"Strange sagas of mysterious monsters and bizarre beasts have appeared all over the world for years. In this captivating volume, readers will come face to face with tales of the terrifying and just plain weird. A chronological approach addresses interest stemming from world events such as World War II, and the changing, developing research. Interviews, testimonies, photographs, and reports encourage readers to further scrutinize whether or not such strange stories are the stuff of myth or if there could be more reasonable, even scientific, explanations for the so-called unexplained"--Provided by the publisher.

Includes glossary.

The president's Bigfoot -- Serpents of the high seas -- An army of manimals -- A wartime wolfman -- Weird and wacky winged wonders of war -- How the Pentagon made a monster -- Welcome to the jungle -- Animal ESP and the U.S. Army -- A Yeti-hunting 007 -- Secret agents and a supersized snake -- Autopsying a monster -- The strange saga of Acoustic Kitty -- The Minnesota Iceman, the FBI, and the Vietnam War -- From lake monsters to secret experiments -- Sasquatch, UFOs, and the U.S. Air Force -- Back in the U.S.S.R. -- Are we ready for Bigfoot? -- A mountain of secrets -- The Nessie files -- A nightmare from the skies -- Specters and phantimals -- The ABCs of a royal conspiracy -- The biggest blooper of them all -- In search of the government's mermaids -- The cat is out of the bag -- Werewolves and the military -- Something dwells down under.