Sunday, 22 June 2014

ON THIS DAY IN WEIRD


On This Day in Weird, June 22...

1925: Theatrical premiere of The Lost World, first of many film adaptations of the famous novel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Stop-motion FX genius Willis O'Brien animates the prehistoric creatures.






2008: Controversial cryptozoologist Jon-Erik Beckjord dies from prostate cancer in Lafayette, California, at age 69.



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