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The International Society of Cryptozoology (ISC) was a former professional organization founded in 1982 in Washington, D.C. It ceased to exist in 1998. It was founded to serve as a scholarly center for documenting and evaluating evidence of unverified animals; that is, animal species or forms which have been reported in some manner but which have not been scientifically proven to exist.〔G. G. Simpson (1984) ''Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society'', Vol. 128, No. 1 (Mar. 30, 1984), pp 1-19 "Mammals and Cryptozoology"〕〔''Cryptozoology: Interdisciplinary Journal of the International Society of Cryptozoology'' Vol.12, 1993-1996. ISSN 0736-7023.〕 The study of such animals is known as cryptozoology, and ''Cryptozoology'' was also the title of its journal.〔 The President was Bernard Heuvelmans, and the Vice-President Roy Mackal. The Secretary was J. Richard Greenwell (died 2005), of the University of Arizona.〔〔BioScience, Vol. 31, No. 11 (Dec., 1981), page 804 "Cryptozoology Group Forming"〕 Loren Coleman, John Willison Green, and several other prominent cryptozoologists were either Life Members, Honorary Members, or Board Members. The official emblem of the society was the Okapi, which was chosen because, although it was well known to the inhabitants of its region, it was unknown to the European scientific community until the English explorer Harry Johnston〔http://books.google.com/books?id=hpR_hPSqYa0C&pg=PA544&dq=Harry+Johnston+okapi&hl=en&ei=hHiOTN33L8SHnQeg0Y2rDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CEMQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=Harry%20Johnston%20okapi&f=false〕 sent to London an Okapi skin which received international attention in 1901. The journal ''Cryptozoology'' was published from 1982 to 1996.〔British Library Catalogue〕 The Society also published a newsletter ''ISC News''.〔(Institut Virtuel de Cryptologie ) Associations et publications de cryptozoologie〕 The ISC ended its activities in 1998 due to financial problems,〔 though a website continued until 2005.〔The site name ''internationalsocietyofcryptozoology.org'' is registered to the International Society of Cryptozoology in Tucson, Arizona, with administrative contact listed as Richard Greenwell. Domain name was created on "19-Mar-2004", with expiration date of "19-Mar-2007". See (Internet Archive ) link. Only two entries in the archive are relevant: the first entry on July 30, 2004 and the September 29, 2004 update entry. All other entries are duplicates or consist of the placeholder page. The last entry containing society content is listed as November 30, 2005, with the placeholder page appearing as the next entry, dated December 10, 2005.〕 According to the journal ''Cryptozoology'', the ISC served "as a focal point for the investigation, analysis, publication, and discussion of all matters related to animals of unexpected form or size, or unexpected occurrence in time or space."〔 ==Notes and references== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「International Society of Cryptozoology」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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