A Guide to Sky Monsters
Thunderbirds, the Jersey Devil, Mothman, and Other Flying Cryptids
T. S. Mart ; Mel Cabre
- When
- a
- dark
- shadow
- passes
- overhead,
- do
- you
- stop?
- Or
- do
- you
- run?Infamous
- sky
- monsters
- have
- haunted
- our
- imaginations
- for
- centuries.
- The
- Thunderbird,
- steeped
- in
- Native
- American
- folklore,
- supposedly
- controls
- evil
- by
- throwing
- lightning.
- The
- Jersey
- Devil
- is
- said
- to
- roam
- the
- Pine
- Barrens
- of
- South
- Jersey,
- terrorizing
- anyone
- who
- crosses
- its
- path.
- And
- the
- cryptic
- warnings
- of
- Mothman
- have
- worried
- residents
- of
- Point
- Pleasant,
- West
- Virginia,
- since
- the
- 1960s.
- In
- A
- Guide
- to
- Sky
- Monsters:
- Thunderbirds,
- the
- Jersey
- Devil,
- Mothman,
- and
- Other
- Flying
- Cryptids,
- authors
- T.
- S.
- Mart
- and
- Mel
- Cabre
- introduce
- 20
- flying
- cryptids
- with
- legends
- that
- span
- the
- United
- States.
- With
- 70
- hand-drawn
- illustrations,
- A
- Guide
- to
- Sky
- Monsters
- details
- our
- fascination
- with
- these
- creatures
- and
- describes
- both
- historical
- evidence
- found
- in
- the
- fossil
- record
- and
- the
- specifics
- of
- modern-day
- sightings.
- By
- studying
- the
- fact,
- fiction,
- and
- pop
- culture
- surrounding
- these
- notorious
- beasts,
- Mart
- and
- Cabre
- help
- us
- lean
- into
- the
- question,
- "What
- if?"A
- Guide
- to
- Sky
- Monsters,
- perfect
- for
- the
- believer
- and
- skeptic
- alike,
- addresses
- the
- wider
- truths
- about
- flying
- cryptids
- and
- leaves
- us
- all
- to
- wonder
- whether
- that
- breeze
- was
- the
- wind
- or
- a wing.
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