Michael Mott
Mike is also the author of the satirical fantasy novel Pulsifer: A Fable and its sequel, Land of Ice, A Velvet Knife, both soon to be re-released in one omnibus edition from TGS Publishing, as well as the nonfiction books Caverns, Cauldrons, and Concealed Creatures and This Tragic Earth: The Art and World of Richard Sharpe Shaver. His pulp fiction anthology of fiction, verse, and artwork, PULP WINDS, featuring an introduction by Brad Steiger, has been recently published by TGS (www.hiddenmysteries.com). Mike can be reached at [email protected] and at [email protected]. His website is www.mottimorphic.com.
Nick Redfern
Nick Redfern
Nick Redfern is the author of a number of books on cryptozoology, including There’s Something in the Woods; Memoirs of a Monster Hunter; Three Men Seeking Monsters; and Man-Monkey. Originally from England, Nick lives with his wife, Dana, in Dallas, Texas, and only a stone’s throw from the infamous Grassy Knoll. When he’s not chasing monsters, you can usually find Nick playing music—very, very loudly. He can be contacted at his website www.nick redfern.com.
Donald Avery
Donald Avery
Donald J. Avery was born in Tacoma, Washington, and has been a resident of Washington state for most of his life. He has been married to his wife, Peggy, for 31 years. Avery has a B.S. degree in business administration and a master’s degree in public administration. He did a stint in the Marine Corps from 1966 to 1972. Most of his employment background centered around a23-year period in which he was a city and county administrator. Don and Peggy retired in March 2010 after spending almost two years as assistant managers for a retirement community in Kennewick, Washington.
Drs. Dave and Sharon Oester
Drs. Dave and Sharon Oester began the International Ghost Hunters Society in 1996. They are the authors of 23 books. Their most recent, Ghosts of Gettysburg: Walking on Hallowed Ground, describes 50 of the most haunted sites on the famous Civil War battlefield. Dave and Sharon travel full time in their RV coach as they investigate the most haunted places in America. The Oesters’ website is www.ghostweb.com. Their email address is [email protected].
Drs. Dave and Sharon Oester
Eric Altman
Eric Altman’s journey into researching the paranormal began at the young age of 10, when he watched the 1970s docudramas Legend of Boggy Creek and Creature from Black Lake, allegedly based on events that took place in the deep south of Arkansas and Texas. The two films inspired Eric to begin 27 years of research into the paranormal. His main interest is studying hominid creatures such as Bigfoot. Eric currently heads the Pennsylvania Bigfoot Society, a group of dedicated researchers who investigate encounters and sightings of Bigfoot in the “Keystone State.” His official website is www.beyondtheedgeradio.com.
Eric Altman
Leslie Danielle Ferrymen
Leslie Danielle Ferrymen is a paranormal investigator from Franklin, Tennessee, who heads up The Franklin Ghost and Paranormal Investigation Team. Ms. Ferryman is very active in pursuing real urban legends and finding out what truth lies hidden in the stories told. Her 15-member group has investigated many haunted locations all over the United States since its founding in 2006.
Timothy Green Beckley
There always remains an audience eager to know the mysteries about the Hollow Earth. Timothy Green Beckley of Global Communications has made a sort of cottage industry out of his interest in the Inner and Hollow Earth theories, saving some old and rare books from obscurity and publishing up-to-date compendiums written by more recent researchers. His most popular titles dealing with this subject include: Twilight, Hidden Chambers beneath the Earth by T. Lobsang Rampa; Underground Alien Bio Lab At Dulce: The Bennewitz UFO Papers; Admiral Byrd’s Secret Journey Beyond the Poles by Tim Swartz; Best of the Hollow Earth Hassle by Mary J. Martin; and Finding Lost Atlantis Inside the Hollow Earth by the late British writer Brinsely Le Poer Trench, the Earl of Clancarty. Beckley is also the publisher of The Conspiracy Journal: www.conspiracyjournal.com.
Timothy Green Beckley
Micah Hanks
Micah A. Hanks is a lifelong researcher of the unexplained who in his articles and written work has covered bizarre reports of Fortean oddities, including strange creatures, UFOs, historical mysteries, conspiracies, and mysticism from cultures around the world. He posts daily updated paranormal news on his website The Gralien Report (www.gralienreport.com), and is producer of the regional radio program Speaking of Strange with Joshua P. Warren. You can learn more about Micah at www.micahahanks.com.
Micah Hanks
Loren Coleman
Loren Coleman is one of the world’s leading cryptozoologists. Certainly, he is acknowledged as the current living American researcher and writer who has most popularized cryptozoology in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries.
Loren Coleman
Starting his fieldwork and investigations in 1960, after traveling and trekking extensively in pursuit of cryptozoological mysteries Coleman began writing to share his experiences soon after his first expeditions. An honorary member of Ivan T. Sanderson’s Society for the Investigation of the Unexplained in the 1970s, Coleman has been bestowed with similar honorary memberships of the North Idaho College Cryptozoology Club in 1983 (which was inspired by one of his books), and in subsequent years that of the British Columbia Scientific Cryptozoology Club, CryptoSafari International, and other global organizations. He was also a life member and benefactor of the International Society of Cryptozoology (now-defunct).
Obtaining an undergraduate degree from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, Coleman majored in anthropology, minored in zoology, and did some summer work in archaeology. He received a graduate degree in psychiatric social work from Simmons
