The Monster Book

Nick Redfern

Description

Monsters have been spotted everywhere, not just hiding under a child’s bed, lurking in the closet, or springing forth from folkloric tales.

For many people, monsters are nothing more than myth, folklore, and legend combined. For others—and particularly those who have encountered monstrous forms surfacing and emerging from shadowy caves, from the dark waters of ancient lakes, and from the vast jungles and forests of our worlds—monsters are all too terrifyingly real. Werewolves, Bigfoot, the Loch Ness Monster, the Chupacabra, Mothman, the Abominable Snowman, and sea serpents may represent the most famous monsters, but they are not alone. In fact, quite the opposite: monsters can be found all across the planet.

Exploring the history, folklore, pop culture, and the world of the supernatural, The Monster Book: Creatures, Beasts, and Fiends of Nature is a comprehensive resource of the monster menagerie that exists on planet earth. This fascinating look at monsters has 120 photographs, drawings, and illustrations to bring the nearly 200 entries to life, including The Mongolian Death Worm; The Beast of Bray Road; The Owlman of England; The Yeren of China; Mokele Mbembe; Living Pterosaurs; The Flatwoods Monster; The Labynkyr Devil; Alien Big Cats; Lizard Man; Lake Worth Monster; The Beast of Gevaudan; Megalania, the Monstrous Monitor; South American Sasquatch; Nessie’s lesser known cousin; The Jersey Devil; Sea Serpents; Orang Pendek; and Phantom Black Dogs.

Stories of these creatures are told around flickering campfires on chilly nights in the woods, before tucking excited kids into bed, on prime-time television documentaries, and on late-night radio talk shows. Tales of terrifying creatures that the world of science assures us don’t exist. But try telling that to the witnesses. This richly researched reference overflows with fascinating information to make readers think about—and reconsider—their next visit to the woods. This fascinating read also includes a helpful bibliography and an extensive index, adding to its usefulness.

Sujets

• Unexplained Phenomena
• Pie Grande
• Body (disambiguation)
• Alien abduction
• Jersey Devil
• Unidentified flying object
• Spirituality
• Loch Ness Monster
• Bigfoot
• Supernatural
• Sasquatch
• Brad Steiger
• UFO

Informations

• Publié par: Visible Ink Press
• Date de parution: 22 août 2016
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781578596294
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 16 Mo

Extrait

A BOUT THE A UTHOR

N 1ick Redfern is the author of thirty books on UFOs, Bigfoot, conspiracies, and Hollywood scandals, including VIP’s Secret History: Conspiracies from Ancient Aliens to the New World Order, The Zombie Book: The Encyclopedia of the Living Dead (with Brad Steiger), and The Bigfoot Book: The Encyclopedia of Sasquatch, Yeti, and Cryptid Primates . He has appeared on more than seventy TV shows, including: Fox News; the BBC’s Out of This World ; the SyFy Channel’s Proof Positive ; the Space Channel’s Fields of Fear ; the History Channel’s Monster Quest, America’s Book of Secrets, Ancient Aliens , and UFO Hunters ; Science’s The Unexplained Files ; the National Geographic Channel’s Paranatural ; and MSNBC’s Countdown with Keith Olbermann. Originally from the UK, Nick lives on the fringes of Dallas, Texas. He can be contacted at his blog, http://nickredfernfortean.blogspot.com .
A LSO FROM V ISIBLE I NK P RESS
Alien Mysteries, Conspiracies, and Cover-Ups
by Kevin D. Randle
ISBN: 978-1-57859-418-4
Angels A to Z , 2nd edition
by Evelyn Dorothy Oliver and James R Lewis
ISBN: 978-1-57859-212-8
Armageddon Now: The End of the World A to Z
by Jim Willis and Barbara Willis
ISBN: 978-1-57859-168-8
The Astrology Book: The Encyclopedia of Heavenly Influences , 2nd edition
by James R Lewis
ISBN: 978-1-57859-144-2
The Bigfoot Book: The Encyclopedia of Sasquatch, Yeti, and Cryptid Primates
by Nick Redfern
ISBN: 978-1-57859-561-7
Conspiracies and Secret Societies: The Complete Dossier , 2nd edition
by Brad Steiger and Sherry Hansen Steiger
ISBN: 978-1-57859-368-2
The Dream Encyclopedia , 2nd edition
by James R Lewis and Evelyn Dorothy Oliver
ISBN: 978-1-57859-216-6
The Encyclopedia of Religious Phenomena
by J. Gordon Melton
ISBN: 978-1-57859-209-8
The Fortune-Telling Book: The Encyclopedia of Divination and Soothsaying
by Raymond Buckland
ISBN: 978-1-57859-147-3
Hidden Realms, Lost Civilizations, and Beings from Other Worlds
by Jerome Clark
ISBN: 978-1-57859-175-6
Real Aliens, Space Beings, and Creatures from Other Worlds ,
by Brad Steiger and Sherry Hansen Steiger
ISBN: 978-1-57859-333-0
Real Encounters, Different Dimensions, and Otherworldly Beings
by Brad Steiger with Sherry Hansen Steiger
ISBN: 978-1-57859-455-9
Real Ghosts, Restless Spirits, and Haunted Places , 2nd edition
by Brad Steiger
ISBN: 978-1-57859-401-6
Real Miracles, Divine Intervention, and Feats of Incredible Survival
by Brad Steiger and Sherry Hansen Steiger
ISBN: 978-1-57859-214-2
Real Monsters, Gruesome Critters, and Beasts from the Darkside
by Brad Steiger and Sherry Hansen Steiger
ISBN: 978-1-57859-220-3
Real Vampires, Night Stalkers, and Creatures from the Darkside
by Brad Steiger
ISBN: 978-1-57859-255-5
Real Zombies, the Living Dead, and Creatures of the Apocalypse
by Brad Steiger
ISBN: 978-1-57859-296-8
The Religion Book: Places, Prophets, Saints, and Seers
by Jim Willis
ISBN: 978-1-57859-151-0
The Spirit Book: The Encyclopedia of Clairvoyance, Channeling, and Spirit Communication
by Raymond Buckland
ISBN: 978-1-57859-172-5
Unexplained! Strange Sightings, Incredible Occurrences, and Puzzling Physical Phenomena , 3rd edition
by Jerome Clark
ISBN: 978-1-57859-344-6
The Vampire Book: The Encyclopedia of the Undead , 3rd edition
by J. Gordon Melton
ISBN: 978-1-57859-281-4
The Werewolf Book: The Encyclopedia of Shape-Shifting Beings , 2nd edition
by Brad Steiger
ISBN: 978-1-57859-367-5
The Witch Book: The Encyclopedia of Witchcraft, Wicca, and Neopaganism
by Raymond Buckland
ISBN: 978-1-57859-114-5

“R EAL N IGHTMARES ” E-B OOKS BY B RAD S TEIGER
Book 1: True and Truly Scary Unexplained Phenomenon
Book 2: The Unexplained Phenomena and Tales of the Unknown
Book 3: Things That Go Bump in the Night
Book 4: Things That Prowl and Growl in the Night
Book 5: Fiends That Want Your Blood
Book 6: Unexpected Visitors and Unwanted Guests
Book 7: Dark and Deadly Demons
Book 8: Phantoms, Apparitions, and Ghosts
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THE MONSTER BOOK: CREATURES, BEASTS, AND FIENDS OF NATURE
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Redfern, Nicholas, 1964- author.
Title: The monster book: creatures, beasts, and friends of nature/by Nick Redfern.
Description: 1st [edition]. | Detroit, MI: Visible Ink Press, 2016.
Identifiers: LCCN 2016021179| ISBN 9781578595754 (pbk.: alk. paper) | ISBN 9781578596294 (epub) | ISBN 9781578596287 (pdf)
Subjects: LCSH: Monsters.
Classification: LCC GR830 .R43 2016 | DDC 001.944--dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016021179

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C ONTENTS
Acknowledgments
Photo Sources
Introduction
UNEARTHLY CATS, DEADLY DOGS, WEREWOLVES
Alien Big Cats
Australian Mystery Black Cats
Beast of Bray Road
Cemetery Wolf-Man
Eigi Einhamir of Norway and Iceland
Fenrir the Werewolf
Glowing Monster of the Cliffs
Hexham Heads
Lycanthropes
Man-Dog Monster
Military Werewolf
Morphing Black Beast
Orange, Texas, Shape-shifter
Phantom Black Dog
Shape-shifting Black Dogs
Stuube, Peter
Supernatural Hounds of South America
Texas Chupacabra
Werecats
Werewolf of Klein-Krams
Werewolves and the Brothers Grimm
Wolf-Man
Wolf Stone Beast-Woman
World War II Monster Hound
Wulver
NATURE GONE MAD
Bear-Monster
Black Forest Beasts
Giant Beaver
Giant Spiders
Gigantic Insects
Indian Devil
Kinik (Kokogiak)
London’s Bear-Monster
Man-eating Plants
Montauk Monster
REPTILIANS, AMPHIBIANS, DINOSAURS, AND WORMS
Alligators in the Sewers
Avebury Worm
Basilisk
Chatham Island Saurian
Chinese Dragon
CIA’s Super-Snake
Crested Snake-Creature
Forty-Foot Snake
Giant Boa
Giant Salamander
Horsham Horror
Irish “Crocodile”
Lambton Worm
Lindorm
Linton Worm
Loveland Frog
Marco Polo’s Monster
Megalania prisca
Minnesota Giant Frog
Mongolian Death Worm
Rock Monster
Ropen
Super-sized Snake of Spring Valley
Thetis Lake Man-Reptile
LAKE, RIVER, AND OCEAN MENACES
Attacking the Pauline
Big Wally
Bloop
Bunyip
Caddy
Champ
Dragons of the Deep
Galveston Sea Serpent
Giant Eel of Birmingham
Gloucester Sea Serpent
Henry Lee’s Sea Monsters
H.M.S. Daedalus ’s Monster of the Deep
Horned Monster of Lake Bangweulu
Klamath River Monster
Kraken
Lake Storsjön Creature
Lake Winnipegosis Unknown Animal
Loch Ness Monster
Lough Nahooin Monster
Mermaids
Mermen
Mokele-Mbembe
Monster of the Mere
Morag
Morgawr
Narrabeen Lagoon Monster
Norwegian Sea Monster
Ogopogo
Oklahoma Octopus
One Eye
Paddler
Pepie of the Lake Monster
River Monster
River Ness Monster
Solimoes River Beast
St. Helena’s Sea Serpents
Storsjöodjuret
Teggie of Lake Bala
CRYPTIC APES AND WILD MEN
Almasty
Big Grey Man of Ben Macdhui
Bigfoot
Bolam Beast
Blue Bell Hill Beast
Boulder Bigfoot
Castle Ring Monster
Hibagon, the Japanese Bigfoot
Iceman of Minnesota
Kentucky Wild Man
Mande Burung of India
Man-Monkey of the Shropshire Union Canal
McCooey’s Monster-Apes
Mono Grande
Monsters of the Pubs
Montauk Sasquatch
Nyalmo
Orford Wild Man
Puerto Rican Man-Ape
Skunk Ape
Stalin’s Super-Apes
Wendigo
Yeren
Yeti
Yowie
Zana
NOT SO HUMAN
Aswang
Batsquatch
Donkey Woman
Goat Man of Texas
Goat Man of White Rock Lake
Grinning Man
Horse-killing Creatures
Lizard Man
Mapinguari
Menacing Albino
Monster of Glamis
Nightmare Hall Monsters
Reptile Man
Slenderman
Terrible Old Man-Thing
FLYING BEINGS
Africa’s Sky-Creatures
Angley Wood Dragon
Bird People of Brazil
Black-winged Beast
Brentford Griffin
Chile Monster
Dragon
East Texas Airborne Enigma
Flying Serpents
Flying Woman of Vietnam
Houston Batman
Houston Space Center Mothman
Hythe Mothman
Mexican Witch
Mothman
Needwood Forest’s Flying Monster
Nevada Bird-Monster
Nineteenth-Century Pterodactyl
O’Donnell’s Hideous Bird
Owlman
Phantom Bird
Pterodactyl of England
South American Monster Birds
Van Meter Monster
Winged Man
Winona’s Fearsome Fliers
Wyvern
VAMPIRES AND BLOODSUCKERS
Bladenboro Vampire
Bloodsucking Monster of the Arecibo Observatory
Chupacabra
Florida Chupacabra
Moca Vampire
Rhayader Bloodsucker
Russian Chupacabra
Slaughterer at the Zoo
MONSTERS OF MAGIC AND MIND
Dancing Devil
Dover Demon
El Cucuy
Flying Demon
Glastonbury Gargoyle
Gwrach y Rhibyn
Jersey Devil
Lincoln Imp
Mind-Monster of the Old Abbey
Night Hag
Taigheirm Terrors
Trolls
Tulpa
UFO CREATURES
Critters of the Sky
Crop Circle Creatures
Flatwoods Monster
Kelly-Hopkinsville Goblins
Loch Ness’s Oth