Living Dinosaurs with Alex Brecher | Talking Weird #37

Alex Brecher is an international communications expert, writer and documentary filmmaker. After graduating in communication and film studies in France, Alex embraced a career in international development, working with various international organizations in Central Asia, the Middle East, Africa and the Pacific.

He lived for three years in Cameroon, during which time he shot two feature-length documentaries, MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE and THE EXPLORER.

In THE EXPLORER Alex documents cryptozoologist Michel Ballot's attempts to find the legendary Mkele-Mbembe, deep in the Congo basin. The creature is described as resembling a sauropod dinosaur!

You can watch THE EXPLORER here: Vimeo.com/ondemand/theexplorerfilm

Alex visits with Dean to talk about his fascinating film, the dangers of the Congo, evidence which he has documented of the Mokele-Mbembe's existence, and details about the plans he has for another expedition to find the elusive cryptid!