Rory Nugent
Rory Nugent (born 1952) is an American explorer and writer. He was based out of New Bedford, Massachusetts[1] from 1988 to 2004.[2]
Biography
Nugent was born in New York. After he graduated from Williams College in 1975, he went to sea aboard freighters and canvas-fliers. He sailed solo across the Atlantic Ocean four times. His fifth crossing ended prematurely when the catamaran he was sailing capsized; he was rescued five days later.[3]
In 1992, Nugent became a foreign correspondent, first for Men's Journal and then as a staff member of Spin. He left journalism in 2002 to work on his third book.
Cryptozoology
In the mid-1980s, Nugent mounted solo expeditions in search of the pink-headed duck on the Brahmaputra River[4] and Mokele-mbembe in the Congo.[5] It is alleged that he may have seen both, but his sightings remain unconfirmed. He wrote a non-fiction book about each expedition.[6][7][8][9]
Nugent's alleged Mokele-mbembe photographs from 1985 have been criticized as unreliable. One was described as a distant snapshot of a log floating in a lake.[10]
Bibliography
Books
- The Search for the Pink-Headed Duck (Houghton Mifflin, 1991)
- Drums Along The Congo: On The Trail Of Mokele-Mbembe, the Last Living Dinosaur (Houghton Mifflin, 1993)
- Down at the Docks (Pantheon Books, 2009)
Articles
- Nugent, Rory (June 2009). "Hope floats". The Atlantic. 303 (5): 62–63. Retrieved 10 July 2013. MS Oasis of the Seas
References
- ^ Cary, Alice (1993-07-18). "In Search of the Elusive". Boston Herald. p. 7 (magazine).
- ^ Mundow, Anna (2009-02-22). "Attuned to the voices of New Bedford". Boston Globe.
- ^ Podolsky, J.D. (1993-09-06). "Paths of Rory". People.
- ^ Upchurch, Michael (1991-06-09). "No Duck, But The Quest Was Worth The Trouble". Seattle Times.
- ^ Wanner, Irene (1993-10-03). "Drums Along The Congo: On The Trail Of Mokele-Mbembe, The Last Living Dinosaur". Seattle Times.
- ^ "The Search for the Pink-Headed Duck". Publishers Weekly.
- ^ "BOOK REVIEW: Self-Styled Adventurer’s Colorful Quest for African ‘God-Beast’: DRUMS ALONG THE CONGO: On the Trail of Mokele-Mbembe, the Last Living Dinosaur". Los Angeles Times.
- ^ Drums Along the Congo. Kirkus Reviews.
- ^ "Drums Along the Congo". Publishers Weekly.
- ^ Loxton, Daniel; Prothero, Donald (2013). Abominable Science: Origins of the Yeti, Nessie, and Other Famous Cryptids. Columbia University Press. p. 284. ISBN 978-0-231-15320-1
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