Loren Coleman in a photograph featured in his profile on Cryptomundo.com, his official blog.

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Coleman was educated in anthropology and zoology at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, and psychiatric social work at the Simmons College School of Social Work in Boston. He did post-masters work in anthropology at Brandeis University and studied sociology at the University of New Hampshire. Coleman taught at New England universities from 1980 to 2004, also having been a senior researcher at the Edmund S. Muskie School of Public Policy from 1983 to 1996, before retiring from teaching to write, lecture, and consult on his many interests. Anthropology (from the Greek word , human or person) consists of the study of humanity (see genus Homo). ... Zoology is the biological discipline which involves the study of non human animals. ... Southern Illinois University is a university in southern Illinois with two institutions and multiple campuses. ... Carbondale is a city in Southern Illinois in the midwest United States, about one hour north of Cairo. ... Nickname: City on the Hill, Beantown, The Hub (of the Universe) (The State House, according to Oliver Wendell Holmes, is the hub of the Solar System), Athens of America, The Cradle of Revolution, Puritan City, Americas Walking City Location in Massachusetts, USA Counties Suffolk County Mayor Thomas M. Menino... Brandeis University is a private university in Waltham, Massachusetts, United States. ... Social interactions and their consequences are the subject of sociology. ... University of New Hampshire (UNH) is a public university in the University System of New Hampshire (USNH). ... Edmund Muskie Edmund Sixtus Muskie (Edmund Marciszewski) (March 28, 1914–March 26, 1996) was a Polish-American politician from Maine. ...

The "copycat effect"

Loren Coleman is an international consultant on the "copycat effect" through his university research, books, and media consultations during the last three decades. Coleman first began working in the mental health field in 1967, and was later a senior researcher at the Muskie School of Public Policy from 1983 through 1996. Concurrently, Coleman was an adjunct associate/assistant professor at the University of Southern Maine, teaching a popular course on the social impact of documentary films year-round from 1990-2003, and producing eleven award-winning documentaries. He has worked with Hollywood talent, such as L. A. Law star Richard Dysart and Stephen King's Graveyard Shift's Minor Rootes. Additionally, Coleman has taught courses in seven other New England universities since 1980.

As an author, he wrote two books focussed on the behavior contagion of school shootings and related suicide events: Suicide Clusters (Faber and Faber, 1987) and The Copycat Effect (Simon and Schuster, 2004). Suicide Clusters was a Psychotherapy and Social Science Book Club selection, and Coleman appeared on many programs, including "The Larry King Show" discussing it. His work on the suicides of baseball players, specifically Angels pitcher Donnie Moore, was covered in The New York Times, Sports Illustrated, and The Sporting News, plus on television programs such as ESPN¹s SportsCenter (in 1989) and ESPN Classics (in 2001). Regarding The Copycat Effect, he has appeared on Coast to Coast AM, National Public Radio, NBC-TV, CBC-TV, and other media forums discussing celebrity suicides, Heaven¹s Gate, Waco, the Hemingway Curse, Columbine, as well as Montreal's Dawson College and other 2006 school shootings in Vermont, Colorado, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania.

Coleman has privately trained and consulted across the USA and Canada to universities, public schools, law enforcement agencies, and mental health organizations on suicide clusters and school violence since the 1980s. As a consultant for the State of Maine, for example, he has been involved in training 11,000 professionals and paraprofessionals since 1997.

Cryptozoology

Coleman also is internationally recognized for his research and writings on animal mysteries, folklore, and new species, known as the science of cryptozoology. He appears frequently on television and the radio in interviews about Bigfoot, Yeti, Skunk apes, Napes, Sea Serpents, Loch Ness Monster, Lake monsters, Mothman, Dover Demon, Orang Mawas, and other cryptids. He has written numerous articles and books on cryptozoology and other Fortean topics, of which the first was published in 1969. He has many professional interests, as well, including a subspeciality in media analysis. His 2004 book The Copycat Effect: How the Media and Popular Culture Trigger the Mayhem in Tomorrow's Headlines (ISBN 0-7434-8223-9) followed in the wake of his earlier academic publications and book, Suicide Clusters (Boston: Faber and Faber, 1987). Pen and wash drawing by malacologist Pierre Denys de Montfort, 1801, from the descriptions of French sailors reportedly attacked by a Kraken off the coast of Angola. ... Frame 352 from the Patterson-Gimlin film Bigfoot and Sasquatch redirect here. ... Purported Yeti scalp at Khumjung monastery The Yeti, sometimes referred to as the Abominable Snowman, is a humanoid cryptid associated with the Himalaya. ... This article or section may contain original research or unverified claims. ... The famous Surgeons photo (1934), today known to be a hoax. ... Lake monster is the name given to large unknown animals which have purportedly been sighted in, and/or are believed to dwell in lakes, although their existence has never been confirmed scientifically. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... This article or section needs additional references or sources. ... // Cryptids are hypothetical species of animals known from anecdotal evidence and/or other evidence insufficient to prove them with certainty. ... Anomalous phenomena are phenomena which are observed and for which there are no suitable explanations in the context of a specific body of scientific knowledge, e. ... 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ...

Some of his frequent radio and TV appearances are on the "Documentary Channels", such as the Discovery Channel, The Learning Channel (TLC), Jeff Rense's radio show, the Coast To Coast AM radio show, the History Channel, the Sci-Fi Channel, as well as the mainstream broadcast channels. The subject matter presented when he is on these are most often about Bigfoot, Nessie, Mothman, and related cryptids. Discovery Channel is a property of Discovery Communications primarily packaged as a network entertainment brand distributed in virtually every pay-television market in the world. ... TLC Network is a cable TV network in the US that carries a variety of informational and reality-based programming. ... Former television news anchorman, Jeff Rense, who lives in Santa Barbara, California, is a popular conspiracy theorist and is the host of the Jeff Rense program which is broadcast on terrestrial radio and on the Internet. ... Coast to Coast AM is a late-night syndicated radio talk show which deals with a variety of topics, but usually ones that relate to the paranormal. ... The History Channel is a cable television channel, dedicated to the presentation of historical events and persons, often with frequent observations and explanations by noted historians as well as reenactors and witnesses to events, if possible. ... There are two television channels named Sci-Fi: a British satellite television channel; see Sci Fi channel (United Kingdom) a United States television channel; see Sci Fi channel (United States) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Frame 352 from the Patterson-Gimlin film Bigfoot and Sasquatch redirect here. ... NESSIE (New European Schemes for Signatures, Integrity and Encryption) was a European research project funded from 2000–2003 to identify secure cryptographic primitives. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Cryptozoology is the study of rumored or mythological animals that are presumed to exist, but for which conclusive proof does not yet exist; or are generally considered extinct, but occasionally reported. ...

Coleman, due to his extensive research on the series of West Virginia sightings of Mothman, was asked by Sony/Screen Gems before the release of their 2002 movie The Mothman Prophecies, to assist them with their reality-based publicity. He therefore was involved in press conferences, and over three hundred radio interviews discussing the factual background to the 1966-1967 events in Point Pleasant, West Virginia that informed Mark Pellington's contemporary motion picture. The studio also had Coleman and author John Keel appear in their documentary, Search for the Mothman (2002), directed by David Grabias. In conjunction with the movie and documentary, the studio encouraged Coleman to complete his book on Mothman before the release of their movie, and thus Mothman and Other Curious Encounters (ISBN 1-931044-34-1) was published in 2002 by New York's Paraview Press. He continues this work through a study of the so-called "Mothman Curse". This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Screen Gems is an American subsidiary company of Sony Pictures Entertainments Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group that has served several different purposes for its parent companies over the decades since its incorporation. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... Cover of the Panther Books 1976 British edition This page is about the book, for the movie see The Mothman Prophecies (film) The Mothman Prophecies is a 1976 book by parapsychologist and Fortean John Keel, described as nonfiction. ... Point Pleasant is a city located in Mason County, West Virginia, at the confluence of the Ohio and Kanawha Rivers. ... Mark Pellington (born March 17, 1962 in Baltimore, Maryland) is an American film director. ... John A. Keel. ...

Despite Coleman's Mothman research, his long-term interests within the cryptid realm are Yeti and Sasquatch investigations. He has carried out extensive fieldwork throughout the United States, Canada, and Mexico, regarding sightings, trace evidence, and Native peoples' traditions of Sasquatch/Windigo/Bigfoot. Many of his recent books have dealt with Bigfoot, Yeti, Lake Monsters, and Sea Serpents. His writings are collections of raw data, theories, and his adventures traveling around North America. His investigations, through others' news reports, as well as his own articles and books frequently reflect words and phrases that have passed into routine use in cryptozoology. For example, he coined Dover Demon, Phantom Panthers, as well as other cryptids' specific names. Purported Yeti scalp at Khumjung monastery The Yeti, sometimes referred to as the Abominable Snowman, is a humanoid cryptid associated with the Himalaya. ... Sasquatch can refer to different topics: A Sasquatch is another name for Bigfoot. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Coleman is also a biographer and obituary writer, having written on Yeti and Bigfoot expedition sponsor Tom Slick and appearing, for example, on NPR discussing the death of Grover Krantz. Coleman has won awards for this documentary and literary work, and in 2004, he was honored with being depicted as the comic book character "Coleman Wadsworth" chasing an Abominable Snowman and in turn being chased by the title creature in the Swamp Thing comics.^[1] Thomas Baker Tom Slick (1916–1962) was a San Antonio, Texas based businessman and adventurer. ... Gordon S. Grover Krantz (November 5, 1931 – February 14, 2002) was a professor of physical anthropology at Washington State University, and a renowned Bigfoot researcher. ... The Swamp Thing is a fictional character created by Len Wein and Bernie Wrightson for DC Comics, and featured in a long-running horror-fantasy comic book series of the same name. ...

Paraview Press introduced a new series of books, "Loren Coleman Presents," with Mark A. Hall's book, Thunderbirds: America's Living Legends of Giant Birds (ISBN 1-931044-97-X) in 2004.

Bibliography

Loren Coleman has written 27 books, including the following recent selections:

• The Unidentified & Creatures of the Outer Edge: The Early Works of Jerome Clark and Loren Coleman (NY: Anomalist Books, 2006, ISBN 1-933665-11-4)
• Weird Ohio with James Willis and Andy Henderson (New York: Barnes and Noble, 2005, ISBN 1-4027-3382-8)
• The Copycat Effect (New York: Paraview Pocket-Simon and Schuster, 2004, ISBN 0-7434-8223-9)
• The Copycat Effect (New York: Paraview Pocket-Simon and Schuster, 2004) [1]
• The Field Guide to Lake Monsters, Sea Serpents and Other Mystery Denizens of the Deep with Patrick Huyghe (NY: Tarcher-Penguin, 2003, ISBN 1-58542-252-5)
• BIGFOOT!: The True Story of Apes in America (NY: Paraview Pocket-Simon and Schuster, 2003, ISBN 0-7434-6975-5)
• Tom Slick: True Life Encounters in Cryptozoology (Fresno: Craven Street/Linden Press, 2002, ISBN 0-941936-74-0)
• Mothman and Other Curious Encounters (NY: Paraview, 2002, ISBN 1-931044-34-1)
• Mysterious America: The Revised Edition (NY: Paraview, 2001, ISBN 1-931044-05-8) Also in 2004, a hardbound edition of Mysterious America was published (ISBN 1-931044-84-8).
• Cryptozoology A to Z: The Encyclopedia of Loch Monsters, Sasquatch, Chupacabras, and Other Authentic Mysteries of Nature with Jerome Clark (NY: Simon and Schuster, 1999, ISBN 0-684-85602-6)
• The Field Guide to Bigfoot, Yeti and Other Mystery Primates Worldwide with Patrick Huyghe (NY: HarperCollins, 1999, ISBN 0-380-80263-5)

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References

External links

• The Copycat Effect
• The Cryptozoologist, Coleman's official site
• Cryptomundo.com - CryptoZoo News, Loren Coleman's official blog
• www.lorencoleman.com - his personal website.
• www.coasttocoastam - Loren Coleman is a regular on Coast to Coast AM.
• Jeff Rense's website - He also is quoted extensively on the Rense.com site and appears on Jeff Rense's radio show.
• Loren Coleman at the Internet Movie Database