by Bernard Heuvelmans, Paul LeBlond (Translator), Loren Coleman (Afterword)
Trade Paperback, 284 Pages, 43 Illustrations
$22.95, ISBN: 9781938398612
Genre(s):
Cryptozoology
NOW IN ENGLISH FOR THE FIRST TIME…
THE TRUE STORY OF THE MINNESOTA ICEMAN!
The story begins at the end of 1968 in New Jersey, when zoologist
Bernard Heuvelmans and biologist Ivan Sanderson first hear from a
correspondent about the frozen corpse of an extremely hairy man-like
creature being exhibited in the Midwest. Upon arrival in Minnesota, the
two scientists come face to face with a “hominid” not of our species
embedded in a block of ice. An inquiry into the origin of the specimen
triggers a bizarre adventure involving the FBI, the Smithsonian, the
Mafia, the Vietnam War, drug smuggling, Hollywood, and a secretive
millionaire, giving much of the account the flavor of a riveting
detective story. What happened is told in meticulous detail by
Heuvelmans, who draws a startling conclusion as to the Iceman’s nature
based on a comparison of its anatomy with that of modern humans and
fossil ancestors. But where Heuvelman’s scientific tale ends,
cryptozoologist Loren Coleman’s begins, in a lengthy fact-filled
afterword that brings this remarkable saga up-to-date.
About the Author:
Bernard
Heuvelmans (1916-2001) was a Belgian-French zoologist, explorer,
researcher, and a writer probably best known as “the Father of
Cryptozoology.” His
On the Track of Unknown Animals and
In the Wake of Sea Serpents
are regarded as two of the most influential works of cryptozoology. In
1975 Heuvelmans established the Center for Cryptozoology in France, and
in 1982 he helped to found the International Society of Cryptozoology
(now-defunct) and served as its first president. In 1999, he donated his
vast holdings and archives in cryptozoology to The Museum of Zoology of
Lausanne in Switzerland.
Paul H. LeBlond is an ocean scientist with a long interest in
cryptozoology. He was one of the founders of the International Society
of Cryptozoology, and a co-founder of the British Columbia Scientific
Cryptozoology Club. LeBlond is an emeritus professor at the University
of British Columbia, a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and of the
Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society. LeBlond is the author
of
Discovering Cadborosaurus and the translator from the French of
The Asian Wild Man by Jean-Paul Debenat. LeBlond is the first President of the newly formed International Cryptozoology Society.
Loren Coleman has conducted fieldwork and research in cryptozoology
since 1960, and is the author or contributor to over 100 popular books
on cryptozoology, natural history mysteries, and the media, including
Bigfoot!: The True Story of Apes in America, Cryptozoology A to Z, and
Tom Slick and the Search for the Yeti.
For 20 years, he was an adjunct associate professor in documentary film
and anthropology at six universities. He is the founder in 2003 and
director of the nonprofit International Cryptozoology Museum in
Portland, Maine, and a co-founder of the International Cryptozoology
Society in 2016.
CONTENTS
Translator’s Introduction by Paul LeBlond
Chapter 1 What I Saw
A creature related to both man and ape
Chapter 2 What It Was Not
Neither a well-preserved fossil, nor a drifting Ainu, nor a hairy monster,not the hybrid of an ape and a woman, nor a simple fabrication
Chapter 3 What It Must Be
What did prehistoric men look like?
Chapter 4 Why So Many Mysteries?
The eloquent silences of a carny hawker
Chapter 5 More Complications
Lightning interventions by the FBI and the Smithsonian
Chapter 6 Hansen’s Stories
A pseudo-confession of a murder launches a useless expedition
Chapter 7 Corpses Come and Go But Are Never the Same
Behind the scenes and the proof of the specimen’s authenticity
Chapter 8 Cloak and Dagger
Why the deck was loaded to start with
Chapter 9 The Wall of Incredulity
How to bury an embarrassing corpse
Chapter 10 What It Really Was
A meticulous examination of the specimen, and its identification
Chapter 11 A History of Man-Beasts
From pre-Neanderthals to Pongoids
Chapter 12 Cain vs Abel
De-hominization: a new perspective on the origin of man
Afterword After the Thaw, The Post-Heuvelmans Iceman
by Loren Coleman
Appendix A: Original Introduction to
Neanderthal Man is Still Alive
Appendix B: Table of Measurements and Table Of Anthropometric Indices of Pongoid Man
Original Bibliography for Heuvelmans’ “The Mystery of the Iceman”
