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Bernard Heuvelmans (10 October 1916 – 22 August 2001) was a Belgian - French scientist, explorer, researcher, and writer probably best known, along with Scottish-American biologist Ivan T. Sanderson, as a founding figure in the pseudoscience and subculture of cryptozoology. [2] His 1958 book On the Track of Unknown Animals (originally ...
B. Cliff Barackman, host of Finding Bigfoot [2] Henry H. Bauer (b. 1931), American chemist, professor, and Loch Ness Monster researcher [3] Jon-Erik Beckjord (1939–2008), American cryptozoologist and ufologist. Ryan Bergara (1990–Present), American cryptozoologist and internet personality. John Bindernagel (1941–2018), Canadian wildlife ...
Academic background. Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 1925, Mackal served in the United States Marine Corps during World War II before attending the University of Chicago, where he received his B.S. in 1949 in Biology and his Ph.D in Zoology under the direction of Lloyd Kozloff. [2] in 1953. He spent the rest of his academic career with Chicago ...
Cryptozoology is 'the study of hidden animals' (from Ancient Greek: κρυπτός, kryptós "hidden, secret"; Ancient Greek ζῷον, zōion "animal", and λόγος, logos, i.e. "knowledge, study"). The term dates from 1959 or before— Heuvelmans attributes the coinage of the term cryptozoology to Sanderson. [2][5] Following cryptozoology ...
Karl Shuker (born 9 December 1959) is a British zoologist, cryptozoologist and author. He lives in the Midlands, England, where he works as a zoological consultant and writer. [1] A columnist in Fortean Times and contributor to various magazines, Shuker is also the editor-in-chief of the Journal of Cryptozoology, which began in November 2012
Loren Coleman (born July 12, 1947) is an American cryptozoologist, author and television personality who has written over 40 books on a number of topics, including cryptozoology. [1] He is also the President, Founder and leading Director of the International Cryptozoology Museum in Portland, Maine. [1]
The International Society of Cryptozoology (ISC) was an organization dedicated to the field of cryptozoology founded in 1982 in Washington, D.C. It ceased to exist in 1998. It was founded to serve as a center for documenting and evaluating topics of interest to cryptozoologists. [1][2] The study of such animals is known as cryptozoology, and ...
Richard Freeman (born 1970) is a cryptozoologist, author, zoological journalist, and WebTV Presenter. He is also the zoological director of the Centre for Fortean Zoology (CFZ), [1][2] and co-edits both the journal, Animals & Men[2] and several editions of the annual CFZ Yearbook. [citation needed] Freeman has written, co-written, or edited a ...