Linda Godfrey
Linda Godfrey
As a professional artist, teacher, writer, and mother of two, Linda Godfrey has carved a niche for herself as one of the most respected authorities on anomalous animals and paranormal phenomenon in Wisconsin.
As the acknowledged expert on the creature knows as “The Beast of Bray Road,” Godfrey has been interviewed on a plethora of television networks and programs that deal with bizarre creatures, such as Inside Edition, Sightings, Animal Planet, Discovery Kids and the SyFy channel. Godfrey hasalso been featured on AMC’s exposé of the realities behind the werewolf film Underworld entitled Fang vs. Fiction and has recently been working with an Australian team producing a show for the Discovery Channel. Godfrey has also made numerous appearances on Godfrey has also made numerous appearances on Coast to Coast AM.
As a journalist, Godfrey was the first to break the chilling story of the horrific, werewolf-like monstrosity that is said to lurk in the shadow shrouded forests surrounding Elkhorn, Wisconsin’s Bray Road.
Since then she has gone on to author three books: The Beast of Bray Road, Tailing Wisconsin‘s Werewolf, Hunting the American Werewolf, and Lake and Sea Monsters (Mysteries, Legends, and Unexplained Phenomena).
Godfrey has continued to pursue her interests in the unknown and has gone on to investigate an array of unusual animals allegedly lurking in her home state. Next on her slate is the forthcoming Beyond Bray Road, which will continue her chronicle of this nefarious creature’s exploits with numerous additional sightings and encounters as well as further exploration of possible explanations for the so-called “wolfman” phenomenon.
You can learn more about Godfrey and her work at http://twitter.com/lindagodfrey, http://www.beastofbrayroad.com/bloga.html, http://www.weirdmichigan.com, http://blogs.myspace.com/lindagodfrey, and http://lindagod frey.wordpress.com.
Dr. Franklin Ruehl
Dr. Franklin Ruehl holds a Ph.D. in physics (UCLA) and has a weekly column (“Weird Science”) in the (San Bernardino County) SUN, has an online column (“Ask Dr. Ruehl”) at tabloidbaby.com, and has published over 2,100 technical papers and popular articles in a wide spectrum of newspapers, magazines, and journals.
Dr. Franklin Ruehl
Additionally, he regularly lectures before various colleges, organizations, libraries, aerospace firms (such as Hughes, Lockheed, and ITT), and expos (such as the Whole Life Expo) and conventions (such as the Babylon 5 Con, Dr. Who Con, and Space: 1999 Con).
He has been a guest on television and radio talk shows, such as Roseanne, Donahue, Mid-Morning L.A., Morning Edition, Tom Snyder Show, and the Michael Jackson Show. He regularly appears as a guest expert on EXTRA and Strange Universe, and hosts his own segment, “The Dr. Ruehl Show,” on Weird TV. Most recently he was a regular contributor to A Current Affair.
His UFO column is available at http://ufonews.tv/dr-franklin-ruehl-editorials/, and he can be reached at [email protected].
Frank Joseph
Frank Joseph is the author of more than 20 published books about ancient civilizations and alternative spirituality. His latest title is Gods of the Runes, Their Stone Age Roots and Original Meanings, from Bear & Company. He was the editor-in-chief of Ancient American magazine for 15 years from its inception in 1993. Today, Joseph lives with his wife, Laura, and Mystical Norwegian Forest Cat, Sammy, near the widest stretch of the Mississippi River in Lake Pepin, Minnesota. His website is www.InnerTraditions.com.
Sandy Nichols
An alien abductee himself, Sandy Nichols is founder and president of ARG (Alien Research Group). A Brentwood, Tennessee-based organization for the study of alien abductions, ARG specializes in helping the abductee through all phases of the abduction phenomenon, especially in locating licensed counselors and certified hypnotherapist in their specific locale.
Sandy Nichols
Nichols is also past coordinator for the Tenn Files website and magazine for the Memphis, Tennessee-based “Night Search” organization, and former update host for its radio program on WWOW 1430AM; a member of the “Night Search” X-Files coalition of Paranormal Researchers; and past contributing writer for the “Night Search” newsletter, Nichols has conducted numerous radio interviews with organizations such as the Heritage Radio Network and the “X-Zone,” hosted by Rob McConnell.
Brent Raynes
Brent Raynes has been active in the UFO and paranormal fields since the early 1970s. He has written for Fate and other magazines, and in 1970 established Alternate Perceptions Magazine. Raynes is also the author of the book Visitors from Hidden Realms and the Edge of Reality. Learn more about him at www.mysterious-america.net.
Brent Raynes
INTRODUCTION: MONSTERS, CREEPY CREATURES, AND NIGHTMARISH BEINGS
In 2001, the Media Psychology Lab at California State in Los Angeles polled people across the United States from ages 6 to 90 in all ethnic groups to determine which movie monsters ranked as the favorites. According to the survey, the most frightening motion picture of all time for all groups was The Exorcist (1973), in which a demon possesses a young girl.
The favorite top ten monsters after The Exorcist were the following:
1 Dracula, with the majority of respondents favoring the 1931 version with Bela Lugosi as the blood-sucking count.
2 Freddy Krueger who uses razor-sharp metal talons on his fingers to attack teens in their dreams in A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984).
3 The Frankenstein monster, especially the original version in the Boris Karloff film (1931).
4 Godzilla, the prehistoric giant reptile that spews radioactive rays and stomps cities to rubble, who first appeared in the Japanese film Godzilla of the Monsters (1954).
5 King Kong, the giant ape from the original