Chasing Discovery

Loren Coleman is currently the world’s foremost authority on cryptozoology.

After a career in academia which included teaching documentary film at the University of Southern Maine and researching topics from media influence to teen suicide, he retired to dedicate his time to his passion, cryptozoology.

Author of seventeen books and hundreds of articles on various topics within cryptozoology, Coleman has contributed an array of information to the field. He writes a popular blog “Cryptomundo,” which is a daily rundown of all things cryptozoology.

Despite having contributed so much to the field, Coleman faces the same financial struggles that are familiar to cryptozoologists of all levels.

“It’s really about month to month living with the tension of is my cryptozoological museum home going to be put under foreclosure? That’s something that is the underbelly of being a cryptozoologist that most people don’t talk about,” Coleman said.

In 2003, he created the International Cryptozoology Museum in his Portland, Maine home. Dozens of movie props, footprint casts, and miniature creatures fill two rooms. The museum features an eight foot tall bigfoot, weighing more than 500 pounds. There are plans to expand the display area to the upstairs portion of his home as well. Chasing Discovery features a 15 minute guided tour of the museum as one of two bonus features on the disc.