Customer Reviews

The Pine Bush Phenomenon

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I up grew in Pine Bush, NY so this book had special meaning for me. Yes, Pine Bush has alot of strange phenomena aruond it. It is not as pronounced as it was in the 80's and 90's. I was in contact with the author of this book some time ago. I really thought he would include alot more detail and broad accounts in his work, but he did not. The book seems like it is more about Vincent Polise than Pine Bush, and at the author's website (pinebushufo.com) there are clues that much detail was left out of the book, so I wonder what is the purpose of writing a book at all? It is interesting but not very revealing or insightful, and it seems that it barely scratches the surface, compared what I KNOW about my hometown and have heard from my peers there through the years. I don't feel this book at all captures the depth or detail of the paranormal phenomena near Pine Bush, NY but it's a good start. It's probably still a "must-have" for anyone interested in Pine Bush. Therefore I give it 4 stars because it does have focus, but it was a difficult decision not to settle for 3 stars on account of the weak content. Shall we say 3+1/2?

If the author of this book was such an expert on Pine Bush you would think that he would at least get the township ( Crawford not Newburg) and the County ( Orange not Crawford) right. I have lived in Pine Bush my whole life and would contribute the «sightings» to have more to do with Stewart Airbase being a 15 min. drive away and the booming bar business that was going on during the 80's & 90's than any alien activity. The poor research on the town alone would lead me to doubt anything the author had to say.