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Humanoid Encounters: Creatures, Phantoms, and Other Strange Entities Sighted in Maine
Humanoid Encounters takes you deep into the eerie, uncharted territories where the unknown walks among us. From shadowy figures glimpsed on deserted roads to bizarre beings lurking at the edge of human perception, these chilling accounts blur the line between folklore, the paranormal, and something far more unsettling.
Are these visitors lost souls, cryptid anomalies, or evidence of something even stranger? Through firsthand reports, whispered legends, and unsettling truths, Humanoid Encounters invites you to explore the mysteries that lurk
just beyond the reach of reason.
Dare to look closer, because sometimes, the figures watching from the dark aren’t just figments of the imagination.
Are these visitors lost souls, cryptid anomalies, or evidence of something even stranger? Through firsthand reports, whispered legends, and unsettling truths, Humanoid Encounters invites you to explore the mysteries that lurk
just beyond the reach of reason.
Dare to look closer, because sometimes, the figures watching from the dark aren’t just figments of the imagination.
293 pages, Paperback
Published April 18, 2025
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About the author
Nomar Slevik
13 books22 followersNomar Slevik is an independent creator, researcher and investigator in numerous aspects of the paranormal. He delights in sharing stories through different mediums such as books, documentaries and podcasts. He has shared his works with hundreds of thousands of enthusiasts and has maintained a steady output of material for over twenty years.
Slevik has been fascinated by all things paranormal since childhood, beginning with a UFO encounter at 4 years old. Now 42, his life's passion has been to research, investigate, write, and share stories about everyday people in a way that conveys the human element of profoundly strange encounters.
Slevik has been fascinated by all things paranormal since childhood, beginning with a UFO encounter at 4 years old. Now 42, his life's passion has been to research, investigate, write, and share stories about everyday people in a way that conveys the human element of profoundly strange encounters.
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November 4, 2025
I’ve spent most of my life in Maine, and if there’s one thing you learn here, it’s that stories are as much a part of the landscape as the granite coast or the endless pines. Some are harmless yarns—an old-timer bragging about the fish that got away, or a fourteen-point buck that slipped past a hunter’s bullet. Others are tales of storms that left towns in the dark for weeks, or of friends who could drink enough Allen’s Coffee Brandy to stagger a moose. Storytelling isn’t just pastime here—it’s identity.
But every so often, the stories turn strange. Along the rocky shoreline or deep in the tree-shadowed mountains, the unusual has a way of showing itself. Everyone seems to have a moment they can’t explain: a light that moved wrong in the sky, a figure glimpsed at the edge of vision, a howl that didn’t belong to any known creature. Maine is full of mysteries that live in the dark between the pines.
That’s the terrain Nomar Slevik has made his life’s work. A paranormal researcher and ufologist, he’s been collecting these uncanny accounts for years. I first came across his UFOs Over Maine, a book that hooked me with its mix of rigor and easy, conversational storytelling. Because he grew up here, Nomar writes with a familiarity that makes the strange feel close to home. His passion for the paranormal and for Maine’s folklore is unmistakable.
His latest, Humanoid Encounters, feels like a natural continuation—even with a decade between the two books. Where UFOs Over Maine leaned on deep-dive investigation, this one takes a broader, more thematic approach. Each chapter gathers stories of beings both familiar and unclassifiable: aliens, pale crawlers, bigfoot, and things that don’t even have names. The structure makes it easy to dip in and out, but the sheer variety keeps you turning pages. It’s both a sampler for the curious and a feast for the devoted.
As someone who also researches the paranormal, I found many of these accounts to be among the most distinctive I’ve ever heard from the Pine Tree State. Some are entirely new to me; others add fresh layers of mystery to phenomena I thought I knew. A few will stay lodged in my mind for good.
Humanoid Encounters is more than a collection of stories—it’s a field guide to the uncanny, a reminder that Maine’s greatest export might just be its mysteries. It’s earned a permanent place in my desk drawer, close at hand, because it’s the kind of book you return to again and again, each time finding something new in the shadows.
But every so often, the stories turn strange. Along the rocky shoreline or deep in the tree-shadowed mountains, the unusual has a way of showing itself. Everyone seems to have a moment they can’t explain: a light that moved wrong in the sky, a figure glimpsed at the edge of vision, a howl that didn’t belong to any known creature. Maine is full of mysteries that live in the dark between the pines.
That’s the terrain Nomar Slevik has made his life’s work. A paranormal researcher and ufologist, he’s been collecting these uncanny accounts for years. I first came across his UFOs Over Maine, a book that hooked me with its mix of rigor and easy, conversational storytelling. Because he grew up here, Nomar writes with a familiarity that makes the strange feel close to home. His passion for the paranormal and for Maine’s folklore is unmistakable.
His latest, Humanoid Encounters, feels like a natural continuation—even with a decade between the two books. Where UFOs Over Maine leaned on deep-dive investigation, this one takes a broader, more thematic approach. Each chapter gathers stories of beings both familiar and unclassifiable: aliens, pale crawlers, bigfoot, and things that don’t even have names. The structure makes it easy to dip in and out, but the sheer variety keeps you turning pages. It’s both a sampler for the curious and a feast for the devoted.
As someone who also researches the paranormal, I found many of these accounts to be among the most distinctive I’ve ever heard from the Pine Tree State. Some are entirely new to me; others add fresh layers of mystery to phenomena I thought I knew. A few will stay lodged in my mind for good.
Humanoid Encounters is more than a collection of stories—it’s a field guide to the uncanny, a reminder that Maine’s greatest export might just be its mysteries. It’s earned a permanent place in my desk drawer, close at hand, because it’s the kind of book you return to again and again, each time finding something new in the shadows.
August 10, 2025
Nomar paints beautiful pictures of all things interesting and sometimes downright scary from the great state of Maine. You can tell he’s carefully researched each encounter, and provides you with all the information necessary to come to your own conclusions. Bravo!
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