That Jimothy has certainly scurried his way into the hearts of internet denizens. The collective social media cooing and escapist ruminations over a raccoon from Seattle’s Ballard neighbourhood have become a panacea for people trying to flee the dumpster fire that is the 24-hour news cycle. His Gollum-esque skitter across […]
Tag: Cryptids
Review: Freaky Folklore thrills with global cryptids, if sometimes light on depth
If there’s one thing I’ve often beefed about in North American paranormal books, it’s the lack of representation from around the world. Yes, I get it. Geographically, we all want to know about Canada or the United States. But what about what scares us from outside North America? We live […]
Holocene Park? Why ‘de-extinction’ dreams could lead to real-world consequences
“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 […]
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, […]
