The Jersey Devil

Abnormal field guides to cryptic creatures

How to use this book -- Range -- Description -- Anatomy -- Sound -- Origins -- Benjamin Franklin -- Witchcraft -- Habitat -- Tracks -- The Devil...captured? -- Modern sighting -- Commonly mistaken for the Jersey Devil -- Jersey Devil dos and don'ts -- Classification -- Status -- Index.

Bigfoot

Abnormal field guides to cryptic creatures

How to use this book -- Description -- Size -- Anatomy -- Sasquatch -- Bigfoot sightings -- Commonly mistaken for Bigfoot -- Tracks -- Hair -- Range -- Habitat -- Caught on tape -- Bigfoot dos and don'ts -- Bigfoot around the world -- Classification -- Status -- Index.

Fairies

Abnormal field guides to cryptic creatures

How to use this book -- Description -- Size -- Anatomy -- Origins -- They who shall not be named -- Attitude -- Habitat -- Fairyland -- Cottingley fairies -- Elfschool -- Fairy dos and don'ts -- Kidnapped by fairies?!?!?!?! -- How to spot a changeling -- Fairies around the world -- Fairies and nature -- Status -- Index.

Mermaids

Abnormal field guides to cryptic creatures

How to use this book -- Description -- Habitat -- Anatomy -- Sailors -- Jenny Hanivers -- Fiji Mermaid -- Commonly mistaken for mermaids -- Real-life mermaids -- Mermaid friends -- Mami Wata -- The Little Mermaid -- Sea twins -- Mermaid dos and don'ts -- Water spirits around the world -- Status -- Index.

The Chupacabra

Abnormal field guides to cryptic creatures

How to use this book -- What's up with that name? -- First sighting -- Anatomy -- Range -- Commonly mistaken for Chupacabra -- Urban legend -- Diet -- Other blood suckers -- Conspiracy theories -- Habitat -- Photographic evidence -- Chupacabra dos and don'ts -- Filipino cousin -- Classification -- Status -- Index.

Unicorns

Abnormal field guides to cryptic creatures

How to use this book -- Description -- Anatomy of a classical unicorn -- Range -- Habitat -- Commonly mistaken for the unicorn -- Horn -- Hunting the unicorn -- How to catch a unicorn -- Scotland -- Rainbow revolution -- Modern makeover -- Anatomy of a modern unicorn -- Diet -- Unicorn dos and don'ts -- Confirmed sighting -- Unicorns of the Far East -- Status -- Index.

The Bunyip

Abnormal field guides to cryptic creatures

How to use this book -- What's that name? -- Appearance -- Stay away from the water! -- Sound -- Range -- Dreamtime -- Scared settlers -- Habitat -- Bunyip sightings -- Commonly mistaken for the Bunyip -- Evidence -- Warning to children -- Bunyip dos and don'ts -- Fellow Australians -- Celebrity status -- Classification -- Status -- Index.

The Loch Ness monster

Abnormal field guides to cryptic creatures

How to use this book -- Range -- Anatomy -- A legend is born -- The surgeon's photograph -- Commonly mistaken for Nessie -- Medieval monster -- Sonar searches -- Voyage of the Viper fish -- Habitat -- Flipper photo -- Nessie dos and don'ts -- Lake monsters around the world -- Chance the snapper -- Classification -- Status -- Index.