List of cryptozoologists

This is an alphabetical list of notable cryptozoologists and people associated with the field of cryptozoology, including prominent skeptics and hoaxers.

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H-I

  • Doug Hajicek, American filmmaker and producer of several cryptozoology documentaries including Sasquatch: Legend Meets Science[6][7][44]
  • Mark A. Hall (1946-2016), American cryptozoologist and former Director of the Society for the Investigation of the Unexplained (SITU)[1][26]
  • Marjorie H. Halpin, editor and co-author of Manlike Monsters on Trial: Early Records and Modern Evidence[1]
  • Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy, 1st Earl of Cranbrook (1814-1906), British politician and Beruang Rambai researcher[1]
  • Tony Healy (b. 1945), Australian cryptozoologist and co-author of Out of the Shadows: Mystery Animals of Australia[35][36]
  • Michael Heaney, folklorist and Almas researcher[54]
  • Craig Heinselman, American cryptozoologist[2][55]
  • Scott Herriot, Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization investigator[25]
  • Bernard Heuvelmans (1916-2001), Belgian-French cryptozoologist and author of several books on the topic including On the Track of Unknown Animals[1][9][10][48]
  • William Hichens (d. 1944), British colonial administrator and author of African Mystery Beasts[1]
  • Jim Hiers, American member of the Bigfoot Rangers research team[6]
  • Alton Higgins, Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization physical evidence coordinator[7]
  • Howard Hill, British ufologist and proponent of prehistoric giants[28][56]
  • William Charles Osman Hill (1901-1975), British primatologist and cryptozoologist[23]
  • Peter Hocking, Peruvian ornithologist; Peruvian tiger and anomalous jaguar researcher[1][53]
  • Al Hodgson, curator of Willow Creek-China Flat Museum aka the "Bigfoot Museum" in Willow Creek, California[6][7][8][57]
  • Fredrick William Holiday (1921-1979), English journalist and Loch Ness Monster researcher[1]
  • Ranae Holland, host of Finding Bigfoot
  • Trader Horn (1861-1931), English ivory trader and explorer; proponent of the Amali[1]
  • Don Hunter, British-Canadian journalist and author of Sasquatch/Bigfoot: The Search for North America's Incredible Creature[1]
  • Patrick Huyghe, lake monster researcher and co-author of The Field Guide to Lake Monsters, Sea Serpents, and Other Mystery Denizens of the Deep[2]
  • Ivan Ivlov, Russian pediatrician and Almas researcher[1][58]

J-L

  • William Jevning, Bigfoot researcher and co-host of Sasquatch Chronicles[9]
  • John Keel (1930-2009), American ufologist and Mothman researcher;[1] author of The Mothman Prophecies
  • Kevin Kehl, American Bigfoot researcher[42]
  • Melba Ketchum, Bigfoot researcher[20]
  • John Kirk, lake monster researcher and President of the British Columbia Scientific Cryptoozology Club; author of In the Domain of the Lake Monsters[2][59]
  • Marie-Jeanne Koffmann, Russian Bigfoot researcher[1][21][60]
  • Aleksandr Kondratov (1937-1993), Russian scientist and proponent of living dinosaurs; author of Динозавра ищите в глубинах (English: Dinosaurs in the Depths)[61]
  • C. M. Kosemen (b. 1984), Turkish artist and co-author of Cryptozoologicon[32]
  • Andrei Kozlov, Almatsi researcher[1]
  • Grover Krantz (1931-2002), American physical anthropologist and Bigfoot researcher[1][8][9][44]
  • Ingo Krumbiegel, German mammalogist who scientifically described the Andean wolf (Dasycyon hagenbecki) in 1949[1]

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  • Richard S. Lambert (1894-1981), English-Canadian writer; author of Exploring the Supernatural: The Weird in Canadian Folklore[31]
  • Rebecca Lang, phantom cat researcher and co-author of Australian Big Cats: An Unnatural History of Panthers[36]
  • Rula Lenska (b. 1947), Polish-English actor and conservation activist; co-author of Mammoth Hunt: In Search of the Giant Elephants of Nepal[14]
  • Willy Ley (1906-1969), German-American science writer and author of several texts on cryptozoology, including Exotic Zoology[1]
  • Daniel Loxton (b. 1975), Canadian writer and cryptozoology skeptic; co-author of Abominable Science!: Origins of the Yeti, Nessie, and Other Famous Cryptids[10]

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  • Darren Naish (b. 1975), British palaeontologist and cryptid skeptic; author of Hunting Monsters: Cryptozoology and the Reality Behind the Myths and Cryptozoologicon[1][10]
  • John R. Napier (1917-1987), primatologist and Bigfoot researcher[1]
  • Henry Newman, British journalist in India who popularized the phrase "Abominable Snowman" while investigating reports of large footprints in the Himalayas[1]
  • Joe Nickell (b. 1944), American paranormal skeptic and co-author of Lake Monster Mysteries: Investigating the World's Most Elusive Creatures[10]
  • Richard Noll, American Bigfoot researcher[1][7][44]
  • Rory Nugent (b. 1952), American explorer and Mokele-mbembe researcher[1]

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  • David O'Reilly, phantom cat researcher and author of Savage Shadow: the Search for the Australian Cougar[1][36]
  • Anthonie Cornelis Oudemans (1858-1943), Dutch zoologist and sea serpent researcher[1]
  • Bruce L. Owens, phantom cat researcher[1]

P-Q

  • Sylvain Pallix, French filmmaker and Almatsi researcher[1]
  • Roger Patterson (1933-1972), Bigfoot researcher who controversially claimed to have filmed Bigfoot in 1967[5][6][9]
  • Wenzcislaw Plawinskiy, Polish Almas researcher[21]
  • Boris Porshnev (1905-1972), Soviet historian and cryptozoologist[1][21][22][60]
  • Woody Pratt, American podcaster and co-host of Sasquatch Chronicles[9]
  • Donald Prothero (b. 1954), American palaeontologist and cryptozoology skeptic; co-author of Abominable Science!: Origins of the Yeti, Nessie, and Other Famous Cryptids[10]
  • Robert Michael Pyle (b. 1947), American lepidopterist and Bigfoot researcher; author of Where Bigfoot Walks: Crossing the Dark Divide[1][9]
  • Mike Quast, American Bigfoot researcher[1][65]

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  • Benjamin Radford (b. 1970), Canadian writer and cryptozoology skeptic; author of Bigfoot at 50: Evaluating the Evidence[1][10][44]
  • Derek Randles, Bigfoot researcher[1]
  • Dick Raynor, Loch Ness Monster researcher[1][10]
  • Ward Reed, American contractor and Bigfoot researcher[25]
  • Brian Regal, American science historian and cryptozoology skeptic;[9] author of Searching for Sasquatch: Crackpots, Eggheads and Cryptozoology
  • Alexander Rempel, Russian anomalist and Bigfoot researcher[22]
  • Bob Rickard, British writer and former editor of the Fortean Times[1][15][66]
  • Byambyn Rinchen (1905-1977), Mongolian scholar and proponent of Almas research[1][21]
  • Robert H. Rines (1922-2009), Loch Ness Monster researcher[67]
  • Kai Roath, American documentary filmmaker and Yeti researcher[6]
  • James F. Robinson, Canadian ufologist and lake monster researcher[31]
  • John E. Roth, little people researcher[1] and author of American Elves: An Encyclopedia Of Little People From The Lore Of 380 Ethnic Groups Of The Western Hemisphere[68]
  • Marc Rowley, Bigfoot research sponsor[6]
  • Jarret Ruminski, American writer and Bigfoot skeptic[9]
  • W.M. Gerald Russell, American naturalist and cryptozoologist[17]

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  • Ivan T. Sanderson (1911-1973), paranormal writer and cryptozoologist[1][15][28]
  • Andrew Sanford, American cryptozoologist and co-host of Mysteries Decoded - Bigfoot[63]
  • Valentin B. Sapunov, Russian biologist and Bigfoot researcher[1][22]
  • Esteban Sarmiento, primatologist and Bigfoot skeptic[44]
  • Ed Schillinger, American surveyor and Bigfoot researcher[7]
  • Robert "JavaBob" Schmalzbach, American Bigfoot researcher[69]
  • Marcus Scibanicus, Polish cryptozoologist[1]
  • Peter Scott (1909-1989), co-founder of the Loch Ness Phenomena Investigation Bureau[67]
  • Daniel O. Schmitt, American anthropologist who has performed research on Bigfoot video evidence[8]
  • Eduard Seler (1849-1922), German anthropologist and cryptozoology skeptic[1]
  • Myra Shackley (b. 1949), British archaeologist and Bigfoot skeptic;[58] author of Wildmen: Yeti, Sasquatch, and the Neanderthal Enigma
  • Don Sherman, American Bigfoot researcher[65]
  • Tony "Doc" Shiels (b. 1938), British magician and cryptozoologist[15]
  • Karl Shuker (b. 1959), British cryptozoologist and author[1][36]
  • Paul Sieveking (b. 1949), British writer and former editor of the Fortean Times[1][66]
  • Alexei Sitnikov, Russian cryptozoologist known for research into Siberian cryptids[22]
  • B. Ann Slate, American paranormal investigator and cryptozoologist[1]
  • Tom Slick (1916-1962), American adventurer and cryptozoologist[17]
  • Malcolm Smith (b. 1949), Australian cryptozoologist and author of Bunyips and Bigfoots: In Search of Australia's Mystery Animals[1]
  • Roderick Sprague (1933-2012), American anthropologist and Bigfoot researcher; author of The Scientist Looks at Sasquatch[1]
  • John Stamey, Bigfoot researcher and co-author of Bigfoot Explorers and Introduction to Hominology[20]
  • Todd Standing, Canadian documentarian and Bigfoot tracker[70]
  • Tom Steenburg, Canadian writer and Bigfoot researcher[7]
  • Kathy Moskowitz Strain, anthropologist and Bigfoot researcher[3][7]
  • Chris Stringer (b. 1947), British anthropologist; wild men skeptic and co-author of In Search of the Neanderthals[49]
  • Mary Sutherland, ufologist and giant researcher[28][71]
  • Daris Swindler (1925-2007), American anthropologist and Bigfoot skeptic[44]

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Y-Z

  • Mikhail Sergeyevich Yeltsin, Russian Bigfoot researcher[22]
  • Leonid Yershov, Russian cryptozoologist[1]
  • Eugene Yost, Bigfoot researcher[20]
  • Greg "Squatchman" Yost, Bigfoot researcher[20]
  • D. Zevegmid, Russian Almas researcher and co-author of Une note sur l'homme des neiges en Mongolie[1]

See also

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