Comments on: Friend of Cryptozoology Named PMA Director http://www.cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/bessire-pma/ for Bigfoot, Loch Ness, and More Sun, 22 Nov 2009 09:17:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Ceroill http://www.cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/bessire-pma/#comment-50838 Ceroill Sat, 17 Jan 2009 05:20:30 +0000 http://www.cryptomundo.com/?p=10130#comment-50838 In Cryptozoology we help keep alive the sense of wonder and possibility in the world, without giving in to credulity and utter fantasy. It is a long tradition, and has inspired us throughout the ages, though it has at times gone by other names. Keep up the good work Loren, and you too Scott. In Cryptozoology we help keep alive the sense of wonder and possibility in the world, without giving in to credulity and utter fantasy. It is a long tradition, and has inspired us throughout the ages, though it has at times gone by other names. Keep up the good work Loren, and you too Scott.

]]> By: scottc http://www.cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/bessire-pma/#comment-50828 scottc Fri, 16 Jan 2009 20:01:34 +0000 http://www.cryptomundo.com/?p=10130#comment-50828 "Sometimes I naturally lose track, I guess, of how deep an impact cryptozoology has had in zoology, art, cinema, and our popular culture, in general," Loren writes. I want to add that, as an artist/illustrator/cartoonist/whatever else this week, the impact is not just general, but can also be very personal. I hope Loren will not mind my sharing a note of appreciation I sent to him recently, attempting to explain how I felt his research has shaped my own vision: "Your work has both informed and entertained me.... Your book MYSTERIOUS AMERICA was the first place I read a serious discussion about the MOMO sightings since having heard of them as a kid growing up in Springfield, Mo. I have had a photocopy [from your book] of the two strange letters that were discovered during the flap pinned on my studio wall for many years ('I ask, I want, I seek and I punish. The sweet, good delightful, beautiful are destroyed as I see only devastion [sic] and feel sorrow for myself & bitterness.') The idea of a bigfoot creature penning some poetic musings to leave behind continues to spark my imagination, and perhaps, the seeds of <a href="http://lilbigfoot.com" rel="nofollow">Lil' Bigfoot</a> [my recent webcomic] were first born from that page of your book." While I know that Loren strives to discover the truth behind mystery creatures, I sometimes wonder if simply giving us a chance to ponder the unanswerable isn't even more important to us. “Sometimes I naturally lose track, I guess, of how deep an impact cryptozoology has had in zoology, art, cinema, and our popular culture, in general,” Loren writes.

I want to add that, as an artist/illustrator/cartoonist/whatever else this week, the impact is not just general, but can also be very personal. I hope Loren will not mind my sharing a note of appreciation I sent to him recently, attempting to explain how I felt his research has shaped my own vision:

“Your work has both informed and entertained me…. Your book MYSTERIOUS AMERICA was the first place I read a serious discussion about the MOMO sightings since having heard of them as a kid growing up in Springfield, Mo. I have had a photocopy [from your book] of the two strange letters that were discovered during the flap pinned on my studio wall for many years (’I ask, I want, I seek and I punish. The sweet, good delightful, beautiful are destroyed as I see only devastion [sic] and feel sorrow for myself & bitterness.’) The idea of a bigfoot creature penning some poetic musings to leave behind continues to spark my imagination, and perhaps, the seeds of Lil’ Bigfoot [my recent webcomic] were first born from that page of your book.”

While I know that Loren strives to discover the truth behind mystery creatures, I sometimes wonder if simply giving us a chance to ponder the unanswerable isn’t even more important to us.

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