Saturday 20 October 2012

bigfoot news



In search of Bigfoot
Enthusiasts look for signs of elusive creature
By Jasmine Rogers
Creeping deep into the dark woods at 3 a.m. was old hat for Mark Hudak, 45, of Clinton, Ohio.An avid bow hunter, Hudak often began hunting long before daylight. So 11 years ago, when Hudak got an opportunity to hunt on more than 2,000 acres of private land with his brother and two friends near Barnesville, he was ecstatic. Little did Hudak know, but he and his hunting partners were about to experience a frightening encounter they would never forget."It started out that we heard some owls hooting at us. Well, that is normal, so we didn't think nothing of it," said Hudak.
Read rest here: http://www.mariettatimes.com/page/content.detail/id/547457/In-search-of-Bigfoot.html?nav=5149

Bigfoot suspected of damaging vehicle in Jackson Township
Published: October 20, 2012
LYKENS - A central Pennsylvania man is giving state police a lead as they look into who might have damaged his 1973 Winnebago - a bigfoot. State police at Lykens are investigating the criminal mischief incident that occurred on Lykens Road in Jackson Township, Dauphin County, between Sept. 15 and Oct. 8.Police said John Reed reported someone smashed the windows and tail lights of his 1973 Dodge Winnebago. Police said that before finding the damage, Reed had seen a bigfoot in the area of his vehicle. He described it as large and brown and walking somewhat hunched over. After seeing the bigfoot, Reed turned on the outside light of his motor home but the bigfoot began throwing rocks at the light to prevent itself from being discovered.
Read rest here: http://republicanherald.com/news/bigfoot-suspected-of-damaging-vehicle-in-jackson-township-1.1390918


Friday 19 October 2012

bigfoot video claims



Big hopes for Bigfoot-believers as woman claims to have video showing the creature for a stroll in Northern Quebec
Joe O'Connor
Extract:
What can be glimpsed is a pair of photographs posted to Facebook by Maggie Cruikshank, a language teacher with the Kativik School Board. The photographs show two hands holding a yellow measuring tape beside one very large, very muddy footprint. Ms. Cruikshank recently gave an account of what she claims to have seen on a late September day to the Nunatsiaq News. She was berry picking with a cousin when a creature — not a man, and not a bear — appeared. It was black and hairy. She was frightened.

Thursday 18 October 2012

Tibetan Buddist seeks Nessie



Peace, meditation and... the Loch Ness Monster
By Helen Bushnell
WORLD famous Nessie is set to share her home with a centre for world peace and health, it was revealed this week. The shores of Loch Ness will be the location for the centre which will attract visitors from all over the globe who want to "find a retreat from the stresses of our hectic 21st century". Plans for the project were announced on Monday by a Tibetan Buddist, who told how Loch Ness was chosen partly because of his interest in the search for the Highlands’ legendary monster. The proposals, which could also include a soup kitchen being run in Inverness city centre to feed those in need, were revealed by meditation master Lama Yeshe Losal Rinpoche during a five-day Highland tour.

Tuesday 16 October 2012

Memphre the lake creature in the news




Lake Memphremagog: The Legend Of Memphre, A Monster Which Sits In The Quebec/Vermont Lake (PHOTOS)
Andrew Burmon
The border separating Quebec from Vermont runs through dairy fields, traverses a small wood and crosses an abbreviated beach before diving a little over 300 feet under the cold waters of Lake Memphremagog, a 39-square-miles elongated amoeba of a glacial water that either does or doesn't contain a 30-foot-long monster. If the lake doesn't contain a monster named Memphre, then its most notable feature is probably its hilly shore, which bursts into riotous color come fall and presents an inviting destination for American leaf peepers exploring the Northeast Kingdom and Montreal homme d'affaires on weekend getaways.

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Sunday 14 October 2012

Some other African lake creatures




Mokele Mbembe is not the only creature reported in lakes in Africa. Here is a selection of some of the reports.

The Irizima
It is said that there is a monster in Lake Edward called the irizima; which apparently means 'the-thing-that-may-not-be-spoken-of.' The indigenous people who live near Lake Edward in Zaire refer to it as a "gigantic hippopotamus with the horns of a rhinoceros on its head. "The lake is said to have an average depth of 111 m/364 ft. It is has good fish stocks is said to be free from crocodiles. Some describe the creature as a gigantic hippopotamus with the horns of a rhinoceros upon its head, others say the irizima is a marsh monster with a hippo's legs, an elephant' trunk, a lizard's head, and an aardvark's tail. The creature seems to have been seen in many places around that area of Africa. The story goes that Lewanika, King of the Barotse, saw the beast in the marshes of his land, and set a special warrior watch to capture it. 'A monster,' says he in his official report to the British Government, 'with a head like a snake, making a huge track in the reeds as large as a full-sized wagon would make were its wheels removed.'
J.E. Hughes in 1933. wrote in his book “Eighteen Years on Lake Bangweulu” that the Wa-Ushi tribesmen had killed such a creature along the Luapula River, between Lakes Mweru and Bangweulu. It is described as having a smooth body, without bristles, and armed with a single smooth horn fixed like that of a rhinoceros, but composed of smooth white ivory, very highly polished.
In December, 1919, the London Daily Mail published a letter from C.G. James, who had lived in what is now Zambia. He reported that there was an enormous beast with a single ivory horn living in the waters of Lakes Bangweulu and the surrounding lakes and swamps. James said this animal was called "Chipekwe" by the natives. The same creature is also mentioned in both Millais’ 1924 book “Far away up the Nile”
So what is or was this mysterious creature? It appears to live in more than one place in the area. Some say it is a quiet hervibore others that it attacks other animals. Could it be more than one species of creature? That would explain the differing descriptions. It sounds like a hybrid of two other creatures but whether a hippo and a rhinoceros would mate is debateable. Certainly one to add to the pile of unexplained and intriguing tales, though some say it is a triceratops , a living dinosaur.

The Mamlambo
The "half horse, half fish" monster called Mamlambo inhabits the Mzintlava River in the Mount Ayliff area of South Africa. Eyewitnesses describe this creature as being 20 meters (67 ft) long, with short stumpy legs,having a crocodilian body, and the head and neck of a snake. It is said to have a hypnotic gaze and drag human and animal victims into the water.It apparently sucks their brains out.
The Mamlambo is mentioned in Xhosa tribal mythology. Government sources say that the creature claimed seven human victims in 1997 and several goats. Freelance journalist, Andite Nomabhunga, reported that nine human deaths have been blamed on the Mamlambo, including a school girl. Mount Ayliff police claim that most of the alleged victims which have been found had simply drowned. Sometimes, crabs have eaten away at the soft tissues of the face and throat. Despite police explanations for the deaths, villagers claim that they are not just superstitious tribe people, but educated people who are being terrorized by the Mamlambo. On April 29, 1997, the Reuter wire service reported that at an Eastern Cape legislative meeting held in Bisho, South Africa, the agriculture minister, one Ezra Sigwela, told an astonished governing body that a "half-fish, half-horse monster" had devoured at least seven victims in his region of Mzintlava River, located in the northern area of the former Transkei black homeland. Sigwela pledged that he would solicit the help of the national agriculture ministry, in the hopes that they would organize a mission of armed nature conservation officers in order to hunt and kill the beast. There is no mention of what happened or if the hunt took place .

The KwaNogqaza
A report :REUTERS NEWS SERVICE13 Jun 96 By Celia Locks and Kevin Rafferty.:South Africa has one more attraction for ever-eager tourists: its very own monster. Zulu legend has it lurking at the bottom of the 300-foot Howick Falls, exerting a magical force as it sucks victims into its underwater lair. The beast, said to look just like the one in Loch Ness, is drawing sightseers to the town of Howick in KwaZulu-Natal. They can see fuzzy photographs of a skinny long neck rising out of a swollen body, with three smaller `monsters' (looking suspiciously like ducks) swimming beside it. CL.
And more on this: The Inkanyamba are said to be a population of giant migratory, carnivorous eels, which are allegedly indigenious to southern Africa. The most well known of these is said to dwell in the deep pools beneath South Africa's legendary Howick Falls (known to the Zulu as "kwaNogqaza" or "The Tall One").

Lake Serpent
There is said to be a 100 foot-long lake serpent that lurks in the swamps, rivers, and lakes in Uganda.It is feared by natives because of its predatory nature, aid to often take large mammals or fishermen. Explorers of the region heard these bizarre tales that became more credible as some of them were said to have observed the creature themselves.

The Ninki-Nanka
Then there is the dragon-like beast known as Ninki-Nanka which lives in the swamp land of Gambia. Ninki-Nanka translates as Dragon-Devil. The Ninki-Nanka is said to be a large reptile, possibly as large as 30 ft (9 metres) living in the mangrove swamps and rivers of Gambia. The beast is said to have the body of a crocodile, the neck of a giraffe, the head of horse with three horns, one right in the middle of its head. The reclusive monster spends most of its time submerged in the mud in the regions of inland swamps and upriver from the coast

The Le’Kela-mbembe
In Cameroon, there is another creature called Le’Kela-mbembe. It is said to grow around 70 feet in length and will eat the leaves from the Esem Tree.

The Dingonek
Also said to dwell in the lakes of western Africa, is the Dingonek which has been described as being approximately 12-feet ( 4 metres)in length, with a square shaped head, a long horn, large canine teeth , and a tail complete with a bony, dart-like appendage, which is reputed to be able to secrete a deadly poison. This creature is also said to be covered head to toe in scales.
From The Independent (Papua New Guinea), December 30, 1999, p. 6.
IN Africa:
In 1776, Abbe Proyhart wrote that there had been found of clawed footprints in West Africa that were as large as three feet in diameter. Reports of dinosaur-like creatures came from from central Africa in the late 1800s. Native tribes people told explorers of a large animal they called jago-nini, which translates to “giant diver.” The footprints of this creature were about the size of a Football . Other tribes who said they were familiar with this creature had other names for it, including dingonek, ol-umaina, and chipekwe

There are, of course, others and this is just a sample really to show what a fascinating array of lake creatures are said to be found in just one part of the world. Some may be mistaken identity but some remain unexplained.