The Encyclopedia of MonstersDescribes popular myths about land and sea monsters, phantoms, monstrous birds and bats, extraterrestrials, and weird creatures. |
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... looked strangely at us for an instant , and his voice sank almost to a whisper as he answered : " Mr. Holmes , they were the footprints of a gigantic hound ! " And thus we are introduced to The Hound of the Baskervilles , the most ...
... looked strangely at us for an instant , and his voice sank almost to a whisper as he answered : " Mr. Holmes , they were the footprints of a gigantic hound ! " And thus we are introduced to The Hound of the Baskervilles , the most ...
Page 234
... looked for some sort of large lizardlike animal that might have inspired the dragon stories . One man , Charles Gould , was able to describe this theoretical monster in some detail : " We may infer that it was a long terrestrial lizard ...
... looked for some sort of large lizardlike animal that might have inspired the dragon stories . One man , Charles Gould , was able to describe this theoretical monster in some detail : " We may infer that it was a long terrestrial lizard ...
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... looked like because it was always hiding behind something . When a lumberjack failed to return to camp , it was assumed that a hidebehind had gotten him . The rumpifusel was a thin furry creature that wrapped itself around trees and looked ...
... looked like because it was always hiding behind something . When a lumberjack failed to return to camp , it was assumed that a hidebehind had gotten him . The rumpifusel was a thin furry creature that wrapped itself around trees and looked ...
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Abominable Snowman accounts ancient appeared basilisk beast began believed Bernard Heuvelmans Bigfoot bird body bones bunyip buru called carcass century crea creature cryptozoologist described dinosaurs disappeared elephant evidence existence expedition extinct eyes fairly fake feet long fish flying saucers footprints giant octopus giant squid hair hairy head Heuvelmans hoax hodag horn huge human Indian jenny hanivers Jersey Devil kangaroo killed known kraken Lake monster legends legs lion lived lizard Loch Ness monster looked Mackal mammals mammoth mermaid mngwa Mothman mountain mysterious neck never newspaper octopus Ogopogo orang pendek photograph plesiosaur popular prints reported reptile river Roy Mackal rumors scientists sea serpent sea-serpent seemed seen shark sightings sirrush skin snake sort specimens Spring-Heeled Jack story strange supposed survived tail tall thing thought told ture unicorn unknown animal vampire werewolf whale wild wolf yeti zombie