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[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 associated with the International Society for Cryptozoology, which was founded by Heuvelmans in 1982,[2] and published a refereed journal, Cryptozoology : interdisciplinary journal of the International Society of Cryptozoology, from 1982 until, apparently, 1996[3]

Heuvelmans authored a 1955 book Sur la piste des bêtes ignorées (On the Trail of Unknown Animals).

Notes and references

  1. Pincock, Stephen (2004) Tales from the cryptozoologists, The Scientist, 2004, 18(21):12
  2. McCarthy, Paul (1993), Cryptozoologists: An Endangered Species, The Scientist 1993, 7(1):1
  3. Harvard Library online catalog listing shows "Status: Currently received; Holdings v.1-12(1982-1993/1996)