Loren Coleman

Loren Coleman

Famed Cryptozoologist to Prison: 14 Years

Marc van Roosmalen, as a zoologist and cryptozoologist, has used Ivan Sanderson’s and Bernard Heuvelmans’ classic cryptozoological fieldwork techniques, trusting the locals, listening to the native tales, and tracking down new animals. Now comes shocking news from his adopted Brazil that is anything but good. According to breaking press accounts, Dutch biologist Marc van Roosmalen faces 14 years in a Brazilian prison. An apparent victim of bureaucracy, he has been convicted of failing to apply for a license for the monkey refuge at his home in the Amazon region of Brazil. He is appealing the sentence. Time Magazine in 2000 [...]

Nessie Video Due to Black Holes?

Editorial Commentary “The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes.” as spoken by Sherlock Holmes in The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Gordon T. Holmes (above) is doing himself no favors by adding more information and speculation to his university-hosted website. In addition to coming up with some rather bizarre theories, he now is sending out appreciation for the feedback he’s receiving, while also saying no one can refer to his material any longer. What? Mr. Holmes continues to add more and more details to his staff pages at Bradford [...]

ChampQuest Director’s Disappearance Deepens

Missing: The virtual vanishing of Dennis Hall, the founder and director of ChampQuest, is upsetting seekers and friends. Dennis Hall is shown above during the happier days of the U-Haul Champ promotion. Used with prior permission. For months, Lake Champlain Monster hunter Dennis Hall has not been able to be located. His old website, ChampQuest.com is now posting this message: “Gone. The requested resource is no longer available on this server and there is no forwarding address. Please remove all references to this resource.” Attempts to reach Hall that I have made to his (old?) telephone number in Paton, Vermont, [...]