 In school as kids, kids everywhere had to take some form of science class. In most cases, it was Biology, a branch of science that deals with living organisms, including but not limited to ecology, evolution, genetics, microbiology, physiology, and zoology.
Remember dissecting the frogs? But in recent decades, we’ve come to hear the term Cryptozoology. What is that, you ask? Cryptozoology is the study of animals whose existence has not been confirmed by the larger scientific community. It is considered a pseudoscience and subculture that searches for and studies unknown, legendary, or extinct animals whose present existence is disputed or unsubstantiated. The study of cryptozoology came to be through the work of Ivan T. Sanderson, a Scottish botanist and zoologist educated at prestigious Cambridge in the United Kingdom. After working in counter-espionage for the British Naval Intelligence during World War II, he began to focus on his academic pursuits. Sanderson used the media to bring information about the natural sciences to a wider audience. In the late 1940s, he began making regular appearances on radio and television programs in New York lecturing on zoology and animal life. In the 1950s, Sanderson became increasingly interested in the study of the unexplained, including ufology and cryptozoology. Sanderson founded the Society for the Investigation of the Unexplained (SITU) to look into such topics as UFOs, the Loch Ness Monster, Sasquatch, the Bermuda Triangle and other cryptids. Sanderson was also an author on the various subjects mentioned, including “Invisible Residents: The Reality of Underwater UFOs”; “Pursuing the Unexplained: Puzzling Mysteries of the Natural World”; “Abominable Snowmen: Legend Come to Life” to name a few. Although Sanderson died in February 1973 of brain cancer in New Jersey at the age of 62, the study of Cryptozoology continues. Although Cryptozoology is not regarded as a true science, college training in biology, zoology, or a related field can be helpful for individuals considering this career path as a degree is not needed. You may be wondering who the heck would hire a cryptozoologist. Well, the answer is museums and research centers that focus on the study of natural history, anthropology, or folklore. Just so you know, a cryptozoologist salary, as of 2021, was $64,724.00 with a high of $120k in San Jose, California. Maybe, just maybe, we’ll find out more about these cryptids like the Dover Demon in Massachusetts; the Lizard Man of Scrape Ore Swamp in South Carolina; or even the Mongolian Death Worm of the Gobi Desert (Remember the movie Tremors?) #QUESTIONEVERYTHING . |
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