Cryptozoology Museum Flooded
Posted by: Loren Coleman on December 20th, 2010
Why should I be surprised? These are restless times. Tonight’s incredible full moon will be involved in the first lunar eclipse on the Winter Solstice visible from the USA since 1638. The next one won’t be seen again until 2094.
So when the call came in from Michelle Souliere at the Green Hand that water was pouring through the ceiling above the International Cryptozoology Museum, it only seemed typical for the course of incidents of late.
By the time I was able to reach the museum, I discovered the water had finally been turned off in the rooms over the museum. The flood was a mere drip. But among a few wet taxidermy items, all the main oriental rugs were ruined, as well as the rusty, smelly water had effected the DVD running the Patterson-Gimlin clip, soaked various teeshirts, splashed a couple display cases, and flooded some footprint cast imprints, for starters. Mostly, it will cause two days of intensive cleanup work, and a couple weeks of rehab and replacement efforts to bring the museum back up to snuff.
But we refuse to be defeated. The museum will be open on this Wednesday and Thursday, and open until 4 pm on Friday and closed for Saturday for Christmas. We will also be open on Sunday for individuals and families who want to visit the museum. While we may not have new rugs yet, we shall be giving tours and showing Yeti fur, original Sasquatch footcasts, and Yowie hair not viewable anywhere else in the world, as well as all the other exhibits which shall be back up and running.
The dirty water will be cleaned up, and we will be back in business in two days!
Still, darn it. What bad timing.
My thanks to Caleb, Joe, and a friend of Joe’s for rescuing some items from the flood, as well as Michelle for hearing the running water first. Also, my thanks to Adam for sending along a donation to help with the money needed immediately that will not be recovered by insurance.
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.
When it rains, it pours…
Please don’t throw out the T shirts! Wash them and recycle. Sometimes that ‘mud-splashed” look is in. 🙂
Think Forrest Gump and the muddy T shirt incident. hehe
Hey, the smell can be part of the tour. Aren’t Sasquatches supposed to be really smelly? 😉
Wish i could give you a hand with the cleanup. Sending a bit of good karma instead.
So sorry to hear about your troubles! This would be a good time to say what we in the crypto-community might not say often enough- thanks for all your hard work and perseverance!
first the G4 dies and now this? well if all the hoaxers and nay sayers can’t keep us down we sure can’t let a little water get in the way!! I wish I could be there to help with the cleanup but since I can’t I decided it was time to send along something to help with morale and maybe some supplies. thanks for everything Loren and keep the doors open!!