Recorded Sighting #8 - A Plague of Mosquit- Thors Descends (1967)

“Mosqui-Thor Armour MKIV Test (FAILURE)” (1967) – Documented by USAF Photographer Petty Officer Vincent Monroe, at Test Site Delta. Somewhere in Oklahoma.

Although memories of the deadly Mosqui-Thors have faded from public recall, there was a time when they were considered an existential threat to all human life. During the course of the Vietnam War the United States government experimented in creating powerful defoliants. To this end, we are all aware of the poisonous effects of the infamous “Agent Orange”, but very few of us have ever heard about the biology bending, form fluctuating, prodigiously mutagenic “Agent Blue”. Agent Blue was never deployed in combat as the results were deemed too unpredictable and too unsafe. The only recorded test on living subjects was the aerosol dosing of a large swarm of mosquitos at the United States Air Force - Test Site Delta, somewhere in Oklahoma.

Almost instantaneously this cloud of diminutive blood sucking beasties mutated and grew at exponential rates. Now thousands of times the size of a regular Mosquito and incredibly strong the Mosqui-Thors broke containment protocol terrorizing local towns and farmlands. Indeed they were originally dubbed Mosqui-Thors by local residents as the dreaded crackling of their wings would sound like thunder booming out on the horizon.  

This image is an image of failure.Here we see what is left of Lance Corporal Maximilian Boon wearing a USAF MKIV Mosqui-Thor armour suit, unfortunately the suits visor was not resilient enough to keep the ravenous insects piercing proboscis at bay. As a result the hungry Mosqui-Thors turned him to jelly and drank him up like a milkshake, but this sacrifice was not in vain… You will be happy to note that the MKV suit featured a more durable visor material.

Recorded Sighting #9 - The Babel Totem (1987)

“The Babel Totem Passes Above Al-Kufa” (1987) – Photographed by Sami Al-Jubori and submitted to Ritters Reporting Agency.

The Babel Totem (Also known as The Euphrates Event) is still shrouded in mystery. This large ovular structure apparently raised itself from the water at the source of the mighty Euphrates River during the late summer of 1987.  It followed the course of the river itself for 74 days and nights, before eventually disappearing into the sea. As it passed through the villages, towns and cities that populate the riverside many chattering voices could be heard emanating from within. A rattling, babbling, incessant clarion of Sanskrit, Mesopotamian, Ancient Greek, Latin, Navajo, all contemporary international languages as well as long dead and indecipherable tongues. Anyone getting to close to the Babel Totem had their ears and their minds invaded by the intense cacophony, ear protection offered no defence and psyches were shattered by the onslaught of language. Citizens along the river bank succumbed to some form of frenzied mass hallucination, resulting in intense violence and civil unrest. Once it became clear what was happening evacuation procedures were implemented for all settlements in its path.

In the scientific community arguments abound about the nature and origin of The Babel Totem. Some believe that it was extra-terrestrial in origin collecting information on our earthly forms of communication. Others claim that it was the foundation stone of the Tower of Babel itself, moved by some unknown meta-physical force to a new resting place at sea.

Recorded Sighting #10 - Lady Assumpta Borgia Godiva (1904)

“Lady Assumpta Borgia Godiva Outside The Last Witchery In Ireland” (1904) – Acquired from the Goldsmith-Solomon Family Archives, original photographer unknown.

Witcheries were once the established formal academies for the training of witches. The locations of these institutions were carefully chosen to coincide with sites of ancient power so to boost the magical potential of their students. For example Salem, Massachusetts was home to one of histories most famous and ill-fated Witcheries, an institution which originally trained most of the magic users on the eastern seaboard of Northern America.  The Isle of Skye in Scotland was named for it students who specialized in weather control. Stonehenge in southern England was home to a coven who were said to be able to manipulate rock and stone to construct fantastical structures and Stonehenge itself a student’s summer project.  

Lady A.B Godiva was the master of the last Witchery in Ireland located in wilds of The Burren, County Clare. This academy thought a broad range of magic disciplines, but specialized in communicating with plants and animals.

Lady A.B Godiva is pictured here outside The Burren Witchery shortly before its closure. With the rise of technology the use of magic fell into decline; and although magic is more powerful and offers more control, it requires a huge commitment of time and energy and was therefore inaccessible to most. Also the rigorous training process infused magic throughout flesh and bone transfiguring a witch’s facial features as evidenced in this photograph. This has led to the common misconception that Shamans, Witches and other magic users wore masks during rites, spells and rituals, where as in fact these were their real faces altered forever by the magic they used.

Recorded Sighting #11 - Mezmeriso The Magnificent (1974)

“Mezmeriso the Magnificent First Emerges From a Magicians Hat” (1974) – Photographed by audience member Perry Calfer at the Hocus Focus Lounge, Downtown Los Angeles.

Most people are under the false impression that when a Magician pulls a Rabbit from his hat, that this is merely some kind of trick. What they fail to realize is that each of these hats actually contains a small inter-dimensional wormhole; they are conduits to an alternate plain of existence which seems to be entirely populated by White Rabbits. Magicians have been pulling Rabbits from hats as the centrepiece of their acts since time immemorial; in fact many would also pull Rabbits from their hats at home to sell on to pet stores, thus generating a supplementary income. And until one fateful night at the Hocus Focus Lounge in L.A this practice was deemed completely harmless.

As I am sure you may have noticed all Rabbits are to some degree hypnotic, but when Mezmeriso the Magnificent was pulled from a hat by some guileless Magician, the world experienced something new. Audience members instantaneously fell under the vice like mental grip of this mesmerizing beast, and the situation quickly escalated as they dragged members of the public off the street who upon witnessing Mezmeriso also fell directly under his spell. This continued for hours until the alarm was raised, but by this time Mezmeriso had already amassed thousands of followers.

The whole affair ended several weeks later at a compound in the Mojave Desert with a botched military intervention. Among the smouldering ruins investigators discovered that Mezmeriso and his followers had been constructing a large scale portal of the kind found in a Magicians headwear. Presumably in preparation for an invasion from the Rabbit Dimension

Recorded Sighting #12 - Jojo The Astral-naut (1998)

“Jojo the Astralnaut Salutes All Earthlings” (1998) – Still taken from a ZNN News report live from Reims Cathedral, France.

On December 8th 1998 visitors to the Historic Reims Cathedral were treated to quite a light show. Spindles of electricity crackled along the walls and shafts of light of all wavelengths within the visible spectrum, shone brightly from the spot where the altar had been just moments ago. Then suddenly with a window shattering boom the veil between this world and another temporarily tore open. A strange mechanical pod appeared as if from nowhere hissing, humming and radiating heat.

Jojo the Astralnaut stepped forth. Jojo claimed to be an intrepid explorer from another world and repeatedly “Saluted All Earthlings”, demanding an audience with our leaders. A battery of tests confirmed that Jojo was a non-terrestrial being, but also found that due to subtle differences in particle decay from both his person and his vehicle he could not be of this universe. World leaders were curious and he was granted a formal audience with the U.N. where he “Saluted All Earthlings” before eating several ambassadors. Since this incident Jojo and the high tech transport pod that he arrived in have been detained at the United Nations –Containment Site Zero near the South Pole. To this day we have no idea where he arrived from, but Cathedrals around the world remain on high alert for signs of inter-dimensional rifts.

Recorded Sighting #13 - The Reptilian Mafia (1954)

“An Impromptu Meeting of the Boys of the Reptilian Mafia” (1954) - Photo taken by Mrs Gertrude Pinafore from her second story apartment, Ashbury Avenue, New Jersey.

This picture amazingly captures the elusive Don Carmine Chameleon, his enforcer Big George Komodo, Capo Salvatore “Sal” Salamander and others in one shot. The Reptilian Mafia were a prominent criminal syndicate who ran bookmaking, extortion, and smuggling. They also controlled the market and the trade of the powerful narcotic Toad Venom which plagued both New Jersey and inner city New York in the 1950’s.

Brutally violent and savagely loyal to their organisation they presented unique challenges to local and national law enforcement agencies. Compounding the problem was the fact that members of different species could lay claim to different abilities. That could include changing colour and swift wall climbing to evade capture; or in a tight spot making use of a tough bulletproof hide, or even a darting tongue which was often used to disarm officers of the law before they had an opportunity to fire.  These days the Reptilian Mafia have disappeared from the streets, some claim that this is down to effective law enforcement. Others claim that they have simply moved up in the world, becoming involved in banking, white collar crime and even that they have infiltrated the upper echelons of political life.

Recorded Sighting #14 - Negasus the Inverticorn (1936)

“Negasus the Inverticorn Drains the Happiness and Wonderment from Mrs. Elizabeth Jeffrey Barnstaple” (1936) - Shot taken by Martin Jeffrey Barnstaple in the bedroom of their home on Bannister Street, Withernsea, U.K.

We have all heard of the magical wonder of that rare mystical animal the Unicorn. Yet thankfully many of us have never encountered or even learned of its darkling twin. Only one Inverticorn has ever been known to exist in our world and its name is Negasus. Instead of a singular distinctive glistening horn, Negasus has a deep indentation in its forehead; and it is this deep pit, between its eyes that gives the creature its name. Here exists a pure negative space, a zero point of true nothingness, which draws all joy, magic, motivation, wonder and hope out from those who peer into it. It would in fact be correct to classify the Inverticorn as a form of Equine Vampire which feeds upon the emotional life-force of its human victims. 

In this incredible image we can see that Negasus having attacked its victim in her sleep is now mid-feed, draining the joy and wonderment out of Mrs. Elizabeth Jeffrey Barnstaple like it is chomping down on a tasty bag of oats. This whole event was recorded by her husband Martin Jeffrey Barnstaple who amazingly went to get his camera instead of help; but there are those who live on Bannister Street that have suggested that Martin was involved somehow. A charge he dually denies. Yet Martin had been seen meeting with unusual robed figures, at odd hours, in strange locations. Perhaps the Inverticorn was intentionally summoned to the Barnstaple residence that fateful night. What sinister forces were at work? Who were those hooded figures? Why didn’t Martin try to help? We will probably never know to these questions.

Recorded Sighting #15 - A Shadow Walks the Moon (1984)

“A Mysterious Shadow Wanders Alone Across the Sea of Tranquillity” (1984) - Image recorded by the European Space Agency RX211 “Artemis” Lunar Probe.

The operators of the ESA RX211 “Artemis” nearly had a massive collective heart attack when during a routine fly over of the Sea of Tranquillity they recorded this massive shadow wandering alone upon the surface of the moon. From this image it is hard to discern if the shadowy figure had physical substance or was a more ghostly energetic presence, but one thing is for sure, that shadow was aware. In the moments after this image was captured the Artemis probe passed within view the Shadow. Upon catching sight of the Artemis its glaring white eyes lit up with a piercing recognition, and it reached its hand outwards towards the earthly satellite before letting out a forlorn, grief stricken cry.

The whole experience chilled the ESA Command Centre staff to the bone. The figure even though it was several kilometres tall they considered, in shape and movement it was distinctively human. Yet it was the heartrending emotional resonance of its pained and lonely cry that finally convinced everyone . . . that although it seemed like a completely impossible claim, the Shadow was human. International efforts were rallied, sensors and radio telescopes deployed. The Artemis was set to pass above the Sea of Tranquillity every six hours; messages were broadcasted from Earth in every conceivable language, but to no avail, this was the one and only time the Shadow was spotted. No further attempts were ever successful in locating the Man on the Moon.

Recorded Sighting #16 - The Giga-Giraffe (1958)

“A Group of Holiday Makers Taking Refuge from a Giga-Giraffe” (1958) -Photograph taken by famous wildlife documentary maker Sir Davis Rattenboro, at the Nairobi National Park, Kenya.

Here we can see a large group of holiday makers cowering for refuge in a Lakosa Tree after an unexpected encounter with a Giga-Giraffe. Giga-Giraffes are not officialy residents of the Nairobi National Park, but as they can get to over 600 meters tall and may weigh over 24 tonnes no man made walls can realistically prevent them from entering the bounds of the reserve. Indeed some have been known to cross oceans with their feet touching the bottom. This beautiful shot was taken by the world famous British wildlife documentary maker Sir Davis Rattenboro from a safe distance with a telephoto lens. Honouring his strict policy of non-intervention, he let nature take its course. Here is a snippet of his original narration of the incident:

“The Lakosa Tree is quite tall, but it will not provide these holiday makers with adequate refuge. The ravenous young Giga-Giraffe will dine out this evening on humans and khaki shirts. He will likely move on to fresh hunting grounds by morning . . . only those in the upper branches will survive. “

While this was a fascinating and rare encounter, the BBZ decided that the footage was too graphic and therefore chose to cut this segment from the final documentary. It was consigned to the BBZ archives for over 60 years and has only seen the light of day now.

Recorded Sighting #17 - Lux: Radiant Goddess of Colour (1901)

“Lux the Goddess of Colour and Light Consumes a Sacrificial Offering of Moose Meat” (1901) - Photographed by a Lux Summoning Festival Participant Joyce Neumann at Prism Lake, Ontario, Canada.

Lux the Goddess of Colour lived within the waters of Prism Lake, Ontario for longer than recorded history allows us to obtain. An aural history of the native peoples of Ontario describes the summoning of Lux as the annual event marking mid-summer for thousands of years. When coaxed to the shoreline with a traditional offering of moose meat and errant festival goers Lux bathed the entire landscape in a richness and vibrancy of colour which defied description.

So deep was the experience of colour in the presence of Lux that summoning festival participants were often known see colours that had heretofore gone unknown to human perception. In combination others even heard, tasted, smelled and touched (known as going full spectrum) such unbelievably rich experiences of colour that they were known to lose and find their minds again in matter of minutes.

It stands a testament to the profoundly colourful nature of the festival that this Photograph of Lux was captured in 1901 on a Hasselblod Monochrome Photo-Plate. Even though it was physically impossible for any kind of Photo- Plate at that time to register anything other than Black and White, Lux and her radiance still translated in glorious colour to the final image; although to a much reduced degree. In 1972 the festival was banned and the secretive Monster Containment Bureau airlifted Lux to the United Nations – Containment Site Zero at the South Pole for further study. No one has experienced her radiance since.

Recorded Sighting #18 -The Clockwork Arsonist (2013)

“The Clockwork Arsonist Strikes Again” (2013) – Still from video footage taken by Channel 8 camera operator Rin Kishimi at a blaze in the Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.

Clockwork Fire-fighters were originally devised by the genius Japanese inventor and mechanical engineer Ichiro Matsuyama as a cunning way of reducing danger to human lives. With their introduction manned fire brigades were soon replaced with thousands of these whirring automatons; constructed with tungsten cogs and hardened metal limbs, these steely sentinels could survive backdrafts and building collapses. Teams of these finely engineered robots demonstrated perfectly synchronized movements, and a single brigade of Matsuyama’s new ticking fire tamers could bring even the most ferocious blaze under control within a matter of minutes.

Yet amongst the thousands which rolled off the production lines, there was one whose clockwork heart ticked along to a different beat. A rogue sentinel who desired to see all fires flourish, not fade. Even though this mechanical man was evaluated by the Matsuyama Inc. quality control department and marked for destruction, he broke his bonds and made good his fiery escape by burning down the factory behind him. Thus began the hunt for the Clockwork Arsonist, so far the decade long firestorm of serial blazes have seared their way into the national consciousness and forced the closure of Matsuyama Inc. Japanese police and security services have come close to capturing him many, many times but the Clockwork Arsonist always seems to be just one beat ahead.

Recorded Sighting #19 - The Grephalunt (1924)

“A Stray Grephalunt Chases Down Some Children” (1924) – Picture taken by amateur photographer Alina Petrov on Gorokhovaya Street, St. Petersburg, Russia.

While an Elephant never forgets, The Grephalunt stores the memories of others. Grephalunts are large, unwieldy, highly intelligent and carnivorous beasts who can consume a small human in one quick gulp! When Grephalunts digest their human meal they are not only nourished by the flesh, but they experience a quick flood of all that individuals’ memories and life experiences, incorporating them and making them their own. Even without devouring a person, Grephalunts can skim a human’s memory just by getting within a certain proximity. This trait along with their remarkable skill in manipulation, and prodigious talent for mimicking human voices has placed Grephalunts at the centre of some of the most elaborate identity frauds in recorded history.

Indeed the great Chicago Circus Heist of 1933 was perpetrated by a Grephalunt working with a crack team of con artists. Posing as an extravagant travelling circus, the team got to work inviting the cities old moneyed families and fresh captains of industry to view their incredible array of daring feats. During the act the Grephalunt wearing a fake trunk and posing as innocent elephant toured the ring, skimming the affluent audience for account details, locations of invaluable items and blackmailable information. Little did the cities elite know that their accounts were soon to be cleaned out, stash houses burgled and that extortionate blackmail demands would arrive in the post.

Recorded Sighting #20 -The Crystalline Rhinoceros (2015)

“A Crystalline Rhinoceros Bursts Out Through the Earth’s Crust” – Documented by Dr. Beatriz Torres of the Ecuadorian Geological Society at Mount Cotopaxi, Ecuador.

It may seem ridiculous now, but up until very recently scientists have believed the absurd notion that the Earth’s continents rode around on the backs of vast unseen plates of rock, and that somehow these “plates” would shift position under our very feet. The movement, tension between and collision of these various plates was even used as an explanation for the unpredictable nature of earthquakes, as well as their frequency in certain areas of the globe. Earthquakes and volcanic activity were more common where two of these plates met, or so the theory went.

What we now know is that there are vast cavernous tunnel networks existing deep beneath the Earth’s crust, and in certain areas these tunnels do come quite close to surface. These tunnels are populated by a race of gargantuan Crystalline Rhinos; these are humongous beasts of mountainous mass. These hulking animals tend to stampede about in great herds, and given their unbelievable size and weight if a stampede of Crystalline Rhinos stomps its way through the tunnels beneath your city; it’s really going to rattle your teeth. And of course if you live in an area where their tunnels reach closer to the surface, this effect will be magnified.
This amazing image captures the only moment on record in which a Crystalline Rhino smashed through the roof of the tunnel system and emerged briefly into the light of day. This recent discovery has turned Geological Science on its head, and begs question, what else lives down there?

Recorded Sighting #21 - Patty Hearse (1971)

“Patty Hearse the Demonic Queen of Food Poisoning Takes a Cigarette Break” – Image captured at a branch of Coco’s Cafeteria, Oklahoma by food safety inspector Wilbur Butte.

Once upon a time there was no such thing as food poisoning, sure food would go off, it would start to smell and taste disgusting, but it never made you sick. That was until a mysterious incident took place in the blistering summer heat of 1968. A large refrigerated truck full of meat was hijacked by a small band of cultists who drove it to a secluded area. Once there they switched off the refrigeration unit, formed a circle and preformed some kind of dark ritual.

A heady mixture of cloying heat, burgeoning bacteria and black magic caused the spoiling meat to congeal into an almost human form, this is how the demon Pata’xi Heerze was summoned into this world. The demonic moniker was soon shortened to Patty Hearse by those who encountered her nauseating influence. For a meat patty is what she gives you, and you’ll probably end up in a hearse.

Since this incident the demon has divided and multiplied exponentially, disguising herself as food service workers, refrigerator technicians, meat packers and anyone else that might provide easy access to foodstuffs for her disease laden hands. This is her agenda, for that is how the demon grows, divides and multiplies. So remember if you have ever had anything from a peaky tummy to explosive bowel movements after a questionable meal, then you have had a real encounter with the Demon Patty Hearse.

Recorded Sighting #22 -The Milky Way Child / The Cosmic Hellion (1959)

“The Cosmic Hellion Destroys Cruise Ships at Anchor in the Bay of Biscay” – Photograph taken from the shoreline by innocent bystander Laurent Atelier.

The Milky Way Child, known to his family as Josh Cicero was once the innocent mascot of a popular chocolate bar, his blond locks and cowboy get up were the flagship features of one of the most successful advertising campaigns in T.V history, a wholesome childhood hero, adored by all. Yet sometimes it’s the astounding cruelty of fate that twists our idols into the greatest villains of all.

During a routine tour of one of his company’s exploratory chocolate laboratories, Josh lost his footing on a gantry and plummeted over thirty meters into a broiling vat of experimental Dark Matter Chocolate. Through a process we will never really understand the hyper-dense cosmic confectionary would infuse itself into Joshes heart, bringing a deep bitterness that was light years beyond whatever the darkest, rarest, purest coca-bean was ever capable of. Coated in scorching hot, super heavy chocolate, innocence died like a collapsing star.

What rose from the bubbling vat was no longer Josh Cicero, nor The Milky Way Child. A terror to behold, The Cosmic Hellion was born. Capable of flying faster than a jetliner and shooting hellish dark matter rays through his very eyes, The Cosmic Hellion wrought deadly destruction from the deep blue sky. Here we see The Cosmic Hellion characteristically angry at the enjoyment of others destroying cruise ships anchored in the Bay of Biscay. His reign of terror ended one autumn evening when the secretive Monster Containment Bureau managed to trap him in some kind of specially shielded magnetic cocoon. He now resides at the South Pole with the other mysterious residents of the United Nations – Containment Site Zero.

Recorded Sighting #23 - The Vicious (1981)

“A Vicious Gang Member Hangs About By London Bridge” – Photograph taken by a brave member of the general public Ashley Andrews.

The Vicious gangs first crawled up from London’s deepest dankest sewers and flooded into its streets sometime during the mid-seventies. At first these violent and unpredictable fiends hunted alone, carrying out nocturnal muggings just to steal food and clothing; but before long they had organized into groups of roving gangs, warring over territory at both the street level as well as down below in the murky sewers, service tunnels and abandoned London Underground Stations.

Tenacious, cunning, remarkably strong and with a penchant for brutal acts of violence; by the early eighties the Vicious were wreaking havoc all over the city, on a daily basis. In point of fact the word Vicious originated during this time as an attempt to describe their horrendously aggressive nature. As the crisis deepened, the city centre came to a standstill; people were afraid to venture out into the streets after dark and the London Underground was completely abandoned as the tunnels and stations were totally overrun.

Only after a series of long, drawn out, subterranean military interventions were the Vicious finally pushed back from the surface and this crisis brought under control. But we do not know of their origin, and the roads below run deeper than you can imagine. There are dark corners down there that have gone unseen by human eyes for centuries; and believe you me, the Vicious are still down there somewhere, biding their time, making their plans and sharpening their teeth.

Recorded Sighting #24 -The Fortified Auto-Zeppelin (1869)

“Two Ladies Stare On In Silent Horror as a Fortified Auto-Zeppelin Patrols the Alps” – Daguerreotype taken by local mountain guide Matteo Altermat.

Although all traces have been redacted from official history books, there was once briefly, a tiny and extremely powerful nation located high in the Alps named Blickensderferburg; and it was founded in 1868 by the megalomaniacal Swiss watchmaker and part-time cuckoo clock enthusiast Dr.Gerhard Blickensderfer.

Dr. Blickensderfer was unquestionably a genius, and from the fireside in his small log cabin he set in motion an ambitious plan for global domination. Starting from a collection of detailed blueprints which he had been developing for most of his adult life he set to work constructing a formidable fleet of Fortified Auto-Zeppelins (FAZ’s).

Coming equipped with hardened hulls, turrets and a gigantic cannon the FAZ’s could level an entire city centre with one blast; and upon completion each of these dreaded automated airships set forth from the mountainsides heading for any nearby cities and population centres. Blickensderfer had also seen fit to install powerful loudspeaker systems to repeatedly blare his demands into the eardrums of those below. So the plan went, the FAZ’s would hold cities and towns to ransom, extorting money, materials and labour from the local populace under threat of destruction; these resources would be ploughed back into the construction of more FAZ’s and the cycle would continue until every city in the world was under the influence of Blickensderferburg and its FAZ’s.

Blickensderfer’s scheme lasted for just over a year before the effected cities finally carried out a risky, co-ordinated plan to bring down all the FAZ’s in one fell swoop. At exactly midnight on September 22nd 1869, the populations of every ransomed city set loose thousands upon thousands of explosive laden kites which battered and destroyed the belligerent balloons. With his FAZ’s totally disabled, Blickensderfer was eventually captured and sentenced to death.

Recorded Sighting #25 - The Bosporus King (1462)

“The Bosporus King Assaults Old Constantinople” – A rare illustration of the devastating assault of the Bosporus King on Constantinople, created by the Ottoman Empire’s chief cartographer Master Ekrem Demir.

The Bosporus King was one of Earths last sacred serpents and the undisputed ruler of the Bosporus strait which links the Black Sea to the Sea of Marmara. This gigantic winged creature lived in a vast underwater cave system below the strait where it would hibernate for many years. Upon awakening it would traverse land, sea and air, sometimes ranging north to raid Crimea, departing south to lay waste to the port of Alexandria, and there are even records of it harrying towns and villages along the east coast of Italy. Along with its vast size this aquatic beastie could also store huge volumes of water in its enormous throat sacs, and when on the attack it was capable of spraying this water in an intense, focused high pressure stream that could sever a ship in two.

For the most part though, the Bosporus King was kind to its neighbours in the City of Constantinople, even utilizing the water in its throat sacs to help extinguish the great fire of Constantinople in 1208. Nobody knows for certain what changed, but a monster historian’s best guess points to the completion of a new sewer network beneath the city in 1466. This marvel of engineering collected together the entire city’s human waste and channelled it into the same cave system which was home to the sleeping King.

Awoken and enraged this mighty creature arose from the waters and assaulted the city for twelve days and nights, causing massive flooding and huge damage to everything and everyone in its path. The battle finally ended when a gigantic rock launched by the most powerful catapult in the Ottoman arsenal struck the King square between its eyes, putting this sacred serpent back to sleep for good.

Recorded Sighting #26 - Jarl Jamison Sandoval IV (1911)

“Jarl Jamison Sandoval IV Welcomes Some Explorers to His Palatial Ice Caves” – Photograph taken by the famous explorer Sir Shackleton Crean and his team during an expedition to northern Greenland.

There is only one king in the north, and his name Jarl Jamison Sandoval IV. At over fifteen meters tall this stately and intelligent figure hails from the Sandoval line of rulers and spirit animals, who have guided the peoples of northern Greenland for centuries; he is also the only creature in our archives to hold international diplomatic immunity.

From his palatial ice caves high in the frozen tundra, Jarl Jamison Sandoval IV provides the world with a vital service. Using his family’s traditional crozier the Jarl controls Arctic weather systems and manages glacial flows, but this work has become far more stressful in recent years as the Jarl battles to delay the rapid melting of his ancestral home.  

Although this photograph was taken by the famous Arctic explorer Sir Shackleton Crean in 1911, Jarl Jamison Sandoval IV is still going strong as these spirit animals have a life span of several centuries. In fact he is not expected to hand down his title to his son Jarl Jamison Sandoval V until sometime in 2175. Curiously this year marked the historic occasion of his first ever visit to the Parliament of Greenland on the islet of Nuuk; where he travelled by helicopter to object to the auctioning of Greenland to foreign interests.

Recorded Sighting #28 -The Shimmering Warp (1906)

“Siberian Mountain Rangers Scout Close to the Shimmering Warp” – Documented by Maj. Egor Kandinsky near the Podkamennaya Tunguska River, Russia.

The true nature of the Shimmering Warp remains a mystery to this very day. The Warp was originally discovered by eminent Tsarist cartographer Yuri Balashnikov whilst surveying the expansive wastes of eastern Siberia. At the source of the Tunguska River, this enigmatic anomaly was discovered hanging in the sky like a misshapen star. The Warp would bend, twist and distort everything that entered it . . . light, sounds, magnetic fields, migrating birds; reflecting these things back in bizarre and unexpected forms.

Bored and on patrol, Siberian Rangers would commonly shout across the valley into the Warp. The distorted reflection of their own voices coupled with echoes from the valley walls made for unusual, hilarious and sometimes beautiful sounds. Still the really special properties of the Warp had yet to be discovered. The story goes that one day during a routine patrol a young Ranger who was confounded by some kind of trouble in his life, shouted a question across the chasm towards the scintillating abnormality. Moments later the solution to his problem boomed back, loud, clear, and rebounding off the valley walls in his very own voice.

Nobody knows how it worked, but very soon anybody with the means; whether they be Regents, Sultans, Presidents, Industrialists or Celebrities flocked to the Shimmering Warp in search of solutions to their most intractable problems. And for a time the Warp delivered . . . but it soon became clear that with each passing question the anomaly was becoming more unstable, the shimmer was fading and the distortion was growing. Local authorities tried to cordon off the area, planning to preserve the Warp for only the truly important questions.

Still those desperate for answers would always find a way of getting close. So it was on the night of June 30th 1908 when one of these interlopers questions finally broke the Warp. This fatal last query destabilized the anomaly and caused it to cascade in upon itself, releasing a huge blast of explosive energy. The energy released by the death of the Shimmering Warp levelled over 2,000sq kilometres of woodland and we now know that it was the real source of the famed Tunguska event.

Recorded Sighting #30 - Uluru The Devil of Darwin (1996)

“Uluru The Devil Of Darwin Tears The Rooves Off Many Houses On Gothenburg Crescent” – A quick shot taken by local journalist Martin Dunnymate of the Darwin Daily Record, Darwin, Australia.

Despite a constant stream of warnings from Aboriginal Clevermen that the great mountain Uluru should be protected from the destructive transit of trampling tourists, the Australian government refused to take action. Ayers Rock which is also known by the native peoples of Australia as Uluru used to be one of the highest peaks in the world, but because of the sheer volume of people who have traversed its slopes in the last 50 years it has now been reduced to a mere nub, one tenth of its original size. In fact most of the sands in the central deserts of Australia are simply the eroded remnants of this once mighty mountain.

What tourists, hikers and the Australian government had failed to appreciate was that while Uluru was the Aboriginal name for their sacred mountain, it was also their name for the beast that lived within it. "Uluru Protector of the Mount" angered at the demolition of his holy home, rampaged and wrought destruction from Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park all the way to Darwin on the northern coast; where he earned his new name "The Devil of Darwin".

This powerful beast did not harm a single human in its path, but instead tore the roof off every house that fell within its sight. Poetic justice visited on those who had worn away the ceiling of his underground abode. Unfortunately for Uluru, the South Pole is not far away and the Monster Containment Bureau dispatched on the double to subdue him.

He now spends his days confined to another underground space at the South Pole, beneath the United Nations – Containment Site Zero.

Recorded Sighting #27 -The Assagioli Ascension Device (1994)

“The Assagioli Ascension Device Spirits Away an Unknown Hitchhiker” – Roadside photograph by passing driver Mrs Beatrice Honk on the Laramie Plains, Wyoming.

Dissatisfied with the humdrum nature of his day to day existence, the celebrated Italian artist, experimental physicist and dedicated mystic Enrico Umberto Assagioli first contrived his Ascension Device as a means for travelling to new and uncharted planes of existence. Somehow this strange device floats freely; unhindered by gravity and crucially it features at its base a plain silver hatch which acts as a sort of otherworldly door.

Only one device was ever constructed, and by Assagioli himself. Although many have tried, no one has ever managed to replicate it. As while the device’s external appearances are easy to comprehend, its internal architecture is so complex, that to behold the device’s inner machinations results in a profound state of confusion and insanity. Neither is Assagioli with us to provide counsel or instruction upon the nature of its construction, as upon its completion he disappeared through the device’s silver hatch post haste and vanished from our world forever.

Since his mysterious disappearance this roaming portal has been floating free, scouring the globe. Moving seemingly at random, and utilizing a powerful tractor beam it has been known to capture wayward humans and innocent bovines; drawing them upwards through its silver hatch, teleporting them onwards to destinations unknown. The device is actually estimated to account for a whopping 1.6% of all reported UFO sightings. While some individuals are abducted by chance; other lonely souls wander through the fields, under the night-time sky in hopes of contact with the device, and a chance at being transported away to another world.

Recorded Sighting #29 - The Samurai Beetle (1972)

“The Samurai Beetle Dances Among the Flames of War” – Aerial photograph taken by Capt. Vincent “Fenrir” Johansson from the cockpit of his F4- Phantom directly after a napalm strike on the Ho-Chi Minh Trail, Vietnam.

The Samurai Beetle is a nigh on unstoppable beast. Born under the blessing of Mars, this monster is a pitiless, blood thirsty manifestation of war. All throughout history, at any major conflict, the Samurai Beetle has been sighted. Some monster historians have even suggested that the Samurai Beetle was instrumental in igniting some of the deadliest conflagrations the world has ever known.

Older than blood, this warmongering insect was said to have stoked Genghis Khan’s hunger for conquest; to have had its black hand in the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand, the starting pistol for World War I. It was said to have whispered designs for the first Atom Bomb in Robert Oppenheimer’s ear and urged Nikita Khrushchev to build missile silos on Cuba.

It glories and gorges itself on the violent energies which are emergent on the field of battle, finding the taste of human suffering and sacrifice delectable. Furthermore when it opens its back to reveal its true face within, a fog of war descends whipping any living thing nearby into a violent blood frenzy.

This bug is one nasty piece of work; it’s connected with every major arms manufacturer, cosy with all the dictators and tyrannical heads of state, a true creature of carnage and the original patron of terror. Still, The Samurai Beetle traverses the globe creating conflict with impunity; no one steps in to stop it, because one thing is for sure this vermin’s influence goes right to the top.

Recorded Sighting #31 - The United Nations - Containment Site Zero (2019)

“United Nations - Containment Site Zero from 5km inside the Security Perimeter.” – This very risky reconnaissance photograph was snapped just days ago. Credit for this shot must go to our very own head of field operations, and extreme environment survival specialist Capt. Sven Kitfox.

Established in 1955 by the United Nations in an effort to combat and contain growing international concern about the variety, volatility and volume of mysterious beasts which were stalking the globe. Containment Site Zero is the headquarters of the secretive Monster Containment Bureau (MCB) and the largest most advanced facility of its type in the world. With a talent pool paralleled only by our own research team, some of the top scientists and monster specialists from every country have been sequestered here to Containment Site Zero, working for the MCB.

Containment Site Zero was located at the South Pole under advisement from the then UN Head of Monster Research Dr. Richard Burgess; as not only did the frozen wasteland of Antarctica provide a uniquely isolated position; but Dr. Burgess had also devised an ingenious machine to harness the Earth’s magnetic field at the pole in such a way as to keep these immensely powerful beasts contained.

From this icy fortress the MCB track, capture and cruelly experiment on every creature they can lay their hands on hoping to extract secrets and incredible new technologies. The Cosmic Hellion, Lux, Jojo the Astralnaut and Uluru the Devil of Darwin are only the ones that we know of. What other terrors have they buried down there, deep beneath the ice and snow?

Although this site is officially under the auspices of the United Nations, there are many questions about what really happens here . . . and for the last thirty years operations have been outsourced to a shadowy organisation.

Who are the MCB? Who benefits from their research? Are they really the good guys? What is their ultimate aim?