media — cryptids

There are two kinds of people in late August: those labeling notebooks for the new school year, and those staring at a blurry photograph asking, “What exactly am I looking at?” Naturally, we prefer both. Welcome to Edition 5 of The Bizarre & Beyond, our Saturday tour through real news, strange sightings, and the wonderfully unusual corners of everyday life. This week’s unofficial syllabus includes a mysterious figure in an upstate New York pond, headlamp-wearing explorers beneath New York City, and one Virginia bedroom guest who arrived without making a reservation. Grab your metaphorical hall pass. Class is in session....