Bigfoots and Nessies and Chupas, oh my! by D. Trull Enigma Editor dtrull@parascope.com Welcome, creature lovers, to the ParaScope Cryptozoo! It's a sanctuary for strange species located in the land of the lost... a museum of mad menageries that Linnaean taxonomy forgot! Get set to take a guided tour of the habitats and histories of some of the strangest creatures that may never have lived. Our many exhibits will give you an up-close and personal look at a camera-shy collection of crypto-critters, including beasts from the deep, fur-covered man-beasts, and bloodthirty mystery monsters. Plus, unlike all those ordinary zoos you've snoozed through before, this one is 100% cruelty-free, has no awful stink, and you stand virtually no risk of being mauled by escaped specimens. And along the way, you just might learn something about the weirdest and most horrific creatures believed to stalk the face of the earth: human beings! Sea Monster Aquarium Grab your scuba gear, load up your chum buckets, and get ready to dive into the mysteries of the deep as we investigate the history of aquatic anomalies and the people who claim they've seen them. Loch Ness Monster, Lake Champlain Monster, Morgawr, Morag, Ogopogo, Manipogo, Queensland Creature, Mann Hill Monster, Zuiyo-maru Plesiosaur, Malaysian Dragon Missing Links Primate Center A hairy, scary tour down the uncharted backroads of evolution, examining the possibility that we have bashful Darwinian cousins lurking in the shrinking wild wood of the world. Yeti, Bigfoot, Orang-Pendek, Chinese Wildman, Yowie, Skunk Ape, Piltdown Man, De Loys' Ape, Minnesota Iceman, Oliver the Mutant Chimp Weird Predators Petting Zoo Strap on your maul-resistant Kevlar body armor and take a leisurely stroll among some of the animal kingdom's worst nightmares. El Chupacabras, Mothman, Jersey Devil, Loveland Frog, Dover Demon, Mongolian Death Worm, Mokele-Mbembe, Beast of Bodmin Moor, Thylacine, Thunderbird Enigma: More Cryptozoological Critters ParaScope: Something Strange is Happening The ParaStore: Books & More Text and presentation © Copyright 1997-1998 ParaScope, Inc. NOTE: The photographs and images reviewed in this article are included in fair use for the purposes of public criticism and debate. ParaScope, Inc. makes no claims to these images, and makes no profit from their use.