The International Scientific-Practical Conference on Hominology, organized by the International Center of Hominology (Igor Burtsev, director), with the assistance of the State Darwin Museum in Moscow (Anna Klyukina, director) and the Administration of the Tashtagol District (Vladimir Makuta, Administration Head) was held on the initiative and with the support of Dr. Aman Tuleyev, Governor of the Kemerovo Region, and a Member of the Federation Council (a Senator) Dr. Sergey Shatirov, in Gornaya (Montaneous) Shoria, on October 5 – 8, 2011.

It happened at the first time for last 50 years after the failure of an expedition to the Pamir mauntains arranged by the Commission on the question of Snowman under the Soviet Academy of Sciences, when the Governmental authorities paid attention and funded such an event as this conference, which was attended by known hominoid researchers from five countries jf the world.

Conference participants gathered in Moscow and had the first session in the State Darwin museum on October 5, after on October 6 in Tashtagol City, heard and discussed presented reports.

In the program of the Conference the participants also took part in field trips to the Azass cave and the Karatag mountain. During these field trips fresh substantial evidences were obtained of the presence in Gornaya Shoria of bipedal primates, standing very close to Homo sapiens in their essence and intellectual development. The usual names for them in the popular press in Eurasia are “snowman”, yeti, almas, almasty; in North America — bigfoot and sasquatch; in scientific circles — hominoid (homin, for short), troglodyte.

The evidences exist, first of all, in the form of so-called “markers”, i.e. specific wooden structures. (These structures are long established signs of hominoid habitats in North America, Eurasia and Australia). Such markers were found first by Anatoly Fokin, conference participant from the city of Kirov, already on foot way to the Azass cave: young fir tree tops broken at the height of 2.5 meters. Another evidence – specifically broken branches of a big larch downed probably by hurricane, attracted the attention of Robin Lynne from Mich, USA; and what was most spectacular — a double arch construction, each one of two rowan tree crowns that were intertwined, resembling thus a wide gate, also discovered by Anatoly Fokin on approach to the cave.

In the cave itself, humanlike footprints were found, from one of which were picked up over a dozen hairs of unknown origin. Another track showed imprints of five toes, bigger than human, and even with dermal ridges, also bigger than human. The width of the imprint at the toes is 16 cm (6 1/2 “), which is half as much again compared to human foot as, for example Nikolay Valuev’s one. This footprint was next to a low long niche the floor of which was covered with a thick ‘carpet’ of ferns that were not yet fully dry and formed a soft bed.

All of that were evidences that the cave had recently been visited by at least one creature, sort of justifying its species name Homo troglodytes (caveman), that was given to it back in the 18th century by the great classifier Linnaeus.

Before ascending the Karatag, that translates from the Shor language as “Black Mountain”, our guide, Ust-Kabyrza policeman Valery Topakov, led us to one more arch structure of two young alders, whose tops were intertwined like it was in the arch in front of the cave. He found that arch a couple weeks ago while investigating a report by some guests-fishermen about a beast seen by them in that location.

By the way, a similar arch of a rowan and birch had been found two years ago by me together with local searchers in the St.-Petersbourg region.

Lastly, marvelous finds were brought by the climb up the Karatag mountain, where during my previous trips here numerous signs of homin presence had already been noted in the form of broken tree limbs and intertwined branches. This time it was an interesting shelter, made of a giant fallen fir tree, whose branches were bent and figured, thus forming a large niche, which can be used for having a rest or as shelter from bad weather, and was covered with pieces of broken branches of other trees. A meter distance from the entrance to it was another arch formed by a thin long alder trunk bent and stuck under the twig of a larch standing nearby.

But the most surprising structure was discovered by chance by a TV group: eight-nine young firs broken elsewhere, brought together and placed with their top against the trunk of a high fir, forming a conic shelter with entrance on one side.

All these finds are evidences of undoubted existence in the wilderness of Gornaya Shoria of hominoids, or troglodytes — bipedal beings that do not use fire, tools and garments, but who are close to Homo sapiens as regards their level of development.

Igor Burtsev

“Pictures of possible Yeti Footpring found in cave”

“Bed found in Cave”

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The Russian coal-mining region of Kemerovo said in a statement on its website that footprints and possibly even hair samples belonging to the yeti were found on the research trip to its remote mountains.

“During the expedition to the Azasskaya cave, conference participants gathered indisputable proof that the Shoria mountains are inhabited by the ‘Snow Man’,” the Kemerovo region administration said.

The expedition was organised after Kemerovo’s governor invited researchers from the United States, Canada, and several other countries to share their research and stories of encounters with the creature at a conference.

“They found his footprints, his supposed bed, and various markers with which the yeti marks his territory,” the statement said. The collected “artifacts” will be analysed in a special laboratory, it said.

Yetis, or Abominable Snowmen, are hairy ape-like creatures of popular myth, that are generally held to inhabit the Himalayas.

But some believe Russia also holds a population of yetis, which it calls Snow Men, in remote areas of Siberia.

Kemerovo region’s Shoria is a sparsely populated territory in Western Siberia that has historically been a territory of coal and metal mining.

The region, the administrative centre of Kuznetsk coal basin, has pursued the elusive Yeti for several years as it tries to develop tourism into its mostly industrial economy.

Considering the latest findings, the region may “create a special research center to study the Yeti” in the regional university and “create a journal” dedicated to the science of the Yeti, the administration’s statement said. If you have any new information to add to this investigation, please contact leave a message with your local answering services for the proper authorities.

Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/8818086/Yetis-do-exist.html

Once more the notoriously shy Loch Ness monster has been reportedly sighted in Scotland’s deepest loch. This time close to a commercial fish farm.

Jon Rowe, from nearby Lewiston in Drumnadrochit, took the eerie snaps moments before the mysterious shape slipped beneath the water.

And the stunned fish farmer is convinced that the shapes he saw in the morning light are Nessie.

He said: ‘It was a very strange morning. It was misty with a bit of rain and sunny at the same time.

‘There was a rainbow so I got my camera out to take a photo and noticed this really large dark shape in the loch with two humps that were barely out of the water.

‘My instant reaction was “That’s Nessie“.’

Mr Rowe has dismissed claims that the shapes he saw in the water were not the legendary beast of the deep said to stalk the atmospheric Highland loch.

He added: ‘I have no doubt, I work on the loch everyday and I’ve never seen anything like it.

‘Almost as soon as I took the shot the shape disappeared under the water and out of sight.

The 31-year-old told how he had not believed that a monster swam the depths of Loch Ness until he captured Nessie on film.

‘It can’t have been a buoy or a mooring as it’s in the wrong place and the ropes would be visible in the water.

‘A few people have said it was birds diving under the water – but I didn’t see any birds fly by. It can’t have been birds – the whole thing went down into the loch.

‘It was quite spooky but I think it’s really interesting.’

The legend of the Loch Ness Monster began in 1933 when its ‘existence’ was first brought to the world’s attention by George Spicer and his wife. They said they saw an unusual animal cross the road in front of them.

Countless subsequent searches of the loch over the years using sonar and other high tech approaches have failed to prove that the monster exists and lives in the loch.

The most frequent speculation surrounding the mythical creature states that it could be from a line of long-surviving plesiosaurs, though this has never been proved.

As a result the Loch Ness Monster remains a modern-day myth and sightings are often dismissed by the scientific community as wishful thinking.

Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2036998/Thats-fine-Ness-youve-got-Fish-farmer-claims-saw-loch-monster-says-photos-prove-it.html

“Russian Yeti Footprints”

Former world heavyweight champion Nikolai Valuev is to lead a hunt for a mysterious creature known as the ‘Russian Yeti’.

The 38-year-old fighter – who lost his WBA title to David Haye in 2009 – is currently on a career break as he recovers from bone and joint problems.

But his health issues won’t stop him from leading a two-day mission to Siberia to hunt down the animal also known as the Kuzbass Bigfoot, a strange, humanoid creature thought to live in or around the Shoriya Mountains.

The beast has been spotted dozens of times in the Kuzbass region of southern Siberia and has become something of a tourist attraction in the local area, with hotels and restaurants naming themselves after it. The mystery creature even has its own Twitter account, presumably set up by some bright spark at the local tourist board.

Valuev – who is, ironically, famous for his inhumanly large frame – has become so intrigued by the stories of the eight-foot, hair-covered monster that he is determined to find it.

“I would like to see firsthand what is going on,” said the boxer, who has had all manner of injections and vaccinations ahead of his expedition to the remote region. “I’ll draw my own conclusions once I’ve been there.”

The first known traces of the Russian Yeti date back to 2005, when hunters found and photographed giant footprints in the snow.

Since then, the local council has been inundated with messages from hunters and hill walkers claiming to have spotted the beast.

And no doubt those imagined sightings will only increase when the 7ft, 23-stone Valuev is in the area.

Yet some remain sceptical of the boxer’s chances of successly witnessing the creature. As one local put it, “Valuev might be about the same size as our Yeti, but I don’t think it is going to come and see him because of that.”

Source: http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/blogs/world-of-sport/article/67672/

Details for the 2011 Texas Bigfoot Conference have been released by the (TBRC) Texas Bigfoot Research Conservancy. The conference will be held on October 1 and for the third year in a row the event will be held in Tyler , Texas at the Caldwell Auditorium located at 301 S.College Ave. This is the eleventh year that the Texas Bigfoot Conference has been held previously taking place in Jackson.

There will be a 7:30 pm banquet held at the Discovery Science Place located at 308 N. Broadway Ave. The banquet will feature a a special presentation by Dr. Ian Redmond a tropical field biologist and conservative who is world-renowned and also a spotlight appearance by singer/songwriter Lenny Green. Many will remember Dr. Redmond from his appearance as a featured scientist on the History channels documentary “Bigfoot: The Definitive Guide“.

Also scheduled to speak at the event Jeff Meldrum an anthropology and anatomy professor from Idaho State University and author of the book “Sasquatch: Legend Meets Science“. General admission for the conference is $25 and there are multiple upgrade packages that can be purchased. Discounts are also being offered for active military , students, and educators having the proper ID.

The (TBRC) Texas Bigfoot Research Conservancy is comprised of volunteer scientist , investigators , and naturalist engaged in various activities testing the hypothesis that a rare and unknown primate referred to as Sasquatch or Bigfoot resides in remote areas that have dense forestation, low human population, and abundant rainfall. The TBRC is funded by fundraisers , the annual Texas Bigfoot Conference, membership dues along with grants and donations. The TBRC thrives to enhance the credibility of Sasquatch/Bigfoot research and its acceptance by the scientific community.

For more information on the TBRC visit their website at : www.texasbigfoot.com

The massive croc was captured with traps using steel cables after it had destroyed previously used traps. The beast weighed over 2,370 pounds and took over 100 people to pull it in from the creek to a clearing where it was then lifted into a truck using a crane. Plans are to have the large crocodile as a star attracktion at a soon to be built ecotourism park in the area.

“Video capture image of what a Calgary researcher claims is Bigfoot. He claims to have taken the video in the spring of 2011, three hours from his home in Calgary in the Banff/Kootenay area. Photo courtesy Todd Standing”

If nothing else, the news is bound to make big strides with the Banff tourism industry.

No longer will Alberta’s best-known mountain park depend solely on breathtaking scenery and abundant wildlife to impress visitors and lure overseas tourists.

And no more envy towards other famous vacation spots like Loch Ness and Lake Okanagan, where legendary creatures are rumoured to lurk.

Banff now has Bigfoot. Lots and lots of Bigfoots, in fact.

Yes, it’s an allegation that would have Ripley wondering whether to Believe it or Not, and P.T. Barnum reaching for his cheque book, but the mountains west of Calgary are a hotbed for the huge-footed primates.

That’s the assertion of a dedicated bigfoot research organization based near Calgary, which claims not only to have video and photo evidence of the mythical beast, but DNA proof as well.

“When I first started, I was a skeptic, but not anymore — now I’m a wholehearted believer in the species,” said Todd Standing, spokesman for the Sylvanic Bigfoot group.

Standing’s allegations of a Bigfoot colony living near the border of Banff and Kootenay national park will raise many eyebrows, but his evidence has piqued the interest of the Discovery Channel.

This week, crews from “Finding Bigfoot,” a hit show on Discovery’s Animal Planet channel, are filming in the Calgary area, and Standing says the upcoming episode will be centred upon Sylvanic’s discoveries.

“We’ve had exceptional results and we’re working with people doing DNA analysis,” said Standing.

He says preliminary results from hair samples sent in for testing suggest an unknown species of primate, while video and photographs suggest a creature larger than a gorilla, with human-like features.

Of course, it’s that latter evidence that’s bound to have the skeptics taking sasquatch-sized swipes at Standing, particularly the photographs he says are proof of Bigfoot.

Paranormal footage, as a rule, is supposed to be grainy, badly-focused and jittery, as if the camera was assembled by Fisher-Price and mounted to the bumper of a gravel truck.

Not Sylvanic: Standing boasts a collection of sharp video clips and crisp photographs of Bigfoot, showing far, far more than the usual hirsute primate dashing behind the nearest bush.

Instead of blur, we get full-face portraits of the creature, peering from behind trees.

“I’ve had multiple interactions with them, and I’ve filmed them and photographed them on many occasions,” said Standing.

“It’s a real, living breathing animal, which I got within 60 or 70 yards of.”

What the producers of Finding Bigfoot make of all this remains to be seen, as their quartet of sasquatchologists examines the Alberta evidence to see if it’s on solid footing.

The show has gone across North America investigating sightings of the creature, with the network “committed to looking for the Bigfoot until it’s found.”

Standing says he has — though he knows his belief in Bigfoot and the proof he produces from the Banff backwoods opens him to mockery, derision and the suggestion he should sober up.

But he accepts the skeptism, because he originally joined the Sylvanic team with the intent of disproving the ancient story of an ape-like creature hiding in the wilderness of North America.

“I thought it was a combination of hoaxes and mistaken identities, and I wanted to prove it wasn’t true,” said Standing.

Now, he says Bigfoot is a fact — and with weeks, he hopes to have the DNA evidence to prove it.

“We hope to have results by October,” said Standing.

If that’s the case, tourism officials in Banff will surely be thrilled. As it is, they welcome the attention of the popular television show, saying any link with Bigfoot is a bonus for visitors.

“Anything interesting that attracts people is a good thing — it seems like some harmless fun,” said Mary Morrison, spokeswoman for Banff Lake Louise Tourism.

“I mean, who wouldn’t want to see a Bigfoot?”

Source: http://www.calgarysun.com/2011/08/29/platt-bigfoot-boom-in-banff

Livermore said it’s a dog, rat , kangaroo mixed type of creature. Livermore said he had no idea what it was or what to do with it some people said it was a fox or a deer or even a dog. So after taking some close up pictures he decided to let the animal go. Now people are claiming that the captured creature was possibly the mythical creature known as the Chupacabra and it has even been given a nickname “Prince Chupa“.

The photo’s taken by Livermore have been examined and they have yet to lead to any kind of confirmation as to what species the creature may be. Here is a video and a close up look at the mysterious creature.

A 12-year-old Alaskan hunter tells the “Finding Bigfoot” crew that he saw an 8-foot bigfoot-like creature up close in a forest clearing. The show uses this computer-generated bigfoot as the boy describes his encounter.

For some viewers, Animal Planet’s new series “Finding Bigfoot” is a comedy: Did you hear that guy perform a bigfoot howl?

For others, including the show’s stars, it’s a drama of serious investigations into reported bigfoot sightings in Oregon and across the country.

Animal Planet executives may not care how people react to the show as long as viewers tune in. And they are.

Over the show’s six-episode first season, “Finding Bigfoot” has averaged 1.2 million viewers in its Sunday night premieres, making it among the top three series on the Discovery-owned cable network (“River Monsters” and “Whale Wars” are the other Animal Planet hits.)

Each episode features the four-member “Finding Bigfoot” team investigating images or video captured of the ape-like bigfoot , often followed by a night-time exploration using infrared cameras to detect heat signatures.

Occasionally, a computer-generated bigfoot is shown in re-created scenes.

Next week, Animal Planet will announce it has renewed “Finding Bigfoot” for a 10-episode second season to begin airing in early 2012. There are also plans for the network to air a two-hour special this fall around Halloween tentatively titled “The Squatchiest Place on Earth.”

Asked why the network would devote a series to a creature that’s yet to be proved exists, Animal Planet president and general manager Marjorie Kaplan deadpanned, “It doesn’t exist?”

This weekend’s season finale of “Finding Bigfoot” was filmed at Ike’s Pizza in Leaberg, about 20 miles east of Eugene on Highway 126. The episode, called “Behind the Search,” is a one-hour reunion special with the “Finding Bigfoot” team taking questions from an audience while recapping their six-episode first season, including an episode filmed in the Willamette National Forest.

The four-person team, led by Bigfoot Field Research Organization founder Matt Moneymaker, investigated a video shot by kayakers on the McKenzie River that appears to show a biped – a bigfoot? a human? – standing near some rocks on the shoreline. Moneymaker tends to see bigfoot everywhere, while field biologist Ranae Holland is the team’s skeptic.

“It is true that we felt if we were going to do the show that we have a skeptical voice,” Kaplan said. “She represents the viewer a lot of time,” said Keith Hoffman, “Finding Bigfoot” executive producer for Animal Planet. “Viewers want to see people who don’t just totally believe, although Ranae has told me she would like it to be true (that bigfoots exist).”

In the McKenzie River sequence, Holland quickly concludes the creature on the shore is not a sasquatch, but a human. Although it didn’t make it into the final episode, Portlander Cliff Barackman, the show’s level-headed educator (imagine the professor from “Gilligan’s Island”), said he agreed with Holland; he had previously researched and debunked this reported sighting at his website.

Barackman taught sixth grade and music appreciation at Cascade Heights Public Charter School in Milwaukie, taking a six-week leave of absence earlier this year to film the first season of “Finding Bigfoot.” He won’t return to the school in the fall because of his commitment to the show’s second season. He said students got a kick out of his interest in bigfoot.

“They absolutely loved it,” he said. “Some would say, ‘Mr. B., I don’t think bigfoot’s real,’ and I’d say they are but you don’t have to believe.”

Barackman, 40, was friends with two of the other three “Finding Bigfoot” cast members before he was cast on the show and he’s had his sights set on a TV gig for a while, previously appearing on A&E’ s “Bob Saget’s Strange Days” (for a sasquatch hunt episode) and on History’s “MonsterQuest” (as a bigfoot expert).

Barackman said he always had an interest in monsters as a child and was a fan of the 1970s paranormal TV show “In Search Of. …” At Cal State Long Beach, he spent time in the library between classes, pulling random books from shelves to read. Barackman said he stumbled upon a book of scientific, peer-reviewed papers about sasquatches, which ignited his interest in bigfoot. From there, he said, “It got worse and worse.”

He moved to Oregon three years ago, in part for the easy access to the wilderness for bigfoot expeditions. “When I looked at the climate and the cultural climate – the eccentric, weirdo-centered culture – I thought I’d feel comfortable having the opportunity to do gigs playing guitar, meet interesting people and have access to squatchy places,” Barackman said. “I go to bars and restaurants in Portland and I’m not bashful about bigfoot. I’ll ask people, have you seen a sasquatch or know somebody who has? And in Portland it averages one out of five people say yes.”

So, has he ever seen a bigfoot? Barackman said he’s collected footprint samples, recorded vocalizations and been screamed at from 40 feet away, but his only possible sighting was through a thermal camera during a “Finding Bigfoot” shoot in North Carolina. He takes criticism of bigfoot believers in stride on the show and in conversation.

“They can be as wrong as they want,” he said. “It doesn’t matter to me at all. The reality of the species does not depend on their belief nor does it depend on mine.”

Source: http://www.oregonlive.com/movies/index.ssf/2011/07/finding_bigfoot_makes_a_big_impact_in_its_first_season.html

Johnathan and Andy Hillstrand will also put together a “monster trap” and go hunting for sea monsters in Lake Iliamna in Alaska. Lake Iliamna is the location of many sea monster sightings over the past several decades.

Here is a preview of the upcoming show and some of the Cadborosaurus video which will be looked at more in depth:

Alaskan Monster Hunt: Hillstranded premieres July 19th on Discovery Channel at 10 PM E

Show re-air’s:

July 20, 12:00 AM E
July 21, 9:00 PM E
July 21, 11:00 PM E