There's Something in the Woods
by Nick Redfern
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Author: Nick RedfernEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2008-07-01
ISBN: 1933665327
Number of pages: 180
Publisher: Anomalist Books
Book Reviews of There's Something in the Woods
Book Review: Well And Truly Delightful
Summary: 5 Stars
The indefatigable Nick Redfern is at it again with his newest foray into the world of the weird and wondrous, "There's Something In The Woods". I asked him once how he found time to knock these books out with the rapidity he does; what with all his traveling, trekking, night stalking,
day stalking,camping out in hinky places, lecturing, blogging, archival research, book reviewing, magazine-article writing, and all the other God-knows-what he occupies himself with. His answer? "I get up early and manage my time well." Ya THINK?????
Regardless of HOW he does it----he DOES it,and here is the latest "strange brew" offering from the guy seemingly working hard to overtake the likes of Brad Steiger and John Keel in the production of Fortean narrative output.
"There's Something In The Woods" takes its title from Nick's internet blog of the same name and , as such, is totally apropos here,as there's apparently plenty of weird "somethings" IN these woods he's talking about.
The book moves back and forth between Texas, where Nick lives now,and "Jolly Old England",the land of his birth,and it delves into all things dark and (possibly) dangerous with humor (maybe I should spell that "humour"), wit, and charming inquisitiveness(or just plain "noseyness",if you prefer). Within its pages we encounter more "man-monkeys" and "devil monkeys" (as we did in his last book),and this time we discover some of these---quite solid looking like "natural animals"---can walk through trees. Not through THE trees,as on a pathway,
but, literally, THROUGH trees, as though something disembodied or
holographic. We'll also bump into possible time displacements, posssible dimensional overlaps, possible arcane summoning rites by Black Magic no-goods, swirling ghostlight balls that act as though they're imbued with
intelligence, big Black Dogs, big Black Cats, cackling old crones warning of spells and sorceries, and myriad other strange manifestations and interactions----"werewolves" included!
It's enough to drive one to a bottle of mescal. At least a pitcher of draft!!
In "Olde Blighty" we spend some time in the Cannock Chase,a large sprawl of woodland acreage near Nick's parents's home. This is one greenwood with less a tradition of outlaw "Merrie Men" than it is a place rife with all the signs of being a Keelian dimensional portal or "window to the weird".
All manner of things peculiar seem to go on here,to the point where one may come to think he or she has stumbled upon a UK version of the "Skinwalker Ranch" or the San Luis Valley in New Mexico and Colorado. A part of the Chase that seems heavy on "wolfish" activity---as in great lupine things that sometimes like to go bi-pedal---is an old cemetery for German war dead(WWI, WWII). Why is that? Good question. Answers aren't readily forthcoming.
Crop circles also figure into the book, and, in their discussion come some rather interesting notions---none of which really relate to flying saucers or little green (or grey)men.
Back in the U.S.of A. we hit the ground running with a trek into Texas's
Big Thicket with Nick and Rob Riggs (author of "In The Big Thicket") and
spend some quality time seeking hairy monsters and ghostlights.
Also in Texas we hear first hand from "Solomon",who saw a wolf-thing morph itself into something scarier than it was at first sight----and,
at first sight, it was pretty damn scarey already!
And Walt is a rancher who was upset over his cattle getting ripped apart in his pastures, so he sat out one night with a rifle and a nightscope to see what was doing this. Expecting a cougar, Walt got a big surprise; one that shook him up quite a bit.
There's a goat man in these pages,and flying whatsits,too. In fact, there's enough here to keep one entertained for hours.
Now this is,unabashadly, a Fortean crypto-book, so don't come to it with
some rigidly "rational" scientific frame of mind . That dogmatically materialist world view won't mesh with these contents. The "realist"-materialist concepts of what goes on and why in this world (challenged relentlessly and increasingly by quantum physics) are VERY often at odds with what real people can encounter from time to time in their real
lives----which can be (to use Redfern's favorite catch-phrase) "well and truly" weird. And utterly baffling.
CSICOP types and other lock-step "humbuggers" really needn't bother to knock at this door. There's nothing here that won't sour you up and make you cranky and figidty. Everyone else---especially those with open minds---is well and truly welcome.
Summary of There's Something in the Woods
What's in the Woods? Bigfoot? Check. Phantom black dogs? Check. Werewolves? Check. Giant mystery birds? They're here, too. Toss in some haunted woods, spooky cemeteries, crop circles, and crashed UFOs and you've got Nick Redfern's latest road trip across two continents for all things cryptozoological or otherwise mysterious. This is the third in a series of excursions into the occult fringe for the indefatigable Redfern. It all started with "Three Men Seeking Monsters," which Booklist called "lively and entertaining," and was followed by "Memoirs of a Monster Hunter," which his colleagues have called "wild and wooly" and "fascinating." Now, in this latest volume, Redfern defies all the laws of self-preservation and offers himself as bait in the face of the unknown ¬- to learn, if indeed, "There's Something in the Woods."New Age Books
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