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Cryptids are animals whose existence is disputed.(Hurn 1) Nessie is one example.(Cray 258) Bigfoot is another cryptid.(Westrum 27)
Works Cited
Cray, Ed. “Loch Ness Monster.” Western Folklore, vol. 18, no. 3, July 1959, pp. 258–59. EBSCOhost, https://doi.org/10.2307/1497725.
Hurn, Samantha, editor. Anthropology and Cryptozoology: Exploring Encounters with Mysterious Creatures. Routledge, 2016.
Westrum, Ron. “Sasquatch and Scientists: Reporting Scientific Anomalies.” Manlike Monsters on Trial: Early Records and Modern Evidence, edited by Marjorie M. Halpin and Michael M. Ames, University of British Columbia Press, 1980, pp. 27–36. EBSCOhost, https://doi.org/10.59962/9780774857857-006.
Title: Anthropology and Cryptozoology: Exploring Encounters with Mysterious Creatures
Editor: Samantha Hurn
Publisher: Routledge
Place of Publication: New York
Date of Publication: 2016
Chapter Title: Sasquatch and Scientists: Reporting Scientific Anomalies
Chapter Author: Ron Westrum
Book Title: Manlike Monsters on Trial: Early Records and Modern Evidence
Book Editors: Marjorie M. Halpin and Michael M. Ames
Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
Place of Publication: Vancouver, BC
Date of Publication: 1980
Pages: 27-36
Article Title: Loch Ness Monster
Author: Ed Cray
Journal Title: Western Folklore
Volume: 18
Issue: 3
Date: 1959
Pages: 258-259
