num_pages: 384
description: From pre-Columbian legends to modern-day eyewitness accounts this comprehensive guide covers the history sightings and lore surrounding the most mysterious monsters in Americaincluding Bigfoot the Jersey Devil and more.Bigfoot the chupacabra and thunderbirds arent just figments of our overactive imaginationsaccording to thousands of eyewitnesses they exist in every corner of the United States. Throughout Americas history shocked onlookers have seen unbelievable creatures of every stripefrom sea serpents to apelike beings giant bats to monkeymenin every region.Author investigator and creature expert Linda S. Godfrey brings the same fearless reporting she lent to Real Wolfmen to this essential guide using historical record present-day news reports and eyewitness interviews to examine this hidden menagerie of Americas homegrown beasts.
language: English
title: American Monsters: A History of Monster Lore, Legends, and Sightings in America
publisher: TarcherPerigee