DINO DAVE’S CRYPTOZOOLOGY BACKGROUND
- December, 2024 Expedition to Cameroon to raft the Boumba, Bek, and Lokomo Rivers searching for the Mokele-mbembe, the sauropod cryptid of western equatorial Africa
- September, 2022 Traveled to Egypt. Researched the Wadjet (flying serpent) iconography on Temples walls, sarcophagi, and in museums.
- April, 2022 Trip to Italy’s South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology to research Ötzi the Iceman and see the mummy.
- March, 2021 Visited Carlsbad Caverns to investigate the bats covered in flowstone
- July, 2020 Participated in a Dig along the Paluxy River in Texas to investigate potential man-track fossils footprints. Personally researched the Delk Track.
- October, 2019 Trip to Madagascar to search for the large, bat-like creature called “Fangalabolo” allegedly living in caves on the island. Determined it was a huge flying fox based upon night-vision observations.
- June of 2017 “Sat-el-Law” monster-hunting expedition into Virachey National Park in the northeast of Cambodia along the border of Vietnam and Laos. Also researched the Ta Prohm stegosaurus engraving.
- December of 2016 Travel down through Patagonia and Antarctica, including searching for dinosaur fossils there.
- February 2015 Led a reconnaissance trip through the Australian Outback to investigate the Burrunjor sightings and a survey trip around Lake Murray in Papua New Guinea.
- October 2014 Researched reported pterodactyl sightings in the mountains of Georgia and North Carolina.
- November, 2013 Traveled to Mexico to investigate the Acambaro Figurines.
- September 13, 2013 Incorporated Genesis Park as a 501C3.
- April, 2013 Traveled to Peru to investigate the Ica Stones, Moche Pots, Paracas artifacts and Nasca Lines.
- June, 2012 Researched dinosaur-like dragon depictions through Europe (from Barcelona, Florence, Venice, Bologna, Palestrina, and Rome) in preparation for writing the book Chronicles of Dinosauria.
- July, 2011 Traveled to British Columbia in Canada to do observations along the Salish Sea (Cadboro Bay) for Cadborosaurus. Spent multiple days at Lake Okanagan investigating Ogopogo. Met with Arlene Gaal, who documents all the Ogopogo sightings.
- July, 2010 Travel to Bangweulu Swamp in Zambia to investigate the Kongomato reports.
- August, 2009 Trip to the southwest USA researching strange flying creature reports.
- December, 2008 Traveled to Lake Nahuel Huapi in Argentina to research Nahuelito. Cruised the lake and talked to a number of locals.
- Summer 2007 Reconnaissance into Mexico to interview alleged Chupacabra witnesses.
- December, 2005 Reconnaissance in the headwaters of the Amazon. Traveled to Brazil & Bolivia and boated the Madre de Dios and Beni rivers up towards the Madidi doing interviews of indigenous peoples.
- June, 2005 Traveled through the Great Lakes region, researched the Baby Erie cryptid and worked with Glen Kuban to debunk that fraudulent specimen.
- October/November, 2004 Organized and led a Ropen hunting expedition to Umboi among the Siassi Islands in Papua New Guinea.
- July, 2003 Traveled to Parker’s Cove, Nova Scotia in Canada to research the carcass that washed ashore there. Worked with ICR’s John Morris to help establish that it was indeed a decayed basking shark.
- June, 2002 Traveled to Loch Ness in Scotland. Cruised the lake, drove around it conducting interviews, studied sonar images, and meeting ship captains. Interviewed Robert Rhines of the Academy of Applied Sciences.
- November, 2000 Expedition to Cameroon and the border of Congo. Published the “Behemoth or Bust” article in Creation Technical Journal.
- Fall of 1999 Brought GenesisPark.com online with the tagline “Dinosaurs: living evidence of a powerful Creator.”
- June, 1999 Traveled to the Paluxy River area in Glen Rose, TX to personally investigate the Taylor Trail, and other human tracks.
- July 1997 Trip to Lake Champlain in VT to investigate Champ and interview eye witnesses.
PERSONAL BACKGROUND
- 2017 – Earned a Master’s of Biological Sciences Degree from Clemson University
- 2014 – Coauthored the book Chronicles of Dinosauria
- 2013 – Sold CCR Data Systems to NCR in order to pursue dinosaurian research & origins education
- 1998 – Wrote the initial content for the Genesis Park Website and laid out a research agenda to personally investigate all the key hotspots
- 1996 – Began speaking & debating around the country on “Science & the Bible”
- 1994 – Took over as President/CEO of CCR Data Systems, Inc.
- 1993 – Promoted to Manager of Operations for CCR Data Systems, Inc.
- 1991 – Became an Amway Profit Sharing Direct Distributor
- 1990 – Assumed responsibilities as CCR Branch Manager in VT
- 1988 – Started working as Account Manager for Capitol Cash Register (CCR).
- 1987 – Graduated with honors from Bob Jones University with a B.S. in Physics/Engineering
- 1983 – Graduated from Dublin Christian Academy as Valedictorian