Comments on: Half Human: Loren Coleman’s Inspiration To Wonder

By: DWA

DWA — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 20:33:46 +0000

My inspiration? This article. I read it when I was 11, hot off the presses. It informed my attitude toward cryptozoology.

By: mystery_man

mystery_man — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 07:26:42 +0000

I live in Japan, have a fascination for all things Japanese, love kaiju and yokai (Japanese mythical and folkloric creatures), and and have written one of the longest running, if not the longest running series of articles here on Cryptomundo specifically about Japanese cryptids, yet I feel ashamed to say I have not seen this film yet. This is besides the fact that I’ve seen just about every other Japanese monster movie ever made.

How embarrassing. I can’t even explain why. I just.. haven’t seen it yet. Odd.

I’ll watch it, I’ll watch it Ok! Stop throwing all of the tomatoes and don’t revoke my cryptozoology card just yet.

By: bigyeti

bigyeti — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 03:04:30 +0000

Glad to hear the great Loren Coleman is not only a cryptid fan, but a kaiju fan too! I actually remember reading the G-Fan article about Half Human, but I still have yet to see the film. I may just have to go buy it now. As for my inspiration, Leonard Nimoy’s In Search of Bigfoot was probably my first start. As Jack Black would say, “that was a kick-ass In Search Of!”

By: Desertdweller

Desertdweller — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 02:43:26 +0000

Holy Cow, Rob008!

Another conspiracy theory?

I got interested in this field about the same time Loren did. But my inspiration wasn’t a movie, it was an article in “Boys’ Life” magazine sometime in 1960, I think. It featured legends of the Yeti, and gave me inspiration to go tracking one down. In our cow pasture, giant footprints (actually, enlarged by the sun). With my Daisy Model 95 BB gun. On short, snowy Iowa afternoons, after school.

Fortunately, I never caught up to it.

By: rrib13

rrib13 — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 14:36:20 +0000

Found the Half Human DVD for 12.99

By: rrib13

rrib13 — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 14:25:29 +0000

Wow, in 1968/9?? I was 11!! and reading W. Ley’s Book A Look at Atlantis, I think it was called? in the late 60′s early 70′s..Thanks for making me remember those wonderful things

By: paul_r

paul_r — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 12:14:30 +0000

A life time interest that we all share in part because of your becoming inspired. I might not agree with everything in cryptozoological world but it is always omni present in my interest like many people. So thanks for maintaining and spreading that interest to us younger folks!

Just slightly younger, I remember well that ancient time when there were no computers or internet and how entertaining reading about loch Ness or Roger Patterson in my scholastic reader could be. When I was ten I finally viewed the film in and was for ever hooked.

Imagine kids of today not being able to review all aspects of your favorite cryptid simply by logging onto the internet. When gaining access to knowledge meant hoofing it to the library or the book store. When asking a question of an author meant mailing a letter and waiting weeks for a reply. Think about how hard people worked to bring all this.

Thanks Loren for staying interested!

By: Rob008

Rob008 — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 10:44:07 +0000

It actually is a pretty good movie for its time. I own the American version and the hard-to-find Japanese version. In Japan, the movie was pulled because it showed the village as a bunch of developmentally-delayed inbreeds. The Yeti suit is quite impressive, considering it was made by the company that made the Godzilla suits. I read somewhere that when the movie was sold to an American distributing company, the Toho movie company sent not only the small Yeti costume, but also the large one as well. Rumor has it that the large Yeti costume was stolen. I wonder if the Bigfoot in Roger Patterson's film is the long lost Yeti suit? I guess that is other theory to throw out there. I can see why this movie would have sparked an intereast in cryptozoology. The movie that inspired me was the Legend of Boggy Creek.