{"product_id":"scary-monsters-and-super-creeps-in-search-of-the-worlds-most-hideous-beasts-paperback","title":"Scary Monsters and Super Creeps: In Search of the World's Most Hideous Beasts - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDom Joly\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDom Joly sets off round the world, but this time he's not looking to holiday in a danger zone - he's monster hunting. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEver since he was given a copy of Arthur C. Clarke's \u003ci\u003eMysterious World \u003c\/i\u003efor his ninth birthday Dom has been obsessed with the world of cryptozoology - monster hunting - and in \u003ci\u003eScary Monsters and Super Creeps\u003c\/i\u003e he heads to six completely different destinations to investigate local monster sightings. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHe explores the Redwood Curtain in northern California in search of Sasquatch; in Canada he visits Lake Okanagan hoping to catch a glimpse of a thirty-foot snake-like creature called Ogopogo; and near Lake Tele in Congo he risks his life tracking the vegetarian sauropod Mokele-mbembe. Naturally he heads to Loch Ness - but for this hunt he has his family in tow; he treks across the Khumbu Valley in Nepal looking for Yeti; and in the hills above Hiroshima in Japan he enlists the help of a local man to find the Hibagon, a terribly smelly 'caveman ape'. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAre the monsters all the product of fevered minds, or is there a sliver of truth somewhere in the madness? Either way, the search gives Dom an excuse to dive into six fascinating destinations on a gloriously nutty adventure. In typically hilarious and irreverent fashion, Dom explores the cultures that gave rise to these monster myths and ends up in some pretty hairy situations with people even stranger than the monsters they are hunting.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDom Joly\u003c\/b\u003e is a multi-award-winning television comedian, has been a columnist for the \u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eI \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eMetro, \u003c\/i\u003eand is also an award-winning travel writer for the \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eMail On Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in the Cotswolds with his wife and two kids.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.55 x 7.8 x 5.12 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 08, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51767203299616,"sku":"9781472146083","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/b0c9d46adbc9a7a712af7fa69cc4dedd.webp?v=1780306473","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/scary-monsters-and-super-creeps-in-search-of-the-worlds-most-hideous-beasts-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}