Hidden Animals: A Field Guide to Batsquatch, Chupacabra, and Other Elusive Creatures PDF
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HIDDEN ANIMALS This page intentionally left blank HIDDEN ANIMALS A Field Guide to Batsquatch, Chupacabra, and Other Elusive Creatures Michael Newton GREENWOOD PRESS An Imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC Copyright 2009 by Michael Newton All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, except for the inclusion of brief quotations in a review, without prior permission in writing from the publisher. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Newton, Michael, 1951– Hidden animals: a field guide to Batsquatch, Chupacabra, and other elusive creatures / Michael Newton. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-313-35906-4 (hardcover : alk. paper)—ISBN 978-0-313-35907-1 (ebook) 1. Monsters. 2. Cryptozoology. I. Title. QL89.N56 2009 001.944 — dc22 2009021354 13 12 11 10 09 1 2 3 4 5 This book is also available on the World Wide Web as an eBook. Visit www.abc-clio.com for details. ABC-CLIO, LLC 130 Cremona Drive, P.O. Box 1911 Santa Barbara, California 93116-1911 I This book is printed on acid-free paper Manufactured in the United States of America In memory of Bernard Heuvelmans This page intentionally left blank CONTENTS Preface xi Acknowledgments xiii Introduction xv 1 Too Big, Too Small 1 Giant Fish 1 Giant Lizards 3 Giant Salamanders 5 Giant Snakes 6 Giant Spiders 8 Giant Turtles 9 Hogzilla 10 Human Giants 12 Mahamba 15 Pygmy Elephant 16 Pygmy Hippopotamus 17 Pygmy Rhinoceros 18 2 Out of Place 21 Alien Big Cats 21 British Wolverines 23 Crocodilians 24 Eastern Cougars 25 Freshwater Octopus 27 Freshwater Sharks 28 Ghost Grizzlies 29 New Zealand Moose 30 North American Apes 31 viii CONTENTS Phantom Kangaroos 33 Piranhas and Pacu 34 Pythons 36 Snakehead Fish 37 3 Out of Time 39 Carcharodon megalodon 39 Dodos 41 Ivory-Billed Woodpecker 42 Living Dinosaurs 44 Mammoths 46 Mapinguari 47 Moa 48 Saber-toothed Cat 49 Steller’s Sea Cow 50 Thylacine 52 4 Missing Links 55 Almas 55 Barmanu 57 Bigfoot 57 Fouke Monster 60 Minnesota Iceman 61 Momo 62 Mono Grande 63 Orang Pendek 64 Swamp Ape 66 Yeren 67 Yeti 68 Yowie 70 5 From the Depths 73 Bessie 73 Cadborosaurus 74 Champ 76 Chessie 77 Giant Jellyfish 78 Globsters 79 Illie 81 Kraken 83 Memphré 84 Nahuelito 85 Nessie 87 Octopus giganteus 91 Ogopogo 92 Scoliophis atlanticus 94 Selma 96 Tessie 98 CONTENTS ix 6 Strange Skies 101 Ahool 101 Bighoot 102 Devil Bird 104 Kongamato 104 Kungstorn 106 Mothman 108 Olitau 110 Owlman 111 Ropen 113 Thunderbirds 115 Winged Cats 118 7 Mystery Maulers 123 Beast of Bladenboro 123 Beast of Gévaudan 125 El Chupacabra 127 Marozi 131 Mngwa 134 Nandi Bear 136 Queensland Tiger 139 Shunka Warak’in 141 8 Stranger Still 143 Batsquatch 143 Bunyips 144 Dogmen 149 Dragons 152 Jersey Devil 154 Lizard Men 159 Loveland Frog 161 Merbeings 164 Minhocão 170 Mongolian Death Worm 172 Monkey Man 174 Old Three Toes 176 Popobawa 178 Steller’s Sea Ape 180 Unicorns 182 Who’s Who in Cryptozoology 187 Glossary 189 Selected Bibliography 193 Index 195
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