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Brad Steiger. Real Monsters, Gruesome Critters, and Beasts from the Darkside
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
CONTENTS
CONTRIBUTORS
INTRODUCTION: MONSTERS, CREEPY CREATURES, AND NIGHTMARISH BEINGS
Tie for First Place: Bigfoot and Mothman
Number Two: The Jersey Devil
Number Three: Nessie-Type, Long-Necked Lake Monsters
Number Four: Chupacabras
Number Five: Werewolves/Shapeshifters
Number Six: Thunderbirds
Number Seven: Springheeled Jack
Number Eight: Living Dinosaurs, Such as Mokele-Mbembe
Number Nine: Flatwoods Monster
Number Ten: Dover Demon
BIG CATS –PREDATORS OUT OF PLACE
Big Black Cats Really Do Exist
Mysterious Cougars and African Lions in Indiana
The Big Vampire Cat of Bladenboro
The Beast of Bolivia
The Beast Mangles a SUV
Two Large Black Cats Attack Father and Son in New York
Phantom Felids
Black Panthers Invade Europe
The United Kingdom‘s Beast of the Bay
The Beast of Bretton
Big Cat Hunters Claim the Creatures Are Indigenous to the British Isles
Weretigers and Other Large Cat-Men
The Rites of Taigherim Summon Shape-Shifting Cat Demons
Attacked by a Werecat in the Shawnee Forest
A Phantom Black Cat
BIGFOOT-NORTH AMERICA’S KING KONG
The Man-Beast that Has Always Lurked in the Shadows
Native Americans Have Known of Bigfoot for Centuries
Common Bigfoot Sighting Areas
An Encounter with the Bogwish?
The Famous Patterson-Gimlin Bigfoot Photograph
They Interacted with Bigfoot for Nearly 20 Years
Two Ghost Hunters Meet Very Physical “Spooks”
Shining Yellow Eyes in the Old Cascade Tunnel
Unseen Creatures Attacked with Rocks and Boulders
Bigfoot in the Keystone State
Compelling Evidence from a Bigfoot‘s Mud Bath
A Scientist‘s Quest to Find the Elusive Bigfoot!
How the Nantiinaq Closed Down Two Alaskan Communities
BLACK DOGS THAT HERALD DISASTER
Phantom Hounds of the Woods
The Black Dogs Have Many Names
The Black Shuck
Terror and Death Brought by the Black Dogs Seems Endless
The Campeche Beasts—Lafitte‘s Black Hounds from Hell
The Campeche Devil Dogs
Black Dogs Are No Respecter of Persons
BOGEY MAN-HE DOESN’T JUST LIVE UNDER YOUR BED
Who‘s Afraid of the Big Bad Bogey Man?
He Awakened to See a Monstrous Little Bogey Man
Martha Learned Not to Put Her Hand Under Another‘s Bed
The Awful Man in His Bedroom Has Never Left Him Alone
Patrick‘s Encounters on Cape Cod
The Nasty Boogy Man with the Belt Nearly Killed Bobby
The Creature at the Foot of Her Bed BY JANNICE FADLEY
DEMONS FROM THE DARKSIDE
Monsters or Demons … or Both?
The Pattern Profile of a Demon
The Demonic Power of Illusion
Visitors from the Unseen World
Demons Are Real
A Demonic Line-up of Those Who Obeyed Their Orders to Kill
DINOSAURS THAT LIVE AND PROWL IN THE JUNGLES
Do Not Go in the Water or the God Will Eat You Alive!
The Search for Mokele-Mbembe, Who Stops the Flow of Rivers
An Extinct Serpentine Monster Who Nearly Grabbed a South Dakota Farmer
There Is No History Comparable to the Dragon
The Hideous Piasa, Winged Devourer of Native People
Were There Giant Humanoids Who Went Mano a Mano with the Great Reptiles?
Giant Reptile and Giant Human Footprints in the Same Strata
FLYING HUMANOIDS OVER CITIES AND FARMS
The Horrible Winged Beast of 1903
The Birdman of Chaparral, New Mexico
The Birdman of Madisonville, Tennessee
The Black-caped Flying Humanoid Who Attacked a Policeman
Flying Humanoids Visit from Puerto Rico to Chile
Winged Humanoid Kept Pace with His Jeep
Meeting a Birdman on the Footpath
Whether a Giant Bird or Huge Bat, It Ate Livestock in Chile
GIANT SNAKES FROM YOUR WORST NIGHTMARES
The Pythons That Plan to Eat Florida
Monster Anacondas of Brazil
The Guardian Serpent of King Solomon‘s Treasure
There‘s Something in the Woods of Cannock Chase
The Giant Sacred Rattlesnake of Montezuma
Monster Serpents in the Midwest
Georgia‘s “Furry Rattlesnake”: A Cryptozoological Mystery
The Snake that Repaid a Kindness
GOBLINS AND OTHER NASTY WEE FOLK OF LAND AND SEA
Ceasg
Devas
Elementals
Elves
Fairies/Fey/Sidhe
Gnomes
Goblins
Gremlins
Huldrefolk
The Ircenrraat, Little People of the Tundra
Kitsune
Leprechaun
Leshy
Mambu-mutu
Nakh
Nasnas
Nisse
Nix
Puca/Pooka
Pa-i-sa-ki and Puk-wud-jies
Rusalki
Spunkie
Sirens
Troll
Yaksha
HEADLESS HORSEMEN AND OTHER PHANTOM MIDNIGHT RIDERS
Tribal Ghosts Spook the Pocahontas Parkway Toll Plaza
Many Ghosts Haunt the General Wayne Inn
She Passed the Car … and It Disappeared
The Car Faded Away Like an Old Photograph
Haunted Highways and Hotels
Route 666 Will Always Be “the Devil‘s Road”
Tales of the Phantom Hitchhiker
Misty Miss Laura Warns Others to Prepare to Follow Her
Spending Halloween with the Headless Horseman
The Great Jack O’ Lantern Blaze
The Horseman Still Rides!
Where to Stay
Where to Eat
HOLLOW EARTH-A HAVEN FOR ANCIENT BEINGS
Did Admiral Richard Byrd Find the Entrance to the Hollow Earth?
The Norwegian Fishermen Spent Two Years in the Land of the Giants
The Vast Underground Empire of Enchantment
The Monsters in the Haunted Mine
The Vicious Hairy Humanoids in the Ancient Mound
Could Some of Those Who Walk Among Us Not Really Be Us?
The Master of the World and Secret Societies
The Great Shaver Mystery and Its Warning to Future Man
The Crack-Pot Letter that Started It All
The Curse of the Abandondero
Flying Saucers from Inner Space
Palmer Changes His Mind: Flying Saucers Come from the Hollow Earth
HOWLERS AND NIGHT PROWLERS
Creature of Rising Sun, Indiana
The Wretched Thing that Attacked Roachdale
A Bigfoot with Really Bad Body Odor
The Notorious Man-Monkey of the British Isles BY NICK REDFERN
Springheeled Jack: A Most Bizarre Night Prowler
A Most Unusual Stranger at the Side of the Road
The Christmas Lights Came Early that Year
JERSEY DEVIL AND OTHER UNNATURAL SPAWN OF DARKNESS
The Haunted Pine Barrens of New Jersey
The Dover Demon: Ancient Evil or Sinister Alien?
Canada‘s Valley of Headless Men
Strange Encounters with the Boqs BY BILL OLIVER
JUNGLE APEMEN OF SOUTH AMERICA, AFRICA, AND ASIA
Mande Burung, the Man of the Jungle, India’s Yeti
The Yeren, Wildman of China
The Malaysian Legends of Santu Sakai
El Sisemite—Giant of Guatemala
Mapinguary—An Extinct Monster that May Still Live in the Matto Grosso
Orang Pendek—The Little Man of the Sumatra Jungle
LAKE MONSTERS-SIGHTINGS FROM AROUND THE WORLD
The Lake Manitou Monster
More Tales of Meshekenabek
The Beast of Busco
Nessie, the Magic Aquatic Giant of Loch Ness
Lake Monsters Are All Over the World
LIZARD MAN AND OTHER SWAMP CREATURES
The Honey Island Hairy Lizard Man
The Lizard Man of Scape Ore Swamp
The Sharp Claws and Teeth of the Inzignanin
The Lizard Man Returns to Bishopville after 20 Years
The Skunk Ape and Florida’s Abominable Sandman
Unsolicited Help in Changing a Flat Tire
Unscathed by Hunters’ Bullets
Nasty Nocturnal Window Peepers
Chased by an Abominable Sandman
The Monster of Ocala National Forest
An Unknown Anthropoid Runs Loose in Myakka State Park
The “Mohawk Ape” of Eastern Tennessee
Chupacabras: Another Kind of Lizard Man?
What Is the Chupacabras?
METCH KANGMI-FOUL SNOWMAN OF THE HIMALAYAS
Howard-Bury’s 1921 Everest Expedition Sight Tracks Made by an “Abominable Snowman”
World War II Ceases Scientific Exploration of the Himalayas but Yeti Sightings Continue
Sir Edmund Finds Yeti Hair and an Expedition Sets Out to Capture the Snowman
Sir Edmund Returns with a Yeti Scalp
The Remarkable Story of Zana
Lady X of the Altai Mountains
The “Abominable Koffman”—Yeti Hunter Extraordinary
Russian Mountain Climbers Make Friendly Contact
The U.S. National Wildlife Expedition
British Scientists Discover “the Best Evidence Yet” for Yeti
Russian Scientists Tend to Believe Neanderthals Survive
Chinese Scientists Have Not Neglected the Yeren
MONSTERS FROM FLYING SAUCERS
A Flying Saucer Crashes at Roswell, New Mexico
The Coming of the Monsters from Flying Saucers
Hollywood Keeps the World Mindful of “Things” from Other Worlds
The Anticipation of a War of the Worlds
The Aliens Seemed Completely Impervious to Gunfire
The Terrible Odor of Monsters
A Ten-Foot Monster Invades Oregon
A Monster and a UFO in Pennsylvania
The Bright UFO and the Lumbering Giant of Presque Isle
The Three Strange Little Beings at the Side of the Road
The Incident at Hunter’s Camp
He Was Just Snatched and Taken Away into the Sky
Native Americans, UFOs, and the Crazy Bears
MOTHMAN-HARBINGER OF DEATH
Mothman in Middle Tennessee
REPTILINS—INVADERS FROM OTHER WORLDS
The Invaders Are Out There!
Reptilian Aliens Have Been on Earth for Centuries
A Shadow Group within World Governments Make a Deal with the Reptilians
A Remarkable E-Mail from Sandy Nichols. A Vision of a Future Battle for Earth with the Reptilians
The Pain Experiences
Something Similar from My Past
The Dream This Past Saturday Morning … or Maybe Something Much More
SEA SERPENTS—MONSTERS FROM THE DEEP
Giant Jellyfish Capsize 10-Ton Japanese Trawler
The Akkorokamui Awaits Victims Off Hokkaido
The Creature the Norwegian Scientists Call the Monster
The 140-Foot Visitor to Gloucester Harbor
The Sighting of the H.M.S. Daedalus
Cadborosaurus Makes Its Home in the Pacific Northwest
The Cape Ann Sea Serpent—A Tourist for 340 Years
Sea Serpent Spotted from City Island Bridge, Bronx
Kai Kwai Sea Devil off Hong Kong
Something Larger than a Whale Spotted off New York City
Mysterious Blobs or Decaying Sea Serpents?
Lobstermen Haul Up Sea Serpent Skeleton Off Maine
Unidentified Sea Creature Off New Jersey Coast
Sixty-Foot Monster Visits Nantucket Island
Are Sea Serpents Survivors of the Age of Reptiles?
The Sea Serpent Was Witnessed by Two Expert Naturalists
A Harrowing Escape from a Sea Monster in Pensacola Bay
Ten-Foot Pickled Sea Serpent Head Was Reclaimed by the Sea
SHADOW PEOPLE-MYSTERIOUS ENTITIES WITH MISSIONS UNKNOWN
The Ghost of Bear Lake
Shadow Beings of the Dark
Life in a Haunted House in Birmingham, Michigan
The Ghost in the Hunters’ Cabin
The Ghost Walkers of Hawaii: A Conversation with Norma Joiner
Thunderbirds—Giant Birds of Legend that Are Real
A Flying Serpent with a Forked Tongue
A Winged Monster with Horns and an Alligator’s Jaw
A Green-Colored Flying Monster—Half-Giant Turkey and Half-Duck
Did the Huge Pterodactyl Come through the “Back Door” of the Universe?
A Monster Bird Larger than an Airplane
A Bird the Size of a Cessna Put a Hole in His Roof
A Scientist Told Him the Bird Tim Saw Was “Impossible”
Mom Has a Close-Encounter with Giant Bird while Driving Convertible Camero
Aircraft-sized Birds Buzz Pennsylvania
A Bird the Size of an Ultra-Light Aircraft over Bristol
The Pastor’s Two Thunderbird Sightings in Pennsylvania
A “Raptor-Like” Giant Bird Spotted by Pilot and Passengers
A Monster Hang-Glider Sized Bird Over Denver
UFO ABDUCTORS-SEEKING TO CREATE A HYBRID SPECIES OF ALIEN AND HUMAN
Betty and Barney Hill: Prototype for the “Interrupted Journey”
The Kidnappers from a UFO Did Not Return Telemaco
Aliens Visit the Lieutenant Governor of Peru
Farmers and Villagers in Argentina Fight Off Six Kidnap Raids
Two Sisters in Washington State Outran the Mysterious Strangers
Taken from a Fishing Dock in Pascagoula
Spanish Truck Driver Receives Four Visits from Alien Visitors
An Interrupted Journey in France
Did a Well-Known Paranormal Researcher Experience Abduction?
The Coming of the UFO Abductors
The UFO Abductors Have Been Here for a Long, Long Time
A Most Strange Abduction Case
Vampires—Their Hunger for Blood Is Eternal
Vampires Have Always Been with Us
Detecting Vampiric Possession
Ancient Evil Entities Whose Spawn Remain among Us
The Watchers Exploit Humans for Their Blood and Spirit
The Duality of the Gods
Vampires, Blood, and the Life Force
Werewolves—Shapeshifters Forever among Us
The Werewolf Has Always Been with Us
A Brief History of the Werewolf
The Werewolf and Sorcery
Famous Werewolves in Ancient History
The Church Declares War on Werewolves
How Does One Distinguish a Vampire from a Werewolf?
How to Detect a Werewolf
The Inquisition and Its Torture Machines
The Vicious, Mysterious Beast of Gevaudan
Science Discovers Lycanthropy
When the Moon Is Full and Bright
The Werewolf Attacks Hollywood
We All Bear within the Seed of the Werewolf
The Loup Garou
Taste for Nutria: A Cajun’s Tale of the Loup Garou
Zombies, Voodoo, and the Undead
Zombie Madness
Real Zombies Live in an Eternal Twilight Zone
January 10 is National Voodoo Day
Hoodoo
Santeria
Macumba
King and Queen of the Undead
BIBLIOGRAPHY
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