A spate of recent Bigfoot sightings within the last few years in the Kemerovo region of Russia highlights the apparently thriving Yeti community living in the remote parts of the country. Experts believe there are around 30 of the creatures living across this remote area of Siberia. The first report came from the fishing village of Myski, in August 2012, …
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The Yeti, also commonly known as the Abominable Snowman, is a humanoid cryptid from the Himalayan areas of Nepal and Tibet. The name “Abominable Snowman” came into use in 1921 when Charles Howard-Bury led an expedition to Mount Everest and in his book, Mount Everest The Reconnaissance, 1921, referred to tracks made by an unknown creature the locals called ‘metoh-kangmi’ …
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One of the earliest accounts in recorded history of Bigfoot sightings dates back to 1792 and was recorded in a journal named Noticias de Nutka: An Account of Nootka Sound in 1792 by Jose Mariano Mozino. The journal was written during a time when the exploration of the Pacific Coast was underway by the Spanish and English. The story starts …
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Known to the local Native Americans as Letiche, the Honey Island Swamp Monster is a type of Bigfoot cryptid reported to call its home in the Honey Island Swamp area of Louisiana with documented sightings dating back to 1963. The Honey Island Swamp covers 27 square miles with pine forests to the north (part of the Bogue Chitto National Wildlife Refuge) and the Pearl River flood …
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The Mogollon Monster is thought to be a cryptid species of Bigfoot living in the Mogollon Rim area of central and eastern Arizona. Even though numerous reports have been made which include videos, footprints and even hair samples, main stream biologists still refute the creatures existence. The general description of the Mogollon Monster is over 7 feet in height, bipedal with large eyes that are …
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The Fouke Monster, also known as the Southern Sasquatch, is a bigfoot-type cryptid reported to have existed around the town of Fouke, Arizona in the 1970s. Often referred to as the Legend of Boggy Creek, the initial sightings occurred in the Boggy Creek and Jonesville areas in the 1940s where it destroyed livestock. Later sightings, which include a reported attack …
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Today, people commonly conceptualize monsters as characters from the most recent horror movie and the only thing they know about the natural existence of these creatures is based on what’s been characterized in pop culture literature. To be fair, it is true the ethology of these creatures is largely unverified beyond unexplained deaths, missing persons and half-eaten live stock but a pervasive bias to continually view …
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Monstrum Athenaeum Tearing open the cryptid world of werewolves, vampires & zombies.