In Search of Real Monsters

From animals long believed extinct to monsters we thought never existed -a cryptozoologist's true accounts of his worldwide hunt for legendary creatures.Cryptozoologist Richard Freeman has spent years researching and tracking down mythical monsters. In this book, he recounts more riveting monster hunt stories from his globetrotting adventures: through the dense forests of Sumatra on the trail of a mystery ape known as the orang-pendek, to Tasmania in search of the thylacine or Tasmanian wolf. Every corner of Earth has its own monster -even in the traceless Gobi Desert, where he searches for the Mongolian death worm, a creature so feared by the nomads that it can send a whole community into a panic.Freeman also provides excellent advice on how to carry out your own cryptozoological expeditions from scratch-with information on:what equipment to takeinoculationshow to choose which mythical animals to huntplanning aheadthe importance of getting good local guides, and more