"Things" and More "Things"

by Ivan T. Sanderson

Among the curious "things" that Sanderson discusses are: Flying Saucers; Telepathic Ants; Rocks that Sing-and Kill; "Abominable Snowmen" in Europe and America; Water Monsters; Giant Skulls; Living Dinosaurs; Film of an Abominable Snowman; Frozen Mammoths; Animal ESP; Space Visitors; and much, much more!

Genres: Paranormal, Cryptozoology, Monsters, Nonfiction

364 pages, Paperback

First published December 11, 2007

About the author

Scottish biologist, mostly known for his writings on cryptozoology and the paranormal.

Sanderson published three classics of nature writing: Animal Treasure, a report of an expedition to the jungles of then-British West Africa; Caribbean Treasure, an account of an expedition to Trinidad, Haiti, and Surinam, begun in late 1936 and ending in late 1938; and Living Treasure, an account of an expedition to Jamaica, British Honduras (now Belize) and the Yucatan.

Reviews

[Eric · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book is actually a compilation of two books. The first book I would probably give three stars to. The gist of this book is an overview of mysterious things such as the Loch Ness monster, big foot and the Bermuda triangle. There are other things which I have not heard of before. What distinguished the first book over the second is that the first book was heavy on fact and light on conjecture while the reverse was true of the second.

This book is a light, entertaining read but the only thing I take away from it is that if I am ever in Pennsylvania I would like to visit the ringing rocks. It is also a good reminder that there are natural mysteries surrounding us and despite being published nearly fifty years ago science is no closer to explaining any of this.

This book is like reading a romance novel for the scientifically inclined. Light and Easy.

[Aaron Long · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book will most certainly make you look at the world around you a lot differently and for that reason it's worth the read but the constant grammar and spelling errors made it a slog if I'm honest, I'm not usually that picky regarding those sorts of things but it was every other page. Sanderson most definitely worked hard on his research here though and even touches on skin walker ranch before it became mainstream and cool, Sanderson doesn't get enough credit for this. For me it was a book between books, in essence a go back to book after a chapter or 2. Seek out for some of the most hard to find compiled remote unexplained cases if you can get through the trudgenous writing style of Sanderson. Average pick up n put down for me.👍