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Cyclopaedia 24 – Cryptozoology Overview Articles Cyclopaedia 24 – Cryptozoology By T.R. Knight (InnRoads Ministries * Article Series) Overview The list of Cryptids grows constantly, but there are those that are talked about, Do you believe in bigfoot, the Loch Ness researched, and pursued the most. monster, or the chupacabra? The pseudoscience devoted to the study of • El Chupacabra creatures from folklore record, as well as • The Jersey Devil animals considered extinct, such as • Kraken dinosaurs, is called cryptozoology (“the study • Loch Ness Monster of hidden animals”). Cryptozoologists call • Mokele-Mbembe these creatures cryptids. • Mothman • Sasquatch/Bigfoot The field of cryptozoology originated from • Thunderbird the research and publications of Bernard • Yeti/Abominable Snow Man Heuvelmans, a Belgian-French zoologist, and Ivan T. Sanderson, a Scottish zoologist. Following are sources of information Where biology regularly identifies new pertaining to Cryptozoology to assist species, cryptozoology focuses on creatures prospective game masters, game designers, from folklore and legends. Because of some writers, and storytellers in knowing where of the practices of cryptozoology and its to start their research. folklore roots, many view this pseudoscience as completely fake and showmanship. Articles Yet, over the years, many of these cryptids have been proven true such as the giant Cryptozoology, Archaeology and squid, the okapi, the platypus, and most Paleontology: Histories Near the High recently the coelacanth which scientists had Table believed was extinct. When science proves By Brysse, Keynyn folklore true, it only encourages Source: Annals of Science, v67 n4 (201010): cryptozoologists to seek even more for the 569-575 most legendary of cryptids. Cryptozoology as a Pseudoscience: Beasts This article will not address such magical in Transition creatures as dragons, fairies, kaiju, lycanthropes, or mermaids. There are By Schembri, Elise debates as to if those are cryptids or Studies by Undergraduate Researchers at mythology. Other Cyclopaedias will explore Guelph; Vol 5, No 1 (2011); 5-10 those topics in greater detail. Cryptozoology in the Medieval and Most Common Cryptids Still Modern Worlds Being Sought By Dendle, Peter Source: Folklore, v117 n2: 190-206 Cyclopaedia 24 – Cryptozoology Page 1 of 4 Books Cryptozoology A To Z: The Encyclopedia of Loch Monsters, Sasquatch, Chupacabras, and Other Authentic Mysteries of Nature Paperback Abominable Science!: Origins of the Yeti, By Coleman, Loren Nessie, and Other Famous Cryptids By Loxton, Daniel and Prothero, Donald Destination Truth: Memoirs of a Monster Hunter American Monsters: A History of Monster Lore, By Gates, Josh Legends, and Sightings in America By Godfrey, Linda S. A Field Guide to the Cryptids of North America By Shepherd, Dr. Courtney A. Baby's First Cryptid By Farmer, Carl Field Guide to Lake Monsters, Sea Serpents, and Other Mystery Denizens of the Deep The Bigfoot Book: The Encyclopedia of By Coleman, Loren Sasquatch, Yeti and Cryptid Primates By Redfern, Nick A Field Guide to Sasquatch Structures: The 50 Most Common Types in North American Bigfoot Observer's Field Manual: A practical Forests and easy-to-follow step-by-step guide to your By Noël, Christopher very own face-to-face encounter with a legend By Morgan, Robert W. Finding Bigfoot: Everything You Need to Know (Animal Planet) Bigfoot!: The True Story of Apes in America By ANIMAL PLANET By Coleman, Loren The Great Orm of Loch Ness: A Practical Inquiry Bigfoot, Yeti, and the Last Neanderthal: A into the Nature and Habits of Water-Monsters Geneticist's Search for Modern Apemen By Holiday, F. W. By Sykes, Bryan Hunting Monsters: Cryptozoology and the Chupacabra Road Trip: In Search of the Elusive Reality Behind the Myths Beast By Naish, Darren By Redfern, Nick The Inhumanoids: Real Encounters with Beings Compendium of North American Cryptids & that can't Exist! Magical Creatures By Nunnelly, Barton M By Brown, Maury & Young, Ben Morrow Mike International Cryptozoology Society Journal: Cryptid Cinema: Meditations on Bigfoot, Bayou Volume One Beasts & Backwoods Bogeymen of the Movies By Coleman, Loren By Bissette, Stephen R and Fenton, Steve Know the Sasquatch Cryptid Hunters By Murphy, Christopher L. By Smith, Roland The Land That Time Forgot By Burroughs, Edgar Rice Cyclopaedia 24 – Cryptozoology Page 2 of 4 Living Among Sasquatch: A Primer By Gibson, Dave Mothman: The Facts Behind the Legend By Wamsley, Jeff and Sergent Jr., Donnie The Loch By Alten, Steve Sasquatch: Legend Meets Science By Meldrum, Jeff The Loch Ness Legacy: Tyler Locke By Morrison, Boyd Search at Loch Ness: The Expedition of the New York Times and the Academy of Applied The Loch Ness Monster: The Evidence Science By Campbell, Steuart By Meredith, Dennis L. Loch Ness: From Out of the Depths: Original Shapeshifters: Morphing Monsters & Changing Newspaper Accounts of the Rise of the Loch Cryptids Ness Monster - 1933-1934 By Redfern, Nick By Gallagher, Patrick J Tales of the Cryptids: Mysterious Creatures The Lost World That May or May Not Exist By Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir By Halls, Kelly Milner A Menagerie of Mysterious Beasts: Encounters The Unexplained: An Illustrated Guide to the with Cryptid Creatures World's Natural and Paranormal Mysteries By Gerhard, Ken By Shuker, Dr. Karl Mirabilis: A Carnival of Cryptozoology and The Weiser Field Guide to Cryptozoology: Unnatural History Werewolves, Dragons, Skyfish, Lizard Men, and By Shuker, Dr. Karl Other Fascinating Creatures Real and Mysterious Mokele-Mbembe: Mystery Beast of the Congo By Budd, Deena West Basin By Gibbons, William J. and Rebsamen, William Whiskey, Kilts, and the Loch Ness Monster: Traveling through Scotland with Boswell and Monster Hunt: The Guide to Cryptozoology Johnson By Storm, Rory By Starr, William W. Monsters Among Us: An Exploration of Yeti - The Ecology of a Mystery 1st Edition Otherworldly Bigfoots, Wolfmen, Portals, By Taylor, Daniel C. Phantoms, and Odd Phenomena By Godfrey, Linda S. Games Monsters of the Midwest: True Tales of Bigfoot, Werewolves & Other Legendary Creatures Bigfoot - Tabletop Game By Freeburg, Jessica The Bigfoot Game - Tabletop Game The Cameron Files: Secret at Loch Ness - Monster Trek: The Obsessive Search for Bigfoot Video Game By Gisondi, Joe Conspiracy X: Cryptozoology - RPG Cyclopaedia 24 – Cryptozoology Page 3 of 4 Cryptids TV - Tabletop Game Scooby-Doo and the Loch Ness Monster Darkstalkers - Video Game Snowbeast Dominant Species - Tabletop Game Strange Wilderness The Hex Scouts Guide to Cryptozoology - Tremors RPG Trollhunter Loch Ness - Tabletop Game The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep Pathfinder Campaign Setting: Mystery X-Files - TV Monsters Revisited - RPG Yeti Giant Of The 20th Century Smash Up - Tabletop Game Summit The Board Game - The Yeti Expansion - Tabletop Game Locations Cinema Bigfoot Discovery Museum http://bigfootdiscoveryproject.com/ Abominable Cryptozoology & Paranormal Museum The Abominable Snowman https://crypto-para.org/ Chupacabra Terror Cryptid: The Swamp Beast - TV International Cryptozoology Conference The Family-Ness - TV http://www.cryptozoonews.com/icc17/ Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them Harry and the Hendersons - TV and Movie International Cryptozoology Museum Harry Potter: Hogwarts Battle - The Monster http://cryptozoologymuseum.com/ Box of Monsters Expansion In Search Of - TV Loch Ness The Incident at Loch Ness http://www.lochness.com/ King Kong Kong: Skull Island Nessieland Kraken: Tentacles of the Deep http://www.nessieland.co.uk/ The Land That Time Forgot The Legend of Big Foot The Legend of Boggy Creek People Little Big Foot Loch Ness Roy Chapman Loch Ness - TV Loren Coleman Lost Tapes - TV Charles Darwin Lost World Ken Gerhard The Mothman of Point Pleasant Conrad Gesner Pete's Dragon Bernard Heuvelmans The Sasquatach Gang Dr. Karl P. N. Shuker The Secret Saturdays - TV David Thompson Scooby-Doo and the Monster of Mexico Craig Woolheater Cyclopaedia 24 – Cryptozoology Page 4 of 4 .
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