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bad impression

Revisado: 04-25-21

Can hardly enjoy it with the narrator slipping into absurd accents and voices for each quote and reference. Highlights include one that sounds like Sean connery and another that sounds like a dated stereotypical Asian impression.

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The flaws of Mr. Keel

Revisado: 04-14-21

While credit is due to John Keel for recording and spreading many fascinating legends of the anomalous, his credulous embellishing is impossible to ignore. During the first few chapters alone Keel exposes his own ignorance and calls spiders "insects" and bats "flying rodents". If we can't trust him with elementary school biology it would be foolish to trust his scholarly and historical work as well.

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for the skeptical paranormal fan

Revisado: 03-29-21

Another great book from this author, a comparative cultural and psychological look at the unexplained, entertaining and enjoyable.

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Enthusiastic

Revisado: 03-02-21

A fun retelling of some classic and obscure monster legends. Told with a healthy grain of salt, the stories may be too simplified for well read paranormal fans.

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Very detailed accounts and history

Revisado: 03-02-21

In depth study of fairy folklore and even claimed sightings of fairies in Celtic countries. Fascinating and plainly written.

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great

Revisado: 01-15-21

a wonderful educational and interesting book for monster fans the narrator is also good five stars

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A monster book for the skeptical monster lover.

Revisado: 12-07-20

An interesting history of cryptozoology, without the usual patronizing mystery mongering. A great companion to Abominable science by Loxton and Prothero.

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High strangeness classics

Revisado: 12-02-20

Interesting and bizarre stories of anomalous events, from the always interesting FATE magazine. Unfortunately, it suffers a bit from a derisive and dismissive response to skepticism in any form. All to common in Fortean literature, as any genuinely interested skeptic soon learns. My biggest complaint is our poor narrator, fumbling and butchering his way through the big words at a laughable rate. Some of his mispronounciations are so bad it's not even close, Reincarnation comes out as "re-in-carstination". Still worth a listen.

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Not so sure.

Revisado: 04-20-20

Although some interesting classic stories are retold well, the majority of the book amounts to "I read this story from a stranger in an email " I can't put doubt aside.

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Skeptical and entertaining

Revisado: 04-20-20

There are a lot of paranormal books on audible, I find the topic fascinating, but I'm not a fan of credulous speculation. This is a great study of the popular UFO legends from a much more rational point of view than often put forward.

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