Bigfoot Cryptozoology

Bigfoot Cryptozoology | Salon: "But science journalists entertain the Bigfoot story (even with a 
wink) because discovering a new and shockingly strange animal in the 
farthest reaches of the wilderness remains possible. Today, amid the 
drumbeat of bad news of species being driven to extinction, 
scientists are discovering more new species -- both curious and 
commonplace -- than in any time in history. As recently as November, 
excited anthropologists found a pygmy tarsier in Indonesia, a 
spooky gremlinlike primate, the size of a mouse, not seen since 1921.



That means some of the most respected scientists in the world cannot help 
having an open mind when it comes to the zoological unknown. And a few 
fringe scientists, known as cryptozoologists, are actively in pursuit 
of beasts of lore on the outside chance that they may not be figments 
of our imagination.

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Hat tip to Rick Klaw via Twitter.