Lusca
Largest and least explored of the many isles of the Bahamas is the mysterious, mangrove-choked Andros, 104 by 40 miles in size. Off the coast…
Month: July 2021
Devil Pig
Devil Pig : Large, piglike Hoofed Mammal or Marsupial of Australasia. Variant names: Gazeka, Monckt on’s gazeka. Physical description: Dark skin with patterned markings. Length,…
Kadimakara
Kadimakara : Legendary large reptile or Marsupial of Australia. Etymology: Dieri (Australian) word. Variant name: Kadimurka. Physical description: Reptilian monster. Horn on its forehead. Habitat:…
Archetype
An archetype is an image or a figure that is hardwired into every human psyche regardless of culture or race. Examples of archetypes include basic…
“Lost World” of Vietnam
In July 1992, global news organizations introduced everyone to the startling discovery of a so-called lost world of animals living in Vietnam’s Vu Quang Nature…
Loofs-Wissowa , Helmut
Helmut Loofs-Wissowa was born in Halle, Germany, of Belgian-German-Polish ancestry. Growing up in Leipzig, he was drafted into the German army at the end of…
Lindorm
Lindorm is a Swedish word for dragon, a creature which even in nineteenth-century Scandinavia was no mythological beast. It was something people could encounter in…
Ley, Willy
In 1941, the young scientist and scholar Willy Ley, German-born and educated, wrote his first book in the field of popular science, initiating a lifelong…
LeBlond, Paul H.
Paul H. LeBlond, co-leader of the British Columbia Scientific Cryptozoology Club, is an oceanographer at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. LeBlond has conducted…
Lawndale Incident
The Lawndale, Illinois, incident is among the most important avian cryptozoological events ever to have been investigated. It is a modern, real-life enactment of a…