Slideshow: America Goes Cryptozoology Crazy

Bigfoot has always been scientifically marginal, but the study of mythological creatures is more popular than ever. Mark Baard reports from Lewiston, Maine.
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Fishing, 2000. Oil on wood.

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Man-Eating Plant

, 2000. Oil on wood.
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The Conversation

, 2001. Oil and acrylic on wood.
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Map of Cryptozoology

, 1998-1999. Oil and acrylic on wood.
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Man

is made to look like a scientific paper connecting Charles Darwin to Bigfoot and a caveman wearing a Viking helmet.
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Cryptozoologist Loren Coleman poses in front of the Bigfoot model at his home in Maine.