August 21, 2006

Maine Mutant: Photos Posted Again

Michelle O’Donnell has changed her mind. She has given her permission directly for Cryptomundo to post the following:

Maine Mystery Beast

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Photograph by Michelle O’Donnell. Used by permission.

Maine Mystery Beast

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Photograph by Michelle O’Donnell. Used by permission.

Maine Mystery Beast

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Photograph by Michelle O’Donnell. Used by permission.

Ms. O’Donnell writes late on August 19, 2006:

Loren, I read the article posted on cryptomundo and was moved by your thorough understanding of my frustrations. I am sorry for having attacked you, I was very angry and was on a rampage sending numerous letters to various agencies who posted my photos without my permission. It’s a good thing that you are doing and you have my utmost respect. My original intention was to find out what this animal was and wasn’t planning on “getting rich” But other used this as an opportunity to do so. It made me Angry!! I am just an average citizen of this country. If this situation hadnt gotten out of control, I would have been perfectly happy with a local “celebrity” status. Maybe that’s a bad word but I can’t think of another one at the moment. There were others, my family and neighbors also responsible for this incredible find. I don’t assume the total spotlight for this. It might turn out to be nothing that special even though we’re all hoping it is. Either way, I will respect your findings in this issue. Again I am sorry. You have my permission to publish this letter on your site if it will help you. Thank you. Michelle O’Donnell

and later,

Loren, Again I am sorry for the things I said to you in my emails and comments on your blogs….As far as the pictures go you have my permission to post them again on your site If it will help you and for free like everyone else is….Good Luck. Sincerely, Michelle O’Donnell

Loren Coleman About Loren Coleman
Loren Coleman is one of the world’s leading cryptozoologists, some say “the” leading living cryptozoologist. 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). Loren Coleman’s daily blog, as a member of the Cryptomundo Team, served as an ongoing avenue of communication for the ever-growing body of cryptozoo news from 2005 through 2013. He returned as an infrequent contributor beginning Halloween week of 2015. Coleman is the founder in 2003, and current director of the International Cryptozoology Museum in Portland, Maine.

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