The Devil’s Backbone

by Martin Groves

What is lurking in the dense woods of the Land Between the Lakes?

Mysterious footprints and haunting encounters with unknown creatures have captivated the imagination for generations. The Devil’s Backbone challenges readers to question their assumptions about what we know and what still remains to be discovered.

It is not that Bigfoot and other beasts have eluded science. It is that science has purposely eluded Bigfoot and other beasts. If the bones displayed in museums of dinosaurs prove their existence, then the bones of hairy giants would surely prove their existence. Why has such evidence been destroyed or hidden? Why have the many sightings and encounters reported for so many decades just been disregarded by officials?

“For Bigfoot to exist he must have a language, The Sierra Sounds prove it’s language. A very complex language.”
—R. Scott Nelson, Cryptolinguist Ret. U.S. Navy

“The oral history of the First Nations People is not lore, it is their true history.”
—Fred Roehl, Subarctic Alaska Sasquatch

“I know what I saw. I know BIGFOOT EXISTS.”
—Bob Gimlim

“The accepted mathematics of quantum physics says that there is more going on than what we can see with our three-dimensional eyes.”
—Ron Morehead

195 pages, Hardcover

Published December 5, 2024

Reviews

[Scott Dieterle · Rating 4 out of 5]

The topic is not going to be everyone’s cup of tea and there will be those skeptics that will dismiss the book out of hand.
Martin has done a nice job relating his personal stories and experiences taking to others and investigating the Land Between the Lakes.
Each person will have their own take on what is shared here. I found it interesting and allowed me to open up my ind to different possibilities and hypothesis to what has been reported and experienced in that area when it comes to Bigfoot and Dogman.

[Dr Rev · Rating 1 out of 5]

Absolute nonsense, very very disappointing.

A rambling ,gibbering account ranging from "proof" that biblical Cain lives in Kentucky to Indian worship to instructions on how to make Demons your friends.
Honestly, the author owes me double my money back, this is complete and utter nonsense.
half the Book is nothing but lists of people the author would like to thank and publicly recognize as his " brothers".
Indian gibbering folklore recited as science and fact.
After repeatedly telling the reader of the hundreds even thousands of witness accounts the author has collected in 3 decades of collecting he then goes on to only include half a dozen accounts. None of which are very credible other than letting us know that demons exist on Earth and hate humans.
A point the author completely misses himself!
Literally every page one could use as an example of mental illness.
It also brings into question everything this author has written prior to this, he is completely off the rails and apparently has been for a very long time.
It's a damning condemnation of the quality of America's law enforcement as well as further proof that anyone who is dealing with flying saucers and werewolves and vampires and invisible friends should Never be left alone with children. Never.

[Ursula Johnson · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have read Martin Grove's other books and heard him on some podcasts. (He lists some at the end of the book, I will have to check out the ones I haven't heard). His first two books were fantastic and this one is exceptional. He delves into the history of the area and of the Native peoples who have lived there. Lots of additional information about other unique characteristics and cryptids that I hadn't heard before. This book is written from the heart. The other incidents were frightening. I also appreciated how the community of researchers welcomed him. It is a whose who of today's better researchers whose works I have also enjoyed. I will be looking for the film. An outstanding work.

When you see his name on a book, just buy it. You won't regret it.