List of cryptozoologists explained

This is an alphabetical list of notable cryptozoologists and people associated with the field of cryptozoology, including prominent skeptics and hoaxers.

A

• Michael M. Ames (1933–2006), Canadian anthropologist and co-author of Manlike Monsters on Trial: Early Records and Modern Evidence

B

• Cliff Barackman, host of Finding Bigfoot
• Henry H. Bauer (b. 1931), American chemist, professor, and Loch Ness Monster researcher
• Jon-Erik Beckjord (1939–2008), American cryptozoologist and ufologist
• Ryan Bergara (1990–Present), American cryptozoologist and internet personality
• John Bindernagel (1941–2018), Canadian wildlife biologist and Bigfoot researcher; author of North America's Great Ape: the Sasquatch^{[1] [2]}
• Tom Biscardi (b. 1948), Bigfoot researcher involved in multiple hoaxes. Well known as a hoaxer himself.^[3]
• John Blashford-Snell (b. 1936), British explorer and Life President of the Centre for Fortean Zoology^[4]
• Joshua Blu Buhs, Bigfoot skeptic and author of Bigfoot: The Life and Times of a Legend^{[5] [6]}
• Neville Bonney, Australian botanist and Tantanoola Tiger researcher
• Maurice Burton (1898–1992), author of The Elusive Monster: An Analysis of the Evidence from Loch Ness and Loch Ness Monster skeptic^[7]
• R. G. Burton, Brigadier General in the British Army and author of several texts on unidentified dogs, wolves, and other canines
• Peter C. Byrne, Explorer, media personality, Bigfoot researcher.^[8]

C

• Robert Todd Carroll (1945–2016), author of The Skeptic's Dictionary and Bigfoot skeptic
• David Hatcher Childress (b. 1957), American pseudoarchaeologist and cryptozoologist
• Jerome Clark (b. 1946), American ufologist and author of over a dozen books on paranormal phenomena including Cryptozoology A to Z^[9]
• John Colarusso, Canadian linguist and author of Ethnographic Information on a Wild Man of the Caucasus
• Loren Coleman (b. 1947), author of several books on cryptozoology and notable cryptozoologists^{[10] [11]}
• John Robert Colombo (b. 1936), Canadian writer and author of Mysteries of Ontario
• John Conway, Australian palaeoartist and co-author of Cryptozoologicon^[12]
• William R. Corliss (1926–2011), anomalist^[13] and author of many books pertaining to unexplained phenomena in the natural world^[14]
• Paul Cropper, Australian cryptozoologist and author of Out of the Shadows: Mystery Animals of Australia^{[15] [16]}

D

• David J. Daegling, American anthropologist who has performed research on Bigfoot video evidence
• René Dahinden (1930–2001), Swiss-Canadian Bigfoot researcher^[17]
• Vine Deloria Jr. (1933–2005), Dakota activist and proponent of fossil giants^{[18] [19]}
• Tim Dinsdale (1924–1987), Loch Ness Monster researcher
• Rick Dyer, American businessman and Bigfoot hoaxer^[20]

E

• Eduardo Viveiros de Castro (born 1951) is a Brazilian anthropologist
• Richard Ellis (b. 1938), marine life artist and author of Monsters of the Sea and The Search for the Giant Squid^[21]

F

• Tim Fasano (1956–2019), American taxi driver, blogger, and Bigfoot researcher^[22]
• James "Bobo" Fay, host of Finding Bigfoot^[23]
• Paul Freeman (1943–2003), Bigfoot researcher^[24]
• Richard Freeman (b. 1970), British cryptozoologist and Centre for Fortean Zoology researcher^[25]

G

• Clive Gamble (b. 1951), British anthropologist; wild men skeptic and co-author of In Search of the Neanderthals
• Josh Gates (b. 1977), host of paranormal and cryptozoology-focused television shows including Destination Truth^[26]
• Albert Samuel Gatschet (1832–1907), Swiss-American anthropologist and lake monster researcher
• Ken Gerhard (b. 1967), Centre for Fortean Zoology researcher and author of several books including Big Bird!: Modern Sightings of Flying Monsters^[27]
• Bob Gimlin (b. 1931), American horse trainer who controversially claims to have filmed a living Bigfoot in 1967^{[28] [29]}
• Rupert Gould (1890–1948), Loch Ness Monster researcher^[30]
• John Willison Green (1927–2016), Canadian journalist and Bigfoot researcher^[31]
• J. Richard Greenwell (1942–2005), secretary of the International Society of Cryptozoology^[32]

H–I

• Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy, 1st Earl of Cranbrook (1814–1906), British politician and Beruang Rambai researcher
• Bernard Heuvelmans (1916–2001), Belgian-French cryptozoologist and author of several books on the topic including On the Track of Unknown Animals^[33]
• William Charles Osman Hill (1901–1975), British primatologist and cryptozoologist
• Fredrick William Holiday (1921–1979), English journalist and Loch Ness Monster researcher
• Ranae Holland, host of Finding Bigfoot
• Trader Horn (1861–1931), English ivory trader and explorer; proponent of the Amali

J–K

• Barnaby Jones, Cryptozoologist, author, founder of Cryptids Anomalies and the Paranormal Society, host of Monsters on the Edge podcast
• John Keel (1930–2009), American ufologist and Mothman researcher; author of The Mothman Prophecies
• Aleksandr Kondratov (1937–1993), Russian scientist and proponent of living dinosaurs; author of Динозавра ищите в глубинах (English: Dinosaurs in the Depths)^[34]
• C. M. Kosemen (b. 1984), Turkish artist and co-author of Cryptozoologicon
• Grover Krantz (1931–2002), American physical anthropologist and Bigfoot researcher

L

• Richard S. Lambert (1894–1981), English-Canadian writer; author of Exploring the Supernatural: The Weird in Canadian Folklore
• Rula Lenska (b. 1947), Polish-English actor and conservation activist; co-author of Mammoth Hunt: In Search of the Giant Elephants of Nepal
• Willy Ley (1906–1969), German-American science writer and author of several texts on cryptozoology, including Exotic Zoology
• Daniel Loxton (b. 1975), Canadian writer and cryptozoology skeptic; co-author of Abominable Science!: Origins of the Yeti, Nessie, and Other Famous Cryptids

M

• Roy Mackal (1925–2013), University of Chicago professor known for interest in Loch Ness Monster and Mokele mbembe
• Vladimir Markotic (1920–1994), Croatian-American anthropologist and cryptozoologist
• Adrienne Mayor (b. 1946), author of Fossil Legends of the First Americans and cryptozoology skeptic^[35]
• Jim McClarin, American Bigfoot researcher
• Jeffrey Meldrum (b. 1958), Idaho State University anatomy and anthropology professor; Bigfoot researcher^[36]
• Reinhold Messner (b. 1944), Italian mountaineer; Yeti skeptic and author of My Quest for the Yeti
• Marc Wolfgang Miller, American explorer and cryptozoologist
• Matthew Moneymaker, founder of the Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization and host of Finding Bigfoot^[37]

N

• Darren Naish (b. 1975), British palaeontologist and cryptid skeptic; author of Hunting Monsters: Cryptozoology and the Reality Behind the Myths and Cryptozoologicon^[5]
• John R. Napier (1917–1987), primatologist and Bigfoot researcher
• Joe Nickell (b. 1944), American paranormal skeptic and co-author of Lake Monster Mysteries: Investigating the World's Most Elusive Creatures
• Rory Nugent (b. 1952), American explorer and Mokele-mbembe researcher

O

• Anthonie Cornelis Oudemans (1858–1943), Dutch zoologist and sea serpent researcher

P–Q

• Roger Patterson (1933–1972), Bigfoot researcher who controversially claimed to have filmed Bigfoot in 1967
• Boris Porshnev (1905–1972), Soviet historian and cryptozoologist^{[38] [39]}
• Donald Prothero (b. 1954), American palaeontologist and cryptozoology skeptic; co-author of Abominable Science!: Origins of the Yeti, Nessie, and Other Famous Cryptids
• Robert Michael Pyle (b. 1947), American lepidopterist and Bigfoot researcher; author of Where Bigfoot Walks: Crossing the Dark Divide

R

• Benjamin Radford (b. 1970), American writer and cryptozoology skeptic; author of Bigfoot at 50: Evaluating the Evidence
• Brian Regal, American science historian and cryptozoology skeptic; author of Searching for Sasquatch: Crackpots, Eggheads and Cryptozoology
• Bob Rickard, British writer and former editor of the Fortean Times^{[40] [41]}
• Byambyn Rinchen (1905–1977), Mongolian scholar and proponent of Almas research^[42]
• Robert H. Rines (1922–2009), Loch Ness Monster researcher

S

• Ivan T. Sanderson (1911–1973), paranormal writer and cryptozoologist
• Esteban Sarmiento, primatologist and Bigfoot skeptic^[43]
• Peter Scott (1909–1989), co-founder of the Loch Ness Phenomena Investigation Bureau
• Daniel O. Schmitt, American anthropologist who has performed research on Bigfoot video evidence
• Eduard Seler (1849–1922), German anthropologist and cryptozoology skeptic
• Myra Shackley (b. 1949), British archaeologist and Bigfoot skeptic;^[44] author of Wildmen: Yeti, Sasquatch, and the Neanderthal Enigma
• Tony "Doc" Shiels (b. 1938), British magician and cryptozoologist
• Karl Shuker (b. 1959), British cryptozoologist and author^[45]
• Paul Sieveking (b. 1949), British writer and former editor of the Fortean Times
• Tom Slick (1916–1962), American adventurer and cryptozoologist
• Roderick Sprague (1933–2012), American anthropologist and Bigfoot researcher; author of The Scientist Looks at Sasquatch
• Chris Stringer (b. 1947), British anthropologist; wild men skeptic and co-author of In Search of the Neanderthals^[46]
• Daris Swindler (1925–2007), American anthropologist and Bigfoot skeptic

T

• Odette Tchernine (1897–1992), British author and cryptozoologist
• Édouard Louis Trouessart (1842–1927), French zoologist and early proponent of a cryptid in Lake Chad
• Marcello Truzzi (1935–2003), skeptic and founder of several research groups including the Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal (CSICOP)
• Jamsrangiin Tseveen (1880–1942), Buryat scientist and Almas researcher^[47]
• Frank Turk (1911–1996), British phantom cat researcher

W

• M. A. Wetherell (1883–1939), leader of a 1933 expedition to find the Loch Ness Monster and hoaxer behind the "surgeon's photograph"
• Ezekiel Stone Wiggins (1839–1910), Canadian psychic and cryptozoologist^[48]
• Paul Willis, Australian science communicator and Yowie skeptic^[49]
• Nicholas Witchell (b. 1953), English journalist and Loch Ness Monster researcher^[50]

See also

• List of cryptids

Notes and References

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3. News: Logana . Don . Bigfoot find exposed as one big hoax . 4 December 2020 . WTOC . 19 August 2008.
4. Web site: Colonel John Blashford-Snell CBE – Biography . johnblashfordsnell.org.uk . 24 December 2020.
5. Web site: Naish . Darren . My New Book Hunting Monsters: Cryptozoology and the Reality Behind the Myths . blogs.scientificamerican.com . 24 December 2020.
6. Book: Blashford-Snell . John . Lenska . Rula . Mammoth Hunt: In Search of the Giant Elephants of Nepal . 1996 . HarperCollins . 0002556723 . 25 December 2020.
7. News: Coghlan . Andy . Old Scientist: How biologists tussled over the Loch Ness monster . 12 December 2020 . New Scientist . New Scientist Ltd . 22 April 2015.
8. News: Hill . Matthew . Tracing the origins of a 'yeti's finger' . 24 December 2020 . BBC News . British Broadcasting Corporation . 27 December 2011.
9. Web site: Jerome Clark (Author of Cryptozoology A to Z) . goodreads.com . 22 December 2020.
10. Web site: Heinselman . Craig . Mugwump of the Lake . strangeark.com . 26 December 2020.
11. Web site: Coleman . Loren . Mark A. Hall, Cryptozoologist and Fortean, Dies . cryptozoonews.org . 23 December 2020.
12. Web site: Naish . Darren . The Cryptozoologicon (Volume I): here, at last . blogs.scientificamerican.com . 24 December 2020.
13. News: Broad . William J. . The science corps wants a few more good heretics . 22 December 2020 . New York Times . 16 October 1983.
14. Web site: William R. Corliss (Author of Handbook of Unusual Natural Phenomena) . goodreads.com . 22 December 2020.
15. Book: Eberhart . George M. . Mysterious Creatures: A Guide to Cryptozoology . 2002 . ABC-CLIO . 1576072835 . 23 December 2020.
16. News: Falson . Sarah . Tony Healy is on the hunt for the Hawkesbury River monster . 24 December 2020 . The Islander . 2 March 2020.
17. News: Reilly . Peter . Tracking the sasquatch . 22 December 2020 . The Fifth Estate . CBC News . 21 December 1976.
18. Book: Mutton . Karen . Scattered Skeletons in our Closet . 2011 . SCB Distributors . 978-1935487715 . 23 December 2020.
19. Web site: Leventhal . Richard M. . Vine Deloria, Jr. (1933–2005) . www.penn.museum . 23 December 2020.
20. News: Winkler . Jeff . Rick Dyer's Believe It Or Not! . 4 December 2020 . Texas Monthly . 2 December 2015.
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25. Web site: Richard Freeman . www.cfz.org.uk . 22 December 2020.
26. Web site: Josh Gates presents Yeti footprint to Joe Rohde . laughingplace.com . https://web.archive.org/web/20120920210154/http://www.laughingplace.com/Latest.asp?I1=ID&I2=2977. 23 December 2020. 2012-09-20.
27. Book: Gerhard . Ken . Big Bird!: Modern Sightings of Flying Monsters . 2007 . CFZ Press . 978-1905723089 . 23 December 2020.
28. News: Spitzer . Gabriel . Bigfoot ruined this man's life, then gave him a fresh start . 23 December 2020 . KNKX . 8 August 2020.
29. News: Martin . Glen . Charlatan in a monkey suit? Bigfoot academics say no way / Symposium unites experts on the weird-footed mystery beast . 24 December 2020 . Seattle Pi . 14 September 2003.
30. Book: Bauer . Henry H. . The Enigma of Loch Ness: Making Sense of a Mystery . 1986 . University of Illinois Press . 978-0252012846 . 12 December 2020.
31. Book: Mart . T.S. . Mel . Ayers . The Legend of Bigfoot: Leaving His Mark on the World . 2020 . Red Lightning Books . 978-1684351398 . 4 December 2020.
32. Web site: Naish . Darren . Mystery big cat skulls from the Peruvian Amazon not so mysterious anymore . blogs.scientificamerican.com . Scientific American . 24 December 2020.
33. Galbreath . Gary J. . The 1848 'Enormous Serpent' Of The Daedalus Identified . Skeptical Inquirer . September 2015 . 39 . 5 . 24 December 2020.
34. Web site: Žijí ještě dinosauři? . databazeknih.cz . 24 December 2020.
35. Book: Mayor . Adrienne . Fossil Legends of the First Americans . 2005 . Princeton University Press . 0691113459 . 23 December 2020.
36. News: Egan . Timothy . 'Bigfoot' dead, but he left an imprint . 26 December 2020 . Chicago Tribune . 3 January 2003.
37. News: Hartlaub . Peter . On the trail with Bigfoot believers . 4 December 2020 . San Francisco Examiner . SFGate . 6 August 2000.
38. Web site: Stonehill . Paul . The Russian Snowman . bigfootencounters.com . 23 December 2020.
39. Web site: Bayanov . Dmitri . Russian Hominologist Michael Trachtengerts Dies . cryptozoonews.org . 24 December 2020.
40. Web site: Janet Bord on Colin Bord, UFO's and Mysterious Britain . artcornwall.org . 26 December 2020.
41. News: Elgood . Giles . London's Fortean Times, Journal of Weird and Wonderful, Sets Sights on Big Time . 25 December 2020 . LA Times . 8 September 1991.
42. Damdin . Zhugdariyn . In the footsteps of the Almas . Relict Hominoid Inquiry . 2019 . 8 . 1–25 . 23 December 2020.
43. News: Fisher . David . 'Sasquatch cast' makes a big impression on anatomists, TV . 24 December 2020 . Seattle Pi . 12 March 2011.
44. Book: Childress . David Hatcher . A Hitchhiker's Guide to Armageddon . 2000 . Adventures Unlimited Press . 1935487507 . 2011 . 23 December 2020.
45. Web site: Naish . d . Williams and Lang's Australian Big Cats: do pumas, giant feral cats and mystery marsupials stalk the Australian outback? . blogs.scientificamerican.com . 24 December 2020.
46. News: Kohn . Marek . Book Review / Looking for the wild man in all of us: 'In Search of the Neanderthals' – Christopher Stringer and Clive Gamble: Thames & Hudson . 24 December 2020 . The Independent . 26 May 1993.
47. Heaney . Michael . The Mongolian Almas: A Historical Reevaluation of the Sighting By Baradiin . Cryptozoology . 1983 . 2 . 40–52 . 24 December 2020.
48. Book: Colombo . John Robert . Mysteries of Ontario . 1999 . Dundurn . 0888822057 . 24 December 2020.
49. Mendham . Tim . Scientists & Soldiers/Monster and the Media . The Skeptic . September 2015 . 35 . 3 . 24 December 2020.
50. Web site: Lyons . Stephen . The Legend of Loch Ness . pbs.org . 12 January 1999 . Nova PBS . 12 December 2020.