The Field Guide to North American Monsters: Everything You Need to Know About Encountering Over 100 Terrifying Creatures in the Wild

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W. Haden Blackman preys on our more eccentric curiosities with his fact-filled Field Guide to North American Monsters. Even the monster-shy will find it hard not to smile when they read sidebars such as "What does bigfoot eat?" (Everything from acorns and honey to tadpoles and salmon.) Seriously and exhaustively researched, this guide covers more than 100 monsters in the following categories: hairy humanoids, lake monsters and sea serpents, flying monsters, dwarves and giants, cryptid animals (animals heretofore unknown to science), beastmen and beastwomen ("humanoids" with numerous animalistic features), supernatural monsters, and the not readily classifiable enigmatic entities such as the bogeymen, phantom felines, and the infamous Mad Gasser of Mattoon.

Gleaned from Native American legends, American folklore, and modern sightings, this is the first-ever collection cataloging the vast expanse of bizarre creatures inhabiting North America. Laid out like a field guide to birds or mammals, the book helps the reader become familiar with each monster through photos (when available), drawings, and each creature's vital statistics: distinguishing features, range and habitat, diet, the source reporting the monster, and a rating of the likelihood of spotting each creature in the wild.

An avid monsterologist, the author offers useful suggestions for pursuing this rare field of study, including advice for how to behave during a monster encounter and a thorough sample questionnaire to use when interviewing monster eyewitnesses. --Kathryn True

What Customers Say About The Field Guide to North American Monsters: Everything You Need to Know About Encountering Over 100 Terrifying Creatures in the Wild:

The author probably shouldn't have used the field guide approach for this and putting bigfoot and champ in the same book as the ahem boogeyman may be deemed as an insult by cryptid lovers but all criticisms aside if you want a look into the legends of North America this is a good starting point. It is true that as a source for reliable cryptozoological information this is a bad reference but for a look into the folklore and urban legends of America, Canada, and Mexico this is one of the best I've seen. HOWEVER I do not think that it is worth buying but if you can find it in a library as I did its worth a look for some laughs. this book was in my library at middle school. I read it numerous times and found it highly entertaining.

Not bad. Everything from Bigfoot to creatures totally unheard of by most. A decent overview of America's monster phenoms. Not a whole lot on any one subject, but makes for entertaining reading.

For instance, Blackmen introduces the fact that Earwigs burrow into the ears to eat brains along with many other monsters consuming humans in some way, but this sounds way too farfetched itself to believe. However, I find this book very well put together and informative if you can pick out the factual evidence, and is wll worth the money. I find this field guide exceedingly interesting, if not frightening. And from what I see, there are no documentations to prove that Bogeyman also exist (confused with child murderers in this book), along with man-eating deer women. A definite buy. Blackmen tirelessly explains the characteristics of different monsters with factual evidence, pictures, and drawings to create a definite page turner. However, I find a large portion of this book to be chock full of urban legends and myths that simply aren't true.

I can't get enough of the enigmatic monsters in this marvelous book, and I really think you should give it a chance. I've read some nasty reviews here, but rest assured that this book is one of the most organized and interesting you'll ever read on the subject. Remember, it may come in handy some day. So open up your mind, open up this book, and let it work its magic. Personally, I love this book because of the way Blackman combines supernaturalism and cryptozoology into a realistic zoological field guide. Plus, the tips on how to hunt monsters give you something to do on boring days.

If you want to learn about crptozoology and look for the truth then this is not for you.While it had some pretty good photos and some ok story's.There was A lot of really stupid stuff like the little section of the likelihood of encountering one of these creatures.And some of the so called monsters like the boogey man,I mean please can't the author take things A little more serios.