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Illustrations The following illustrations are intended to demonstrate various points from the text. |
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Protoceratops Skull The description of protoceratops bones, from the contrasting matrix color to the hooked beak and seeming single horn can be seen in this photograph. It is thought that such fossil skulls gave rise to the myths about the griffin. |
| Asian Elephant Skull This skull of the nearest surviving relative of the mammoth shows the central opening which may have been misinterpreted by ancient man, resulting in the Cyclopes myths. |
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Iguanodon At least some cryptozoologists theorize that the sirrush of the Ishtar Gate as well as Africa's mokele-mbembe stories are evidence of the survival of an ornithopod dinosaur, such as Iguanodon, in tropical Africa. |
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Pheasant According to Chinese mythology, the spring-time call and wing drumming of the pheasant are the cause of thunderstorms. |
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Yeti Country A view of a fortress lamasery in Tibet. |
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Willy Ley and Young Fan Willy Ley wrote extensively on both cryptozoology and space travel. |
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A Youthful Bernard Heuvelmans The "Father of Cryptozoology" died in 2001 at age 84. |