Cryptozoologist of the Day: Jesse Dye
Posted by: Loren Coleman on July 16th, 2006
My Cryptomundo nod of the day goes to Mr. Jesse Dye of Kentucky, for his positive reinforcement of the true nature of cryptozoology.
In an article written by Howard McEwen, with photographyby Ernest Coleman (no relation), and published on Sunday, July 16, 2006, in The Enquirer of Cincinnati, mention is made of the re-naming of a lake on the campus of Northern Kentucky University.
The body of water has been called “Lake Inferior” for years. But now, in the midst of a privately funded $2.4 million renovation, the alumni association thought that a more appropriate name for the large pond near the Fine Arts Building and Applied Science Building might be in order.
Therefore, they had a re-naming contest. Winning by a large margin of student, alumni, faculty and staff votes, NKU’s “Lake Inferior” has been rechristened “Loch Norse.”
The reporter asked many people why they voted for this new moniker.
I enjoyed most the insights that Dye conveyed in the news article:
Jesse Dye of California, Ky., took a bit more serious tone linking NKU’s pond to Scotland’s mysterious Loch Ness. He wrote that he voted for Loch Norse “due to similarities to the infamous Loch Ness. The real loch is a place of intense scientific scrutiny and study as well as a place for reflection on beliefs, evidence and faith.”
The two photographs are of the Loch Ness launch in July 1969 of the World Book Encyclopedia Expedition’s Viperfish, involving minisub builder Dan Scott Taylor, Dr. Roy Mackal of the University of Chicago, and Harry Reucking, Vice President of the World Book Encyclopedia.
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.
That is pretty cool.
Thanks to Loren. This is a neat website.
~Jesse
Yay!! A fellow Kentuckian in the news and they aren’t trying to make him sound like some ignorant yokel!
That in itself is enough to make me cheer.