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Strange Mutants: From Mothman to Demon Dogs and Phantom Cats

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JOHN A KEEL TELLS IT LIKE IT IS. . .He is one of a kind. Few writers are able to convay the stark terror and horror of confronting the unknown. Most writers on the paranormal are too "conservative" in their approach -- too afraid to tell it like in is. Instead they play down -- actually water down -- their relating of documentated accounts for fear that other researchers in the field will think they have gone batty or over the edge. Keel does not hold out -- he goes right to the heart of the matter; never afraid to face controversary head on. MOTHMAN PROPHECIES the movie is loosely based on Keel's block buster book which is now back on the best seller list even though it was written about 25 years ago. After seeing the film, if you are a true fan of the strange and unexplained, you can not help but agree that the cimena version of the book does NOT go anywhere near as far as what Keel himself experienced at the height of paranoia in West Virginia. So those who feel they are missing something can bring themselves "up to speed" by ordering at least a couple Keel's best efforts from [Amazon.com] Besides MOTHMAN PROPHECIES (a must for any collector) only THE 8TH TOWER and CREATURES FROM TIME AND SPACE come close to duplicating the reality of other realms and dimensions. I had tried for years to get a copy of Keel's CREATURES FROM TIME AND SPACE book without much luck (rare book dealers wanted [...] a copy) and therefore was delighted when I could get a much less expensive edition of the book which had been repackaged into a large 8xll format with some rather wild art work added by Carol Ann Rodriguez, known for her ability to depict the paranormal. I was also surprised that this included membership in the Monster Hunters Society of America, which I even realized was probably a publicity stunt on the part of the publisher when this edition first came out. As I turned the pages I couldn't help but be sucked in by Keel's wriing style and his attempt to get an important message across -- that we are not alone in the universe; that there are all sorts of invisibile creaturces just ready to jump out of the dark and drag us to another dimension. Keel's universe is not always rosey -- but it is all too important to deny its existence.