Feb 03 2009
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Giant Crypto Bats
  Over at the Gralien Report, inspired by motorist sightings along the highways of Pennsylvania last year, Micah Hanks has a great write up on giant bat encounters through the years:
…of all places, giant bat-like creatures are often described over America’s skies, though generally speaking, many of this country’s best known cryptozoological mystery-monsters host bat-like traits. Take for instance the membranous wings of the Northern Jersey Devil; or perhaps most famous of all American cryptids, the Mothman of West Virginia, with its large wings and glowing red eyes. Elsewhere in the world, England’s “Owl Man”, essentially a British counterpart to America’s Mothman, is joined by an infamous “vampire” said to have haunted Highgate Cemetery in North London for several decades. Regardless, both of these mysterious European entities bear similarities to America’s most famous fluttering beast, a number of which are indeed bat-like.
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February 5th, 2009 at 5:36 am
I like the idea of giant bats, and have gut feeling that a megafaunal
fledermaus is waiting somewhere on evolution’s list, but I tend to think that most of the reports Hanks cites
are something…other…
Wasn’t the ‘Owlman’ proven to be a hoax
of ‘Doc’ Shiels?