Monster Gazetteer

Offutt, Jason.  Chasing American Monsters: Creatures, Cryptids and Hairy Beasts.  Woodbury,
          MN: Llewellyn Publications, 2019.  ISBN: 978-0-7387-5995-1

Are you interested in what might be going bump in the night near you?   Or are you just curious about what folks around the United States claim to have spotted?  Or  maybe you just need something to keep you entertained while it is dark and stormy outside.  Jason Offutt has you covered in Chasing American Monsters no matter what your reason may be.

 Jason Offutt is providing a monster gazetteer of the 50 United States, opening with Alabama and meandering down to Wyoming.  The format is simple - a brief introduction of the state with geographical features and famous people from the state followed by monster sightings from that state.  Also included in each chapter is an illustration of one or more of the monsters found in the state.

Do not read Chasing American Monsters expecting to be convinced by mountains of evidence that monsters are real as that is not provided.  Instead, Jason Offutt writes entertainingly about the accounts he has uncovered from around the country.  So enjoy each brief chapter and wonder what you might see in your neck of the woods, or swamp, or city block.