Two More 2006 Deaths
Posted by: Loren Coleman on January 6th, 2007
The deaths of two other friends to cryptozoology have been brought to my attention.
George W. Maugans, Jr., 94, who had been involved in various archaeological and anthropological investigations, including Bigfoot studies, died during 2006.
The Baltimore Sun published his death notice last year:
George William Maugans Jr.
On November 17, 2006, George William Maugans, Jr., born September 17, 1912, in Maugansville, MD, [died]. A life member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, he was on the Chief Engineers Staff in the construction of the Safe Harbor hydroelectric dam on the Susquehanna River. He was later employed by the Comsat corporation and was on the team that launched the first commercial communications satellite, and later served as a consultant in the nuclear power industry. Working with the Pennsylvania Archeology Society, he recovered numerous ancient Indian artifacts and rock carvings from the Susquehanna river basin that are now on display at the Pennsylvania State Museum at Harrisburg, PA. He served as Curator of Herpetology and Archeology of the Maryland Natural History Society and researched ancient Native American sites in Maryland. He is survived by his beloved wife of 65 years, Evelyn Taylor Maugins, and a son, George, an attorney with the Department of Homeland Security.
Also, Lt. Colonel Woodrow W. “Lou” Corbin, 93, was the retired Deputy Superintendent & Chief of Field Operations for the Maryland State Police, died on New Year’s Day, 2006.
In recent years, both Maugins and Corbin were associated with investigators of the Eastern Puma Research Network, and great friends of director John Lutz. Our condolences to John and the Maugans and Corbin families.
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.
