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Cryptozoology

Cryptozoology is a pseudoscience and subculture that searches for and studies unknown, legendary, or extinct animals whose present existence is disputed or unsubstantiated, particularly those popular in folklore, such as Bigfoot, the Loch Ness Monster, the Yeti, the chupacabra, the Jersey Devil, or the mokele-mbembe. Cryptozoologists refer to these…

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Cryptozoology

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Avg. degree1.98
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Cryptozoology

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related to history · 26
Cryptozoology → Abominable Snowmen, According, Ancient Greek, Anthonie Cornelis Oudemans, As, Belgian, Bernard Heuvelmans, Following, French, Heuvelmans, In, International Society, It, Ivan, Legend Come, Life, My, Notably, On, Sanderson
related to Museums and exhibitions · 18
Cryptozoology → Aepyornis, American Museum, Art, Bates College Museum, Bernard Heuvelmans, Dragons, Gigantopithecus, In, Lausanne, Mermaids, Musée Cantonal, Mythic Creatures, Natural History, Out, The, Time Place Scale, Unicorns, Zoologie
related to Young Earth creationism · 14
Cryptozoology → Anthropologist Jeb, Biblical, Card, Congo, Donald Prothero, He, In, It, Loch Ness, Mokele Mbembe, Science, Sharon Hill, They, Young Earth
related to Organizations · 10
Cryptozoology → American, English, Fortean, Fortean Zoology, International Fortean Organization, Russian, There, These, UfologyThe Centre, United StatesInternational Society
related to Reception and pseudoscience · 5
Cryptozoology → Anthropologist Jeb, Card, No, The, There
related to External links · 3
Cryptozoology → Media, Wikimedia Commons, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2
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Cryptozoology → pseudoscience, pseudoscience and subculture that searches for and studies unknown

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cryptozoologists animals often cryptids pseudoscience science subculture creationism creatures academic monster earth media folklore species new says museum scientific heuvelmans

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Cryptozoologyis apseudoscience and subculture that searches for and studies unknown0.90text
Cryptozoologyis apseudoscience0.90text
ghost huntinginstance ofnoted parallels in cryptozoology and other pseudosciences0.80text
ufologyinstance ofnoted parallels in cryptozoology and other pseudosciences0.80text
and highlighted uncritical media propagation of cryptozoologist claimsinstance ofnoted parallels in cryptozoology and other pseudosciences0.80text
motion-sensitive camerasinstance ofcryptozoologists may employ devices0.80text
night-vision equipmentinstance ofcryptozoologists may employ devices0.80text
and audio-recording equipmentinstance ofcryptozoologists may employ devices0.80text
the 'Amityville' hoaxinstance ofand other legends ... invoked in hauntings0.80text
Cryptozoologyrelated to External linksWiktionary-logo-en-v20.60section
Cryptozoologyrelated to External linksMedia0.60section
Cryptozoologyrelated to External linksWikimedia Commons0.60section

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