Mysterious News Briefly — March 29, 2022 Researchers at Indiana University are using blow flies as chemical sensors to detect the use of chemical weapons and other pollutants in a military conflict – the blow flies fly through an environment, then a mass spectrometer reveals what chemicals were in their guts. Canaries will be thrilled to let blow flies take their place in the coal mines. Paramedics in the UK Lake District’s Great North Air Ambulance (GNAA) squad are being equipped with their own Jet Suits for emergency responses when the victim can’t wait for a conventional ambulance. Look fo ..read more

Is nothing safe from political drama? You already know the answer, but one would still hope that the Loch Ness monster might be the exception. Sadly, Nessie has found herself in the middle of a political skirmish between its home country of Scotland and the UK over how it’s history is being taught in Scottish schools. Yes, America – you’re not the only country fighting over school subjects … although at least that fight isn’t including the teaching of Bigfoot in history class. Or is it? Wait until you hear what the humans are arguing about now! “The very idea of a prehistoric monster in a ..read more

When it comes to the matter of secret societies and mysterious cults, I guess many people immediately think of the Illuminati. The fact is, though, that there are more than a few secret organizations around that are hardly known and that have stayed in the shadows for a long time. We’ll begin with Loch Ness. No, not the monster itself, but a secret society somewhat tied to the tales of the Loch. In June 1969, a trio of American students – who were investigating the grounds of the old cemetery that sits next to Aleister Crowley’s Boleskine House – stumbled upon an ancient piece of tapestr ..read more

One of the most enduring explanations put forth to explain sightings of anomalous apes is that they are not unknown animals, but actually escapees from zoos and menageries. If there were just one or two cases on record, one might be inclined to suggest the stories possess a degree of merit. That there are, however, dozens of such stories, is a good indication they are a relatively modern day myth that has a habit of taking hold and perpetuating. In 2009, paranormal expert and author Mike Dash was leafing through a copy of the December 8, 1878 edition of England’s Sheldrake’s Aldershot & S ..read more

Is it possible that some of the cryptid creatures seen on our world are actually extraterrestrial creatures? Yes, it’s a highly controversial theory, but stay with me. Let’s have a look at some of the creatures that just might fit into this particular, peculiar category of alien-and-monster. We’ll begin with the matter of that modern day werewolf, the Dogman. It haunts much of Wisconsin and Michigan – and many other parts of the United States, too. In 2005, Dogman expert Linda Godfrey was contacted by a man – a military whistle-blower, we might say – who was an expert in the field of remote-v ..read more

In January 2008, I gave a lecture on my cryptozoological research for the Denton, Texas-based Denton Area Paranormal Society, DAPS, organized and run by a man named Lance Oliver. The lecture went very well, and during the course of the evening Lance casually mentioned to me that he had undertaken investigations of a couple of local stories, legends and incidents of a monstrous nature that he felt might very well be of keen interest to me. I quickly replied: “Well, tell me more!” And so, that is precisely what Lance did. It transpired that Lance had spent a great deal of time digging deeply in ..read more

My previous article was on the issue of just how dangerous the Bigfoot creatures can really be. Violent attacks on people, and even death appear to have occurred – although, admittedly, we don’t know the specific numbers. With that said, I thought, today, I would share with you several examples of death by other dangerous cryptids. We’ll begin with the deadly Kelpies of numerous Scottish lochs . Interestingly, most of the reports of the activities of the Kelpies come from Loch Ness. Within the folklore of Loch Ness and much of Scotland, there are centuries-old legends and myths concerning sup ..read more

Typically, Bigfoot is not known as a violent creature. There are, however, exceptions to the rule. In other words, not all of the Bigfoot are like Harry of Harry and the Hendersons! In fact, quite the opposite – as you’ll see right now. One classic and disturbing example occurred back in the summer of 1924, in a canyon in the vicinity of Kelso, Washington State. As evidence that tales of Bigfoot are not solely limited to the last few decades, the story was written up, at the time, in the pages of the Oregonian newspaper. An extract of the salient points reads thus: “The strangest story to com ..read more

Mount Shasta, the second-highest mountain peak in the Cascade Range, and a presently dormant volcano, has long been counted among the many wonders of California. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, “Mount Shasta has been the most active volcano in California during the past 4,000 years, second in the entire Cascade Range to Mount St. Helens,” whose famous eruption in May 1980 is still regarded as the deadliest volcanic event in modern U.S. history. “During that time,” the USGS says, “Shasta has erupted on average about once every 300 years, producing many pyroclastic flows and lahars. It ..read more

Here’s a sign the Scots – especially around Loch Ness – are getting worried that there have been no Loch Ness monster sightings yet in 2022. The local media has resurrected a story about Margaret Thatcher and her attempt to find the creature while she was prime minister with the use of trained dolphins. Really! Did her staff (you don’t think Maggie strapped on a scuba tank and dove with the dolphins herslf, do you?) find anything? Do you have any dolphins in here, Mr. President? “This department is presently considering the issue of a license to import two bottle-nosed dolphins from Americ ..read more