Book Review: Nick Redfern
Nick Redfern of Mysterious Universe has posted his review of my new book Shadow Cats: The Black Panthers of North America. Check it out by clicking here.
View ArticleNew Study Area in Hunt County, Texas
After months of working on and finishing up my book, then arranging various types of publicity to support the release (radio and podcast interviews, speaking engagements, etc.), I was thrilled to...
View ArticleHow To Contact Me
Just a reminder on how to contact me if you have a question or report and would like me to respond. Please email me at Texascryptidhunter@yahoo.com for such queries. Many people of late have asked...
View ArticleHistorical Widman Account From Tennessee
One thing I have always been interested in when it comes to the sasquatch/wood ape phenomenon is historical newspaper accounts of “wild men.” The accounts I am most interested in all occurred years –...
View ArticleThe Latest Black Panther Sightings From Texas
Over the last half a year, or so, I have been busy working on getting my book, Shadow Cats: The Black Panthers of North America, finished out and published. I have spent so much time on it that the...
View ArticleBlack Panther Sightings Distribution Map Updated
I have charted the latest round of black panther sightings in Texas and the updated black panther sightings distribution map is now ready for viewing.I will be the first to admit that sighting reports...
View ArticleSasquatch Classics: The Davy Crockett Incident
Few men are as revered in my home state of Texas as those who held off the mighty Mexican Army – led by the self-proclaimed “Napoleon of the West,” dictator Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna - for 13 long...
View ArticleThe Concho Casino Flap Sixteen Years Later
This past weekend, I had the pleasure of traveling north to Lexington, Oklahoma in order to promote my book Shadow Cats: The Black Panthers of North America and to give a couple of presentations at...
View ArticleNew Black Panther Sightings in Texas
I have continued to get reports of anomalous large, black, long-tailed cats over the last few months. I have compiled some of the more interesting and, in my opinion, credible accounts here. To repeat...
View ArticleUpdate to Black Panther Sightings Distribution Map
I have just updated my interactive black panther sightings distribution map to include the latest reports. You can visit the map by clicking here.Once you get to the map, you can click on any pin to...
View ArticleSasquatch Classics: The "Caddo Critter" and the "Hawley Him"
Not many think of Texas when the subject of bigfoot is mentioned. Places like Oregon, northern California, or Washington are far more likely to come up in any discussion of where wood apes might be...
View ArticleInterview with a Black Panther Witness
Following is a short interview I did with a young lady who claims to have had an encounter with a large, long-tailed black cat on her family's property outside of Greenville, Texas. A more extensive...
View ArticleThe Year in Review and Future Plans
2018 is rapidly coming to a close and I thought I would take a moment to review some of the bigger events of the past year and give you all of you an idea of what my plans are in 2019. The past year...
View ArticleNew/Old Black Panther Sightings
While I have not been very active on the blog over the past year, that has not stopped new black panther sighting reports from coming in to me via email. The sightings below actually reached my inbox...
View ArticleBlack Panthers: Final Sightings of 2018 and First Sightings of 2019
Since the release of Shadow Cats, my book on the black panther phenomenon, I have been deluged with witness reports, emails, and other correspondence. I work full-time and do not have an assistant to...
View ArticleNative American Lore: The Giants of the Northern Rockies
In the years since I started writing this blog, I’ve become an avid folklorist. There isn’t much I enjoy more than a good story and I am more than willing to do some looking around to find one....
View ArticleJim Kaizer and the Beast of Oak Island
Anyone who knows me can tell you that I am a huge fan of the History Channel program “The Curse of Oak Island.” I guess it should not be that surprising, as I have always been fascinated by a good...
View ArticleNew Website Now Online
For numerous reasons, I have decided to create a true website. I will continue to post here on the blog, but the website will allow me a place to make even more information available.The site a place...
View ArticleCan the Xoloitzcuintli Explain Texas Chupacabras Sightings?
I was recently approached by a television producer about doing a cryptid-based show on the “Texas chupacabras.” I agreed to do the show on the condition that I be allowed to share my beliefs on what it...
View ArticleBlack Pumas in the News and the Latest Black Panther Report
I have been reading a couple of book concurrenly over the last week, or so, Lost Animals: Extinction and the Photographic Record by Errol Fuller and The Ghost with Trembling Wings by Scott Weidensaul....
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