Ryan, Annelise
Summary: "Business has been booming since Morgan Carter solved the case of the monster living in Lake Michigan. The Odds and Ends bookstore is thriving, of course, but Morgan is most excited by the doors that were opened for her as a cryptid hunter. Recently, there have been numerous sightings of a Bigfoot-type creature in the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest area of Bayfield County, Wisconsin. After...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley Prime Crime 2023
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC RYAAdams, Tom
Summary: "A captivating new gift book featuring over 100 real-life mysteries that might just give you goosebumps! Does the Loch Ness monster really exist? Whatever happened to the crew of the Mary Celeste? And where exactly are the Hanging Gardens of Babylon? Get ready to be amazed as you uncover the world's greatest mysteries, from Bigfoot to the Bermuda Triangle. Including alien abductions, haunted...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nosy Crow 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 001.94 ADARespicio, Mae
Summary: "Walking in the woods, you think you spy a hairy face and beady eyes looking at you from the thick trees. Was it a beast of legend? Reports of Bigfoot, the Loch Ness monster, and other cryptids come from all over the world. Could they be true? Researchers use thermal video cameras, night-vision goggles, drones, and other tools to investigate. Get an inside look at all the high-tech gear used to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pebble, an imprint of Capstone Press 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 001.944 RESOcker, J. W.
Summary: "A guide to cryptids of the United States and the local communities that celebrate them"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Quirk Books 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 001.944 OCKDouyé, Sylvia
Summary: For as long as she can remember, Sorceline has had a knack for the study of mythical creatures. Now a student at Professor Archibald Balzar's prestigious school of cryptozoology, she's eager to test her skills and earn a spot as one of Balzar's apprentices. But for all her knowledge of gorgons, vampires, and griffins, Sorceline is mystified by her fellow humans. While she excels in her studies,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Andrews McMeel Publishing 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 DOUCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: JFIC DOU (GRAPHIC NOVEL)Fisher, Lija
Summary: Thirteen-year-old Clivo Wren learns that his recently deceased father was not an archaeologist as he was told, but rather a cryptid catcher, known for finding elusive mythological creatures, and now Clivo must pick up where his father left off and track down a cryptid whose blood grants immortality before the knowledge falls into the wrong hands.--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus Giroux 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC FISSchutt, Bill
Summary: "Though the fighting has stopped and Hitler is vanquished, a dangerous new war between America and the Soviet Union has begun. Invaluable in defeating the Nazis, accidental crypto-zoologist R. J. MacCready and Yanni Thorne, an indigenous Brazilian and expert in animal behavior, are working for the Pentagon once again. Sent to a mysterious Greek island in a remote corner of the Mediterranean,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SCHSummary: Kong, Skull Island: When a scientific expedition to an uncharted island awakens titanic forces of nature, a mission of discovery becomes an explosive war between monster and man.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Bros. Entertainment 2020
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD KONAnderson, Holly Lynn.
Summary: "People have always been fascinated by the unknown, the fantastic, and the supernatural. Throughout history tales have often been told by firelight of monsters lurking in the shadows. But what happens when someone actually sees a monster? Will anyone believe the story? Cryptozoologists study unknown or hidden animals, called cryptids, or what are more commonly called monsters. They travel to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Eldorado Ink 2015
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Summary: "When Counselor Jen takes the Roanoke scouts on a mission to find a Jackalope, they end up stumbling on a young cowgirl who's been living in the woods surrounding camp with her herd of unusual critters! In the aftermath of the time shenanigans set off by Jo's Mysterious Time Thingy, the Roanoke scouts are a little bit uneasy on their feet. It's up to Jen to cheer them up and help them get back...
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Publisher / Publication Date: BOOM! Box 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 WATCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J GRAPHIC LUMO'Connor, John
Summary: Bigfoot is an instantly recognizable figure. Through the decades, this elusive primate has been featured in movies and books, on coffee mugs, beer koozies, car polish, and CBD oil. Which begs the question: what is it about Bigfoot that's caught hold of our imaginations? Journalist and self-diagnosed skeptic John O'Connor is fascinated by Sasquatch. Curious to learn more, he embarks on a quest...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks 2024
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 001.944 O'COCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 001.944 OCOHalls, Kelly Milner
Summary: Cryptozoology is the study of animals that may or may not be real: familiar animals like Bigfoot and the Loch Ness Monster, and those that are less familiar like the Marozi of Kenya, the Orang-pendek of Sumatra and the Thylacine of Tasmania. Meet these and more in this introduction to cryptozoology.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Darby Creek Pub. 2006
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 001.944 HALRyan, Annelise
Summary: "A Wisconsin bookstore owner and cryptozoologist is asked to investigate a series of deaths that just might be proof of a fabled lake monster in this first installment of a new mystery series by USA Today bestselling author Annelise Ryan. Morgan Carter, owner of the Odds and Ends bookstore in Door County, Wisconsin, has a hobby. When she's not tending the store, she's hunting...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley Prime Crime 2022
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC RYABarnwell, Stephen
Summary: This is the International Edition of Willoughby’s World of Wonder, a fictional reproduction of the famous 1882 Field Guide to Strange Beasts & Curious Creatures. Willoughby’s, as it was popularly known, was created by noted cryptozoologist and naturalist, Angus Willoughby. For half a century, this unique reference guide was used as a textbook in many universities around the globe, and was...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Antarctica Arts 0000
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Hanklin Purvis enjoys the outdoors, and he loves to hunt. He and his wife, Dorothy, live on a farm in the rural mid-west. For some reason, during the season before autumn, things start happening. The first victims are family pets, then wild animals. But it's not until people are injured that the police get involved. The attacker is not human, that's for sure and it needs to be stopped. ...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Brauer Productions
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVDDouyé, Sylvia
Summary: "Sorceline has proven herself a star student at Balzar's prestigious academy--but her gifts might have gotten the best of her. As Sorceline fights for her life, her classmates must work to uncover her origin story, revealing details of her past that may offer a key to their present. At the back of the book, enjoy an illustrated bestiary along with behind-the-scenes bonus material!" --
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Publisher / Publication Date: Andrews McMeel Publishing 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 DOUCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in JT Series, Call number: JT Series DouyeJoyce, Rachel
Summary: "It is 1950. London is still reeling from World War II, and Margery Benson--a sensible schoolmarm and lonely spinster--is just trying to get through life. But one day, she reaches her breaking point, abandoning her job and her tidy, circumscribed life, toset out on an expedition to the other side of the world in search of an insect that may or may not exist: the golden beetle of New Caledonia,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Dial Press 2020
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2 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC JOYCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction JoyceSummary: The new story follows the heroic efforts of the crypto-zoological agency Monarch as its members face off against a battery of god-sized monsters, including the mighty Godzilla, who collides with Mothra, Rodan, and his ultimate nemesis, the three-headed King Ghidorah. When these ancient super-species, thought to be mere myths, rise again, they all vie for supremacy, leaving humanity's very...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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2 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE GODCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD GODCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE GODSummary: An ancient rivalry is rekindled when a Hollow Earth scholar receives private funding and wants to use Kong to discover the origin of the Titans. Protected inside a biodome since his discovery in the 70s, Kong was the only kaiju who did not participate in the epic battle against King Gidorah, and Godzilla is determined to become the final apex predator. Meanwhile, the humans begin to suspect...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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3 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD + BLU-RAY ACTION/ADVENTURE GODCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD GODCopies Available at Kingsley
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE GODHoles, Frank.
Summary: Michigan?s legendary Dogman returns in Nagual: Dawn of the Dogmen by Frank Holes, Jr. The third book in the series is a masterful blend of fantasy and folklore, delving into the pre-dawn history of the mysterious creature and then rushing forward to the present day. The supernatural beast is seen from two fronts. The first encounter, part of a 1700s French fur-trader?s dream, chronicles the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: BookSurge Pub. 2009
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HOLKrantz, Laura
Summary: "Inspired by her popular Wild Thing podcast, journalist Laura Krantz incorporates the scientific method and her journalistic skills to determine if Bigfoot is real. When journalist Laura Krantz discovered that her long-lost cousin, Grover Krantz, a distinguished anthropologist and professor at Washington State University, had devoted much of his career to the search for Bigfoot, she couldn't...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Books for Young Readers 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 001.944 KRASummary: A humorous collection of taboo topics using the duo's trademark humor, knowledge of carnival tricks, as well as hidden cameras, and blatant confrontation.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Showtime Entertainment 2006