Wednesday 31 August 2022

THE CHINESE DRAGON HOAX

This was perpetrated by by George Keller, who later became a noted animal trainer, and Norman Hoffman in Pennsylvania.


 Keller bruited it abroad that he had received a Chinese Dragon.  This caused enough interest for the local paper, the Morning Post to turn up.  The editor was shown the animal's crate and it was opened sufficiently for him to photograph a small part of the creature inside.  The photograph was distorted and the beast looked absolutely horrendous.  The story went countrywide and Keller said the Chinese Dragon would be put on exhibition inside a tent.

On the first day of the exhibition over 1,000 persons turned up and  crowds continued to attend each day.  No academic that I know of came forward to point out that the Chinese Dragon was a fictitious animal.



In fact, the creature was an iguana or, rather, a succession of iguanas.  The first one died, perhaps due to the unsuitable climate.  The same thing happened to a number of succeeding iguanas.

The exhibition ended when a sailor identified the "dragon", having  seen such creatures in the Philippines. 


Iguana


YARRU

Creature resembling a Plesiosaur which features in the legends of the Australian Aborigines.





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HATCUKLIBA

This was a giant lizard in the lore of the Creeks, Alabamas and other Indians.  It was said to be found in sundry parts of the south-eastern USA.



 

DIDI

Small hominoid reported from Belize and Guyana.





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IS LOCH NESS MONSTER GIANT FROG?

Is this the explanation?  (No, we don't actually suppose he plays the banjo.)





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BIGFOOT ON HUNTING ISLAND

Three witnesses report him in South Carolina.





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YOUR CHANCES OF SEEING BIGFOOT

Which states are most likely to provide a sighting?





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Tuesday 30 August 2022

BRADSHAW RANCH

Said to be similar to the Skinwalker Ranch.


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GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AND BIGFOOT

This article claims some of them wish to keep the Hairy One a secret.





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FIRST MOKELE MBEMBE REPORT

The German report from the Likuala Expedition.





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KURREA

The reptile of Boobera Lagoon (Australia).





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GREAT MOON HOAX - 4

A continuation of this series about a 19th Century hoax.


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Sunday 28 August 2022

BIGFOOT!

States where you are most likely to see him.





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Saturday 27 August 2022

THE MONSTER ROOSTER

A creature mentioned in the works of Aldrovanus (1522-1607).





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KIDOKY

Giant lemur, the size of a chimpanzee.





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GIANT AYE-AYE

Does a giant form of this rare Madagascan animal exist?





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LAB-MADE MOUSE EMBRYOS

They began to develop like normal embryos.


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WAS THIS A PUCA?

Creature photographed in Irish castle.


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Friday 26 August 2022

MAKARA

A kind of Dragon in Indian mythology, generally regarded as water dwelling.  It is thought to have a crocodile's head and legs and a snake's body.  Belief in the creature is found far beyond India itself.  It is sometimes depicted with an antelope's head and legs and a fish's body.  It is the sign of Capricorn in the Hindu zodiac.




HENDERSON ISLAND MONSTER

A very bizarre creature reported from 1893 - or perhaps it was a submersible vessel.





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HEBER SPRINGS WATER PANTHER

This Arkansas cryptid looks, to some extent, like a furred human, but is also said to have puma-like characteristics and is said to be able to breathe both on land and under water.  It lives in the vicinity of  Greers Ferry Lake and the Little Red River.  



 

THE GREAT MOON HOAX - DAY 1

A celebrated hoax of the 19th Century.  It claimed the discovery of life on the moon.





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Thursday 25 August 2022

MUD MAIDS

Dangerous water beings of Welsh folklore.





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BAIQUAN LAKE MONSTER

A strange lake creature reported from Tibet.





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