Lake Monster Mysteries

Informationen zum Autor Benjamin Radford! managing editor of Skeptical Inquirer magazine! is the author of hundreds of articles and two books. Joe Nickell is Senior Research Fellow at the Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal and author of more than twenty books. Klappentext For centuries! eyewitnesses around the world-from America to Africa! Argentina to Scotland-have reported sightings of dark! mysterious creatures in area lakes that surface briefly! only to quickly disappear. While the most famous lake monsters of Loch Ness and Lake Champlain have gained international notoriety! hundreds of lakes around the world are said to shelter these shadowy creatures. Lake Monster Mysteries is the first book to examine these widespread mysteries from a scientific perspective. By using exhaustive research and results from firsthand investigations to help separate truth from myth! the authors foster our understanding of what really lurks in the cold! murky depths. Benjamin Radford and Joe Nickell are considered to be among the top lake monster authorities in the world. Here they share unique insights into many of the world's best-known lake monsters. They interview witnesses and local experts and discuss the different types of lake monster sightings! delve into possible explanations for those sightings! and examine hoaxes! evidence claims! and legends surrounding the monsters. The authors have also conducted groundbreaking fieldwork and experiments at the lakes and have examined recent photographic and sonar evidence. Incorporating newly-revealed information and up-to-date developments in the cases they present! professional monster hunters Radford and Nickell plunge into both the cultural histories of these creatures and the scientific inquiries that may hold the key to these mysteries.

Autorentext
Benjamin Radford, managing editor of Skeptical Inquirer magazine, is the author of hundreds of articles and two books. Joe Nickell is Senior Research Fellow at the Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal and author of more than twenty books.

Klappentext
For centuries, eyewitnesses around the world-from America to Africa, Argentina to Scotland-have reported sightings of dark, mysterious creatures in area lakes that surface briefly, only to quickly disappear. While the most famous lake monsters of Loch Ness and Lake Champlain have gained international notoriety, hundreds of lakes around the world are said to shelter these shadowy creatures. Lake Monster Mysteries is the first book to examine these widespread mysteries from a scientific perspective. By using exhaustive research and results from firsthand investigations to help separate truth from myth, the authors foster our understanding of what really lurks in the cold, murky depths. Benjamin Radford and Joe Nickell are considered to be among the top lake monster authorities in the world. Here they share unique insights into many of the world's best-known lake monsters. They interview witnesses and local experts and discuss the different types of lake monster sightings, delve into possible explanations for those sightings, and examine hoaxes, evidence claims, and legends surrounding the monsters. The authors have also conducted groundbreaking fieldwork and experiments at the lakes and have examined recent photographic and sonar evidence. Incorporating newly-revealed information and up-to-date developments in the cases they present, professional monster hunters Radford and Nickell plunge into both the cultural histories of these creatures and the scientific inquiries that may hold the key to these mysteries.

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