TPW Magazine September Preview
Thursday, August 19th, 2010This is Passport to Texas
The fall hunting forecast and feral hogs are two stories that loom large in the September issue of Texas Parks and Wildlife magazine. Editor Louie Bond says another story not to be missed deals with some scary characters.
We have a great story this month from Mike Cox, who talks about cryptids; it’s a term for legendary and mythical creatures. Of course, usually we talk about real science here, and I must stress, this is probably more imaginary than anything else. But we do get a lot of calls about some of these creatures.
One of the earliest was the wild woman of the Navidad, whose sightings were first reported in the 1830s. It eventually wound up in print in 1924 in a volume edited by J. Frank Dobie, of a gigantic woman with a large club who wondered through the woods. Sort of a Bigfoot, but a female version.
The one we get the most calls about here is the office is the chupacabra. And, of course, we interview our own mammalogist, John Young, to find out—what are these animals that people keep finding. And his theory is basically is that they’re foxes or coyotes with mange. But we do get photos and lots of phone calls about these creatures.
I learned about a new creature in this story called the Lechuza, which is found in South Texas—or supposedly found, I should say—part bird, part bruja, or witch. So, there’s a lot of really cool creatures, which hopefully you won’t encounter on your hunting trip.
The September issue of Texas Parks and Wildlife Magazine is on newsstands now.
That’s our show… For Texas Parks and Wildlife…I’m Cecilia Nasti.
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