The United States of Cryptids

A Tour of American Myths and Monsters

By: J. W. Ocker

Narrated by: Mark Sanderlin

Come and meet the monsters in our midst, from bigfoot to batsquatch and beyond!

Welcome to the United States of Cryptids, where mysterious monsters lurk in the dark forests, deep lakes, and sticky swamps of all fifty states. From the infamous Jersey Devil to the obscure Snallygaster, travel writer and chronicler of the strange J. W. Ocker not only uncovers the bizarre stories of these creatures but investigates the ways in which communities have embraced and celebrated their local cryptids. Listeners will learn about:

• The Mothman of West Virginia, a hybrid monster blamed for a deadly bridge collapse in 1967;
• The Batsquatch of Washington, a winged bigfoot that is said to have emerged from the eruption of Mount Saint Helens in 1980;
• The Lizard Man of South Carolina, a reptilian mutant that attacked a teenager in the summer of 1988;
• The Pope Lick Monster of Kentucky, a goat-man that lures people to their deaths on a train trestle bridge in Louisville;
• The Nain Rouge of Detroit, a fierce red goblin that has been spotted before every major city disaster;
• and many more!

Whether you believe in bigfoot or not, this compendium is a fun, frightening, fascinating tour through American folklore and history, exploring not just the stories we tell about monsters but also what stories of monsters say about us.

©2022 J. W. Ocker (P)2022 Blackstone Publishing

Hooked!

Fantastic narration! Loved this book it’s way too short ! So much fun makes you want to take a road trip to visit and look for your monsters on the journey.

A Great Travel guide

Travel through each state in the US, science, and your imagination in this excellent handbook to your Cryptozoology field work.

Great collection of cryptids

This is a really good book that gives a brief overview of cryptids from each state. The author never really takes a side on whether the stories are true or not. Instead focusing on how towns and communities have embraced their cryptids. The narrator did a great job as well

I've never enjoyed a cryptid book more!

This is an absolute delight. Hilarious, cheeky, and irreverent, yet full of detail and an obvious love of cryptids and the communities they haunt. I'll be reading more from this author and would recommend this to anyone who loves the obscure and bizarre beasts we may share our world with

The variety of monsters the author shared and her humor about the subject matter,

This was a very entertaining book, The subject was well researched and discussed. I would recommend this book to anyone who is curious about how monster stories become an undeniable mainstay in our advanced society. What makes a monster? Why do we need them to exist in a world in which we supposedly have all the answers c?