Loren Coleman was born on July 12,1947 and is an American cryptozoologist, author and television personality who has written over 40 books on a number of topics, including cryptozoology.
16 Facts About Loren Coleman
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Loren Coleman is the President, Founder and leading Director of the International Cryptozoology Museum in Portland, Maine.
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Loren Coleman has a background in social work and has written on the topic of suicide, particularly the copycat effect.
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Loren Coleman's father was a firefighter and his mother a homemaker.
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Loren Coleman studied anthropology and zoology at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale.
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Loren Coleman earned his master's degree in social work from Simmons University, doing postgraduate work on sociology and anthropology at the University of New Hampshire and Brandeis University.
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Loren Coleman writes on popular culture, animal mysteries, folklore, and cryptozoology.
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Loren Coleman has carried out fieldwork throughout North America regarding sightings, trace evidence, and Native peoples' traditions of Sasquatch and other possible cryptids and appeared on NPR discussing the death of Grover Krantz.
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Loren Coleman established a Cryptozoology Museum in 2003 in Portland, Maine.
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In 2022, Loren Coleman announced plans to move the museum to Bangor, Maine, and in 2023 he purchased a building on Broadway for that purpose.
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Loren Coleman claimed it was caused by a half human, half fish creature called a "merbeing".
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Loren Coleman ignores the fact that Johnson's story appeared at the same time the Black Lagoon trilogy of films was being released in theaters.
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Loren Coleman has a master's degree in psychiatric social work and was a consultant for the Maine Youth Suicide Program for nearly a decade.
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Loren Coleman has lectured often on the impact of the media on suicide and murder.
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Loren Coleman has specialized in the Werther effect, a phenomenon resulting in many copycat suicides following the publication of a 1774 novel.
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Loren Coleman has been called on for statements in the aftermath of school shootings and how best to respond to the problem.