Hunting Monsters: Cryptozoology and the Reality Behind the Myths

by Darren Naish

superstar cryptids are so popular, so familiar, that a major portion of interest in world mysteries, in the paranormal and the unexplained is driven specifically by the curiosity that surrounds them. In other words, it’s partly thanks to an interest in the Loch Ness monster, bigfoot and so on that such subjects as UFOs, ghosts, reincarnation and telekinesis get the widespread coverage that they do. Cryptids tend to be lumped in with these other subjects, and thus have a bad reputation among scientists and other critical thinkers.