Comments on: The Dark Final Days of SITU

By: hammerhead

hammerhead — Thu, 17 May 2007 03:59:10 +0000

Ivan T. Sanderson walked a hero’s walk in this business, he walked it, breathed it, and lived it, devoting his life to searching out answers to the questions we only ponder from our couches and armchairs, if this world held more men like this, there would be no more secrets. Men like Sanderson and Tesla, and I’m sure other less distinct people, the closer they come to finding out these answers, the more dangerous they become to the “powers” that be. It seems the predestined end that their files become raped and disappear. God forbid that we would be forced to rewrite the sacred scrolls of science and history, after all, we’re only a bunch of crackpots chasing after the bogey-man, or so it’s said.

By: mystery_man

mystery_man — Sun, 13 May 2007 15:11:48 +0000

I think that Ivan T. Sanderson contributed greatly not only to cryptozoology, but also to zoology and a scientific approach to paranormal phenomena. I just think it’s a shame that the latter part may make certain people question his integrity when it shouldn’t.

By: mystery_man

mystery_man — Sun, 13 May 2007 09:25:02 +0000

UKCryptid- I think you seem to misunderstand and feel that I personally am against the whole notion of studying UFOs and the paranormal. This couldn’t be farther from the truth and I did not say such a thing, as a matter of fact, as long as research is done in a scientific fashion, I am quite interested in what such studies turn up. What I said is that there MAY be people in this field who will see it as taking away from his credibility. That may sound ridiculous to you, but it is the reality and I don’t think that it can be denied or is in dispute. It has nothing to do with what I feel personally, merely I was saying that unfortunately people’s perceptions can be influenced by what they see as “psuedo science”, even from people within fields such as cryptozoology, which mainstream science sees as a fringe science in its own right.

By: mfs

mfs — Sat, 12 May 2007 08:58:38 +0000

Truly a sad and pathetic commentary especially with the theft of the invaluable files and library of this pioneer of cryptozoology. It will never diminish his memorable and outstanding contributions to this unique field of study. I’m glad I had the opportunity to have read some of his great work.

By: UKCryptid

UKCryptid — Sat, 12 May 2007 06:23:48 +0000

I for one don’t think the ‘paranormal’ link does him any damage, the word paranormal seems very much down to personal taste with regards to how you choose to understand it. Investigations into ufo’s etc are just as real and noteworthy as any bigfoot expedition. They’re there to find answers to questions, for a start nobody can deny that ufo’s do exist, it’s not possible to say they don’t, what is under debate is whether they’re man-made or alien or something else and i’m sorry but that is just as good a science as any other in respect to finding out what they are. What is unfortunate is that people investigating ufo’s seem to be charged with being mad and talking to little green men, ridiculous. We can’t judge one science (or ‘folklore’) to be one thing when our own IS just as far fetched in the eyes of many.

By: mystery_man

mystery_man — Fri, 11 May 2007 17:06:33 +0000

I agree that he was a great naturalist and zoologist. I find it unfortunate that his involvement in paranormal activities and UFOs may cause people to overlook his sincere devotion to real science and cryptozoology as well as his contributions to the field. I find it shocking how his vast library of materials was looted the way it was.

By: Bob Michaels

Bob Michaels — Fri, 11 May 2007 16:29:32 +0000

I was very much aware of S.I.T.U.

I believe after Ivan’s death, a fellow from Neptune NJ was in charge of the program?

I had rec’d an application to join around 1980 but never did.

Sanderson was a zoologist and a great naturalist, a man that I very much admired for his pursuit of unknown animals.

It’s a shame that most of his lifelong files had to be stolen.