Wednesday, 12 June 2013

Monster Files



Nick Redfern's Monster Files

A look inside government secrets and classified documents on bizarre creatures and extraordinary animals.
 



Author:                                 Nick Redfern  
Cover Design:                       noir33                                   

Publisher:                             New Page Books              

Type:                                     TPB

Pages:                                   285        

Genre:                                  Non fiction

Published:                            2013

ISBN:                                   13978-1-60163-263-0

Source:                                 Independently purchased



 Have you ever wondered what role or knowledge the government has had in relation to mysterious beasts, and legendary monsters?
 If you have, Nick Redfern's Monster Files may be for you. 

The book itself has a nice colorful cover and is of high quality production. Some of the pages have an aged boarder and there are a good number of black and white pictures and photos thorough. 
I only noticed one editing error in the entire 285 pages, and that was a repeated "the". The book also has a useful contents, extensive bibliography and well written index.
All in all judging by a book by the cover, the book looks great, but what about its contents?


This is a non fiction, no nonsense exploration into exactly that subject. This book touches on the big names in cryptozoology such as Bigfeet (thats plural for many Bigfoot), The Loch Ness monsters and the Yeti, But also explores alien big cats (ABCs), Bombbats and Psychic trained landmine detecting cats. All aspects of the filed are examined with particular interest in what uncovered government files can illuminate on the subjects.

 Of particular interest is chapter 27 titled something dwells down under, which looks at Australia own ABC phenomena, whether the Thylacine (Tasmanian tiger) is truly extinct, and if our Giant monitor lizard exists at all.

 While i cant agree with every conclusion this book makes, like the Flatwoods Monster, most of the other conclusions seemed very reasonable.
I found the book to be a very interesting read, and can highly recommend it for anyone interested in cryptozoology, ufology, or government conspiracy.

The Topics included in this book are; The Abominable Snowman, Aliens, Alien Big Cats, Almasty, Boss Snakes, Cats, Conspiracies, Coverups, Dogs,  Humanzees, Aswang, Wolfmen, Bigfoot, Flatwoods Monster, Lake Monsters, Phantimals, Pigeons, Psychics, Sea Serpents, Tasmanian Tigers, Thylacine, Werewolves, UFOs, Yeti and many more in between.

Other books by this author include The Worlds Weirdest Places, The pyramids and the pentagon, Wildman!, Keep out!, Man-monkey, The Real Men In Black, The NASA Conspiracies, Three Men Seeking Monsters, Contactees, and Memoirs of a Monster Hunter.


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