In the Big Thicket : On the Trail of the Wild Man : Exploring Nature's Mysterious Dimension [Paperback]

Rob Riggs (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 1, 2001

In the Big Thicket, the unknown makes profound intrusions into what we call "reality." There are wonders in this region of East Texas and in Southwestern Louisiana‹"ghost lights," phantom Indians, howling ape-like "wild men," and fireballs that streak through the nighttime skies ‹that defy both our common sense notions of space-time and all attempts at scientific explanation. So come along, if you dare, for a trek in this forest primeval. You'll emerge with a heightened sense of wonder and a deeper appreciation of the subtle links between the mysteries of nature and the human mind.

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"...takes the reader on a wild tour through one of America's weirdest wonderlands... A shamanistic journey." -- Loren Coleman, author Mysterious America: The Revised Edition

About the Author

ROB RIGGS is a journalist and the former publisher of a series of award-winning community newspapers in Texas. His interest in "ghost lights," "wild man" sightings, and related phenomena began as a child when he heard tales about them in his hometown of Sour Lake in Big Thicket country. Riggs began writing about the subject more than twenty years ago while working as a reporter for the "Kountze News." Since then his studies of the phenomena have been featured in the "Houston Chronicle" and the "Beaumont Enterprise." Riggs has also consulted on ghost lights for Waseda University in Tokyo and the Harvard College Observatory.

Product Details

• Paperback: 188 pages
• Publisher: Paraview Press (May 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1931044260
• ISBN-13: 978-1931044264
• Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 5.6 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,179,243 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Reality "Outside the Box", November 10, 2001

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This review is from: In the Big Thicket : On the Trail of the Wild Man : Exploring Nature's Mysterious Dimension (Paperback)

Rob Riggs' new book is a journey into some fascinating and magical aspects within the natural world. In this compilation he uses his skilled writing style to re-connect us with the lost and forgotten. Riggs has combined his Native American blood and background with a balanced scientific approach. The book includes an impressive amount of research and encompasses decades of personal experiential knowledge. Prepare to use up some neurotransmitters, for this book it truly thought provoking. The reader will be called upon to think beyond the confines of his so-called "realities." An eloquent final chapter puts us in touch with mystical reasons for why we need nature in our lives, and thus the need to preserve and protect Her. This book is a success! A great read from start to finish.

16 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My Kind Of Place, May 22, 2004

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This review is from: In the Big Thicket : On the Trail of the Wild Man : Exploring Nature's Mysterious Dimension (Paperback)

Before "reasonable","rational", "realistic"-minded people throw too many rocks and boulders at Rob Riggs...or spend feeble mental energies snickering and guffawing about what a gullible, idiotic jerk he is...they might better spend some time educating themselves to something called quantum theory and particle physics and begin educating their own buffoonish little minds to what that field of scientific endeavor is doing...increasingly...to the traditional "hard-science" and "immutable reality" world-view paradigms we have all been educated (for which read "programmed") to believe is "how things are".
To wit...it ain't necessarily so. Check out such books as Michael Talbot's "The Holographic Universe", Dean Radin's "The Conscious Universe", and Claude Swanson's fascinating "The Synchronized Universe" and start to learn about why weird stuff may not be as weird as you think, and why the current materialist paradigms may well be on the way out, while new scientific ramifications are slowly beginning to assert themselves ("Funeral by funeral" as Swanson puts it...as the Old Guard scientists die off and their prevailing power base erodes..and the "young turks" with newer, more dynamic ideas...which have been held back by the Old Guard... move up to replace them...with quantum physics leading the charge).

The new physics is speculating on time shifts, parallel dimensions, concurrent lines of "time" and "history" (which might "bleed over" into each other from time to time), intermittent localized and earthbound dimensional "wormholes", sentient (intelligent) energy plasmas, and a whole host of other things that walk hand in hand with things Riggs is recounting here.

Is everything he says "dead on the money"? Probably not. Are his conclusions about everything he comments on correct? Unlikely. But he is indeed on the right track with a lot of it, and most of the things recounted here are NOt tall-tale "bull-droppings". There are some who will snort in disbelief at this assertion, but there are others who will nod their heads in agreement. This last group? They know...they know.

"Scientific" validity aside, Riggs' book is utterly fascinating. It is well written and straight-forward. And he doesn't ladle on any extra "Weekly World News" style hyper-B.S. (No, Bat Boy doesn't live in the Big Thicket) because he REALLY DOESN'T HAVE TO! The place is weird enough AS IS. Reminds one quite a bit of Christopher O'Brien's books ("The Mysterious Valley" and "Into the Valley") about the puzzling San Luis Valley of Southern Colorado and Northern New Mexico.

This is a good read and a somewhat compulsive read. It sinks its hooks into you and sucks you in (as does Jerry D. Coleman's new "Strange Highways"). Good stuff for a summer read. No hot sex, but good entertainment and good "food for thought".

Try it. You might like it.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Big Picture., October 1, 2001

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This review is from: In the Big Thicket : On the Trail of the Wild Man : Exploring Nature's Mysterious Dimension (Paperback)

The Big Thicket is a big story. Not just a catalogue of sightings. The brave reader is invited to see a much bigger picture, science, all the mysteries of our world. The paranormal aspects of Bigfoot phenomenae explores the limits of human perception. I enjoyed.