Fire Burns Out Crypto Again
Posted by: Loren Coleman on May 8th, 2009
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I was sent the above article and I was sad to see that Craig Heinselman has been burned out again. Some people just can’t get any breaks. It is terrible to see that “bad luck” appears to be circling around him again.
It will be recalled that in 2003, Craig was diagnosed with brain cancer, then he suffered an accident in late 2004, causing him to walk with a cane. This was followed by both of his wife’s parents dying in 2005 and 2006; his own mother was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2005; his father also had cancer that year; and finally, Craig lost 95% of everything when his home burned to the ground in May 2005. The fire destroyed his entire cryptozoology collection of casts, books, and publications. Everyone got out safely, but he had to start from scratch.
In “Crypto: A Personal Journey,” in 2007, I told of how things seemed to be turning around for Craig.
Craig had published his Crypto journal for a few years, beginning in 1998, and then published Special Dracontology Issue I, Special Hominid Issue I, and Special Hominid Issue II. Chad Arment has generously made these available for years, as pdfs. Click here and you can download them.
After all his troubles, then in 2007, Craig seemed to have made another comeback.
Craig had completed his compiled and edited massive opus, Elementum Bestia.
But now this news. This is just sad and shocking.
I’ve tried to get ahold of Craig, but he’s staying with relatives and out of touch. I guess if he’s reading this, he should know that we all wish him well, and if there’s anything we can do, please get in touch. He has many friends at Cryptomundo.
I understand he may have had to move away from cryptozoology in recent years, but his friends in cryptozoology are still hoping for the best for him. We can always pass the hat for him again, and send along duplicates of cz books for a re-built library.
Take care.
🙂 Thank You.
About Loren Coleman
Loren Coleman is one of the world’s leading cryptozoologists, some say “the” leading living cryptozoologist. Certainly, he is acknowledged as the current living American researcher and writer who has most popularized cryptozoology in the late 20th and early 21st centuries.
Starting his fieldwork and investigations in 1960, after traveling and trekking extensively in pursuit of cryptozoological mysteries, Coleman began writing to share his experiences in 1969. An honorary member of Ivan T. Sanderson’s Society for the Investigation of the Unexplained in the 1970s, Coleman has been bestowed with similar honorary memberships of the North Idaho College Cryptozoology Club in 1983, and in subsequent years, that of the British Columbia Scientific Cryptozoology Club, CryptoSafari International, and other international organizations. He was also a Life Member and Benefactor of the International Society of Cryptozoology (now-defunct).
Loren Coleman’s daily blog, as a member of the Cryptomundo Team, served as an ongoing avenue of communication for the ever-growing body of cryptozoo news from 2005 through 2013. He returned as an infrequent contributor beginning Halloween week of 2015.
Coleman is the founder in 2003, and current director of the International Cryptozoology Museum in Portland, Maine.
Craig, we got your back…just let us know you’re alright.
Craig read this posting today and got in touch with me. The article was not totally factual, he said; he’s been living in a hotel, not with relatives, and his family will move into a new apartment soon.
Due to various personal matters, while he actually follows what is going on in cryptozoology and reads, for example, Cryptomundo, as he stated in his email, his “priorities had to change based on family. We continue to carry on.”
This is all understandable, and folks wish Craig the best, always.
Craig, your Crypto articles have been very helpful for my research in cryptozoology. What I put great stock in regarding cancer is a book by a professional scientist, tops in his field, called The China Study. You should be able to get it free via Interlibrary Loan. It’s about dietary measures good for cancer.
Craig – my god my friend, if you are reading this our thoughts are with you at this time, and if there is ANYTHING we can do please get in touch.
It’s hard to know what to say at a time like this but please realise we along with many others are there and thinking of you.
Tony L.