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Loren Coleman is an author of books on a number of topics, including cryptozoology
Cryptozoology

Cryptozoology is a pseudoscience focused on the search for animals which are considered to be fictional or otherwise nonexistent by mainstream biology....
, born in Norfolk, Virginia
Norfolk, Virginia

Norfolk is an independent city in the Virginia in the United States. With a population of 234,403 as of the United States Census 2000, it is Virginia's second-largest incorporated city....
.

man studied anthropology
Anthropology

Anthropology is the study of humans and humanity in its totality. Anthropology has origins in the natural sciences, and the humanities. In Great Britain it was originally divided into physical anthropology and cultural anthropology, which itself was divided into archaeology, technology, ethnology and sociology ....
 and zoology
Zoology

Zoology is the branch of biology concerned with the study of animals. The most common pronunciation of "zoology" is ; however, an alternative pronunciation is ....
 at Southern Illinois University
Southern Illinois University

Southern Illinois University is a state university located in southern Illinois with two institutions and multiple campuses. Glenn Poshard is President of Southern Illinois University....
 in Carbondale
Carbondale, Illinois

Carbondale is a city in southern Illinois in the midwest United States, miles southeast of St. Louis, Missouri. It is known chiefly as the site of the main campus of Southern Illinois University Carbondale....
, and psychiatric social work at the Simmons College School of Social Work in Boston
Boston, Massachusetts

Boston is the State capital and largest city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is considered the economic and cultural center of the region, and is sometimes regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England." Boston city proper had a 2007 est...
. He did further studies in anthropology at Brandeis University
Brandeis University

Brandeis University is a Private university research university with a liberal arts focus, located in Waltham, Massachusetts, United States. It is located in the southwestern corner of Waltham, nine miles west of Boston, Massachusetts....
 and sociology
Sociology

Sociology is a branch of the social sciences that uses systematic methods of Empiricism and critical theory to develop and refine a body of knowledge about human social structure and activity, sometimes with the goal of applying such knowledge to the pursuit of social welfare....
 at the University of New Hampshire
University of New Hampshire

University of New Hampshire is a public school in the University System of New Hampshire , United States. The main campus is in Durham, New Hampshire....
. Coleman taught at New England universities from 1980 to 2004, also having been a senior researcher at the Edmund S.






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Loren Coleman is an author of books on a number of topics, including cryptozoology
Cryptozoology

Cryptozoology is a pseudoscience focused on the search for animals which are considered to be fictional or otherwise nonexistent by mainstream biology....
, born in Norfolk, Virginia
Norfolk, Virginia

Norfolk is an independent city in the Virginia in the United States. With a population of 234,403 as of the United States Census 2000, it is Virginia's second-largest incorporated city....
.

Education

Coleman studied anthropology
Anthropology

Anthropology is the study of humans and humanity in its totality. Anthropology has origins in the natural sciences, and the humanities. In Great Britain it was originally divided into physical anthropology and cultural anthropology, which itself was divided into archaeology, technology, ethnology and sociology ....
 and zoology
Zoology

Zoology is the branch of biology concerned with the study of animals. The most common pronunciation of "zoology" is ; however, an alternative pronunciation is ....
 at Southern Illinois University
Southern Illinois University

Southern Illinois University is a state university located in southern Illinois with two institutions and multiple campuses. Glenn Poshard is President of Southern Illinois University....
 in Carbondale
Carbondale, Illinois

Carbondale is a city in southern Illinois in the midwest United States, miles southeast of St. Louis, Missouri. It is known chiefly as the site of the main campus of Southern Illinois University Carbondale....
, and psychiatric social work at the Simmons College School of Social Work in Boston
Boston, Massachusetts

Boston is the State capital and largest city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is considered the economic and cultural center of the region, and is sometimes regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England." Boston city proper had a 2007 est...
. He did further studies in anthropology at Brandeis University
Brandeis University

Brandeis University is a Private university research university with a liberal arts focus, located in Waltham, Massachusetts, United States. It is located in the southwestern corner of Waltham, nine miles west of Boston, Massachusetts....
 and sociology
Sociology

Sociology is a branch of the social sciences that uses systematic methods of Empiricism and critical theory to develop and refine a body of knowledge about human social structure and activity, sometimes with the goal of applying such knowledge to the pursuit of social welfare....
 at the University of New Hampshire
University of New Hampshire

University of New Hampshire is a public school in the University System of New Hampshire , United States. The main campus is in Durham, New Hampshire....
. Coleman taught at New England universities from 1980 to 2004, also having been a senior researcher at the Edmund S. Muskie School of Public Policy from 1983 to 1996, before retiring from teaching to write, lecture, and consult.

Cryptozoology

Coleman writes on popular culture, animal mysteries, folklore, and cryptozoology
Cryptozoology

Cryptozoology is a pseudoscience focused on the search for animals which are considered to be fictional or otherwise nonexistent by mainstream biology....
 and the editor of the Skeptical Inquirer
Skeptical Inquirer

The Skeptical Inquirer is a bimonthly, United States magazine published by the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry with the subtitle: The magazine for science and reason....
 as has said that "[a]mong monster hunters, Loren's one of the more reputable". He has appeared on television and radio interviews about cryptid
Cryptid

Cryptid is a term which is used in the pseudoscience of cryptozoology to refer to a creature whose existence has been suggested by cryptozoologists but lacks scientific support....
s. He has written articles and books on cryptozoology and other Fortean topics. He was a publicity consultant on The Mothman Prophecies
The Mothman Prophecies (film)

The Mothman Prophecies is a 2002 film directed by Mark Pellington, adapted from the 1976 book The Mothman Prophecies by parapsychology and Charles Fort John Keel....
.

Coleman has carried out fieldwork throughout the United States, Canada, and Mexico, regarding sightings, trace evidence, and Native peoples' traditions of Sasquatch/Windigo/Bigfoot. He has written on Yeti and Bigfoot expedition sponsor Tom Slick
Tom Slick

Thomas Baker "Tom" Slick, Jr. was a San Antonio, Texas based inventor, businessman, adventurer, and heir to a petroleum business. Slick's father Thomas Baker Slick Sr....
  and appeared on NPR discussing the death of Grover Krantz
Grover Krantz

Gordon S. "Grover" Krantz was a professor of physical anthropology at Washington State University, perhaps most famous as one of the few academics to not only research Bigfoot but also to express his belief in its existence....
. Coleman has won awards for this documentary and literary work.

Paraview Press introduced a series of books, "Loren Coleman Presents" in 2004. Coleman wrote introductions to volumes in the series.

International Cryptozoology Museum


Coleman established his in 2003 in Portland, Maine.

Coleman contributed to the exhibition “Cryptozoology: Out of Time Place Scale,” shown at Bates College Museum of Art
Bates College Museum of Art

The Bates College Museum of Art is an art museum at Bates College in Lewiston, Maine....
 (June 24 - October 8, 2006) and at the H & R Block Artspace at the Kansas City Art Institute (October 28 - December 20, 2006). He delivered the keynote address, “An Introduction to Cryptozoology,” at the symposium at Bates College in October 2005, and gave a similar talk at the American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History

The American Museum of Natural History , located on the Upper West Side, Manhattan, New York, USA, is one of the largest and most celebrated museums in the world....
 in 2007.

Coleman is also a contributor/coauthor to the 2006 Bates exhibition catalogue and book, Cryptozoology: Out of Time Place Scale (JRP/Ringier Books, Switzerland, 2006). He also wrote the essay “Cryptids” for Alexis Rockman (Monacelli Press, 2005).

Copycat Effect

Coleman has a masters in social work and acts as a consultant for the Maine Youth Suicide Program. A specific concern is murder-suicide
Murder-suicide

A murder-suicide is an act in which an individual kills one or more other persons immediately before, or at the same time as, killing him or herself....
s among the young, as well as the possibility of clusters and the influence of media coverage, leading to his writing of The Copycat Effect. He has been called on for statements in the aftermath of school shootings and how best to respond to the problem.

Bibliography

  • The Field Guide to Bigfoot and Other Mystery Primates (NY: Anomalist Books, 2006, ISBN 1-933665-1-22)
  • The Unidentified & Creatures of the Outer Edge: The Early Works of Jerome Clark and Loren Coleman (NY: Anomalist Books, 2006, ISBN 1-933665-11-4)
  • Weird Ohio with James Willis and Andrew Henderson (New York: Barnes and Noble, 2005, ISBN 1-4027-3382-8)
  • The Copycat Effect (New York: Paraview Pocket-Simon and Schuster, 2004, ISBN 0-7434-8223-9)
  • The Field Guide to Lake Monsters, Sea Serpents and Other Mystery Denizens of the Deep with Patrick Huyghe (NY: Tarcher-Penguin, 2003, ISBN 1-58542-252-5)
  • BIGFOOT!: The True Story of Apes in America (NY: Paraview Pocket-Simon and Schuster, 2003, ISBN 0-7434-6975-5)
  • Tom Slick: True Life Encounters in Cryptozoology (Fresno: Craven Street/Linden Press, 2002, ISBN 0-941936-74-0)
  • Mothman and Other Curious Encounters (NY: Paraview, 2002, ISBN 1-931044-34-1)
  • Mysterious America: The Revised Edition (NY: Paraview, 2001, ISBN 1-931044-05-8)HB 2004 (ISBN 1-931044-84-8).
  • Cryptozoology A to Z: The Encyclopedia of Loch Monsters, Sasquatch, Chupacabras, and Other Authentic Mysteries of Nature with Jerome Clark (NY: Simon and Schuster, 1999, ISBN 0-684-85602-6)
  • The Field Guide to Bigfoot, Yeti and Other Mystery Primates Worldwide with Patrick Huyghe (NY: HarperCollins, 1999, ISBN 0-380-80263-5)


External links

  • - Coleman's cryptozoology blog