ɐlˈɔŋ wɪð ɛkˈɑːlədʒˌɪst ɹˈɪtʃɚd ɡɹˈiːnwɛl ænd bˈɛldʒən zuːˈɑːlədʒˌɪst bɜːnˈɑːɹd hjˈuːvɛlmənz, hiː wʌz wˈʌn ʌvðə fˈaʊndɪŋ mˈɛmbɚz ʌvðɪ ˌɪntɚnˈæʃənəl səsˈaɪəɾi fɔːɹ kɹˌɪptoʊzuːˈɑːlədʒi, wˌɪtʃ wʌz kɹiːˈeɪɾᵻd ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd ˈeɪɾi tˈuː æt ðə nˈæʃənəl mjuːzˈiəm ʌv nˈætʃɚɹəl hˈɪstɚɹi ɪn wˈɑːʃɪŋtən, dˈiː.sˈiː., wɪððə hˈoʊps ʌv bɹˈɪŋɪŋ ɐ dᵻɡɹˈiː ʌv ɹᵻspˌɛktəbˈɪlᵻɾi tə wʌt ɪz ˈɔfən sˈiːn æz ɐ sˈuːdoʊsˌaɪəns.
Along with ecologist Richard Greenwell and Belgian zoologist Bernard Heuvelmans, he was one of the founding members of the International Society for Cryptozoology, which was created in 1982 at the National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C., with the hopes of bringing a degree of respectability to what is often seen as a pseudoscience.