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CAUGHT ON THE HOP BY PHANTOM KANGAROOS AND OTHER OUT-OF-PLACE MYSTERY...
On the alert – an adult eastern grey kangaroo (© fir0002/Wikipedia – GFDL 1.2 licence)As revealed in Part 1 of this three-part ShukerNature article (click hereto read Part 1), eyewitness descriptions...
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CAUGHT ON THE HOP BY PHANTOM KANGAROOS AND OTHER OUT-OF-PLACE MYSTERY...
Artistic representation of a devil monkey – is North America home to an undiscovered species of macropod, or macropod-like mystery beast? (© William M. Rebsamen)For the cryptozoologist, the most...
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A BLACKER SHADE OF DARK - THE GENETIC EXPLANATION FOR PSEUDO-MELANISTIC...
Exquisite painting of a pseudo-melanistic tiger, prepared specifically for my writings by acclaimed animal artist and longstanding friend Bill Rebsamen – thanks Bill! (© William M. Rebsamen)True...
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'OF BOOKS AND BEASTS', BY MATT BILLE - A SHUKERNATURE BOOK REVIEW
Of Books and Beasts: A Cryptozoologist's Library by Matt Bille (Hangar 1 Publishing: no place of publication or publication date included [November 2021]) (© Matt Bille/Hangar 1 Publishing –...
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'SECRET SNAKES AND SERPENT SURPRISES' - MY BRAND-NEW, 33RD BOOK IS HERE TO...
Front cover of Secret Snakes and Serpent Surprises, depicting the crowing crested cobra as based upon eyewitness descriptions (© Dr Karl Shuker/Coachwhip Publications)My latest thematic cryptozoology...
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MAPPING OUT THE NANDI BEAR
Close-up of the Nandi bear depiction on John McKenzie's 1961 map East Africa (© John McKenzie – reproduced here on a strictly non-commercial Fair Use basis for educational/review purposes only)Last...
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LET'S ALL DO THE KUNGA!
Detail from 'War' panel of Standard of Ur mosaic, c2600 BCE, depicting kungas pulling 4-wheeled battle-wagon (© Zunkir/Wikipedia – CC BY-SA 4.0)It's always good to learn of a 'new' animal, even if it...
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THE PICHU-CUATE – IS A TINY BUT TERRIFYING CRYPTO-SNAKE RESEMBLING KIPLING'S...
Two photographs of Charles Fletcher Lummis – a pichu-cuate eyewitness who lived to tell the tale, literally, documenting this sinister serpent in his book The King of the Broncos (public domain)Some...
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THE MOUNTAIN OF THE MOON AND AN AFRICAN BUNYIP
Photo-still of the dingonek-inspired African bunyip featured in the Bengali blockbuster movie Chander Pahar (© Kamaleshwar Mukherjee/Shree Venkatesh Films – reproduced here on a strictly...
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PARKER'S PAPUAN MYSTERY SNAKE, AND A LEGLESS LIZARD OF OZ?
Reconstructing (using a vintage drawing of a black-headed python) the possible appearance of two very distinctive Australian mystery snakes(?) with magenta-coloured heads and yellow bodies that were...
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THE TRUNKO CENTENARY PHOTOGRAPH - A FIFTH TRUNKO IMAGE EMERGES 100 YEARS...
Higher-resolution close-up version of the fifth Trunko photograph to be made known to cryptozoologists (© owner unknown, but image dates from 1922, so now likely to be in public domain – reproduced...
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OFF WITH THEIR HEADS! HUNTING HANYUSUCHUS INTO EXTINCTION
Reconstruction of the likely appearance in life of Hanyusuchus sinensis (© Hikaru Amemiya/Wikipedia – CC BY 4.0 licence)Some truly extraordinary creatures may well have lived alongside humanity long...
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THE ELEPHANT DUNG BAT - OR, A CRYPTIC CRYPTO-CHIROPTERAN FROM KENYA
Might Kenya's elusive elephant dung bat be an unidentified relative of Britain's familiar serotine bat Eptesicus serotinus, as exquisitely painted here by Archibald Thornburn? (public domain)Bats are...
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WOOLLY BEARS AND HAIRY HUBERTS
Vintage illustration of a woolly bear, aka Hairy Hubert in County Durham (public domain)As you all know, I love delving through old books and periodicals in search of odd little titbits of obscure...
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JOCKO IS NO JOKE! A SHUKERNATURE PICTURE OF THE DAY
Vintage illustration for Jocko ou le Singe du Brésil (public domain)It’s been quite a while since I last posted a ShukerNature Picture of the Day, so the recently-received eyecatching illustration...
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AN EXCLUSIVE NEW PORTRAIT OF THE IRISH ELK – A SHUKERNATURE PICTURE OF THE DAY
A dramatic, previously-unpublished portrait of an adult male Irish elk aka the giant deer Megaloceros giganteus (© Wayne Patton)They say that good things come in pairs, so after the very favourable...
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FIRE SERPENTS, SAND SERPENTS, AND A SERPENT KING – A TRIO OF CRYPTO-CREATURE...
Publicity posters for Fire Serpent, Sand Serpents, and Basilisk: The Serpent King (© John Terlesky/CineTel Films/Kandu Entertainment/Outrage Productions/Premiere Bobine/S.V. Scary Films/Sci-Fi...
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A SOUTH AMERICAN LEMUR AND A MODERN-DAY GROUND SLOTH? A PAIR OF PUZZLING...
Madagascan black-and-white ruffed lemur (© Dr Karl Shuker)Down through the years, I've investigated a number of mystifying animal artworks, depicting species before they were officially discovered by...
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PERUVIAN BANDICOOTS, UNDISCOVERED TAPIRS, ZEBRA-STRIPED CARROT CREATURES, AND...
Is this a bilby I see before me – in Peru?? (public domain)In my previous ShukerNature blog article (click hereto access it), I documented two unexpected creatures depicted in a magnificent...
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LISTING THE FULL CONTENTS FOR FORTEAN STUDIES - THE ERSTWHILE SISTER...
Front covers of Vols 1-4 of Fortean Studies(© Fortean Times/John Brown Publishing – reproduced here on a strictly non-commercial Fair Use basis for educational/review purposes only)I recently received...
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