Who Wrangles The Cryptids

[lordmongrove]

Hey, that's the CFZ's job!

 

[Sharon Hill]

I thought this fit well under this title.

Slate has an new article about the gatekeeping regarding cryptids.

https://slate.com/technology/2023/02/wikipedia-bigfoot-cryptozoology.html

I would have a bunch of opinions and examples on this topic. But Slate didn't ask me.

 

[Kondoru]

Funny that, I know reputable scholars who would run a mile at anything pseudosciency but who nod knowingly at things like cryptozoology.

 

[Sharon Hill]

Funny that, I know reputable scholars who would run a mile at anything pseudosciency but who nod knowingly at things like cryptozoology.

I'd be interested in hearing specifics. But I think that's because cryptozoology is so poorly defined. And I think we see hints of that in this article. There are strong elements of folklore, sociology, wildlife biology, etc. as well as overlap with conventional zoology. So there are definitely areas that deserve further research but the approach would be varied. Depending on your interest, I can certainly see how and why scholars and academics would be interested.