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Sunday, 17 December 2017

Documentary Companies

A friend asked and I realised I had never up-dated on the topic here so....

When the idea was flooated out on the internet for a Some Things Strange & Sinister documentary series that would have none of the sensationalist faking that is so prevalent on TV shows today there were responses.

These responses came from what we used to call "chancers" and "wannabe's".

Lots of discussion but when it came to talking about payment the truth came out.  "Oh, well, if you could raise the finances via crowd-funding..." and "Well, we are just starting up but if the series sold we could discuss payment then..."

So, to make it clear: I am only interested in working with established and paying documentary companies.

AOP on Face Book

Remember there is an AOP Face Book page. Pop by. Ask questions. Report sightings!
https://www.facebook.com/groups/467983846696626/

Strange and Mysterious Beasts

You may well be asking where I have been lately -my ego believes that someone might have noticed my absence.  Have I been basking in the sun thanks to the money I have made from High Strangeness and Strange & Mysterious Beasts?  After all I did promote and push them both on every social media platform I could find.

No. I wish that was the case but after the initial screw-up by the print on demand company that listed sales things got sorted out and I found that absolutely no copies had sold at all. Kept pushing the books and still no sales.  I even got into almost an argument with someone who had free copies of the books and refused to accept that not a single one had been bought.  

I think my previous postings about people not being interested in truth and facts but preferring trash TV shows and fantasy books were correct.  Unless people can read it for free in small chunks on the internet they do not want to know.

As the books are my only income you can imagine how "annoying" that is.  All the "Oh I am definitely getting this book!" or "I am going to buy this one!" were things I have heard before over the years.  It's code for "I have no intention of buying this book but I'll make you think I am,".

I really cannot keep up-dating here because I really -and I do mean really- need to find alternative work so I can afford to at least eat (and that is not a joke). 

Can't write anything else.  Nothing written would make the slightest difference. Enjoy trash TV and books.
Proof checked and done. In case you wonder about High Strangeness/UFO Contact? 
Remember that each book has more than half a ream (500 sheets) of paper in it!  





Edition
second up-dated edition
Publisher
Black Tower Comics & Books
Published
26 February 2011
Language
English
Pages
358
Binding
Perfect-bound Paperback
Interior Ink
Black & white
Weight
1 kg
Dimensions (centimetres)
20.98 wide x 29.69 tall

Price: £20.00 (excl. VAT)
After more than 30 years as an investigator and more than forty as a naturalist,the author has opened some of the many files he has accumulated dealing with such things as.. The Terrifying Events At The Lamb Inn,The Ghosts Of All Saints Church,Dead Aquatic Creatures of Canvey Island,captured bigfoot like creatures in India -all exclusively presented for the first time and with newadded research previously unseen. PLUS a vastly expanded section on Spring-heeled Jack!

Photographs,maps,line drawings and up-dated to make 358 pages looking at Things truly Strange and Sinister. Cryptozoologist,Ghost Hunter,Ufologist or Fortean: thisbook has something for everyone -including the just plain inquisitive!


Edition
second
Publisher
Terry Hooper-Scharf/Black Tower Books UK
Published
19 November 2013
Language
English
Pages
249
Binding
Perfect-bound Paperback
Interior Ink
Black & white
Weight
0.72 kg
Dimensions (centimetres)
20.98 wide x 29.69 tall










Price: £20.00 (excl. VAT

Prints in 3-5 business days



2013 UP DATE -From Dead Aquatic (Humanoid) Creatures, the giant squid and yet undiscovered sea creatures; submarine and
ships crews encountering true leviathans. This is a fully expanded section which also refers to the so-called ‘Ningen’ sightings and video footage. Extinct animals at sea that have been re-discovered. The subject of Sasquatch and other mystery Hominids around the world is dealt with including a look at the “Sasquatch-killer”, Justin Smeja. Dr. Bryan Sykes and his DNA test results for TVs The Bigfoot Files as well as the controversial Erickson Project and Dr. Melba Ketchum’s

Even more controversial Sasquatch DNA test results. Also included are two early French UFO entity cases that still baffle. Ghosts, strange creatures and the Star-Child hoax. All dealt with by the naturalist and pursuer of the
strange and weird

Edition
third up-dated edition
Publisher
Terry Hooper-Scharf/Black Tower Books UK
Published
10 November 2017
Language
English
Pages
310
Binding
Perfect-bound Paperback
Interior Ink
Black & white
Weight
0.88 kg
Dimensions (centimetres)
20.98 wide x 29.69 tall











Price: £25.00 (excl. VAT)
Prints in 3-5 business days

Follow-up to Some Things Strange & Sinister. For those interested in Ufology,cryptozoology,hominology,
unusual natural history,ghosts and mysteries in general. The secret history of gorillas -before they were 'discovered'. Wild men of Europe, the UK and US. Hominology.
Giant snakes. Amazons. The Giant serpent of Carthage. Girt Dog of Ennerdale. The Beast of Gevaudan. Crocodiles
in the UK. Silent City of Alaska.
And much more. Updated with extra pages and photographs.

The Bizarre Legends, Crimes And Truth About Spring Heeled Jack

 


The Truth About Spring-Heeled Jack  
Terry Hooper-Scharf
Paperback, 
53 Pages  
Dimensions (centimetres) 20.98 wide x 29.69 tall  (A4)
fully illustrated and referenced
£10.00
http://www.lulu.com/shop/terry-hooper-scharf/the-truth-about-spring-heeled-jack/paperback/product-21259526.html

The terror and mystery created by “Jack The Ripper” has been the subject of countless books, magazine articles as well as movies
 and TV documentaries. Ask anyone if they have ever heard of Jack The Ripper and it is doubtful anyone would respond with a “no idea.”  

By that same token, ask people who “Spring-heeled Jack” was and you would be lucky to find anyone who had ever heard of him.  

Spring-heeled Jack was the subject (loosely) of a film The Curse of the Wraydons (1946) and Dominic Keating also appeared as Spring 
Heeled Jack in the 2010 film Sherlock Holmes by The Asylum film company. The character has also featured in both American and 
British comic books and a number of books, for both children and adults.  

But the fact that the Springald held the country –not just London– in a grip of terror much longer that the Ripper did is all but forgotten
 except for some half-truths and fanciful theories.  

Now be prepared to read the full story of Spring Heeled Jack

The Red Paper: Canids

One for those interested in Wildlife -or cryptozoology!
  
The Red Paper:CANINES vol.1
 Terry Hooper
The Red Paper: Canids
Paperback, 
A4 
(21 x 30cms)
202 Pages 
Photographs, illustrations and map
£20.00


By the 1700s the British fox was on the verge of extinction and about to follow the bear and wolf having been hunted for sport for centuries.  

The answer was to import thousands of foxes per year for sport. But foxes kept dying out so jackals were tried. Some were caught, some escaped. Even wolves and coyote were released for hunting and "country folk" were very far from "happy" -some even threatening local hunts -one intending to release a wolf for a hunt- with legal and other consequences. 

The summation of over 40 years research by the noted naturalist and former UK police forces exotic wildlife consultant reveals the damnable lie of "pest control" hunting but also reveals the cruelty the animals were subject to and how private menageries as well as travelling shows. Private menageries, or single exotic "pets" as well as travelling shows helped provide the British and Irish countryside with some incredible events such as the 1905 "vampiric" sheep killer of Badminton, the mystery hounds of Cavan and Coyotes of Epping Forest.

The Girt Dog of Ennerdale is also dealt with in detail -was it a tiger? A Tasmania Thylacine? This book gives the exact facts and details for the first time. Up-dated 2013 edition includes a section on sarcoptic mange in foxes and treatment plus a list of wildlife sanctuaries and rescue centres in the UK.














Strange & Mysterious Beasts?

 

http://www.lulu.com/shop/terry-hooper-scharf/strange-mysterious-beasts/paperback/product-23451940.html
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I was told that it was probably a good idea not to reveal all of the contents of the new book. Fair enough. It is 324 pages with lots of photographs.  If you have read one of my previous books then I will point out that this new look at the chupacabra is expanded on.  I have managed to draw some conclusions on certain previously unidentified beasts.  

I am guessing that the conclusions in the chapter on the Shunka Warak'in and the famous stuffed and mounted specimen are going to really upset some cryptozoologists.

In High Strangeness and UFO Contact? I looked at the faults in Ufology and how the subject needed drastic overhauling and I do the same here regarding mystery animal research which seems to be full of charlatans and liars out to make money rather than look for the truth. I try to give anyone approaching the subject matter some advice and guidelines but 'cryptozoology' and 'cryptozoologist' are two words they ought not to use.

Strange & Mysterious Beasts is the smaller format book while Mysterious & Strange Beasts is the standard larger A4 format. 

IGNORE the "only ships from North America" as that is just a site message error

I need to point out that, much though I really do want to avoid this, US taxes are not leaving me much in the way of profit from sales.  I really do not want to increase book prices since I think that at the moment they are fair (considering what a purchaser gets and the amount of my work that gets plagiarized).  I am told that it has to be an option, however, I have until 1st February, 2018 to decide.

Anyway, enough publisher waffle, here are some of the contents:
  
The Monster of the Forest of Mouliere   
The Beast of Lyonnais   
The Beast of Cevennes, Gard and Vivarais      
The Beast of Sarlat    
The Beast of Gevaudan     
British Man Beasts     
Bigfoot and Werewolves in the West Midlands    
The Strange Creature in Repton Woods   
Bigfoot Returns – To Kent!       
Werewolf!         
The Curious and Frightening Case of the Hull Werewolf       
The Gnome of Girona     
The Caponi Close Encounters and Photographs       
Return of the Shark Killing Thing –a Possible Identification    
The Dingellchough Mystery Creature  
The Unidentified Corfu Sea Creature           
Strange Sea Creature Found In Persian Gulf     
The Devil of Gatagon      
The Supernatural Invasion: Slender-man and Black Eyed Kids    
The Sheep Killer of Niali      
Mystery Creature of the Bay of Flamanville   
Things Caught on Camera –Fact and Fiction    
The Bat Creatures      
The Owl-man   
The British Pig-man and Snake-man    
The Pictish Beast              
Shunka Warak'in –A Hyena Too Far?   
The Chupacabra





HIGH STRANGENESS
Terry Hooper~Scharf
Publisher  Terry Hooper~Scharf
Published 09 November 2917
Pages 530
Binding Perfect Bound
Paperback
Interior Black ink &white
Weight 1.05kg
Size 18.9 x24.59cm
Price £25.00 (excl VAT)
Prints 3~5 business days




Since 1947 it has been claimed that UFOs/flying saucers are evidence of aliens visiting the Earth. Since the 1950s claims of encounters with landed craft and alien beings were talked about but not taken seriously.

In the 1960s the subject of UFO abduction was a "slow-burner" until the whole "Grey" abduction phenomenon and claims made by researchers. But is there evidence to back up any of the claims -and what about those encountering Alien Entities but who were not abducted?
2017 is the time to assess the past evidence and look at the faults within Ufology.
Not everyone is going to be happy -debunkers or ufologists.

Below larger format same contents


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Publisher Terry Hooper-Scharf



Published
09 November 2017
Language
English
Pages
530
Binding
Perfect-bound Paperback
Interior Ink
Black & white
Weight
1.43 kg
Dimensions (centimetres)
20.98 wide x 29.69 tall