“Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could that they didn’t stop to think if they should.” — Dr. Ian Malcolm, Jurassic Park Amidst the Christian nationalist-tinged chaos in the United States, Dallas lab denizens from Colossal Biosciences have decided to “de-extinct” a carnivore that died out […]
Tag: Cryptids
Joe Nickell, renowned paranormal skeptic and investigator, dies at 80
Dr. Joe Nickell, perhaps the most famous skeptical investigator of paranormal phenomena, passed away this week at the age of 80. For more than four decades, Nickell investigated UFO sightings, holy relics, cryptids, ghosts, and other anomalous occurrences. He was the author of dozens of books on the subject, including […]
Folklore is littered with chimeras — all the more reason to dissect the fiction
The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines a chimera as an imaginary monster compounded of incongruous parts. It seems the perfect term to use when discussing the strange creatures our ancestors first bore witness to when they were exploring the world. Imagine the first time an explorer crossed paths with a tapir, capybara, […]