Comments on: Top 100 Living Cryptozoologists

By: mustWarnOthers

mustWarnOthers — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:49:20 +0000

Matt Bille needs to be in there close to the top

By: jerrywayne

jerrywayne — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 11:55:00 +0000

I also meant to include Henry Bauer, Roger Knights, Craig Woolheater, and Steuart Campbell.

Also, my apology to M. Bille for the incorrect spelling. (And I thought I was going to have trouble with “Sarmiento.”) [sheepish grin]

By: fmurphy1970

fmurphy1970 — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 08:06:03 +0000

May I suggest a few people from this side of the pond…

Adrian Shine
Dr Karl Shuker
Darren Naish
Jon Downes
Richard Freeman
Gordon Holmes
Jan Ove Sundberg
Dr Yvonne Simpson (Stronsay beast, Orkney)

By: jerrywayne

jerrywayne — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 15:59:11 +0000

Ideally, cryptozoology should be considered a sub-branch of zoology. If so considered, I think,
the candidates for any list of cryptozoologists would be limited to the scientific academy. Such is not the case in reality. As constituted today, cryptozoology is made up of a motley crew of individuals, professionals and amateurs, who investigate, write, opine, and theorize their concerns about anomalous animals.

Any list of top cryptozoologists should reflect this diversity. On one end of the crypto spectrum are the overt paranormalists, the Fortean skeptics (of “conventional wisdom”), mystery mavens, and “monster” hunters. In the crypto center we find practicing scientists of the relevant disciplines, working journalists, adventurers, and the accomplished writer. At the other end of the spectrum, we find the Enlightenment skeptics and debunkers.

With this diversity in mind, I suggest the following list, in no particular order, and with no attempt to place names in order of importance to the pursuit of cryptozoology.

Roy Mackal, Jerome Clark, Esteban Sarmiento, Robert Rines, Ben Radford, John Green, Deborah Martyr, Rick Noll, Patrick Huyghe, Jerry Coleman, Daniel Perez, Robert Michael Pyle, Bobbie Short, Joe Nickell, Matt Billie, Myra Shackley, Karl Shuker, Linda Godfrey, Paul LeBlond, Nick Redfern, Jeff Meldrum, Rheinhold Messner, John Bindernagel, Mark Hall.

By: growltiger

growltiger — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 11:48:47 +0000

Jon Downes
Adam Davies
Ken Gerhard
Richard Freeman
Karl Shuker
Lars Thomas
Adrian Shine
Francois de Sarre
Chester Moore Jr
Debbie Martyr
John Kirk
Dimitri Bayanov
Gregori Panchenko

By: Kopite

Kopite — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 11:01:38 +0000

How about Zhou Guoxing from China for his work into the Yeren? Is he still alive?

Also, Janet and Colin Bord from Britain.

I haven’t seen any of these mentioned yet.

By: ned-kogar

ned-kogar — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 08:40:01 +0000

Some very good folk mentioned already.

Am I crazy to suggest Oberon Zell-Ravenheart?

By: twblack

twblack — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 04:22:09 +0000

Tom Slick is the 1st and Loren C. is 2nd and bob P. and Glimin is 3rd.

By: AlbertaSasquatch

AlbertaSasquatch — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 23:36:43 +0000

I won’t mention any names that have already been mentioned. One of my top five picks would definitely be Tom Steenburg. I think another great addition would be Arlene Gaal. I really think you should include Igor Bourtsev! Another person I would include is Pat Barker. I also agree with Matt and think Myra Shackley should be on that list. What about Josh Gates? How about Ron Morehead? If you were to include people that had passed, I would also suggest Bob Titmus and Scott Norman. JMHO of course!

By: praetorian

praetorian — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 16:12:30 +0000

Bernard Heuvelmans
Archbishop Oalus Magnus
Bishop Erich Pontopoddin
Roy Mackal
Tim Dinsdale
Robert Rines
Constance Whyte
A.C. Oudemans
Nicholas Witchell
Dr. Henry Bauer
Dr. Karl Shuker
John Kirk
Arlene Gaal
Ivan Sanderon
Peter Costello
Peter Byrne
Dr. Jeff Meldrum
Dr. Grover Krantz
Roger Patterson
Jon Downes
John Keel
Richard Greenwell