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I Know What I Saw
- Modern-Day Encounters with Monsters of New Urban Legend and Ancient Lore
- Narrated by: Gabra Zackman
- Length: 7 hrs and 52 mins
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Summary
Which came first - the monster or the myth? Journalist Linda Godfrey investigates present-day encounters with mysterious creatures of old.
The monsters of ancient mythology, folklore, and more contemporary urban legend have long captured the popular imagination. While most people in America today relegate monsters to just that - our imaginations - we continue to be fascinated by the unknown. Linda Godfrey is one of the country's leading authorities on modern-day monsters and has interviewed countless eyewitnesses to strange phenomena. Monsters evolve, taking on both new and familiar forms over time and across cultures. In this well-researched book, Godfrey explores uncanny encounters with werewolves, goatmen, Bigfoot, and more.
In more than 25 years spent "chasing" monsters, Godfrey has found that it often remains unclear whether the sightings are simply mistaken animals, hoaxes, or coincidence. When all the speculation is said and done, one question remains for fans and researchers: Are the creatures "real", or are they entirely "other-world"? Godfrey suspects that it isn't an either/or question - our reality operates on a scale from dense matter to realms the human eye cannot see.
As Godfrey investigates unexplained phenomena, her search for answers will fascinate casual observers and enthusiasts alike.
Critic reviews
"A striking collection of cryptozoological creatures and fantastical folklore from North America.... This quirky, deeply researched guide will be a great resource for monster hunters." (Publishers Weekly)
"It seems that there are still bits of the 'goblin universe' out there - Goat Men, Puckwudgies, Spook Pooches and more. Ms. Godfrey gives an admirably tantalizing but evenhanded guide to them." (Wall Street Journal)
“The shadowy realm of monsters and weird human-animal hybrids is not limited to the ancient, dusty past, but exists right alongside us today, revealing itself in terrifying ways. There is no better navigator through this bizarre and scary landscape than Linda S. Godfrey, one of the most outstanding researchers in the cryptid field. This book will both thrill and chill you." (Rosemary Ellen Guiley, author of The Encyclopedia of Angels)
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- Anonymous User
- 19-04-22
Interesting stories!
I really enjoyed this book. I wasn’t expecting it to be sort of a book of short stories, I thought it might dig a little deeper - but the stories were told well and the narration was very good!
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- Justlitentoyourvoice
- 08-05-22
A gripping story
I would recommend this to all who are interested in legendary beasts of north and South America
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- Tim Walker
- 15-09-22
very repetitive.
I found that the creatures names were incorrect. it was quite monotones. no sence of excitement in the encounters. it was like she was reading the news.
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- andy m
- 08-12-22
Not her best
Was sad to read about the author’s passing away lately and was moved to return to her work. I’ve read three of her other books, and sadly this is by far the weakest in terms of content. Try her other books if you’re interested in this kind of thing.
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- John Coyne
- 02-11-21
Good encounters but poor narration
Well as to expect from Linda Godfery is very interesting and most of the time believably genuine experiences of witnesses. It's mainly dogman she is associated with but this book has a large range of different types of beings. What ruins the enjoyment of this book of the poor narration. Well.. When I say poor Its not so much the actual reading but just the voice itself! It's rather annoying and goes right through you & therefore there's only so much at any one time I can listen to, so took a while to get through it. At first I wasn't quite sure if I was listening to 2 different narrators, a grown woman and a boy of about 12 or 13! But I soon realised it was the same person, a grown adult woman that suddenly goes into a different nasaly drone. The reading itself is fluent except that she rushes through it, particularly the quotes/witness descriptions. It's not as bad when just reading the non quotation parts like when it's the author talking but it's mainly when she starts reading people's encounters, her voice turns into a nasaly, geeky sounding 13yo boy who's voice is not quite fully broken yet! Accompanied by a tone that is almost mocking and cheapens the content. I'm sure a different narrator would make this book have a totally different feel to it and sound much better. As like the fairly hard to find greatly written book narrated by a great narrator you can totally lose yourself within the stories, it's impossible to do so with this narrator as you are constantly aware of the annoying teenage boy nasal drone racing through it. Especially when she drops back to a more normal adult woman's voice here and there in the parts where its the author talking to us & then suddenly goes into the other tone of voice when it's the witness speaking. It just makes you think you're being read to by a 13yo, spotty, skinny, geeky schoolboy in glasses. Not that there's anything wrong with 13yo boys who fit that discription of course but in places or reading books you'd expect to see or hear them read from however THIS book is not one of them! Which is a real shame as this is a really well written book. I wish authors would listen to the narrators before allowing them to narrate their books.
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- Robbybanana
- 15-09-19
Interesting and well narrated.
So often a good audiobook can be spoiled by poor narration, not with this book! Excellent narration and well written, engaging and entertaining.
Better than many of the books in this genre, I really liked the authors style of writing, the accounts were varied, though if I had one criticism it would be that they were a little heavy on the ‘Dogman’ side. The author explained this however. I look forward to further publications.
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- Jonathan
- 25-01-21
Good book. However, the file is broken
I tried to overlook the glitches, audio drop-outs and double chapter intros throughout this excellent book as I love the author and wanted to keep the title in my library. Finally, after the tally of faults reached a dozen or more, I'd had enough and decided to return it. Note: I've reported the problem but that doesn't mean amazon will do anything to fix the problem.
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- Colin McGrath
- 19-11-21
a pleasure to listen
played this book start to finish straight away. Amazing, well narrated and never dull
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- Anonymous User
- 12-06-22
I know what I read
I've been a fan of author for many years and have probably listened to each and every podcast she has been on.
this is the first book I've read in full and I'm not disappointed in the least, so much more detail and depth than what I've heard before
so if like me you have been a fan for years and believe you won't gain more from reading Linda's books you will
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- Stuart Oliver Music
- 05-01-23
Great read!
I enjoyed this enormously. Sad to see it’s her only book available though. Definitely worth a listen 👍🏻
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