The Jacko hoax was a Canadian newspaper story about a gorilla supposedly caught near Yale, British Columbia in 1884. The story, titled “What is it?, A strange creature captured above Yale. A British Columbia Gorilla”,…
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Loren Coleman
Loren Coleman (born July 12, 1947) is an American cryptozoologist who has written over 40 books on a number of topics, including cryptozoology, a pseudoscience.
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Carmine Thomas Biscardi (born 1948) is a cryptozoology enthusiast, Las Vegas promoter, internet radio host, and film producer. He describes himself as the “Real Bigfoot Hunter”. Biscardi has been centrally involved in several hoaxes regarding…
Read More Tom BiscardiJohn Bindernagel
John Albert Bindernagel (December 22, 1941 – January 17, 2018) was a wildlife biologist who sought evidence for Bigfoot since 1963. He published a book in 1998 entitled North America’s Great Ape: the Sasquatch (ISBN…
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The whole world has heard of Bigfoot and the Abominable Snowman (known to the locals as the Yeti), but how many people know that almost every country has its own version of the ape-man legend?…
Read More 10 Bigfoot-Type Cryptids You May Not Know AboutBigfoot, sasquatch names, regional names
Having watched all the episodes of Mountain Monsters, and wondering how the AIMS team has so many different names for Bigfoot, depending upon where they are hunting I found the following list on the internet, Over time I will try to research the names and add them to the dictionary. Many of the names for bigfoot, such as sasquatch, come from North America and the United States.
Read More Bigfoot, sasquatch names, regional namesRaymond L. Wallace
Raymond L. “Ray” Wallace (April 21, 1918 – November 26, 2002) was an American amateur Bigfoot hoaxer and, according to most who knew him well, a pathological liar.
Read More Raymond L. WallaceGrover Krantz
Grover Sanders Krantz (November 5, 1931 – February 14, 2002) was an American anthropologist; he was one of the few scientists not only to research Bigfoot, but also to express his belief in the cryptid’s existence. Throughout his professional career, Krantz authored more than 60 academic articles and 10 books on human evolution, and conducted field research in Europe, China, and Java.
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John Willison Green (born February 12, 1927) is a Canadian retired journalist and a leading researcher into the Bigfoot phenomenon. He is a graduate of both the University of British Columbia and Columbia University and has a database of more than 3000 sighting and track reports, leading some to affectionately refer to him as “Mr. Sasquatch.”
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Paul Freeman (August 10, 1943 – April 2, 2003) was an American Bigfoot hunter who claimed to have discovered Bigfoot tracks showing dermal ridges. The plaster casts Freeman subsequently made were convincing enough to be considered critical pieces of evidence by anthropologists Grover Krantz and Jeff Meldrum (Idaho State University), who both put considerable time and resources into studying them. Others, like Rene Dahinden and Bob Titmus thought Freeman was simply a hoaxer seeking attention.
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