CRYPTO 1982

WINTER 1 9 8 2 Cryptozoology, 1 , 1 982, 1 - 1 2

Department of Sociology, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, Michigan 48 1 97, U.S.A.] ABSTRACT: Cryptozoology i s the science o f "hidden" animals. While paleontol ogy discovers and describes organisms of the past, cryptozoology attempts to do the same with unknown animals of the present. Cryp

to as "unknowns," even though they are typically known to local popula tions - at least sufficiently so that we often indirectly know of their existence, and certain aspects of their appearance and behavior. It would be better to call them animals "undescribed by science," at least according to pre

There are strong parallels between cryptozoology and paleontology. Just as paleozoology, the paleontology of animals, searches for and studies ani mals lost in a "time dimension," cryptozoology is devoted to the search for and study of animals hidden in a "space dimension." These two sister science

Conscious of an irregular situation, certain paleontologists have argued against the application of traditional Li nnaean nomenclature to discrete parts or life-stages of animals which are deemed to be unidentifiable in term s of the whole animals to which they belong, especially since such animals

Even if the notion of parataxa is not officially recognized, one im portant point is worth emphasizing: the requirement of a type-specimen for the legitimation of the existence of an animal species, even if constituted by a simple anatomic fragment (as is sometimes the case in paleontology), is an a

It is easy to dispose of the most common objections to cryptozoological research. First, it is argued that, the planet being today well-known, explored in its most remote recesses, there is but a small chance of discovering un known animals. It is correct that the amount of Terrae incognitae has re

Only one maj or objection made of cryptozoology demands that we stop and make a carefully considered rebuttal. It is the objection raised by folk lorists, which argues that those animals thought to be hidden because they are unobtainable are, in fact, the product of popular imagination. Traditions

In the analysis of information and data which are indispensable to cryp tozoological investigations (as in all scientific research), there are two an tagonistic factors of great importance which must be taken into consider ation: myth and fashion. That is to say, the eternal and the transient. On

Borchard, Edwin M . 1 93 2 Convicting the Innocent. New Haven: Yale University Press. Lumiere, Auguste 1 94 1 Les Fossoyeurs du Progres: Les Mandarins Contre les Pionniers de Ia Science. Lyon: L. Sezanne.

Chinese historical documents, and many city and town annals, contain abundant records of Wildman, which are given various names, such as "manbear," "hairy man, " "shangui" (mountain monster), "xingxing" (or ang-utan), and "feifei." In the period of Warring States (47 5-2 2 1 B . C.), Qu Yuan, a gre

In modern times, incidents of people encountering Wildman have been reported from time to time in Sichuan, Yunnan, H ubei, Shanxi, Zhej iang, Fuj ian, and Anhuei provinces, and the autonomous regions of Tibet and Xinj iang. Many witnesses say that they have seen "strange animals," resem bling both

Chinese scientific investigations of Wildman on a regular basis started with the founding of new China, organized by state-owned scienti fic insti tutions, funded by the govern ment, and staffed by the scientific departments (1) In vestigation of the "Abominable Snowman" (Yeti) in the 1 950 's

FIG. 2. - The author, in his Beijing office, analyzing Wildman evidence collected in Hubei the h ighest peaks of the greater and lesser Shennongjia Mountain Range, which is covered with thick, ancient forests (Fig. 1 ), and as head of the research group, I was responsible for the summary work based

CONCLUSIONS Based on the evidence obtained in recent years, the legendary Wildman of China has the following morphological characteristics: ( 1 ) Its height varies between 1 . 2 and 2 . 5 meters. It can perhaps be sub divided into two types, a larger one of about 2 meters in height, and a smaller

STU DIES AT LOCH NESS ROBERT H . R INES Academy of Applied Science, 65 India Wharf, Boston, Massachusetts 02 1 1 0, U.S.A. ABSTRACT: In consort with other investigators and institutions, members of the

ROBERT H . R INES Academy of Applied Science, 65 India Wharf, Boston, Massachusetts 02 1 1 0, U.S.A. ABSTRACT: In consort with other investigators and institutions, members of the Academy of Applied Science (AAS) have engaged in part-time studies of Scotland's

Since the digital sonar tracking of large underwater targets at Loch Ness in the late 1 960's (Braithwaite and Tucker 1 9 68), more extensive sonar exploration has been conducted by the Academy through the 1 9 7 0's, some in consort with simultaneous attempts at underwater strobe photography. The Tu

vestigation Bureau, R. & C. R ines, T. Dinsdale, H. Arnold, R. Raynor, T. Willums, R . Needleman, August 9

On at least three occasions during the 1 9 7 0's, Academy investigators filmed, at a distance, moving protuberances in the lake that were setting up wake patterns in excess of several inches of amplitude - disturbances that did not resemble mergansers, swans, or other known lake birds, otters, seals

We have reported elsewhere upon the serendipity of our side-scan sonar studies by Klein and Edgerton, leading to the finding of circular ring patterns on the bottom of the loch ( Klein and Finkelstein 1 9 7 6 , Rines 1 9 7 6 ), the shallower only of which have to date been partially explored by divi

Head, Department of A nthropology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22903, U.S.A. ABSTRACT: An aquatic creature roughly resembling the traditional "mermaid," and sometimes identified with it, is reportedly known through a variety of encounters with natives of Central New Ireland. Th

Head, Department of A nthropology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22903, U.S.A. ABSTRACT: An aquatic creature roughly resembling the traditional "mermaid," and sometimes identified with it, is reportedly known through a variety of encounters with natives of Central New Ireland. Th

o f men who clai med to have eaten ri flesh, and to have been present at the butchering of ri. My informants com mented that ri have "a great deal of blood, like a human being, and their body fat is yellow." Out of curiosity, I asked whether there were vestigial leg bones in the lower extrem ity, an

AND THE EVI DENCE HENRY H . B A UE R Dean, College of A rts and Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia 2406 1 U. S.A .

HENRY H . B A UE R Dean, College of A rts and Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia 2406 1 U. S.A . Nessie's public image is akin t o that o f mermaids o r unicorns: almost

DMITRI BAyANOV Darwin Museum, Moscow, 1 1 9 435, U. S. S. R. ABSTRACT: Mythology and reality can be closely interconnected, as in the case of hominology, the study of Sasquatch-like creatures. While folklorists tend to dis miss real hominoids, the existence of mythological hominoids is a necessary,

Darwin Museum, Moscow, 1 1 9 435, U. S. S. R. ABSTRACT: Mythology and reality can be closely interconnected, as in the case of hominology, the study of Sasquatch-like creatures. While folklorists tend to dis miss real hominoids, the existence of mythological hominoids is a necessary, though not suf

mythological hominoids i s a necessary, though not sufficient, condition of the existence of real hominoids. The argument was set forth by us in 1 9 7 6 a s follows: Folklore and mythology in general are an important source of information for science. But hominologists look for myths about these cre

OF ITS SU PPOSED FOOD SOU RCE Bayanov, Dmitri, and Igor Bourtsev 1 97 6 The Mysterious Biped. Science and Religion, No. 6: 39 (in Russian). Suttles, Wayne 1 97 2 On the Cultural Track of the Sasquatch. Northwest A nthropological Research Notes.

Bayanov, Dmitri, and Igor Bourtsev 1 97 6 The Mysterious Biped. Science and Religion, No. 6: 39 (in Russian). Suttles, Wayne 1 97 2 On the Cultural Track of the Sasquatch. Northwest A nthropological Research Notes. Vol. 6( 1 ): 82.

A rid Lands Natural Resources Committee, The University of Arizona, Tucson, A rizona 8572 1 , U. S.A. ABSTRACT: Speculation continues about Mokele-Mbembe, a supposed genus of sauropod reported over the last 200 years to have survived in the Central African swamp-forests. A 1 98 1 scientific expediti

CRYPTOZOOLOGY The fruit had been transported in a sealed plastic container, with form aldehyde as a preservative. They were round, firm, and all about 35 mm in

IN THE MANSI PHOTOGRAPH PAUL H . LEBLOND Department of Oceanography, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6 T 1 W5, Canada ABSTRACT: Empirical results relating the appearance of the sea surface to wind

PAUL H . LEBLOND Department of Oceanography, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6 T 1 W5, Canada ABSTRACT: Empirical results relating the appearance of the sea surface to wind speed and thence to the length of wind waves are used to provide an estimate of

Department of Oceanography, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6 T 1 W5, Canada ABSTRACT: Empirical results relating the appearance of the sea surface to wind speed and thence to the length of wind waves are used to provide an estimate of the dimensions of "Champ," as s

IN THE PEOPLE'S REPU BLIC OF THE CONGO Rov P. M ACKAL Department of Biology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, U.S.A. J . R ICHARD GREENWELL I

Rov P. M ACKAL Department of Biology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, U.S.A. J . R ICHARD GREENWELL I A rid Lands Natural Resources Committee, The University of Arizona,

Department of Biology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, U.S.A. J . R ICHARD GREENWELL I A rid Lands Natural Resources Committee, The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 857 2 1 , U.S.A.

killing and butchering o f one o f the animals i n the late 1 9 50's. N o reports were known of non-Africans navigating the Bai River north to what was then thought to be the Tebeke River (so named by the pygmies of Minganga). The result was the 1 9 8 1 expedition discussed in this report. NARRATIVE

FIG. 1 . - The swamps between the Ubangi and Sangha rivers in the Likouala region of the People's Republic of the Congo. The area is just north of the Equator. to I mpfondo, a j ungle town on the U bangi R iver (which separates the Congo from the Old Belgian Congo, now known as Zaire) j ust north of

Expedition members have discussed possible future penetrations of the Likouala swamps, particularly as reports of other large animals were also obtained, the descri ptions of which cannot be reconciled with known animals of contemporary zoology. Several target areas have been identified. One would b

P. O. Box 2 1 34, Wilton, New York 1 2866, U.S.A. INTRODUCTION Members of the Lake Champlain I nvestigation (LCPI) once again worked at Lake Champlain during 1 9 8 2 in an attempt to identify its presumed colony of large unknown animals. The lake is the supposed habitat of 1 5 - to 30foot-long unide

FRESH WATER SCOTTISH LAKES JOSEPH W . ZARZYNSKJ P. O. Box 2 1 34, Wilton, New York 1 2866, U. S.A . M . PAT M EANEY P. O. Box 2 1 2 9, Wilton. New York 1 2866, U. S.A .

JOSEPH W . ZARZYNSKJ P. O. Box 2 1 34, Wilton, New York 1 2866, U. S.A . M . PAT M EANEY P. O. Box 2 1 2 9, Wilton. New York 1 2866, U. S.A . INTRODUCTION

Brazzaville Center Office of Overseas Scientific and Tech nical Research of the French Republic P. O. Box 1 8 1 Brazzaville, People 's Republic of the Congo Searching for Hidden A nimals: A n Inquiry Into Zoological Mysteries. By

Department of A nthropology University of Illinois at Chicago Circle Chicago, Illinois 60680, U. S.A . Sasquatch Apparitions: A Critique on the Pacific Northwest Hominoids. By Barbara Wasson, Published by the author, Bend, Oregon, 1 9 7 9 . 1 7 3 pp.

Department of A rchaeology University of Calgary Calgary, A lberta T2N J N4, Canada. Bigfoot: A Personal Inquiry Into a Phenomenon. By Kenneth Wylie. Viking Press, New York, 1 9 80. 2 6 8 pp. $ 1 4 . 9 5 .

Department of A nthropology Washington State University Pullman, Washington 991 63, U. S.A .