See If Bigfoot Lives Near You: BFRO Database

The BFRO, Bigfoot Field Research Organization, has been the most respected group of its kind for 20 years. Its members include scientists, journalists, and specialists from diverse backgrounds.

The BFRO seeks “to resolve the mystery surrounding the bigfoot phenomenon” by finding “conclusive documentation of the species’ existence.”

To me, these guys/gals are probably the group most likely to scoop bigfoot if they actually exist. 

Why? Unlike most bigfoot groups that randomly stomp through North America’s vast woodlands looking for undiscovered primates, these guys at least have perspective to pursue other people’s reports.

Visit their massive state by state database of bigfoot reports. They’ve recorded more sightings than Starbucks has locations. 

The BFRO even organizes expeditions nationwide with private Joe’s like you and me. The revenue generated from these excursions help to cover their night vision equipment when their “Gone Swatching” shirt sales are down.

Mokele-mbembe: Does a Dinosaur Live in Africa’s Jungles?

More than a few Huffington Post readers ripped on my article Nessie is not a Plesiosaur. In it, I made the case the Loch Ness Monster isn’t a large air breathing creature, especially an aquatic dinosaur. 

Loch Ness is a small enclosed lake that has been searched by every available technique and technology. Such a creature simply has no where to hide.

Regardless of the common sense questions I posed arguing against Nessie’s existence, some of my romantic readers refused to “go there.”

As a peace offering to you folks, meet Mokele-mbembe. In the Lingala language, Mokele-mbembe translates to “one who stops the flow of rivers.” This legendary water-dwelling creature inhabits the Congo River basin in central Africa.

Many cryptozoologists claim Mokele-mbembe is likely a sauropod dinosaur, such as a Brachiosaurus, Diplodocus or Apatosaurus. Based on reports from local tribes, this creature is elephant-sized but has a long neck, a small head and a very long tail. Some reports claim it is 75 feet long.

Like Nessie, it would be difficult for a bus-sized lizard to hide from civilization. Unlike Loch Ness however, this vast region of largely unexplored jungle, rivers and swamps provides hypothetical possibilities.

Since 1776, 35 expeditions have attempted to penetrate this jungle and find Mokele-mbembe. To date, no hard evidence has been found, but these explorers always return with riveting stories. Mokele-mbembe is great subject matter since s/he supposedly kills people and even hippos on site.

In 2001, a BBC/Discovery Channel-sponsored expedition team showed natives photographs of Rhinos. Many identified it as Mokele-mbembe. These researchers drew the logical conclusion Rhinos must have inhabited the Congo River basin hundreds or thousands of years ago; and, it still lives in their folklore and legends.

Nobody will likely prove or disprove this mystery in our life time.

Frightful Stuffed Animals With Human Teeth

All I know is some person who calls herself Mrs. Gettrick has a Facebook page dedicated to these uniquely frightful toys. 

Demonic Statue at Denver Airport

Video: Retired Navy Expert Says Bigfoot Exists…and Talks

Scott Nelson, a retired Navy cryptolinguist, says Bigfoot exists…and can talk.

After listening to the famous Sierra Sounds recordings, Nelson is certain of three things:

1. He is hearing a language
2. It was not human
3. It was not faked.

You decide if this guy is legit or nuts.

Bigfoot: Really?

Over the years, my position on the existence of Bigfoot has moved from skeptical believer to hopeful skeptic. I think a modicrum of possibility exists that a giant bipedal hominid species still lives in some isolated pocket of wilderness. If so, this creature would likely be a distant relative of Gigantopithecus.

Like most hopeful skeptics, I have some hard questions that need hard answers before I could count myself as a believer. For you BF newbies, here’s a great starting point to develop your own informed position on this mystery. Also, here’s a video playlist (5 videos) of the best BF documentary to-date.

Let me know what you think.

The History of Squirrel Art

Why do people pose dead armadillos with beer bottles, at least in Texas? Not because these odd creatures are photogenic, but because they are not too adept at dodging traffic. So, it boils down to the availability of the particular roadkill.

I hypothesize this same cause-and-effect logic explains the popularity of Squirrel Art.

Squirrel Art traces its humble beginnings back to the 1920s. Prohibition led to bootlegging, which led to faster cars, which led to a mounting squirrel body count. To placate public outrage, the whiskey runners would oftentimes hire taxidermists to bring these cute little rodents “back to life” and display them at local merchants.

Prohibition ended but Squirrel Art lives on.

Amazing Microscopic Images

Hydrothermal Worm

We are quickly moving towards a world of TMI — Too Much Information. Our species has thrived for thousands of years knowing little more than how to survive and propagate. How did our forefathers get by without knowing all the universe’s mysteries? Simple, with old fashioned ignorance, superstition and most importantly…denial.

Today we seemingly need to know everything, everywhere. We can see invisible black holes in galaxies billions of light years from our own Milky Way. As amazingly, we can see the microscopic worlds under our noses. I ponder the lush and fruitful ecosystem I just started by blowing my nose into a tissue. What a humid and temperate climate it must be.

This esoteric knowledge is useless to the average Joe like me. I didn’t need to know cancer looks like ice cream sprinkles. How can I benefit knowing my earwax secretions resemble fins. I am now afraid to bathe my dog because its fleas look like they can kick my ass. Having cornstalks for eyelashes makes me itchy, gummy bear chicken embryos make me hungry, and hyper-thyroidal vampire maggots make me sick.

If you are some basement dwelling biologist studying pickled humanoid mutants, this blog is for you to learn some more gross facts to make our world a better place.

Dividing Cancer Cell

Velcro

Chicken Embryo

Shark Skin

Guitar String

Maggot

Used Dental Floss

Ruptured Capillary

Spider’s Silk Glands

Needle and Thread

Eyelashes

Insect Egg

Vinyl Record Groove

Aquatic Fly Larvae

House Fly Foot

Ear Wax Secretion

Cat Flea

Weird Bugs: Leaf Mimics

I intended to write on the broader topic of natural selection’s role in animal camoflauge. But alas, somewhere along the way I got infatuated with a particular form of camoflauge: Mimesis, or mimicking.  Leaf mimics are so good at this game, they defy explanation.

  Natural selection is the process by which biological mutations that help a species succeed are passed to offspring. This vacuus theory sounds to me like the scientific equivalent of a hail mary. It may explain the tiger’s stripes or an owl’s night vision, but it fails to demonstrate how an insect can be more flora than fauna.

How do we know these little guys didn’t start as leaves, then grew legs to escape the annual caterpillar stampede? 

Nessie Isn’t a Plesiosaur

What if conclusive evidence surfaced that proved the monster of Loch Ness did exist… but it turned out to be a giant eel or fish instead of a plesiosaur? The simple truth is we would feel disappointed and cheated.

Read it on HuffPost Weird >>