Unexplained!: Strange Sightings, Incredible Occurrences, and Puzzling Physical Phenomena
Weird stuff happens! The mysteries of the unexplained examined with a critical eye of a highly-respected, prize-winning paranormal investigator.

An authoritative, intelligent, and well-reasoned examination of strange artifacts and events that have long perplexed scientists, Unexplained! Strange Sightings, Incredible Occurrences, and Puzzling Physical Phenomena is an award-winning exposition of the strange and mysterious. Journey to the outer limits of science and nature and explore a wide range of unknown and enigmatic phenomena. The truth is out there, and looking for it is the real fun.

Unique in the depth of examinations, this fascinating guide delivers Spontaneous Human Combustion, Cattle Mutilations, Crop Circles, Devil’s Footprints, the Tunguska event, Wheels of Light, Giant Octopus, Sasquatch, Bigfoot, Yeti, Wildman, Alligators in Sewers, White River Monster, Black Dogs, Chupacabras, Fairies, Hairy Dwarfs, Little Green Men, Mad Gassers, Merfolk, Mothman, Thunderbirds, Werewolves, Yowie, Bermuda Triangle, Cottingley Fairy Photographs, Devil’s Sea, Hollow Earth, Jersey Devil, Martian Mummies, Noah’s Ark, Ball Lightning, Roswell, Loch Ness, Ancient Astronauts, Objects from the Sky, and more than 200 other absorbing puzzles!!

What really happened? What is the truth? Should you dismiss what you can't explain? Or should you pay attention to the startling evidence and frightening personal accounts of those involved? Learn of hoaxes, witness the creation of various modern myths, and learn of frightening personal accounts and startling historical documents. Documenting the evidence and hearing witnesses out, Jerome Clark brings an engaging narrative to the stories, objectively presents their many possible explanations, and lets the reader make his or her own judgment in this one-of-a-kind book.

Seeing Is Believing. Or Is It? Decide for yourself with Unexplained! Strange Sightings, Incredible Occurrences, and Puzzling Physical Phenomena!

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Unexplained!: Strange Sightings, Incredible Occurrences, and Puzzling Physical Phenomena
Weird stuff happens! The mysteries of the unexplained examined with a critical eye of a highly-respected, prize-winning paranormal investigator.

An authoritative, intelligent, and well-reasoned examination of strange artifacts and events that have long perplexed scientists, Unexplained! Strange Sightings, Incredible Occurrences, and Puzzling Physical Phenomena is an award-winning exposition of the strange and mysterious. Journey to the outer limits of science and nature and explore a wide range of unknown and enigmatic phenomena. The truth is out there, and looking for it is the real fun.

Unique in the depth of examinations, this fascinating guide delivers Spontaneous Human Combustion, Cattle Mutilations, Crop Circles, Devil’s Footprints, the Tunguska event, Wheels of Light, Giant Octopus, Sasquatch, Bigfoot, Yeti, Wildman, Alligators in Sewers, White River Monster, Black Dogs, Chupacabras, Fairies, Hairy Dwarfs, Little Green Men, Mad Gassers, Merfolk, Mothman, Thunderbirds, Werewolves, Yowie, Bermuda Triangle, Cottingley Fairy Photographs, Devil’s Sea, Hollow Earth, Jersey Devil, Martian Mummies, Noah’s Ark, Ball Lightning, Roswell, Loch Ness, Ancient Astronauts, Objects from the Sky, and more than 200 other absorbing puzzles!!

What really happened? What is the truth? Should you dismiss what you can't explain? Or should you pay attention to the startling evidence and frightening personal accounts of those involved? Learn of hoaxes, witness the creation of various modern myths, and learn of frightening personal accounts and startling historical documents. Documenting the evidence and hearing witnesses out, Jerome Clark brings an engaging narrative to the stories, objectively presents their many possible explanations, and lets the reader make his or her own judgment in this one-of-a-kind book.

Seeing Is Believing. Or Is It? Decide for yourself with Unexplained! Strange Sightings, Incredible Occurrences, and Puzzling Physical Phenomena!

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Unexplained!: Strange Sightings, Incredible Occurrences, and Puzzling Physical Phenomena

by Jerome Clark
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Weird stuff happens! The mysteries of the unexplained examined with a critical eye of a highly-respected, prize-winning paranormal investigator.

An authoritative, intelligent, and well-reasoned examination of strange artifacts and events that have long perplexed scientists, Unexplained! Strange Sightings, Incredible Occurrences, and Puzzling Physical Phenomena is an award-winning exposition of the strange and mysterious. Journey to the outer limits of science and nature and explore a wide range of unknown and enigmatic phenomena. The truth is out there, and looking for it is the real fun.

Unique in the depth of examinations, this fascinating guide delivers Spontaneous Human Combustion, Cattle Mutilations, Crop Circles, Devil’s Footprints, the Tunguska event, Wheels of Light, Giant Octopus, Sasquatch, Bigfoot, Yeti, Wildman, Alligators in Sewers, White River Monster, Black Dogs, Chupacabras, Fairies, Hairy Dwarfs, Little Green Men, Mad Gassers, Merfolk, Mothman, Thunderbirds, Werewolves, Yowie, Bermuda Triangle, Cottingley Fairy Photographs, Devil’s Sea, Hollow Earth, Jersey Devil, Martian Mummies, Noah’s Ark, Ball Lightning, Roswell, Loch Ness, Ancient Astronauts, Objects from the Sky, and more than 200 other absorbing puzzles!!

What really happened? What is the truth? Should you dismiss what you can't explain? Or should you pay attention to the startling evidence and frightening personal accounts of those involved? Learn of hoaxes, witness the creation of various modern myths, and learn of frightening personal accounts and startling historical documents. Documenting the evidence and hearing witnesses out, Jerome Clark brings an engaging narrative to the stories, objectively presents their many possible explanations, and lets the reader make his or her own judgment in this one-of-a-kind book.

Seeing Is Believing. Or Is It? Decide for yourself with Unexplained! Strange Sightings, Incredible Occurrences, and Puzzling Physical Phenomena!


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781578594283
Publisher: Visible Ink Press
Publication date: 09/01/2012
Series: The Real Unexplained! Collection
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 480
Sales rank: 751,210
File size: 7 MB

About the Author

Jerome Clark is the prize-winning author of more than a dozen books, including Unexplained! Strange Sightings, Incredible Occurrences, and Puzzling Physical Phenomena; Hidden Realms, Lost Civilizations, and Beings from Other Worlds; Strange Skies: Pilot Encounters with UFOs; the multivolume UFO Encyclopedia; and Unnatural Phenomena. He serves on the board of the J. Allen Center for UFO Studies and is the co-editor of its magazine, International UFO Reporter. He is a recipient of Dinsdale Award, given by the Society of Scientific Exploration for significant contributions to the expansion of human understanding through the study of unexplained phenomena. He lives in Canby, Minnesota.

Table of Contents

Foreword vii

Introduction ix

Photo Credits xx

Mysteries 1

Anomalous Clouds 3

Black Dogs 10

Beast of Exmoor 12

Falls from the Sky (Inorganic Matter) 20

Falls from the Sky (Organic Matter) 31

Flying Humanoids 48

Hairy Dwarves 50

Ghost Lights 55

Green Fireballs 73

Hairy Bipeds 76

Almas 80

Lake Monsters 99

Lake Worth Monster 126

Lindorms 129

Living Dinosaurs 132

Momo 136

Morag 150

Pterosaur Sightings 156

Sea Serpents 164

Tatzelwurm 181

Dover Demon 182

Thunderbirds 188

Thylacines 198

Unidentified Submarine Objects 209

Water Hounds 212

Yowie 218

Curiosities 231

Belled Buzzard 233

Cosmic Jokers and Saucer Critters 243

Nazca Lines 246

Entombed Animals 253

Green Children 260

Hoop Snakes and Joint Snakes 263

Monstrous Serpent 268

Ice Falls 274

Jersey Devil 280

Kangaroos in America 284

Alligators in the Sewers 286

Mad Gassers 289

Merbeings 297

Ringing Rocks 318

Moving Coffins 328

Onza 334

Pwdre Ser 338

White River Monster 340

Stuart's Monsters 346

Teleportation 351

Skyquakes 356

Wheels of Light 359

Fables 367

Cottingley Fairy Photographs 369

Oliver Lerch Disappearance 372

Flight 19 375

Hollow Earth 380

Bermuda Triangle 384

Jacko 392

Martian Mummies and Others 395

Devil's Sea 398

Mono Grande 402

Noah's Ark 408

David Lang Disappearance 410

Paluxy Tracks 414

Stomach Snakes and Other Gastrointestinal Creatures 418

Thunderbird Photograph 427

Atmospheric Life Forms 430

Vulcan 433

Wahhoo 436

Index 441

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From the Publisher

"Should warm the heart of any serious observer of the weird world in which we live. It will disturb doubters, scandalize skeptics, and readjust the realities of those whose tunnel vision has blinded them."  —Fate magazine

"A delightful book to curl up with before bed. Mr. Clark, who doubles as the [former] vice president of the J. Allen Hynek Center for UFO Studies, makes no judgments, and offers no compelling hypothesis . . . because after all . . . weird stuff . . . happens."  —Real Crime Book Digest

"A very captivating read and a must for anyone interested in paranormal phenomena." —www.BooklistOnline.com

"[A] wonderful compendium of strangeness. . . . This is one of those books you'll return to again and again for head-shaking accounts of how weird and wonderful this world can sometimes be." —www.about.com

"Jerome Clark, is a fantastic writer and researcher. . . . A great new read chock full of data and stories that will give you a new perspective on our world." —www.Horrornews.net

"Jerry Clark is a treasure of the fortean world. . . . This is a very professional compendium of 64 selected topics from one of the field's masters. . . . Clark also provides definitive investigations. . . . It's a critical (in all senses) book; get it, read it and be better informed for it." —Fortean Times (November 2012)

"An excellent purchase for those curious about the curious." —Library Journal (January 2013)

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