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The Highest Strangeness

The Highest Strangeness

Richard Freeman

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2024
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Folclore, mitos y leyendas
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9781909488724
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nWEIREST OF THE WEIRDThe world of forteana (strange phenomena) is by its nature, odd. Encounters with sea serpents, ghosts and UFOs for example are far from everyday. Yet there are reports in the annals of forteana that go far beyond the simply weird. In this book we look at high strangeness cases that make even the most seasoned of researchers balk. This parade of the damned includes...THE GHOST OF A TREE THAT HAUNTED A FORMER DOCTOR WHOA GIANT CAT WITH HUMAN EYES THAT SAVED TWO BOYS FROM A PAEDOPHLELATTER DAY DRAGON SIGHTINGS AND DRAGON WORSHIP CULTSTHE EXORCISM OF LOGH NESSBIGFOOT HAUNTING HOUSES LIKE A GHOSTTHE BLOOD SUCKING VEGETABLE MANGIANT AMOEBAS FROM SPACETHE IRISH WATER RHINODAEMONIC BLACK DOGS IN FLYING SAUCERSTHE RABBIT SMASHING GOBLIN OF LIVERPOOLTHE BIG GAY RAPIST HIPPO MANTHE GIANT SNAKE THAT HAUNTED A WHOLE TOWNMINCE PIE MARTIANSA PHANTOM SPACE CLOWN ON THE ISLE OF WIGHTGEF THE TALKING MONGOOSETHE DEMON THAT HAUNTED N.A.S.ATHE GIANT PHANTOM CRABTHE PIG STRANGLING EVIL CLOUD OF RUNCORNSPACE PENGUINSTHE MELTING MAN OF BRAZILA COMIC BOOK CHARACTER WHO CAME TO LIFEHAUNTINGS BY MUPPETSTHE GHOST OF ELVIS IN JARROWWho, what where and why? This book attempts to find out.

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