Last Halloween I unexpectedly acquired a copy of the #IvanTSanderson book #AnimalTreasure for free. Despite his propensity for tall tales*, I still really like Sanderson as an illustrator.

* e.g Sanderson claimed to have seen a giant cryptid bat while retrieving a Hammer-Headed Bat. He also connected the filaments of Hairy Frogs to hair on Sea Serpents…

Cryptozoologist #IvanTSanderson was a surprisingly good artist; these illustrations are from PURSUIT 8(1) and PURSUIT 7(4). Despite claiming to be based on a “compendium of all the reports” the #Bigfoot / big #Yeti is based entirely on the #MinnesotaIceman — it’s quite strange seeing the #Cryptid portrayed as human-sized but with suspiciously literal… big… feet.

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Excellent article on the #MinnesotaIceMan — perhaps some day my dream of a #IvanTSanderson / #BernardHeuvelmans biopic will come true! #Cryptozoology #Hoaxes

https://order-of-the-jackalope.com/the-ape-man-creature-of-whiteface-customized-my-van

To those interested in #Cryptozoology #UFOlogy #Forteana and all sorts of #Spooky stuff, the American Philosophical Society has a collection of 17,000 items relating to #IvanTSanderson — 17,000!!!!

https://www.amphilsoc.org/blog/new-digital-library-ivan-sanderson-papers

h/t Eddie Guimont (who has yet to migrate over)