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  • Pop Cryptid Spectator 9

    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 Read more

  • Pop Cryptid Spectator 8

    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 Read more

  • Pop Cryptid Spectator 7

    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 Read more

  • UK survey respondents love earth mysteries

    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. Read more

  • Pop Cryptid Spectator 6

    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. Read more

  • Pop Cryptid Spectator 5

    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. Read more

  • New paper fails to connect Summerville spook light to earthquakes

    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. Read more

  • Pop Cryptid Spectator 4

    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 Read more

  • Pop Cryptid Spectator 3

    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? Read more

  • Pop Cryptid Spectator 2

    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 Read more

  • A meteor falls in Pennsylvania, and lands in ice cream

    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. Read more

  • Pop Cryptid Spectator 1

    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 Read more