Unnatural Ohio: A History of Buckeye Cryptids, Legends & Other Mysteries

M Kristina Smith, Kevin L Moore

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Unnatural Ohio: A History of Buckeye Cryptids, Legends & Other Mysteries

Unnatural Ohio: A History of Buckeye Cryptids, Legends & Other Mysteries

M Kristina Smith, Kevin L Moore

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Strange things are afoot in the Buckeye State/

Across city and country, Ohio echoes with tales of creatures, ghosts, and other unexplained phenomena. A monster that appeared to be half man and half dog and wielding a 2-by-4 terrorized a small Northwest Ohio town during the summer of 1972. Over the years, visitors to a quiet Cincinnati suburb claim to have been accosted by a human-size, leathery frogman lurking near the riverbank. For generations, hikers and hunters have reported seeing Bigfoot throughout forests across Ohio, and some of the most notorious and well-documented UFO encounters on record have taken place here./

Authors M. Kristina Smith and Kevin Moore parse urban legends from history as they explore the unnatural side of Ohio's heritage.

About the Author

Kevin Moore enjoys reading and writing fiction. He gets to research, preserve and share history as the curator of artifacts at the Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Library & Museums in Fremont, Ohio. He also hosts Can't Make This Up: A History Podcast, in which he has the privilege of interviewing historians and authors. Kevin lives in Toledo with his family. M. Kristina Smith worked as a former investigative reporter and editor. She spent years asking questions, digging through public records and researching materials to find the facts behind stories. Today, she shares the history and stories of the collections, people and events at the Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Library & Museums, where she has been marketing/communications manager since 2015. Her first book, Lost Sandusky, was published by The History Press in 2015.


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Strange things are afoot in the Buckeye State


Publishing Information

Publisher: History Press
Pub date: 2023-09-18
Length: 192 pages

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