An Irish Wild-Man

Over at his Gralien Report site, Micah hanks delves into an enigmatic tale of a 13th Century Irish Wildman. Here's the link to the article, which begins thus:

"Within various Medieval literature detailing history and folklore throughout Europe, one who looks hard enough won’t have to struggle to find references to hairy, manlike beasts, variously referred to as orcs, ogres, trolls, woodwoses, and wild men in various documents from England and its surrounding countries."

An East-Coast Man-Beast

Neil Arnold delves into the strange - and fascinating - realm of the Norfolk Wildman...

Neil says, in part: "Many years ago when I first began writing for Animals & Men magazine (around issue 5 or 6) I mentioned to Jon Downes something regarding cryptozoological pub signs. There are many St George and the Dragon signs, and I know a few which also mention unicorns. However, one particular pub sign which is of great interest to me is that which belongs to The Wild Man at 29 Bedford Street in Norwich. Now, most pub signs have a meaning but the legend which pertains to The Wild Man is extremely intriguing."

And, indeed, it is! Click on the link above, and you'll see why!

Beasts of the Bridges

Two days ago I began writing (on a 3-times-a-week schedule) for Mysterious Universe. My second post, which has been uploaded today, deals with the link between bizarre creatures (including Britain's Man-Monkey) and ancient bridges. Here's the link...

Cannock Chase Controversies

As regular readers of this blog will be aware, I often provide details of hairy, man-beast encounters in and around England's Cannock Chase woods, located only a very short car-drive from where I used to live.

Well, now there is this bureaucratic atrocity to deal with that may very well change this wonderful locale forever...

And click here for more info on this stupid and outrageous move by the powers-that-be, and where you can learn more about what is going on.

Pondering the Woodwose

When it comes to a study of the British Bigfoot, there's one creature that is a vital component of the puzzle: the Woodwose...

The Paranormal Bigfoot

Given that the British Bigfoot is clearly an entity of paranormal - rather than flesh-and-blood - origins, you may want to check out my review of Stan Gordon's new book, Silent Invasion: The Pennsylvania UFO-Bigfoot Casebook.

As I note, in part, in the review:

"...Now, I know for sure that any book suggesting Bigfoot may somehow be inextricably linked with the UFO phenomenon - and vice-versa, of course! - is bound to raise hackles in certain quarters.

"However, the fact of the matter is that there is surely not a Bigfoot researcher out there who has not been exposed to (at the very least) a few creature cases that absolutely reek of high-strangeness, and that place the hairy man-beasts into definitively Fortean - rather than zoological or cryptozoological - realms.

"Whether those same Bigfoot researchers are willing to admit they have come across such cases - or are willing to give such reports some degree of credence - is a very different matter, however!"

Richard Holland & British Wild Men

Here's an excellent website that I definitely recommend: Richard Holland's Uncanny UK. As you may be aware, Richard was the editor of Britain's Paranormal magazine, until its recent, untimely demise. Fortunately, the closure of the magazine hasn't stopped Richard from continuing his writings at his own website - which, as this link demonstrates, includes an article on the always-controversial British Bigfoot.