Heuvelmania: Bernard's Sea Serpent Classification System (with Cameron McCormick)

Cameron McCormick, writer on marine monster mysteries and sea serpent superfan, drops into the cabin to talk about the work and influence of Bernard Heuvelmans, remembered as the 'father of cryptozoology.' Heuvelmans was important as an early figure in the codification of cryptozoology, but many of his ideas were to remain unique to him in the decades that followed. Despite his respected status as a pioneer, not many who followed built upon the specific zoological ideas he came up with to explain monster sightings. In this episode we focus particularly on Heuvelmans' classification system for sea serpent sightings. He believed there were (approx) nine different categories of unknown enormous underwater animals. NOTES Buy me a coffee, ya landlubber https://www.buymeacoffee.com/wideatlantic Cameron's Blog https://thelordgeekington.wordpress.com/ Cameron's Tumblr https://biologicalmarginalia.tumblr.com/ Cameron with Sharon Hill and Tyler Greenfield talk about the International Society of Cryptozoology, recommended! Eddie's new podcast The Impossible Archive, recommended! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-impossible-archive/id1571034015?i=1000524899589 Plastic Plesiosaur podcast episode https://plasticplesiosaurpodcast.buzzsprout.com/1751781/8671862-meet-your-maker-interview-with-monsterquest-creator-doug-hajicek Brazil That Never Was https://www.nottinghilleditions.com/product/brazil-that-never-was/#:~:text=Brazil%20That%20Never%20Was,-As%20a%20boy&text=The%20book%20told%20the%20true,the%20Amazon%2C%20and%20never%20returned. Montreal Bloomsday Video Interview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iel_Ypqk1qI Searching For Sasquatch by Brian Regal https://www.isu.edu/media/libraries/rhi/book-reviews/Eggheads-and-Crackpots.pdf The ISC Journals http://files.afu.se/Downloads/Magazines/United%20States/Cryptozoology%20(ISC)/