y Geografica del Reyno del Peru ('Painting of the Natural, Civil and Geographical History of the Kingdom of Peru'), or QHNCGRP for convenience hereafter in this present article. Consisting of numerous miniature oil paintings and accompanying text on a wood panel, it measures a very impressive 128 x 45.25 inches (325 x 115 cm). Completed in Madrid, Spain, in 1799 and now on display at the Museo Nacional de Ciencias […]
Publicity posters for Fire Serpent, Sand Serpents, and Basilisk: The Serpent King (© John Terlesky/CineTel Films/Kandu Entertainment/Outrage Productions/Premiere Bobine/S.V. Scary Films/Sci-Fi Channel/Lionsgate Home Entertainment // Jeff Renfroe/Media Pro Pictures/Muse Entertainment/SyFy/RHI Entertainment // Stephen Furst/BUFO/Curmudgeon Films/Sci Fi Pictures – all three posters reproduced here on a strictly non-commercial Fair Use basis for educational/review purposes only) It's always a pleasure to watch creature features in which the monsters in question are far removed from the usual cinematic stereotypes (e.g. ferocious man-beasts, werewolves, sea monsters, gargantuan insects, […]
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