If you like your mysteries with one foot firmly entrenched in reality, than this book is for you. No wild speculation here but merely reporting the stories as the author uncovers them with no embellishments. For those of you who gravitate towards cryptozoological mysteries you will not be disappointed as there is fresh new information found nowhere else and for the novice there is a fine section explaining what cryptozoology means and how to go about doing your own research. For those who like more of the paranormal, there is plenty here also that will arouse curiousity and questions. This book has 12 photographs with various illustrations and gives real names and places one can investigate on their own. All in all a very entertaining and informative book which I would recommend to anyone with an interest in this area.