CRYPTO 1990

Exotfc Zoology, by. Wtlly

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INTO FABULOUS BEASTS AND OF FABULOUS BEASTS INTO KNOWN ANIMALS EDITORIAL BoARD

BEASTS INTO KNOWN ANIMALS EDITORIAL BoARD

EDITORIAL BoARD Troy L. Bst

HUMANS, EMOTIONAL ANIMALS SMITTEN WITH REASON THE DAWN OF BIOMYTHOLOGY From a zoological point of view, humans are just like other animals. Even their general anatomy is not particularly original. They are bipedal beings like half of all terrestrial vertebrates - one has merely to think of the birds

THE DAWN OF BIOMYTHOLOGY From a zoological point of view, humans are just like other animals. Even their general anatomy is not particularly original. They are bipedal beings like half of all terrestrial vertebrates - one has merely to think of the birds, which form the order containing the largest

From a zoological point of view, humans are just like other animals. Even their general anatomy is not particularly original. They are bipedal beings like half of all terrestrial vertebrates - one has merely to think of the birds, which form the order containing the largest number of species: more t

What happens in our minds when we are confronted with the problem of apparently new animals, which represent the Unknown in zoological sys tematics. Well, to neutralize the frightening nature of this particular Un known, or its simple inconvenience - and thus to comfort us -we will be irresistibly

Paradoxical as it may seem, fabulous monsters are surely the animals nearest to us, the most closely bound up with our daily lives. The dog, the cat, the horse, and some others live with us; the mythical beasts live inside us. In the waves of our unconscious tumble mermaids, Krakens, and sea serpent

These are but two examples of transmogrification dating from ancient times, but nothing has really changed since. In 1 828, a specimen of the largest fish presently known, the whale shark (Rhineodon typus), was harpooned in Table Bay, near the Cape of Good Hope. The representatives of this species a

Such examples could be multiplied according to order. The unfolding of events is invariably the same. After having been largely mythicized because they were too little known, or only known by hearsay, ordinary animals become fabulous, and fabulous animals are bound to be stripped of their fantastic

EXISTENCE ON MAINLAND AUSTRALIA ATHOL M. DouGLAS 37 2 Lesmurdie Road, Lesmurdie, Western A ustralia 6076, A ustralia ABsTRAcr: The thylacine, Thy/acinus cynocephalus, also known as the Tasma

ATHOL M. DouGLAS 37 2 Lesmurdie Road, Lesmurdie, Western A ustralia 6076, A ustralia ABsTRAcr: The thylacine, Thy/acinus cynocephalus, also known as the Tasma nian Tiger or Wolf, has been believed extinct on the island of Tasmania since 1 936,

37 2 Lesmurdie Road, Lesmurdie, Western A ustralia 6076, A ustralia ABsTRAcr: The thylacine, Thy/acinus cynocephalus, also known as the Tasma nian Tiger or Wolf, has been believed extinct on the island of Tasmania since 1 936, and on the mainland of Australia for several thousand years. However, si

In October, 1 98 1 , the Agricultural Protection Board of Western Australia hired a tracker of Aboriginal descent, Kevin Cameron, and supplied him with a . 3 5 7 magnum handgun. He was instructed to seek out a strange animal which had been reported by numerous individuals, including government emplo

FIG. 2. - Another photograph in the same series of what appears to be a thylacine. The author believes that this photograph was taken several hours later, and that the animal was already dead. (Kevin Cameron.) own time, produced five photographs of what appears to be a thylacine burrowing at the bas

I will now address another form of evidence in support of the thylacine's continued survival on mainland Australia. A carcass of a thylacine was recovered by a Western Australian Museum party in 1 966. The specimen was found in a cave, Thylacine Hole, on Mundrabilla Station, near the Western Austral

DOUGLAS: THE THYLACINE ON MAINLAND AUSTRALIA FIG. 7 . - A kangaroo which the author believes was killed b y a thylacine. The neck was broken, and the tongue, face, and throat were eaten. (Rory Neal.) FROM WESTERN AUSTRALIA

Hundreds of people throughout Western Australia have clearly described an animal similar to the thylacine. Most of these people are from different localities and are separated by a considerable distance, yet their observations tally in minute dtail. I have interviewed witnesses from the areas of Au

THE KELLAS CAT: REVIEWING AN ENIGMA KARL P. N. SHUKER 257 Hydes Road, West Bromwich, West Midlands, England B71 22E, U.K. ABsTRAcr. A literature review is presented, covering the discovery, morphology,

Over the past few decades, numerous reports of large, unidentified felids have been filed from all parts of Great Britain (Shuker 1 989). Usually, such reports have not been substantiated by the procurement of specimens, the most notable exception being a female puma, Felis concolor, captured alive

Table 1 provides a list of measurements recorded from Specimens K and A. Most of the former are reproduced from Hills ( 1 9 8 5) and the latter from Hills ( 1 986), by kind permission of Daphne Hills; additional measurements for Specimen K are drawn from the author's examination of this felid. The s

Following examination of Specimen K at the British Museum (Natural History), it was concluded there that, although the possibility of this felid being either an F. s. catus x F. s. grampia hybrid or a feral F. s. catus could not be totally dismissed, available evidence suggested that it was most pro

CRYPTOZOOLOGY SHUKER: THE KELLAS CAT

Nonetheless, there is some intriguing evidence to suggest that such forms may have arisen at least spasmodically in the past too. One of the many unusual beasts of Highland folklore is the fairy cat or cait sith. According to Briggs ( 1 976), it is supposedly a sizeable animal, predominantly black i

GRAHAM C. JoYNER PO Box 4253, Kingston A CT 2604, Australia ABsTRACT: Discovery is an extended process in which observation needs to be accompanied by the necessary conceptualization. The Yahoo (or Australian "goril la") may be seen as an unresolved anomaly set against a background involving such

as a weakening of the grip of tradition upon the mind in the face of the unexpected, so that finally the anomalous becomes the expected. Observation and conceptualization are inseparably linked in discovery. Consequently, failure to recognize the existence of anomaly should be sufficient to prohibit

Kuhn ( 1 970: ix) discusses instances of discovery from the physical sci ences, but points out that evidence for his reorientation of the nature of science also comes from the history of biological science. Kathleen Dugan has surveyed the links between observation and theoretical assumption in the

ZoOLOGICAL DISCOVERY It can be seen at once by anyone familiar with the cases concerned that these short accounts are only loosely based on what is known of the actual discoveries. The reason for this is clear. Like most scientists, Montgomery believed that science was impartial, and that scientific

It can be seen at once by anyone familiar with the cases concerned that these short accounts are only loosely based on what is known of the actual discoveries. The reason for this is clear. Like most scientists, Montgomery believed that science was impartial, and that scientific discovery was me th

Definite knowledge of the African gorilla is relatively recent. The eventual identification of crania and other skeletal parts belonging to the gorilla was due to the enterprise "of the American missionaries Savage and Wilson in collaboration with the anatomists Wyman and Owen. The publication by Sa

We come at last to a consideration of the Australian "ape," and ofHarper's account of it. According to Kuhn, and in opposition to the view of Mont gomery, novelty in science emerges only with difficulty, and the unexpected will at first be ignored or forced into conformity with accepted views of th

It has been correctly pointed out by Groves ( 1 989) that the imagery and language used to describe the Yahoo are invariably drawn from the hominids or the larger apes, particularly the gorilla. Groves has further suggested that the title of my 1 977 book The Hairy Man of South Eastern Australia is

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THE "SHORT MAN" OF SUMATRA DEBORAH MARTYR 3 Martindale Road, London S. W. J2, England, U.K. INTRODUCfiON In July, 1 989, I arrived in southwestern Sumatra, a large Indonesian Island,

DEBORAH MARTYR 3 Martindale Road, London S. W. J2, England, U.K. INTRODUCfiON In July, 1 989, I arrived in southwestern Sumatra, a large Indonesian Island, with the intention of producing travel features on the area - I am a freelance

3 Martindale Road, London S. W. J2, England, U.K. INTRODUCfiON In July, 1 989, I arrived in southwestern Sumatra, a large Indonesian Island, with the intention of producing travel features on the area - I am a freelance writer. I had no previous knowledge of the "Short Man," and was intrigued

AARoN M. BAUER Biology Department, Villanova University, Villanova, Pennsylvania 1 9085, U.S.A. ANTHoNY P. RussELL Vertebrate Morphology Research Group, Department of Biological Sciences,

FIG. 1 . - Map of west central Northland illustrating the route taken and localities mentioned m. the text. The area of kauri forest indicated by the dotted pattern centered around the Waipoua

RESULTS OF AN INVESTIGATION JAY W. TISCHENDORF A merican Ecological Research Institute, 432 Burr Oak Drive, Kent, Ohio 44240, U.S.A. INTRODUCI10N

JAY W. TISCHENDORF A merican Ecological Research Institute, 432 Burr Oak Drive, Kent, Ohio 44240, U.S.A. INTRODUCI10N The continued occurrence of the panther or puma (Felis concolor) in

A merican Ecological Research Institute, 432 Burr Oak Drive, Kent, Ohio 44240, U.S.A. INTRODUCI10N The continued occurrence of the panther or puma (Felis concolor) in northeastern North America has been debated for decades (Bruce S. Wright,

The continued occurrence of the panther or puma (Felis concolor) in northeastern North America has been debated for decades (Bruce S. Wright, 1 972, The Eastern Panther: A Question of Survival, Clarke, Irwin, Toronto; Robert L. Downing, 1 984, The Search for Cougars in the Eastern United States, Cry

JOSEPH W. ZARzvNSKI P.O. Box 2 134, Wilton, New York 12866, U.S.A . INTRODUCriON The search for the Loch Ness monster-like animals (Champ) of Lake Champlain by the Lake Champlain Phenomena Investigation (LCPI) in 1 990

JOSEf"H ZAIUYNSKI FIG. 1. _ Map of Lake Champlain, with numbers indicating the locations of the eyewitness sightings reported to LCPI in 1 990. The location of sighting # 1 is unknown. No sighting of a Champ-like animal was made by personnel of the LCPI during the 1 990 fieldwork.

FIG. 1. _ Map of Lake Champlain, with numbers indicating the locations of the eyewitness sightings reported to LCPI in 1 990. The location of sighting # 1 is unknown. No sighting of a Champ-like animal was made by personnel of the LCPI during the 1 990 fieldwork. Four 1 990 Champ sightings were repo

JAMES A. HEWKIN 35237 Aubuchon Drive, St. Helens, Oregon 97051, U.S.A. INTRODUCTION Sasquatch, reported to be a large, bipedal primate by many eyewineses in the Pacific Northwest, continues to represent an unresolved scientific

1 1 94 Robson Street, Vancouver, British Columbia V6E 1B2, Canada INTRODUCTION The British Columbia Cryptozoology Club (BCCC) underwent a name change in 1 990 when it became the British Columbia Scientific Crypto zoology Club (BCSCC). The reason for the change was more than cosmetic.

Department of Biological Sciences Illinois State University Normal, Illinois 61 761, U.S.A. Mysterious Lake Pend Oreille and Its "Monster": Fact and Folklore. By

A MONSTROUSLY GOOD IDEA (Comment on Adrienne Mayor, 1 989, Paleocryptozoology: A Call for Col laboration between Classicists and Cryptozoologists, Cryptozoology, Vol. 8: What a monstrously good idea Adrienne Mayor has by the tail-an in terdisciplinary project to identify extinct or unknown animals

(Comment on Adrienne Mayor, 1 989, Paleocryptozoology: A Call for Col laboration between Classicists and Cryptozoologists, Cryptozoology, Vol. 8: What a monstrously good idea Adrienne Mayor has by the tail-an in terdisciplinary project to identify extinct or unknown animals by cross referencing a

University Museum University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1 9104, U. S.A. (Ann Barnwell Ashmead is a classical archaeologist. She publishes the Attic red-figured vases in the Corpus Vasorum Project of the University of Penn

A SIVATHERE NO LoNGER (Comment on Christine Janis, 1 987, Fossil Ungulate Mammals Depicted on Archaeological Artifacts, Cryptozoology, Vol. 6: 8-23; and Adrienne May- COMMENTS AND RESPONSES or, 1 989, Paleocryptozoology: A Call for Collaboration between Classicists

(Comment on Christine Janis, 1 987, Fossil Ungulate Mammals Depicted on Archaeological Artifacts, Cryptozoology, Vol. 6: 8-23; and Adrienne May- COMMENTS AND RESPONSES or, 1 989, Paleocryptozoology: A Call for Collaboration between Classicists and Cryptozoologists, Cryptozoology, Vol. 8: 1 2-26)

Department ofA nthropology Field Museum of Natural History Roosevelt Road at Lake Shore Drive Chicago, Illinois 60605, U.S.A. (David Reese studied anthropology, archaeology, paleontology, and zoology

(Response to Ashmead and Reese) Since its inception, cryptozoology has embraced multidisciplinary studies, both by temperament and necessity. Opening up an avenue for dialogue between the various fields of ancient history and cryptozoology was the purpose of my "call for collaboration"; it was a way

(Response to Reese) David Reese provides us with some very interesting evidence to show that the Sumerian figurine identified as Sivatherium giganteum by Edwin Colbert ( 1 936, Was the Extinct Giraffe [Sivatherium] Known to the Early Sumeri ans?, A merican A nthropologist, Vol. 38: 605-8) was an in

Section of Population Biology, Morphology, and Genetics Division of Biology and Medicine, Box G-B206, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, U.S.A. (Christine Janis is a paleobiologist specializing in the evolution of hoofed

(Comment on Robert G. Tuck and Raul Valdez, 1 989, Persepolis: Nilgai Not Okapi, Cryptozoology, Vol. 8 : 1 46-49) Tuck and Valdez state that Henry M. Stanley saw a live okapi in Africa, and, when he carved his name at Persepolis, this resulted in the only real okapi-Persepolis link. Stanley carved

(Comment on Malcolm Smith, 1 989, Analysis of the Australian "Hairy Man" [Yahoo] Data, Cryptozoology, Vol. 8: 27-36) Smith's examination of historical material about the Yahoo is well di rected, but he fails to pursue it with sufficient rigor or in enough depth. For instance, his analysis of physic

(Response to Joyner) This controversy has the potential to generate more light than heat, but in view of Joyner's comments it would appear that my hypothesis needs clarification. What I am hypothesizing is the type of popular delusion or craze which

(Comment on Donald Baird, 1 989, Sasquatch Footprints: A Proposed Meth od of Fabrication, Cryptozoology, Vol. 8: 43-46) Baird suggests a method for making simulated Sasquatch feet, complete with dermatoglyphics, by soaking latex molds of human feet in kerosene to cause a 50 percent expansion. Thick

(Comment on John Green, 1 989, The Case for a Legal Inquiry into Sasquatch Evidence, Cryptozoology, Vol. 8 : 3 7--42) In my capacity as a practicing attorney interested in the Sasquatch phe nomenon, my reaction to Green's article is basically a qualified positive one. Green implores the legal secto

38530 159th Street East Palmdale, California 93550, U.S.A. (Mike Pincher has a general law practice which emphasizes entertainment law and organized labor law.) LEAVE SASQUATCH TO CRYPTOZOOLOGISTS

(Comment on John Green, 1 989, Cryptozoology, Vol. 8: 37-42) Let me initially assert that I sincerely respect all that Green has done in his endeavors to prove the existence of the Sasquatch. I have eagerly read most of his books, and first met with him at his home in Harrison Hot Springs in 1 974.

P. O. Drawer 537 Big Pine Key, Florida 33043, U. S.A. (Ted Ernst has been a Florida attorney for more than 20 years, practicing mainly in administration ofestates and real estate. In addition to Sasquatch fieldwork in the Pacific Northwest, he spent a month Yeti-hunting in the Arun

(Comment on John Green, 1 989, Cryptozoology, Vol. 8 : 3 7-42) Green's paper is a clear indication that he is a victim of the obfuscation and propaganda that has made lawyers the high priests of the reigning po litical religion. (The term "political religion" itself is a redundancy. Both politics a

P. 0. Box Seven Ukiah, California 95482, U.S.A. (Barry Vogel is a practicing attorney in Mendocino County, California, spe cializing in real property law and civil and political rights. He is the President of the Ukiah Unified School District Board of Education.)

(Comment on John Green, 1 989, Cryptozoology, Vol. 8: 37-42) Green's suggestion that the existence of the Sasquatch might be established "as an accepted fact" by means of a legal inquiry into the evidence sur rounding the phenomenon expresses an excess of confidence in the capacities of law and the

Washington College of Law The American University 4400 Massachusetts Avenue, N. W. Washington, D. C. 20016, U.S.A. (Peter Jaszi is a law professor specializing in )

(Response to Pincher, Ernst, Vogel, and Jaszi) I am pleased that four members of the legal fraternity within ISC have taken my "Case for a Legal Inquiry into Sasquatch Evidence" seriously enough to comment on it, but I am left with some concerns about my competence in my own profession of journalism