Phantom ships, the Jersey Devil, living dinosaurs?-- and more!

Title
Phantom ships, the Jersey Devil, living dinosaurs?-- and more!

Personal Author EPSB
Janet. Lorimer

Summary
A collection of true stories about incredible and mysterious phenomena.

Year Published
2012

Series
Strange but true stories ;

Volume
bk. 3

Physical Description
76 pages ; 20 cm.

Contents
The Jersey Devil -- The ghost who loved to dance -- Killer lakes -- Historic vampires. Was there a real Dracula? ; Elizabeth Bathory, the queen of blood -- Rocks on the run? -- Typhoid Mary -- Sunken cities. Structures near Cuba ; An ancient Egyptian port ; Japan's submerged structures ; India's oldest civilization ; Peru's underwater temple -- Colma--city of the dead -- Kuru--the ghost disease -- Phantom ships. Nova Scotia's burning ghost ship ; A bad omen: the Flying Dutchman ; The Baychinco -- Horrors in the wax museum. Little Marie and the death masks ; The resentful tax collector -- Mysterious disappearances. Gone in the blink of an eye ; Vanished into thin air -- Portland's terrible Shanghai tunnels -- Dinosaurs living in Africa--today? -- The mysterious Baghdad batteries -- The lions of Tsavo--savage killers or? -- Tulpas--mind creatures of Tibet.

Subject
Curiosities and wonders.

Summary
A collection of true stories about incredible and mysterious phenomena.

ISBN
9781616517670

Publisher
[United States] : Saddleback Educational Publishing, ©2012.


LibraryCall NumberTypeItem BarcodeStatus
HardistyELL 001.94 LORBook30512000241586English Language Learning