Nat Geo Launched a Free Website for Printing Detailed Topographical Maps

The folks at National Geographic just did a solid favor for all the adventurous outdoor photographers out there. They put every US Geological Survey (USGS) topographical map from across the United States on one easy-to-navigate site and made them easy to print out at home.
If you’ve ever gone hunting topo maps via the USGS, you know that it can be a bit of a pain because, not only is finding the quad you’re looking for more difficult, the PDFs they have available aren’t formatted for standard printer paper.

The National Geographic website solves both of these issues. First, the homepage greets you with a searchable, interactive map: all you have to do is search for or zoom in on the area you’re looking for. Then, once you find your quad, just click on it and a printable PDF loads right up.

It’s incredibly easy. I pulled this one up in a matter of seconds.

The North American Cryptid Map

Dan Meth / Via BuzzFeed

CANADA & ALASKA:
Iliamna Lake Monster (Alaska): A wolf-headed orca first spotted by indigenous tribes.
Waheela (Northwest Territories, Canada): giant wolf, possibly prehistoric.
Adlet (Hudson Bay, Canada): a tribe of dog-men, from Inuit legends.
Wendigo (Canada): a cannibalistic creature known to steal the characteristics of the animals and humans that it’s
Memphre (Quebec, Canada): a long-necked lake monster.
Shuswaggi (British Columbia, Canada): an enormous snake-like lake creature.
Ogopogo (British Columbia, Canada): an enormous snake-like lake creature.
Turtle Lake Monster (Saskatchewan, Canada): a dog/pig/horse hybrid lake creature.
Manipogo (Manitoba, Canada): another serpentine lake creature.
NORTHEASTERN USA:
Champ (Lake Champlain, New York & Vermont): one more serpentine lake creature.
Jersey Devil (New Jersey): a winged goat demon.
Dover Demon (Massachusetts): a large-eyed humanoid seen in April 1977.
MIDWEST USA:
Beast of Bray Road (Wisconsin): a bear/wolf-like humanoid.
Frogman (Loveland, Ohio): a humanoid frog.
Oklahoma Octopus (Oklahoma): A giant octopus, rumored to be found in freshwater lakes.
NORTHWEST USA:
Batsquatch (Mount St. Helens, Washington): A winged-humanoid.
Sasquatch(Pacific Northwest): also known as Bigfoot, the ape-like humanoid and most famous of all cryptids.
Sharlie (Idaho): A serpent-like lake monster.
Tessie (Lake Tahoe, CA): A serpent-like lake monster.
Bear Lake Monster (Idaho): A dinosaur-like lake monster
SOUTHWEST USA:
Mogollon Monster (Arizona): a Bigfoot-like humanoid.
Skinwalker (Southwestern U.S.): a Native American legend of shape-shifting humanoids that some have claimed to witness.
Thunderbird (Western U.S.): giant birds
Ozark Howler (Midwestern U.S.): a horned cat/bear hybrid that is known to let out a terrifying wail.
Lake Worth Monster (Texas): a vicious goat-man.
Chupacabra (Puerto Rico, Mexico, Southwest): a bloodsucking creature first sighted in 1995. Descriptions vary from a scaly reptile to a dog-like kangaroo.
SOUTHEAST USA:
Pope Lick Monster (Kentucky): a horned goat-man known to be found near railroad trestles.
Altamaha-ha (Georgia): a sea-monster known to live in mouths of Georgia’s rivers.
Swamp Ape (Florida): also known as the Skunk Ape. A furry humanoid creature.
Scape Ore Swamp Lizard Man (South Carolina): A reptilian humanoid.
Mothman (West Virginia): a winged humanoid with glowing eyes.

"Paranormal" sighting reports?

In 2015, MABRC Senior Field Researcher Jim "Biggjimm" Whitehead did an analysis of as many paranormal sites as he could locate online for possible misidentifications on reports turned into those sites.

What he discovered was that an amazing number of reports being turned in were more than likely due to Bigfoot activity.  So far, he has completed Oklahoma, and plans on doing all 50 states.  Here is the sighting report map he put together.

And as an added bonus, we also present his 2015 Oklahoma Bigfoot Symposium presentation where he discusses this analysis that he did.

MABRC Sighting Report Maps

Courtesy of the MABRC

A few years ago, the MABRC put together a large number of Sighting Report Maps listing the Class "A" sighting reports from all the major research groups.  The MABRC has allowed us to post them here for everyone to check out.