Oh Dear.

About the tenth conversation I've heard this year re. Bigfoot and The Bigfoot Files. "My kids school was doing a project on mysteries and they were looking up info on Bigfoot and the yeti. Next day there was just UFO and ghost stuff on the wall.  Some parents pointed out Channel 4 had spent a huge amount on DNA proving Bigfoot and the yeti didn't exist."

I even heard kids playing and one said he used his Chewbacca action figure as a Bigfoot. The others laughed and one said loudly "They proved on TV they ain't real!"

I guess Chewbacca IS real, though?

On my Face Book I had people ask if I felt a little silly now science had proven these giant hominids did not exist?

I really must stop swearing on FB!

And A Giant Squid.....

Giant Jellyfish Washes Up In Australia

 According to Sky News just under three hours ago....

Scientists are working to classify a new species of "whopper" giant jellyfish that has been found on an Australian beach.

The 1.5-metre (4ft 11in) specimen was found by a family in the southern state of Tasmania, who then contacted a local marine biologist. 

Such a jellyfish has been seen in the past, but not one one so large and not one that became beached, said Lisa Gershwin, a scientist with the government's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation  (CSIRO).

"We know about this specimen but it hasn't been classified yet, it hasn't been named," said the scientist who has been working with jellyfish for 20 years.

"It is so big it took our breath away.

"It's a whopper of an animal but it's not life-threatening, although it does sting."

The unclassified species is related to the lion's mane jellyfish, the largest known species of the marine animal in the world.

Ms Gershwin said there had been a huge jellyfish bloom in Tasmanian waters over the past month.
CSIRO scientists now have enough pictures and samples to begin a proper analysis and give the creature a name.

Despite this, much remains unknown, including how it eats and breeds, and its habitat.

"It's so big but we know nothing about it," said Ms Gershwin. "It highlights again how much we still have to learn about the ocean."

The jellyfish was found by the Lim family on a beach south of the Tasmanian capital Hobart .
Mother Josie said: "It blew our minds away.

"It's not really jellyfish territory here and all we could do was stand back and admire it."

Black Tower Books: Pursuing The Strange & Weird:A Naturalists Viewpoint

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249 Pages 

Profusely illustrated with photos, drawings and maps -some very rare

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2013 UP DATE -From Dead Aquatic (Humanoid) Creatures, the giant squid and yet undiscovered sea creatures; submarine and ships crews encountering true leviathans. 

 

This is a fully expanded section which also refers to the so-called ‘Ningen’ sightings and video footage. Extinct animals at sea that have been re-discovered. 

 

The subject of Sasquatch and other mystery Hominids around the world is dealt with including a look at the “Sasquatch-killer”, Justin Smeja. Dr. Bryan Sykes and his DNA test results for TVs The Bigfoot Files as well as the controversial Erickson Project and Dr. Melba Ketchum’s Even more controversial Sasquatch DNA test results. 

 

Also included are two early French UFO entity cases that still baffle. 

 

Ghosts, strange creatures and the Star-Child hoax. All dealt with by the naturalist and pursuer of the strange and weird

Black Tower Books: The Truth About Spring-Heeled Jack

Terry Hooper-Scharf

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53 pages -illustrations/line drawings

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The terror and mystery created by “Jack The Ripper” has been the subject of countless books, magazine articles as well as movies and TV documentaries. 

Ask anyone if they have ever heard of Jack The Ripper and it is doubtful anyone would respond with a “no idea.” 

By that same token, ask people who “Spring-heeled Jack” was and you would be lucky to find anyone who had ever heard of him. 

Spring-heeled Jack was the subject (loosely) of a film The Curse of the Wraydons (1946) and Dominic Keating also appeared as Spring Heeled Jack in the 2010 film Sherlock Holmes by The Asylum film company. The character has also featured in both American and British comic books and a number of books, for both children and adults. 

But the fact that the Springald held the country –not just London– in a grip of terror much longer that the Ripper did is all but forgotten except for some half-truths and fanciful theories. 

Who was (or who WERE) behind the lurking, leaping, fire-spouting Springald?

Now be prepared to read the full story of Spring Heeled Jack

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Because We All Like A Mystery As Well As Need To Learn More About Our Wildlife

The Red Paper:CANINES vol.1

  Terry Hooper

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202 Pages 

Photos/maps and illustrations

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Up-dated 2013 edition includes section on sarcoptic mange in foxes and treatment plus a list of wildlife sanctuaries and rescue centres in the UK. 

By the 1700s the British fox was on the verge of extinction and about to follow the bear and wolf having been hunted for sport for centuries. The answer was to import thousands of foxes per year for sport. But foxes kept dying out so jackals were tried. Some were caught, some escaped. Even wolves and coyote were released for hunting. 

The summation of over 40 years research reveals the damnable lie of "pest control" hunting but also reveals the cruelty the animals were subject to and how private menageries as well as travelling shows helped provide the British and Irish countryside with some incredible events. 

The Girt Dog of Ennerdale is also dealt with in detail as are other "cryptozoological" mysteries such as the 1905 Badminton sheep-slayer, Mystery Canids of Cavan, Wolves of Epping Forest and more.