
Monsters
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Meet the Monsters That Thrill, Chill, and Fascinate!! From the creeping undead thirsting for blood to the giant serpent-like creatures inhabiting lakes, rivers, and seas, Monsters: Myths, Legends, and Real Encounters dives into the unexplained tales and frightening folklore of beasts that inhabit the land, sea, and air. You'll encounter winged humanoids with glowing red eyes, dragons and devils, werewolves and water-horses, chupacabras, tommyknockers, and many, many more. With master storyteller and seasoned paranormal investigator Richard Estep as your guide, you will meet ...
- the Vampire of Alnwick, a medieval bloodsucker
- Bigfoot, Sasquatch, and Yowie
- Bunyip, an Australian water monster
- Chedipe, the tiger-riding naked woman of India who crawls into chimneys to prey on the blood of unsuspecting men
- the Grafton Monster, a nocturnal hulk from West Virginia
- the Jersey Devil
- Kraken, Krampus, and Lilith
- Manananggal, the bat-winged vampire women
- Morgawr, Mothman, and Nessie
- the Werewolf of Cannock Chase
- And numerous other prominent and lesser-known monsters of fact, myth, and legend! Whether you're a monster hunter, a skeptic, or simply looking for a fun read, you will find plenty of strange, fascinating stories and explorations of histories of mysterious creatures that inspire fear and wonder within the pages of Monsters. It's the (im)perfect bedtime read!!
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Person
Richard Estep is the author of more than 30 books, including Visible Ink Press' Dark Spirits: Monsters, Demons and Devils; Ghostly Encounters: Terrifyingly True Hauntings; Serial Killers: The Minds, Methods, and Mayhem of History's Most Notorious Murderers; The Serial Killer Next Door: The Double Lives of Notorious Murderers; and Family, Friends and Neighbors: Stories of Murder and Betrayal. Additionally, he's written numerous paranormal nonfiction titles, including The Horrors of Fox Hollow Farm: Unraveling the History & Hauntings of a Serial Killer's Home. He is a regular columnist for Haunted Magazine and has also written for the Journal of Emergency Medical Services. Richard appears regularly on the TV shows Haunted Case Files, Haunted Hospitals, Paranormal 911, and Paranormal Night Shift. British by birth, Richard now makes his home a few miles north of Denver, Colorado, where he serves as a paramedic and lives with his wife and a menagerie of adopted animals.
Content
About the Author Acknowledgments Foreword by Dr. Karen Stollznow, author and host of Monster Talk Introduction 1. Hunting Hodag 2. Hungry Like the Wolf 3. Krampus: The Nightmare before Christmas 4. The Kraken Arises 5. Morgawr 6. Loch, Stock and Barrell: Nessie 7. Monsters Down Under 8. Creatures of the Night 9. Beyond the Vampire 10. The Fresno Nightcrawlers 11. The Dead Shall Rise 12. The Grafton Monsters 13. The Flatwoods Monster 14. Mothman 15. Speak of the (Jersey) Devil 16. The Goat Sucker: El Chupacabra 17. Seeking Sasquatch 18. On the Bigfoot Trail Further Reading Index
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