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Calling on Community Spirit

By Gregon

I received word yesterday that cryptozoologist Loren Coleman, one of the most honest and hardworking researchers out there, is struggling to keep his head above water financially. Having such a great community here at TDG, I thought we should try and get some wheels in motion to help Loren out. It’s a cliche, and one that works better in theory than in practice, but everyone doing a little can have big results (imagine if all 10,000 readers per day of TDG gave a measly $1 from the budget?).

So, here’s what to do. Break open your Paypal account and send Loren a $1 donation, via his Paypal ID of: lcoleman{at}maine.rr.com (substitute the {at} with an @). Or, if you understand that only 1 person out of every 300 out there will do anything (very depressing, but true), send $10 to make up for a few. If you would like something back for a larger donation, Loren’s actually selling some of his books direct from Cryptomundo. And if you don’t like that new fandangled Paypal thing, you can always send a check or money order direct, to Loren Coleman, PO Box 360, Portland, ME 04112 USA.

I’m sure Loren would be far better off if at some point (like so many others), he had sold out and told sensationalist stories about Bigfoot and assorted other creatures. But he hasn’t. He researches in depth, and always goes for the truth, no matter where that may lead. It’s not the best way to get ahead in these modern times, but it’s something that should be saluted. So let’s put our money where our mouth is – consider it shouting him a beer, or buying him a coffee…it’s the least we would do if we met him in person. Let’s see what the TDG community is made of.

Greg
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Greg is the owner-editor of The Daily Grail, as well as the author of a number of books including Stop Worrying, There Probably is an Afterlife.
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  1. Loren Coleman
    is one of the world’s leading cryptozoologists, some say “the” leading. Certainly, he is acknowledged as the current living American researcher and writer who has most popularized cryptozoology in the late 20th and early 21st centuries.

    Starting his fieldwork and investigations in 1960, after traveling and trekking extensively in pursuit of cryptozoological mysteries, Coleman began writing to share his experiences in 1969. An honorary member of Ivan T. Sanderson’s Society for the Investigation of the Unexplained in the 1970s, Coleman has been bestowed with similar honorary memberships of the North Idaho College Cryptozoology Club in 1983, and in subsequent years, that of the British Columbia Scientific Cryptozoology Club, CryptoSafari International, and other international organizations. He was also a Life Member and Benefactor of the International Society of Cryptozoology (now-defunct).

    Coleman has written over twenty-five books and more than four hundred articles, has appeared frequently on radio and television programs, and has lectured throughout North America, as well as in London and at Loch Ness. Coleman’s former cryptozoology columns, since the 1970s, have been “On the Trail,” in the London-based Fortean Times and “Mysterious World” in Fate Magazine, as well as regular contributions to The Anomalist and Fortean Studies. His unique signature column, “The Cryptozoo News,” was published in Strange Magazine, Mysteries Magazine, and now appears as Coleman’s weblog at Cryptomundo.com

    Coleman has been both an on- and off-camera consultant to NBC-TV’s “Unsolved Mysteries,” A & E’s “Ancient Mysteries,” History Channel’s “In Search of History,” Discovery Channel’s “In the Unknown, ” Discovery Science Channel’s “Critical Eye,” History Channel’s “Deep Sea Detectives,” Animal Planet’s “Animal X,” Discovery Kids’ “Mystery Hunters,” and Animal Planet’s “Twisted Tales,” and other reality-based programs such as Current Affair and Evening Magazine. In 2000, he served as the Senior Series Consultant to the new “In Search Of…” program which was broadcast on Sci-Fi Network. During 2002, he was featured in the Sony Studios’ documentary, “Search for the Mothman,” available on the deluxe DVD of the movie The Mothman Prophecies. He served as the Screen Gems’ national and international publicity spokesperson for their Richard Gere-Mark Pellington movie.

    Coleman has been investigating, in the field and in the library, cryptozoological evidence and folklore since the Abominable Snowmen (Yeti) caught his interest over 45 years ago, leading him to research mysterious Black Panther sightings and reports of Napes (North American Apes) in the American Midwest. He has traveled to every state in the USA (except Alaska), throughout Canada, Mexico, Scotland, and the Virgin Islands, interviewing witnesses of Hairy Hominoids, Lake Monsters, Giant Snakes, Mystery Felids, Mothman, Thunderbirds, and other cryptids.

    His first cryptozoology article was published in 1969. He went on to write two books with Jerome Clark (The Unidentified [1975] and Creatures of the Outer Edge [1978], both published by Warner Books). In the 1980s, Coleman wrote Mysterious America (1983), Curious Encounters (1985), and Tom Slick and the Search for the Yeti (1989), all bestsellers for Faber and Faber. In 1999 Loren Coleman co-authored two books: one with Patrick Huyghe called The Field Guide to Bigfoot, Yeti, and Other Mystery Primates Worldwide (Avon); the other with Jerome Clark called Cryptozoology A to Z: The Encyclopedia of Loch Monsters, Sasquatch, Chupacabras, and Other Authentic Mysteries of Nature (Simon and Schuster/Fireside). During 2002, Linden published the biography, Tom Slick: True Life Encounters in Cryptozoology.

    Coleman’s extremely popular Mysterious America: The Revised Edition (2001) and Mothman and Other Curious Encounters (2002) are published by Paraview Press. In 2003, Coleman continued his fast-paced examination of cryptozoology with two books, BIGFOOT! The True Story of Apes in America (NY: Paraview Pocket – Simon and Schuster) and The Field Guide to Lake Monsters, Sea Serpents, and Other Mystery Denizens of the Deep (NY: Tarcher-Penguin). With the publication of Mark A. Hall’s book, Thunderbirds, Paraview Press began a projected series of cryptozoology books under the umbrella “Loren Coleman Presents….”

    Loren Coleman’s special appreciation of his fellow cryptozoologists and hominologists has made him the source of biographical insights, and his obituaries and living commentaries on the leaders of the field (as noted in Cryptozoology A to Z) have been published and broadcast widely. National Public Radio’s “All Things Considered,” for example, called on Coleman to speak in tribute of Dr. Grover Krantz who died on Valentine’s Day, 2002. Coleman was the first person that reporter Bob Young spoke to about Ray Wallace’s death, even before the Wallace family pulled off their now infamous “confession” stories about their father’s Bigfoot hoaxes.

    Obtaining an undergraduate degree from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, Coleman majored in anthropology, minored in zoology, and did some summer work in archaeology. He received a graduate degree in psychiatric social work from Simmons College in Boston. Coleman was admitted to the Ph.D. programs, and took doctoral coursework in social anthropology at Brandies University, and in sociology at the University of New Hampshire’s Anthropology/Sociology Department.

    Coleman has been an instructor, assistant/associate professor, research associate, and documentary filmmaker, in various academic university settings, since 1980. He gave one of the first credit courses in the USA on the subject of cryptozoology in 1990, and examined cryptozoology films in his popular documentary film class at the University of Southern Maine from 1989 through 2003. He has written extensively in the social sciences, having authored, coauthored, or edited several books, including the critically acclaimed Suicide Clusters (Faber and Faber, 1987), appearing on “The Larry King Show” discussing it. His work on the suicides of baseball players has been covered in Sports Illustrated, the Sporting News, ESPN, EPSN Classics and major media and wire services from 1986 to present. His newest book on such topics examines the role of media and cyclic violence in The Copycat Effect (NY: Paraview Pocket – Simon and Schuster, 2004).

    Coleman is working on a children’s book on cryptozoology and future biographical and adventure books.

    (From Cryptomundo)

    My genuine hope is that some television series would hire Loren or possibly a Hollywood studio for consulting. Loren is far too talented to languish in the doldrums of poverty. Unfortunate as it is this is the case for many. Good Luck Loren, I will be thinking good thoughts for you. Sincerely, Pam —————————–Truth is stranger than fiction.

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