Cryptozoology

Cryptozoology is a pseudoscience and subculture that aims to prove the existence of entities from the folklore record, such as Bigfoot, the chupacabra, or Mokele-mbembe. Cryptozoologists refer to these entities as cryptids, a term coined by the subculture. Because it does not follow the scientific method, cryptozoology is considered a pseudoscience by the academic world: it is neither a branch of zoology nor folkloristics. It was originally founded in the 1950s by zoologists Bernard Heuvelmans and Ivan T. Sanderson.

Scholars have noted that the pseudoscience rejected mainstream approaches from
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Cryptozoology A to Z: The Encyclopedia of Loch Monsters, Sasquatch, Chupacabras & Other Authentic Mysteries of Nature
The Beasts that Hide from Man: Seeking the World's Last Undiscovered Animals
Mysterious America: The Ultimate Guide to the Nation's Weirdest Wonders, Strangest Spots, and Creepiest Creatures
The Mothman Prophecies
Sasquatch: Legend Meets Science
On the Track of Unknown Animals
Abominable Science!  Origins of the Yeti, Nessie, and Other Famous Cryptids
Bigfoot!: The True Story of Apes in America
Abominable Snowmen: Legend Come to Life
The United States of Cryptids: A Tour of American Myths and Monsters
American Monsters: A History of Monster Lore, Legends, and Sightings in America
The Complete Guide to Mysterious Beings
Mysterious Creatures: A Guide to Cryptozoology
The Beast of Boggy Creek The True Story of the Fouke Monster
In the Wake of the Sea-Serpents
The Complete Books by Charles FortThe Tao of Physics by Fritjof CapraEntangled Minds by Dean RadinDancing Wu Li Masters by Gary ZukavQuantum Enigma by Bruce Rosenblum
The Fortean Bookshelf
321 books — 25 voters

Roanoke Ridge by J.J. DupuisDevolution by Max BrooksMisadventures of a Cryptid Hunter by Michael KelsoBigfoot Crank Stomp by Erik WilliamsKillerpede by Marek Z. Turner
Best Cryptid Fiction
46 books — 28 voters
Champ and a Bit of Sunshine by Mark D. TrollingerThe Chupacabra & the Bat Rastard by Mark D. TrollingerWeasels Ripped My Flesh! by Robert DeisHe-Men, Bag Men, and Nymphos by Walter KaylinCryptozoology Anthology by Robert Deis
The Men's Adventure Library
6 books — 3 voters



Thomm Quackenbush
These animals are not disputed but “hidden.” It is an optimistic mission statement. It would be quixotic to seek gremlins that exist no further than storybooks. Bigfoot exists, along with Nessie and the Jersey Devil. Their formal discovery will happen tomorrow, or next week at the latest, and won’t you feel silly when they are?
Thomm Quackenbush, Holidays with Bigfoot

In a single stroke, the Linnaean classification system wiped monsters off the face of the map. There might still be unknown beasts and fearsome creatures out there, but now they each would have a family, a genus, a species; no matter how strange an animal might be, it was now under the rubric of scientific study and discussion. Thus, the medieval world's monsters and wonders were, one by one, either incorporated into this taxonomy or excluded as myth. The kraken became the genus Architeuthis, th ...more
Colin Dickey, The Unidentified: Mythical Monsters, Alien Encounters, and Our Obsession with the Unexplained

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