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Canadian psychedelic pop group the Poppy Family once sang about evil growing in the dark, where the sun never shines. Now Jason Hewlett is putting a spotlight on one of Canada’s darkest tales through both a documentary and a book. The 1971 hit “Where Evil Grows” aside, the Kamloops resident […]
In the field of Bigfoot research — and cryptozoology as a whole — few matched the academic grounding and scientific acumen of Dr. Don Jeffrey Meldrum. A full professor of anatomy and anthropology in the Department of Biological Sciences at Idaho State University, Meldrum was regarded as an authority on […]
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 […]
Where was this book when I was writing? Of course, Spooky Science: Dissecting the Mysteries of Ghosts, Cryptids, Aliens and Other Oddities was likely already in production, with authors Meagan Ankney and Paige Miller grinding through hard edits, copy edits, proofs and final pass-throughs. I should know — I’ve been […]
The Native Canadian Centre of Toronto became a safe space for discussions about Sasquatch and other cryptids during a three-day conference that also served as the backdrop for a new documentary on healing through Bigfoot. Indigenous artist Judy Sackaney (Wachi Medowin) returned to 16 Spadina Road from May 30 to […]
It’s time to normalize conversations about the paranormal, especially when it comes to Bigfoot. “Let’s make the paranormal normal,” said screenwriter and producer Jill Remensnyder during an August Zoom conversation. “How many people have we talked to who say, ‘After my sighting, I thought I was going crazy.’” Remensnyder is […]
Conservation is key when looking for any cryptid, whether it’s Ogopogo or Sasquatch. That’s been the key takeaway cryptozoology documentarian and podcaster Eli Watson has taken from his explorations, including his most recent investigation of Okanagan Lake with British Columbian investigator Jason Hewlett. “I’ve become much more of a conservationist […]
Canada’s heart beats in Manitoba. As does its sea serpent folklore. All three of the province’s largest lakes — Manitoba, Winnipeg and Winnipegosis — are revenants of the glacial waterbody, Lake Agassiz, which was formed 14,500 years ago. And they all have their mysterious denizens of the deep that capture […]
Halifax is going to witness its first paranormal conference in 17 years, and it’s something planners want to make a historical repeater. Elliott Van Dusen, president of Paranormal Phenomena Research & Investigation (PPRI), is collaborating with Dr. Darryll Walsh, executive director of the Centre for Parapsychological Studies in Canada, on […]
Providence. That was the word writer-director Jason Hewlett used to describe the rebirth of “We Want to Believe” with the paranormal streaming service Paraflixx. After the abrupt end of the YouTube channel The Paranormal Network on Halloween 2022, lead investigator Peter Renn, Hewlett and the Canadian Paranormal Society team weren’t […]