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From the serpentine "Champie" of Lake Champlain to the venerable "Nessie" of Loch Ness, extraordinary-and un-explained-creatures of the deep have been reported in sightings throughout the twentieth century. Now, two of the world's leading cryptozoological investigators provide a globetrotting field guide to when, where, and what kind of mysterious aquatic beasts have gripped the public-and sometimes the scientific-imagination. Filled with comprehensive drawings, classifications, and maps, their book offers an invaluable and unusual resource for the intrepidly curious to investigate these sightings firsthand or to simply enjoy the fascinating accounts that others have given.
| Introduction | ||
| The Unknown Unknown | 3 | |
| The Once Unknown | 5 | |
| Bloop and Other Sound Evidence | 15 | |
| The Nessie Story | 18 | |
| Identity Crisis | 22 | |
| Monstrous Caveats | 26 | |
| Sea Serpents Classified | 31 | |
| Lake Monster Recognition and Classification | 36 | |
| A New Classification System | 40 | |
| Type Descriptions | ||
| Classic Sea Serpent | 49 | |
| Waterhorse | 72 | |
| Mystery Cetacean | 124 | |
| Giant Shark | 136 | |
| Mystery Manta | 147 | |
| Great Sea Centipede | 152 | |
| Mystery Saurian | 161 | |
| Cryptid Chelonian | 169 | |
| Mystery Sirenian | 184 | |
| Giant Beaver | 192 | |
| Mystery Monitor | 202 | |
| Dinosauria | 212 | |
| Mystery Salamander | 231 | |
| Giant Octopus | 238 | |
| Afterword | ||
| Lake Monster Survey | 251 | |
| Monster Latitudes | 267 | |
| Dracontology | 271 | |
| The Ridicule Factor | 273 | |
| Carcasses and Globsters | 276 | |
| Best Bets | 287 | |
| Top Eight Places to Look for a Sea Serpent | 289 | |
| Top Twelve Places to Look for a Lake Monster | 291 | |
| If You Should See One ... | 297 | |
| Acknowlegments | 301 | |
| A Note on Style | 303 | |
| Appendix | Geographical List of Lake and River Monsters Worldwide | 305 |
| Bibliography | 341 | |
| Index | 351 |
Anonymous
Posted January 28, 2008
Depending on what you mean by sea monsters Coleman and Huyghe's Field Guide to Lake Monsters, Sea Serpents, and Other Mystery Denizens of the Deep is an adequate introduction into the realm of mysteries of the deep. Starting with the history of these beasts carrying on to modern times introducing the reader with monsters such as sea centipede's, marine crocodiles, giant sharks, sea turtles, octopi, giant beavers, monitors, dinosaurs, and salamanders. Certainly the Jurassic seas were filled with all kinds of marine reptiles that if they were alive today would fit the description of a sea serpent. However, these creatures seemed to have disappeared about the same time the dinosaurs met their end roughly 65 million years ago. More recently the zeuglodon, a primitive form of whale, might easily be mistaken for a sea serpent if it had been alive today, though it is a mammal, not a reptile. In the 19th century an unscrupulous promoter actually cobbled together several zeuglodon skeletons and exhibited them as an extinct sea serpent. Zeuglodons are found in the fossil record as recently 37 million years ago. Can we find more recent fossil evidence for sea serpent-type creatures? It will be hard. The best place to find ancient sea creature fossils are in ancient sea beds. The geology of the planet changes so slowly that most of the more recent sea beds, where we would expect to find evidence for any sea serpent-like creature that has developed over the last few million years, are still at the bottom of the oceans and inaccessible to us. A lack of evidence is not proof of existence, of course, so what we have in Monsters Sea Serpents Other myst Denizens Deepare is simply tantalizing stories. Suggestive and intriguing, but until somebody comes up with a well-preserved body, there is no proof.
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From the serpentine "Champie" of Lake Champlain to the venerable "Nessie" of Loch Ness, extraordinary-and un-explained-creatures of the deep have been reported in sightings throughout the twentieth century. Now, two of the world's leading cryptozoological investigators provide a globetrotting field guide to when, where, and what kind of mysterious aquatic beasts have gripped the public-and sometimes the scientific-imagination. Filled with comprehensive drawings, classifications, and maps, their book offers an ...