I know I know, it was only a few days ago that Cryptoworld disappeared for a vacation – well although we did sit in the sun and mess around in a swimming pool for a few days, we were busy researching some Wiltshire mysteries, black dogs, haunted houses and the like, which we will write about soon. But in the mean time, well for the next two weeks, Cryptoworld is off to Greece, nothing too [...]

The space shuttle Discovery uncoupled itself from the International Space Station (ISS) yesterday, and started its journey home. Discovery is due to land around 9.15am EDT on Monday, with the deorbit burn (re-entry) set for around 8am EDT. Nasa said weather forecasters predict a chance of showers at the landing site at the Kennedy Space Center, but shouldn’t hinder the landing. Discovery’s landing will mark the end of a successful mission for the STS-121 astronauts. [...]

Most of you by now would have heard about this years CFZ expedition to Gambia, in search of Dragons! One of the dragon-like beast they are searching for is locally known as Ninki-Nanka, which apparently translates as Dragon-Devil, but there is also some reference to suggest it could just mean Snake, that’s if you search around on the Internet and browse a few dusty cryptozoology books! River and lake monsters are nothing new in Africa, [...]

A Christian archaeology expedition claims it has discovered rock formations that resembles the fabled Ark 13,000 feet up on Mount Suleiman, in Iran’s Elburz mountain range. The Bible Archaeology Search and Exploration Institute (BASE for short) have discovered prominent boat-shaped rocks that look uncannily like wood. The team have taken samples of the rock, which they believe show wood cell structures. They have also uncovered evidence of an ancient shrine near he rock formation.

Cryptoworld will be out of communication range for a few days as we are going to explore the surrounding Wiltshire countryside. If all goes to plan we should be back on Saturday, so if you leave a comment or try and contact us, you may have to wait a few days for a response. Lets hope the weather holds, speak to you all soon…

Mysterious object runs rings around onlookers. Is the RAF trying to make clouds? At the end of June (2006) a mysterious object, later identified as an RAF plane(?) has been seen circling over the Banffshire coast (Scotland) for over six hours. Local villager Norman Defoe first spotted the aircraft at around 10am. He said: “At first I thought it was a jumbo jet, but after a look through binoculars I saw it was grey. It [...]

The World Conservation Union (IUCN ) fears the West African black rhino may have become extinct. While most subspecies of Africa’s two rhinos, the black and white rhino, continue on the road to recovery, this is not true for two of Africa’s most threatened rhino subspecies: the West African black (Diceros bicornis longipes ) and the northern white (Ceratotherium simum cottoni ). The West African black rhino is now feared extinct and numbers of the [...]

The hacker Gary McKinnon, who claimed he only hacked US military networks to try and find evidence of UFO’s and Alien technology has lost his legal battle to be tried here in the UK. On 4 July Home Secretary John Reid granted the US request to extradite Mr McKinnon for trial. If found guilty, Mckinnon could face up to 70 years in a US jail. One friend of McKinnon said he was being made a [...]

Biodiversity expert Vincent Chow has put forward the theory that if the Johor Bigfoot does exists, then it is probably a remnant of Homo-Erectus. It’s believed Malaysia, Indonesia and China once formed a single land mass. According to Chow’s theory, Homo-Erectus used moved from place to place, and they may have moved into Malaysia before proceeding to Indonesia and China. He believes that some could have stayed in Malaysia, and lived undetected in the forests. [...]

A weird fireball, first thought to be a firework whizzed over a family and their home in Spring Croft, Kimberworth Park, Rotherham (UK) at around 10.15pm on Sunday (2nd July 2006). The incident happened during a huge thunderstorm, and at first the family thought it was a firework, but the light continued to fly through the air in a north-easterly direction. They watched the light, expecting an explosion, but nothing happened, then suddenly it changed [...]