List of cryptozoologists

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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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  • David J. Daegling, American anthropologist who has performed research on Bigfoot video evidence[8]
  • René Dahinden (1930-2001), Swiss-Canadian Bigfoot researcher[9][37]
  • , Mongolian Almas researcher[21]
  • , Russian cryptozoologist[1]
  • , American cryptozoologist and author of The Tale of the Altamaha "Monster"[1]
  • Vine Deloria Jr. (1933-2005), Dakota activist and proponent of fossil giants[28][38]
  • , Bigfoot researcher[20]
  • , Russians Almas researcher and co-author of Une note sur l'homme des neiges en Mongolie[1]
  • , German mammalogist and Andean wolf researcher[1]
  • Tim Dinsdale (1924-1987), Loch Ness Monster researcher[4]
  • (b. 1959), British cryptozoologist and founder of the Centre for Fortean Zoology[39]
  • Rick Dyer, American businessman and Bigfoot hoaxer[12][40]

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H-I[]

  • , American filmmaker and producer of several cryptozoology documentaries including Sasquatch: Legend Meets Science[6][7][44]
  • (1946-2016), American cryptozoologist and former Director of the (SITU)[1][26]
  • , 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]
  • (b. 1945), Australian cryptozoologist and co-author of Out of the Shadows: Mystery Animals of Australia[35][36]
  • , folklorist and Almas researcher[54]
  • , American cryptozoologist[2][55]
  • , 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]
  • (d. 1944), British colonial administrator and author of African Mystery Beasts[1]
  • , American member of the research team[6]
  • , Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization physical evidence coordinator[7]
  • , British ufologist and proponent of prehistoric giants[28][56]
  • Dan Houser, Host of Bigfoot Backpacker Podcast[57]
  • William Charles Osman Hill (1901-1975), British primatologist and cryptozoologist[23]
  • , Peruvian ornithologist; Peruvian tiger and anomalous jaguar researcher[1][53]
  • , curator of aka the "Bigfoot Museum" in Willow Creek, California[6][7][8][58]
  • 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]
  • , British-Canadian journalist and author of Sasquatch/Bigfoot: The Search for North America's Incredible Creature[1]
  • , lake monster researcher and co-author of The Field Guide to Lake Monsters, Sea Serpents, and Other Mystery Denizens of the Deep[2]
  • , Russian pediatrician and Almas researcher[1][59]

J-K[]

  • , Bigfoot researcher and co-host of Sasquatch Chronicles[9]
  • John Keel (1930-2009), American ufologist and Mothman researcher;[1] author of The Mothman Prophecies
  • , American Bigfoot researcher[42]
  • , Bigfoot researcher[20]
  • , American Folklorist, Cryptozoologist
  • , lake monster researcher and President of the ; author of In the Domain of the Lake Monsters[2][60]
  • , Russian Bigfoot researcher[1][21][61]
  • Aleksandr Kondratov (1937-1993), Russian scientist and proponent of living dinosaurs; author of Динозавра ищите в глубинах (English: Dinosaurs in the Depths)[62]
  • C. M. Kosemen (b. 1984), Turkish artist and co-author of Cryptozoologicon[32]
  • , researcher[1]
  • Grover Krantz (1931-2002), American physical anthropologist and Bigfoot researcher[1][8][9][44]
  • , 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]
  • , 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]
  • , 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]
  • , American Bigfoot researcher[1][7][44]
  • Rory Nugent (b. 1952), American explorer and Mokele-mbembe researcher[1]

O[]

  • , 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]
  • , phantom cat researcher[1]

P-Q[]

  • , French filmmaker and Almatsi researcher[1]
  • Roger Patterson (1933-1972), Bigfoot researcher who controversially claimed to have filmed Bigfoot in 1967[5][6][9]
  • , Polish Almas researcher[21]
  • Boris Porshnev (1905-1972), Soviet historian and cryptozoologist[1][21][22][61]
  • (b. 1957), American Bigfoot researcher and Television Producer/Host of Mystery Us and Weird News Network; author of "Mystery Us Universe"
  • , 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]
  • , American Bigfoot researcher[1][66]

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  • Benjamin Radford (b. 1970), Canadian writer and cryptozoology skeptic; author of Bigfoot at 50: Evaluating the Evidence[1][10][44]
  • , Bigfoot researcher[1]
  • , Loch Ness Monster researcher[1][10]
  • , American contractor and Bigfoot researcher[25]
  • Brian Regal, American science historian and cryptozoology skeptic;[9] author of Searching for Sasquatch: Crackpots, Eggheads and Cryptozoology
  • , Russian anomalist and Bigfoot researcher[22]
  • Bob Rickard, British writer and former editor of the Fortean Times[1][15][67]
  • Byambyn Rinchen (1905-1977), Mongolian scholar and proponent of Almas research[1][21]
  • Robert H. Rines (1922-2009), Loch Ness Monster researcher[68]
  • , American documentary filmmaker and Yeti researcher[6]
  • , Canadian ufologist and lake monster researcher[31]
  • , 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[69]
  • , Bigfoot research sponsor[6]
  • , American writer and Bigfoot skeptic[9]
  • , American naturalist and cryptozoologist[17]

S[]

  • Ivan T. Sanderson (1911-1973), paranormal writer and cryptozoologist[1][15][28]
  • , American cryptozoologist and co-host of Mysteries Decoded - Bigfoot[64]
  • , Russian biologist and Bigfoot researcher[1][22]
  • Esteban Sarmiento, primatologist and Bigfoot skeptic[44]
  • , American surveyor and Bigfoot researcher[7]
  • , American Bigfoot researcher[70]
  • , Polish cryptozoologist[1]
  • Peter Scott (1909-1989), co-founder of the Loch Ness Phenomena Investigation Bureau[68]
  • 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;[59] author of Wildmen: Yeti, Sasquatch, and the Neanderthal Enigma
  • , American Bigfoot researcher[66]
  • 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][67]
  • , Russian cryptozoologist known for research into Siberian cryptids[22]
  • , American paranormal investigator and cryptozoologist[1]
  • Tom Slick (1916-1962), American adventurer and cryptozoologist[17]
  • (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]
  • , Bigfoot researcher and co-author of Bigfoot Explorers and Introduction to Hominology[20]
  • , Canadian documentarian and Bigfoot tracker[71]
  • , Canadian writer and Bigfoot researcher[7]
  • , 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]
  • , ufologist and giant researcher[28][72]
  • Daris Swindler (1925-2007), American anthropologist and Bigfoot skeptic[44]

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W[]

Y-Z[]

  • , Russian Bigfoot researcher[22]
  • , Russian cryptozoologist[1]
  • , Bigfoot researcher[20]
  • , Bigfoot researcher[20]
  • , Russian Almas researcher and co-author of Une note sur l'homme des neiges en Mongolie[1]

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