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Mysterious Monsters

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Walter Dean Myers
About 117 pages (35,150 words)
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Introduction: The Search for Mysterious Monsters

The Witch—Cat

The tiny beast crouches and peers out from a tree in the night—time jungle, its huge pale eyes glowing in the moonlight. Its black fur makes it almost invisible in the darkness, but those who have seen it say that the third finger on each hand is strangely long and thin, and its ears are disproportionately large. Locals sometimes call this little goblin the witch—cat. They think its appearance foretells death, and they take care to avoid or kill it.1

The Loveland Frog

"On 3 March 1972, an anonymous police officer was driving on Riverside Road in Loveland, Ohio, when he saw what looked like a dog on the icy road. He pulled over and shone his headlights on it. It suddenly stood up, jumped over the guardrail, and went down the embankment into the Miami River. The officer described the creature as being 3-4 feet tall,.....

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