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Richard Freeman

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Born

in Nuneaton, The United Kingdom

Website

http://www.cfz.org.uk

Genre

Paranormal, Science, Horror

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Classic Doctor Who, MR James, EF Benson, H.H Munroe, William Hope Hodg ...more

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Richard Freeman is a cryptozoologist and the Zoological Director of the Centre for Fortean Zoology, the world's only full time organization dedicated to investigating mystery animals.
He has taken expeditions in search of creatures such as the giant anaconda, the yeti, the Tasmanian wolf, the Mongolian death worm, the orang-pendek, the naga, the almasty and the ninki-nanka.
He has written books on monsters and folklore and has recently branched out into horror fiction. ...more

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	Adventures in Cryptozoology: Hunting for Yetis, Mongolian Deathworms and Other Not-So-Mythical Monsters (Almanac of Mythological Creatures, Cryptozoology Book, Cryptid, Big Foot) 3.52 avg rating — 209 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Great Yokai Encyclopaedia 4.12 avg rating — 43 ratings — published 2010 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Green Unpleasant Land by Richard Freeman (Goodreads Author), Shaun Histed-Todd (Illustrator) 4.07 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dragons: More Than a Myth 4.08 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2005 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hyakumonogatari (Tales of Japanese Horror #1) 4.29 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Explore Dragons by Richard Freeman (Goodreads Author), Ian Brown (Illustrator) liked it 3.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2006 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Orang Pendek: Sumatra's Forgotten Ape really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2011 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sleep of Reason it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jaded Appetites it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kiss of the Dragon God it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Richard Freeman and 22 other people liked Yasmin Foster's review of Too Big to Walk: The New Science of Dinosaurs: "Clearly, Harper Collins does not care to do a basic check on the science, because palaeontologists for decades have proven that dinosaurs can and did walk on land. Brian J Ford is NOT a palaeontologist. He is, at best, a microbiologist (although his " Read more of this review »
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Richard Freeman rated a book it was amazing Monsters: An Investigator's Guide to Magical Beings by John Michael Greer	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Richard Freeman rated a book it was amazing Albion's Eco-Eerie: TV and Movies of the Haunted Generations by Phil Smith	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
In this exploration of ecological horror in England, author Phil Smith, noted phsycogeographer, eschews the the term folk horror in favour of a moniker of his own, 'hobgoblinology', Hobgoblins were small hairy goblins that were supposed to live in fa ...more
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Richard Freeman and 1 other person liked Steven West's review of THE TENTH BHF BOOK OF HORROR STORIES: ADVENT OF DOOM: "A grotesque festive slug thing in a Savile Row suit with the voice of John Gielgud...A nightmare-fuelling outdoor Santa decoration...Angel Blake from the Women's Wear dept. donning elf ears way too early...A Christmas Eve samaritan helping the homele" Read more of this review »
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