Hunting Monsters: Cryptozoology and the Reality Behind the Myths

by Darren Naish

worldwide have heard of these alleged creatures, and many have gone to the trouble of learning about them. The extraordinary popularity of these mystery creatures – often termed cryptids – is obvious from the huge number of books, magazine articles, TV shows and movies devoted to them. These superstar cryptids are

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.

popular cultural icons and has been ever since the 1930s. Over the years, an enormous amount of money has been generated from Nessie-based tourism, books, toys, merchandise, movies and TV shows. This image shows the famous ‘Surgeon’s photo’ or ‘Wilson photo’. On the other hand, the idea that these creatures might really exist inspires