Spooky Stories from the Swamp: Tales from the Florida Back Country
Florida's famous swamps—from the Everglades to Mosquito Lagoon to Tate's Hell—serve as fitting backdrops for these chilling original stories. Maybe it's because they are often wet, shadowy places of wild beauty where few people dare to penetrate. They are havens for snakes, alligators, black bears, wildcats, and who knows what. People on the run have often hidden in swamps, while others have gotten lost in the watery expanses; the swamp can be a refuge or a nightmare. Mysterious things just happen in swamps. Maybe it's because they are often wet, shadowy places of wild beauty where few people dare to penetrate. They are havens for snakes, alligators, black bears, wildcats, and who knows what. People on the run have often hidden in swamps, while others have gotten lost in the watery expanses; the swamp can be a refuge or a nightmare. Where else can you find a ghost baby, or an angry specter, or a lost soul? How about a ghost who is obsessed with the ghost orchid, or an alluring snake woman? Throw in a skunk ape or two and you've got the ingredients for many entertaining hours sharing these stories around a campfire or reading them to yourself or out loud.
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Spooky Stories from the Swamp: Tales from the Florida Back Country
Florida's famous swamps—from the Everglades to Mosquito Lagoon to Tate's Hell—serve as fitting backdrops for these chilling original stories. Maybe it's because they are often wet, shadowy places of wild beauty where few people dare to penetrate. They are havens for snakes, alligators, black bears, wildcats, and who knows what. People on the run have often hidden in swamps, while others have gotten lost in the watery expanses; the swamp can be a refuge or a nightmare. Mysterious things just happen in swamps. Maybe it's because they are often wet, shadowy places of wild beauty where few people dare to penetrate. They are havens for snakes, alligators, black bears, wildcats, and who knows what. People on the run have often hidden in swamps, while others have gotten lost in the watery expanses; the swamp can be a refuge or a nightmare. Where else can you find a ghost baby, or an angry specter, or a lost soul? How about a ghost who is obsessed with the ghost orchid, or an alluring snake woman? Throw in a skunk ape or two and you've got the ingredients for many entertaining hours sharing these stories around a campfire or reading them to yourself or out loud.
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Spooky Stories from the Swamp: Tales from the Florida Back Country

Spooky Stories from the Swamp: Tales from the Florida Back Country

by Doug Alderson
Spooky Stories from the Swamp: Tales from the Florida Back Country
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Spooky Stories from the Swamp: Tales from the Florida Back Country

Spooky Stories from the Swamp: Tales from the Florida Back Country

by Doug Alderson

Overview

Florida's famous swamps—from the Everglades to Mosquito Lagoon to Tate's Hell—serve as fitting backdrops for these chilling original stories. Maybe it's because they are often wet, shadowy places of wild beauty where few people dare to penetrate. They are havens for snakes, alligators, black bears, wildcats, and who knows what. People on the run have often hidden in swamps, while others have gotten lost in the watery expanses; the swamp can be a refuge or a nightmare. Mysterious things just happen in swamps. Maybe it's because they are often wet, shadowy places of wild beauty where few people dare to penetrate. They are havens for snakes, alligators, black bears, wildcats, and who knows what. People on the run have often hidden in swamps, while others have gotten lost in the watery expanses; the swamp can be a refuge or a nightmare. Where else can you find a ghost baby, or an angry specter, or a lost soul? How about a ghost who is obsessed with the ghost orchid, or an alluring snake woman? Throw in a skunk ape or two and you've got the ingredients for many entertaining hours sharing these stories around a campfire or reading them to yourself or out loud.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781683340843
Publisher: Globe Pequot Publishing
Publication date: 08/03/2020
Pages: 184
Product dimensions: 5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Doug Alderson is a Florida naturalist and writer. He has published many articles in magazines such as Wildlife Conservation, Sierra, and Florida Wildlife, and has written a number of books on natural travel in Florida. In writing tales for this book, Alderson drew upon many years of entertaining young people as a camp counselor and storyteller, and also from decades as a swamp explorer. Who but a naturalist can really scare you about what lurks in the swamp? Doug Alderson has been there and knows.

Table of Contents

Foreword ix

Acknowledgments xi

Introduction 1

1 Ghost Baby 3

2 The Ghost Orchid Ghost 11

3 Skunk Ape Magic 19

4 The Wild Man of Ocheesee Swamp 25

5 Swamp Shadow 31

6 Mosquito Crazy 39

7 Watson's Ghost 45

8 Magical Swamp Dancers 51

9 Red's Island 57

10 Cypress Angel 63

11 Trapped along the Slave Canal 69

12 The Golden Bear 75

13 The Portal 83

14 Nogoshomi 91

15 Lost Village 99

16 The Storm 103

17 The Haunted Treasure 109

18 Ghost Bird 117

19 Lost 125

20 Cudjoe's Refuge 133

21 Snake Woman 143

22 Muscogee Drum 149

23 Ghost Gator 153

24 The Haunted Book 161

About the Author 171

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