Bigfoot & Dranginis in the Classroom
Posted by: Loren Coleman on March 16th, 2008
Bigfooter William Dranginis of Manassas, Virginia, shares the following experience about his time using Bigfoot in the classroom:
I was contacted by a local Science teacher a couple years ago and asked to come to her class and speak to them about the Bigfoot creatures and how one goes about researching a creature that the scientific community says does not exist. We discussed scientific methodology and how some Bigfoot researchers use this methodology in our research. We also discussed equipment researcher’s use in their quest, I even brought down the Bigfoot Research vehicle and allowed them to operate the thermal cameras and other gear, they really enjoyed that!
I came away knowing that there will be a new scientifically minded generation of Cryptozoologists coming up in the ranks. The questions they asked were amazing, I have no doubt, the future is in good hands.
The photographs on this page are ones Dranginis sent along from that trip.
Additionally, I want to mention that Bill Dranginis has received some positive local media regarding his Bigfoot research, for example, here and here.
Dranginis’ high tech van was very popular as a teaching tool.
Also, Bill Dranginis’ employment of nonbreakable, kid-friendly, nearly transparent two-part clear urethane display casts of the footprints of Bigfoot and Yeti are quite useful in classroom and museum situations. Dranginis is to be congratulated for his work in that arena.
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.
This is great to see. As a teacher, I am happy to see educators include cyptozoology in their classes. I am working on a way to include it into my Pre-school curriculum!
this is a wonderful new article about va sasquatch researcher bill dranginis & his va sasquatch research. thanks bill green
If I’m not mistaken, Mr. Dranginis’ van was once featured in ‘Wired’ magazine.