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Description edit
Truth is stranger than legend . . . and your journey into both begins here. World adventurer and international monster hunter Josh Gates has careened through nearly 100 countries, investigating frightening myths, chilling cryptozoological legends, and terrifying paranormal phenomena. Now, he... read more
Ridiculously Simplified Synopsis edit
Characters/People edit
- Josh Gates: Adventurer and host of the TV show Destination Truth
Quotes edit
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“Here be monsters. Find them if you dare.”
Josh Gates -
“In the end it's hard to define PNG...It is dirty and yet pristine, both criminally corrupt and blissfully pure, and brimming with ways to kill you.”
Josh Gates
First Sentence edit
Wind is suddenly screaming into the cockpit of this aging Antonov biplane.
Table of Contents edit
Forward
1. "We Must Go Back"
2. 19,340
3. Meet Neil Mandt
4. Underdressed for Success
ADVENTURES IN MONSTER HUNTING AND PROFESSIONAL GHOSTOLOGY
5. "We Found Something!"
CASE FILE: BIGFOOT
6. Post
7. Mixmaster Belong 'em Jesus
CASE FILE: LIVING DINOSAURS
8. Under New Management
9. The Death Worm
CASE FILE: PHANTOM FELINES
10. The Delicate Art of Not Getting Killed
CASE FILE: FLYING FIENDS
11. Worst. Vacation. Ever
12. Threes and the Christmas Miracle of Whore-Dice
13. Yeti
14. The Tourist Empire
CASE FILE: MINI MONSTERS AND JUNGLE DEMONS
15. Hophoonjib
16. On the Subject of Ghosts
17. Tourists and Pharaohs
CASE FILE: MOVIE MONSTERS
18. Amazonia
CASE FILE: SUPER-SERPENTS
19. Travel Will Save You
20. Something in the Fog
CASE FILE: MARINE MONSTERS
21. What the Monsters Taught Me
22. Home
Acknowledgments
Themes & Symbolism edit
Authors & Contributors edit
- Josh Gates (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Gallery Books
Country: United States
Publication Date: October 2011
ISBN: 978-0-7434-9172-3
Page Count: 256
Publisher: Gallery Books
Country: United States
Publication Date: October 2011
ISBN: 978-0-7434-9172-3
Page Count: 256
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: QL88.3.G38 2012
- Dewey: 001.944
Subjects edit
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