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The Encyclopedia of Monsters
Daniel Cohen
Dorset
Nonfiction, Cryptozoology/Folklore
*****
The Encyclopedia of Monsters

DESCRIPTION: A listing of various animals that may exist (Sasquatch, Nessie), may still exist (Giant Sloth, Plesiosaur), or never existed at all (Sewer Alligators, Jackalopes.) Hoaxes are discussed, as well as misidentifications and actual evidence. Cohen also covers UFO's, phantom animals, and other related things.

REVIEW: Despite his tendency to skepticism, this is the most complete listing of such creatures that I have found - especially when you discount all the ones that go off the deep end completely. This is the only place where I have any information on many of the animals discussed. A nice book for anyone interested in cryptozoology. If only I could find a few more like it...

You might also enjoy:
Cryptozoology A - Z (Loren Coleman & Jerome Clarke, Nonfiction - Mysterious animals past and present)
Strange & Unexplained Phenomena (Jerome Clarke and Nancy Pear, Nonfiction - Cryptids, aliens, and more)
Monsters: An Investigator's Guide to Magical Beings (John Michael Greer, Nonfiction - An alternative approach to unexplainable phenomena)
A Complete Guide to Mysterious Beings (John Keel, Nonfiction - Many unexplained mysteries discussed)
Mysteries of the Unexplained and Reader's Digest Facts and Fallacies (Reader's Digest, Nonfiction - Unsolved mysteries, historical peculiarities, frauds and puzzlers from the ages)
The World's Most Incredible Stories: The Best of the Fortean Times (Adam Sisman, editor, Nonfiction - Articles from the long-running periodical about the unusual and unexplained)
Mysterious Places (Jennifer Westwood, editor, Nonfiction - Historic and prehistoric places that defy explanation)
The Mammoth Encyclopedia of the Unsolved and Unsolved Mysteries: Past and Present(Colin Wilson and Damon Wilson, Nonfiction - Articles on unusual phenomena and unexplained events)

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