Mokele-Mbembe

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Mokele-Mbembe: Mystery Beast of the Congo Basin
William J. Gibbons

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Feline Sighting

Two women in New York reported seeing a large animal they thought was a cougar: "very muscular and a grayish color with short hair and estimated its weight between 100 and 120 pounds by comparing it to her 90-pound Rottweiler." (News source.)

BioFortean Review Articles

I am far behind in adding material to BioFortean Review, but I've just posted two articles:

The "Dirty Angel" and Other Nevada Paiute Folkloric Creatures

Johnston's "Third Mysterious Animal" from the Congo

Lake Worth Monster

Not a lake monster, but the Lake Worth monster is back in the news (though there's nothing new).

Lake Champlain Sighting Allegations

It's a rather poor video, but a "strange animal" has been reported from Lake Champlain.

Waveney Monster

A brief article on this mystery animal in the UK back in the 1980s. (News source.)

Pakistan: Predator

An unidentified predator has been killing livestock in Pakistan, along the River Indus. Lots of possible known predators, but they do bring in the "leopard escaped from circus" theory. (News source.)

Ugly Bearded Creature?

A Brunei nature documentary on Temburong has a "touch of mystery" to it. No real details, but the news article notes:

"The mystery started when one of our production crews fainted after she saw an ugly bearded creature in the jungle before we even started to climb.
"We have to leave her behind to be looked after by one of the guides."

Lots of known primates in Brunei, so would need better details to determine if this is an actual "mystery" or not.

Alaskan Island Carcass

Photos of a beached carcass on a western Alaskan island are stirring some debate. Some local residents are suggesting it's an animal from Cup’ig lore. (News source.)

North Carolina Predator

An unknown predator (canine or feline, uncertain) is killing goats (13 so far this month) in southern Davidson Co., NC. It has also killed sheep, cats, and dogs. (News source.)

What Did Jay Garbose Film?

Jay Garbose was diving on Juno Ledge, a mile or so off of Juno Beach (in Florida), when he came across on odd creature.

The creature was approximately 7-10 feet in length, wormlike, grey and "taffy" like in appearance.

Garbose, an underwater videographer who has worked with the Discovery Channel and National Geographic is familiar with filming underwater, and many of its inhabitants. This one puzzled him.

Garbose contacted the Smithsonian, who identified it as a Nemertean Worm, but not definitively. So at this time the Juno Ledge Worm remains "undescribed".

Squeaking Oddity Eaten by Russians

Russian fishermen catch squeaking alien and eat it

Village residents from the Rostov region of Russia caught a weird creature two weeks ago after a strong storm in the Sea of Azov. The shark-looking creature was producing strange squeaky sounds. The fishermen originally believed that they had caught an alien and decided to film the monster with the help of a cell phone camera. The footage clearly shows the creatures’ head, body and long tail. The bizarre catch was weighing almost 100 kilograms, the Komsomolskaya Pravda reports.

However, ufologists and scientists were greatly disappointed when they found out that the fishermen had eaten the monster. They said that they were not scared of the creature so they decided to use it as food. One of the men said that it was the most delicious dish he had ever eaten.

Chairman of the Anomalous Phenomena Service, Andrei Gorodovoi, stated that the creature, which he could see on the short video, was an anomalous being. However, it could hardly be described as an extraterrestrial form of life, he added. Gorodovoi rejected the version about mermaids too. “There are many legends about mermaids living in the Sea of Azov. Nevertheless, specialists of the Service for Anomalous Phenomena have never confirmed those fairytales. On the other hand, we do not deny the possibility of other forms of life in the Sea of Azov,” the ufologist sad.

A spokesman for the Rostov-based zoo, Alexander Lipkovich, contacted local ichthyologists and asked their opinion about the Azov alien. “They said that the fish bears resemblance to a sturgeon. It was an extremely interesting individual. I have never seen anything like this before in my whole life,” the specialist said.

Note:

The images above were stills taken from the film at Komsomolskaya Pravda's website. The "creature" looks similiar to a ray or Angel shark (squatiniformes), but with a rather unique "face" like appearance. The full Russian article is here . However, its appearance across its length doesn't appear to be exactly "sturgeon" like.......