Mysterious Creatures: British Cryptids: From Werewolves & The Loch Ness Monster To The Beast Of Bodmin Moor & Everything In between (Mysterious Creatures: Cryptids From Around The World Book 2)

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Plant Person: The Hereford Twiggywitch is a little skeletal being made of twigs and leaves. A scientific study brought up towards the end of its episode hints its made of cells that switch between properties of plant and animal cells. Cryptozoology". Lexico UK English Dictionary. Oxford University Press. Archived from the original on November 8, 2020. Paleontologist Donald Prothero (2007) cites cryptozoology as an example of pseudoscience and categorizes it, along with Holocaust denial and UFO abductions claims, as aspects of American culture that are "clearly baloney". [44] Mix-and-Match Critters: The Cumbrian Dregpike is described as being a giant pike with horse's legs.

Church (2009: 251–252): "Cryptozoology has acquired a bad reputation as a pseudoscience [...] Until detailed, methodical research becomes standard practice among cryptozoologists, the field will remain disrespected by more traditional biologists and zoologists." Paxton, C.G.M. 2011. "Putting the 'ology' into cryptozoology." Biofortean Notes. Vol. 7, pp.7–20, 310.Gilmore, David D. (2003). Monsters: evil beings, mythical beasts, and all manner of imaginary terrors. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. ISBN 978-0-8122-0322-6. OCLC 802059457. Why not take out a subscription to the Fortean Times? “The World’s Weirdest News” is available here… Nicaise, Alexander (5 September 2019). "Gloucester Sea-Serpent Mystery: Solved after Two Centuries | Skeptical Inquirer" . Retrieved 25 September 2023. Lallanilla, Marc (4 February 2013). "Reports Surface of Monster Lurking in Russian Lake". livescience.com. Live Science. Archived from the original on 29 September 2021 . Retrieved 21 March 2022.

Lee (2000: 119): "Other examples of pseudoscience include cryptozoology, Atlantis, graphology, the lunar effect, and the Bermuda Triangle". International Fortean Organization – a network of professional Fortean researchers and writers based in the United States

Lee, Jeffrey A. 2000. The Scientific Endeavor: A Primer on Scientific Principles and Practice. Benjamin Cummings. ISBN 978-0805345964 Each-uisge • Eachy • Eastern Cougar • Easthaven Sea Serpent • Ebu Gogo • El Cadejo • El Cuero • El Yunque Chupacabra • Elephant Humanoid • Elmendorf Beast • Eloko • Elwetritsch • Emela-Ntouka • Encantado • Enfield Horror • Enkidu • Ennedi Tiger • Euroa Beast • European Wildman. Simpson, George Gaylord (1984). "Mammals and Cryptozoology". Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society. Vol. 128, No. 1 (Mar. 30, 1984), pp.1–19. American Philosophical Society.

The Grand Hunt: A lot of the anecdotal sightings of various cryptids are taken from accounts of hunts, particularly fox hunts, and the hunters often end up injured or dead at the hands of the cryptids. United States, mainly the South Jersey Pine Barrens, as well as other parts of New Jersey and southeastern Pennsylvania Haupt, R. (30 June 2015). "Skeptoid #473: The Loveland Frog". Skeptoid . Retrieved 1 September 2021. Cryptozoologists have often led expeditions to find evidence of cryptids, to few results. Bigfoot researcher René Dahinden led unsuccessful expedition into caves to find evidence of sasquatch. [13] Lensgrave Adam Christoffer Knuth led an expedition into Lake Tele in the Congo to find the mokele-mbembe in 2018. While they didn't find any evidence for the cryptid, they did find a new species of green algae. [14] Mark van Roosmalen, a Dutch-Brazilian primatologist, is one of the few biologists who have discovered new species of animals to consider his work cryptozoology. [15] Young Earth creationism Divers preparing for icy waters of Russia's 'Loch Ness' ". siberiantimes.com. The Siberian Times. 5 March 2014. Archived from the original on 28 January 2021 . Retrieved 21 March 2022.

Loxton & Prothero (2013: 332): "Whatever the romantic appeal of monster mysteries, cryptozoology as it exists today is unquestionably a pseudoscience." Loxton & Prothero (2013: 320): "Cryptozoology has a reputation of being part of a general pseudoscientific fringe—just one more facet of paranormal belief." (Both quotes from Donald Prothero) Thomas, Paul. 2020. Storytelling the Bible at the Creation Museum, Ark Encounter, and Museum of the Bible. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-0567687142 The term cryptozoology dates from 1959 or before—Heuvelmans attributes the coinage of the term cryptozoology 'the study of hidden animals' (from Ancient Greek: κρυπτός, kryptós "hidden, secret"; Ancient Greek ζῷον, zōion " animal", and λόγος, logos, i.e. "knowledge, study") to Sanderson. [2] [5] Following cryptozoology, the term cryptid was coined in 1983 by cryptozoologist J. E. Wall in the summer issue of the International Society of Cryptozoology newsletter. [6] According to Wall "[It has been] suggested that new terms be coined to replace sensational and often misleading terms like 'monster'. My suggestion is 'cryptid', meaning a living thing having the quality of being hidden or unknown ... describing those creatures which are (or may be) subjects of cryptozoological investigation." [7] Roesch & Moore (2002: 71–78): "Pointing to this rampant speculation and ignorance of established scientific theories in cryptozoology, as well as the field's poor record of success and its reliance on unsystematic, anecdotal evidence, many scientists and skeptics classify cryptozoology as a pseudoscience."