Dyatlov Pass: Nine Hikers, Zero Answers, Infinite Theories
Filed under: Case Files | Cryptid Cynic Most of the stories on this site involve something that might not be real — a cryptid, a saucer, a moth-shaped omen. Dyatlov Pass is different, and it's worth sitting with that difference for a second before we go further: nine...
The Pentagon’s UAP Reports: Government Transparency, Read Between Every Line
Filed under: News & Disclosure | Cryptid Cynic Here's a sentence that would've gotten you laughed out of any serious room in 2015: "The Pentagon has an official office dedicated to investigating UFOs, and it regularly publishes reports to Congress about...
5 EMF Meters That Won’t Make You Look Insane in Your Neighbor’s Backyard at 2AM
Filed under: Field Guides | Cryptid Cynic Let's address the obvious question first: does an EMF meter detect ghosts? No. There is no peer-reviewed, scientifically validated link between electromagnetic field fluctuations and paranormal activity. What an EMF meter...
Mothman: How a Moth With a Bad Attitude Became West Virginia’s Biggest Export
Filed under: Case Files | Cryptid Cynic Every cryptid has a hook. Bigfoot's hook is "big, hairy, shy." The Loch Ness Monster's hook is "old lake, big lake, murky water, use your imagination." Mothman's hook is considerably weirder and, frankly, more disturbing: a...
Roswell, 1947: The Crash Landing That Never Stopped Crashing
Filed under: Case Files | Cryptid Cynic Every good conspiracy needs three ingredients: something strange happened, someone in power lied about it, and the lie kept changing every time someone asked a follow-up question. Roswell has all three, delivered with the kind...
The Patterson-Gimlin Film: 57 Years Later and Still the Best Home Video Ever Shot
Filed under: Case Files | Cryptid Cynic On October 20, 1967, two men on horseback rode into Bluff Creek, California, with a rented 16mm camera and a plan to find Bigfoot. This is, on its face, an insane sentence. It's the plot of a movie nobody would greenlight — two...
So You Saw Bigfoot: A Field Guide to Not Sounding Like an Idiot on the Internet
Filed under: Case Files | Cryptid Cynic So you saw something. Big, hairy, upright, gone before you could get your phone out of airplane mode. First of all — congratulations. You've joined a club that includes thousands of hunters, hikers, truckers, and at least one...