Digitizing Cryptozoological Literature
Within the last few weeks, some collaborators and I have made an attempt to digitize and upload our personal cryptozoological literature collections, as well as a significant effort to seek out hard-to-find articles, reviews, and books. Cryptozoology as a subject suffers immensely from inaccessibility - the key pieces are often decades out of print and outrageously expensive, or available only to restricted markets. The lack of a dedicated academic forum has led cryptozoology enthusiasts to become insular - those with similar perspectives congregate in Discord servers, email chains, or private forums and don't share their work with others. r/cryptozoology remains the most accessible mixing ground, with regular contributions by a wonderful assortment of individuals I've had the pleasure of associating with over the last five years, but even then the quality of content shared has fallen significantly in recent memory - this is a byproduct of insularity, everyone is on such differ...