Difference between revisions of "Cryptozoology"
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'''[[Cryptozoology]]''' is the attempt to find scientific proof of the existence of animals known only through rumors, folk tales, and old explorers' accounts, and to study them in a scientific way. The word is derived from the Greek root ''crypto-,'' hidden, and ''zoology,'' the study of animals. The term was coined in the 1950s by French zoologist Bernard Heuvelmans<ref>Pincock, Stephen (2004) [http://www.the-scientist.com/article/display/15030/ Tales from the cryptozoologists], ''The Scientist,'' 2004, 18(21):12</ref> These animals are known as [[cryptid]]s. Familiar examples include the [[Loch Ness Monster]], and a man-like creature or creatures variously known as the Abominable Snowman, the Yeti, Bigfoot, or Sasquatch. | '''[[Cryptozoology]]''' is the attempt to find scientific proof of the existence of animals known only through rumors, folk tales, and old explorers' accounts, and to study them in a scientific way. The word is derived from the Greek root ''crypto-,'' hidden, and ''zoology,'' the study of animals. The term was coined in the 1950s by French zoologist Bernard Heuvelmans<ref>Pincock, Stephen (2004) [http://www.the-scientist.com/article/display/15030/ Tales from the cryptozoologists], ''The Scientist,'' 2004, 18(21):12</ref> These animals are known as [[cryptid]]s. Familiar examples include the [[Loch Ness Monster]], and a man-like creature or creatures variously known as the Abominable Snowman, the Yeti, Bigfoot, or Sasquatch. | ||
| − | The field of cryptozoology is associated with the International Society for Cryptozoology, which | + | The field of cryptozoology is closely associated with Heuvelmans, who authored a 1955 book ''Sur la piste des bêtes ignorées'' (On the Trail of Unknown Animals); with the International Society for Cryptozoology, which he founded in 1982;<ref>McCarthy, Paul (1993), [http://www.the-scientist.com/article/display/15925/ Cryptozoologists: An Endangered Species], ''The Scientist'' 1993, 7(1):1</ref> and with the secretary of that society, J. Richard Greenwell (1942-2005). The society published a refereed journal, ''Cryptozoology : interdisciplinary journal of the International Society of Cryptozoology,'' from 1982 until, apparently, 1996<ref>Harvard Library online catalog listing shows "Status: Currently received; |
Holdings [http://lms01.harvard.edu:80/F/TJX6E61ERVJAX3RCR27FUIYKK6IR72HTEDSYCYUVBKPIG2IDRA-05195?func=item-global&doc_library=HVD01&doc_number=001656540&year=&volume=&sub_library=MCZ&type=01 v.1-12(1982-1993/1996)]</ref> | Holdings [http://lms01.harvard.edu:80/F/TJX6E61ERVJAX3RCR27FUIYKK6IR72HTEDSYCYUVBKPIG2IDRA-05195?func=item-global&doc_library=HVD01&doc_number=001656540&year=&volume=&sub_library=MCZ&type=01 v.1-12(1982-1993/1996)]</ref> | ||
| − | Heuvelmans | + | Heuvelmans |
==Notes and references== | ==Notes and references== | ||
Revision as of 22:57, March 26, 2007
Cryptozoology is the attempt to find scientific proof of the existence of animals known only through rumors, folk tales, and old explorers' accounts, and to study them in a scientific way. The word is derived from the Greek root crypto-, hidden, and zoology, the study of animals. The term was coined in the 1950s by French zoologist Bernard Heuvelmans[1] These animals are known as cryptids. Familiar examples include the Loch Ness Monster, and a man-like creature or creatures variously known as the Abominable Snowman, the Yeti, Bigfoot, or Sasquatch.
The field of cryptozoology is closely associated with Heuvelmans, who authored a 1955 book Sur la piste des bêtes ignorées (On the Trail of Unknown Animals); with the International Society for Cryptozoology, which he founded in 1982;[2] and with the secretary of that society, J. Richard Greenwell (1942-2005). The society published a refereed journal, Cryptozoology : interdisciplinary journal of the International Society of Cryptozoology, from 1982 until, apparently, 1996[3]
Heuvelmans
Notes and references
- ↑ Pincock, Stephen (2004) Tales from the cryptozoologists, The Scientist, 2004, 18(21):12
- ↑ McCarthy, Paul (1993), Cryptozoologists: An Endangered Species, The Scientist 1993, 7(1):1
- ↑ Harvard Library online catalog listing shows "Status: Currently received; Holdings v.1-12(1982-1993/1996)
