Cryptozoology: Science & Speculation was written by Chad Arment, a famous cryptozoologist who has conducted much research on Bigfoot, and has also dismissed and proved a few cryptids as hoaxes.
This book compiles and sorts the most significant sightings, but also provides a look at hoaxes, misidentifications, and the influential perspective of newspaper editors as they dealt with reports of cryptids.
Books Introduction[]
Cryptozoology can be an effective tool in zoological discovery. Those who investigate Bigfoot, lake monsters, sea serpents and other unrecognized species will find a scientific foundation for their search.
Table of Contents[]
Part I: Science
- What is Cryptozoology?
- A Scientific Foundation for an Investigative Methodology
- A Logical Foundation for an Investigative Methodology
- An Ethnozoological Foundation for an Investigative Methodology
- The Rationale for Cryptozoology
- The Methodology of Cryptozoology
- The Feasibility of Cryptozoology
- The Credibility of Cryptozoology
Part II: Speculation
- Long-Tailed Bobcats
- The West Virginia Roc
- Giant Orangutans
- Notes on the Search for Historical Bigfoot Reports
- The Pennsylvania "Gorilla"
- The Great Naked Bear
- Stone Giants
- The Pichu-Cuate
- Giant Snakes in the Everglades
- The Broad Top Serpent and other "Boss" Snakes
- Dwarf Seals
- Merfolk and Sea Monkeys
- Introduced Species and Cryptozoology
Appendices
- Suggestions for the Obtaining of Larger Zoological Specimens (Ivan T. Sanderson)
- North American Terrestrial Description Dates
- Wildlife Genetics Laboratories