his plans were never realized. Mackal has said of his interest in the Mokele-mbembe, “I admit that my own views are tinged with some romanticism, but certainly not to the extent that I would endure extreme hardship, even risk my life, to pursue a dream with no basis in reality.” Death Mackal died at the age of 88 in Chicago, Illinois, on September 14, 2013, of heart failure. Selected publications Mackal, Roy. The Monsters of Loch Ness. Chicago: The Swallow Press, 1976. ---Searching for Hidden Animals. Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1980. ---A Living Dinosaur? In Search of Mokele-Mbembe. New York: E.J. Brill, 1987. Notes 1. qtd. by Russell B. Adams, et al. Mysterious Creatures (Morristown, New Jersey: Time-Life, 1988) 97. References External links Credential mongering 1925 births 2013 deaths American biochemists United States Marine Corps personnel of World War II Cryptozoologists Phage workers Scientists from Milwaukee University of Chicago alumni University of Chicago faculty