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Tag Archives: cryptozoology
3.1.2013
Why No One Takes Cryptozoologists Seriously
As you may have already heard, the big release of the Bigfoot DNA study happened earlier this month. I wrote about this previously, before the publication but after the scientific community already got good and skeptical over the alleged discovery. / read more…
Posted in Pseudoscience
Tagged in Bigfoot / cryptozoology / pseudoscience / Sasquatch
1.8.2013
In Response to Darren Naish: Why Cryptozoology Is Pseudoscience
As I mentioned in a previous post, Darren Naish of the Scientific American Tetrapod Zoology blog has recently argued that cryptozoology “cannot and should not be considered a pseudoscience.” This post will respond to that claim. There are several issues / read more…
Posted in Pseudoscience / Science / Uncategorized
Tagged in Bigfoot / cryptozoology / Naish
12.13.2012
Kickstarting a Bigfoot Blimp
A couple of days ago, we told you about a new Kickstarter project for ghost hunting. Today we look at another wacky crowdfunding project: the Bigfoot Blimp. Called The Falcon Project, the Kickstarter promises “The most penetrating search for Sasquatch/North / read more…
Posted in Pseudoscience
Tagged in Bigfoot / cryptozoology / Sasquatch
11.29.2012
Bigfoot DNA! Click Here! Click Here!
Oh, bother. Have you heard about the Bigfoot DNA? I was poking around on the Huffington Post yesterday and noticed this hyperbolic headline: Bigfoot DNA Tests Prove Hairy Creature Exists, Genetic Researcher Claims. “Prove,” eh? How could I not click / read more…
Posted in Pseudoscience
Tagged in Bigfoot / cryptozoology
11.15.2012
Anatomy of a Real Cryptid Case
I’ve always been a fan of cryptids. When I was young and still a believer, Bigfoot and the Loch Ness Monster fascinated me; now that I’m older and skeptical, I still enjoy reading about cryptids, albeit in completely different ways. / read more…
Posted in Nature
Tagged in cryptozoology
6.29.2011
Jerking us around with Bigfoot “evidence”
With the success of Animal Planet’s new show about Bigfoot and the latest hype (and subsequent fizzle) about “stunning” new evidence, Bigfoot/Sasquatch is a hot topic these days. Animal Planet reported that Finding Bigfoot, a show about a crack team / read more…
Posted in Nature / Pseudoscience
Tagged in Bigfoot / cryptozoology / media / movies / television
6.14.2011
Making a bad impression (of a Bigfoot)
Paranormal web sites are reporting receipt of a Media Advisory for a news conference next week to reveal “Potentially the most convincing evidence of Bigfoot since the Patterson Film of 1967”. What evidence might that be? According to the press / read more…
Posted in Nature / Pseudoscience
Tagged in Bigfoot / cryptozoology / media
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