Loren Coleman, M.S.W., has researched the Copycat Effect for more than two decades. Coleman has been an adjunct professor at various universities in New England since 1980 and a senior researcher with the Muskie School for Public Policy. He is currently the primary consultant for the State of Maine's Youth Suicide Prevention Initiative. The author, coauthor, or editor of more than twenty books, including the critically acclaimed work Suicide Clusters, lives in Portland, Maine.

CONTENTS
Cryptozoology Timeline
Introduction
Entries:
A
Abominable Snowman
Agogwe
Ahool
Almas
B
Barloy, Jean-Jacques
Barmanu
Batutut
Bayanov, Dmitri
Beast of Bodmin Moor
Beast of 'Busco
Beast of Gevaudan
Bergman's Bear
Bessie
Big Bird
Bigfoot
Bille, Matthew A.
Black Panthers
Blue Tiger
Bondegezou
British Columbia Scientific Cryptozoology Club
Brosnie
Bunyip
Buru
C
Caddy
Cassie
Chacoan Peccary
Chambers Affair
Champ
Chuchunaa
Chupacabras
Clark, Eugenie
Clark, James Alexander
Clark, Ramona
Coelacanth
Coleman, Loren
Congo Peacock
Con Rit
Corrales, Scott
Crook, Cliff
Crowe, Ray
Cryptid
D
Dahinden, René
Dao Van Tien
Dinsdale, Tim
Dobhar-chu
E
Ellis, Richard
Emela-Ntouka
Ernst, William "Ted"
F
Flathead Lake Monster
G
Gaal, Arlene
Giant Anaconda
Giant Forest Hog
Giant Monkey
Giant Octopus
Giant Panda
Giant Salamander
Giant Sloth
Giant Turtles
Gibbons, William
Globsters
Goblin Universe
Green, John
Greenwell, J. Richard
Grimm, Jack
H
Hall, Dennis Jay
Hall, Mark A.
Harkness, Ruth
Heuvelmans, Bernard
Hominology
Honey Island Swamp Monster
Horned Serpents
Huyghe, Patrick
I
Igopogo
Iliamna Lake Monster
Indonesian Coelacanths
International Society of Cryptozoology
J
Jersey Devil
K
Keating, Donald
King Cheetah
Kirk, John
Koffmann, Marie-Jeanne
Komodo Dragon
Kongamato
Kouprey
Kraken
Krantz, Grover S.
Krumbiegel, Ingo
L
Lake Monsters
Lawndale Incident
LeBlond, Paul H.
Ley, Willy
Lindorm
Living Fossils
Loch Ness Monsters
Loofs-Wissowa, Helmut
"Lost World" of Vietnam
Lusca
M
MacFarlane's Bear
Mackal, Roy P.
MacKinnon, John
Mangiacopra, Gary
Manipogo
Mapinguary
Marked Hominid
Marozi
McLeod, James
Megalodon
Megamouth
Meldrum, D. Jeffrey
Merbeing
Minhocao
Minnesota Iceman
Mngwa
Moas
Mokele-mbembe
Momo
Morag
Morgan, Robert W.
Mountain Gorilla
Mountain Nyala
N
Nahuelito
Nandi Bear
Napes
Neandertals
Nellie
Nguoi Rung
Nittaewo
Norman, Scott T.
O
Ogopogo
Okapi
Old Yellow Top
Olgoi-Khorkhoi
Onza
Orang Pendek
Oudemans, Antoon Cornelis
P
Paddler
Pangboche Hand
Panthera atrox
Patterson Film
Perez, Daniel
Piasa
Porshnev, Boris F.
Proto-Pygmy
Pygmy Elephant
Pygmy Hippopotamus

Q
Queensland Tiger
R
Raynal, Michel
Rebsamen, William M.
Roesch, Ben S.
Russell, W.M. "Gerald"
S
Saber-toothed Cats
Sanderson, Ivan T.
Saola
Sasquatch
Schaffner, Ron
Sea Serpents
Short, Bobbie
Shuker, Karl P.N.
Shunka Warak'in
Sisemite
Skunk Ape
Slick, Thomas Baker
Storsjoodjuret
T
Taylor, Dan Scott
Tatzelwurm
Tchernine, Odette
Teh-lma
Telebiology
Tessie
Thomas, Lars
Thunderbird
Thylacine
Titmus, Robert
Tran Hong Viet
True Giant
U
Ucu
Ufiti
V
Vietnam Cryptozoic and Rare Animals Research Center
W
Waitoreke
Walsh, Dave
Wasson, Barbara
Winnipogo
Wood, Forrest G.
Woodland Bison
Wright, Bruce S.

X
Xing-xing
Y
Yameneko
Yeren
Yeti
Yowie
Z
Zeuglodon
Zuiyo-maru Monster
Appendix
Cryptozoology Museums and Exhibitions
Cryptozoology Periodicals
Cryptozoology Websites
On the Matter of Style
Texts Cited/Further Reading
Acknowledgments