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Monster hunters have convened in the Scottish Highlands of the United Kingdom this weekend for a significant endeavor—the pursuit of the perpetually mysterious Loch Ness Monster. This marks the most extensive quest for the fabled creature in over half a century. Beneath the glistening surface of Loch Ness, there is said to reside Nessie, a mythical sea creature with a storied history of nearly 1,500 years. On the upcoming Saturday and Sunday (the 26th and 27th of August 2023), individuals passionate about monster investigations and those intrigued by Nessie’s legend are aiming to provide substantiation. The organizers, namely the Loch...

Incredible video that seemingly shows a Sasquatch darting through the woods of Mississippi is going viral, with some saying it’s the best footage of the creature ever captured. The video was recorded by Josh Highcliffe, who posted it to YouTube back in 2015, where it has clocked up more than 811,000 views. In a caption beneath the 2-minute clip, Highcliffe explained that he came across the creature ripping bark off a tree trunk and throwing it to the ground. He added that he was “afraid” of the hairy beast after stumbling across it on a hunting trip.

A snake eating its own tail has been a symbol of infinity since ancient times. But seeing an illustration of this concept is nothing like witnessing the real-life horror. On rare occasions, mostly cataloged in captivity, a snake really can swallow its own tail. As the reptile guzzles back more and more of its body, the emblem of eternity quickly becomes a spiral of death. If the snake's owner does not intervene, its digestive fluids may start breaking down its own body. Some captive snakes that make a habit of eating themselves show damage on their scales from their acidic...

Make fun. He was a good man. I have experience with these beings. Laugh your hearts out. I know what I know. They exist. Call me crazy. Spent alot of weeks in the woods. Nephalim. I know what I saw.my brain said no.Carpenter was right. Rest in peace friend.

Scientists discovered a female microscopic roundworm that has been stuck deep in Siberian permafrost for 46,000 years, The Washington Post reported. When they revived it, the worm started having babies via a process called parthenogenesis, which doesn't require a mate. According to a press release, the worm spent thousands of years in a type of dormancy called cryptobiosis. In that state, which can last almost indefinitely, all metabolic processes pause, including "reproduction, development, and repair," the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa reported. In a study published Thursday in the journal PLOS Genetics, scientists reported that after sequencing the worm's genome,...

The struggle to prove the majestic bird still exists has obsessed believers and exasperated doubters for a century. Now photographer Bobby Harrison is racing to document the species once and for all before the government declares it extinct The bird has many names, often divinely inspired: the Lord God Bird, the Lazarus Bird, the Ghost Bird, the Grail Bird. Bobby Harrison is a religious man, but he doesn’t like any of them. He prefers to call it what it is: an ivory-billed woodpecker. “Well,” he says with a shrug, “it is just a bird, after all.” That might seem like...

The Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation shared a message against dumping exotic species in Oklahoma waters after a boy caught a fish closely related to piranhas in a neighborhood pond.(Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation) OKLAHOMA (KXII) - The Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation shared a message against dumping exotic species in Oklahoma waters after a boy caught a fish closely related to piranhas in a neighborhood pond. According to the department’s social media pages, young fisher Charlie Clinton caught a Pacu, which is native to South America. The department says that this species has been caught in a few fisheries...

A boy was in for a surprise when he hooked a piranha-like fish in an Oklahoma pond — a long way from its home. The pacu fish, recently caught by Charlie Clinton in a neighborhood pond, is native to South America and is considered an invasive species. So what’s it doing in Oklahoma?

The Taos County Sheriff's Office has offered safety tips for campers in the area due to a Bigfoot warning. The tips are the "do's and don'ts" if you happen to encounter one. The warning states that the species are coming down from the high country to the Kern River to hunt for fish and vegetation. If you happen to see one, here's what they are saying to do: Do's Go about your business Take photos documenting the event Don'ts Do not run toward or away from Bigfoot Do not yell Do not try to feed Bigfoot The sheriff's office also...

The horrifying discovery of skeletal remains found washed up on a popular beach has shocked locals and sent the internet into meltdown. Bobbi-Lee Oates came across the alien-like remains while walking a beach at Keppel Sands on Queensland's Capricornia Coast last week and turned to a marine biology Facebook group to solve the mystery. 'We came across this, wondering if anyone has any idea what it is or who I could possibly get to find out exactly what it is,' she captioned photos of the eerie discovery. ..... .....

Eoin O’Faodhagain, from Co Donegal, was monitoring a webcam of the loch when he saw movement in the waterThe Official Loch Ness Monster Sightings Register hasn’t recorded a new entry since October 11, 2022 Jaw-dropping footage reveals “the first Nessie sighting of 2023” after a mysterious presence “too big” to be a fish was recorded in the water. Veteran Nessie hunter Eoin O’Faodhagain was monitoring a webcam of the loch when he spotted something that he “couldn’t believe”. In two clips captured roughly seven minutes apart, something stirs in the loch, seen first as a long, dark shape near...

Until now I never understood how Michael Medved could believe in Bigfoot. But seeing is believing. http://www.getdisco.com/getdiscoMain.html Click on the 2nd video on this site to see the irrefutable evidence.

MORE people have come forward claiming to have seen a Bigfoot-like creature in the Wanstead and Woodford area. Last week we revealed how fitness instructor Michael Kent saw a peculiar-looking Bigfoot-like animal emerge from trees near the Hollow Ponds area of Epping Forest, on the border between Wanstead and Leytonstone.

The unidentified animal had an “upright, human-like” walk and black fur, according to eyewitnesses who spotted the creature in woods in northwestern Ontario last week. A large, six-toed footprint was found in the area 140 miles northeast of Winnipeg shortly afterwards. There have been dozens of reported sightings of large, hairy humanoids, known as the Bigfoot or sasquatch, in the remote forests on the west coasts of Canada and United States in recent decaded, although evidence for their existence is scant. "What do I think it was? Right now I'm not even sure what it was. But it really scared...

A prominent Bigfoot hunter who claimed to have filmed the cryptid — and even sued the California Department of Fish and Wildlife to prove its existence — has died. Claudia Ackley, 51, was found dead at her Tennessee home on July 3 following a suspected heart attack, her heartbroken partner Ed Brown confirmed to the US Sun. After allegedly first sighting the mythical, hairy humanoid nearly a decade ago, Ackley devoted her life to showing that the species does exist — and to warn others that the creatures are dangerous. Brown told the Sun that the Bigfoot community had “lost...

AMERICA'S most prolific Bigfoot hunter - who caught a mysterious 800-pound beast on camera and dedicated her life to investigating hundreds of other strange sightings - has been found dead. Claudia Ackley, 51, was so passionate about proving the existence of Sasquatch, she even launched a lawsuit to try and force Californian authorities to take Bigfoot sightings seriously. The mom of two was found dead at her home in Tenessee, on July 3, her partner Ed Brown confirmed to The US Sun. Back in 2018, The Sun spent time with Claudia in the mountains of Big Bear, California, retracing the...

Scientists have discovered that the extinct megalodon shark was warm-blooded, as indicated by the isotopes in its tooth enamel. Their research suggests that the megalodon could maintain a body temperature about 13 degrees Fahrenheit warmer than the surrounding water, a significant difference compared to other contemporary sharks. A killer, yes. But analysis of tooth minerals reveals how the warm-blooded predator maintained its body temperature. Researchers have determined that the extinct megalodon shark was warm-blooded, able to maintain its body temperature higher than the surrounding water. However, the energy needed for this temperature regulation might have contributed to the megalodon’s extinction...

Do you believe chupacabras exist? You’re not alone, at least not in Texas. A “chupacabra” — sometimes referred to as “the chupacabra” — is one of the American Southwest’s most famous cryptids. Cryptids, according to Merriam-Webster, are “animals that have been claimed to exist but never proven to exist,” like the Loch Ness Monster or Sasquatch, for instance. The folkloric creature, whose name means “goat sucker” in Spanish, is believed by some to roam areas of Puerto Rico, Mexico and the U.S., especially southwest Texas. Chupacabras were first reported as recently as 1995 but they’ve persisted as a feared livestock...

A new model for human evolution asserts that modern Homo sapiens stemmed from multiple genetically diverse populations across Africa rather than a single ancestral population. This conclusion was reached after researchers analyzed genetic data from present-day African populations, including 44 newly sequenced genomes from the Nama group of southern Africa. The research suggests that the earliest detectable split in early human populations occurred between 120,000 to 135,000 years ago, after long periods of genetic intermixing, and that subsequent migrations created a weakly structured genetic stem. Contrary to some previous models, this research implies that contributions from archaic hominins were unlikely...

The sixth century historian Procopius, in both his History of the Wars, and The Secret History, mentions a sea monster--a gigantic whale--named Porphyrios that dwelt in the Bosporus Strait and the Black Sea, and which terrorized the shipping lanes around Constantinople for about fifty years, and which causes significant headaches for the Emperor Justinian & the Roman navy. Our information is fairly limited, but what can we say about this real life Moby Dick?SOURCES:The Secret History, ProcopiusThe History of the Wars, ProcopiusA Cabinet of Byzantine Curiosities, KaldellisPinned by The Historian's CraftPorphyrios: The Sea Monster that Terrorized the Late Roman Empire3:51...