cryptozoologists
Bigfoot believers professionally
Cryptozoologists are people who search for animals whose existence lacks scientific proof—creatures like Bigfoot, the Loch Ness Monster, or the chupacabra.
The field sits outside mainstream biology, blending folklore, eyewitness accounts, and expeditions into remote areas.
Cryptozoologists have been searching for evidence of the yeti for decades.
Mythical Himalayan ape-man
- chupacabraFolklore's livestock-draining monster
- mothmanWinged humanoid cryptid
- sasquatchLegendary North American ape-man
- krakenGiant squid of legend
People deeply into something
- believersThose having faith
- skepticsThose who doubt claims
- conferencesOrganized professional assemblies
- forumsVenues for collective discourse
expeditions · documentaries · investigators · societies · podcasts · websites · books · hoaxers
Traditional stories or icons
- mythsTraditional untrue narratives
- talesSpoken or written narratives
- sightingsWitnessed occurrences
- superstitionBaseless belief in omens
Organized exploratory journey
- fieldworkResearch conducted on location
- sightingsWitnessed occurrences
- footprintsMarks left by walking
- evidenceFacts supporting truth
tracking · documentation · eyewitness · hoax · authentication · photographs · sonar · stakeout
Science of categorical arrangement
- methodologyFormal procedural framework
- publicationIssued written material
- skepticismDisposition toward doubt
- evidence-basedSupported by verified data
ethology · hypothesis · classification · biodiversity · coelacanth · megafauna · extinction
yeti
Mythical Himalayan ape-man
- chupacabraFolklore's livestock-draining monster
- mothmanWinged humanoid cryptid
- sasquatchLegendary North American ape-man
kraken · thunderbird · bunyip · nightcrawler
enthusiasts
People deeply into something
- believersThose having faith
- skepticsThose who doubt claims
- conferencesOrganized professional assemblies
forums · expeditions · documentaries · investigators · societies · podcasts · websites · books · hoaxers · debunkers
legends
Traditional stories or icons
expedition
Organized exploratory journey
- fieldworkResearch conducted on location
- sightingsWitnessed occurrences
- footprintsMarks left by walking
evidence · tracking · documentation · eyewitness · hoax · authentication · photographs · sonar · stakeout · habitat
taxonomy
Science of categorical arrangement
- methodologyFormal procedural framework
- publicationIssued written material
- skepticismDisposition toward doubt
evidence-based · ethology · hypothesis · classification · biodiversity · coelacanth · megafauna · extinction
- fringe believerstruthers, conspiracy theorists, flat earthers, QAnon, moon landing deniers
cryptozoologistswildlife biologists
Scientists studying wild animals
taxonomists · marine biologists · ornithologists · herpetologists · ichthyologists