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Tuesday, 3 November 2015

The Strange, The Weird, The Terrifying...


Ever the Popularist, I decided that, as some people have asked, I would give more detail about the contents of my books so here goes.

Some Things Strange & Sinister (2013 -up-dated)


Some Things Strange & Sinister
A4 Format
B&W
Paperback
358 pages
Heavily illustrated
Price: £15.00
After more than 30 years as an investigator and more than forty as a naturalist,the author has opened some of the many files he has accumulated dealing with such things as.. 
 
The Terrifying Events At The Lamb Inn, The Ghosts Of All Saints Church, Dead Aquatic Creatures of Canvey Island, captured bigfoot like creatures in India -all exclusively presented for the first time and with new added research previously unseen. 
 
PLUS a vastly expanded section on Spring-heeled Jack! 
 
Photographs, maps, line drawings and up-dated to make 358 pages looking at Things truly Strange and Sinister. 
 
Cryptozoologist,Ghost Hunter,Ufologist or Fortean:this book has something for everyone -including the just plain inquisitive! 
 


Contents
Foreword by Travis L. Whitehurst
Introduction
  1.     de occultis non judicat ecclesia                                                                     
  2.     The Bristol Rocking Horse
  3.     The Terrifying Events At The Lamb Inn
  4.     The Coonian Ghost
  5.     The Ghosts Of All Saints Church
  6.     His Luminous Chamber
  7.     The Late Reverend Dr. Blomberg
  8.     And More Ghost Stories
  9.     The Thomas B. Cumpston Case
  10.     The Chupacabra
  11.     The Strange Case Of The Gotherington Gargoyle
  12.     What’s Tall,Hairy And Vanishes?
  13.     Mystery Beasts Of Ireland
  14.     The Creature Of The Dump
  15.     The Strange Creature Of Repton Woods
  16.     The Bizarre Legends,Crimes And Truth About Spring Heeled Jack
  17.     The Black Beast Of Darmstadt
  18.     The Nameless Thing Of Berkley Square
  19.     The Terrifying Case Of The U.S. Naval Transport
  20.     The Case Of The Ghost Lear Jet
  21.     Ghost Planes,Crashes And Dead Aquatic Creatures
  22.     The Mitchison Loch Ness Monster Video
  23.     From The Deep Below To The Air Above –USOs
  24.     Aerial Encounters Over Austria
  25.     A Crashed UFO In 1790?
  26.     Angel Hair
  27.     Quimper-Corentin:Where “Thunder Fell”
  28.     Strange Aliens From Space
  29.     The Llandrillo ‘Saucer’ And Other Crash Retrievals
  30.     Transient Lunar Phenomena,Alien Structures And Moon Vegetation
  31.     Whiddon Down-Saint-Jean-du-Guard:Impossible Correlations?
  32.     The Venezuelan Horror
A Final Word.






Alleged piece of crashed UFO from Berwyn Mountains, Wales.




 Some More Things Strange & Sinister 



Some More Things Strange & Sinister

Terry Hooper-Scharf
Paperback,
A4
327 Pages 
Heavily illustrated
Price: £15.00
Follow-up to the hugely successful Some Things Strange & Sinister.

For those interested in Ufology, cryptozoology, hominology, unusual natural history, ghosts and mysteries in general.
 
The secret history of gorillas in the UK -before they were officially  'discovered'. The history of  the Wild men of Europe, the UK and US: something that in the 1800s become very "pop culture"  Very pop culture and totally forgotten today!
 
Hominology. Sasquatch and Bigfoot -is there evidence for their existence?  No sitting on the fence here -the Patterson-Gimlin film is looked at as well as other evidence.  The Author's conclusions? You might be surprised.
 
Giant snakes. Amazons. The Giant serpent of Carthage. The Girt Dog of Ennerdale -another big cult 'creature' amongst paranormal and cryptozoological circles. The Beast of Gevaudan -what was it and were there really descendents of the creature in the 19th century -one of which was actually brought to London? 

 Believe it or not more than one incident of historical crocodiles cases in the UK.  In fact, far more than even the Author had thought .
 
And, after more than a century of claims by 'researchers' that it no longer exists: The Silent City of Alaska and the near legendary 'lost' photograph taken of it.
 
 This and much more. Updated with extra pages and photographs. 
 
Contents
Introduction:Investigation And Research Is Not Debunking      4
Gorillas:Pre-‘Discovery’ To Discovery And Beyond       9
The Barking Beast Of Bath:The Facts!            40
 Primates –Escapes and Hunts            51
 The Mystery Bili Ape       74
Just What Is Oliver?             85
Whatever Happened To The Texas Wild Woman?      92
The Wild Man Of Hungary            96
A Funny Wild Man Story?            97
The Case Of The Bohemian Wild Man         98
The Long Tailed Wild Man Of Kentucky      100
The Wild Man Of Marcross Cwm         101
The Wild Man Of Wallingford         103
The Wild Man Of Indiana         105
The Wild Man That Was Then Wasn’t    107
The Wild Man’s A Yowie!     110
Wild Man Or Bigfoot?         115
The Running Bear, Or Wild Man –Or Sasquatch? 117
The Wild Man Who Rode A Horse!    118
The Indiana Captive Wild Man    120
The Terrifying Wild Man Of Kansas 121
The Wild Man Of Petit Quevilly     125
Where Strikes The Wild Man Of Galicia?    126
What Was The “African Udilacus”?     128
The Wisconsin Wild Man –The End Of  An Era   131
The Yeti Of Bourganeuf     133
A Monstrous Man-Toad    144
Of Cokadrilles And Saints     145
More Crocodile Stories     151
The Suffolk Flying Killer  159
The Giant Serpent Of Carthage    163
Another Giant African Snake    167
Mystery Constrictors Of Texas And Canada!   169
The Giant Kentuckian Snake    173
The U-Boat And The Sea Monster    175
The Beast Of Faudiere –Mystery Killer    179
The “Girt Dog” Of Ennerdale    180
The Beast Of Gevaudan       201
The Greenwich Park Elemental    225
The Montauk Monster       228
The Carancas Meteorite –Bringer Of Doom?        241
The New England Darkness                         251
Medieval “Skyships” –“From The Sea Above”      258
Bristol –Seen In The Skies Of Alaska?             263
The shark Eating Monster             276
The Ghost Photograph That Cannot Be Explained?    282
Two Cases From The Borderline                286
Tales From A German Wood              275
Flower-Stealing Aliens               294
What Landed At Gatton?              297
The Crawfordville Monster            300
The Mystery Of The Raifuku Maru          305
Attack Of The Amazons!               309
The Case Of The British Bigfoot          319


Pursuing The Strange And Weird -A Naturalist's Viewpoint (2014 up-date)



Pursuing The Strange & Weird:A Naturalists Viewpoint


Terry Hooper-Scharf
Paperback, 
A4
249 Pages
Price: £15.00
UP DATE -From Dead Aquatic (Humanoid) Creatures, the giant squid and yet undiscovered sea creatures; submarine and ships crews encountering true leviathans.
 
 
There is a fully expanded section which also refers to the so-called ‘Ningen’ sightings and video footage. 
 
 
Extinct animals at sea that have been re-discovered. The subject of Sasquatch and other mystery Hominids around the world is dealt with including a look at the “Sasquatch-killer”, Justin Smeja.
Dr. Bryan Sykes and his DNA test results for TVs The Bigfoot Files as well as the controversial Erickson Project and Dr. Melba Ketchum’s Even more controversial Sasquatch DNA test results.
Also included are two early French UFO entity cases that still baffle. Ghosts, strange creatures and the Star-Child hoax. All dealt with by the naturalist and pursuer of the strange and weird 


Contents
Introduction –I Am Quite Normal      4
                                       Things Of The Sea
Those U.S.O., Sea Monsters, Giant Squid And Things That Go “Bloop”   11
Giant Jelly-fish  * Shark-killing Giant Jelly-fish *  Steller’s Sea Cow *  Carribean Seal *  Sharks * Thought Extinct and “re-discovered” * Giant Squid *  Giant Octopus * Light Wheels In The Sea * Unidentified Submarine Objects (USOs) * “Bloop” * Ribbon Fish * Dead Aquatic (Humanoid) Creatures *  Mermaids *  Angler Fish * Sea Serpents* Sea Monsters Past and Present.
                                         Things On Land
On The Scientific 'Need' To Kill A Sasquatch   111
Dmitri Bayanov and the anti “kill a Sasquatch” argument and John Green and John Steenburg on the need to kill a Sasquatch: is it necessary to kill an individual of what might be a rare relic population of hominids?
The Texas Bigfoot Research Conservancy Has Blood On Its Hands   117
The TBRC has now claimed to have shot and wounded Sasquatch creatures.  The Bigfoot community is up in arms that an organisation set up to research and conserve these creatures is apparently turning to the gun to “scientifically prove” the Sasquatch is real by producing a body. 
On Gathering Hard evidence  122
Rather than kill a Sasquatch or any other unknown creature is there an alternative to prove they exist? The simple answer is “yes”.
The Patterson-Gimlin Film  129
Filmed in 1967, the brief footage of “Patty” was shaky and split the scientific community in two regarding its authenticity.  With the film now digitally cleaned, image steadied and modern scientific techniques used to analyse it why is it getting harder to believe it is a hoax?
No, South America Does Not Have A Sasquatch  142
South America from Patagonia up to Mexico has its own set of mysterious hominid creatures from the Mapirangua to Ucu.  The comparisons between the Yeti, Sasquatch and these creatures are striking; from basic tools to habitat.
Tales From A German Wood  152
Raccoon-like dogs, a mystery primate and much more seem to have focussed on a little village in Germany.
The Strange Case Of The Gotherington Gargoyle  156
UFO reports and the sighting by an off duty fireman of what he could only describe as a “hideous gargoyle” creature.
The Strange Creature of Repton Wood  165
UFO sightings and a report of a strange, bi-pedal fox-like creature that vanished into the ground!
The Star Child Hoax  170
The ‘alien-human hybrid’ hoax exposed but what was the “Chicken Man” –a real alien hybrid?
The Strange Creature On The Beach 188
Just what did a couple on holiday photograph on a German beach –a strange creature from out of time and space?
Photographic Evidence That Dinosaurs Exist?  195
The Kasai Rex photographs said to have been taken in the 1930s in two different parts of Africa are said to show dinosaurs still existed.  And what of the hunt for the African Brontosaurus –and what happened to Stevens?
First Ever UFO Photograph Or Proof Of Early Airships?  206
It is claimed to be the first ever UFO photograph and was taken on a mountain top in the United States in 1870 –the best evidence of UFOs in the past or experimental airship flights?
Two Early French Entity Cases 212
Did Masse encounter a landed flying saucer in 1965 and see two entities? And why did he vow never to reveal what happened during the encounter –taking the secret to his grave?  And what of Dewilde in 1954 –was he paralysed by a UFO while the occupants went about their business? Did his dog die because of the encounter?
End Word  221
Sasquatch DNA evidence breakthrough?  Did Justin Smeja deliberately shoot two Sasquatch creatures and will the evidence prove it?  How you can help gather information on the strange and weird.

 The Bizarre Legends, Crimes And Truth About Spring Heeled Jack (2014)





The Truth About Spring-Heeled Jack  
Terry Hooper-Scharf

Paperback, 
53 Pages 
 Dimensions (centimetres) 20.98 wide x 29.69 tall  (A4)
fully illustrated and referenced
Price: £7.00
The terror and mystery created by “Jack The Ripper” has been the subject of countless books, magazine articles as well as movies and TV documentaries. Ask anyone if they have ever heard of Jack The Ripper and it is doubtful anyone would respond with a “no idea.” 

By that same token, ask people who “Spring-heeled Jack” was and you would be lucky to find anyone who had ever heard of him. 

Spring-heeled Jack was the subject (loosely) of a film The Curse of the Wraydons (1946) and Dominic Keating also appeared as Spring Heeled Jack in the 2010 film Sherlock Holmes by The Asylum film company. The character has also featured in both American and British comic books and a number of books, for both children and adults. 

But the fact that the Springald held the country –not just London– in a grip of terror much longer that the Ripper did is all but forgotten except for some half-truths and fanciful theories. 

Now be prepared to read the full story of Spring Heeled Jack
 And if any of that piqued your curiousity then, in 2016.....


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