Does a mystery cat cease to be a mystery once a specimen is finally obtained and submitted to science for detailed examination? Not right away, it turns out. It took more than four years for the Kellas cat from northern Scotland to be properly identified. Karl Shukar has the long tale of the “cat-egorisation (sorry!) […]

Dr. Karl Shuker has devoted his life to the study of cryptozoology, making numerous contributions to the field in discovery and research, and of course published works. But if you ever wondered what drew the brilliant mind of the good doctor to such a fringe-y field, you now have your answer: a comic book of […]

Okay, Anomalists. Make yourselves a cuppa and get settled in for Karl Shuker’s lengthy look at Africa’s “hyper-aggressive Nandi bear,” the existence of which is unconfirmed, but tantalizingly possible. He’s dug deep into a story going back decades, which is clouded by errors and misidentifications at every turn. The good doctor is on the trail […]

A trio of cryptid reports starting off with an excerpt adapted from Dr. Karl Shuker’s book Still In Search Of Prehistoric Survivors: The Creatures That Time Forgot. The namesake of this article is a Congolese aquatic reptile that resembles a stegosaurus, While we can argue that fossil remains give no indication that this dino was […]

Good news these days is as rare as hen’s teeth, but Dr. Shuker had found some ornithological optimism to give us a little sunshine in dark times. The once-extinct Common Crane and the White Stork, have returned to UK wetlands and their numbers are increasing. These large and beautiful birds are a testament to what […]

Inspired cryptozoologist Karl Shuker has researched Ireland’s shape-shifting otter king, the legendary Gaelic Dobhar-Chú or water-dog, for decades. His two-part exhibition of the lake-hopping beast down through the centuries is the most complete collection of eyewitness data known. In Part 1 we are treated to a series of sinister shoreline encounters, showcased among them the […]

With the pandemic going on for several months now, are you missing some–any!–adrenaline charged sensation? Then Dr. Karl Shuker can help. In this and his followup report Giant Spiders In Louisiana? Part 2: Two Even Closer Arachnid Encounters In 2007, we learn of web spinning, scent marking, pincer snapping, fluid drinking giant spiders the size […]

Cryptozoologist Extraordinaire Karl Shuker offers scientific as well as cultural explanations for what had seemed only a fun bit of ancient fiction. Marcus Lowth adds the ET card and much more in Mythology, Folklore, UFOs and Aliens – A Case Study. The result is an at times mind-numbing melange of mythological, historical, and paranormal topics; […]

Wildcats in Ireland? Karl Shuker doesn’t try to weasel out of explaining these curious sightings, presenting some of the best accounts with the most plausible of the unusual suspects. Meanwhile, a mere 190 kilometers away, Tim Binnall reports Another Big Cat’s Been Spotted In Britain. Well that’s a bit of a misnomer since this is […]

We’ve heard of entombed frogs, but entombed, living pterodactyls? One thing’s for certain this specimen wasn’t singing Hello! Ma Baby, but Karl Shuker finds the reality is far stranger and more hilarious. In keeping with this theme, Nick Redfern manages to put peanut butter and chocolate together in his consideration of A Pterodactyl And The […]