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FISHER PIGS, SWAMP PIGS, HELL PIGS, AND TERMINATOR PIGS – ENTELODONTS...
Life-sized entelodont statue in Reutlingen, Germany (© Markus Bühler)Whereas Arthurian legend had its Fisher King, rural Hungarian lore apparently once included an ostensibly real but...
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INTRODUCING THE HOMEN-GALHO – PORTUGAL'S MYSTERIOUS TWIG MAN ENTITY…OR ENT?
Green-tinted version of 'Family Tree', by Robert M. Williams, chanced upon and purchased by me as a large-sized print in a charity shop at Warwick, England, in c.2012 (© Robert M. Williams – reproduced...
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VOLUME 4 OF THE JOURNAL OF CRYPTOZOOLOGY IS NOW PUBLISHED
I'm very happy to announce that Vol. 4 of the Journal of Cryptozoology– currently the world's only peer-reviewed scientific journal devoted to mystery animals – is now published.The four papers...
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A GOLDEN YETI FOR MY BIRTHDAY!! - CRYPTOZOOLOGIST OF THE YEAR 2016
Today is my birthday – as for which one, let's just say that I've reached an age where it's probably best to draw a discreet veil over such questions, lol – and down through the years on this day I've...
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STILL IN SEARCH OF PREHISTORIC SURVIVORS - CHOSEN AS THE BEST CRYPTOZOOLOGY...
Just two days after I received from Loren Coleman and the International Cryptozoology Museum the prestigious Golden Yeti Award as Cryptozoologist of the Year 2016– a massive honour recognised...
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A SCALY STATUETTE OF THE MOKELE-MBEMBE?
Carved wooden statuette of a scaly sauropod-like creature and a smaller short-necked mystery beast; probably of West African origin, currently housed at Glencomeragh House, Ireland(© Brother Richard...
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TIME TO MEET AND GREET MY HIPPO-CAT! ANOTHER MYSTIFYING CRYPTO-CARVING(?)...
Side views of my African 'hippo-cat' wooden carving – please click to enlarge (© Dr Karl Shuker)Hot on the heels of the scaly mokele-mbembe-reminiscent mystery statuette documented by me in my previous...
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FIRE BEASTS, LIGHTNING BEASTS, AND THE ELEPHANT OF TIAHUANACO - INVESTIGATING...
Side-view photograph of the enigmatic Tiahuanaco elephant figurine (reproduced here on a strictly non-commercial Free Use basis only; copyright holder currently unknown to me, despite considerable...
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THE TURKEY, THE TAPESTRY, AND SOME FOWL PLAY IN THE CATHEDRAL!
Section of the Bayeux Tapestry depicting the alleged turkey (red-arrowed, in top border, left of centre), with a blue peacock to its immediate left - click picture to enlarge it (public domain)Welcome...
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THE BASILISK AND THE COCKATRICE - MONSTROUS MYTHOLOGY OR REPTILIAN REALITY?
The basilisk (above left) and the cockatrice (right), depictions from medieval bestiaries (public domain)Two of classical mythology's most feared reptilian monsters were the basilisk and the...
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THE HORNED JACKAL AND THE NARRI-COMBOO - A HORN OF CANINE CONTENTION
Sri Lankan golden jackal in YalaNational Park (© Thimindu/Wikipedia –CC BY 2.0 licence)It is nothing if not fitting that one of the world's most exotic islands should also lay claim to one of the...
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ENTER THE ELEPHANT RAT - A SHUKERNATURE PICTURE OF THE DAY
The elephant rat portrayed in the Hours of Joanna the Mad (public domain)It's been quite a while since I last presented a ShukerNature Picture of the Day, but what better way to reintroduce this...
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ROSE HILL DAWGIE BLUES - THE PHANTOM BLUE MASTIFF OF MARYLAND
Does a huge phantom mastiff emitting an eerie blue phosphorescent glow haunt Rose Hill in the vicinity of Port Tobacco, Maryland, USA? (© Dr Karl Shuker)Telling ghost stories during the Christmas...
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DUPLICATING THE DIRE WOLF AS A DOMESTIC DOG?
Life-sized dire wolf statue at Dinosaur Valley, Wookey Hole, in Somerset, England (© Dr Karl Shuker)Closely related but larger than today’s grey wolf Canis lupus, the formidable North American dire...
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ARE GIANT FLIGHTLESS RAVENS SOMETHING TO CROW ABOUT IN CANADA?
Representation of the possible appearance of British Columbia's alleged red-tailed giant ravens (© Dr Karl Shuker)What better way for ShukerNature to begin 2017 than with a hitherto little-known...
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AN INTERVIEW WITH THE CURIOUS FORTEAN
Wearing my Fortean Times-sponsored 'Operation Congo 1985' mokele-mbembe expedition t-shirt, whose wonderful m-m logo was created by FT's very own Hunt Emerson (© Dr Karl Shuker)I was recently...
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AFTER EIGHT YEARS OF SHUKERNATURE THE BLOG, A FIRST GLIMPSE OF SHUKERNATURE:...
Early version of Anthony Wallis's awesome front-cover artwork for ShukerNature: The Book– thanks, Ant!! (© Anthony Wallis/Dr Karl Shuker)Due to some recurrent internet-connection problems during the...
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SHEDDING LIGHT ON (AND BY) THE SEA MOUSE - FURRY BODY BUT LOTS OF LEGS!
Photo-still from online video clip whose 'mystery creature' is simply a species of polychaete worm, quite probably allied to the sea mouse (© ownership of video clip currently unknown to me –...
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MAKING A MOCKERY OF THE MOCK TURTLE NO LONGER – ELUCIDATING LEWIS CARROLL'S...
A colourised version of one of Sir John Tenniel's famous original illustrations of the Mock Turtle with the Gryphon and Alice, from Alice's Adventures In Wonderland, 1865 (public domain)Written by...
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UFO-LOGICAL ENCOUNTERS OF THE INSECT KIND?
Computer-generated rendition of what a UFO consisting of a large swarm of glowing insects may look like – image produced specifically for my book Mysteries of Planet Earth (© Tim Brown/Carlton Books)As...
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