Christian Le Noël (born 18 December 1938) is a French cryptozoologist and hominologist who is a director and co-founder of the Association Française de Recherches Cryptozoologiques, and editor of the AFRC's journal Hominologie et Cryptozoologie. He was formerly a big game hunter, soldier, and topographer, and has lived and hunted in Cameroon, Chad, the Central African Republic, and the Republic of the Congo. While he has written extensively on hominology in Africa and Eurasia, and on the mokele-mbembe and emela-ntouka,[1][2] he is perhaps best known for his investigations into tigres de montagne and water lions.[3][4][5] He was also one of the first Europeans to visit Lake Tele, one alleged home of the mokele-mbembe, in 1974.[1]
Selected bibliography
"A La Recherche des Bêtes Ignorées d'Afrique," Connaissance de la Chasse, No. 72 (April 1982)
"Y a-t-il Oui ou Non un Animal Inconnu au Lac Tellé?," Connaissance de la Chasse, No. 139 (November 1987)
On Target: History and Hunting in Central Africa (1999), Trophy Room Books
Race Oubliée: Hommes Velus en France (2002), Trois Spirales, ISBN 978-2847730029
Les Coureurs de Brousse (2007), Montbel
Le Monde Mystérieux: Des Animaux Inconnus d'Afrique (2010)
↑Shuker, Karl P. N. (2020) Mystery Cats of the World Revisited: Blue Tigers, King Cheetahs, Black Cougars, Spotted Lions, and More, Anomalist Books, ISBN 978-1949501179
