Rory Nugent Explained

Rory Nugent (born 1952) is an American explorer and writer. He was based out of New Bedford, Massachusetts^[1] from 1988 to 2004.^[2]

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 four times. His fifth crossing ended prematurely when the catamaran he was sailing capsized; he was rescued five days later.^[3]

In 1992, Nugent became a foreign correspondent, first for Men's Journal and then as a staff member of Spin. He left journalism in 2002 to work on his third book.

Cryptozoology

In the mid-1980s, Nugent mounted solo expeditions in search of the pink-headed duck on the Brahmaputra River^[4] and Mokele-mbembe in the Congo.^[5] It is alleged that he may have seen both, but his sightings remain unconfirmed. He wrote a non-fiction book about each expedition.^{[6] [7] [8] [9]}

Nugent's alleged Mokele-mbembe photographs from 1985 have been criticized as unreliable. One was described as a distant snapshot of a log floating in a lake.^[10]

Bibliography

Books

• The Search for the Pink-Headed Duck (Houghton Mifflin, 1991)
• Drums Along The Congo: On The Trail Of Mokele-Mbembe, the Last Living Dinosaur (Houghton Mifflin, 1993)
• Down at the Docks (Pantheon Books, 2009)

Articles

• Nugent . Rory . June 2009 . Hope floats . . 303 . 5 . 62–63 . 10 July 2013. MS Oasis of the Seas

External links

• Rory Nugent

Notes and References

1. News: Alice . Cary . In Search of the Elusive . Boston Herald . 1993-07-18 . 7 (magazine) .
2. News: Anna . Mundow . Attuned to the voices of New Bedford . Boston Globe . 2009-02-22 .
3. News: J.D. . Podolsky . Paths of Rory . People . 1993-09-06 .
4. News: Michael . Upchurch . No Duck, But The Quest Was Worth The Trouble . Seattle Times . 1991-06-09 .
5. News: Irene . Wanner . Drums Along The Congo: On The Trail Of Mokele-Mbembe, The Last Living Dinosaur . Seattle Times . 1993-10-03 .
6. https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-395-50552-6 "The Search for the Pink-Headed Duck"
7. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-06-30-vw-8411-story.html "BOOK REVIEW: Self-Styled Adventurer’s Colorful Quest for African ‘God-Beast’: DRUMS ALONG THE CONGO: On the Trail of Mokele-Mbembe, the Last Living Dinosaur"
8. https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/rory-nugent/drums-along-the-congo/ Drums Along the Congo
9. https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-395-67071-2 "Drums Along the Congo"
10. Loxton, Daniel; Prothero, Donald (2013). Abominable Science: Origins of the Yeti, Nessie, and Other Famous Cryptids. Columbia University Press. p. 284.