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I learned of Ivan Anderson during the lockdown while performing some rather deep scientific deep dives (for obvious reasons), but I got distracted and forgot about him until I came across a show on Discovery Plus: Lost Monster Files.

I'm posting this for scientific interest, astonished that I never discovered this free, searchable archive for myself prior.

Ivan Terence Sanderson

Born: January 30, 1911

Died: February 19, 1973 (aged 62)

Bio: Ivan Terence Sanderson was a biologist and writer born in Edinburgh, Scotland, who became a naturalized citizen of the United States. Sanderson is remembered for his nature writing and his interest in cryptozoology and paranormal subjects.

Born: January 30, 1911

Died: February 19, 1973 (aged 62)

Bio: Ivan Terence Sanderson was a biologist and writer born in Edinburgh, Scotland, who became a naturalized citizen of the United States. Sanderson is remembered for his nature writing and his interest in cryptozoology and paranormal subjects.

“Science is defined in the dictionaries as the pursuit of the unknown; yet science today is coming more and more to insist that it not be bothered with this, and it has reached a point where anything that is not already known is frowned upon.”
― Ivan T. Sanderson, Abominable Snowmen: Legend Come to Life

Discovering Ivan T. Sanderson: The Pioneering Cryptozoologist

Ivan T. Sanderson’s books [Goodreads]

Abominable Snowmen, by Ivan T. Sanderson, [1961], at sacred-texts.com

Lost Monster Files [Amazon Prime, Discovery+]

Chapters from Ivan Sanderson's"Things"

FULL DISCLOSURE: Ivan Anderson has riled the establishment (i.e., earned his derisive 'kook' badge).

Ivan T. Sanderson [Kook Science]

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Clickable searchable archive link

https://as.amphilsoc.org/repositories/2/resources/1789

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Back in 1972, when I was about 15 or so, I was an avid reader of Sanderson. This was about the same time that “Chariots of the Gods” (about ancient astronauts coming to earth) and the “Late Great Planet Earth” came out. Lots of new, wild speculative material for impressionable young minds. It’s all pretty old hat now.

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I still have a copy of his “Abominable Snowman, Legand come to Life” that I bought and read in 1966. Good read and introduction to the whole Bigfoot thing long before anyone else was writing about it.

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"Individuals believe that science is simply a list of what the collective already knows.

I believe that science is a set of tools to uncover what we do not know."

- Ivan T. Sanderson

Note: Apologies for my typo in comment #1 re Sanderson's last name (sp, i.e., "Anderson"). I misremembered his name and that error remains stuck in my head

[ifinnegan]

Ivan T. Sanderson.

He wrote normal books such as How to Know the American Mammals before he went paranormal looney toons.

He liked to wear a kilt.