Loch Ness Monster (cryptid)

McManus: Palin the procrastinator

2011-09-01 00:00:00

Sarah Palin is giving indecision a bad name. Not only can't she decide whether to run for president, this week she even waffled over whether to keep a date to speak at a "tea party" rally in Iowa on Sunday, a Sarah-palooza her devotees have been...

In Scotland, a toast to high spirits

2010-07-09 12:34:00

I came to Scotland in search of the Loch Ness Monster and found a ghost instead. Of course, I also sampled a lot of Scotch, which might lead some to think my vision was impaired. To those naysayers, I say, "Chill." My camera recorded the event. At least I...

Album review: Grinderman, 'Grinderman 2'

2010-09-14 16:35:55

Serpent-like oarfish floats up in Malibu; natural history museum will study the creature

2010-12-02 16:33:59

The Siren's Call: A beastly menagerie

2011-04-24 00:00:00

Scan through digital images from the Aberdeen Bestiary and you'll find a marvelous stew of myth and reality. Alongside familiar animals — leopards, panthers, hyenas — this glorious 12th century illuminated manuscript includes some strange...

Friday's TV Highlights: The ALMAs salute Latinos in the arts

2009-09-18 16:34:16

Your Brand X roundup for Jan. 6, 2010: The REAL whale wars; 'Twilight' script leaked; KFC TV commercial is called racist

2010-01-06 16:34:54

Swetsville Zoo in Colorado a menagerie of metal sculptures

2007-10-28 00:00:00

WHAT Swetsville Zoo WHERE 4801 E. Harmony Road, Fort Collins, Colo. WHY TAKE THE DETOUR This is a zoo like no other. Two decades ago, farmer Bill Swets began pulling apart junked machinery and welding the parts back together, just for fun. An old...

Bigfoot on display! Museums, collections salute sasquatch

2008-08-20 00:00:00

The recent Bigfoot hoopla ended Wednesday when the purported carcass of the great hairy one captured in northern Georgia turned out to be a rubber gorilla suit. Before the hoax was revealed, the media turned out in force Friday at a Palo Alto, Calif.,...

Seeking UFOs, deep underground

2008-03-28 00:00:00

Harrington, Wash. "That door," he says with dramatic pause. "That door weighs 4,000 pounds. It's been reinforced to withstand a nuclear blast." Peter Davenport has a radio voice, the kind of exaggerated baritone that cuts through walls and most doors,...

Researcher says bigfoot just a rubber gorilla suit

2008-08-19 00:00:00

Turns out Bigfoot was just a rubber suit. Two researchers on a quest to prove the existence of Bigfoot say that the carcass encased in a block of ice -- handed over to them for an undisclosed sum by two men who claimed to have found it -- was slowly...

The parasites of paradise

2003-11-23 00:00:00

"It's not contagious," I kept trying to explain, as friends backed away from me, horrified by the parasite that had wormed its way under my skin in Africa. I couldn't resist telling and retelling a travel tale that involved actual skin-tunneling worms....

International Cryptozoology Museum, Portland, Me. Loren Coleman, the author of " Bigfoot ! The True Story of Apes in America" and other books, runs the museum dedicated to Bigfoot as well as other phenomena such as the Loch Ness Monster and mermaids.

2012-03-26 14:54:00

Somehow the Loch Ness monster finds its way into the St. Patrick's Day Parade on North Charles Street, courtesy of the Scots4Tots.

2012-03-11 00:00:00

The Loch Ness Monster is a creature, possibly of dinosaur descent, that lives in Loch Ness in Scotland.

2010-07-21 13:23:44