Cryptozoology - The evidence of creatures whose existence is uncertain

The evidence of creatures whose existence isof previously unknown animals, but still cannot find
uncertain is studied by cryptozoology, a sciencethe missing proof of creatures seen during the
researching presumable proof of animalslast two centuries.
considered extinct or out of this world, which areAnyway, notable cryptozoologists have
still occasionally reported as seen in diversecontributed actively with their research, including
locations. Such hypothetical creatures are usuallyBigfoot researchers Erik Beckjord, Peter Byrne,
referred as "cryptids", a term coined by John WallRené Dahinden, Paul Freeman, Cliff Crook
in 1983, while cryptozoology is a term attributedand John Green. Loch Ness Monster researchers
to the Scottish adventurer and explorer Ivan T.Tim Dinsdale, Fredrick William Holiday, Roy Mackal,
Sanderson, the Father of cryptozoology isand Peter Scott, and Cadborosaurus researcher
regarded as Bernard Heuvelmans, who published aPaul LeBlond, Chupacabra researcher Scott
book using this term for the fist time in 1955.Corrales, Mothman researcher John Keel, Champ
Bernard Heuvelmans believed that cryptozoologyresearcher Joseph W. Zarzynski, Jonathan
would be undertaken with scientific rigor, butDownes, founder of Centre for Fortean Zoology,
keeping an open-mind to find the grains of truthand John Kirk, president of the British Columbia
behind fantastic elements in folk tales depictingScientific Cryptozoology Club, among many other
fantastic unseen creatures, and that folklore andscientists and researchers.
traditions are the best sources to approach theseCryptozoologists have found over a hundred
myths.creatures, whose existence is not confirmed,
William J. Broad wrote in the New York Times,including the Winnipogo, Yeti, Kongamato, Igopogo,
"Monster lovers take heart. Scientists argue thatGlobsters, Congo Peacock, Abogwe, Giant
so much of the planet remains unexplored thatAnaconda, Minnesota Iceman, Mokele-mbembe,
new surprises are sure to show up; if notbesides the widespread creatures mentioned
legendary beasts like the Loch Ness monster orabove. In addition, researches have found dozen
the dinosaur-like reptile 'Champ' said to inhabitof different lake monsters, the Mountain Gorilla,
Lake Champlain, then animals that in their ownDiscovered in October 1902 by Belgian Army, the
way may be even stranger. Cryptozoologists tryKouprey and the Komodo Dragon discovered in
to unveil the mystery behind hidden creatures1937 and 1912 respectively, and the unbelievable
which all of us have heard about, but just a fewGoblin universe.
have been seen very briefly that it is impossibleThere is a website that describes this and
to determine where the truth ends, but usually isnumerous other creatures of Cryptozoology in
where the myth begins.detail. The website is called: Unknown Creatures,
The Loch Ness monster (Nessie), Mothman, theand may be found at this address:
Abominable Snowman, and Chupacabras, are justBy Robert W. Benjamin
a few of those creatures whose existence is notCopyright © 2006
clear, and there is not enough proof whether toYou may publish this article in your ezine,
confirm or deny the legitimacy of reports madenewsletter or on your web site as long as it is
by witnesses who have seen them. Skepticism isreprinted in its entirety and without modification
prevalent among scientists, despite the fact thatexcept for formatting needs or grammar
many cryptozoologists are also respectedcorrections.
scientists in other fields, who have found vestiges