This book does a short overview of various cryptids that are native legends in each state. Some of these are pretty well known, especially all the talk about Bigfoot, Skunk Apes, etc. There were a lot that I had never heard of, and the stories surrounding them were really entertaining.

The hardcover version of this is an illustrated guide, and I wish that I would have gotten that version. I got the Audible version, however, and it was about a four hour listen. I especially liked the Tennessee Terror chapter, since I live here. I have to admit that when I worked at a nuclear plant here, I saw a very malformed deer. There are also places in the river that are known to be contaminated with runoff, leakage, and heavy metals. I cannot imagine what kind of mutant things are lurking below the surface. Stories of catfish the size of Volkswagen Beetles are well known, and divers that work on the turbines at the dam that services the nuclear plant have reported huge fish. (I have to say that I am sure the little fish that get chopped up in the turbines help these bottom feeding fish grow rather large.) Anyway, I enjoy J. W. Ocker's works and his posts on social media. I thought this was an interesting and entertaining book. I also thought it was a great compliment to the Cursed Objects book that I read before this one. I am looking forward to getting the Season of the Witch book by this author.