Monday, 10 October 2016
Sunday, 9 October 2016
James Randi - Secrets of the Psychics Documentary (Full)
I do not agree with a lot of Randi's mindset or ideas because he is a person with his own mind and prejudices. However I do agree with his work of exposing fraud. To him it might mean there is nothing strange or weird in a comfortably "real" world.
But the methods help serious researchers to sort out the fakery and fraud and that helps to focus in one the cases and data we need that might be genuine.
But the methods help serious researchers to sort out the fakery and fraud and that helps to focus in one the cases and data we need that might be genuine.
Saturday, 8 October 2016
I Was Asked. This Is My Answer.
I was asked why I do not post as often as I used to on this blog.
Well, for one thing the fact that the plagiaristic cryptozoologists/forteans and Ufologists (that's about 95% of them) kept stealing original work from here and calling it their own put me off that.
The other thing is that I get zero per cent feed-back/comments or interaction with the thousands of people who view the blog each week. Why should I post items? I might as well keep it all in my head and cut out the middle man. The whole point of the blog was to get like-minded thinkers involved but it seems people just come here, look at things then go. Pretty thankless for all the work a post takes.
Then we have the fact that explaining something counts me as one of the "arch debunkers" of UFOs, cryptozoology, "the paranormal" and whatever. I've explained this so many times.
And when people cite the 'evidence' of a tree branch on the ground in woodland proving there are "Bigfoots" or "wildmen" in the UK I look at what they claim. In the case of a UK large hominid or wildman there is absolutely no evidence. As a naturalist I gave all those involved the chance to "show and tell" to someone who would look at what they had impartially. I got called names, lies were told about me and there was even "calling me out" on You Tube because I said that a broken tree branch in woodland was....a broken tree branch in woodland. That is all there was. A piece of wood with lots of fantasy surrounding how a tree branch in woodland got there and why.
You see, we need to sort through all the total rubbish out there -the attention seeking fantasists, hoaxers -on You Tube, Face Book and elsewhere. To do that we need to first look fairly at what they are claiming. Out of 1000 You Tube videos allegedly of Bigfoot, UFOs or whatever, we have to look at them. Yes, 99.5% are outright hoaxes because there is no originality amongst these people. BUT if we ignore every video we may well miss the one true genuine clip.
Paranormal TV shows are "entertainment". They are not real. The current series of Ghost Adventures appears to have just opted to stop pretending it is genuine. Ghost Hunters are still faking it up and hearing things that no one else can hear because, after all these years, they have never purchased good sound equipment to capture their 'genuine' EVPs. Paranormal Investigators just about sums it all up. The "re-enactments" are by actors so bad that I have to wonder if they are the TV crews relatives opted in to save money? I watch people. Movements, expressions, tones in their voices and this show was a treat because it features fantasists and outright liars -ask any cop who is a cop to watch and if they don't spot it all outrighly -they need to quit.
But these are the people the public believes. I could do what they do and, in fact, in the past publishers have asked me to "sex up" books -lie. No. I could not live with that. I may need the money but there are lines I will not cross. EMF meters, flashlight -all the tricks are employed by these people but they are the "experts".
Same thing with all the UFO TV shows. Same faces time and again twisting the truth, lying -no "flying saucer" ever crashed at Aurora and we know that (at least 50 years ago) and Roswell -again, no flying saucer (that needed a guide rope?). Flatwoods/Braxton County landing may be genuine but like everything else so much fiction has been added by 'investigators' that they -Aurora, Roswell and Flatwoods- are almost fantasy driven: but that helps annual events and conventions bringing in money to the local community. Good -but be truthful.
Before the 1980s we NEVER had "Grey" aliens abducting people by the millions. It took years but eventually the UK and elsewhere jumped on the abduction craze. The same is true with all the TV inspired "portholes"/"vortexes" -"dark entities" from paranormal shows (Ghost Adventures can take credit there). Bigfoot -same. "Dog Man" -again another craze that took hold. "Black eyed children" -more fakery. Now, the UK started the scary clown staring at people craze and then it swept into the United States ("killer clowns" though NONE has ever killed!). None of these things ever existed prior to the 1980s/1990s and the internet and TV has played a great part in these crazes.
Unless things fit in with this TV and faker created world view no one is interested. "Dog man seen in Arkansas" -send for the actors known as the Mountain Monsters team who use the same script week after week.
"Forty new species discovered in Amazon.....are they monsters killing people and live stock?" No - who cares?
I have seen serious researchers and investigators leave one by one because of all this. Back in the 1980s someone from the UK Ministry of Defence said to me: "You have been involved in Ufology for years. The answer to the question of whether we spy and infiltrate to break up UFO research is simply that why would we be bothered -Ufologists do that themselves on a daily basis!" And that is true and the armchair Ufologists who think of themselves as the elite who do not even have to talk to witnesses or investigate cases are on one side and fakers and fantasists on the other.
I will continue to research and investigate. Keep my notes. Publish what I think suitable in my books and know that one day I'll pull the plug on it all and the only printed copies of my decades of work will be in my possession and that of someone in France and Italy. No one is interested.
What I post here rarely will be things I'm not worried about plagiarists stealing.
That is why I do not post as often because even a simple request to readers to forward any links or news to sightings met with zero reaction. You get what you get.
Well, for one thing the fact that the plagiaristic cryptozoologists/forteans and Ufologists (that's about 95% of them) kept stealing original work from here and calling it their own put me off that.
The other thing is that I get zero per cent feed-back/comments or interaction with the thousands of people who view the blog each week. Why should I post items? I might as well keep it all in my head and cut out the middle man. The whole point of the blog was to get like-minded thinkers involved but it seems people just come here, look at things then go. Pretty thankless for all the work a post takes.
Then we have the fact that explaining something counts me as one of the "arch debunkers" of UFOs, cryptozoology, "the paranormal" and whatever. I've explained this so many times.
And when people cite the 'evidence' of a tree branch on the ground in woodland proving there are "Bigfoots" or "wildmen" in the UK I look at what they claim. In the case of a UK large hominid or wildman there is absolutely no evidence. As a naturalist I gave all those involved the chance to "show and tell" to someone who would look at what they had impartially. I got called names, lies were told about me and there was even "calling me out" on You Tube because I said that a broken tree branch in woodland was....a broken tree branch in woodland. That is all there was. A piece of wood with lots of fantasy surrounding how a tree branch in woodland got there and why.
You see, we need to sort through all the total rubbish out there -the attention seeking fantasists, hoaxers -on You Tube, Face Book and elsewhere. To do that we need to first look fairly at what they are claiming. Out of 1000 You Tube videos allegedly of Bigfoot, UFOs or whatever, we have to look at them. Yes, 99.5% are outright hoaxes because there is no originality amongst these people. BUT if we ignore every video we may well miss the one true genuine clip.
Paranormal TV shows are "entertainment". They are not real. The current series of Ghost Adventures appears to have just opted to stop pretending it is genuine. Ghost Hunters are still faking it up and hearing things that no one else can hear because, after all these years, they have never purchased good sound equipment to capture their 'genuine' EVPs. Paranormal Investigators just about sums it all up. The "re-enactments" are by actors so bad that I have to wonder if they are the TV crews relatives opted in to save money? I watch people. Movements, expressions, tones in their voices and this show was a treat because it features fantasists and outright liars -ask any cop who is a cop to watch and if they don't spot it all outrighly -they need to quit.
But these are the people the public believes. I could do what they do and, in fact, in the past publishers have asked me to "sex up" books -lie. No. I could not live with that. I may need the money but there are lines I will not cross. EMF meters, flashlight -all the tricks are employed by these people but they are the "experts".
Same thing with all the UFO TV shows. Same faces time and again twisting the truth, lying -no "flying saucer" ever crashed at Aurora and we know that (at least 50 years ago) and Roswell -again, no flying saucer (that needed a guide rope?). Flatwoods/Braxton County landing may be genuine but like everything else so much fiction has been added by 'investigators' that they -Aurora, Roswell and Flatwoods- are almost fantasy driven: but that helps annual events and conventions bringing in money to the local community. Good -but be truthful.
Before the 1980s we NEVER had "Grey" aliens abducting people by the millions. It took years but eventually the UK and elsewhere jumped on the abduction craze. The same is true with all the TV inspired "portholes"/"vortexes" -"dark entities" from paranormal shows (Ghost Adventures can take credit there). Bigfoot -same. "Dog Man" -again another craze that took hold. "Black eyed children" -more fakery. Now, the UK started the scary clown staring at people craze and then it swept into the United States ("killer clowns" though NONE has ever killed!). None of these things ever existed prior to the 1980s/1990s and the internet and TV has played a great part in these crazes.
Unless things fit in with this TV and faker created world view no one is interested. "Dog man seen in Arkansas" -send for the actors known as the Mountain Monsters team who use the same script week after week.
"Forty new species discovered in Amazon.....are they monsters killing people and live stock?" No - who cares?
I have seen serious researchers and investigators leave one by one because of all this. Back in the 1980s someone from the UK Ministry of Defence said to me: "You have been involved in Ufology for years. The answer to the question of whether we spy and infiltrate to break up UFO research is simply that why would we be bothered -Ufologists do that themselves on a daily basis!" And that is true and the armchair Ufologists who think of themselves as the elite who do not even have to talk to witnesses or investigate cases are on one side and fakers and fantasists on the other.
I will continue to research and investigate. Keep my notes. Publish what I think suitable in my books and know that one day I'll pull the plug on it all and the only printed copies of my decades of work will be in my possession and that of someone in France and Italy. No one is interested.
What I post here rarely will be things I'm not worried about plagiarists stealing.
That is why I do not post as often because even a simple request to readers to forward any links or news to sightings met with zero reaction. You get what you get.
Monday, 3 October 2016
Friday, 30 September 2016
On The Scientific 'Need' To Kill A Sasquatch
There is a point I need to make, yet again, and this time sparked off by Thomas Steenburgs book that I just reviewed on this blog.
I do totally and utterly disagree with some of Steenburgs final words:
"I sometimes wonder if those who are against the shooting of a sasquatch really want to see this mystery solved at all. After all, if the creature is proven to be real, then the puzzle will be over."
Steenburg notes that in his spare time he became a hunter. Not of Sasquatch but "game". So, the idea of shooting and killing a Sasquatch to solve a "puzzle" is no big deal to him, though he does point out that killing a "bunch of them" isn't a good idea.
The idea that "science" must be satisfied is an utter nonsense in todays world. There are many new primate species discovered that have not been killed (sadly some have but by native hunters -the ramifications if it ever turned out that some biologist or other person had said "get me a dead one and I'll make it worth your while" well...). Good photographs of new bird and mammal species and even formerly thought of as extinct species has proven good enough. Collect feather samples, droppings, hairs, etc., for testing as well as game trail camera and video footage. Case proved.
I've outlined previously a good, adaptable, way of going about this with Sasquatch. A combination of still photographs/video footage, hair samples and even (if possible) faeces and footprints of any animal means its there and alive. Do research and learn how many newly discovered species then become endangered or "at risk" because they have been scientifically proven to exist.
This is the 21st century. To say that a bunch of people sat on their arses in laboratories or universities, even museums, must be given a body to satisfy them is nonsense. I've seen and met these people who have knowledge on the subject based on TV programmes, the odd magazine article or lousy website they just checked on. "No such thing" they say. Well, prove it. Carry out a year long study, talk to witnesses and go out and do field research -that is what science is about. "No. We don't need to -it doesn't exist" they reply. These are NOT scientists and deserve no respect let alone a sacrifice to them.
There is enough research work carried out by John Green and many others showing that these creatures have food sources and huge geographic areas to wander and live in. So they can survive. Work carried out on genuine Sasquatch plaster casts has shown dermal ridges and other features beyong hoaxers -we can even estimate weight, etc..
Scientifically minded individuals who have gone out into the field have heard vocalisations (scientifically tested and pronounced "unknown"), they have found the Sasquatch "nests" and heard the stone and wood-knocking that shows these creatures have some intelligence. On two occasions I have seen recorded for tv (Snellgrove, etc.) the reactions of these persons as large stones are thrown at them from out of the forestry. There is that look, yes, some of them may have believed Sasquatch was real and done the lab work, but getting stones thrown at you from forestry is unexplainable and a kick of reality to the ass. Unless, of course, some Grizzly has woken up early from hibernation and decided to practice its baseball throwing?
What is the Sasquatch population? we have absolutely no idea. They could be hanging on by a thread as far as existence as a species is concerned. Look at it this way: a mother Sasquatch has young and has to feed them solid food and train them how to forrage.
She is out alone, grubbing around and a hunter sees her. Every hunter we know of has never fired at a Sasquatch because it looks humanlike but say the hunter spotting the female thinks "Goddam. I shoot this one I'll be world famous and my financial problems will be over -I'll have proven these things exist!"
Bang.
Dead Sasquatch. Science has its proof and some young Sasquatch either die through starvation or get predated upon by a bear or even puma. With one shot a vital family group can be wiped out -it's happened with other wild species just this way. As far as we know Sasquatch may even be borderline panda-like in its mating -and we know how well that's gone for them.
Steenburg notes (252):
"The town of Cobalt, Ontario, had a creature in their area for years. Locals gave it the name Old Yellow Top because it had a streak of light-coloured hair on the top of its head. It was around from the late 1950s through the 1960s. The last reported sighting of Old Yellow Top occurred in 1970..."
An animal tends to keep within its own territory and this may be applicable to Sasquatch, though some suggest there may be yearly migrations, that said Chimpanzees and Gorillas tend to inhabit one area but do move around though not long migrations. I think it safe to consider that Sasquatch may do like-wise. A suggested trek from Canada, through the US and down into Florida for instance does not seem likely. Any animal knows its local food sources, watering holes and places of safety and though they may wander around a huge territory it is unlikely they migrate.
Though there is the suggestion, from reports, that Sasquatch might live in family groups we have no idea whether this is a permanent thing or restricted to mating and rearing of young only.
So, if we take it that, factually, we have no idea regarding breeding or population size, then shooting and killing for 'proof' is out of the question. In wildlife research we depend on eye-witness observation of individuals and/or family packs/groups, knowledge we already have on the animal, faeces, hairs and even paw/hoof prints to study. We do not go all hissy and demand something is killed so that we can be satisfied an observer is telling the truth.
There are cases on record of individuals being chased or, in their opinions, warned off by Sasquatch (for whatever reason). "Chases" are usually half-hearted with observers stating that the way the creature moved was so fast it could have caught them at any time -but didn't. Now, let's say that a hunter gets into this situation but knows nothing about Sasquatch -heck, he probably laughed hysterically over his beer every time someone mentioned seeing Sasquatch- and does what he would do naturally if a Grizzly was charging him: aims and fires his rifle.
What does he do if he kills it. Most observers state the Sasquatch looks "almost human" or even "Orang Utan-like" (and they can look quite human). If he has any intelligence then he has a major problem. Yes, he has proof that these things are real and there's money in this. But then it hits him: can he be charged with killing a Sasquatch? If he fobs it off as "I've provided scientific proof at last" what would happen if those scientists prove it near or almost human? Is that murder? Will he be targetted for the rest of his life by "tree-huggers"? Will someone try to kill him in revenge?
Best to just leave the body and let nature take its course. In a month there won't be anything left to be stumbled upon and "dead Sasquatch!" shouted around the world -they did a bullet in the remains...
But then we have hunters who have levelled their rifles at the backs or fronts of Sasquatch. What if they actually pulled the trigger and then realised what they have done?
Same situation as "self defence" shooting.
It is a topic you can debate for hours.
The thing is that this may have happened more than once over the last century and that hunter never went into the woods again and never offered a really good reason why. Self Defence or simple 'sport' killing it is still the death of a creature that could be vital to a population. I'm glad certain areas have legislature or are looking at such to protect these animals rather than issuing proclamations like "Hey , we wanna prove we got Sasquatch: $10,000 to whoever brings a genuine one in for study!"
You want people to stop saying "You've wasted your life, man -they don't exist!" then go all out to gather the evidence but don't even think about killing a creature to prove it. Leave the population to continue and think of the best ways to prove your case -a miniature transponder fitted into a dart that can penetrate or stick to a Sasquatch so you can follow it , .22 slugs have allegedly been fired into Sasquatch with no noticable affect so a dart implanting a tracker, even if only in thick skin is no problem.
There are other ways -some including transponders placed inside food. Sasquatch want to steal from a cabin then hang your salmon/meat up outside with the transponder in it. Yes, after a few days it'll be passed through the Sasquatch digestive system BUT you'll have tracked/plotted its route for a while and the device will lead you to Sasquatch faeces!
I would genuinely sooner let Sasquatch remain a "mystery" than prove it existed with a body and all that entailed. Let the Sasquatch hunters/scientists stamp their feet. Why should we, as humans, demand that any species be killed just so that we can say "I told you so"?
It is definitely wrong to demand a body -if a trucker or motorist hits and kills one okay. That is an accident but hoping that one is killed that way so you can have a clear conscience...?
I do totally and utterly disagree with some of Steenburgs final words:
"I sometimes wonder if those who are against the shooting of a sasquatch really want to see this mystery solved at all. After all, if the creature is proven to be real, then the puzzle will be over."
Steenburg notes that in his spare time he became a hunter. Not of Sasquatch but "game". So, the idea of shooting and killing a Sasquatch to solve a "puzzle" is no big deal to him, though he does point out that killing a "bunch of them" isn't a good idea.
The idea that "science" must be satisfied is an utter nonsense in todays world. There are many new primate species discovered that have not been killed (sadly some have but by native hunters -the ramifications if it ever turned out that some biologist or other person had said "get me a dead one and I'll make it worth your while" well...). Good photographs of new bird and mammal species and even formerly thought of as extinct species has proven good enough. Collect feather samples, droppings, hairs, etc., for testing as well as game trail camera and video footage. Case proved.
I've outlined previously a good, adaptable, way of going about this with Sasquatch. A combination of still photographs/video footage, hair samples and even (if possible) faeces and footprints of any animal means its there and alive. Do research and learn how many newly discovered species then become endangered or "at risk" because they have been scientifically proven to exist.
This is the 21st century. To say that a bunch of people sat on their arses in laboratories or universities, even museums, must be given a body to satisfy them is nonsense. I've seen and met these people who have knowledge on the subject based on TV programmes, the odd magazine article or lousy website they just checked on. "No such thing" they say. Well, prove it. Carry out a year long study, talk to witnesses and go out and do field research -that is what science is about. "No. We don't need to -it doesn't exist" they reply. These are NOT scientists and deserve no respect let alone a sacrifice to them.
There is enough research work carried out by John Green and many others showing that these creatures have food sources and huge geographic areas to wander and live in. So they can survive. Work carried out on genuine Sasquatch plaster casts has shown dermal ridges and other features beyong hoaxers -we can even estimate weight, etc..
Scientifically minded individuals who have gone out into the field have heard vocalisations (scientifically tested and pronounced "unknown"), they have found the Sasquatch "nests" and heard the stone and wood-knocking that shows these creatures have some intelligence. On two occasions I have seen recorded for tv (Snellgrove, etc.) the reactions of these persons as large stones are thrown at them from out of the forestry. There is that look, yes, some of them may have believed Sasquatch was real and done the lab work, but getting stones thrown at you from forestry is unexplainable and a kick of reality to the ass. Unless, of course, some Grizzly has woken up early from hibernation and decided to practice its baseball throwing?
What is the Sasquatch population? we have absolutely no idea. They could be hanging on by a thread as far as existence as a species is concerned. Look at it this way: a mother Sasquatch has young and has to feed them solid food and train them how to forrage.
She is out alone, grubbing around and a hunter sees her. Every hunter we know of has never fired at a Sasquatch because it looks humanlike but say the hunter spotting the female thinks "Goddam. I shoot this one I'll be world famous and my financial problems will be over -I'll have proven these things exist!"
Bang.
Dead Sasquatch. Science has its proof and some young Sasquatch either die through starvation or get predated upon by a bear or even puma. With one shot a vital family group can be wiped out -it's happened with other wild species just this way. As far as we know Sasquatch may even be borderline panda-like in its mating -and we know how well that's gone for them.
Steenburg notes (252):
"The town of Cobalt, Ontario, had a creature in their area for years. Locals gave it the name Old Yellow Top because it had a streak of light-coloured hair on the top of its head. It was around from the late 1950s through the 1960s. The last reported sighting of Old Yellow Top occurred in 1970..."
An animal tends to keep within its own territory and this may be applicable to Sasquatch, though some suggest there may be yearly migrations, that said Chimpanzees and Gorillas tend to inhabit one area but do move around though not long migrations. I think it safe to consider that Sasquatch may do like-wise. A suggested trek from Canada, through the US and down into Florida for instance does not seem likely. Any animal knows its local food sources, watering holes and places of safety and though they may wander around a huge territory it is unlikely they migrate.
Though there is the suggestion, from reports, that Sasquatch might live in family groups we have no idea whether this is a permanent thing or restricted to mating and rearing of young only.
So, if we take it that, factually, we have no idea regarding breeding or population size, then shooting and killing for 'proof' is out of the question. In wildlife research we depend on eye-witness observation of individuals and/or family packs/groups, knowledge we already have on the animal, faeces, hairs and even paw/hoof prints to study. We do not go all hissy and demand something is killed so that we can be satisfied an observer is telling the truth.
There are cases on record of individuals being chased or, in their opinions, warned off by Sasquatch (for whatever reason). "Chases" are usually half-hearted with observers stating that the way the creature moved was so fast it could have caught them at any time -but didn't. Now, let's say that a hunter gets into this situation but knows nothing about Sasquatch -heck, he probably laughed hysterically over his beer every time someone mentioned seeing Sasquatch- and does what he would do naturally if a Grizzly was charging him: aims and fires his rifle.
What does he do if he kills it. Most observers state the Sasquatch looks "almost human" or even "Orang Utan-like" (and they can look quite human). If he has any intelligence then he has a major problem. Yes, he has proof that these things are real and there's money in this. But then it hits him: can he be charged with killing a Sasquatch? If he fobs it off as "I've provided scientific proof at last" what would happen if those scientists prove it near or almost human? Is that murder? Will he be targetted for the rest of his life by "tree-huggers"? Will someone try to kill him in revenge?
Best to just leave the body and let nature take its course. In a month there won't be anything left to be stumbled upon and "dead Sasquatch!" shouted around the world -they did a bullet in the remains...
But then we have hunters who have levelled their rifles at the backs or fronts of Sasquatch. What if they actually pulled the trigger and then realised what they have done?
Same situation as "self defence" shooting.
It is a topic you can debate for hours.
The thing is that this may have happened more than once over the last century and that hunter never went into the woods again and never offered a really good reason why. Self Defence or simple 'sport' killing it is still the death of a creature that could be vital to a population. I'm glad certain areas have legislature or are looking at such to protect these animals rather than issuing proclamations like "Hey , we wanna prove we got Sasquatch: $10,000 to whoever brings a genuine one in for study!"
You want people to stop saying "You've wasted your life, man -they don't exist!" then go all out to gather the evidence but don't even think about killing a creature to prove it. Leave the population to continue and think of the best ways to prove your case -a miniature transponder fitted into a dart that can penetrate or stick to a Sasquatch so you can follow it , .22 slugs have allegedly been fired into Sasquatch with no noticable affect so a dart implanting a tracker, even if only in thick skin is no problem.
There are other ways -some including transponders placed inside food. Sasquatch want to steal from a cabin then hang your salmon/meat up outside with the transponder in it. Yes, after a few days it'll be passed through the Sasquatch digestive system BUT you'll have tracked/plotted its route for a while and the device will lead you to Sasquatch faeces!
I would genuinely sooner let Sasquatch remain a "mystery" than prove it existed with a body and all that entailed. Let the Sasquatch hunters/scientists stamp their feet. Why should we, as humans, demand that any species be killed just so that we can say "I told you so"?
It is definitely wrong to demand a body -if a trucker or motorist hits and kills one okay. That is an accident but hoping that one is killed that way so you can have a clear conscience...?
"Reflective Increase In Cost" Is What Business Calls it.
For some 6 years now I have kept the cost of these books so low that I really only make pennies out of any sales. Unbelievably, the Red Paper has sold 0 copies since published. Some Things and Some More Things have sold one copy a piece. And Pursuing The Strange And Weird -A Naturalist's Viewpoint and the Spring-heeled Jack book have not sold a single copy.
So, considering this involves decades of research and investigation that you will NOT find anywhere else and the books are hefty when it comes to pages, a decision has been made.
Better to have no sales as a proper publisher than trying to encourage people, from the 7th October 2016 the books will see a substantial increase in cover price to reflect what they are. I make no apologies because I've heard from one person after another with the "I am going to buy this one!" etc etc etc and those people never buy. I need to earn money. I'm not a charity.
Now I'm operating as a proper businessman.
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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.
Alleged piece of crashed UFO from Berwyn Mountains, Wales.
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This and much more. Updated with extra pages and photographs.
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Terry Hooper-Scharf
Paperback, 53 Pages Dimensions (centimetres) 20.98 wide x 29.69 tall (A4)fully illustrated and referencedPrice: £7.00Ships in 3–5 business days 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
So, considering this involves decades of research and investigation that you will NOT find anywhere else and the books are hefty when it comes to pages, a decision has been made.
Better to have no sales as a proper publisher than trying to encourage people, from the 7th October 2016 the books will see a substantial increase in cover price to reflect what they are. I make no apologies because I've heard from one person after another with the "I am going to buy this one!" etc etc etc and those people never buy. I need to earn money. I'm not a charity.
Now I'm operating as a proper businessman.
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Yes, folks, just a few of the things I've investigated are included in these books -all fully referenced and including photographs and illustrations once thought lost. Canids, in the form of foxes, I'm still studying -and learning!
The Red Paper: Foxes, Coyotes, Jackals, Arctic Foxes and Wolves in the UK
One for those interested in Wildlife -or cryptozoology!
Terry HooperThe Red Paper: CanidsPaperback, A4 (21 x 30cms)202 Pages Photographs, illustrations and mapsPrice: £10.29Ships in 3–5 business days
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.
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.
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Some Things Strange & Sinister (2013 -up-dated)
A4 FormatB&WPaperback358 pagesHeavily illustratedPrice: £15.00Ships in 3–5 business dayshttp://www.lulu.com/shop/terry-hooper-scharf/some-things-strange-sinister/paperback/product-14958906.html
After more than 40 years as an investigator and more than fifty 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 new added 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:this book has something for everyone -including the just plain inquisitive!
ContentsForeword by Travis L. Whitehurst
Introduction de occultis non judicat ecclesia
The Bristol Rocking Horse
The Terrifying Events At The Lamb Inn
The Coonian Ghost
The Ghosts Of All Saints Church
His Luminous Chamber
The Late Reverend Dr. Blomberg
And More Ghost Stories
The Thomas B. Cumpston Case
The Chupacabra
The Strange Case Of The Gotherington Gargoyle
What’s Tall,Hairy And Vanishes?
Mystery Beasts Of Ireland
The Creature Of The Dump
The Strange Creature Of Repton Woods
The Bizarre Legends,Crimes And Truth About Spring Heeled Jack
The Black Beast Of Darmstadt
The Nameless Thing Of Berkley Square
The Terrifying Case Of The U.S. Naval Transport
The Case Of The Ghost Lear Jet
Ghost Planes,Crashes And Dead Aquatic Creatures
The Mitchison Loch Ness Monster Video
From The Deep Below To The Air Above –USOs
Aerial Encounters Over Austria
A Crashed UFO In 1790?
Angel Hair
Quimper-Corentin:Where “Thunder Fell”
Strange Aliens From Space
The Llandrillo ‘Saucer’ And Other Crash Retrievals
Transient Lunar Phenomena,Alien Structures And Moon Vegetation
Whiddon Down-Saint-Jean-du-Guard:Impossible Correlations?
The Venezuelan HorrorA Final Word.
After more than 40 years as an investigator and more than fifty 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 new added 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:this book has something for everyone -including the just plain inquisitive!
ContentsForeword by Travis L. Whitehurst
Introduction de occultis non judicat ecclesia
The Bristol Rocking Horse
The Terrifying Events At The Lamb Inn
The Coonian Ghost
The Ghosts Of All Saints Church
His Luminous Chamber
The Late Reverend Dr. Blomberg
And More Ghost Stories
The Thomas B. Cumpston Case
The Chupacabra
The Strange Case Of The Gotherington Gargoyle
What’s Tall,Hairy And Vanishes?
Mystery Beasts Of Ireland
The Creature Of The Dump
The Strange Creature Of Repton Woods
The Bizarre Legends,Crimes And Truth About Spring Heeled Jack
The Black Beast Of Darmstadt
The Nameless Thing Of Berkley Square
The Terrifying Case Of The U.S. Naval Transport
The Case Of The Ghost Lear Jet
Ghost Planes,Crashes And Dead Aquatic Creatures
The Mitchison Loch Ness Monster Video
From The Deep Below To The Air Above –USOs
Aerial Encounters Over Austria
A Crashed UFO In 1790?
Angel Hair
Quimper-Corentin:Where “Thunder Fell”
Strange Aliens From Space
The Llandrillo ‘Saucer’ And Other Crash Retrievals
Transient Lunar Phenomena,Alien Structures And Moon Vegetation
Whiddon Down-Saint-Jean-du-Guard:Impossible Correlations?
The Venezuelan HorrorA Final Word.
Alleged piece of crashed UFO from Berwyn Mountains, Wales.
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Some More Things Strange & Sinister
Paperback,A4327 Pages Heavily illustratedPrice: £15.00Ships in 3–5 business dayshttp://www.lulu.com/shop/terry-hooper-scharf/some-more-things-strange-sinister/paperback/product-18763730.html
Follow-up to the hugely successful Some Things Strange & Sinister. For those interested in Ufology, cryptozoology, hominology, unusual natural history, ghosts and mysteries in general. The secret history of gorillas in the UK -before they were officially 'discovered'. The history of the Wild men of Europe, the UK and US: something that in the 1800s become very "pop culture" Very pop culture and totally forgotten today! Hominology. Sasquatch and Bigfoot -is there evidence for their existence?
No sitting on the fence here -the Patterson-Gimlin film is looked at as well as other evidence. The Author's conclusions?
You might be surprised. Giant snakes. Amazons. The Giant serpent of Carthage. The Girt Dog of Ennerdale -another big cult 'creature' amongst paranormal and cryptozoological circles. The Beast of Gevaudan -what was it and were there really descendents of the creature in the 19th century -one of which was actually brought to London? Believe it or not more than one incident of historical crocodiles cases in the UK. In fact, far more than even the Author had thought . And, after more than a century of claims by 'researchers' that it no longer exists: The Silent City of Alaska and the near legendary 'lost' photograph taken of it.
Follow-up to the hugely successful Some Things Strange & Sinister. For those interested in Ufology, cryptozoology, hominology, unusual natural history, ghosts and mysteries in general. The secret history of gorillas in the UK -before they were officially 'discovered'. The history of the Wild men of Europe, the UK and US: something that in the 1800s become very "pop culture" Very pop culture and totally forgotten today! Hominology. Sasquatch and Bigfoot -is there evidence for their existence?
No sitting on the fence here -the Patterson-Gimlin film is looked at as well as other evidence. The Author's conclusions?
You might be surprised. Giant snakes. Amazons. The Giant serpent of Carthage. The Girt Dog of Ennerdale -another big cult 'creature' amongst paranormal and cryptozoological circles. The Beast of Gevaudan -what was it and were there really descendents of the creature in the 19th century -one of which was actually brought to London? Believe it or not more than one incident of historical crocodiles cases in the UK. In fact, far more than even the Author had thought . And, after more than a century of claims by 'researchers' that it no longer exists: The Silent City of Alaska and the near legendary 'lost' photograph taken of it.
This and much more. Updated with extra pages and photographs.
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Pursuing The Strange And Weird -A Naturalist's Viewpoint (2014 up-date)
Terry Hooper-Scharf
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A4
249 Pages
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UP DATE -From Dead Aquatic (Humanoid) Creatures, the giant squid and yet undiscovered sea creatures; submarine and ships crews encountering true leviathans.
There 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
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Paperback,
A4
249 Pages
Price: £15.00Ships in 3-5 business days.
http://www.lulu.com/shop/terry-hooper-scharf/pursuing-the-strange-weirda-naturalists-viewpoint/paperback/product-21307125.html
UP DATE -From Dead Aquatic (Humanoid) Creatures, the giant squid and yet undiscovered sea creatures; submarine and ships crews encountering true leviathans.
There 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
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The Bizarre Legends, Crimes And Truth About Spring Heeled Jack (2014
Paperback, 53 Pages Dimensions (centimetres) 20.98 wide x 29.69 tall (A4)fully illustrated and referencedPrice: £7.00Ships in 3–5 business days 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
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