List of notable figures in cryptozoology
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Here follows a list of notable researchers and writers in the field of cryptozoology:
- Dmitri Bayanov, Hominologist
- Erik Beckjord, controversial Bigfoot researcher
- Matthew Bille, author of Rumors of Existence
- John Bindernagel, Bigfoot researcher; author of North America's Great Ape: the Sasquatch
- Peter Byrne, Bigfoot researcher
- Mark Chorvinsky, creator of Strange Magazine - deceased
- Jerome Clark, co-author of Cryptozoology A to Z
- Ronan Coghlan, author Dictionary of Cryptozoology and Cryptosup.
- Jerry D. Coleman, author of Strange Highways
- Loren Coleman, author of Bigfoot!: The True Story of Apes in America, Tom Slick: True Life Encounters in Cryptozoology, Mysterious America, Mothman and Other Curious Encounters; coauthor of Cryptozoology A to Z, The Field Guide to Bigfoot, Yeti, and Other Mystery Primates Worldwide, The Field Guide to Lake Monsters, Sea Serpents, and Other Mystery Denizens of the Deep, and other books
- William R. Corliss, general anomalist; has collected reports of unknown hominds and other cryptids
- Scott Corrales, Chupacabras researcher
- Cliff Crook, Bigfoot Reports Investigator since 1956.
- René Dahinden, Bigfoot researcher -deceased
- Tim Dinsdale, Loch Ness Monster researcher -deceased
- Jonathan Downes, founder of Centre for Fortean Zoology
- Richard Ellis, marine life artist; author of The Search For The Giant Squid
- Paul Freeman, Bigfoot researcher - deceased
- Richard Freeman, researcher affiliated with Centre for Fortean Zoology
- Bob Gimlin, with Roger Patterson, allegedly filmed Bigfoot in 1967
- Rex Gilroy, Australian cryptozoologist focused on the Megalania and the Yowie.
- Linda S. Godfrey, Beast of Bray Road researcher
- John Green, Bigfoot researcher
- J. Richard Greenwell, secretary of the International Society for Cryptozoology - deceased
- Mark A. Hall, author of Thunderbirds: America's Living Legends of Giant Birds
- Bernard Heuvelmans, author of On the Track of Unknown Animals; "father of cryptozoology" - deceased
- Fredrick William Holiday, Loch Ness Monster researcher - deceased
- Patrick Huyghe, co-author of The Field Guide to Bigfoot, Yeti, and Other Mystery Primates Worldwide
- John Keel, Mothman researcher
- John Kirk, president of the British Columbia Scientific Cryptozoology Club; author of In the Domain of Lake Monsters
- Grover Krantz, mainstream physical anthropologist known for his interest in Bigfoot - deceased
- Paul LeBlond, Cadborosaurus researcher
- Willy Ley, author of Exotic Zoology - deceased
- Roy Mackal, University of Chicago professor known for interest in Loch Ness Monster and Mokele mbembe
- Jordi Magraner, Barmanou researcher -deceased
- Jeff Meldrum, Idaho State University anatomy professor; Bigfoot researcher
- Reinhold Messner, mountaineer; author of My Quest for the Yeti - skeptic
- Darren Naish, University of Portsmouth, vertebrate palaeontologist, researcher on aquatic cryptids
- John Napier, primatologist and Bigfoot researcher - deceased
- Rick Noll, researcher
- Rory Nugent, Mokele mbembe researcher
- Anthonid Cornelis Oudemans, Sea serpent researcher - deceased
- Roger Patterson, with Bob Gimlin, allegedly filmed Bigfoot in 1967 - deceased
- Daniel Perez, Bigfoot researcher
- Robert Michael Pyle, author of Where Bigfoot Walks: Crossing the Dark Divide
- Herman Regusters, Mokele mbembe researcher - deceased
- Ivan T. Sanderson, celebrity zoologist/anomalist; author of Abominable Snowmen: Legend Come to Life - deceased
- Esteban Sarmiento, Bigfoot researcher
- Peter Scott, conservationist; coined a scientific name for the Loch Ness Monster - deceased
- Karl Shuker, author of From Flying Toads To Snakes With Wings and The Beasts That Hide From Man
- Tom Slick, adventurer who funded searches for Bigfoot and other cryptids - deceased
- Roderick Sprague, Bigfoot researcher
- Bob Titmus, Bigfoot researcher - deceased
- Joseph W. Zarzynski, Champ researcher
Also see: Cryptozoology, Cryptids, zoology.
