Abominable Snowman/Superman Producer Brutally Attacked
Posted by: Loren Coleman on February 4th, 2011
Ilya Salkind — the possible future executive producer of Abominable Snowman and the past producer of Superman I, II and III — was found alive in a hospital in Mexico on Thursday morning, February 3, 2011, after going missing for days. Fears of foul play were being expressed by his friends, but the exact cause of why he is under medical care is unclear.
A friend of Salkind told TMZ that it was unclear how long Salkind had been in the hospital or why he hasn’t been able to contact anyone. Reportedly, Salkind is currently sedated and friends are waiting to speak with the doctor to find out more information.
Late on Friday, TMZ added more details. Apparently, Salkind was “brutally attacked” in Mexico, according to his daughter. Anastasia Salkind told TMZ that she’s been in contact with the caretaker of her dad’s estate in Mexico, who said the producer was in serious pain and had bruises on his head. Allegedly, he was kidnapped and then was found. TMZ notes that Ms. Salkind wishes to stress that her suspicions have not been confirmed by anyone involved in the formal police investigation.
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.
I just found that mentioned in the Reforma paper this morning. Good news that he’s safe 🙂