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Beasts of Britain
Beasts Of Britain is a book by Andy McGrath, a Cryptozoology 'enthusiast' who has spent over 25 years of researching and obsessing about the unknown creatures living right under our noses here on this tiny island in the North Atlantic. From a wildlife point of view, the accepted fauna of The British Isles were discovered and catalogued in their finite and immovable state in the 19th century.
Nothing has really been added to this list or considered worthy since and the continual reports of Water Monsters, Bigfoot, Mystery Big Cats and U.F.C's (Unidentified Flying Cryptids) are largely ignored or used as newspaper fillers to entertain us. Andy's focus is on current research and sightings, pictures, videos and eyewitness accounts of the many cryptids of the British Isles.
Although vast advancements in science and technology have brought great discoveries in other lesser known parts of the world, our island lies largely underexplored and overlooked.
At night, outside of the busy cities and next to the unlit lakes and lonely mountains it is an island in darkness, where nobody ventures into the woods anymore and the pervading paradigm scare all but the most foolhardy scientists away from any serious investigation of the many yet to be discovered - Beasts Of Britain.
Nothing has really been added to this list or considered worthy since and the continual reports of Water Monsters, Bigfoot, Mystery Big Cats and U.F.C's (Unidentified Flying Cryptids) are largely ignored or used as newspaper fillers to entertain us. Andy's focus is on current research and sightings, pictures, videos and eyewitness accounts of the many cryptids of the British Isles.
Although vast advancements in science and technology have brought great discoveries in other lesser known parts of the world, our island lies largely underexplored and overlooked.
At night, outside of the busy cities and next to the unlit lakes and lonely mountains it is an island in darkness, where nobody ventures into the woods anymore and the pervading paradigm scare all but the most foolhardy scientists away from any serious investigation of the many yet to be discovered - Beasts Of Britain.
356 pages, Kindle Edition
Published August 20, 2021
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April 8, 2025
Actually 3.5 stars, but I rounded up.
This is an interesting look at cryptozoological animals reported in Britain, from the Loch Ness Monster to Bigfoot and beyond, with a bit at the end about non-native animals found in the UK as well. It’s interesting and contains some stories not reported before. It also has some grammatical issues, such as sentences split up by periods rather than commas (or no punctuation at all), which got a bit tiring. Still, a good read as far as the subject goes.
This is an interesting look at cryptozoological animals reported in Britain, from the Loch Ness Monster to Bigfoot and beyond, with a bit at the end about non-native animals found in the UK as well. It’s interesting and contains some stories not reported before. It also has some grammatical issues, such as sentences split up by periods rather than commas (or no punctuation at all), which got a bit tiring. Still, a good read as far as the subject goes.
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