Actually, Scott, you've gotten your facts all turn...

2009-10-04T08:33:38.077-04:00

Actually, Scott, you've gotten your facts all turned upside down here.

Folks in the media, uninformed members of the general public, and rare fakers are the ones who rush forth with quick statements about something found or shown as being a "monster," "phantom creature," or even, to use your example, a "Chupacabras."

Nine times out of ten, it is the open-minded but skeptical cryptozoologists, like myself, who are interviewed and within moments of the find are labeling the carcass as a "canid with mange," "bloated hairless raccoon," "dead dog along the road," "domestic cat," "escaped monkey," or "store-bought gorilla costume."

Double-check and you will see this has been the case.

Cryptozoology, technically, collects a wide variety of ethnoknown sightings and reports that may produce leads to the discovery of new species. Sometimes bumps in the road do get thrown in our paths, but self-screening is the routine practice, not the exception to the rule. However, these overblown, media-loved, melodrama incidents are what is mostly incorrectly tied to "cryptozoology," when, in fact, they are the least important part of the study of hidden animals.

I look forth to visitors to the museum, from skeptics such as Scott, to my apparent neighbor, the owner of this blog. Thank for for your highlighting this new opening on November 1st.

Enjoy the Quest!
Loren

The problem with cryptozoology is that proponents ...

2009-09-30T13:24:09.005-04:00

The problem with cryptozoology is that proponents are constantly giving undue credit to anomalies and then they jump to conclusions. Every time a half-decomposed hairless small mammal is found, they immediately call it chupacabras, only to have it later identified as something rather common by actual zoologists who systematically and scientifically figure out exactly what it is.

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Actually, Scott, you've gotten your facts all turn...

The problem with cryptozoology is that proponents ...