New Series of "Finding Bigfoot" to Feature Search for the Mapinguari

The special two-part opener for the seventh series of Finding Bigfoot will see the team searching the Amazon Rainforest for the Mapinguari.

The description given by TVRuckus reads: "This month, in the two-hour premiere episode, the FINDING BIGFOOT team is in the heart of the Amazon Rainforest in Brazil, hoping to come face-to-face with a mapinguari, Brazil’s bigfoot-like legend. To locate the mysterious creature, the team travels hundreds of miles up the Rio Negro and through the perilous jungle while simultaneously warding off deadly snakes and jaguars in the darkest hours of night. The team is confident its signature North American bigfoot calls can lead to a sighting of Brazil’s beast."

Considering the success Pat Spain had on Beast Man with David Oren's Mapinguari call, it's somewhat doubtful a North American Bigfoot call will work. Nothing ever actually gets found on Finding Bigfoot anyway.

The first episode will air on Sunday, May 31, at 9 p.m, on Animal Planet.

Rash of Chupacabra Livestock Attacks in Brazil

Brazil isn't the usual place to see El Chupacabra, but in the last few weeks, there has been a rash of livestock killings in Bahia, Brazil, which seem to match the typical Chupacabra M.O..

Lost "White City of the Monkey God" Found in Honduras?

An expedition to find the lost "White City", or "City of the Monkey God" has found the ruins of an ancient city in Mosquitia, Honduras. The team says it is too soon to positively say whether the ruins are those of the White City or not.

A total of fifty-two artefacts have been found so far, but the team is not exacating the site yet. Among the artefacts is a statuette of a were-jaguar.

Their search began in 2012, when topological studies and aerial laser-mapping revealed man-made plazas in the area. The exact location of the site has not been released, as the team fears "looters" may take the artefacts.

Berry Pickers in Kapok Forest Reserve see Mapinguary

According to a new report, a group of acai berry pickers in the Kapok Forest Reserve claim to have seen a Mapinguary.

In what appears to be only the second documented Mapinguary sighting of the century, the anonymous eyewitnesses say that they heard a loud scream whilst picking berries, and began to imitate it. However, they realised that the sound was coming from nearby, and soon noticed "a creature dark in colour", two feet high and with only one eye. They fled, and apparently did not sleep for the following week.

Needless to say, a two foot-high Mapinguary has never been reported before. If the story is true, and the animal is a Mapinguary, it could have been a youngster, like the ones allegedly raised by an Indian tribe in the 1980's. This does seem likely, given the fact that it did not attack the berry-pickers.

Of course, this is assuming that the sighting is genuine, and the animal was a Mapinguary, either sloth or ape.

Uncontacted Tribe Discovered in the Amazon

Earlier in the month, a previously uncontacted tribe emerged from the Amazon, seeking help after a raid by a Colombian drug cartel.

In Brazil, seven naked tribesmen armed with bows emerged, asking for weapons and allies. They claimed that a group of non-Indians, probably drug dealers, attacked their tribe, massacring most of the older men. Many of the younger men caught a respiratory disease from the outsiders, a common problem.

In Peru, about one hundred natives came out from the jungle.

Amazon Expeditions Since 2010 Discover at Least 441 New Species

Caqueta titi monkey or Callicebus caquetensis, a 'purring' monkey.
Image credit The Guardian.

At least 441 new species of animal have been discovered in the Colombian areas of the Amazon Rainforest from 2010 to 2013. These discoveries include include a herbivorous piranha relative and a monkey that purrs like a cat.