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Lair of the Beasts: Ape-Human Cross-Breeds
by Nick Redfern, Columnist and Monster Hunter
(May 25, 2013)
The idea that humans and gorillas (or humans and chimpanzees) could cross-breed sounds not just bizarre, but like something straight out of nightmarish science-fiction. Indeed, such a thing should not be possible in the slightest.
Lair of the Beasts: Born to be Wild
by Nick Redfern, Columnist and Critic
(May 18, 2013)
Within the US and the UK, there are longstanding traditions of sightings of so-called “wild men.” No, we’re not talking about Bigfoot or the Yeti, but something more along the lines of primitive humans. And many of the cases seem to have distinct par
Lair of the Beasts: Strange Creatures and Secret Agents
by Nick Redfern, Columnist and Monster Hunter
(May 11, 2013)
Right now, I have a new book out. Its title is Monster Files: A Look Inside Government Secrets and Classified Documents on Bizarre Creatures and Extraordinary Animals. Published by New Page Books, Monster Files delves into very unusual territory, even by m
Lair of the Beasts: Creatures of the Past
by Nick Redfern, Columnist and Critic
(May 04, 2013)
It’s fair to say that, as someone who writes books on strange creatures, I’m often on the receiving end of strange stories. Some tales are stranger than others. Beyond any shadow of a doubt whatsoever, the absolute weirdest report to ever reach me is t
Lair of the Beasts: Big Cats and Missing Cats
by Nick Redfern, Columnist and Monster Hunter
(April 27, 2013)
As practically each and every British soul of a certain age will graphically recall, midway through 1976 the good folk of the nation were pummeled into exhaustion and submission by one of the hottest summers on record for many a decade. I was eleven at the
Lair of the Beasts: Creatures of the North
by Nick Redfern, Columnist and Monster Hunter
(April 13, 2013)
With a colorful and historic heritage extending back to 74 AD when a powerful Norse chieftain, Ingolfur Arnarson, landed on its shores and established a permanent foothold that grew and grew, the Republic of Iceland is a small, island country in the North
Lair of the Beasts: Monsters on the Doorstep
by Nick Redfern, Columnist and Monster Hunter
(April 06, 2013)
Many people assume that to search for, investigate, and find strange creatures, it’s necessary to travel thousands of miles to locations as exotic as they are mysterious. Well, yes, sometimes that is true. Take, for example, the Chupacabra of Puerto Rico
Lair of the Beasts: Monsters and Ghosts
by Nick Redfern, Columnist and Monster Hunter
(March 30, 2013)
When it comes to trying to ascertain the true nature of British Bigfoot and wild man encounters – which is a deeply fraught and difficult task at the very best of times – the theories are as wide and varied as they are controversial and thought-provoki
Lair of the Beasts: Origins of a Monster
by Nick Redfern, Columnist and Monster Hunter
(March 23, 2013)
Many people have heard of the legendary Abominable Snowman or Yeti. It’s the Himalayan equivalent of the United States’ famous Bigfoot. But not so many, perhaps, know of the origins of the beastly man-monster of the snowy peaks. It’s a reportedly dia
Lair of the Beasts: Monsters of the Movies
by Nick Redfern, Columnist and Monster Hunter
(March 16, 2013)
“So, what are your favorite monster movies?” That was a question put to me in January of this year, when I was lecturing on the mystery of Bigfoot at the Austin, Texas-based Museum of the Weird. Well, first off, I can tell you which ones aren’t my fa
Lair of the Beasts: Bigfoot: The Problem of Food
by Nick Redfern, Columnist and Monster Hunter
(March 09, 2013)
Many researchers of the Bigfoot phenomenon take the view that the hairy, man-like beasts are some form of unknown ape. Or, they suggest that the creatures may represent a surviving, relic population of the presumed long-extinct, ancient ape known as Gigant
Lair of the Beasts: On the Monstrous Road
by Nick Redfern, Columnist and Monster Hunter
(March 02, 2013)
Last week, here at Lair of the Beasts, my subject-matter was the top three expeditions I’d like to go on in search of strange and enigmatic creatures. My choices were to search for (a) the massive, presumed-extinct, Australian monitor lizard called Megal
Lair of the Beasts: Monstrous Expeditions
by Nick Redfern, Columnist and Monster Hunter
(February 23, 2013)
Now and again I get asked something along the lines of: “What strange creature, which you haven’t yet searched for, would you like to chase down?” Well, it’s a good question. The world is a very big place and there are a lot of weird beasts out the
Lair of the Beasts: A Ghost-Ape Lurks
by Nick Redfern, Columnist and Monster Hunter
(February 15, 2013)
In her 1883 book, Shropshire Folklore, Charlotte Sophia Burne detailed a deeply curious tale of a bizarre, ghost-like ape encountered near woods surrounding an old stretch of English canal:
Lair of the Beasts: From Bigfoot to Nessie
by Nick Redfern, Columnist and Monster Hunter
(February 09, 2013)
On December 21, 1977, the U.S. Government’s Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service published a controversial and thought provoking document titled Are We Ready for “Bigfoot” or the Loch Ness Monster? It began in what was most certainly
Lair of the Beasts: Monsters and Secrets
by Nick Redfern, Columnist and Monster Hunter
(February 02, 2013)
In just a couple of short months from now, I’ll have a new book out with New Page Books. Its title: Monster Files: A Look Inside Government Secrets and Classified Documents on Bizarre Creatures and Extraordinary Animals.
Lair of the Beasts: Tusked Thugs on the Loose
by Nick Redfern, Columnist and Monster Hunter
(January 26, 2013)
The life of a cryptozoologist doesn’t just resolve around quests to find Bigfoot, lake-monsters, the Chupacabras, the Abominable Snowman, or sea-serpents. Sometimes, it involves a search for known animals seen in locations in which they have no business
Lair of the Beasts: Tales of the Chupacabras
by Nick Redfern, Columnist and Monster Hunter
(January 19, 2013)
Puerto Rico’s Caribbean National Forest, as El Yunque is known, is an amazing sight to behold: almost 30,000 acres in size, and located in the Sierra de Luquillo, which is approximately 40-kilometers southeast of the city of San Juan, it was named after
Lair of the Beasts: A World War Wild Man
by Nick Redfern, Columnist and Monster Hunter
(January 12, 2013)
Across what used to be Soviet Central Asia, as far west as what are parts of Europe, and as far east as Mongolia, reports have long proliferated of hairy creatures known as Almas or Almasty that seem to be far more akin to men than they do apes; although t
Lair of the Beasts: Animals in Warfare
by Nick Redfern, Columnist and Monster Hunter
(January 08, 2013)
History has shown that when war breaks out, and as chaos and carnage rule on high, agencies of government often employ the use of some decidedly novel technologies to try and defeat the enemy. And, more than a few of those same technologies have involved o
Lair of the Beasts: A Mystery Down Under
by Nick Redfern, Columnist and Monster Hunter
(December 28, 2012)
An undeniably very weird animal in terms of its appearance, the thylacine was a distinctively striped marsupial that looked like a cross between a coyote, a hyena and a tiger. As is typical of marsupials, and as is most famously seen in kangaroos, the crea
Lair of the Beasts: Britains Big Cats
by Nick Redfern, Columnist and Monster Hunter
(December 14, 2012)
For decades, people all across the United Kingdom - from the cold northern realms of Scotland to the southern-most borders of England – have reported sightings of large cats, very often the size of mountain-lions and equally often completely black in col
Lair of the Beasts: Creatures of the Psychic Kind
by Nick Redfern, Columnist and Monster Hunter
(December 08, 2012)
For decades, the US Defense intelligence Agency has delved deep into the mysterious worlds of psychic phenomena, extra-sensory perception, and the paranormal powers of the human brain. But, the DIA has also focused on the mind-skills of other living creatu
Lair of the Beasts: In Search of a British Monster
by Nick Redfern, Columnist and Monster Hunter
(December 01, 2012)
The huge forests of the United States are home to Sasquatch. The Abominable Snowman roams the Himalayas. Australia has a similar beast, the Yowie. In China there lurks a giant, bipedal creature called the Yeren. From the Caucasus Mountains in Eurasia stori
Lair of the Beasts: Monster Diary
by Nick Redfern, Columnist and Monster Hunter
(November 24, 2012)
Anomalist Books have just published a new book from me: Monster Diary: On the Road in Search of Strange and Sinister Creatures. This is the second title of mine they have released on the subject of strange and unknown creatures; the first one was There’s
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