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Yetis, Sasquatch & Hairy Giants (Unexplained Phenomena the Para)

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"Yetis, Sasquatch & Hairy Giants" is certainly worth the money for anyone, particularly a newcomer, who is interested in the obvious topics. It is loaded with various modern accounts and theories, as well as old world tales regarding the cryptids in question. That said, this is by no means a book taken in neutral stance, and the author even goes so far as to hint at a connection between extraterrestrials and bigfoot.

Another point that I feel needs clarifying is the perspective of the book: it is not a collection of the authors adventures as some may hope for from a "Modern Day Indiana Jones". It is a chronicle with some speculation attached. That isn't per se a bad thing, however, as there is an extensive bibliography full of sources that may interest some.

Unfortunately, for all the data within, the entire book is marred by typographical errors ranging from spelling to obvious doubletakes in thought. For instance, errors such as "One major sighting was reported in listed by the XXXXXX Newspaper" are common place. The author clearly changed his approach but did not delete his earlier typing.

The good news is that typos are not so common as to make reading painful, which is important to note seeing as you get around 375 pages of materiel plus additional imagery and source files. For comparable books, that is A LOT of product. And to that end I say this one is a winner; a winner with goofy cover art, predictable grammar trouble, and a somewhat far out take on what many consider to be a far out topic, but a winner nonetheless.

Indiana Jones may be fictional, but David Hatcher Childress is most definitely not. An author and adventurer, Childress' latest contribution to metaphysical literature is "Yetis, Sasquatch & Hairy Giants", a 400-page compendium accounting his decades-long search for yeti in Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan, and the Himalayas, as well as his considerable research into sightings and evidences of North America's fabled Bigfoot, Sasquatch, and 'Skunk Apes'. Profusely illustrated (including a special color photo section), "Yetis, Sasquatch & Hairy Giants" is from first page to last, as informative a read as it is engaging. Enhanced with the inclusion of an extensive bibliography, "Yetis, Sasquatch & Hairy Giants" is essential reading for anyone with an interest in the subject, and would make a popular and thoroughly 'reader friendly' addition to academic and community library collections.

There are many decent books on this topic, so there's really no need for you to buy this one because it is very, very bad. The tome suffers from many defects. The book constantly cites to Wikipedia (as if if were an authoritative source) and treats absurd creationist claims as if they were legitimate. Wild leaps of logic are made. UFOs, Area 51 and the CIA are dragged into the proceedings for no good reason. And, like a lot of books on bigfoot, the author apparently doesn't understand why anecdotes and old wild and woolly tales from 19th Century newspapers aren't good evidence. Finally, the book was obviously not proofread. It's the typical product of a cheap, home-based press operating out of someone's garage. Stay away. Stay far away.

So this book is really really excellent. The first 3 chapters are really full of great history and information. The Yeti chapters are very interesting. The final 3 chapters on Bigfoot are the best in my opinion. This books is full of stories and great pictures. This book's editor is really awful considering at least every page has 2-3 typos. They're easy to skip over but it gets really tedious. The text at beginning of paragraphs and around pictures is all written with no spaces and that gets annoying too. At least I have confidence that I can be a good editor now though!
Other than the typos, there's nothing bad to say about the book or content at all. It's a fascinating read and it's pretty fun as well.

another great book from childress....give one alot to think about and how some goverments are keeping a closesd mind on the subject.....

this was written well, contained new photos i had not seen before, and new reports concerning Yetis/ almas. It is nice to have for your cryptid library.

Out of all supposed "cryptids," bigfoots, yetis, etc., are the most plausible. We know many hominid creatures have come and gone throughout Earth's history. Some were sophisticated, almost man-like (i.e. Neanderthals, we now know they weren't related to humans, see The Genesis Question: Scientific Advances and the Accuracy of Genesis and Who Was Adam?: A Creation Model Approach to the Origin of Man). But how could they survive without definitive evidence? Just think of people who live in areas where mountain lions live, yet they go years, decades or even a lifetime without seeing them? Perhaps some of the accounts in this book are evidences that many have chosen to ignore. Childress, in his usual fashion, has collected accounts from around the world. From the mysterious giant skeletons uncovered in the Americas, to the pervasive Yetis of Asia, and back to the Americas for bigfoots of all types. Even if you consider all the hoaxes and myths, there definitely seems to be some truth to the exisitence of hominids like bigfoot and giants in ancient times. Only complaints: Too much Wikipedia references (a writer's crutch these days) and the Puluxy prints are heavily disputed.