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Desolate Mountain
Julie Weaver is alone with no friends or family. Life has dealt her some hard blows. She is fed up with society and longs for the mountains she sees out her dirty window. With nothing to lose Julie throws some things into a backpack and walks out her back door into the wilderness. Will she find peace for her mind and heart or will she find her worst nightmare waiting for her in this vast wilderness?
- GenresBigfoot
158 pages, Paperback
Published June 20, 2017
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July 25, 2017
I enjoy these stories from Melissa George. This one was mostly about wilderness survival and encountering a species in the mountains that can sometimes be friendly, other times not. Some issues with typos throughout the text.
July 21, 2017
Excellent, engaging and entertaining story!!!.
This true story could be made into a great screenplay and then into a fantastic movie!. It gives you both sides of Bigfoot you often hear about - the huge, lumbering gentle giant and the snarling, predatory wild beast. Its an amazing story .... and I read it all in one afternoon. The woman this story is based on is truly brave and faced fears most of us could never imagine. I enjoyed reading how she survived weeks alone in the wilderness, and made a friend with a kinder, more caring Bigfoot - but her multiple confrontations with a savage clan of Bigfoot on the mountain she climbs will leave your heart pounding. This is a great addition to your Bigfoot library collection.
This true story could be made into a great screenplay and then into a fantastic movie!. It gives you both sides of Bigfoot you often hear about - the huge, lumbering gentle giant and the snarling, predatory wild beast. Its an amazing story .... and I read it all in one afternoon. The woman this story is based on is truly brave and faced fears most of us could never imagine. I enjoyed reading how she survived weeks alone in the wilderness, and made a friend with a kinder, more caring Bigfoot - but her multiple confrontations with a savage clan of Bigfoot on the mountain she climbs will leave your heart pounding. This is a great addition to your Bigfoot library collection.
July 24, 2017
Interesting story line.
I happen to like Melissa George's work so when ever I see something with her name on it I always grab it up. This story is a little hard to believe as a woman decides to ditch civilization and go live off the land with a backpack and tent. This is a little hard to believe but the story line works and it's interesting. The editing could be better, minor problem. It's definitely worth the time to enjoy Melissa George's fertile story making.
I happen to like Melissa George's work so when ever I see something with her name on it I always grab it up. This story is a little hard to believe as a woman decides to ditch civilization and go live off the land with a backpack and tent. This is a little hard to believe but the story line works and it's interesting. The editing could be better, minor problem. It's definitely worth the time to enjoy Melissa George's fertile story making.
July 21, 2017
What a wonderful place, Live, Love and Learn.
This book turned out to be a great read. At first I didn't think I would like it but I found I couldn't put it down and I am not a big reader. What a great story this was and I learned a lot about Bigfoot and more about people. It was a great book. Read it and see for yourself.
This book turned out to be a great read. At first I didn't think I would like it but I found I couldn't put it down and I am not a big reader. What a great story this was and I learned a lot about Bigfoot and more about people. It was a great book. Read it and see for yourself.
January 6, 2020
Short but thrilling non fiction story of one woman’s loss, her venture into the woods and discovering Bigfoot and eventually herself.
April 29, 2019
Good read
I like this story
It reminds me of how free and healthy my people lived
Very few can fish freely
Very few can hunt at will
Hence, i appreciate reading about it
As for the huge people, im sure they feel the freedom leaving
I like this story
It reminds me of how free and healthy my people lived
Very few can fish freely
Very few can hunt at will
Hence, i appreciate reading about it
As for the huge people, im sure they feel the freedom leaving
August 22, 2017
An Amazing Journey, both Frightening and Beautiful
I always enjoy Melissa George's books. She is gracious enough to share the real life encounters others have had with cryptids and the paranormal. The stories are real, sometimes terrifying and not all have happy endings. I am grateful that more people are choosing to share their stories, like Julie did for this tale. Her story of losing her family and those closest to her was heartbreaking. In the depths of her despair, she takes a chance to get away from all the sadness by taking an extended camping and hiking adventure. At first, things go beautifully, then an unexpected injury lengthens the journey. She finds both help and danger along the way, experiencing both kind and frightening Bigfoot encounters along the way. The universe sometimes works in unusual ways. Because of the journey she took, she found an unexpected happy ending. This is a beautiful story and I am so glad she shared this amazing experience with us. A must read for cryptid fans. It is interesting to note that many researchers have refused to journey to the cabin on Desolate Mountain. Julie later learns of warnings regarding the location that she was fortunate to survive.
I always enjoy Melissa George's books. She is gracious enough to share the real life encounters others have had with cryptids and the paranormal. The stories are real, sometimes terrifying and not all have happy endings. I am grateful that more people are choosing to share their stories, like Julie did for this tale. Her story of losing her family and those closest to her was heartbreaking. In the depths of her despair, she takes a chance to get away from all the sadness by taking an extended camping and hiking adventure. At first, things go beautifully, then an unexpected injury lengthens the journey. She finds both help and danger along the way, experiencing both kind and frightening Bigfoot encounters along the way. The universe sometimes works in unusual ways. Because of the journey she took, she found an unexpected happy ending. This is a beautiful story and I am so glad she shared this amazing experience with us. A must read for cryptid fans. It is interesting to note that many researchers have refused to journey to the cabin on Desolate Mountain. Julie later learns of warnings regarding the location that she was fortunate to survive.
May 26, 2022
Awesome, Awesome, Journey
WOW What an awesome, inspiring true story from an amazing woman! Julie you are an inspiration and I have to say I sobbed my heart out for you! Even through the worst time you never gave up! If it’s allowed, Melissa, I would love to send an email to this brave lady if you can forward it. I would love to tell her how absolutely wonderful it was to read her tale; she is a brave soul who set out on a journey that I could never have done. I, too, have lost my family and only have one brother and niece left in the world. Of course, you had nobody. So I do have some family but the loss of my parents and older brother, along with aunts and uncles, has been the cause of my heart being broken for years. Anyway, your tale has inspired me to hope that I still have useful life left in me at the age of 59. Thank you so much for sharing with us.
WOW What an awesome, inspiring true story from an amazing woman! Julie you are an inspiration and I have to say I sobbed my heart out for you! Even through the worst time you never gave up! If it’s allowed, Melissa, I would love to send an email to this brave lady if you can forward it. I would love to tell her how absolutely wonderful it was to read her tale; she is a brave soul who set out on a journey that I could never have done. I, too, have lost my family and only have one brother and niece left in the world. Of course, you had nobody. So I do have some family but the loss of my parents and older brother, along with aunts and uncles, has been the cause of my heart being broken for years. Anyway, your tale has inspired me to hope that I still have useful life left in me at the age of 59. Thank you so much for sharing with us.
July 31, 2017
Kings of the Mountains
This is a great testament to the reality of things we choose not to believe. A warning to those who go looking for it, and a refreshing explanation of life in the wild with the "unreal". Beautiful creatures! I wonder, though, how different our lives might be, not considering native Americans also, without our numbers and weapons, and the fear these beings have of us.
This is a great testament to the reality of things we choose not to believe. A warning to those who go looking for it, and a refreshing explanation of life in the wild with the "unreal". Beautiful creatures! I wonder, though, how different our lives might be, not considering native Americans also, without our numbers and weapons, and the fear these beings have of us.
February 8, 2018
Puleeeeezzzze!
This is an entertaining enough story, but feels like a lot of BS. To top it off, as the story progresses, there are many grammatical and spelling errors. This book would have benefited greatly by some proof reading and an editor.
Way too expensive for what it is. Bring it down to .99 cents and it would be worth it.
This is an entertaining enough story, but feels like a lot of BS. To top it off, as the story progresses, there are many grammatical and spelling errors. This book would have benefited greatly by some proof reading and an editor.
Way too expensive for what it is. Bring it down to .99 cents and it would be worth it.
October 29, 2019
Like George's other books, this book is a page turner but I am starting to see a trend with her stories. She seems to concentrate on the violent or aggressive bigfoot stories, which may provide a skewed pic of who they really are. I am still giving it five stars but I think I will take a break from the books because they are intense and frankly upsetting.
April 18, 2018
Good
Easy read about a hiker who is determined to hike to a high mountain on her own. After losing her family she sets off on a primal adventure where she has a terrifying experience.
Easy read about a hiker who is determined to hike to a high mountain on her own. After losing her family she sets off on a primal adventure where she has a terrifying experience.
June 5, 2018
Good book
This is what I expected it to be. I think it’s basically a true story. Definitely more believable than a bunch of idiots running around in the forest chasing their own tails!
This is what I expected it to be. I think it’s basically a true story. Definitely more believable than a bunch of idiots running around in the forest chasing their own tails!
June 10, 2018
One of the best written books on Bigfoot.
I really enjoyed this book. Very hard to put down. In this book it exposes you to the good side of some bigfoot and then the other side. The vicious side. Well done Ms. George.
I really enjoyed this book. Very hard to put down. In this book it exposes you to the good side of some bigfoot and then the other side. The vicious side. Well done Ms. George.
August 1, 2017
Try it
It is an interesting, very easily plausible story. It starts it is based in fact and really reads that way. I hope it is.
It is an interesting, very easily plausible story. It starts it is based in fact and really reads that way. I hope it is.
September 16, 2017
Not the ending I expected.
Good book for an evening in. I was not expecting the ending that I got when the final chapter came around. Worth a read
Good book for an evening in. I was not expecting the ending that I got when the final chapter came around. Worth a read
July 2, 2022
Fabulous account
Couldn't out it down what an experience and a great narrative if the events shows the good and bad of all creatures looking forward to Melissa's other books .
Couldn't out it down what an experience and a great narrative if the events shows the good and bad of all creatures looking forward to Melissa's other books .
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