Category: Creatures & Curiosities

Cryptids, bats, animal lore, and the cases Vivie intends to prosecute

  • October has arrived, which means we could spend the next 31 days talking about pumpkin spice, sweater weather, and changing leaves. We’re not doing that. For the next 31 days, we’re going looking for things that may or may not be looking back. Cryptids. Creatures. Sea monsters. Legends. Eyewitness reports. Questionable photographs. Occasionally compelling evidence.…

  • Pull up a chair. We need to discuss Smokey the Bear. Apparently, a black bear recently wandered into Colorado Springs Fire Station 16, helped himself to a bag of firefighting gear, and left. There is video. The Colorado Springs Fire Department, showing precisely the kind of attitude we appreciate around here, suggested that the culprit…