Creatures That Eat People: Why Wild Animals Might Eat You

by Richard Freeman

“Informative and very entertaining”— Readers of Richard’s books Creatures That Eat People is an action packed deep dive on predators that turn man eater. Learn about past and present cases on human eating animals—big and small—so you can survive being hunted! Avoid getting eaten! Do you find yourself Do bears eat humans? Do birds eat people? Do kangaroos? Could I survive people eating predators of any kind? Perfect for anyone with a fun or morbid interest in wildlife or survivalism, Creatures That Eat People is full of stories of strange animals that eat humans and the situations that lead to it. Learn which wild animals might eat you—from an expert. Cryptozoologist, former zookeeper, current zoological director, best-selling author, and animal enthusiast Richard Freeman examines all the cool man eaters in the animal kingdom—so you can be prepared on your next adventure. Inside, you’ll If you liked How To Survive A Freakin’ Bear Attack , Plants That Kill , Surviving the Wild , or In Search of Real Monsters , and if you enjoyed shows like Tiger King or Human Prey , you’ll love Creatures That Eat People .

246 pages, Paperback

Published May 28, 2024

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Reviews

[Elizabeth Barnes · Rating 2 out of 5]

The information presented in this book is interesting, but it would have benefitted drastically from more editing. Sentences feel choppy and paragraphs disjointed because of lack of transitions. I caught multiple spelling mistakes and grammatical errors, including on more than one occasion a person's name being spelled two different ways within the same paragraph.

I also can't help but feel duped by the marketing. Despite the tagline being "Why Wild Animals Might Eat You," a third of the book was dedicated to human cannibalism, more than twice the length of any of the individual animal chapters. Rather than having to read the second volume to learn about wild cats, wolves, and hyenas, I would have much rather those be included in here and the human portion being its own book entirely.

[Priyanka Srinivasa · Rating 1 out of 5]

I wish I could give this book 0 stars out of five. I feel hoodwinked into reading this book thinking that it would provide deep insights about animal-human relations, how to prevent attacks, and understanding the ways that humans have historically navigated and reckoned a false sense of safety in “civilizing” world. The intro was building to that but fell flat as hell. This book was not that. Instead, it was a poorly written, clunky, extensive list of animal attacks with no closure, analysis, or transition.

Oddly, the longest chapter in this book was about sadistic cases of cannibalism. The cultural cannibalism was fascinating and dare I say uncritical and possibly racist without even acknowledging that colonial entities would often fabricate or stretch cases of cannibalism to further marginalize communities and label them as savages. Don’t get me wrong- there are cases of cultural cannibalism that are well documented. However, I do not see any critical lens of thinking about the ways in which narratives around cannibalism have been constructed and should be filtered with lenses of power and who is doing the talking/ viewing/ describing.

The serial killing listical was unnecessarily exhaustive. This chapter frankly could have been its own book and other than humans being consumed had no real connection to the rest of the previous chapters. Conclusion, or connective tissue (pun intended) to wrap this book up other than a disclaimer that a part two was coming out. Honestly will not read what a waste of time.

[Ithzel · Rating 2 out of 5]

The information felt disjointed from research to testimonials and then back to research again? It also did not grab my attention as much as I wanted it to. I was excited to read it and was disappointed when it was not as great as I expected:(

[Lucy Prall · Rating 1 out of 5]

Not only is this book very poorly written, it is ignorant and offensive. Typos are all over the place, misspelled and mixed up names of historical figures and landmarks (all of which are easily verifiable and thus unforgivable to get wrong in a book written in 2023), and there are no transitions from one topic to the next. I think this guy wanted an excuse to write about cannibals, but in the most shallow way. There are several instances of him referring to people with diagnosed mental illness, like schizophrenia, as "freaks". I normally don't write such disparaging reviews if I write a review at all, but I cannot express enough how uneducated, offensive, borderline racist, ignorant, and arrogant this author is in relation to this book. Never buy this book. Never read this book.

[Menglong Youk · Rating 4 out of 5]

The concepts of this book is interesting, but I feel like the flow of the stories from one to the next seems too abrupt. At the end of the book where the author describes the incidents related to humans, I skipped some of the part because I'm too fragile to witness the horror of human done to one another. However if you are brave enough and can get over the slightly decoherent writing, this book might be entertaining for you.

[Jack Phoenix · Rating 1 out of 5]

Lacking authority, notations, and proper editing, play dead if it helps you avoid this book.