Dave Goudsward
@goudsward.bsky.social
Author of 25 NF books on cryptozoology, Lovecraft studies, pop horror, and PreColumbian Folderol (some II'll even admit to). Really more a sea serpent enthusiast than general cryptid fan. Occasionally plays an expert on TV.
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Found an old report posted on a Tripod crypto page, prior to 2003. Description matches Dover Demon, seen at a rCharles River tributary downriver of the 1977 DD report. OP, 15 years old at sighting, but infers awhile back. Doesn't mention the date, or her name. & she doesn't seem to equate it to DD.
August 4, 2026 at 12:42 AM
Found an old report posted on a Tripod crypto page, prior to 2003. Description matches Dover Demon, seen at a rCharles River tributary downriver of the 1977 DD report. OP, 15 years old at sighting, but infers awhile back. Doesn't mention the date, or her name. & she doesn't seem to equate it to DD.
The annual tradition here on July 4 is to say a silent prayer before turning on the radio, hoping to find a station not playing the same tired jingoistic crap.
July 4, 2026 at 2:46 PM
The annual tradition here on July 4 is to say a silent prayer before turning on the radio, hoping to find a station not playing the same tired jingoistic crap.
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Reconstruction of the 1932 Grobler/Johanson case: the original ‘Kassaisaurus’ report including photographs and its later transformation into the pop-cultural ‘Kasai Rex’ motif. Review of Schomburgk’s ‘Chimpekwe’ accounts in context. globsterblobsandmore.com/more/kassais...
Kassaisaurus from Congo, 1932: Johanson Hoax, ‘Chimpekwe’, and the Later ‘Kasai Rex’ - Globster, Blobs and more
In July 1932, the South African Franz Grobler reported in the Cape Argus on his investigations in Central Africa concerning a creature referred to by local populations as the ‘Chepekwé’ or ‘water lion...
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June 6, 2026 at 7:51 PM
Reconstruction of the 1932 Grobler/Johanson case: the original ‘Kassaisaurus’ report including photographs and its later transformation into the pop-cultural ‘Kasai Rex’ motif. Review of Schomburgk’s ‘Chimpekwe’ accounts in context. globsterblobsandmore.com/more/kassais...
Tonight's reading material is "Entrepreneurial and Cultural Aspects of the Early-Nineteenth-Century Circus and Menagerie Business" in Dublin Seminar for New England Folklife Annual Proceedings #9 (1984), Itinerancy in New England and New York.
June 5, 2026 at 1:10 AM
Tonight's reading material is "Entrepreneurial and Cultural Aspects of the Early-Nineteenth-Century Circus and Menagerie Business" in Dublin Seminar for New England Folklife Annual Proceedings #9 (1984), Itinerancy in New England and New York.
Had a meeting with our financial advisor for long term plans.
Is it a good thing when all scenarios for affording our old age involve me stepping in front of a speeding bus for the life insurance money?
Is it a good thing when all scenarios for affording our old age involve me stepping in front of a speeding bus for the life insurance money?
May 31, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Had a meeting with our financial advisor for long term plans.
Is it a good thing when all scenarios for affording our old age involve me stepping in front of a speeding bus for the life insurance money?
Is it a good thing when all scenarios for affording our old age involve me stepping in front of a speeding bus for the life insurance money?
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Thanks, Christopher Hitchens.
May 28, 2026 at 5:48 PM
Thanks, Christopher Hitchens.
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Actual conversation:
"Wait, there's a Kim Possible porn game?"
Well, technically. It's an AVN set in the series with humor, a sidekick, and a naked mole rat."
"But it's a kiddie cartoon!"
"Rule 34 exists for a reason. There are TV toon-based AVNs that will destroy your childhood memories forever
"Wait, there's a Kim Possible porn game?"
Well, technically. It's an AVN set in the series with humor, a sidekick, and a naked mole rat."
"But it's a kiddie cartoon!"
"Rule 34 exists for a reason. There are TV toon-based AVNs that will destroy your childhood memories forever
May 26, 2026 at 10:16 PM
Actual conversation:
"Wait, there's a Kim Possible porn game?"
Well, technically. It's an AVN set in the series with humor, a sidekick, and a naked mole rat."
"But it's a kiddie cartoon!"
"Rule 34 exists for a reason. There are TV toon-based AVNs that will destroy your childhood memories forever
"Wait, there's a Kim Possible porn game?"
Well, technically. It's an AVN set in the series with humor, a sidekick, and a naked mole rat."
"But it's a kiddie cartoon!"
"Rule 34 exists for a reason. There are TV toon-based AVNs that will destroy your childhood memories forever
Today's T-Shirt I wish I owned:
I BET YOUR BIRTHSTONE
IS A CRACK ROCK
I BET YOUR BIRTHSTONE
IS A CRACK ROCK
May 17, 2026 at 7:11 PM
Today's T-Shirt I wish I owned:
I BET YOUR BIRTHSTONE
IS A CRACK ROCK
I BET YOUR BIRTHSTONE
IS A CRACK ROCK
Developed a revised retirement plan with my financial advisor. The short version is that if I reach 92, and my wife is still alive, I need to step in front of a speeding bus for the life insurance.
I should've read the marriage license more closely.
I should've read the marriage license more closely.
May 16, 2026 at 4:25 AM
Developed a revised retirement plan with my financial advisor. The short version is that if I reach 92, and my wife is still alive, I need to step in front of a speeding bus for the life insurance.
I should've read the marriage license more closely.
I should've read the marriage license more closely.
The latest issue of the Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts (37.1) is out and includes "The Un-Simplification of a Great Man: Review of Adventurous Liberation," Kat Kerestman's most generous thoughts on my latest Lovecraft book.
April 17, 2026 at 11:48 PM
The latest issue of the Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts (37.1) is out and includes "The Un-Simplification of a Great Man: Review of Adventurous Liberation," Kat Kerestman's most generous thoughts on my latest Lovecraft book.
At 6 AM, the dog woke me up to go out. He then went back to bed. At 9 AM, I had to get him up to feed him before I ran errands. He begrudgingly got up, ate and went back to bed.
It's 12:30. He's now napping in my office.
I never really understood the "It's a dog's life" expression until today.
It's 12:30. He's now napping in my office.
I never really understood the "It's a dog's life" expression until today.
April 11, 2026 at 4:40 PM
At 6 AM, the dog woke me up to go out. He then went back to bed. At 9 AM, I had to get him up to feed him before I ran errands. He begrudgingly got up, ate and went back to bed.
It's 12:30. He's now napping in my office.
I never really understood the "It's a dog's life" expression until today.
It's 12:30. He's now napping in my office.
I never really understood the "It's a dog's life" expression until today.
You buy a book knowing it was self-pub, because that doesn't have the stigma it once had. Then you get a 600+ page monstrosity in left-justified, monospaced font with 1.15 line spacing and illustrations that appear to be multi-generation photocopies.
Could've been 300 pages, properly formatted.
Could've been 300 pages, properly formatted.
March 18, 2026 at 7:07 PM
You buy a book knowing it was self-pub, because that doesn't have the stigma it once had. Then you get a 600+ page monstrosity in left-justified, monospaced font with 1.15 line spacing and illustrations that appear to be multi-generation photocopies.
Could've been 300 pages, properly formatted.
Could've been 300 pages, properly formatted.
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This is the news the BHL community had been waiting for: the answer to BUT WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TO THE BHL WEBSITE? We've been overwhelmed by outpourings of excitement and relief from BHL users across the globe – thank you #FieldMuseum! #ILoveBHL #BHLTransition
March 15, 2026 at 10:35 PM
This is the news the BHL community had been waiting for: the answer to BUT WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TO THE BHL WEBSITE? We've been overwhelmed by outpourings of excitement and relief from BHL users across the globe – thank you #FieldMuseum! #ILoveBHL #BHLTransition
Friendly reminder:
If you bite a snake and you die, it was poisonous.
If the snake bites you and you die, it was venomous.
Either way, you are dead and you really should've quit messing around with snakes.
If you bite a snake and you die, it was poisonous.
If the snake bites you and you die, it was venomous.
Either way, you are dead and you really should've quit messing around with snakes.
March 13, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Friendly reminder:
If you bite a snake and you die, it was poisonous.
If the snake bites you and you die, it was venomous.
Either way, you are dead and you really should've quit messing around with snakes.
If you bite a snake and you die, it was poisonous.
If the snake bites you and you die, it was venomous.
Either way, you are dead and you really should've quit messing around with snakes.
I am tracking down a citation that should never have been cited, let alone used in a book. 6 subdirectories in the URL, half all upper case, 5 tildes and underscores. I haven't seen a URL this bad since AOL bought Geocities.
March 11, 2026 at 3:19 PM
I am tracking down a citation that should never have been cited, let alone used in a book. 6 subdirectories in the URL, half all upper case, 5 tildes and underscores. I haven't seen a URL this bad since AOL bought Geocities.
I have a lot of research material in the form of booklets and pamphlets that are too easily lost or scattered on the shelves. So I put them in a loose leaf binder to keep them all together.
Naturally, I can't find the binder when I need it.
Naturally, I can't find the binder when I need it.
March 5, 2026 at 4:12 PM
I have a lot of research material in the form of booklets and pamphlets that are too easily lost or scattered on the shelves. So I put them in a loose leaf binder to keep them all together.
Naturally, I can't find the binder when I need it.
Naturally, I can't find the binder when I need it.
Cornish vicar Robert Stephen Hawker collected local folklore, preserving it in book form. He also created fakelore
Baring Gould notes the cleric would swim out in the sea & climb a rock. He'd put on a seaweed wig & wrap an oil skin to resemble a tail, then combed his hair while singing to the shore
Baring Gould notes the cleric would swim out in the sea & climb a rock. He'd put on a seaweed wig & wrap an oil skin to resemble a tail, then combed his hair while singing to the shore
March 2, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Cornish vicar Robert Stephen Hawker collected local folklore, preserving it in book form. He also created fakelore
Baring Gould notes the cleric would swim out in the sea & climb a rock. He'd put on a seaweed wig & wrap an oil skin to resemble a tail, then combed his hair while singing to the shore
Baring Gould notes the cleric would swim out in the sea & climb a rock. He'd put on a seaweed wig & wrap an oil skin to resemble a tail, then combed his hair while singing to the shore
KDP raised costs on smaller pubs, so I'll be declaring my monograph series out of print. Right now, recordkeeping costs more than any profit I make.
"Lovecraft and the Great Altar Stones of New England" and "The Westford Knight: A Selective Bibliography" will officially go OOP in March.
"Lovecraft and the Great Altar Stones of New England" and "The Westford Knight: A Selective Bibliography" will officially go OOP in March.
February 25, 2026 at 3:13 PM
KDP raised costs on smaller pubs, so I'll be declaring my monograph series out of print. Right now, recordkeeping costs more than any profit I make.
"Lovecraft and the Great Altar Stones of New England" and "The Westford Knight: A Selective Bibliography" will officially go OOP in March.
"Lovecraft and the Great Altar Stones of New England" and "The Westford Knight: A Selective Bibliography" will officially go OOP in March.
Referred to the Bridgewater Triangle today as "the Mulligan Stew of the paranormal."
I almost feel sorry for my editor at the publishing house.
I almost feel sorry for my editor at the publishing house.
February 24, 2026 at 3:20 AM
Referred to the Bridgewater Triangle today as "the Mulligan Stew of the paranormal."
I almost feel sorry for my editor at the publishing house.
I almost feel sorry for my editor at the publishing house.
I spent the afternoon digging holes and burying the decomposing iguanas.
And how is your valentine's day?
And how is your valentine's day?
February 14, 2026 at 8:36 PM
I spent the afternoon digging holes and burying the decomposing iguanas.
And how is your valentine's day?
And how is your valentine's day?
Oneof the biggest disappointments in my life was when I discovered BEAT BOBBY FLAY was just a cooking program.
February 2, 2026 at 6:35 PM
Oneof the biggest disappointments in my life was when I discovered BEAT BOBBY FLAY was just a cooking program.
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Monster Quest is back and packed with artificial intelligence – Sharon A. Hill
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Monster Quest is back and packed with artificial intelligence
The iconic series Monster Quest has rebooted for its 5th season in 2026. Unsurprisingly, the AI sequences are the least misleading part of the presentation.
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January 24, 2026 at 6:51 PM
Monster Quest is back and packed with artificial intelligence – Sharon A. Hill
sharonahill.com/monster-ques...
sharonahill.com/monster-ques...
Unboxing day is the bestest day.
January 15, 2026 at 1:52 AM
Unboxing day is the bestest day.