After years of experience and knowledge in cryptozoology I held off my urge to start Ohio Cryptid as I focused on my ghost group (Ohio Paranormal Investigation Network which transitioned to Ghost Help) until I decided to pull the plug in the early fall of 2011. Since then I worked on a client-based ghost investigation methodology which spawned a book (The "E4" Method). After spending a couple of years promoting the book I focused back on cryptozoology.
In 2014 I published "Handbook for the Amateur Cryptozoologist" which went on to become one of the top cryptid books of 2014 according to Loren Coleman. I then wrote a second edition of the book which now includes a foreword by Loren and the book is now for sale at the International Cryptozoology Museum in Portland, Maine (in addition to online). During all of this time I have been doing a weekly radio show (Paranormal News Insider) which went from a short prerecorded segment to a live one hour show in September of 2015.
I began working with the Pennsylvania Bigfoot Society in late May of 2013 after joining them during their spring outing. Unfortunately, there was a change in leadership and I have not worked with the group like I had planned. With the book I have been busy speaking at various places and will be doing so in April and May of 2016.
April 16 I will be speaking at the Butler Paranormal Convention in Butler, Pennsylvania. In May I'll be speaking at the PA Bigfoot Camping Adventure in Farmington, Pennsylvania (May 6-8, 2016) and then at the Westerville Public Library in Westerville, Ohio (Thursday, May 12, 2016) just northeast of Columbus. I have also been asked to become part of a new cryptozoological team which I will announce shortly.
Ohio Cryptid never blossomed like I had hoped over the last seven years, but I had not focused on it like I had hoped. With the new cryptozoology organization I may bring back the idea of a group based in Ohio so that I may have others in Ohio to get out into the field with. Granted, I have spent nearly two years creating the foundation for a new anomalous research group that would take on cryptid cases in addition to ghost and UFO ones as well - but progress has been painfully slow. I have also considered creating workshops and classes geared toward the various pieces covered in my book so that I can create a group of expert interviewers, researchers, trackers and investigators of strange and unknown animals. If you share an interest or desire to search for these animals using science and not like the television shows let me know through the links at right.
