Researcher Bill Munns says newly surfaced film shows a re-enactment at most, though The Daily Grail finds his case hard to accept.
THE INTERNET — A new documentary titled Capturing Bigfoot, released on October 20, the 59th anniversary of the Patterson-Gimlin film, has been widely described as the end of the famous footage's credibility, according to The Daily Grail. The program is available to rent or buy on Amazon Prime.
A podcast co-host says a drunken confession in Poland, and a pre-dawn encounter the next morning, revealed a hidden energy-weapon firefight near Area 51.
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AREA 51, NEV. — A former United States Army sniper has put forward an account of a clandestine underground battle near Nevada's Area 51, in which an elite American soldier was allegedly killed by a reptilian alien. According to the Daily Star, the claim comes from Nick Betts, co-host of the Liberty Risk podcast, who says he heard it secondhand from a veteran of the military's Joint Special Operations Command.
A 49-year-old man in Shunan City says a wild monkey flung a stray into his pond before leaping upon his back.
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SHUNAN, JAPAN — A wild Japanese macaque stands accused of attempting to drown a stray cat and then attacking the man on whose property the deed was done, according to a report in the Daily Star citing Sora News 24. The incident is said to have occurred in Shunan City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, at about 3.40pm on Tuesday, October 13.
A Reddit user says a childhood memory from the early 1990s has never faded, and that the mask theory he long relied upon no longer satisfies him.
IRELAND — A Reddit user posting to r/Experiencers has shared a memory from roughly thirty years ago, in the early 1990s in Ireland, that he says remains as sharp as the night it happened. According to the post, he woke as a child to find a figure standing at his bedroom door.
Colossal Biosciences says its new GenoMorph platform has begun to pick out the genetic instructions behind the famous bird's peculiar form.
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TEXAS, U.S.A. — Researchers at Colossal Biosciences, a Texas company, report they have moved a step nearer to reviving the dodo, the flightless bird that vanished from Mauritius in the 17th century after human settlement, according to The Debrief.
A self-styled Bigfoot hunter claims laboratory analysis at Cornell supports his find, yet the faithful are withholding applause.
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ADIRONDACK MOUNTAINS, N.Y. — A man who goes by the name "Snake the Bigfoot Hunter" has announced that he is in possession of the very thing science is often said to require: the body of a Bigfoot. According to a report by T.K. Randall for Unexplained Mysteries, he has so far failed to win over even the most committed believers in the creature.
Authorities are reported called in over sightings in Britain, while a police search for a suspected puma continues near Munich Airport.
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BINLEY WOODS, ENGLAND — Authorities in the British community of Binley Woods have recently been called in following a series of reported big cat sightings, according to a digest entry published by The Anomalist, which draws on a report from Coast to Coast AM.
A radio program's latest episode revives the Fresno Nightcrawlers, creatures first reported more than two decades ago and still unexplained, according to its billing.
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FRESNO, CALIF. — A family in Fresno, California, set up a camera beside their garage after their dogs kept barking into the dark, and the next morning's footage showed two pale figures crossing the front lawn, according to the summary of a new episode of the Weird Darkness radio program. The figures, it states, had no arms anyone could make out and walked on long legs that seem to bend backward.
A Reddit user says friends filming severe weather in Raffadali later noticed a humanoid outline more than three metres high.
RAFFADALI, SICILY — A Reddit user posting to r/Humanoidencounters reports that a tall, human-shaped figure appeared in video taken during a violent storm in the Sicilian town of Raffadali.
A Spooky Isles feature on the folklore, magic and pagan calendar of the nation's woodland a sturdy cast of characters.
THE BRITISH ISLES — A feature published by the website Spooky Isles turns its attention to the trees of Britain, which it describes as sacred, and promises readers a tour of their folklore, magic and place in the pagan calendar.
Researchers modeling the tail strokes of four mosasaur species say differences in tail proportions point to different hunting strategies in the age of dinosaurs.
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NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. — Some of the great marine reptiles that ruled the seas in the age of dinosaurs were better built for surprise attacks, while their relatives were suited to chasing prey across open water, according to a study led by Rutgers and reported by MessageToEagle.com.
A Nessie researcher publishes two Empire State serpent accounts, one from a Taconic Parkway bridge and one from the banks of the Bronx River.
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NEW CROTON RESERVOIR, N.Y. — Roland Watson, who writes the Loch Ness Mystery blog, has turned his attention from Scotland to New York, publishing two sea serpent accounts sent by a fellow cryptid enthusiast. The first comes from a woman identified only as "Laura from Pennsylvania," who also supplied a sketch.
Residents describe a large black panther-like cat, while officers ask the public to report sightings to the proper bodies and keep their distance.
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BINLEY WOODS, ENGLAND — A large black cat, which locals have taken to calling "Catfoot," has reportedly been seen several times over the past week or so in and around Binley Woods, according to a report by T.K. Randall for Unexplained Mysteries, which in turn cites the Coventry Telegraph.
