Real Monsters, Gruesome Critters, and Beasts from the Darkside. Brad Steiger

      

      ABOUT THE AUTHOR

      

For five decades, award-winning writer Brad Steiger has been devoted to exploring and examining unusual, hidden, secret, and otherwise strange occurrences. A former high school teacher and college instructor, Brad published his first articles on the unexplained in 1956. Since then he has written more than two thousand articles with paranormal themes. He is author or coauthor of more than 170 books, including Real Vampires, Night Stalkers, and Creatures from the Darkside; Real Ghosts, Restless Spirits, and Haunted Places; The Werewolf Book; Conspiracies and Secret Societies, and with his wife, Sherry, Real Miracles, Divine Intervention, and Feats of Incredible Survival. Brad’s Otherworldly Affaires was voted the Number One Paranormal Book of 2008 by Haunted America Tours.

       OTHER VISIBLE INK PRESS BOOKS BY BRAD STEIGER

      Conspiracies and Secret Societies: The Complete Dossier With Sherry Hansen Steiger ISBN: 978-1-57859-174-9

      Real Ghosts, Restless Spirits, and Haunted Places ISBN: 978-1-57859-146-6

      Real Miracles, Divine Intervention, and Feats of Incredible Survival With Sherry Hansen Steiger ISBN: 978-1-57859-214-2

      Real Vampires, Night Stalkers, and Creatures from the Darkside ISBN: 978-1-57859-255-5

      Real Zombies, the Living Dead, and Creatures of the Apocalypse ISBN: 978-1-57859-296-8

      The Werewolf Book: The Encyclopedia of Shape-Shifting Beings ISBN: 978-1-57859-078-0

       ALSO FROM VISIBLE INK PRESS

      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 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

      The Handy Religion Answer Book by John Renard ISBN: 978-1-57859-125-1

      Hidden Realms, Lost Civilizations, and Beings from Other Worlds by Jerome Clark ISBN: 978-1-57859-175-6

      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, 2nd edition by Jerome Clark ISBN: 978-1-57859-070-4

      The Vampire Book: The Encyclopedia of the Undead, 3rd edition by J. Gordon Melton ISBN: 978-1-57859-281-4

      The Witch Book: The Encyclopedia of Witchcraft, Wicca, and Neo-paganism by Raymond Buckland ISBN: 978-1-57859-114-5

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      ISBN 978-1-57859-220-3

      Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

      Steiger, Brad.

       Real monsters, gruesome critters, and beasts from the darkside / by Brad Steiger.

       p. cm.

       Includes bibliographical references and index.

       ISBN 978-1-57859-220-3

      1. Cryptozoology I. Title.

       QL88.3.S84 2011

       001.944—dc22

      2010024581

      Printed in the United States of America

      10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

      CONTENTS

       Contributors

       Bibliography

       Index

       BIG CATS-PREDATORS OUT OF PLACE

       BIGFOOR-NORTH AMERICA’S KING KONG

       BLACK DOGS THAT HERALD DISASTER

       BOGEY MAN-HE DOESN’T JUST LIVE UNDER YOUR BED

       DEMONS FROM THE DARKSIDE

       DINOSAURS THAT LIVE AND PROWL IN THE JUNGLES

       FLYING HUMANOIDS OVER CITIES AND FARMS

       GIANT SNAKES FROM YOUR WORST NIGHTMARES

       GOBLINS AND OTHER NASTY WEE FOLK OF LAND AND SEA

       HEADLESS HORSEMEN AND OTHER PHANTOM MIDNIGHT RIDERS

       HOLLOW EARTH-A HAVEN FOR ANCIENT BEINGS

       HOWLERS AND NIGHT PROWLERS