Pop Cryptid Spectator 14
In this edition: Cryptid Check on Big Picture Science, Update on Pueblo mystery creature, Bigfoot museum spared from fire damage, Faking a fake nightcrawler, Nahuelito represents!
Author Archives: Sharon A. Hill
Pop Cryptid Spectator 13
In this edition: The crypt-illogical slip into the irrational, News people don’t know their animals, AI cryptid articles – It’s how stuff works, Cryptid merch: Squishables Mothman series, The Hebridean Mermaid, Ogopogo float may sink, Cryptid Media: More podcasts
Pop Cryptid Spectator 12
In this edition: New cryptid alert- North American Pine Squid, Bigfoot in the Backyard, Be the Bigfoot, Cryptid media – Nessie, the Musical, Big little cat makes headlines in UK, Fiji mermaid seen at Margate beach in Kent, The mokele-mbembandwagon
Pop Cryptid Spectator 11
In this edition: Digital hoaxes flooding social media, Questioning the assumptions we make about supernatural cryptids, Cryptid media – The Sasqualogist, Blurry feral Florida cat causes a stir, Loch Ness Quest 3, Royal Mail mythical stamps, Cryptids are “hot”, particularly in WV
Pop Cryptid Spectator 10
In this edition: California’s Bigfoot law – Spot the Sasquatch, The British Bigfoot, Wisconsin’s New Cryptid and Paranormal Convention, Mothman-flavored chips, First Nessie sighting of the year
Pop Cryptid Spectator 9
In this edition: Creating the Loch Ness Monster, Ogopogo statue updated,The Big Muddy Murphysboro monster file, Continuing the tradition of paranormal lore in W Va, Wild Fictions comic is great intro to Fortean topics, Snallygaster vs Snoligoster
Pop Cryptid Spectator 8
In this edition: Bigfoot proposed as California’s official cryptid, Monster Snap VR Game, What is a “cryptoid”? Fakelore to folklore: The Rake
Pop Cryptid Spectator 7
In this edition: Cryptozoology diploma, Past and future of Small Town Monsters, Modern resurgence of mokele-mbembe, Fresno Nightcrawler – Is it a cryptid? Frogman Festival in March, Cryptid biographies, Book review: A Natural History of Sea Serpents
UK survey respondents love earth mysteries
New poll results about paranormal belief in the UK show that “earth mysteries” are really popular across the pond. Many complications make it difficult to make sense out of poll numbers reflecting levels of paranormal beliefs over time.
Pop Cryptid Spectator 6
In this edition: How to become a cryptozoologist? Indeed. Historical sightings of Chinese dragons, American Cryptids movie for 2025, Followup to Cryptid Cinema book, Cryptid Merch: My cryptid crush, Saxsquatch, Betting on Bigfoot sightings, Cryptid? Yes or No? Dragon.
Pop Cryptid Spectator 5
In this edition: Bigfoot makes an appearance in a divorce case, The Times of London promotes growing belief in Bigfoot. E-DNA and the Enormous Eel Effect, Utah Yetis dream dissolves, Reality Shifting and Cryptids and the Goosepig.
New paper fails to connect Summerville spook light to earthquakes
A new paper by a seismologist suggests a South Carolina spook light legend may be related to seismic activity, but the conclusions fall far short of convincing.
Pop Cryptid Spectator 4
In this edition: Google Underwater view of Loch Ness, Loch Ness Data Set in new statistics paper, Cryptid Media – Frogman: The Croaks are no Hoax, Cryptid Media – Project: Cryptid, Volume 2, Cryptid Stuff – Bath Bombs, Utah Yetis hit a trademark hurdle, Solved, but Ignored
Pop Cryptid Spectator 3
In this edition: Green Eyes and the explosion of cryptid festivals, Appalachian folk horror, Cryptid Media – Folk horror, Resurgence/British Cryptids, Pop Cryptid – Jackalope or nope?
Pop Cryptid Spectator 2
In this edition: News: Two deaths dubiously linked to Bigfoot hunting,
Cryptid Media See This – Out There: Crimes of the Paranormal, Cryptid Media Skip This – Lost Monster Files,
Update on naming taboo cryptids,
AI cryptid carnival, Google Earth cryptids, Hood cryptids meme
A meteor falls in Pennsylvania, and lands in ice cream
A rock hit a car in a Walmart parking lot in Lehighton, PA in 2023, busting the window and landing in a half gallon of ice cream. A group of open-minded scientists agreed to take the case and identified the rock as a genuine meteorite.
Pop Cryptid Spectator 1
In this edition: What’s up with this project, Pop Goes the Cryptid explainer, r/cryptid aims to be inclusive, New cryptid media, Texas’ Chupacabra coaster, Cryptozoology.com shuttered
Arguing over the science of mystery animals
Was cryptozoology ever scientific? Discussion about cryptids reveals ideas about the public perception of science. Arguments continue about what cryptozoology was and should be.
Pop Goes the Cryptid: Explained
Introduction to the world of Pop Cryptids, showing the evolution of cryptozoology from a scientific field to a popular culture scene where “cryptid” is any weird, sentient thing.
Flat earthers go to Antarctica
What happened when a pastor from Colorado, Will Duffy, takes flat earthers to Antarctica in what is called “The FInal Experiment”?