Earlier this year I contacted various leading cryptozoologists to enquire whether there were any cryptozoological newsletters that they considered would be worth preserving and sharing online as searchable PDFs, if relevant permissions could be obtained. While my own interests focus primarily on "UFOs", I'm happy to help coordinate a bit of scanning/uploading among the wider Fortean community.
Some of those cryptozoologists did not reply at all. Tut, tut. [Only kidding. They had no obligation whatsoever to give up their time by responding. Also, I'm not as well known among serious cryptozoologists as I am among serious UFO researchers...].
Of the cryptozoology researchers that did respond, most mentioned the International Society of Cryptozoology's journal "Cryptozoology" and the related "ISC Newsletter" - both of which I addressed earlier this year (subject to a very small number of gaps, which I still hope to fill if there is any interest among the cryptozoology community).
Also mentioned by a significant number of those that responded was Mark A Hall's "Wonders" newsletter.
When I raised the matter of permission to make "Wonders" freely available online, one of those cryptozoologists that had kindly responded, Loren Coleman, mentioned that he already had the "sign off" from the late Mark A Hall. Loren also indicated that he supported my efforts to get more cryptozoological newsletters online.
So, with thanks to Loren Coleman (and, of course, to the AFU - which once again has scanned an entire set of this publication) "Wonders" is now online at the link below.
An archive of Mark A Hall's former website can be found at:
https://web.archive.org/web/
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