List of cryptozoologists
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Here follows a list of notable researchers and writers in the field of cryptozoology
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Cryptozoology
Cryptozoology refers to the search for animals whose existence has not been proven...
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- Erik Beckjord, BigfootBigfootBigfoot, also known as sasquatch, is an ape-like cryptid that purportedly inhabits forests, mainly in the Pacific Northwest region of North America. Bigfoot is usually described as a large, hairy, bipedal humanoid...
researcher - deceased - John BindernagelJohn BindernagelJohn A. Bindernagel is a wildlife biologist who has sought evidence for Bigfoot since 1963. He published a book in 1998 entitled North America's Great Ape: the Sasquatch ....
, Bigfoot researcher; author of North America's Great Ape: the Sasquatch - Tom BiscardiTom BiscardiCarmine Thomas Biscardi is a cryptozoology enthusiast, Las Vegas promoter, internet radio host, and film producer. He describes himself as the "Real Bigfoot Hunter"...
, Bigfoot researcher - Mark ChorvinskyMark ChorvinskyMark Chorvinsky was a stage magician, entrepreneur, filmmaker and writer, but he was best known as the founder, editor and publisher of Strange Magazine and the website.He was born in 1954 to Irma and Milton Chorvinsky....
, creator of Strange Magazine - deceased - Jerome ClarkJerome ClarkJerome Clark is an American researcher and writer, specializing in unidentified flying objects and other anomalous phenomena; he is also a songwriter of some note....
, co-author of Cryptozoology A to Z - Ronan CoghlanRonan CoghlanRonan Coghlan is an Irish writer living in Bangor, County Down in Northern Ireland.Coghlan was born Dublin in 1948. He graduated from Trinity College, Dublin ....
, author Dictionary of Cryptozoology and Cryptosup. - Loren ColemanLoren ColemanLoren Coleman is an author of books on a number of topics, including cryptozoology, who was born in 1947 in Norfolk, Virginia and grew up in Decatur, Illinois.-Education:...
, author of Bigfoot!: The True Story of Apes in America, Tom Slick: True Life Encounters in Cryptozoology, Mysterious America, Mothman and Other Curious Encounters; coauthor of Cryptozoology A to Z, The Field Guide to Bigfoot, Yeti, and Other Mystery Primates Worldwide, The Field Guide to Lake Monsters, Sea Serpents, and Other Mystery Denizens of the Deep, and other books - William R. CorlissWilliam R. CorlissWilliam Roger Corliss was an American physicist and writer who was known for his interest in collecting data regarding anomalous phenomena. Arthur C. Clarke described him as "Fort's latter-day - and much more scientific - successor."-Biography:Starting in 1974, Corliss published a number of works...
, general anomalistAnomalisticsAnomalistics is the use of scientific methods to evaluate anomalies , with the aim of finding a rational explanation. The term itself was coined in 1973 by Drew University anthropologist Roger W...
; has collected reports of unknown hominds and other cryptids - René DahindenRené DahindenRené Dahinden was a well-known Bigfoot researcher.Dahinden was born in Switzerland but moved to Canada in 1953, where he would live for the rest of his life...
, Bigfoot researcher -deceased - Tim DinsdaleTim DinsdaleTimothy Dinsdale, ARAeS was famous as a seeker of the Loch Ness Monster. He attended King’s School, Worcester, served in the Royal Air Force and worked as an aeronautical engineer. He was survived by his wife, Wendy Dinsdale and four children.Tim believed Nessie was real, and he was eager to...
, Loch Ness MonsterLoch Ness MonsterThe Loch Ness Monster is a cryptid that is reputed to inhabit Loch Ness in the Scottish Highlands. It is similar to other supposed lake monsters in Scotland and elsewhere, though its description varies from one account to the next....
researcher -deceased - Jonathan DownesJonathan DownesJonathan Downes is a cryptozoologist, author, film-maker, journalist, composer and singer-songwriter, with a background in radical politics and mental health care. He is Director of the Centre for Fortean Zoology.His father, the explorer and Colonial Service Officer J. T...
, founder of Centre for Fortean ZoologyCentre for Fortean ZoologyCentre for Fortean Zoology is an organisation dedicated to cryptozoology, and allied disciplines. It is a non-profit organisation registered with the British Government, and its Hon. Life President is the British explorer John Blashford-Snell.... - Richard EllisRichard Ellis (biologist)Richard Ellis is an American marine biologist, author, and illustrator. He is a research associate in the American Museum of Natural History's division of paleontology, special adviser to the American Cetacean Society, and a member of the Explorers Club. He was U.S...
, marine life artist; author of The Search For The Giant Squid - Paul FreemanPaul Freeman (cryptozoologist)Paul Freeman was an American Bigfoot hunter who claimed to have discovered Bigfoot tracks showing dermal ridges...
, Bigfoot researcher - deceased - Richard Freeman, researcher affiliated with Centre for Fortean ZoologyCentre for Fortean ZoologyCentre for Fortean Zoology is an organisation dedicated to cryptozoology, and allied disciplines. It is a non-profit organisation registered with the British Government, and its Hon. Life President is the British explorer John Blashford-Snell....
- Josh Gates, researcher, TV host
- Ken GerhardKen GerhardKen Gerhard is an American cryptozoologist often featured on the History Channel, Travel Channel, A&E, National Geographic Channel and truTV...
, Big Bird researcher/author - Bob GimlinPatterson-Gimlin filmThe Patterson-Gimlin film is a famous short motion picture of an unidentified subject the film makers purported to be a "Bigfoot", that was supposedly filmed on October 20, 1967, by Roger Patterson and Robert Gimlin on the Klamath River outside of Orleans,...
, with Roger Patterson, allegedly filmed Bigfoot in 1967 - Rex GilroyRex GilroyRex Gilroy is an Australian who has published books and articles on cryptids and unexplained or speculative phenomena. His work has focused on yowie reports, 'out of place' animals, UFOs, and propositions regarding a 'lost' Australian civilization...
, AustraliaAustraliaAustralia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n cryptozoologist focused on the MegalaniaMegalaniaMegalania is a giant extinct goanna or monitor lizard. It was part of a megafaunal assemblage that inhabited southern Australia during the Pleistocene, and appears to have disappeared around 40,000 years ago...
and the YowieYowie (cryptid)Yowie is the term for an unidentified hominid reputed to lurk in the Australian wilderness. It is an Australian cryptid similar to the Himalayan Yeti and the North American Bigfoot....
. - John Willison Green, Bigfoot researcher
- J. Richard Greenwell, secretary of the International Society for CryptozoologyInternational Society for Cryptozoology-History:The International Society of Cryptozoology was founded in 1982 in Washington, D.C. to serve as a scholarly center for documenting and evaluating evidence of unverified animals; that is, animal species or forms which have been reported in some manner but which have not been scientifically...
- deceased - Bernard HeuvelmansBernard HeuvelmansBernard Heuvelmans was a Belgian-French scientist, explorer, researcher, and a writer probably best known as "the father of cryptozoology"...
, author of On the Track of Unknown Animals; "father of cryptozoology" - deceased - Fredrick William HolidayFredrick William HolidayFredrick William Holiday, also known as "Ted Holiday" was a British journalist, angler, cryptozoologist, and wildlife specialist....
, Loch Ness MonsterLoch Ness MonsterThe Loch Ness Monster is a cryptid that is reputed to inhabit Loch Ness in the Scottish Highlands. It is similar to other supposed lake monsters in Scotland and elsewhere, though its description varies from one account to the next....
researcher - deceased - John KeelJohn KeelJohn Alva Keel, born Alva John Kiehle was an American journalist and influential UFOlogist best known as author of The Mothman Prophecies.-Biography:...
, MothmanMothmanMothman is a legendary creature reportedly seen in the Point Pleasant area of West Virginia from 15 November 1966 to 15 December 1967. The first newspaper report was published in the Point Pleasant Register dated 16 November 1966, entitled "Couples See Man-Sized Bird...Creature...Something"...
researcher - deceased - Alexandr Mikhailovych KondratovAlexandr Mikhailovych KondratovAlexandr Mikhailovych Kondratov was a Russian linguist, biologist, journalist and poet. He wrote many books on subjects as various as ancient and modern languages, history, mathematics, paleontology, geology, cryptozoology, Atlantis, and he also wrote poetry...
, Russian scientist, author of books about lake monsters, living dinosaurs and many more - deceased - Grover KrantzGrover KrantzGrover Sanders Krantz was a professor of physical anthropology at Washington State University, perhaps most famous to the general public as one of the few scientists not only to research Bigfoot, but also to express his belief in the cryptid's existence...
, mainstream physical anthropologistPhysical anthropologyBiological anthropology is that branch of anthropology that studies the physical development of the human species. It plays an important part in paleoanthropology and in forensic anthropology...
known for his interest in Bigfoot - deceased - Willy LeyWilly LeyWilly Ley was a German-American science writer and space advocate who helped popularize rocketry and spaceflight in both Germany and the United States. The crater Ley on the far side of the Moon is named in his honor.-Life:...
, author of Exotic Zoology - deceased - Roy MackalRoy MackalRoy P. Mackal is a retired University of Chicago biologist best known to the general public for his interest in the Loch Ness Monster and other cryptozoological entities.-Academic background:...
, University of ChicagoUniversity of ChicagoThe University of Chicago is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It was founded by the American Baptist Education Society with a donation from oil magnate and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller and incorporated in 1890...
professor known for interest in Loch Ness Monster and Mokele mbembe - Scott MarloweScott MarloweScott Gregory Marlowe was a versatile American actor of film, television, and stage, who was born and died in Los Angeles, California.-Early film career:...
, Swamp Ape researcher and founder of Pangea Institute - Jeff Meldrum, Idaho State UniversityIdaho State UniversityIdaho State University is a public university located in Pocatello, Idaho. It has outreach programs in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho Falls, Boise, and Twin Falls....
anatomyAnatomyAnatomy is a branch of biology and medicine that is the consideration of the structure of living things. It is a general term that includes human anatomy, animal anatomy , and plant anatomy...
professor; Bigfoot researcher - Reinhold MessnerReinhold MessnerReinhold Messner is an Italian mountaineer and explorer from Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol "whose astonishing feats on Everest and on peaks throughout the world have earned him the status of the greatest climber in history." He is renowned for making the first solo ascent of Mount Everest without...
, mountaineer; author of My Quest for the YetiYetiThe Yeti or Abominable Snowman is an ape-like cryptid said to inhabit the Himalayan region of Nepal, and Tibet. The names Yeti and Meh-Teh are commonly used by the people indigenous to the region, and are part of their history and mythology...
- skeptic - Marc Wolfgang MillerMarc Wolfgang MillerMarc Edward Wolfgang Miller, born in Lancaster, Ohio a doctor of neuro-psychology. A world renowned explorer and author. Dr Miller was chief of neuropsychology at Good Samaritan Hospital for 25 years and currently in private practice. He has led over 30 expeditions around the world in search of...
, explorer, author of Chasing Legends & The Legend Continues - Robert W. Morgan, author & film producer, co-founded the American Anthropological Research Foundation, and produced the feature-length documentary film, "The Search for Bigfoot" in 1974.
- Darren NaishDarren NaishDarren Naish is a vertebrate palaeontologist and science writer. He obtained a geology degree at the University of Southampton and later studied vertebrate palaeontology under British palaeontologist David Martill at the University of Portsmouth, where he obtained both an M. Phil...
, University of PortsmouthUniversity of PortsmouthThe University of Portsmouth is a university in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England. The University was ranked 60th out of 122 in The Sunday Times University Guide...
, vertebrate palaeontologist, researcher on aquatic cryptids - John NapierJohn Napier (primatologist)John Russell Napier, MRCS, LRCP, D.Sc. was a British primatologist, paleoathropologist, and physician, who is notable for his work with Homo habilis and OH 7, as well as on human and primate hands/feet...
, primatologistPrimatologyPrimatology is the scientific study of primates. It is a diverse discipline and researchers can be found in academic departments of anatomy, anthropology, biology, medicine, psychology, veterinary sciences and zoology, as well as in animal sanctuaries, biomedical research facilities, museums and zoos...
and Bigfoot researcher - deceased - Rory NugentRory Nugent (writer)Rory Nugent is an American explorer and writer. He was based out of New Bedford, Massachusetts from 1988 to 2004.-Biography:Nugent was born in New York. After he graduated from Williams College in 1975, he went to sea aboard freighters and canvas-fliers. He sailed solo across the Atlantic Ocean...
, Mokele mbembe researcher - Anthonie Cornelis Oudemans, Sea serpentSea serpentA sea serpent or sea dragon is a type of sea monster either wholly or partly serpentine.Sightings of sea serpents have been reported for hundreds of years, and continue to be claimed today. Cryptozoologist Bruce Champagne identified more than 1,200 purported sea serpent sightings...
researcher - deceased - Roger PattersonPatterson-Gimlin filmThe Patterson-Gimlin film is a famous short motion picture of an unidentified subject the film makers purported to be a "Bigfoot", that was supposedly filmed on October 20, 1967, by Roger Patterson and Robert Gimlin on the Klamath River outside of Orleans,...
, with Bob Gimlin, allegedly filmed Bigfoot in 1967 - deceased - Robert Michael PyleRobert Michael PyleRobert Michael Pyle is a lepidopterist and author who has published twelve books and hundreds of papers, essays, stories and poems. He has a Ph.D. from the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies at Yale University. He founded the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation in 1974...
, author of Where Bigfoot Walks: Crossing the Dark Divide - Ivan T. SandersonIvan T. SandersonIvan Terence Sanderson was a naturalist and writer born in Edinburgh, Scotland, who became a naturalized citizen of the United States. Sanderson is remembered for his nature writing and his interest in cryptozoology and paranormal subjects.-Biography:Born in Scotland, Sanderson traveled widely in...
, celebrity zoologist/anomalist; author of Abominable Snowmen: Legend Come to Life - deceased - Esteban SarmientoEsteban SarmientoEsteban Sarmiento is a primatologist and functional anatomist. His main field of study is the skeletons of hominoids, both extinct species and extant species....
, Bigfoot researcher - Peter ScottPeter ScottSir Peter Markham Scott, CH, CBE, DSC and Bar, MID, FRS, FZS, was a British ornithologist, conservationist, painter, naval officer and sportsman....
, conservationist; coined a scientific name for the Loch Ness Monster - deceased - Karl ShukerKarl ShukerKarl P. N. Shuker is a British zoologist, cryptozoologist, and author living in the West Midlands, England. He works as a full-time freelance zoological consultant, media consultant, and noted author specializing in cryptozoology.- Career :...
, author of Mystery Cats of the World, Dragons: A Natural History, In Search of Prehistoric Survivors, From Flying Toads To Snakes With Wings, Mysteries of Planet Earth, The New Zoo: New and Rediscovered Animals of the Twentieth Century, The Beasts That Hide From Man, Extraordinary Animals Revisited, and other books - Tom SlickTom SlickThomas Baker "Tom" Slick, Jr. was a San Antonio, Texas based inventor, businessman, adventurer, and heir to an oil business. Slick's father, Thomas Baker Slick, Sr., a.k.a. "The King of the Wildcatters", had made a fortune during the Texas oil boom of the 1920s.-Career:During the 1950s, Slick was...
, adventurer who funded searches for Bigfoot and other cryptids - deceased - Roderick SpragueRoderick SpragueRoderick Sprague is a renowned American anthropologist, ethnohistorian and historical archaeologist, and the Emeritus Director of the Laboratory of Anthropology at the University of Idaho, where he taught for thirty years...
, Bigfoot researcher