Posted by: Loren Coleman on April 16th, 2008
Anna McClain (future Coleman), at 17 years of age, a few years before she gave birth to Loren Coleman. First it was a slight cold on Tuesday, April 8th, followed by her quick death on Wednesday, April 9th. I’m in a bit of a shock. My mother always helped and encouraged my cryptozoology, including the […]
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Posted by: Loren Coleman on April 11th, 2008
I went to Ohio on Wednesday, April 9th, 2008, to give a special talk to a private, thoughtful, intellectual group of 150 people at the research organization called Emerson Climate Technologies. They wanted someone to stimulate their thoughts, to give examples of a different creative process, and, yes, to entertain them, scientifically and humanely. I […]
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Posted by: Loren Coleman on April 6th, 2008
“Take your stinking paws off me, you damn dirty ape.” – Taylor (Charlton Heston) in Planet of the Apes (1968) Charlton Heston, who won the 1959 best actor Oscar as the chariot-racing “Ben-Hur” and portrayed Moses, Michelangelo, El Cid, Taylor, and other heroic figures in movie epics of the ’50s and ’60s, has died. He […]
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Posted by: Loren Coleman on April 3rd, 2008
Sir Edmund Hillary recently died, and yet his legacy of Yeti debunking continues onward, even now through his associates. The Telegraph of Calcutta, India has published a subtle little article recalling in glowing terms Hillary’s damaging Yeti investigations, which were set up skeptically, versus open-mindedly, from the very start. In the article, “Climber recalls days […]
Posted by: Loren Coleman on April 1st, 2008
April Fool’s Day is Lon Chaney’s birthday. Chaney (April 1, 1883 – August 26, 1930) was an American film actor, nicknamed “The Man of a Thousand Faces,” whose macabre characterizations are classics of the silent screen. Both of Chaney’s parents were deaf, and as a child of deaf adults, Chaney became skilled in pantomime, which […]
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Posted by: Loren Coleman on March 25th, 2008
Nick Redfern alerts me to the fact a character actor of some note, Brian Wilde, 80, died on March 20, 2008. Like Nick, I recall Wilde for his role of Rand Hobart in the classic 1957 UK movie Night of the Demon (Curse of the Demon in the USA). For me, the film was a […]
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Posted by: Loren Coleman on March 22nd, 2008
Images above are from Tin-Tin in Tibet, published in 1960. Tintin publisher Leblanc dies at 92 22 Mar 2008 Economic Times/India Times Brussels: Raymond Leblanc [above], the Belgian publisher behind the global rise of Tintin’s comic-book adventures, died on Friday [March 21, 2008] at the age of 92, the company he founded said. Lombard editions […]
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Posted by: Loren Coleman on March 21st, 2008
Michael Corbin, radio talk show host who formerly ran Paranet Information Services, died suddenly of a massive stroke at the age of 52, on March 18, 2008. Five years ago, Corbin’s radio studio was firebombed prompting a Denver police investigation with inconclusive results. Over the years, especially before 9/11, Corbin interviewed cryptozoology-involved guests. For example, […]
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Posted by: Loren Coleman on March 20th, 2008
Here’s one for the “animal attack underestimation” file. A stingray has killed a sunbathing woman in Florida, according to the Associated Press, on Thursday, March 20, 2008. The unnamed woman died in the Florida Keys, near Marathon, after a stingray (the actual specimen, shown here) jumped out of the water and struck her upper body. […]
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Posted by: Loren Coleman on March 18th, 2008
An Associated Press News Alert confirms that science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke has died in Sri Lanka at the age of 90. Rohan De Silva says Clarke died early Wednesday, March 19, 2008 (local time) after suffering from breathing problems. Clarke was born Arthur Charles Clarke on 16 December 1917. He was a British […]
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Posted by: Loren Coleman on March 15th, 2008
It seems most appropriate that as I find myself trying to unravel the tales and sightings of a decidedly unique series of sightings of a seemingly “American dinosaur species,” a living one at that, my thoughts would turn to the late dino hunter, Scott Thomas Norman. Scott would have been 44 years old today, March […]
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Posted by: Loren Coleman on March 14th, 2008
The following reminder was sent along by the organizer of Scott’s remembrance, Cheryl Hart: Memorial to Honor Scott Norman Saturday, March 15th, 2008 @ 1PM Eastside Christian Church 2505 Yorba Linda Blvd Fullerton, California 92831 714.871.6844 Reception to follow NOTE: Memorial is being held on what would have been Scott’s 44th birthday! Feel free to […]
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Posted by: Loren Coleman on March 8th, 2008
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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Posted by: Loren Coleman on March 6th, 2008
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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