9781576072837-1576072835-Mysterious Creatures: A Guide to Cryptozoology

Mysterious Creatures: A Guide to Cryptozoology

ISBN-13: 9781576072837
ISBN-10: 1576072835
Author:
Publication date: 2002
Publisher: ABC-CLIO
Format: Hardcover 794 pages
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ISBN-13: 9781576072837
ISBN-10: 1576072835
Author:
Publication date: 2002
Publisher: ABC-CLIO
Format: Hardcover 794 pages

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Mysterious Creatures: A Guide to Cryptozoology (ISBN-13: 9781576072837 and ISBN-10: 1576072835), written by authors , was published by ABC-CLIO in 2002. With an overall rating of 4.0 stars, it's a notable title among other books. You can easily purchase or rent Mysterious Creatures: A Guide to Cryptozoology (Hardcover) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.56.

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In this fascinating two-volume encyclopedia, author George M. Eberhart provides a comprehensive catalog of nearly 1,000 cryptids?unknown animals usually reported through eyewitness accounts and not yet described by science. Cryptids are the stuff of folklore, hoaxes, and genuine scientific breakthroughs. There are 400 now-classified cryptids once considered either extinct or pure fantasy. The cryptozoologist's job is to strip away the myth, misidentification, and mystery?and separate fact from fiction.Mysterious Creatures covers everything from dinosaurs and the emala-ntouka, an elephant-killing dinosaur-like animal of central Africa, to searches for the Loch Ness monster, Bigfoot, and other cryptozoological hoaxes. Entries about specific animals include the derivation or meaning of each cryptid's name, its scientific name, variant names, a physical description, behavior, description of tracks, habitat, significant sightings, present status, and possible explana

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