Monsters of Pennsylvania: Mysterious Creatures in the Keystone Staet [Paperback]

Patty A. Wilson (Author)

Book Description

Series: Monsters | Publication Date: April 1, 2010

Pennsylvania is home to an assortment of odd creatures, and this volume features the best of the bunch.

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About the Author

Patty A. Wilson, who lives in central Pennsylvania, is the author of Haunted West Virginia and Haunted North Carolina and the co-author of The Big Book of Pennsylvania Ghost Stories and Haunted Pennsylvania.

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Stackpole Books; First Edition edition (April 1, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0811736253
• ISBN-13: 978-0811736251
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #211,807 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Entertaining and Enlightening, October 11, 2010

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OH's Meowmie (Washington, DC United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Monsters of Pennsylvania: Mysterious Creatures in the Keystone Staet (Paperback)

I really enjoyed The Kindle version of Monsters of Pennsylvania. The book is mostly a collection of witness stories from the Keystone State with the first half of the book devoted to Bigfoot in PA and the rest of the book highlighting a host of odd encounters with the state's other mysterious monsters.

The book is written in an engaging, easy to read way that allows you to be immersed in the stories of encounters from all over the state. I liked the way the stories were witness accounts but retold in a organized, easy to follow manner. I am hoping the author tackles other monsters in other states, soon.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Turned Off By "Lizard in a Drain", March 21, 2011

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Tracking Terror "Robert A. Goerman" (New Kensington, PA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Monsters of Pennsylvania: Mysterious Creatures in the Keystone Staet (Paperback)

As an investigative scholar of the unknown and unexplained, I have been fortunate enough to have my research and writings featured in national magazines and serve as source material for many books and television shows such as Unsolved Mysteries, The Unexplained, History's Mysteries, Animal X, and MonsterQuest.

That being said, I was studying a copy of Monsters of Pennsylvania: Mysterious Creatures in the Keystone State by Patty A. Wilson in anticipation of my purchase. That's when, by pure coincidence, I stumbled across page 97 and Wilson's recounting of the "Lizard in a Drain" incident that allegedly occurred in New Kensington.

I did not buy the book.

On Sunday evening, March 1, 1981, I received a telephone call from Arnold, Pennsylvania, Police Sgt. Jim Dargenzio. "Bob, where were you last night?" he asked. "I tried to reach you on this situation we got here. Seems some boys encountered some really weird creature by the railroad tracks... less than three feet tall, all green, wrinkled skin, long arms...

"The rub is that one of the boys picked the damned thing up and tried to carry it home! The thing wriggled free. Didn't hurt him or anything. It fled into a drainpipe and got away. But it's been seen since. Seems to be sticking around."

My investigation into this "situation" culminated in "The Little Green Man Who Got Away" published in the May 1982 issue of FATE magazine. Reading Patty A. Wilson's translation of those 1981 events makes me wonder if the April Fool's Day release date for Monsters of Pennsylvania: Mysterious Creatures in the Keystone State was more than just coincidence.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book, October 11, 2010

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This review is from: Monsters of Pennsylvania: Mysterious Creatures in the Keystone Staet (Paperback)

Have read many Bigfoot books over the years, this one is in the top 10 for sure.

Many recent cases are covered and the historical aspect of the older cases is well researched.

A great resource for your library, even if you do not live in Penna.