David Attenborough’s Monsters
Posted by: Loren Coleman on May 2nd, 2011
Sir David Frederick Attenborough OM, CH, CVO, CBE, FRS, FZS, FSA (born 8 May 1926 in London, England) is a broadcaster and naturalist. His career as the respected face and voice of natural history programmes has endured for more than 50 years. He is best known for writing and presenting the nine “Life” series, in conjunction with the BBC Natural History Unit, which collectively form a comprehensive survey of all life on the planet. He is also a former senior manager at the BBC, having served as controller of BBC Two and director of programming for BBC Television in the 1960s and 1970s.
Tip of the hat to Charles Paxton, Ph. D.
He is a younger brother of director, producer and actor Richard Attenborough.
Attenborough continues to be interested in cryptozoology.
David Attenborough’s Life Stories – Series 2 – 11. Monsters (only available until May 8th)
11/20. Fire breathing dragons are clearly something from legend, but what about a monster that lives in an ancient deep lake? In this edition of David Attenborough’s Life Stories, Sir David reflects on a time when pre-eminent conservationist and naturalist Peter Scott was immersed in acquiring evidence of the existence of the Loch Ness Monster. No such giant creature has ever been found or concrete evidence it ever existed, but this is an intriguing tale of discovery. David Attenborough moves his story on to beyond the highlands of Scotland and into the Himalayas – and it’s here that Sir David reveals something very surprising.
Written and presented by David Attenborough
Produced by Julian Hector.
Broadcast on BBC Radio 4, 8:50AM Sun, 1 May 2011
Available until 9:02AM Sun, 8 May 2011
First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 8:50PM Fri, 29 Apr 2011
Duration 10 minutes
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.
Sir David Attenborough is a legend of wildlife presentation in the mass media. I can’t think of anyone who comes close. Hugely respected around the world and he’s been just about everywhere so his opinion that the Yeti might be there is nice to hear. Shame he mentioned nothing about bigfoot/sasquatch though.
That man is a world treasure. Good to hear that he believes in the possibility of existence of the yeti.