Image courtesy of Dr. Paul LeBlond

Cryptozoology, the systematic study of so-called “hidden animals,” owes its origins to freethinking Bernard Heuvelmans, a French-Belgian zoologist in the late 1950s.  Since then, Heuvelmans’ followers and peers have studied numerous unexplained creatures including Scotland’s Loch Ness Monster, the Abominable Snowman, or Yeti, of Tibet and Mbolel Mkembe, a miniature long-necked dinosaur, reportedly from the central African swamps.  This presentation describes the state of our understanding of these strange entities and more, including Ogopogo, a purported inhabitant of the Canada’s Okanagan Lake, and Cadborosaurus, an often-seen sea serpent off the Washington and British Columbia coasts. To date, there have been over 300 sightings of Caddy in the past 200 years.  Join us for a lively evening of exploring all things Cryptozoology!

David George Gordon

David George Gordon is the author of The Sasquatch Seeker’s Field Manual and 19 other titles on wildlife and wild places. He has given programs at the Smithsonian Institution, American Museum of Natural History, Coos Historical Museum, Columbia River Maritime Museum and Ripley’s Believe It or Not! museums in San Francisco, Hollywood, and Times Square.  He has appeared in Time magazine and as a guest on Late Night with Conan O’Brien, The Late Late Show With James Corden and The View.     

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