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As you read these words, I’m on a mini-expedition in a rugged old boat in the St. Johns River in Florida, interviewing locals and actively looking for Pinky, the “living dinosaur” of these parts. Ivan T. Sanderson, Mark A. Hall, Karl Shuker, George Eberhart, Patrick Huyghe, Michael Newton, to name a few, and of course, […]

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The cryptozoology artist Bill Rebsamen remembers Scott Norman. Cryptozoology has lost a passionate heart in the person of Scott Norman. I met Scott 10 years ago after I purchased my first Mac for home use and tried out a free membership to AOL. Within the first week I had used AOL’s search engine to locate […]

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Scott T. Norman, 43, a dedicated and famed cryptozoologist, who specifically was interested in cryptid dinosaurs, died suddenly during the early morning hours of Friday, February 29, 2008, in Fullerton, California. His family has informed me that Scott’s funeral will now occur at 11:00 am Pacific time, on Monday, March 10, 2008, at the Petra […]

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There is more data to be added to the initial Pterosaur sighting info you read about here. Chad Arment has posted the full information he has on Scott Norman’s sighting in his posting “The Scott Norman ‘Pterosaur’ Sighting: His Own Words.” Chad shares Scott’s description of what he sighted: The animal I saw had an […]

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People are remembering Scott Norman in their own ways. Reopn researcher J. D. Whitcomb has sent along the following contribution to Cryptomundo: I too was shocked to learn of Scott’s passing. To those who knew nothing about Scott except for his apparent failure to find a living dinosaur, we can correct a misunderstanding: Scott did […]

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Who is Scott T. Norman? Those not involved in cryptozoology won’t know, and perhaps won’t care. But they should. Scott, who died this past week from a blood clot at the too-young age of 45, is an example of an overlooked figure in science these days, the dedicated amateur enthusiast. Such people have always been […]

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Loren has written a truly wonderful summary of the life of Scott Norman, our mutual friend and fellow cryptozoological investigator elsewhere here at Cryptomundo. I and all of Scott’s friends are deeply indebted to Loren for such a glowing tribute. Scott and I had been friends for 10 years and as Loren has written, we […]

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Scott Norman’s brother Javin has called to say that anyone who wants to send email condolences may do so by directing them to him at [email protected] Folks sending emails should put “Scott Norman” in the subject box. If you wish to send a card, the snail mail address, again, is: Mr. and Mrs. Norman 7519 […]

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As I mentioned in 2005, when several Mokele-mbembe researchers died in a temporal cluster, I’m not talking about a curse. I’m merely noticing that several African-linked researchers have passed away seemingly together. The sudden death of Scott Norman at 43 years of age merely goes to reinforce my memories of all of these losses. The […]

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Scott Norman’s brother just called me and wanted to communicate to the cryptozoological community that his brother has passed away. Scott, 43 (a mere 15 days before his 44th birthday), died suddenly during the early morning hours of February 29, 2008, in Fullerton, California. The family thinks it was a blood clot. Scott T. Norman […]

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Look, to be honest, I love field guides. I don’t merely have a shelf of field guides. I literally have a bookcase full of them, over a hundred different titles. With more in storage. I have such a passion for them, I wrote a couple and am planning on more. But what do we do […]

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Eocarcharia dinops Fossil hunters have discovered two new meat-eating dinosaurs thanks to the fossils unearthed from the sands of the Sahara, according to media reports during the last week. The fossils represent previously unknown ferocious dinosaur predators that roamed the Earth about 110 million years ago during the Cretaceous Period, University of Chicago paleontologist Paul […]

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Mokele-mbembe being killed by Pygmies by Bill Rebsamen. Cryptozoologist William Gibbons has news about his forthcoming book On The Track of Mokele-Mbembe: Africa’s Living Dinosaur, to be published in 2008, by Coachwhip: I am continuing to work on the book, which is in three parts. The first part covers the entire historical perspective on alleged […]

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Okay, you can’t watch wall-to-wall pre-game coverage of the Super Bowl, can you? You shouldn’t take in too many replays of every debate spark that flew last week, should you? Tired of the nonstop football and election articles, internet highlights, and television analysis ~ not to mention what’s up with Britney lately? Take some time […]

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The Pteranodon replica produced by the Papo company of France. Giant flying reptiles, believe it or not, have routinely been sighted in the Olympic National Park’s rainforest in Washington State. I’ve been hearing about reports from there for decades. Now comes an intriguing, if unbelievable, account from the same area. First, here are some quick […]

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