What's the Name of That Book??? discussion
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SOLVED. Children’s book, short stories about strange/mysterious creatures in forest. [s]
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Lauren
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Aug 08, 2019 06:45PM
When I was a young child, my grandmother had a paperback children’s book at her house that was a series of short stories about strange happenings in the forest and strange creatures. For example, there was a story about a small tornado/whirlwind that would take the top layer of skin off the leg of a hiker who walked through it. There was also an animal that had the legs of two different animals to throw off hunters. I think there were about 5-7 stories - it wasn’t a long book. I also can’t really remember the cover, but all the illustrations in the book were black and white.
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Or when was the book published?
I was born in the 80s but the book was older than that (or at least my copy seemed to be)
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The animal with two different types of legs sounds like the Toteroad Shagamaw:"Found to-day exclusively in Maine. At one time common on the Allegash waters, and still reported from New Brunswick. While distinctly forbidding-looking, he is shy and quite harmless.
Pretty much of a puzzle. Nobody seems to have any idea how he originated. His front legs end in bear paws, while his rear ones are shod with moose hooves. He always walks erect, sometimes using the front pair, sometimes the rear pair of legs. The change from bear to moose tracks, occurs regularly every twenty chains. The shift in his trail marks has dumbfounded many an inexperienced woodsman and trapper."
That description is from Fearsome Critters, which is a guidebook to creatures from lumberjack folklore
- so that's probably not the book you're looking for, but hopefully a starting point?
Becca!! You are my hero!! You have no idea how long I’ve been looking for this book - I almost convinced myself I made it up!! I’m so happy I’m almost crying! Thank you!!
Lauren wrote: "Becca!! You are my hero!! You have no idea how long I’ve been looking for this book - I almost convinced myself I made it up!! I’m so happy I’m almost crying! Thank you!!"Oh yay! I wasn't expecting that to be the answer, but very glad to have helped!
