Cryptozoology & Internet Bigfoot sightings
• Wishful Thinking
Deb Richardson-Moore in The Greenville News writes of Dallas Tanner who hunts Bigfoot while sitting in a chair.
His hunting is done over the Internet, his glee over sightings of Bigfoot, a Thunderbird or lake monsters celebrated in the comfort of his home office in Greer's Silverleaf subdivision, witnessed only by his cat, Samwise, companionably draped over his computer monitor.
Tanner's preference for the indoors hasn't hampered his plunge into cryptozoology, the study of "hidden" or undiscovered animals. It's not a recognized, degree-granting field of study, such as its respectable relatives zoology, anthropology or paleontology. Indeed, dabbling in it can wreck a career, Tanner said.