Like many people, I became interested in cryptozoology because – as a much younger person – I originally thought it likely and plausible that such mainstays of cryptozoology as bigfoot, the yeti, sea monsters and so on probably did exist. It seemed only a matter of time before physical remains confirmed their existence. Today, the complete absence of convincing evidence for cryptids – combined with indications that there are explanations of claimed sightings of mystery animals – leads me mostly to regard cryptozoology as a hybrid subject that, while sometimes incorporating information from
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