The Journal of Cryptozoology

Editor: Dr Karl Shuker

Welcome to the Journal of Cryptozoology. Following the demise of Cryptozoology (published by the now-defunct International Society of Cryptozoology), there has been no peer-reviewed scientific journal devoted to cryptozoology for quite some time. Consequently, the Journal of Cryptozoology has been launched to remedy this situation and fill a notable gap in the literature of cryptids and their investigation. For although some mainstream zoological journals are beginning to show slightly less reluctance than before to publish papers with a cryptozoological theme, it is still by no means an easy task for such papers to gain acceptance, and, as a result, potentially significant, serious contributions to the subject are not receiving the scientific attention that they deserve. Now, however, they have a journal of their own once again, and one that adheres to the same high standards for publication as mainstream zoological periodicals.

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Volume Four (December 2016) is now available.

It contains the following material:

Editorial
Karl P.N. Shuker

Buckley's Bunyip
Paul Michael Donovan pp 9

A Checklist of Historical Hypotheses for the Loch Ness Monster
C.G.M. Paxton and A.J. Shine pp 21

Not Finding Bigfoot in DNA
Haskell V. Hart pp 39

A Preliminary, Comparative Type Proposal For Large, Unidentified Marine and Freshwater Animals
Bruce A. Champagne pp 53

Instructions to Contributors:
(i) Important Issues to Consider When Preparing a Cryptozoological Paper
(ii) The Style of Presentation Required for Submissions to the Journal

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Volume Three (December 2014) is now available.

It contains the following material:

Editorial
Karl P.N. Shuker

The Thunderbirds of Western Pennsylvania - Mistaken Identity or Migratory Cryptids?
Jonathan D. Stiffy

New Material on the Moha-Moha
Ulrich Magin

Target Practice
– Evaluating Available Fine-Resolution Satellite Imagery as a Potentially Useful Tool in Cryptozoology
Edmond W. Holroyd, III

Searching For the Pink-Headed Duck in Myanmar
Richard Thorns

Bessie, the Lake Erie Monster – Assessed and Assembled
Scott E. Strasser

Instructions to Contributors:
(i) Important Issues to Consider When Preparing a Cryptozoological Paper
(ii) The Style of Presentation Required for Submissions to the Journal

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Volume Two (December 2013) is now available. It contains the following material:

Editorial
Karl P.N. Shuker

Three Remarkable Tales and Two Challenges For Anthropology –
An Evaluation of Recently Reported Eyewitness Accounts of Unidentified Hominoids From Flores Island
Gregory Forth

A Historical Depiction of a King Cheetah in Asia?
Karl P.N. Shuker

The Lake Monsters of Spain
Ulrich Magin

A Preliminary Examination of the Koolookamba Enigma
Don Cousins

Instructions to Contributors:
(i) Important Issues to Consider When Preparing a Cryptozoological Paper
(ii) The Style of Presentation Required for Submissions to the Journal

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