Forbes Traveler on Cryptozoology

As alerted by MSNBC and other outlets, Forbes Traveler reporter Judy McGuire’s new feature on “monster vacations” has been published.

[Loren] Coleman has traveled far and wide looking for mysterious creatures, covering every state in the union and much of the world. His favorite spot so far: Not surprisingly, Loch Ness. “It reminded me of the first time I saw Fenway [Park]. It was so green and so beautiful,” he reminisces. “I got up every morning to go looking for the Loch Ness Monster.”

“They have the haar—the fog that goes across the loch; it was amazing,” Coleman continues. “Like a fairy tale.” Besides the atmosphere, Coleman also found it a relief to be immersed in a like-minded population. “Just to have people not laugh at you for being into monsters. . . .” he half laughs. “It certainly has changed the economy there. It changes the economy of a lot of places where the creatures are found.”

A companion slide show with Mothman, Sea Monsters, Chupacabras, Nessie and more can be found attached to the piece. I suppose we have to forgive this high-end travel magazine for the common errors committed in the photo captions and creations, such as “Big Foot,” instead of “Bigfoot,” and the images of fake four-toed (?) Yeti footprints, which look like they were made in white flour by someone’s hand and fingers. (Mentioning one photo credit to “Amy Waterman,” instead of “Amber Waterman,” however, is my mistake.)

Some of the captions hit the target more correctly. One photo of a spooky cat highlights the Spalding Inn, where I told the reporter the nearby forest hides the Spalding Sasquatch and other critters (see my article on those creatures in the current issue of TAPS Paramagazine, by the way). The image has this caption:

Click here for more info on the current July/August 2009 issue of TAPS Paramagazine.

Loren Coleman 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.

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