Tales of the Cryptids: Mysterious Creatures That May or May Not Exist (Darby Creek Publishing)

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It was then, after years of writing and teaching, that I became intrigued by a winged and fishtailed lion figure on an antique oil lamp hanging in my study. At another extreme of the cryptozoological spectrum is this “sharp analysis of the quest for unreal critters” ( The Wall Street Journal), which takes a highly skeptical look at the science—and pseudoscience—behind cryptids, the arguments both for and against their existence, and the people who continue to believe in them, despite evidence to the contrary.

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This list isn't complete, but it does try to show how many different kinds of books there are out there, from fiction to nonfiction, and for people of all ages. This work, created in the early 20th century by Odell Shepard, is one of the better works made through time to craft mythology (and cryptozoology of a fashion) together with more modern historical treatments of its subject matter. While inhabitants of the town sheltered in place following an eruption of Mount Rainier, sasquatches emerged, revealing not only their existence in the first place, but also their terrifying and savage nature. One page had a Bigfoot garden statue… the adjacent page had a garden flagstone with a zombie coming up out of the ground. The collected stories (I really have a thing for that, it seems) span from sweet and meditative to temporarily terrifying to high fantasy, and the colors by Lyle Lynde match the moods along the way.Readers will travel with Coleman during his forty-year study as he investigates, interviews and conducts fieldwork on these incredible beasts. Naish, the scientific advisor for Prehistoric Planet , examines both the scientific credibility of creature sightings as well as the culture that influences our belief in mysterious animals. This list is by no means comprehensive, but instead aims to represent the wide range of books out there, from fiction to nonfiction, and for readers of all ages. This well-written and fascinating book leaves readers not only with a better understanding of contemporary myths involving cryptids, but zoology as well. Thousands of creatures live in the area, including some that, as of now, were thought to only exist in legend.

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A madness has claimed them, erasing their once peaceful nature and leaving in its wake a ravenous horde of cryptids that's about to descend upon the unsuspecting residents of a remote town. Monsters have always haunted our imagination, after all, and cryptids are monsters that just might really exist, as you’ll find out in this goosebump-inducing list of books about the mysterious creatures. Magic realism is also a trope of Post-Modern Culture and I find myself drawn to stories with post-modern elements versus those that don’t. I like the idea that the universe is able to hold itself together ninety-nine percent of the time, but every once in a while it just has to let its freak flag fly.Anyway, there’s this incredible way that the author employs a third-person limited POV that gets me every time, even on the hundredth read.

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I love horror and sci-fi, and I especially love stories that really dig into characters and how they smash into each other. They have a Mothman Museumand a giant Mothman Festivalthat is pretty much the template for all cryptid festivals and explodes that town with people every September. Along the way became an author, writing books including Tracking the Chupacabra , Lake Monster Mysteries , Big—If True , and Investigating Ghosts . There’s a few twists where the witnesses sign affidavits to say they saw something, and then people come in with spear guns to try to catch it. Welcome to the United States of Cryptids, where mysterious monsters lurk in the dark forests, deep lakes, and sticky swamps of all fifty states.He spent a year bouncing across the country to wherever cryptids—animals that many people believemightexist but aren’t officially recognized by science—have been spotted and memorialized in the form of news clippings, statues, plaques, museums, and annual festivals. I love this universe because there’s such a wide variety of characters that are each convinced that their way is the right way. He unveils the conspiracies and cover-ups that have allowed places like the US, Britain, and Russia to study these creatures completely undetected. I loved how it read and you can really hear Ocker’s personal voice and excitement of these creatures while you read.

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In the Himalayas, there were faraway or exotic creatures, but to go see them or go hunt for them, you had to be rich enough to mount an entire expedition and mountain climbing skills and all kinds of skills. The first book in Bill Schweigart’s Fatal Folklore trilogy introduces readers to Ben McKelvie, a man who thinks he’s about to live the American dream, but instead wakes up into a red-lit nightmare.

Ts'ür'i and Aghay are protectors who use language revitalization to save the Earth from bad settlers and cyborg sasquatches in this fun YA comic book about colonialism. If you go to Whitehall, New York, which is famous for its Bigfoot sightingand has Bigfoot statues of it all over the town, it’s a little rundown. When Harrison Kent suggests an outing to a secluded campsite in Colorado, his friends are all eager for a few days of fun and adventure.