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If you bring up the words "nonbeliever" or "skeptic" in most cryptozoology circles (though it seems Bigfoot in particular), you will be met with copious amounts of backlash. I recently saw something on this subject on the  Crypto Crew  website in a post entitled "The Bigfoot Deniers." In it, Crypto Crew founder/head Thomas Marcum went on a bit of a rank about those who will steadfastly deny that Bigfoot exists. He noted the many times he has seen people who don't think a gigantic, hair-covered man-thing walks the forests of North America have been on Facebook chat groups and the like and denied any possibility of Bigfoot existing. He quotes the commonly used "a hunter will say they are always in the woods and have never seen Bigfoot" and argues that, just because they haven't seen Bigfoot, that "doesn't make it any less real." Or does it? He then goes onto the common believer argument that "they [nonbelievers and such...

The third volume of David Weatherly's Wood Knocks: Journal of Sasquatch Research is available now on Amazon.com. This one looks to be quite good, with a lot of great contributors. Volume 3 features the following articles: "Bigfoot in Arizona" by David Weatherly "The Company they Keep" by Timothy Renner "The 'Demon' Bigfoot of the U.K." by Nick Redfern "The Florida Skunk Ape" by Robert Robinson "An Analysis of Relic Hominoid Sightings in the Desert" by Bruce Champagne "The High Strangeness of Bigfoot" by Joshua Cutchin "Oklahoma's Boggy Creek" by Marvin Leeper Overall this one looks quite good. Check it out here .  -Tyler Houck

Over on my other blog Tyler's Cryptozoo, I've started a new series of posts that examine different creatures of folklore and urban legends from around the United States. There's a new post up every Saturday and anything from local cryptid creatures, ghosts, mutants, etc. is fair game. So far, I have six posts in the series, which examine the goatmen of Texas and Kentucky, Texas' Donkey Lady, the green lady of Hawaii, the Washington D.C. demon cat, and the ghost of Cedarhurst Mansion in Alabama. There will be many more to come. Check out the latest posts in the series by clicking here . -Tyler Houck

( Daily Star ) A new video from China has some thinking a cousin of Nessie has been spotted. Several sites have reported on the sighting of something in Kanas Lake. The  Daily Star   reports: EERIE footage of a huge shadow moving through an infamous lake has sparked fears a monster has been found. The video shows a dark object slowly making its way across Kanas Lake, in north-west China. A ripple of waves surround the object as it cuts through the water, without breaking the surface. The sightings have sparked claims the creature is the 'Kanas Lake Monster' - which is often labelled the Chinese equivalent of Scotland's mythical Loch Ness monster. "Really! There it [Kanas Lake monster] is! There it is," a woman can be heard shouting in the clip, which was taken on May 15. The monster was first 'spotted' in 1980 and the lake has since become a huge tourist attraction with people desperate to see the beast. A worker in 2012 also captured ...

2018's Monster Week is kicking off on May 27th with the final episode of  Finding Bigfoot  on Animal Planet. Of course, it's not the only "monster" show on that week. Below is a list of some of the new shows premiering, most of which feature cryptid creatures. Finding Bigfoot - " The team of investigators returns for the 100th episode! In a two-hour 'Monster Week' special, the team travels to Willow Creek California to help celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the most famous piece of Bigfoot footage, the Patterson Gimlin film. The discovery of a new copy of the film brings forth the biggest Bigfoot discovery in decades, showing the clearest image of the creature in 50 years. Immediately following is a one-hour special that features the 'Finding Bigfoot' investigators and crew as they share their own stories and experiences together which spans a decade." Premieres Sunday, May 27 at 8 o'clock. The Lost Kingdom of the Yeti - " From...

"Monster Week" is coming next month on Animal Planet and it's starting off with the final episode of  Finding Bigfoot . The Wrap  reports: Animal Planet's 'Monster Week' 2018 will kick off with the 100th and final episode of 'Finding Bigfoot,' TheWrap has learned exclusively. Not a bad way to get things going, or to finally bid adieu to a fan-favorite TV series. The week-long celebration will be hosted by Rhys Darby ('Flight of the Concords'), Dan Schreiber and Buttons of podcast 'The Cryptid Factor,' and it also includes new episodes of 'River Monsters,' 'Expedition Unknown,' 'Deadliest Place on Earth' and 'World's Scariest Animal Attacks,' along with a slew of specials, we're told. We've got the trailer for the annual event posted above and more details below - the news and footage is all ours, not that we're trying to be monsters about it. 'Monster Week' premieres...