Dr. Grover Krantz loved Irish wolfhounds, even writing a book about his beloved “Clyde” called Only A Dog.
Krantz was an expert on our anatomy and that of other primates. He was involved into the Kennewick Man controversy, where Krantz argued that the direct lineage of modern human populations could not be demonstrated through morphological and anatomical analysis. He was an established and very careful scholar.
However, you might know him a little better for his other work.
What was his other work? Well, watch:
Krantz appears at about 2:35.
I worked for the publishing company in Boulder, Colo., that published his physical anthropology book on Bigfoot:
Big Foot-Prints.
Between that and the Kennewick Man controversy, he stepped on a few toes, but he illustrated the principle of “Get tenure and then do what you want.”
And it he did.
I was into cryptozoology as an adolescent, and I loved watching Krantz in all of those documentaries. I particularly remember his appearance in In Search of with Leonard Nimoy.
I should point out that I’m not a believer, but every once in a while a cryptozoologist finds something– not a sasquatch or the Loch Ness Monster. But the often find unusually colored rodents or amphibians or some unknown species of fish.
That’s really touching – I’m so glad his final wishes were granted. And that he and Clyde are together again.
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