Tag Archives: Bigfoot

Pop Cryptid Spectator 17

By | June 5, 2025

In this edition: Bear Lake monster marker, Join the cryptid crawl, Cryptids as sports icons, NYT Monster Quest Strands puzzle, Blue Ridge Hunting game features Appalachian cryptids, Seeking Mothgirl, Another fake Bigfoot promo video, Nessie Quest 2025 is a bust

Pop Cryptid Spectator 15

By | April 28, 2025

In this edition: Florida Bigfoot Conference review, Sasquatch heads around town, AI cryptids: Faked Nessie sightings, AI cryptids: Fake Yeti photo circulating, AI Fake Coelacanth News, Mokele-mbembe and Creationists’ corruption, Cryptid media: The Cryptid Factor podcast

Pop Cryptid Spectator 12

By | March 30, 2025

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 10

By | March 7, 2025

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 6

By | February 6, 2025

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

By | January 31, 2025

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.

Pop Cryptid Spectator 2

By | January 9, 2025

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

Pop Goes the Cryptid: Explained

By | December 20, 2024

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.

Lost Monster Files is a cryptid bust

By | December 1, 2024

A recap and summary of Discovery’s cryptid show Lost Monster Files and its failings regarding science, education, and entertainment.

Modern problems with scientific naming: Example – Bigfoot

By | November 18, 2024

A new article in the Journal of Mammalogy calls out the problem with poor naming practices of new species in our internet age. “Bigfoot” is the perfect bad example.

Lost Monster Files produces some abominable research

By | October 18, 2024

The second episode of Lost Monster Files on Discovery channel is a confusing mash-up of old and mis-information about “abominable snowmen” in British Columbia.

Triangle Trope of Vermont: Bennington

By | August 7, 2024

The Bennington Triangle in Vermont has a foundational narrative of real life murders, disappearances, and an abandoned village. A corpus of exaggerated tales grew from it.

Pop cryptid chatter: Beards and encryptids

By | June 13, 2024

Pop cryptids items: Representation at cryptozoology conferences, the EFF incorporates cryptids into their promotional drive and the passing of a well-loved author and artist.

Copy-paste cryptozoology

By | February 17, 2020

A review of Chasing American Monsters: Over 250 Creatures, Cryptids, and Hairy Beasts by Jason Offutt (2019). I’ve been thinking a lot about cryptozoology lately. While consuming content about many other subjects, I see excellent examples in cryptozoology to illustrate public attitudes towards and understanding of science, paranormal thinking, colonialist themes, misperceptions about evidence, media… Read More »