Bizarre Phenomena

by Richard Williams (Series Editor), Deirdre Headon (Editor), Tony Whitehorn (Editor)

This volume in the Quest for the Unknown series from Reader's Digest explores the myriad strange and unexplained things experienced by everyday people.

Genres: Nonfiction, Paranormal

144 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1992

About the author

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Reviews

[Breanna · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read this book when I was very young, and it was the first thing that got me into the world of hoaxes and bizarre things that have happened. It's a very interesting book, and I do recommend it to people that wish to learn more on the bizarre world that we live it. ....It's crazy to think frogs fell from the sky one time...

[Tom Schulte · Rating 2 out of 5]

I think I could have read through this in a few hours or less if I really liked it. It is a collection of folklore, hoaxes, and unusual phenomena lacking the known or considered causes. ALl in magazine-like format, this is like a collection of Ripley's Believe It or Not! ringing hollow in a world with Snopes and Wikipedia.

[Shiraz · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting and cryptic, although at many times very unbelievable.

[Lacey · Rating 3 out of 5]

I enjoyed reading this book even though nothing I read in it was new to me. It being an older book from '92 there wasn't much surprise because most of the things it talked about I had already seen several documentaries or programs about. It was a fun and interesting read though. I would recommend to anyone that finds the bizarre things in this world interesting.

[Lisa · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love weird and this book is full of it. Great stuff!

[Jamie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Found lots of these stories to be intriguing and inexplicable but most were utter nonsense. Am glad that the writers proved a lot of hoaxes which people still believe in today.

[TrumanCoyote · Rating 4 out of 5]

"Instead of celebrating and laughing at the richness of life's strangeness, and its often apparent absurdity, we have perhaps lost some of our capacity to cherish its enduring wonder."

[Jessica · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was interesting.