What are some good books on cryptids? I'm especially looking

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Well, I know of a couple I've read recently, though maybe not necessarily cryptids. One from the 17th century is a short pamphlet titled, "rue and wonderfull; a discourse relating a strange and monstrous serpent, or dragon, lately discovered and yet living to the great annoyance and divers slaughters both men and cattel, by his strong and violent poyson." It relates an incident of a purported dragon in Sussex, England.

In a similar vein, I have two other dragon books that I've been meaning to read, "The Evolution of the Dragon" (1919) and "Dragons and Dragon Lore, (1928). But again, haven't read them yet, and they're maybe a bit more recent than you're looking for.

Moving to another monster, I can recommend The Book of Were-wolves (1865) if you're curious about the history of the belief in lycanthropy. Less recommended is a book I'm currently reading, "Werwolves" (1912), which is much more credulous about the whole thing than Sabine Baring-Gould's work.

If you're more interested in Irish lore, William Butler Yeats' "The Celtic Twilight" has fairies, ghosts, and a little bit of sorcery. Still working on some other books on fairies, so I won't tough on those until I have a better grasp of what exactly I'm reading.

Bumping for more though, I wish I had something on Sasquatch or the Jersey Devil or something.

Bump. I guess nobody's got anything for OP.

>>19219485
Nice, I'll look into those.

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>>19218765
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