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Gale Encyclopedia of the Unusual and Unexplained (3 Vol Set)

The Gale Encyclopedia of the Unusual and Unexplained (GEUU) presents comprehensive and objective information on unexplained mysteries, paranormal abilities, supernatural events, religious phenomena, magic, UFOs, and myths that have evolved into cultural realities.

This extensive three-volume work is a valuable tool providing users the opportunity to evaluate the many claims and counterclaims regarding the mysterious and unknown.

Many of these claims have been brought to the forefront from television, motion pictures, radio talk shows, best-selling books, and the Internet.

There has been a conscious effort to provide reliable and authoritative information in the most objective and factual way possible, to present multiple viewpoints for controversial subject topics, and to avoid sensationalism that taints the credibility of the subject matter.

The manner of presentation enables readers to utilize their critical thinking skills to separate fact from fiction, opinion from dogma, and truth from legend regarding enigmas that have intrigued, baffled, and inspired humankind over the centuries.

100 Strangest Unexplained Mysteries is an amazing compendium of the weird and the wonderful. The range of entries is extraordinary, from the bizarre to the horrific, and from the spooky to the just plain confounding.

The book includes some of History's most astounding tales of the strange and supernatural, and tells in vivid detail the story of both events and the people involved, the impact of particular myths and beliefs, and the latest investigations being undertaken in an attempt to find answers to the world's most baffling phenomena.

From Loch Ness to Bigfoot, spontaneous combustion to Roswell, each entry is supported with a wealth of photographic evidence and fascinating illustrations.

BEASTS & MONSTERS 1
The Beast of Bodmin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Bigfoot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
The Grey Man of Ben MacDhui . . . . . . . . . 6
The Loch Ness Monster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
The Lusca & St Augustine Phenomena . . . . 11
The Mongolian Deathworm . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Mothman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
The Ogopogo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
The Skunk Ape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
The Utah Lakes Monsters . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
The White River Monster . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Yeti . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

CONSPIRACIES & COMMUNICATIONS 23
Abductions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Ancient Astronauts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Area 51 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Civilian Aircraft Encounters . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Government Knowledge . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Life on Mars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Men in Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Nazca Lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
The Piri Reis Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Rendlesham Forest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Roswell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

The Tunguska Explosion . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
UFO Crashes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
UFOs & Military Interceptions . . . . . . . . . . . 48

EARTHLY ENERGIES & MYSTICAL PLACES 51
Earth Energy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Crop Circles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Crystals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Earth Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Ley Lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Mystical Places . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
The Bermuda Triangle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
The Dragon’s Triangle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Easter Island . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
The Pyramids of Giza . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Stonehenge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Stone Circles at Castlerigg . . . . . . . . . . . 73

HIDDEN CITIES & LOST CIVILISATIONS 75
Atlantis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
El Dorado . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Lyonesse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Mu & Lemuria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Teotihaucán . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

HORRORS & HAUNTINGS 85
Amityville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
The Borley Rectory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Hampton Court Palace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Longendale Ghostplanes . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
The Mary Celeste . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Waterworks Valley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

MARVELS & MIRACLES 97
Angels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
The Bible Code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
The Big Bang . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
The Children of Fatima . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
The Dead Sea Scrolls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Gef The Talking Mongoose . . . . . . . . . . . 108
The Great Flood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Hindu Statues Drinking Milk . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Lourdes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Modern Miracles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Noah’s Ark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Saint-Médard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Stigmata . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
The Turin Shroud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
The Veil of Veronica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Weeping Statues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

PSYCHIC POWERS & PHENOMENA 129
Auras & Kirlian Photography . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Dowsing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
ESP & Psychokinesis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Levitation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Near Death Experiences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Ouija Boards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Poltergeists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Premonitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Reincarnation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Remote Viewing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Séances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Spontaneous Human Combustion . . . . . . . . 149

PUZZLING PEOPLE & ENIGMATIC ENTITIES 151
Anastasia / Anna Anderson . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
The Comte de Saint-Germain . . . . . . . . . . 155
Dracula . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Jack the Ripper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Kaspar Hauser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
King Arthur . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Maitreya . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
The Man in the Iron Mask . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Nostradamus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
The Queen of Sheba . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Uri Geller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172

SECRET SOCIETIES & HIDDEN TREASURES 175
The Knights Templar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Rennes-le-Château . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
The ark of the Covenant . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
The Holy Grail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Alchemy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
The Rosicrucians . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Oak Island . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
The curse of Tutenkhamun . . . . . . . . . . . 190
MISCELLANEOUS 193
Demonic Possession . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Perpetual Motion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Rods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Voodoo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Zombies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201

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