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Memoirs of a Monster Hunter: A Five-Year Journey in Search of the Unknown Kindle Edition

by Nick Redfern (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
3.9 3.9 out of 5 stars 42 ratings
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The British paranormal investigator recounts his five-year journey through America in pursuit of the monstrous unknown in this memoir.

For centuries, people across the world have had a fascination with monsters and strange creatures. They marvel at the tales and legends of the Bigfoot of the Pacific Northwest; of the Abominable Snowman of the Himalayas; of the infamous and diabolical Moth-Man of West Virginia; of fire-breathing dragons; and of those dark denizens of the deep: lake monsters and sea serpents. But do such creatures really exist? Can it be true that our planet is home to fantastic beasts that lurk deep within its forests and waters? Memoirs of a Monster Hunter proves the answer is a resounding yes!

In this follow-up to his wildly successful Three Men Chasing Monsters, paranormal investigator and author Nick Redfern chronicles his surreal road-trip through the United States and beyond in search of all-things monstrous. His strange adventures lasted five years and saw him doggedly pursuing a menagerie of creatures, including gargoyles, giant birds, and what some believe are living dinosaurs. Follow Redfern as he:
  • Explores the El Yunque rainforest of Puerto Rico in search of the terrifying Chupacabras: a razor-clawed, glowing-eyed beast that is part giant bat and part vampire
  • Seeks out the Goat Man: a menacing creature that evokes imagery of both demons and the fabled cloven-hoofed Centaurs of ancient mythology, and is said to inhabit the forests of East Texas
  • Chases after what many people believe are real-life, flesh-and-blood werewolves that surface from hidden lairs and prowl the countryside when the Moon is full


Part X-Files, part Crocodile Hunter with a mix of Jurassic Park and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Memoirs of a Monster Hunter takes you on a roller-coaster ride into the unknown. Read personal accounts of the monsters that inhabit your wildest imagination and your worst nightmares. The creatures you were told couldn’t possibly exist, really do.

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“This is one of the best books I’ve read in years. Redfern sweeps you away on his personal adventure. Around the world, from romance, to ghastly beasts, to the cosmos, Redfern has candidly shared the wonders of his young life.” —Joshua P. Warren, author of Pet Ghosts and How to Hunt Ghosts
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"This is one of the best books I've read in years. Redfern sweeps you away on his personal adventure. Around the world, from romance, to ghastly beasts, to the cosmos, Redfern has candidly shared the wonders of his young life." --Joshua P. Warren, author of Pet Ghosts and How to Hunt Ghosts -- Joshua P. Warren --This text refers to the paperback edition.

About the Author

Nick Redfern is a full-time author and journalist specializing in a wide range of unsolved mysteries, including Bigfoot, the Loch Ness Monster, UFO sightings, government conspiracies, alien abductions, and paranormal phenomena. He writes regularly for the Daily Express newspaper, Fortean Times, FATE, and UFO Magazine. His previous books include Three Men Seeking Monsters, Strange Secrets, Cosmic Crashes, and The FBI Files. Among his many exploits, Redfern has investigated reports of lake monsters in Scotland, vampires in Puerto Rico, werewolves in England, aliens in Mexico, and sea serpents in the United States. Redfern travels and lectures extensively around the world. Originally from England, he currently lives in Dallas, Texas. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0C94ZT1YR
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ RWW New Page Books (August 14, 2007)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ August 14, 2007
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 3385 KB
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  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 241 pages
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    3.9 3.9 out of 5 stars 42 ratings

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Nick Redfern is a full-time author and journalist specializing in a wide range of unsolved mysteries, including Bigfoot, the Loch Ness Monster, UFO sightings, government conspiracies, alien abductions and paranormal phenomena. He writes regularly for the London Daily Express newspaper, Fortean Times, Fate, and UFO Magazine. His previous books include Three Men Seeking Monsters, Strange Secrets, Cosmic Crashes, and The FBI Files. Among his many exploits, Redfern has investigated reports of lake monsters in Scotland, vampires in Puerto Rico, werewolves in England, aliens in Mexico, and sea serpents in the United States. Redfern travels and lectures extensively around the world. Originally from England, he currently lives in Dallas, Texas.

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Confused Lucy
5.0 out of 5 stars Fun Read
Reviewed in the United States on November 17, 2018
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Nick Redfern is a fount of knowledge. That being said, the "Memoirs of a Monster Hunter" is an entertaining foray into the behind the scenes work of an oft-interviewed expert. This book, although not an in-depth encyclopedia of information, did contain enough facts to educate a casual fan. This isn't a true memoir talking about Nick's personal life but the various anecdotes were amusing and related well to his experiences. I don't know if Nick and Dana are still married, but at the time he wrote the book, you could tell he was deeply in love with his tall Texan. Now, the negatives: the Kindle version of the book is riddled with editing errors - maybe the publisher could release a proper proofread edition? I would not fault Nick with what should have been his editor's responsibility. It seems, as in certain books, the venomous reviews are aimed at the author and not at the book itself. Those reviews should be overlooked or ignored. Just my 2¢
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Daniel
4.0 out of 5 stars Good Research Stories
Reviewed in the United States on July 31, 2013
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Nick Redfern, the most prolific of Fortean Writers out there, has written this little piece of researcher journal / real life experiences of hunting for monsters in his wonderful detailed way. This book covers his adventures with world travel with Sci Fi Channel's Monster Hunters, Discovery Channel's Real Encounters, and a host of other Television and Radio shows over the past 8 years prior to the book's release. It really gives a great insight to how those programs work, how he probably came into close contact with the unknown, and how he himself goes about researching and provides details on the background of things like Sasquatch and El Chupacabra.

Highly recommend this book to any fan of his works or those wanting a nice set of real life accounts of being on sensationalized television and radio broadcasts.
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JaneB
5.0 out of 5 stars Keep 'em coming, Nick!!!
Reviewed in the United States on October 8, 2007
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I'm glad Nick Redfern is so prolific - in his case, quantity DOES equal quality. Although I would find all the time he spends at airports almost as scary as the monsters he hunts - this book isn't JUST scary. It's cool to read about the relationships between so many other authors in this field whose books I've also read.

But the main reason to buy this book is because it is full of personally investigated scary and weird accounts.
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Moriah
1.0 out of 5 stars More like "Memoirs of My Talking To Other People About Monsters They Saw'
Reviewed in the United States on November 14, 2013
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I want my money and time back that I wasted on this book. Redfern does little hunting of anything but booze on his own, it appears. If you're looking for a book about people who actually go into the field and hunt for the unexplained creatures of our world, buy someone else's publication. All I got out of this was Redfern's breakdown of people he interviewed and talked too, except for his party-trip to Puerto Rico.
Don't waste your time on this. I wouldn't give it a half-star if the system would let me.
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P. Harrison
2.0 out of 5 stars Monster Miss
Reviewed in the United States on July 2, 2016
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I'm an active Cryptozoologist and have physically been in search of creatures such as Mokele-M'bembe, Mothman, et al. This book wasn't to my taste or liking, albeit I have respect for what Nick Redfearn achieves in the same area. Worth a read for the novice, but for the real monster hunters out there, it won't have much impact.
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Cali Crypto
5.0 out of 5 stars the Adventures Continue
Reviewed in the United States on April 20, 2014
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This is one in a series of adventures exploring paranormal phenomenon. One of the things I enjoy about Nick's books is that you can see the evolution of his thinking and conclusions regarding the paranormal. Make sure to read "Three Men Seeking Monsters" before this one.
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rafius
3.0 out of 5 stars memories of a monster hunter
Reviewed in the United States on July 13, 2012
Very good but it repeat the same things over and over. Well I would prefer that ther reading was interesting.
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Chris Wilson
4.0 out of 5 stars Red-eyed serpents lounging on roof tiles...
Reviewed in the United States on April 30, 2013
I was not familiar with Nick Redfern when I purchased his 2007 book "Memoirs of a Monster Hunter." It appears he's been traipsing across the world for years in search of Chupacabras, lake monsters, UFOs and Bigfoot. Sounds like a good gig, and if you possess a breezy writing style with humorous detail, one can make a living. He's published nine books on the paranormal and cryptozoology, his most famous being  Three Men Seeking Monsters: Six Weeks in Pursuit of Werewolves, Lake Monsters, Giant Cats, Ghostly Devil Dogs, and Ape-Men , which a movie company bought the rights to. I will not deny I love this stuff. Redfern, adorned in black by way of England, makes a unique, true-life variation of Fox Mulder while humming Sham 69 ( If the Kids Are United: Very Best of Sham 69 ).

The problem with "Memoirs of a Monster Hunter" is the same I have with those cable TV programs detailing histrionic teams in search of the supernatural. The majority of the footage is seen through hand-held night vision cameras. We hear eerie moans and sometimes a tree branch cracks, but not one moment of convincing evidence. Nothing is discovered and I've wasted an hour of my life suffering endless commercials about diet pills. Thankfully, there are no commercials in Redfern's journal, but the end result is the same.

"Memoirs of a Monster Hunter" covers a five-year period when the author met his future wife at a convention and relocated to her home state of Texas. From the arid panhandle to urban Dallas, Redfern investigates his new hood to find numerous Lone Star tales of hairy creatures and winged serpents. Like a modern-day Charles Kuralt ( On the Road with Charles Kuralt: Set 1 ), who traveled the country documenting dreamy souls in their personal coves of paradise, Redfern's journey is the thing. I would have loved for him to bag a Chupacabra ( Tracking the Chupacabra: The Vampire Beast in Fact, Fiction, and Folklore ), and he flies to Puerto Rico to do just that. He also investigates ghost lights, feral wolf children and, of course, the abandoned military base of Roswell, New Mexico ( The Real Men In Black: Evidence, Famous Cases, and True Stories of These Mysterious Men and their Connection to UFO Phenomena ).

I found it wildly amusing Redfern and wife relocate to an area of Dallas near my own residence next to White Rock Lake, an inner-city water source surrounded by historic, early 20th-century homes. I was familiar with the ghost of White Rock Lake, a fun tale retold annually in the local newspaper on Halloween. No one has really seen this ghost, a young woman soaking wet attempting to hitch a ride, but Redfern recounts the legend and finds old newspaper clippings of a possible source. He also uncovers legends of crashed UFOs, bike trail goat men and even a black-haired demon rising from the murky depths. I've lived here most of my life and have barely seen a possum, though recently read about a nude man who painted his body orange and posed as a statue. While I will not reveal too much on his discovery, let's just say it was due to protruding evidence.

Anyway, after Redfern strolls White Rock Lake, he finds time to investigate the famous Lake Worth Monster near Fort Worth ( The Lake Worth monster [of Greer Island, Ft. Worth, Texas ]). There was a rash of sightings in 1969 where a large Bigfoot creature charged cars and even threw a tire at lusty souls necking in the dark. The mystery was taken seriously by area police, but never solved. Redfern and friends don hiking boots and crash through the brush to discover a small pyramid made of wood. Now, if I was to see such a structure, I would assume kids were building a fort on a bored Saturday afternoon. Redfern, who sees red-eyed serpents lounging on roof tiles, is convinced this is evidence the monster is stalking the area on moon-lit nights after four decades of silence.

The most fascinating aspect of Redfern's "Memoirs of a Monster Hunter" is his detail on the growing industry of Ufology, television shows and conventions sprouting across the country. It's big business and Redfern is a dedicated panelist. Writers, photographers and directors of something called the Texas Gulf Coast Bigfoot Research Society meet regularly, akin to those kids from  The Monster Squad [Blu-ray ] in the treehouse. Sitting around a table while likely driving the wait staff nuts, they enjoy spirited drink and hearty dinner. Do they really believe this stuff, or is it necessary camaraderie between kindred souls terrified of the possibility of being trapped within windowless cubicles? What life is better lived -- sitting through Powerpoint presentations on stock strategy or searching for aliens in dusty hangars? Maybe they're on to something.
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