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North Carolina Man Claims to Have Bigfoot Video
By Lee Speigel - AOL NewsDid a North Carolina man capture video of the elusive Bigfoot? Or does the short, blurry sequence show a gorilla-suited hoaxer? Thomas Byers of Shelby contacted WCNC NewsChannel 36 in Charlotte, claiming he videotaped a 7-foot-tall, 300-pound, six-toed Bigfoot, from a distance of 15 to 20 feet away, walking across a local road in Rutherford County on Tuesday evening. "It ran across the road and into the woods right in front of us, and I was able to film it," Byers e-mailed the news station. "In the short video you can hear it snarl or growl at me." According to Byers' account of the ...
'Bigfoot' Filmmaker Sues New Hampshire
By Lee Speigel - AOL NewsAn amateur filmmaker who donned a hairy Bigfoot costume and scared hikers on New Hampshire's Mount Monadnock is now suing the state for not allowing him back on the mountain without a permit. Jonathan Doyle dressed up as the mythical Bigfoot, filmed part of a movie on the popular scenic mountain in 2009 and then interviewed hikers to get their reactions to what they saw. NYCreator.com / AP Jonathan Doyle wears a Bigfoot costume in Jaffrey, N.H. An amateur filmmaker, he dressed up as the creature and filmed part of a movie atop Mount Monadnock in 2009. "People loved it. It was ...
Bigfoot, Nessie and Other Legendary Monsters [PHOTOS]
By not in system - AOL NewsBigfoot, the Loch Ness Monster, the Jersey Devil and so many other legendary creatures have long captured the public's imagination. Are any of them real? Some claim photos such as these are proof they exist. But many others say that they're just part of an ongoing hoax perpetuated on a gullible public. ...
2010's Top Cryptozoology 'Monsters'
By Lee Speigel - AOL NewsMonsters: They lurk in our fears, our imaginations, and sometimes, in our lakes and forests. Sea serpents; tall, hairy creatures; unicorns; blood-sucking doglike animals -- they've all been in the news this year. They're either real, myth or simply new and previously unknown beasts that share the world with humans and come under the category of cryptozoology: the study of hidden or unknown animals. Here's a look back at some of the more interesting cryptozoology stories that we covered in 2010. Lake Monsters & Sea Serpents Keystone / Getty Images This 1934 photo of the Loch Ness ...
Chupacabra Monster May Be Mitey-er Than First Imagined
By Lee Speigel - AOL News
(Nov. 4) -- As stories continue to emerge from Mexico and the American Southwest of a legendary creature known as the chupacabra (Spanish for "goat sucker"), identifying at least a few of these animals may be a more simple task. Some researchers now believe the mysterious four-legged killer and livestock blood sucker may, in fact, be coyotes infected by tiny, eight-legged parasites, or mites. "It's easy to try and convince people that something might exist because of fears and speculation, but it's a whole lot harder to prove that something doesn't exist," said Robert Roy Britt, ...
Boo! Superstitious Beliefs on the Rise in America
By Katie Drummond - AOL News(Oct. 30) -- Just in time for Halloween, a new book by two sociologists concludes that more Americans than ever buy into a variety of superstitious beliefs -- from ghosts and hauntings to UFOs. The book, called "Paranormal America: Ghost Encounters, UFO Sightings, Bigfoot Hunts, and Other Curiosities in Religion and Culture," is based on anecdotal evidence compiled by Christopher Bader and F. Carson Mencken. After years of research, the two are convinced that paranormal beliefs aren't as fringe as they once were, and have assembled an array of demographic information on which Americans cop ...
China Hunting for Dollars to Hunt Bigfoot
By Lee Speigel - AOL News
(Oct. 11) -- UFOs aren't the only weird things making headlines in China these days. Now we have Bigfoot, or its Chinese cousin, Yeren. Scientists are preparing to trek into the remote Shennongjia forest region of China's Hubei province to search for that country's version of the hairy ape-man creature dubbed Bigfoot, Sasquatch, Yeti and the Abominable Snowman in other areas of the world. And if you've got a little over a million dollars to spare, that's about what this expedition will cost to find (or not) Mr. Yeren. AP This 1977 still photo from a 16 mm film made by Ivan Marx ...
Chupacabra Alert: 300 Goats Mysteriously Slaughtered in Mexico
By Lee Speigel - AOL News
(Sept. 2) -- Shepherds in Mexico are up in arms -- or heads, as the case may be -- over a rash of beheadings inflicted on their goats, and many people are blaming the legendary predator known as the chupacabra. Over the past two months, more than 300 goats owned by shepherds in Mexico's Puebla state have been decapitated by someone, or something, that hasn't yet been tracked down. According to various reports, Felix Martinez, president of Colonia San Martin, recently stated that nearly 40 goats were killed near his municipality. Strangely, there was reportedly very little evidence of blood ...
This Week's Worst (and Best) Performances
By Steve Pendlebury - AOL News(June 18) -- Summer is about to begin, and if recent news stories are any indication, it's going to be a long, hot one filled with viral videos, apologies and an unstoppable torrent of talk about the BP oil disaster. Those familiar themes ran together over and over again this week in on-camera performances by a variety of public figures. Let's review some of the sorriest. Rep. Bob 'Who Are You?' Etheridge North Carolina Democrat Bob Etheridge started the week by apologizing for roughing up a mysterious guy who approached him on a Washington street. A video of the incident -- shot by two ...
North Carolina Blond Bigfoot 911 Call [EXCLUSIVE AUDIO]
By Katie Drummond - Politics DailyA North Carolina man is making national headlines after alleging that he spotted a 10-foot, bearded beast on his property last week. The sighting of the creature, whose been dubbed "Blond Bigfoot," apparently occurred late at night on the rural mountain property of Tim Peeler. AOL News has the exclusive audio of Peeler's 6-minute phone conversation with a 911 operator. "It looked like a giant ape, with a man's face," he's heard telling the operator. "I just wanted y'all to know, I have not shot anyone of 'em." After several minutes of back-and-forth, in which Peeler describes the beast's ...
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