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Loren Coleman's cryptozoology classics republished


Four classic books about Bigfoot and other Fortean subjects are being republished after many years out-of-print. I’m particularly excited about two classics co-written by BB pal and renowned cryptozoologist Loren Coleman. The newly-updated titles The Unidentified: Creatures of the Outer Edge and The Field Guide to Bigfoot and Other Mystery Primates are hot off the presses once again courtesy of Anomalist Books.
From the description of The Unidentified:

The Unidentified finds the links that connect supernatural folklore, religious visions, cryptozoology, and modern-day UFO stories. It documents episodes from the fringes of human experience and exposes what they may tell us about ourselves and the strange world we live in, where things – whether fairies, ghosts, divine apparitions, or ostensible extraterrestrials – may be even more mysterious than they seem.

Creatures of the Outer Edge surveys the cryptozoologically bountiful decade of the 1970s (and more) with accounts of Mothman, Owlmen, Thunderbirds, Phantom Panthers, Devil Dogs, Texas Big Birds, and, yes, of course, Bigfoot. Some of the individually “named” local Bigfoot creatures first appeared in this book, including Momo (Missouri Monster), Lake Worth Monster, Murphysboro Mud Monster, the Enfield Thing, El Reno Chicken Man, Noxie Monster, Navajo’s Skinwalkers, and Yukon’s Bushman. The book also introduced the now-iconic Dover Demon for the first time to the general public.

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