A: I had been reading Loren Coleman’s “Mysterious America” and William Robinson’s “Abandoned New England: Its Ruins and Where to Find Them,” and it got my curiosity going.”

Encouraging curiosity is just one of the positive effects the field of cryptozoology brings to the general public. Awareness is another, and to some degree, as this interview demonstrates, it makes you want to examine your own community in the hope of uncovering that certain intriguing story that fuels further excitement.