LAMIA IN ETHIOPIA?

The Lamia in  Greek mythology went about devouring babies, but this report is an extract from a writer who considered it to be posssibly a real animal, living in Ethiopia.

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THE JERSEY BULL

The Jersey here has nothing to do with New Jersey.  It is one of the Channel Islands, a British dependency in the English Channel.  There is an amusing legend there of a large and mysterious bull, which is worth reading.

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CREEPY SNAKES

This story was found in Nick Redfern's blog.  He, in turn, obtained it from Stan Gordon.  It's a particularly astonishing story.  While I do not have its date, it is not recent.

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MYSTERY CREATURE OF SONORA SESERT

A strange creature which scared the onlookers was observed in the Sonora desert.

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OFF TO PARIS?

I refer not to the metropolis of France, but to Paris, Texas.  Thither Rick Dyer, who claims to have a dead Bigfoot to hand, is rumored to be making his way.  Presumably he plans to stage some sort of event there.

TODAY IN WEIRD

On This Day in Weird, February 15...

399: Philosopher Socrates sentenced to death for impiety and corrupting the minds of Athenian youth.

1851: Residents of Simpson County, N.C., report a rain of raw flesh, liver and blood over an area 30 feet wide and 250 yards long.

1883: Author Sax Rohmer, creator of Fu Manchu, born Arthur Henry Sarsfield Ward in Birmingham, England.

1895: New Orleans, La., records a snowfall of 8.2 inches.

1931: Universal Studios releases Dracula, starring Bela Lugosi. A Spanish-language version, released at the same time, stars Carlos Villarias.

1974: Witness "T. L." reports a Bigfoot sighting at Vandalia, Ill.

1999: A trawler nets a giant squid on the South Patagonian shelf, between 316 and 360 meters in depth.

IS THIS CADBOROSAUR?

A film of a possible cadborosaur has been taken.

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