Yeti proof elusive as DNA testing reveals samples are from bears and a dog

Legends of the yeti or abominable snowman have swirled round the snowy plateaus of Nepal for hundreds of years. Now scientists have tested numerous samples that were all supposed to be from yetis, revealing them all to be from bears except for one. The various samples included hair, tissue, bone and faeces that came from different … Read more

Cryptid Con 2018 tickets go on sale including bigfoot-hunting expedition

Tickets for Cryptid Con 2018 have gone on sale — including the chance to take part in a group bigfoot-hunting expedition. The convention will take place on September 8 and 9 next year at the Capital Plaza Hotel in Frankfort, Kentucky — with the bigfoot expedition taking place in a remote off-site location known for regular sasquatch … Read more

Bigfoot reported stealing pigs in California near Avocado Lake

The local press in Fresno County, California, are reporting a recent Bigfoot sighting. Farmer Keith told an investigator: “I’m going up the road and all of a sudden these five or six bodies or whatever run past the front of my truck.” Bigfoot investigator and Paranormal Central presenter Jeffrey Gonzalez  said the farmer had spotted a group … Read more

Cambridge experts say hunt for Yeti and Bigfoot could help conservation

Two Cambridge University experts have told how they believe the hunt for creatures like Yeti, Bigfoot, and the Loch Ness Monster can help conservation efforts around the planet. Bill Adams, the university’s Moran Professor of Conservation and Development, and visiting Department of Geography researcher Shane McCorristine say cryptozoology, as it’s called, can be a force for … Read more