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	Cryptozoology
		Cryptozoologists tend to be the ones responsible for disproving their own objects of study.
		A common example among cryptozoologists for why their field is important is the coelacanth, a prehistoric fish.
		Cryptozoologists point this out to demonstrate that there are many unexplored regions of the world left, and that remote exotic locations or specialized ecosystems untouched by man can contain life we didn't expect to find.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/cr/Cryptozoology.html (345 words)

	Cryptozoology - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Cryptozoologists point these out to demonstrate that there are many unexplored regions of the world left, and that remote exotic locations or specialized ecosystems relatively untouched by man may contain unexpected life.
		A cryptozoologist may propose that an interest in reports of animals does not entail belief, but a detractor might counter that accepting unsubstantiated sightings without skepticism is itself a belief.
		A cryptozoologist must also address the sudden appearance and disappearance of sightings of the proposed animals, for example the Loch Ness monster was not commonly reported until the 1930s.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cryptozoologists (2047 words)

	The Cryptid Zoo: A Menagerie of Cryptozoology
		Cryptozoologists look for creatures like sea serpents and the yeti, hoping to gather enough evidence to prove that these beings exist.
		Since most cryptids have remained in the realm of the mythical, the main job of cryptozoologists is not to prove that a certain cryptid exists, but rather to collect and analyze as many sightings as possible in order to determine if the available evidence is strong enough to keep the question open.
		Because cryptozoology is by definition a speculative science, cryptozoologists often rub shoulders with folklorists, Forteans, paranormal investigators and creationists, whether they want to or not.
	www.newanimal.org (793 words)

	Discover the Wisdom of Mankind on cryptozoology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		A cryptozoologist may propose that an interest in such a phenomenon does not entail belief, but a detractor will reply that accepting unsubstantiated sightings is itself a belief.
		Cryptozoologists tend to be responsible for disproving their own objects of study.
		Cryptozoologists point out that natives often know a great deal more about their immediate environment (and the animals that inhabit it) than western investigators, and therefore suggest that, even today, thus far unproven tales and traditions regarding unknown undescribed animals in native folklore should not be summarily dismissed in the same way.
	www.blinkbits.com /blinks/cryptozoology (1857 words)

	Cameron's Cryptozoology Page
		Cryptozoologists typically have some training in a field related to Cryptozoology, but I think some self-educated persons may also qualify.
		For the most part, Cryptozoologists are mostly interested in creatures that look quite unlike any known species, and are thus likely to be new species.
		Some Cryptozoologists could be categorized as "believers", and have all of the problems associated with keeping a closed mind on the subject.
	www.geocities.com /capedrevenger (1156 words)

	A Critical Approach to Cryptozoology
		Thus the argument goes: in order to ensure accuracy in cryptozoology, research on sasquatch should be done by a primatologist or physical anthropologist, and research on sea serpents should be done by a marine biologist, preferably one who has good knowledge of both invertebrate and vertebrate marine organisms.
		In too many cases, cryptozoologists base entire theories or promote the existence of a cryptid upon very slim evidence that could easily be explained by some other cause.
		In many cases, cryptozoologists simply do not use sufficient critical thought in their investigations, putting too much weight on anecdotal evidence and pushing forward scientifically unacceptable theories as an explanation.
	www.ncf.carleton.ca /~bz050/criticalcz.html (685 words)

	BFRO Media Article 16
		That's because while cryptozoologists often search for legendary creatures, they also insist on hard, scientific evidence before allowing a "cryptid" into the world of the known.
		Cryptozoologists are having better luck with land-based creatures like Bigfoot.
		Many cryptozoologists believe Bigfoot is a giant, unknown primate--possibly a missing link between humans and our ancestors.
	www.bfro.net /GDB/show_article.asp?id=16 (1173 words)

	Sea Monsters: Sightings, Strandings, and the Ones That Got Away
		The word is contrived from the Greek word krypto, meaning, "hidden." Cryptozoologists study "cryptids," animals whose existence is suggested (by way of eyewitness accounts, folk tales, old manuscripts, relics, etc.) but are not known to science (Monaghan, 1993).
		If one asks Bernard Heuvelmans, James Sweeney, Roy Mackal, or countless other cryptozoologists, the answer would be "Yes!" If you ask Eugenie Clark, Richard Ellis, or many other skeptics, the answer is "No!" or at least a "Not exactly..." A so-called sea monster could be an unknown creature that has eluded scientists so far.
		Cryptozoologists defy other scientists’ skepticism to stalk beasts found in legend, art, and history.
	www.newenglandanomaly.com /stories/sea_monsters.htm (3976 words)

	The Scientists Article
		The primary one, says Greenwell, is that cryptozoologists target a specific animal, while zoologists tend to inventory a geographical area and catalog a new animal if it turns up.
		Cryptozoologists are themselves an endangered species, with only several dozen active investigators, supported by several hundred more who follow their exploits.
		Cryptozoologists seem to be drawn to such long shots.
	www.ncf.carleton.ca /~bz050/HomePage.scza.html (1726 words)

	Where's Bigfoot? - Texas Highways October 2005
		The news also put a twinkle in the eyes of an eclectic group of self-styled cryptozoologists - folks who study animals alleged (but not yet proven) to exist.
		Cryptozoologists also look to the Jefferson-Caddo area - along with bottomlands of the nearby Sulphur River - as an epicenter for alleged Bigfoot sightings, reports of which have circulated for decades.
		The Holy Grail for cryptozoologists appeared in 1967, when Roger Patterson and Bob Gimlin shot a compelling and much-debated short film of a strange creature striding beside a northern California riverbank.
	www.texasbigfoot.com /TXHwys1.html (896 words)

	Cryptozoology and Science (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		I would say no. No self-respecting zoologist would claim that there are no further mammals to be discovered, but neither would he or she claim, with the certainty cryptozoologists often exude, that a particular animal exists without having an actual specimen.
		A new rabbit is not unlikely, but the idea that giant unknown primates, living dinosaurs, huge thunderbirds, and lake monsters share the Earth with us are are fantasies that are at odds with a great deal of accepted paleontological and zoological evidence.
		In many cases, cryptozoologists are too carefree in their conclusions, and don't bother to incorporate scientific data that refutes what they are proposing.
	www.forteantimes.com /exclusive/cryptoscience.shtml (1672 words)

	Cryptozoology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The basic result is 'hidden animal study', the study of creatures that have yet to be discovered.
		Cryptozoologists prefer the term 'hidden' to that of 'unknown', for the people who live near the animal are familiar with it.
		The more popular examples of what cryptozoologists study would be the 'big three': bigfoot, the abominable snowman, and the loch ness monster.
	www.compcamps.com /camps2003/vbarker (313 words)

	The Top 100 Cryptozoologists
		FATE Magazine has commissioned Loren Coleman to do the research, compile, and write the biographies for "The Top 100 Cryptozoologists: The Major Living Personalities Associated with Cryptozoology." You can have input and be part of the project via suggesting those personalities you think should go on the list.
		As with the recent list of top 100 Ufologists, the cryptozoologists on the new list must be living, involved in cryptozoology fieldwork, research and writing, and have had a major influence on the field via their thoughts, theories, works, personality, media impact, peer relationships, and discoveries.
		Cryptozoologists included will be students of various cryptids, including Sea Serpents, Lake Monsters, Yeti, Bigfoot, as well as the lesser known unknown or hidden animals such as the Tsuchinoko, Waitoreke, or the oft-forgotten Tatzelwurm.
	www.lorencoleman.com /top100.html (192 words)

	Cryptozoologists try to separate strange fact from science fiction Insight on the News - Find Articles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		An ability to ferret out the truth clearly is a crucial skill for a cryptozoologist.
		Coleman estimates that 20 percent of the reports he investigates prove to be genuine; the others tend to be cases of mistaken identity or outright hoaxes.
		But of all the undiscovered creatures that have fascinated cryptozoologists and the public, few have received as much attention as bigfoot (or Sasquatch) and the Loch Ness monster.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1571/is_n3_v13/ai_19048251 (848 words)

	FS CryptoCorner: Bigfoot Link to UFOs
		Sasquatch - also known as Bigfoot - is an ordinary flesh-and-blood creature that just happens to have avoided capture, according to the cryptozoologists, or students of hidden animals.
		Stories about Sasquatch and its connection with flying saucers are also staples of supermarket tabloids - a fact that has the cryptozoologists complaining that the paranormals give Sasquatch research a bad name.
		Members of the paranormal wing contend that their opponents' minds are closed and say that is why the cryptozoologists have never been able to produce more than circumstantial evidence - such as alleged footprints - of the creature's existence.
	www.100megsfree4.com /farshores/c_sasq3.htm (533 words)

	PARANOIA - Book Review \| Mothman
		Finally, we can lift the curtain of ridicule surrounding Batsquatch, we can pull up the rug where the Lizardmen are swept, and we can open the "damned" closet to let out the Houston batman and other weirdies that go screech in the night.
		In Coleman's Mothman, we are introduced to the "damned data" of cryptozoology, as Coleman describes it: "an elaborately strange slew of entities haunting the countryside," including large hairy hominids, werewolves, goat-footed beasties, swamp creatures, 3-toed anthropoids, peg-legged bigfoot, birdmen, owlmen and sky serpents.
		Cryptozoologists are the "detectives" who produce evidence that new animals may exist (or extinct animals may not be).
	www.paranoiamagazine.com /mothman.html (410 words)

	The UnMuseum - Water Monster or Wave?
		Both Lake Champlain in North America and Loch Ness in Scotland have been the location of many sightings of what appears to be a strange underwater creature.
		While some cryptozoologists think they may be surviving plesiosaurs from the age of the dinosaurs, a group of physicists believe the sightings at these lakes may be of something else entirely.
		Cryptozoologists have used this to support their theories that these bodies of water are the homes of monsters.
	www.unmuseum.org /mwave.htm (762 words)

	Cryptozoology -- An explanation.
		Many cryptozoologists disagree and think it still lives somewhere in the depths of the sea.
		Due to a lack of solid evidence experts in this area must frequently base their research on little information, and it is only through determination and persistence that tangible results eventually come to light.
		One of the best-known cryptozoologists is Dr Karl P.N. Shuker.
	www.lairweb.org.nz /tiger/crypto.html (1232 words)

	SIGHTINGS
		Sasquatch -- aka Bigfoot -- is an ordinary flesh-and-blood creature that just happens to have avoided capture, according to the cryptozoologists, or students of hidden animals.
		Stories about sasquatch and his connection with flying saucers are also staples of supermarket tabloids -- a fact that has the cryptozoologists complaining that the paranormals give sasquatch research a bad name.
		Members of the paranormal wing contend that their opponents' minds are closed and say that is why the cryptozoologists have never been able to produce more than circumstantial evidence -- such as alleged footprints -- of the creature's existence.
	www.rense.com /ufo4/sas.htm (663 words)

	The Abominable Showman
		The Minnesota Iceman melted mysteriously away after prominent cryptozoologists pronounced it a genuine hominid in the late 1960s.
		Cryptozoologists came as close as they ever have to proving the existence of Bigfoot, when a supposed preserved hominid frozen in a block of ice surfaced in 1968 on the American carnival circuit.
		The prominent cryptozoologists Ivan T. Sanderson and Bernard Heuvelmans headed for Hansen's farm in Minnesota in December 1968.
	www.rfthomas.clara.net /papers/showman.html (2563 words)

	The Cryptid Zoo: Mermaids and Mermen in Cryptozoology: Modern Sightings and Reports
		Mermaids are explained as spirits of the water, as shapeshifters, as a subcategory of fairies, even as a type of demon.
		In the other direction, cryptozoologists sometimes decide to classify other weird humanoids as merfolk, in order to continue their investigations into merfolk without seeming so much as if they are researching a fairy-tale creature.
		Then, these cryptozoologists say that merfolk legends and sightings are actually based on sightings of these other cryptids, or that these other cryptids have been out-competing the more stereotypical merfolk and thus replacing them.
	www.newanimal.org /merfolk.htm (1027 words)

	Sample chapter << 'Backyard Bigfoot' main page << Nonfction << SMP (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		This is the story told by most cryptozoologists.
		This book presents evidence that suggests they have, and that our view of human and Bigfoot origins has been skewed to support the unproven theory of evolution.
		Cryptozoologists prefer to ignore the bizarre sightings, sweeping them into a dark corner where the so-called "lunatic fringe" hides.
	www.slipdownmountain.com /bb-excerpt.html (368 words)

	Straight Dope Staff Report: What's up with cryptozoologists, the guys who investigate mythical beasts?
		But I'm sorry to say that there are very few classes ever given in cryptozoology (I taught one in 1990) and no formal cryptozoology degree programs available anywhere.
		But once someone starts calling themselves a cryptozoologist instead of an anthropologist, they've departed the realm of science.
		Only a fraction of the world's species have been described in the scientific literature, and new critters are being discovered all the time, mostly tiny ones--bugs and worms and such.
	www.straightdope.com /mailbag/mcryptozoo.html (472 words)

	Southern Crypto Conference (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Bigfoot is believable -- according to local and statewide cryptozoologists who met Saturday in Conroe.
		Cryptozoology, the study of known and unknown animals such as the fl panther, ivory billed woodpecker and Bigfoot, is a science that is researched, studied, reported and was enjoyed by area residents at the Conroe Holiday Inn during the Southern Crypto Conference.
		The all-day conference featured presentations by expert cryptozoologists and questions by eager observers.
	www.texasbigfoot.com /conroe_courier1.html (351 words)

	The Top 100 Cryptozoologists - Unexplained Mysteries Discussion Forums
		Best cryptozoologists are the best zoologists that actually believe in their existence !!!
		Loren Coleman has expressed his disgust for Erik Beckjord and his credibility as a cryptozoologist...
		Well, there is the humor aspect to it, as the guy is just a hoot to listen to.
	www.unexplained-mysteries.com /forum/index.php?showtopic=45864 (1208 words)

	Dark Moon Rising - August 2002
		The group that gets the most attention from cryptozoologists, and the public, are animals completely unknown to the scientific community: sasquatch, sea serpents, El Chupacabra.
		The final group consists of animals that are out of place, meaning animals that are far from their known ranges, the most notable being the British Alien Big Cats.
		Bascially, anyone can call his or herself a cryptozoologist, and as a result many people do: from a slightly crazed mountain man operating a roadside Bigfoot museum, to pseudo-commandos hunting Yowi.
	www.darkmoonrising.com /issues/aug02/?FILE=vitd (3444 words)

	Cryptomundo.com
		In 1981, Herman became a well-known African-African cryptozoologist, when, with a NASA designed insignia for his party to wear, he lead TRACE-1, The Regusters African Congo Expedition.
		He braved the wilds of the Congo on a 40-mile, five-day journey through dense, bug filled swamps and jungles to reach Lake Tele, home of Mokele Mbembe, a dinosaur-like creature said to still inhabit the area.
		Furthermore, for reference, see the cryptozoologists’ biographies (including several of those individuals who have passed away) that are collected as the entries written in 1999, in Cryptozoology A to Z.
	www.cryptomundo.com /cryptozoo-news/cz-obits-2005 (1251 words)

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