Cryptozoologists of the Years (2008~2025)
by Loren Coleman, Director, International Cryptozoology Museum
2025
Cryptozoologists of the Year
Bridgett vonHoldt, Ph.D., Princeton ecologist and evolutionary biologist, Red Wolf discoveries
Kristin Brzeski, Ph.D., Michigan Tech conservation geneticist, Red Wolf discoveries
2025
Cryptozoologists of the Year: Posthumous Hominologists
Jeff Meldrum, Ph.D., anthropologist, author, Sasquatch: Legend Meets Science (2006)
(May 24, 1958 – September 9, 2025)
Steven Streufert, owner/founder, Bigfoot Books
(December 19, 1964 ~ December 9, 2025)
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International Cryptozoology Conference 2024: Christopher Packard, J.W. Ocker, Loren Coleman, Pat Spain.
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2024
Cryptozoologist of the Year
Christopher Packard, biologist, author of The Mythical Creatures of Maine (2022),
and Assistant Director of the International Cryptozoology Museum.
2023
Cryptozoologist of the Year
Pat Spain, biologist, author, host of Travel Channel’s Legend Hunter, and Nat Geo’s Beast Hunter.
2022
Cryptozoologist of the Year
J.W. Ocker, author of The United States of Cryptids: A Tour of American Myths and Monsters (2022).
2021
Cryptozoologist of the Year
Daniel Perez, editor Bigfoot Times
2020
Cryptozoologist Lifetime Achievement Award
Paul LeBlond, Ph. D., died February 8, 2020
2020
Cryptozoologist of the Year
Hominologist Marie-Jeanne Koffmann, M.D., reached the age of 101, on July 22, 2020. She died age 101, on July 11, 2022.
2020
Cryptozoologist Lifetime Achievement Award
2019
The Trinity of Cryptozoologists of the Year 2019
Craig Woolheater, Lyle Blackburn, and Ken Gerhard.
2018
Cryptozoologist of the Year
2017
Cryptozoologist of the Year
2016
Cryptozoologist of the Year
2015
Cryptozoologist of the Year
2014
Cryptozoologist of the Year
2013
Cryptozoologist of the Year
2012
Cryptozoologist of the Year
2011
Cryptozoologist of the Year
2010
Cryptozoologist of the Year
2009
Cryptozoologist of the Year
2008
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