Goodreads asked Benjamin Radford:

What mystery in your own life could be a plot for a book?

Benjamin Radford There are many, but perhaps the most interesting might be my research into the chupacabra mystery! It's one of my best known mysteries, and took me from a TV show in San Antonio to the jungles of Nicaragua looking for the beast. There were many surprises along the way, and of course when I began the research I didn't know what I would find. With the benefit of hindsight it all came together, and when you read my book on it ("Tracking the Chupacabra"), I think it reads well, but at the time and for several years I didn't know what twists and turns I'd take. Though I was skeptical, I thought it was at least possible that I might actually come face to face (or face to snout) with a vampire... you don't know if you don't look! So the whole process, which in real life took about five years, might make a good plot for a novel. I'd like Jeremy Irons to play me in the film adaptation, if that can be arranged!

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