“In or round 1557, Jean Lerius and two other members of the company were trekking through a forest in the interior of Brazil with some local Tupinamba Indian guides but armed only with swords or bows and arrows when, while passing through a deep valley there, they abruptly encountered at a distance of only thirty paces or so a very large reptilian creature of extremely distinctive appearance, squatting on top of a hill in the heat of noon, with one of its forefeet raised. Lerius described it as a lizard bigger than the body of a man, measuring 5-6 ft long, yet its most eyecatching feature was not its size but rather its extraordinary tegument. For according to Lerius, this unfamiliar animal was entirely covered in rough white scales that resembled oyster shells (and presumably, therefore, were opalescent, or nacreous, i.e. resembling mother of pearl?”
It must be amazing to have possibly been the first learned human to see a creature like this. The very roots of cryptozoology, to find undiscovered creatures such as this. I feel like people believe it’s just about filming a weekend stake out at a bigfoot hotspot. And as fun as that is, don’t forget to look around the rest of the forest as you may be the next person to discover something new.
Looking for bigfoot evidence is important to me, as you probably know, but learning the fascinating historical tales of every creature’s first appearance to man is wonderful and fascinating…
TGIF everyone, be safe in the forest this weekend…
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I don’t know why we are all so attached to these creatures, but I do know for me that it’s bad enough man likely caused their extinction, but to also have their last photos and end come from a zoo looking like this zoo does just turns my stomach. Maybe, just maybe if we left them alone in the wild they would still be around. But now the last ones had to also suffer us putting them in this deplorable looking cage and most likely, like most of these old zoos of the time, not treated respectfully.
They must have been so scared, and anxious. I literally pray these creatures are alive just so their extinction was not there.
Rare photographs reveal the long-extinct marsupials in a more delicate light.
One image from a private collection, which Yahoo News has published with permission, shows two lounging side-by-side in the sun. The original photograph, which measures just 8.9cm x 8.9cm, was taken at Beaumaris Zoo in 1918.
It was quietly published in a journal for the first time just four years ago after it was purchased at auction in 2004, and other than a few tiger enthusiasts, few people have been aware of its existence. When it was shared to an online naturalist’s forum in June along with several other generally unknown photos taken in overseas zoos, they created a stir.
“In the heart of the ancient forest A wise owl perches Its eyes of amber holds the wisdom of ages And its hoots through the mist are only ever heard by the bravest He’s guiding lost souls with his call A haunting melody coming from the trees so tall A beacon of light it shines to lure all lost wanderers that follow the ethereal glow Most know no other way to go Hearing footsteps on his mossy trail The owl’s wings unfurl like a sail A canvas of midnight and feathers, As it soars, it hoots a tale of lore you’ll forget never Tales of weary travelers seeking home If you follow his flight the way will be shown The forest stirs creating a symphony of rustling leaves, The owl’s eyes ask you to believe For the owl is more than feathers and talons it is a guardian of thresholds, paths and realms So heed its call lost wanderer and follow his light There are much more dangerous beasties out there in the night Follow where the hooting owl awaits Or choose perhaps a worser fate…”
Back in 1561, above the skies of Nuremberg, then under the rule of the Holy Roman Empire, a strange event took place in the sky. This event was then documented in a broadsheet news article printed in 1561, it was described as being a battle out of the sun!
Some think the event was just a sun dog observed. A sun dog is a bright spot appearing to one or both sides of the sun. Two sun dogs can flank the Sun within a halo, which may account for what they saw,
I’m sure without the knowledge we have now of the universe, that must have been a rather scary thing for them to witness.
Image of a sun dog.
Here is the event described in the broadsheet text;
“In the morning of April 14, 1561, at daybreak, between 4 and 5 a.m., a dreadful apparition occurred on the sun, and then this was seen in Nuremberg in the city, before the gates and in the country – by many men and women. At first there appeared in the middle of the sun two blood-red semi-circular arcs, just like the moon in its last quarter. And in the sun, above and below and on both sides, the color was blood, there stood a round ball of partly dull, partly black ferrous color. Likewise there stood on both sides and as a torus about the sun such blood-red ones and other balls in large number, about three in a line and four in a square, also some alone. In between these globes there were visible a few blood-red crosses, between which there were blood-red strips, becoming thicker to the rear and in the front malleable like the rods of reed-grass, which were intermingled, among them two big rods, one on the right, the other to the left, and within the small and big rods there were three, also four and more globes. These all started to fight among themselves, so that the globes, which were first in the sun, flew out to the ones standing on both sides, thereafter, the globes standing outside the sun, in the small and large rods, flew into the sun. Besides the globes flew back and forth among themselves and fought vehemently with each other for over an hour. And when the conflict in and again out of the sun was most intense, they became fatigued to such an extent that they all, as said above, fell from the sun down upon the earth ‘as if they all burned’ and they then wasted away on the earth with immense smoke. After all this there was something like a black spear, very long and thick, sighted; the shaft pointed to the east, the point pointed west. Whatever such signs mean, God alone knows. Although we have seen, shortly one after another, many kinds of signs on the heaven, which are sent to us by the almighty God, to bring us to repentance, we still are, unfortunately, so ungrateful that we despise such high signs and miracles of God. Or we speak of them with ridicule and discard them to the wind, in order that God may send us a frightening punishment on account of our ungratefulness. After all, the God-fearing will by no means discard these signs, but will take it to heart as a warning of their merciful Father in heaven, will mend their lives and faithfully beg God, that He may avert His wrath, including the well-deserved punishment, on us, so that we may temporarily here and perpetually there, live as his children. For it, may God grant us his help, Amen. By Hanns Glaser, letter-painter of Nurnberg.”
If you ask a ufologist they will say this is definitely a UFO sighing, and I have to say sun dog theory works till the black spear is mentioned, then I think, was it an asteroid? Did they witness a strike somewhere in the heavens?
There have been many paintings and carving throughout time that look as though aliens have interacted with us, or were witnessed passing by. Perhaps when we were a less intelligent race they felt safer dropping by, whereas now they know they would not be safe if they were captured.
This account is a fascinating read no matter what you believe it to be some easily explained celestial event or maybe it really was aliens…
This trail cam photo from a man named Frank in Vermont is making an appearance again so I thought I’d dive into some info and history behind it.
The location of Western Vermont definitely offers an elusive creature a very dense forest and mountainous area to hide in, some of us would call it “squatch country”. In Vermont’s early history with bigfoot, it was referred to as “wild man”. It was first reported in 1879 by a group of hunters claiming to have seen an enormous, hairy creature lurking in the woods.
Two studies of the creature were conducted here, one was an analysis of hair samples and the other by biologists that set up several motion cameras around an area it was sighted. Both studies came back pointing to local wildlife. The hair sample was that of a deer and the cams picked up deers, bears, etc.
Western Vermont trail cam photo
Now back to the trail cam photo. while everyone can agree that’s a coyote on the left, what the hell is happening over there on the right? A question a man named Frank was wondering. Frank’s apple trees were continually missing apples and trying to get to the bottom as to who or what was taking them he set up cameras and this picture was the result.
The mystery of this picture was featured on season three, episode two of the series Finding Bigfoot. They also interviewed others that had a sighting in the area. One man had seen one right outside his kitchen window and another was a woman who had seen one driving home down a mountain road.
Photo from Finding Bigfoot series
The boys were convinced her sighting was real and while they conducted their own investigation they picked up a possible tree knock, and when Bobo recreated the photo, it gave them a good sense of the sheer size this creature may have been. As for the photo they believed it was definitely a Sasquatch, and to our surprise likely holding a young one to them.
I watched an amazing presentation by Cliff Barackman and he was discussing bigfoot photographs through the years and this one made the cut. Here is his take on the photo:
His findings was that this most likely is an adult bigfoot holding its young one. I, like many were curious of the white patches which he believed may be from the skin disease vitiligo. And yes primates also can be born with it. Overall for me, I feel this picture is the real deal. Always have. What are your thoughts on the photograph? And if you don’t feel it’s a bigfoot, what do you think it could be?
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