Coleman, Loren
Loren Coleman was born in Norfolk, Virginia, but moved when he was three months old to Decatur, Illinois, where he spent most of his youth,…
Author: Lux Ferre
Coelacanth
A few coelacanths are displayed in natural history museums around the world, like this one in Chicago’s Field Museum. (Loren Coleman) The coelacanth (Latimeria chalumnae)…
Chupacabras
The single most notable cryptozoological phenomenon of the past decade is undoubtedly the chupacabras (“Goatsucker”) of Hispanic America. The legend of this livestock-slaughtering monster was…
Champ
The Lake Champlain monster, or “Champ,” is credited with a long history, which it may or may not deserve. In older articles about Champ, the…
British Columbia Scientific Cryptozoology Club
Founded in 1989 by writer James A. Clark, marine biologist Paul LeBlond, and television documentarian John Kirk, the British Columbia Scientific Cryptozoology Club (BCSCC) is…
Bondegezou
For Western scientists this former cryptids story begins in the late 1980s, when Tim Flannery, a senior research scientist with the Australia Museum in Sydney,…
Blue Tiger
Harry R. Caldwell’s Blue Tiger caused a sensation when it was published in 1925, and seventy-five years later it has not entirely gone away. Caldwell,…
Black Panthers
Seen in places they should not be, mysterious Black Panthers have been reported throughout eastern North America. (Loren Coleman) Animals called “Black Panthers” are reported…
Bayanov, Dmitri
Born in Moscow, Dmitri Bayanov has emerged as the foremost living Russian cryptozoologist and hominologist. He majored in humanities at a teachers college, graduating in…
Batutut
While in the Malaysian state of Sabah in 1970, the British zoologist John MacKinnon, who would become world-renowned for his discoveries of new mammals in…
