The Creature: Personal Experiences With Bigfoot

by Jan Klement

This is the most quoted book on Bigfoot type creatures. Author Jan Klement recounts his experinces with a bigfoot type creature in the mid 1970s. The story was first published in 1976 and was reprinted in 2006 on the 30th anniversary of the publication. Whether or not you believe the account of author Klement you will enjoy the book.

Genres: Bigfoot, Nonfiction

110 pages, Kindle Edition

First published March 29, 2010

Reviews

[Zachary Owen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Bizarre and often hilarious, though hardly credible. Jan Klement does offer up some clever explanations as to why sasquatch may never have been truly discovered. The writing veers from competent to substandard but all the same I found The Creature to be entertaining and compelling.

[Davey · Rating 5 out of 5]

Completely absurd, ridiculous read. I couldn't stop laughing. Fantastic study of an unreliable narrator living in a weird escapist fantasy (with a surprising amount of attention paid to Bigfoot penises) while his marriage crumbles around him.

[Melody Oakerson · Rating 2 out of 5]

Interesting reading.

I'm read quite a bit about Bigfoot for personal research reasons. This book is acceptable in its information but I feel that the author has been disingenuous in his reports in that he seems to want to apply human logic and reasoning to this being. I doubt that the Bigfoot would be at all interested in following any "training" that any human would want to impose on him and the idea he taught him "sit and stay" commands seems ludicrous. I didn't find the book to be all that helpful as a information source or as a field guide because most of it seems just too silly to believe. Trying to train it to do yard work? Really?

[Clare Smith · Rating 3 out of 5]

I am not entirely sure how to rate this book. It was fantastic and ridiculous all at the same time. All of the original authors excuses as to why he couldn't better document the creature where far to convenient for this to be a true story. After reading this book, I find myself siding with his wife (who thought he was out having an affair). His creation of, "The Creature," and the writing of this book was probably just an elaborate cover up for a very scandalous and exciting rendezvous.

[Marie Silk · Rating 5 out of 5]

This bigfoot book goes far beyond the usual speculation and "I saw something hairy cross the road one night", into full-on accounts of the sasquatch that continued to visit the author's vacation cabin. Gives detailed descriptions and insight into this phenomenon that is not to be found in other bigfoot books. A must read for anyone interested in this subject.

[Angela · Rating 3 out of 5]

Compelling narrative

This was by no means the writing of a practiced and skilled writer, but I wouldn't be telling the truth if I didn't tell you it was compelling. This is the story of a man in a cabin ("the Diggins") in western PA who encountered a bigfootlike creature. The author chose to include so many odd details that I couldn't put this down. I would love to believe this account and considering the unexpected and very strange turn of events described, I'm inclined to give it some credence for that alone. The fact that this person's wife was convinced he was cheating on her because he spent so much of his free time squatting staring at this smelly creature is just icing on the cake for me. Chefs kiss. Also, spoiler alert! The Creature shows up with an erection one day! Be warned.

All in all, an interesting yarn whether you believe it or not.

[austin stanley · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is as weird as it gets. Thought I accidentally downloaded Bigfoot erotica at times. Author just makes weird decisions and observations. Makes his life unnecessarily hard by finding the most asshole way to do things, every chance he gets.

But in a way, it all makes it more believable. If you were making up a story about Bigfoot, you wouldn’t purposefully write yourself the way he did.

Also, author lists strange activity not related to Bigfoot and keeps with the high strangeness vibes.

[Mark R Suter · Rating 5 out of 5]

Frustrating to know

It's so frustrating to know that all this could have solved a mystery that still eludes man. How could this man not at least saved a body part. Makes me wonder. My only believe able explanation is that Kong was an outcast maybe retarded to some degree. That's my only thought on the believability of this story. Or his sickness drove it to solitude.

[Dorothy S Kehoe · Rating 5 out of 5]

Believable

Believable story...after reading several habituation stories the events and depictions are quite in line with the general reporting. It seems and I agree that it is not so important for the world to know of their existence as it is for the narrator to know.

[Mary Jo · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting

This book kept your attention, for beginning to end. It was worth reading. Starting to see a pattern with the personal contacts.

[Bryan Carroll · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is utterly ridiculous and I wanted to proofread it and also give it a hardcover edition and find out who Jan Klement really is and I dug it RIP KONG

[Tina Davis · Rating 3 out of 5]

I'm intrigued by the concept of Bigfoot which is why I liked this book. I am unsure how true it is but I liked it, nontheless.