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Author | : George M. Eberhart |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Total Pages | : 772 |
Release | : 2002-12-17 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 1576077640 |
A comprehensive guide to cryptozoology—the quest to identify animals that have not been officially catalogued by science and to place these unknown animals into their proper zoological categories. In this fascinating two-volume encyclopedia, author George M. Eberhart provides a comprehensive catalog of nearly 1,000 cryptids—unknown animals usually reported through eyewitness accounts and not yet described by science. Cryptids are the stuff of folklore, hoaxes, and genuine scientific breakthroughs. There are 400 now-classified cryptids once considered either extinct or pure fantasy. The cryptozoologist's job is to strip away the myth, misidentification, and mystery—and separate fact from fiction. Mysterious Creatures covers everything from dinosaurs and the emala-ntouka, an elephant-killing dinosaur-like animal of central Africa, to searches for the Loch Ness monster, Bigfoot, and other cryptozoological hoaxes. Entries about specific animals include the derivation or meaning of each cryptid's name, its scientific name, variant names, a physical description, behavior, description of tracks, habitat, significant sightings, present status, and possible explanations. Illustrations and photographs accompany many entries. The book also includes resources and references for further information.
Author | : George M. Eberhart |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 402 |
Release | : 2013-07 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 9781909488076 |
Volume 1 originally published: Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO, 2001.
Author | : Patty A. Wilson |
Publisher | : Stackpole Books |
Total Pages | : 146 |
Release | : 2010-03-11 |
Genre | : Body, Mind & Spirit |
ISBN | : 0811741109 |
Pennsylvania is home to an assortment of odd creatures, and this volume features the best of the bunch. Bigfoot looms large here, trudging the wilds all throughout the state. Other cryptids featured are the gigantic Broad Top Snake, the bizarre Dogman of Westmoreland County, and Bessie, Lake Erie's resident monster. Reports of big cats, giant attacking thunderbirds, bloodsucking wolfmen, and mischievous, mine-dwelling--Tommyknockers are included.
Author | : Samantha Hurn |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 299 |
Release | : 2016-11-03 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1317180453 |
Cryptozoology is best understood as the study of animals which, in the eyes of Western science, are extinct, unclassified or unrecognised. In consequence, and in part because of its selective methods and lack of epistemological rigour, cryptozoology is often dismissed as a pseudo-science. However, there is a growing recognition that social science can benefit from engaging with it, for as as social scientists are very well aware, ’scientific’ categorisation and explanation represents just one of a myriad of systems used by humans to enable them to classify and make sense of the world around them. In many cultural contexts, myth, folk classification and lived experience challenge the ’truth’ expounded by scientists. With a reflexive, anthropological approach and drawing on rich empirical and ethnographic studies from around the world, this volume engages with the theoretical and methodological issues raised by reported sightings of unrecognised animals. Bringing into sharp focus the anthropological value and challenges for methodology posed by beliefs about unclassified creatures, Anthropology and Cryptozoology: Exploring encounters with mysterious creatures will be of interest to anthropologists, sociologists and geographers working in the fields of research methods, anthrozoology, mythology and folklore and human-animal interaction.
Author | : Visionary Living, Inc. |
Publisher | : Stackpole Books |
Total Pages | : 144 |
Release | : 2012-03-01 |
Genre | : Body, Mind & Spirit |
ISBN | : 0811745775 |
Find out about the bizarre creatures that live in West Virginia.
Author | : George M. Eberhart |
Publisher | : CFZ Press |
Total Pages | : 370 |
Release | : 2015-01-27 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 9781909488250 |
In the hi-tech, industrialised world of the 21st Century, monsters still loom large. Far from being relegated to the realm of myth and legend, mysterious creatures seem to be alive and well today. In this, the first of two volumes, acclaimed researcher George M. Eberhart provides a comprehensive list of the creatures that roam our monster-haunted planet. Covering 'N-Z', Volume Two tackles some well-known beasts as well as more esoteric creatures few will have heard of.
Author | : John Hairr |
Publisher | : Stackpole Books |
Total Pages | : 130 |
Release | : 2013-08-01 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0811712044 |
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Author | : Loren Coleman |
Publisher | : Stackpole Books |
Total Pages | : 130 |
Release | : 2013-08-01 |
Genre | : Body, Mind & Spirit |
ISBN | : 0811753050 |
Loren Coleman is the first and last name in cryptozoology. He's blazed the trail for so many of us. Massachusetts mysteries like the Dover Demon and the Bridgewater Triangle have names because Coleman discovered and named them. His years of research gathering the cryptid sightings, physical evidence, and details of these strange creatures and legends have paid off in a big way in Monsters of Massachusetts. --Jeff Belanger, author of Weird Massachusetts Bizarre beasts of the Bay State featured in this volume include . . . • Dover Demon • Gloucester Sea Serpent • Hockomock Swamp's Beasties • Pukwudgees • Bigfoot
Author | : Bruce G. Hallenbeck |
Publisher | : Stackpole Books |
Total Pages | : 146 |
Release | : 2013-08-01 |
Genre | : Body, Mind & Spirit |
ISBN | : 0811753077 |
Explore monster myths and legends of the Empire State.
Author | : Michael Newton |
Publisher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 585 |
Release | : 2016-10-05 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0786491531 |
On every continent and in every nation, animals unrecognized by modern science are reported on a daily basis. People passionately pursue these creatures--the name given to their field of study is cryptozoology. Coined in the 1950s, the term literally means the science of hidden animals. When the International Society of Cryptozoology (ISC) was formed in 1982, the founders declared that the branch of science is also concerned with "the possible existence of known animals in areas where they are not supposed to occur (either now or in the past) as well as the unknown persistence of presumed extinct animals to the present time or to the recent past...what makes an animal of interest to cryptology is that it is unexpected." This reference work presents a "flesh and blood" view of cryptozoology. Here, 2,744 entries are listed, the majority of which each describe one specific creature or type of creature. Other entries cover 742 places where unnamed cryptids are said to appear; profiles of 77 groups and 112 individuals who have contributed to the field; descriptions of objects and events important to the subject; and essays on cryptotourism and hoaxes, for example. Appendices offer a timeline of zoological discoveries, annotated lists of movies and television series with cryptozoological themes, a list of crypto-fiction titles and a list of Internet websites devoted to cryptozoology.