Saturday, July 10, 2010

Monsters of Texas

http://www.amazon.com/Monsters-Texas-Ken-Gerhard/dp/1905723571/ctoc

Monsters of Texas

Monsters of Texas [Paperback]

Ken Gerhard (Author), Nick Redfern (Author)

 

Texas - or the Lone Star State, as it is affectionately and widely known - is the second largest U.S. state in both area and population, and contains both colorful and majestic landscapes that range from desert to plains, and forest to wild canyons. But that is not all: all across Texas there lurks a wide array of monsters, mysterious beasts and diabolical creatures that science tells us do not exist - but that a significant percentage of the good folk of Texas certainly know otherwise.


  • Paperback: 162 pages
  • Publisher: cfz (May 27, 2010)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1905723571
  • ISBN-13: 978-1905723577
  • Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.4 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 8.5 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)

 

 July 10, 2010          

www.coasttocoastam.com

Texas Monsters:

In the first half of the show, ufologist and cryptozoologistNick Redfern talked about his new book Monsters of Texasand shared tales of bizarre creatures reported in the Lone Star State. 
 
One cryptid that he discussed was the Texas Chupacabras, which Redfern noted has a number of distinct characteristics that set it apart from the entity in Puerto Rico that shares the name. For instance, the Texas Chupacabras has been reported as hairless, with shorter front legs that give it a hopping gait, and its top jaw hangs over its bottom jaw significantly. While some skeptics point to the lack of hair as a sign that the Texas Chupacabras is merely a dog with mange, Redfern dismissed this idea since, unlike dogs who have the affliction, the animal shows no sign of discomfort with being hairless. Although tests on recovered bodies of the creature show that the DNA is canid, the sheer number of bizarre recurring attributes suggest that the Texas Chupacabras is some kind of extreme mutation. "The big question is why this is happening and how," Redfern mused. 

"A lot of people don't realize that Houston had a precursor to the Mothman," Redfern said, as he shared the story of "The Batman" from the early 1950's. This "flying humanoid creature" created a frenzy in the city when it was seen "leaping around the rooftops of Houston late at night." Detailing another "man beast," he recounted the story of the Goat-Man of Lake Worth, an entity reported in the late 1960's that resembled the satyr of ancient mythology. According to Redfern, "local police actually took it very, very seriously" and even had a file on the Goat-Man sightings. Talking about werewolf reports in Texas, Redfern described the creatures as "man-like in appearance, with hair covered bodies, but with a face like a German Shepard." He observed that many werewolf witnesses report the feeling that the creature "was actually able to create fear" and that it would then "feed on that high state of emotion."  Other creatures covered by Redfern included Bigfoot, Thunderbirds, and "Phantom Black Dogs."

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1 comment:

  1. There's a good interview with Redfern about this on Don Ecker's show (Dark Matters):

    http://www.dqrm.com/shows/DMR/dmr-27-t.mp3

    He was also on C2C, but I'm not a big fan of George Snoory.

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