List of cryptozoologists
Here follows a list of notable figures in cryptozoology:
- Dmitri Bayanov, researcher of Eurasian hominids
- Erik Beckjord, controversial Bigfoot researcher
- J.W. Burns, coined the term "Sasquatch"
- Mark Chorvinsky, editor of Strange Magazine
- Jerome Clark, co-author of Cryptozoology A to Z
- Jerry D. Coleman, author of Strange Highways
- Loren Coleman, co-author of Cryptozoology A to Z; co-author of The Field Guide to Bigfoot, Yeti, and Other Mystery Primates Worldwide
- Richard Ellis, marine life artist; author of The Search For The Giant Squid
- Bob Gimlin, with Roger Patterson, allegedly filmed Bigfoot in 1967
- John Green, Bigfoot researcher
- J. Richard Greenwell, secretary of the International Society of Cryptozoology
- Bernard Heuvelmans, author of On the Track of Unknown Animals; "father of cryptozoology"
- Fredrick William Holiday, Loch Ness Monster researcher
- Patrick Huyghe, co-author of The Field Guide to Bigfoot, Yeti, and Other Mystery Primates Worldwide
- John Kirk, president of the British Columbia Scientific Cryptozoology Club; author of In the Domain of Lake Monsters
- Grover Krantz, mainstream physical anthropologist known for his interest in Bigfoot
- Paul LeBlond, Cadborosaurus researcher
- Willy Ley, author of Exotic Zoology
- Roy Mackal, University of Chicago professor known for interest in Loch Ness Monster and Mokele mbembe
- Jordi Magraner, Barmanou researcher
- Reinhold Messner, mountaineer; author of My Quest for the Yeti
- John Napier, primatologist and Bigfoot researcher
- Rory Nugent, Mokele mbembe researcher
- Roger Patterson, with Bob Gimlin, allegedly filmed Bigfoot in 1967
- Michel Raynal, webmaster of the Virtual Institute of Cryptozoology
- Herman Regusters, Mokele mbembe researcher
- Ivan T. Sanderson, celebrity zoologist/anomalist; author of Abominable Snowmen: Legend Come to Life
- Cisco Serret, webmaster of cryptozoology.com
- Karl Shuker, author of From Flying Toads To Snakes With Wings and The Beasts That Hide From Man
- Tom Slick, adventurer who funded searches for Bigfoot and other cryptids
- Roderick Sprague, Bigfoot researcher
- Ray Wallace, prolific Bigfoot hoaxer
Also see: Cryptozoology, Cryptids, zoology.