Showing posts with label sasquatch. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sasquatch. Show all posts

Friday, 15 May 2026

"Beastly Tales"

The treasures one can find among a pile of old books. A few weeks ago, Wolfie's school were giving away free books. We could do donations, but they were free. We picked up a couple of them, him and me, including this one. When I was his age, I was fascinated by cryptids. I don't believe they exist anymore, but I kept a sort of interest about the myths surrounding them. So we eagerly read this book together. And I read it another time by myself, just for fun. I told him to be very sceptical about the accounts told in Beastly Tales. Even if one doesn't believe in them, they are still entertaining. If you have any suggestion for such books about cryptozoology, please let me know in the comments.

Saturday, 11 January 2025

Cryptidcurrency

 I found this meme a few days ago and it made me laugh, so I am sharing it here. I don't understand or care about cryptocurrency either. But, although I don't believe in any of these cryptids, I used to believe bigfoot and Nessie were real as a kid, and I have been fascinated by these modern mythical monsters ever since. So yeah, I would love to have coins like these in my wallet. And I will learn more about the chupacabra and Mothman. I don't know all that much about them.

Saturday, 9 September 2023

Monstrum on the Sasquatch

Let's talk about cryptids for a moment. Monstrum has recently done a video on the Sasquatch, aka Bigfoot, which I found utterly fascinating (as always). And as usual with Monstrum, the art and animation are as interesting as the educational content.

Thursday, 16 June 2022

"Le mystère des hommes des neiges"

 Mon frère PJ a acheté il y a quelques jours Le mystère des hommes des neiges. J'ai déjà bogué sur le sujet il y a dix ans. C'est bien entendu un livre sur les cryptides comme le yéti, le sasquatch et autres anthropoïdes. Nous l'avions emprunté à la bibliothèque de l'école lorsque nous étions enfants. Il y avait d'autres bouquins dans cette collection, les trois nous fascinaient. C'était beaucoup de pseudoscience, mais quand même, ça a beaucoup nourri notre imagination. Et les illustrations étaient superbes. J'ai très hâte de l'emprunter lors de notre prochaine réunions familiale.

Saturday, 8 January 2022

Bigfoot, the board game

When I was a child, I was fascinated by cryptids of all sorts. Among them, of course, the Bigfoot. I was also fascinated by anything related to them. So back in the days before the internet, I got quite curious about a board game called... The Bigfoot Game, which I saw in catalogues. I have always loved board games, but sadly we never had that one. Apparently it is very hard to find, I found this image online. I don't know much about the concept of the game, except that one must prove the existence of the Bigfoot by getting on top of a hill, while said Bigfoot throws boulders at you. Kind of Donkey Kong, but as a board game, and with a cooler, more mysterious concept. I doubt I would risk buying on second-hand online, but I would love to see it reedited. And I know there are other Bigfoot board games,so I might get my hands on another one.

Friday, 5 February 2021

Bigfoot Rescue Kit

A few days ago, it was the birthday of Blonde Tickler, who turned 15. Sadly she is getting older, sadly we could not celebrate with her. But this reminded me of one present I bough her once, I can't remember if it was for her birthday or just for fun. I bought it in Montreal, in Farfelu if my memory is correct. When I saw it, I knew I had to buy it for her. It is the Bigfoot Rescue Kit, and basically includes a plush toy (her, I mean a bigfoot) and a booklet that is a caregiver guide with adoption certificate. I don't remember what name she gave her bigfoot, but I know she was very happy wiht er present. I did a bit of research and I see that they are availablehere in the UK. I might buy one for Wolfie one day. Because cryptids are cute and bigfoots are so darn cute.

Wednesday, 22 February 2012

Souvenirs cryptozoologiques

Je suis en train de lire le bouquin de mon cousin Samuel. La troisième histoire du bouquin, Cryptozoologie, parle d'un animal mythique qui existe peut-être. Cela m'a fait penser à des souvenirs d'enfance, une époque où mes frères et moi parlions sans arrêt avec Samuel du Monstre du Loch Ness, des yétis, des sasquatch, des pieuvres géantes. PJ avait emprunté une série de livres à la bibliothèque, un sur les Hommes des neiges (photo à droite), appelé Le mystère des Hommes des neiges, un sur les pieuvres géantes (appelé... oui, c'est ça) et un sur le Loch Ness, dont je ne me souviens plus du titre, mais il y avait le mot "mystère" dedans.

Nous étions surtout des mordus du Monstre du Loch Ness, je crois, surtout depuis notre voyage en Écosse. Et nous y croyions dur comme fer. Nous croyions au yéti aussi, mais à Nessie encore plus. En fait, le débat n'était pas de savoir si nessie existait ou non, mais quelle était sa nature.  Nous avions débattu en long et en large avec un de mes amis: mes frères, Samuel et moi, croyions que c'était un plésiosaure, l'ami en question prétendait dur comme fer que c'était un élasmosaure. La raison était simple: l'ami avait lu un bouquin qui avançait l'hypothèse de l'élasmosaure. Il semblerait que le consensus des cryptozoologues à l'époque était celui d'une espèce de plésiosaure. Bien sûr, ça ne fait aucun sens: les deux espèces n'avaient pas de branchies, elles auraient donc été identifiées depuis. Enfin bref, mes frères et moi nous n'y croyons plus. Mais je m'ennuie quand même un peu des histoires que l'on se faisait sur Nessie, sur les yétis, sur les pievres géantes (celles-ci nous savons qu'elles existent, et le gigantisme est par ailleurs un concept relatif qui n'a rien de mystérieux). De nos conversations enfantines je crois qu'on pourrait écrire bien des bouquins de cryptozoologie, voire même quelques bonnes histoires.