Happy birthday, Loren Coleman!

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Have you read the 2004 comic sequence,  Swamp Thing #7-8 Missing Link?

In it, Maximillian Ramhoff, an Internet billionaire who collects cryptids including the Yeti, hires cryptozoologist Coleman Wadsworth to find the Swamp Thing.

Some of Mr Ramhoff's collection

And, yes, he's named after famous cryptozoologist and Friend of the Site, Loren Coleman.

In Coleman's International Cryptozoology Museum, one can see an exhibit featuring the Swamp Thing comic:

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Here on ILTY, we celebrate Coleman on his birthday by exhibiting bad photoshopping skills:

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And although I've never had the pleasure of going, my father visited in 2013!

Happy Birthday, Loren Coleman!

The Cryptozoologist Loren Coleman has written many seminal books, maintains a blog CryptoZooNews, established the International Cryptozoology Musem in Portland, Maine (which my father visited! You should support it financially) and in January 4-5-6 2016 is hosting the International Cryptozoology Museum Conference.

Happy Birthday, Loren Coleman!

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One of my favorites, John Hodgman, said it best:

"@hodgman: I recommend you please wish Loren Coleman a happy birthday WITH MONEY. It's for cryptozoology, so DIG DEEP" http://www.CryptoZooNews.com/lc-ICM/

Wedding Cookie

Loren Coleman got married (woohoo!) on Halloween, and this was the couple's wedding reception's take-away gift to all.

A (traditionally incorrect white) Yeti… Cookie

The Day Of

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Somebody's getting married!
Congratulations to cryptozoologist extraordinaire Loren Coleman!

My father at the International Cryptozoology Museum

I haven't been to the International Cryptozoology Museum in Portland Maine but I did the next best thing:

I sent my dad.

He loved it. Plus, he got to meet Loren Coleman.

Papa was particularly impressed with the footprint casts from fellow San Antonian Tom Slick's 1957-1959 expeditions.

She Loves Me PERIOD (Happy Birthday, Loren Coleman!)

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Help celebrate Loren Coleman’s Birthday with your annual donation to the International Cryptozoology Museum.

In honor of his birthday, I make an extremely poor photoshop of Mr. Coleman (my apologies).

Joyal Yeti

“A Misunderstood Yeti” by Michael Joyal for the International Cryptozoology Museum

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Thanks, Loren!

Update: Loren Coleman had this clarfication in the comments:

"Just to be clear, the Winnipeg artist painted this painting without any contact from the International Cryptozoology Museum, and I obtained it from an art show in Maine for the museum. It was one of those unique discoveries that are beyond a coincidence. Nevertheless, I wanted to be clear the creative process happened quite separately from our museum."

Happy Birthday, Loren Coleman!

Help celebrate Loren Coleman’s Birthday with your annual donation to the International Cryptozoology Museum.

BONUS! Unsolved Mysteries: Yeti

Méliès Yeti

Loren Coleman's Cryptomundo blog has this fantastic scoop:

The First Frost Giant: CONQUEST OF THE POLE (1912)

You probably know film visionary and fantasist George Méliès for "A Trip to the Moon" (1902) and this iconic image:



But it turns out that in 1912, Méliès put an abominable snowman in a film! Well, it's a frost giant, but that's close enough. This is the first-ever appearance of a big hairy snow monster man in film history! And what a debut. A giant, crazy animatronic robot that fights people! Way ahead of its time.



Read the post to learn more. There's even footage!

Not Yeti Friday - Knobby the Blond Bigfoot

In case you hadn't heard... in the mountains of North Carolina, there has been a recent sighting of a whistling, 10 foot tall ape-like hominid possessing six fingers and beautiful, yellowish hair & beard.

The legend of "Knobby" has been in the area since the 1970s (though he was never yellow).

Loren Coleman asked a number of artists and cartoonists to try to depict Knobby the Blond Bigfoot.

Be sure to check out his post with the depictions!

Here's a preview to entice you to check it out:


Artist: Ted Bastien

The only other example I know of a yellow hairy hominid is this yeti character from a Spanish comic called 'King Egg'.

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More posts from Cryptomundo about the recent Knobby sighting:

* Knobby's Back
* Knobby Video

Happy Cryptovibes

If this yeti blog was a book, I would use this as a blurb:

"I Love The Yeti" is well worth visiting when you are having a down day. It is always good for an instant smile, as the popular cultural Abominable Snowmen (especially the incorrect white ones) seem to shout forth with “happy” cryptovibes.

I like that: "happy cryptovibes". :-)

It's from my favorite Cryptozoologist/Author/Museum Founder/Copycat Effect Expert, the one and only, Loren Coleman of Cryptomundo.

Check out his great post where this "blurb" comes from - Yearning for Yetis, which features other yeti goodness.

And be sure to donate to The International Cryptozoology Museum!

YETI has been FOUND!

And it was the incomparable Loren Coleman who helped secure the photographic proof!

The Picnic Holiday Sale in Portland Maine on December 12th can also take some credit:

"Shoppers and their little ones can also get their photo taken with the Yeti."

Note: Further evidence that Yeti = Holiday Icon.

Yeti Ornament for International Cryptozoology Museum

If you visit the International Cryptozoology Museum, you can purchase this yeti ornament to help support the museum. I wish I could go and check it out! Next time I'm in Maine, I will not hesitate to seek out this wonderful place. Hope they still have this ornament, because I wants it.

International Cryptozoology Museum

On November 1, 2009 the first ever open to the public International Cryptozoology Museum will be unveiled for you to visit in Portland, Maine!

It's very exciting!



Congratulations are in order for Loren Coleman for achieving this. Be sure to visit his page to learn more about it and give support.

Dowman Yeti

Mark Dowman writes:

Months ago, I created an illustration for a 4 year-olds birthday present. She loves the Littlest Petshop toys, so I created a Yeti in that style.

The image was uploaded to my Zazzle account, and a bunch of products were created.

I contacted Loren Coleman, from the International Cryptozoology Museum, and am donating half the profit to the facility.

I say: Excellent!

There aren't nearly enough depictions of cute, feminine yeti in the world.

Thanks, Mark!

Not Yeti Friday - An SUV that just came out

One of my heroes Loren Coleman has put up a post on his excellent Cryptomundo blog about the new Škoda Yeti, an automobile of the "Mini SUV" variety. It is not a yeti, nor is it a Friday, but the marketing of the vehicle is definitely attempting to bring the people's love of His Himalayan Highness to the forefront... and inspire people to buy their product using yeti as a hook.

They are really pushing the yeti association. Here's part of the press release:

"People have never tired of talking about that mythical creature who, with his white fur coat and sharp teeth, lives high up in icy mountains. Although they have never met him, people still speak with great conviction of their encounter with that peaceful inhabitant of the dizzying heights, who is said to have shown many a lost soul the route from the regions of eternal ice to the safety of the valley below. At Škoda Auto we are celebrating a new member of our model range, which has been given the name of that helpful snowman: The Škoda Yeti is launched. The choice of name truly has a deeper significance. The Škoda Yeti is strong, geared to move under difficult conditions and help its passengers along where others give up. But it has the edge on the original Yeti: Unlike him, it is also happy in warmer areas, finding its way not just in difficult terrain and off road, but with equal confidence and assurance on the road."

They also hire a bunch of people to dress in white-furred yeti disguises at events.


(Waifish model aside, the costume and stuffed animal are actually pretty decent yeti depictions and worthy of their own legitimate not Not-Yeti post.)

Look at the car company's promotional web site which contains this blurb:

"Perhaps everyone would like to see Yeti. This snowman has something mystical in him, which directly calls for discovery… just like the new design study of the Škoda Yeti."

They are really laying it on thick, attempting to associate their consumers' raging yeti love (and the rising popularity of cryptozoological curiosity) with their product. Kinda weird, if you want my opinion.

I personally just want to stick to yeti that are actually yeti.

Not cars.

This is definitely a sign that the yeti is approaching the apex in popularity and awareness in the popular culture. Not too long ago, the average person didn't know what yeti was. Now the advertisers are actually naming cars after them SO THAT YOU WILL BUY THEM.

Georges le Yeti

In France, George the Yeti sells TicTacs.







Here in the U.S., we have our own yeti in a commercial right now. Loren Coleman has the scoop.

And while you're visiting Cryptomundo, be sure to check out all the interesting discussion (inspired by a post on this site) of a mysterious photograph : here, here, and if you read German, here.