Bernard Heuvelmans

Bernard Heuvelmans (October 10, 1916 – August 22, 2001) was a Belgian-French scientist, explorer, researcher, and a writer probably best known as "the father of cryptozoology".[1] His 1958 book, Onthe Track of Unknown Animals (originally published in French in 1955 as Sur la Piste des Bêtes Ignorées) is often regarded as one of the best and most influential cryptozoological works.Contents  [hide]  * 1 Biography * 2 Publications * 3 References * 4 External links |
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[edit]Biography
Heuvelmans was born in Le Havre, France and raisedin Belgium, and earned a doctorate inzoology from the Free University of Brussels (now split into the Université Libre de Bruxelles and the Vrije Universiteit Brussel). Heuvelmans was a pupil of SergeFrechkop, a proponent of theTheory of Initial Bipedalism. His doctoral dissertation concerned the teeth of the aardvark, which had previously defied classification. Though earlier interested inzoological oddities, he credits a 1948 Saturday Evening Post article, "There Could be Dinosaurs", by Ivan T. Sanderson, with inspiring a determined interest in unknown animals. Sanderson discussed thepossibility ofdinosaurs surviving in remote corners of the world.
Heuvelmans undertook a massive amount of research and wrote On the Track of Unknown Animals, considered by some the most influential workof cryptozoology in the twentieth century. After On the Track, Heuvelmans wrote many other books and articles, few of which have been translated into English. His works sold well among generalaudiences, but saw little attention from mainstream scientists and experts. In the Wake of the Sea-Serpents was his second book translated into English and sold in the United States in 1968. It consisted ofhis book onsea serpents, with parts of his book on the giant squid (and colossal squid) added. As he continued his researches he saw the need to "give a name to the totally new discipline in...