This is a thesis written about how, if vampires like the legends existed, they would survive in today's society. It covers biology of vampires, legends, and discussions of "real-life" vampires such as Elizabeth Bathory and Bela Kiss.
It also discusses how to create a vampire, both in folklore and also in real life, how to kill a vampire, and how a vampire procreates.
Throughout the entire book, she keeps going back to Bram Stoker's Dracula and Ann Rice's vampire series about her famous vampires: Lestat, Louis and Armand. She does well to tie them into the book and what she is covering in that section.
If you are interested in vampire folklore or just science and biology, this book is an awesome read. It gets a little redundant at times, and I would have liked to have more varied descriptions of the famous vampires, but all in all it's pretty good. I've read this book several times and I enjoyed it immensely.
Next reviews are going to be short ones of "Uncle Johns Bathroom Reader: Dog Lovers and Cat Lovers." I am also reading "Ghost Files", a bunch of stories and stuff from www.ghostvillage.com.
I will do these reviews when I get more time.
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Thursday, May 7, 2009
Hunt for the Skinwalker: Science Confronts the Unexplained at a Remote Ranch in Utah
This book, written by Colm A. Kelleher, Ph.D., and George Knapp, is the true story of strange, and sometimes terrifying, occurances that happened on a ranch that had just been bought by Tom Gorman (not his real name) and his family.
They had bought the house from a couple who was living in town, but said they didn't want the ranch anymore. They had put some very strange clauses into the business contract including not to dig anywhere under any circumstances. They thought it was odd, but what was even stranger were the dead bolts, two or three to a door, on both sides of the door and two iron rings on either end of the house with a chain to perhaps hold two big dogs. They decided to overlook this.
They first noticed something was wrong when they saw a big "wolf-like creature" who was easily twice as big as a real wolf, walking across their property. The wolf saw them and walked right over to them, letting them touch him. The wolf noticed the new calves and walked to where they were penned. One of the calves, braver than the others, went over to see the wolf. Suddenly the wolf chomps down on the poor calves snout and refuses to let go. Tom Gorman and his son shoot the wolf several times, but it doesn't slow it down and it doesn't start bleeding, but it must have tired of them shooting at it because it let go of the calf and ran away. They never saw it again.
That's only the beginning: cattle mutilations, incinerated dogs, mysterious flying objects, strange creatures and invisible beings.
This book is told from a scientific point of view, (they had called in some paranormal researchers for help) as well as putting the Gormans view into play.
It's a very strange story, and the ending, although predictable, is shocking as well.
Well, that's all I'm going to tell, because Muse, our kitty, is asleep on my lap. She seems to like me and mom the best.
But anyway, I'm not here to write about my kitty, so if your into this kind of stuff, I recommend you read it. It is about an older case, but well worth the read.
They had bought the house from a couple who was living in town, but said they didn't want the ranch anymore. They had put some very strange clauses into the business contract including not to dig anywhere under any circumstances. They thought it was odd, but what was even stranger were the dead bolts, two or three to a door, on both sides of the door and two iron rings on either end of the house with a chain to perhaps hold two big dogs. They decided to overlook this.
They first noticed something was wrong when they saw a big "wolf-like creature" who was easily twice as big as a real wolf, walking across their property. The wolf saw them and walked right over to them, letting them touch him. The wolf noticed the new calves and walked to where they were penned. One of the calves, braver than the others, went over to see the wolf. Suddenly the wolf chomps down on the poor calves snout and refuses to let go. Tom Gorman and his son shoot the wolf several times, but it doesn't slow it down and it doesn't start bleeding, but it must have tired of them shooting at it because it let go of the calf and ran away. They never saw it again.
That's only the beginning: cattle mutilations, incinerated dogs, mysterious flying objects, strange creatures and invisible beings.
This book is told from a scientific point of view, (they had called in some paranormal researchers for help) as well as putting the Gormans view into play.
It's a very strange story, and the ending, although predictable, is shocking as well.
Well, that's all I'm going to tell, because Muse, our kitty, is asleep on my lap. She seems to like me and mom the best.
But anyway, I'm not here to write about my kitty, so if your into this kind of stuff, I recommend you read it. It is about an older case, but well worth the read.
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