Famous cryptozoologists

Michael M. Ames (1933-2006), Canadian anthropologist and co-author of Manlike Monsters on Trial: Early Records and Modern Evidence

Ferdinand Anders, Austrian historian and cryptozoology skeptic

Ada Arney, Canadian journalist and Mugwump researcher

Donald Baird, American palaeontologist and Bigfoot skeptic

Cliff Barackman, host of Finding Bigfoot

Ernst Bartels, Ahool researcher and author of The One True Batman

Henry H. Bauer (b. 1931), American chemist, professor, and Loch Ness Monster researcher

Dmitri Bayanov, Russian Bigfoot researcher

Jon-Erik Beckjord (1939-2008), American cryptozoologist and ufologist

Trevor Beer, British phantom cat researcher

Ryan Bergara (1990-Present), American cryptozoologist and internet sensation

John Bindernagel (1941-2018), Canadian wildlife biologist and Bigfoot researcher; author of North America's Great Ape: the Sasquatch

Ronald Binns, Loch Ness Monster researcher and author of The Loch Ness Mystery Solved

Tom Biscardi (b. 1948), Bigfoot researcher involved in multiple hoaxes

John Blashford-Snell (b. 1936), British explorer and Life President of the Centre for Fortean Zoology

Joshua Blu Buhs, Bigfoot skeptic and author of Bigfoot: The Life and Times of a Legend

Neville Bonney, Australian botanist and Tantanoola Tiger researcher

Janet (b. 1945) and Colin Bord (b. 1931), husband-wife paranormal writers and authors of Alien Animals: A Worldwide Investigation

Michael Bradley, Bigfoot researcher

Rudy Breuning, Bigfoot research sponsor

Nigel Brierly, British phantom cat researcher

Jean-Louis Brodu, French phantom cat researcher and co-author of Les félins-mystère: sur les traces d'un mythe moderne

Brian Brown, American digital marketer; creator of the Bigfoot Forums in 2002 and host of several Bigfoot podcasts

John W. Burns (1888-1962), Canadian teacher and Indian agent; brought the term "Sasquatch" to popular attention in 1929

Maurice Burton (1898-1992), author of The Elusive Monster: An Analysis of the Evidence from Loch Ness and Loch Ness Monster skeptic

R. G. Burton, Brigadier General in the British Army and author of several texts on unidentified dogs, wolves, and other canines

Igor Burtsev, Russian Bigfoot researcher and co-author of Bigfoot Explorers and Introduction to Hominology

Maya Bykova (d. 1995 or 1996), Russian Bigfoot researcher

Peter Byrne, Yeti researcher responsible for stealing a finger from the Pangboche Hand

Véronique Campion-Vincent, French phantom cat and urban legend researcher; author of Des fauves dans nos campagnes

Stueart Campbell, Loch Ness Monster skeptic and author of The Loch Ness Monster: The Evidence

Robert Todd Carroll (1945-2016), author of The Skeptic's Dictionary and Bigfoot skeptic

Janice Carter, Bigfoot researcher

Tim E. Cassidy, American naturalist and cryptozoologist

Bruce Champagne, marine biologist and cryptozoologist

Jimmy Chilcutt, American crime scene investigator and Bigfoot researcher

David Hatcher Childress (b. 1957), American pseudoarchaeologist and cryptozoologist

Mark Chorvinsky (1954-2005), paranormal skeptic and creator of Strange Magazine

Jerome Clark (b. 1946), American ufologist and author of over a dozen books on paranormal phenomena including Cryptozoology A to Z

John Colarusso, Canadian linguist and author of Ethnographic Information on a Wild Man of the Caucasus

Loren Coleman (b. 1947), author of several books on cryptozoology and notable cryptozoologists

John Robert Colombo (b. 1936), Canadian writer and author of Mysteries of Ontario

John Conway, Australian palaeoartist and co-author of Cryptozoologicon

William R. Corliss (1926-2011), anomalist and author of many books pertaining to unexplained phenomena in the natural world

Paul Cropper, Australian cryptozoologist and author of Out of the Shadows: Mystery Animals of Australia

Matt Crowley, Bigfoot researcher

David J. Daegling, American anthropologist who has performed research on Bigfoot video evidence

René Dahinden (1930-2001), Swiss-Canadian Bigfoot researcher

Zhugdariyn Damdin, Mongolian Almas researcher

Nikolai Damilin, Russian cryptozoologist

Ann Richardson Davis, American cryptozoologist and author of The Tale of the Altamaha "Monster"

Vine Deloria Jr. (1933-2005), Dakota activist and proponent of fossil giants

Matthew Delph, Bigfoot researcher

G. P. Dement'ev, Russians Almas researcher and co-author of Une note sur l'homme des neiges en Mongolie

Fritz Dieterlen, German mammalogist and Andean wolf researcher

Tim Dinsdale (1924-1987), Loch Ness Monster researcher

Jonathan Downes (b. 1959), British cryptozoologist and founder of the Centre for Fortean Zoology

Rick Dyer, American businessman and Bigfoot hoaxer

Wolf Henner Fahrenbach, American invertebrate zoologist and Bigfoot researcher

Tim Fasano (1956-2019), American taxi driver, blogger, and Bigfoot researcher

James "Bobo" Fay, host of Finding Bigfoot

Randy Filipovic, Canadian Bigfoot researcher

LeRoy Fish, American wildlife biologist and Bigfoot researcher

Harlan Ford (d. 1980), wildlife photographer and Honey Island Swamp monster researcher

Di Francis, British phantom cat researcher

Paul Freeman (1943-2003), Bigfoot researcher

Richard Freeman (b. 1970), British cryptozoologist and Centre for Fortean Zoology researcher

John Freitas (b. 1956), Bigfoot researcher

George M. Eberhart, American cryptozoologist and author of Mysterious Creatures: A Guide to Cryptozoology

Richard Ellis (b. 1938), marine life artist and author of Monsters of the Sea and The Search for the Giant Squid

Charlie Estepp, American Bigfoot researcher

Andrew D. Gable, American writer and cryptozoologist

Claude Gagnon (b. 1944), philosophy professor specializing in history of science; co-author of Lake Monster Traditions: A Cross-Cultural Analysis

Gary J. Galbreath, sea serpent skeptic

Clive Gamble (b. 1951), British anthropologist; wild men skeptic and co-author of In Search of the Neanderthals

Bob Garrett, American Bigfoot researcher and conspiracy theorist

Josh Gates (b. 1977), host of paranormal and cryptozoology-focused television shows including Destination Truth

Albert Samuel Gatschet (1832-1907), Swiss-American anthropologist and lake monster researcher

D. G. Gerahty, prolific author of fictional novels based on allegedly-true encounters with the Loch Ness Monster

Ken Gerhard (b. 1967), Centre for Fortean Zoology researcher and author of several books including Big Bird!: Modern Sightings of Flying Monsters

Wes Germer, American podcaster and co-host of Sasquatch Chronicles

Rex and Heather Gilroy, Australian husband-wife cryptozoology team

Bob Gimlin (b. 1931), American horse trainer who controversially claims to have filmed a living Bigfoot in 1967

Frank Gordon, Australian herpetologist and giant monitor lizard proponent

Rupert Gould (1890-1948), Loch Ness Monster researcher

John Willison Green (1927-2016), Canadian journalist and Bigfoot researcher

J. Richard Greenwell (1942-2005), secretary of the International Society of Cryptozoology

Doug Hajicek, American filmmaker and producer of several cryptozoology documentaries including Sasquatch: Legend Meets Science

Mark A. Hall (1946-2016), American cryptozoologist and former Director of the Society for the Investigation of the Unexplained (SITU)

Marjorie H. Halpin, editor and co-author of Manlike Monsters on Trial: Early Records and Modern Evidence

Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy, 1st Earl of Cranbrook (1814-1906), British politician and Beruang Rambai researcher

Tony Healy (b. 1945), Australian cryptozoologist and co-author of Out of the Shadows: Mystery Animals of Australia

Michael Heaney, folklorist and Almas researcher

Craig Heinselman, American cryptozoologist

Scott Herriot, Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization investigator

Bernard Heuvelmans (1916-2001), Belgian-French cryptozoologist and author of several books on the topic including On the Track of Unknown Animals

William Hichens (d. 1944), British colonial administrator and author of African Mystery Beasts

Jim Hiers, American member of the Bigfoot Rangers research team

Alton Higgins, Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization physical evidence coordinator

Howard Hill, British ufologist and proponent of prehistoric giants

William Charles Osman Hill (1901-1975), British primatologist and cryptozoologist

Peter Hocking, Peruvian ornithologist; Peruvian tiger and anomalous jaguar researcher

Al Hodgson, curator of Willow Creek-China Flat Museum aka the "Bigfoot Museum" in Willow Creek, California

Fredrick William Holiday (1921-1979), English journalist and Loch Ness Monster researcher

Ranae Holland, host of Finding Bigfoot

Trader Horn (1861-1931), English ivory trader and explorer; proponent of the Amali

Don Hunter, British-Canadian journalist and author of Sasquatch/Bigfoot: The Search for North America's Incredible Creature

Patrick Huyghe, lake monster researcher and co-author of The Field Guide to Lake Monsters, Sea Serpents, and Other Mystery Denizens of the Deep

Ivan Ivlov, Russian pediatrician and Almas researcher

Richard S. Lambert (1894-1981), English-Canadian writer; author of Exploring the Supernatural: The Weird in Canadian Folklore

Rebecca Lang, phantom cat researcher and co-author of Australian Big Cats: An Unnatural History of Panthers

Rula Lenska (b. 1947), Polish-English actor and conservation activist; co-author of Mammoth Hunt: In Search of the Giant Elephants of Nepal

Willy Ley (1906-1969), German-American science writer and author of several texts on cryptozoology, including Exotic Zoology

Daniel Loxton (b. 1975), Canadian writer and cryptozoology skeptic; co-author of Abominable Science!: Origins of the Yeti, Nessie, and Other Famous Cryptids

William Jevning, Bigfoot researcher and co-host of Sasquatch Chronicles

John Keel (1930-2009), American ufologist and Mothman researcher; author of The Mothman Prophecies

Kevin Kehl, American Bigfoot researcher

Melba Ketchum, Bigfoot researcher

John Kirk, lake monster researcher and President of the British Columbia Scientific Cryptoozology Club; author of In the Domain of the Lake Monsters

Marie-Jeanne Koffmann, Russian Bigfoot researcher

Aleksandr Kondratov (1937-1993), Russian scientist and proponent of living dinosaurs; author of Динозавра ищите в глубинах (English: Dinosaurs in the Depths)

C. M. Kosemen (b. 1984), Turkish artist and co-author of Cryptozoologicon

Andrei Kozlov, Almatsi researcher

Grover Krantz (1931-2002), American physical anthropologist and Bigfoot researcher

Ingo Krumbiegel, German mammalogist who scientifically described the Andean wolf (Dasycyon hagenbecki) in 1949

Roy Mackal (1925-2013), University of Chicago professor known for interest in Loch Ness Monster and Mokele mbembe

John MacKinnon, British zoologist and Batûtût researcher; author of In Search of the Red Ape

Ulrich Magin (b. 1962), German journalist and cryptozoologist

Vladimir Markotic (1920-1994), Croatian-American anthropologist and cryptozoologist

Scott Marlowe, Skunk Ape researcher and founder of the Pangea Institute

Jennifer Marshall, American private investigator and co-host of Mysteries Decoded - Bigfoot

Adrienne Mayor (b. 1946), author of Fossil Legends of the First Americans and cryptozoology skeptic

Jim McClarin, American Bigfoot researcher

Robin McCray, Bigfoot researcher and co-author of Bigfoot Explorers and Introduction to Hominology

Jeffrey Meldrum (b. 1958), Idaho State University anatomy and anthropology professor; Bigfoot researcher

Tim Mendham, executive officer of Australian Skeptics and Bigfoot skeptic

Reinhold Messner (b. 1944), Italian mountaineer; Yeti skeptic and author of My Quest for the Yeti

Michel Meurger [fr], French essayist specializing in sci-fi literature; co-authored Lake Monster Traditions and phantom cat-related Les félins-mystère.

Marc Wolfgang Miller, American explorer and cryptozoologist

Chris Moiser, British phantom cat researcher

Matthew Moneymaker, founder of the Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization and host of Finding Bigfoot

Chester Moore, American Bigfoot researcher and founder of American Prime Conservation Alliance

Karen Mutton, Australian archaeologist and hominid cryptozoologist

Muaed Mysyrjan, Kabardian teacher and Almatsi researcher

David O'Reilly, phantom cat researcher and author of Savage Shadow: the Search for the Australian Cougar

Anthonie Cornelis Oudemans (1858-1943), Dutch zoologist and sea serpent researcher

Bruce L. Owens, phantom cat researcher

Darren Naish (b. 1975), British palaeontologist and cryptid skeptic; author of Hunting Monsters: Cryptozoology and the Reality Behind the Myths and Cryptozoologicon

John R. Napier (1917-1987), primatologist and Bigfoot researcher

Henry Newman, British journalist in India who popularized the phrase "Abominable Snowman" while investigating reports of large footprints in the Himalayas

Joe Nickell (b. 1944), American paranormal skeptic and co-author of Lake Monster Mysteries: Investigating the World's Most Elusive Creatures

Richard Noll, American Bigfoot researcher

Rory Nugent (b. 1952), American explorer and Mokele-mbembe researcher

Sylvain Pallix, French filmmaker and Almatsi researcher

Roger Patterson (1933-1972), Bigfoot researcher who controversially claimed to have filmed Bigfoot in 1967

Wenzcislaw Plawinskiy, Polish Almas researcher

Boris Porshnev (1905-1972), Soviet historian and cryptozoologist

Woody Pratt, American podcaster and co-host of Sasquatch Chronicles

Donald Prothero (b. 1954), American palaeontologist and cryptozoology skeptic; co-author of Abominable Science!: Origins of the Yeti, Nessie, and Other Famous Cryptids

Robert Michael Pyle (b. 1947), American lepidopterist and Bigfoot researcher; author of Where Bigfoot Walks: Crossing the Dark Divide

Mike Quast, American Bigfoot researcher

Benjamin Radford (b. 1970), Canadian writer and cryptozoology skeptic; author of Bigfoot at 50: Evaluating the Evidence

Derek Randles, Bigfoot researcher

Dick Raynor, Loch Ness Monster researcher

Ward Reed, American contractor and Bigfoot researcher

Brian Regal, American science historian and cryptozoology skeptic; author of Searching for Sasquatch: Crackpots, Eggheads and Cryptozoology

Alexander Rempel, Russian anomalist and Bigfoot researcher

Bob Rickard, British writer and former editor of the Fortean Times

Byambyn Rinchen (1905-1977), Mongolian scholar and proponent of Almas research

Robert H. Rines (1922-2009), Loch Ness Monster researcher

Kai Roath, American documentary filmmaker and Yeti researcher

James F. Robinson, Canadian ufologist and lake monster researcher

John E. Roth, little people researcher and author of American Elves: An Encyclopedia Of Little People From The Lore Of 380 Ethnic Groups Of The Western Hemisphere

Marc Rowley, Bigfoot research sponsor

Jarret Ruminski, American writer and Bigfoot skeptic

W.M. Gerald Russell, American naturalist and cryptozoologist

Ivan T. Sanderson (1911-1973), paranormal writer and cryptozoologist

Andrew Sanford, American cryptozoologist and co-host of Mysteries Decoded - Bigfoot

Valentin B. Sapunov, Russian biologist and Bigfoot researcher

Esteban Sarmiento, primatologist and Bigfoot skeptic

Ed Schillinger, American surveyor and Bigfoot researcher

Robert "JavaBob" Schmalzbach, American Bigfoot researcher

Marcus Scibanicus, Polish cryptozoologist

Peter Scott (1909-1989), co-founder of the Loch Ness Phenomena Investigation Bureau

Daniel O. Schmitt, American anthropologist who has performed research on Bigfoot video evidence

Eduard Seler (1849-1922), German anthropologist and cryptozoology skeptic

Myra Shackley (b. 1949), British archaeologist and Bigfoot skeptic; author of Wildmen: Yeti, Sasquatch, and the Neanderthal Enigma

Don Sherman, American Bigfoot researcher

Tony "Doc" Shiels (b. 1938), British magician and cryptozoologist

Karl Shuker (b. 1959), British cryptozoologist and author

Paul Sieveking (b. 1949), British writer and former editor of the Fortean Times

Alexei Sitnikov, Russian cryptozoologist known for research into Siberian cryptids

B. Ann Slate, American paranormal investigator and cryptozoologist

Tom Slick (1916-1962), American adventurer and cryptozoologist

Malcolm Smith (b. 1949), Australian cryptozoologist and author of Bunyips and Bigfoots: In Search of Australia's Mystery Animals

Roderick Sprague (1933-2012), American anthropologist and Bigfoot researcher; author of The Scientist Looks at Sasquatch

John Stamey, Bigfoot researcher and co-author of Bigfoot Explorers and Introduction to Hominology

Todd Standing, Canadian documentarian and Bigfoot tracker

Tom Steenburg, Canadian writer and Bigfoot researcher

Kathy Moskowitz Strain, anthropologist and Bigfoot researcher

Chris Stringer (b. 1947), British anthropologist; wild men skeptic and co-author of In Search of the Neanderthals

Mary Sutherland, ufologist and giant researcher

Daris Swindler (1925-2007), American anthropologist and Bigfoot skeptic

Dallas Tanner, American cryptozoologist and author of several fiction novels on the topic

I.F. Tatzl, Russian Bigfoot researcher

Odette Tchernine (1897-1992), British author and cryptozoologst

James Terry (1844-1912), American anthropologist and Bigfoot researcher; author of Sculptured Anthropoid Ape Heads Found in or near the Valley of the John Day River

Lars Thomas, British phantom cat researcher

Bob Titmus, first Bigfoot researcher to analyze the site of the Patterson–Gimlin film

Michael Trachtengerts (1937-2017), Russian anthropologist

Édouard Louis Trouessart (1842-1927), French zoologist and early proponent of a cryptid in Lake Chad

Marcello Truzzi (1935-2003), skeptic and founder of several research groups including the Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal (CSICOP)

Jamsrangiin Tseveen (1880-1942), Buryat scientist and Almas researcher

Denys Tucker, former chief scientist of the British Museum and Loch Ness Monster researcher

Frank Turk (1911-1996), British phantom cat researcher

Sergei Turkin, Russian Bigfoot researcher

M. A. Wetherell (1883-1939), leader of a 1933 expedition to find the Loch Ness Monster and hoaxer behind the "surgeon's photograph"

Jonathan Whitcomb, Ropen researcher and proponent of modern pterosaurs

Constance Whyte, co-founder of the Loch Ness Phenomena Investigation Bureau

Ezekiel Stone Wiggins (1839-1910), Canadian psychic and cryptozoologist

Michael Williams, phantom cat researcher and co-author of Australian Big Cats: An Unnatural History of Panthers

Paul Willis, Australian science communicator and Yowie skeptic

Nicholas Witchell (b. 1953), English journalist and Loch Ness Monster researcher

Mikhail Sergeyevich Yeltsin, Russian Bigfoot researcher

Leonid Yershov, Russian cryptozoologist

Eugene Yost, Bigfoot researcher

Greg "Squatchman" Yost, Bigfoot researcher

D. Zevegmid, Russian Almas researcher and co-author of Une note sur l'homme des neiges en Mongolie

**Source:**https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List\_of\_cryptozoologists