THE AYR HAIRY MAN LIBRARY

[lil foot]

im coming to the end of my 'impossible visits' book and would love some recomendations on some other good yowie or sas books, so i thought i would start a book thread for feedback and books you recommend.
thought we could give the book an out of ten rating too.

[lil foot]

ok ill start the ball rolling with a few ive read.
'THE HOOPA PROJECT' by david paulides.
a fantastic book of encounters in and around the native indian reserve in california.
what makes this book unique is that david teamed up with a forensic artist, harvey pratt who would meet with the bigfoot witnesses to get a life like likeness to what they saw on their encounters.
another exciting fact is that hoopa is just to the south of bluff creek, made famous by the patty footage, well the action around bluff creek hasnt stopped either.
david was a police investigator, and so uses his profesionalism
in his interviews, and is completely thorough.
i loved this book and cant wait till davids next project.
i give this book overall 8/10
pictures and diagrams 8/10
cant put it down status 9/10

[Dion]

Hey lil foot

Here is my list of Sasquatch Yowie related books I own recommended in no particular order

Some are purely scientific in there nature and others deal with the Paranoramal aspects.

This list of books are scientific but also delve into the Paranormal aspects
*The Yowie: In search of Australias bigfoot By Tony Healy and Paul Cropper
*Bigfoot By B.Ann Slate and Alan Berry
*The Psychic Sasquatch By Jack Lapseritis
*Hunt for the Skinwalker By Colm A. Kelleher Ph.D and George Knapp
*In the Big Thicket on the trail of the Wild Man By Rob Riggs
*Backyard Bigfoot By Lisa A. Sheil

This list of books deals with Purely Scientific issues and or cases
*Meet the Sasquatch By Christopher L. Murphy
*Raincoast Sasquatch By J. Robert Alley
*Sasquatch Bigfoot the continuing Mystery By Thomas Steenburg
*In seach of Giants By Thomas Steenburg
*Bigfoot By Loren Coleman
*The best of Sasquatch Bigfoot By John Green
*On the trail of the Sasquatch By John Green
*My quest for the Yeti By Reinhold Messner

I don’t have the time to do a full report on each, well I do but I’m to lazy to do so, so I will just say that each one is probably a 8-9 out of 10, depends on what your preferences are each book has its ups and downs.

Raincoast Sasquatch is a really good one, plenty of first hand accounts and experiences, a must get, all are good really

I just love the subject and so I get enjoyment out of all of them.

Cheers

[lil foot]

crikey chewy, one at a time.
ok so what ya trying to say to me is 'raincoast sasquatch' is the pick of the bunch? you mentioned it twice so im guessing its a gooden. is it a current book?

[Dion]

Raincoast Sasquatch is fairly new its only been out a few years or so and can be picked up at Amazon, good read.

cheers

[lil foot]

whooa! its quiet here at the moment, i think everyone has gone to the bff to fight a battle or two.
well just thought id do something positive and do a review on 'the yowie' by tony healy and paul cropper.
what can i say about this book but, get it!
as ive said before i keep this book close to me next to my bible on my bedside table, its a special ( thanks bruce ).
i find it a great book for reference, with accounts from the aussie aboriginals to the early settlers to today.
heaps of pages of sightings all over oz (we all love reading them).
i give this book overall 8.5/10
pictures and diagrams 8/10
cant put down factor 9/10

[lil foot]

hey has anyone finished gary opits new book? would love to hear a review on it?
shazzoir?

[Dion]

hey has anyone finished gary opits new book? would love to hear a review on it?
shazzoir?

I was thinking the same thing lil foot would love to hear a review on it

[Shazzoir]

OK, well, here goes:

Gary Opit's book, with drawings by Pixie Byrnes was brilliant.

Gary starts by setting the scene with some history of Cryptid sightings over the years, many of which are carefully referenced. The book is divided into sections, with Yowies, Thylacines and other less described cryptids, with witness accounts and details of the areas the creature was sighted in. I was amazed at the areas I've been to that have had sightings/contacts. At the time of reading the last half of the book (which I did in one night because I couldn't put it down) I was in northern NSW, and many of the towns I had driven through the day before had recorded sightings. From what I've read, I'd say there really is a good chance there is a thylacine/thylacoleo/dayasuroid or something similar getting around in nothern NSW!

A respectable amount of research has obviously gone into the book, and it was really satisifying to see a number of indigenous views and stories included.

There is a section at the back featuring some very interesting photographs and witness drawings, and Pixie's account and drawings of the Yowies she has had contact with are both captivating and energising. Her approach seems to work for her and her local hairy people.

I don't want to go too much into it or I'll spoil it for you, but if anyone wants a recommendation, I'd say definitely read this book! Topper, what's your review?

I give this book overall 8.5/10 (there were a few printing errors, with passages repeated and a few proofreading errors - that's the pedantic science nerd in me that noticed!)
Pictures and diagrams 8.5/10 (many I'd not seen before)
The "I can't put it down" factor 9.5/10

I'll post this in the Gary Opit's new book thread as well in case it gets a bit lost here.

Kind regards,
Shazz

[topender]

Yeah thanks Shazz

I think that it is possibly one of the better publications i have read to date on the subject..and not just because it is an aussie book.
Gary has very carefully woven in the Mythology, Indigenous history and the human experience of the Yowie whilst maintaining an acedemic/science approach to it, this book is a real credit to Gary and pixie ( I already have 4 people wanting to borrow it). i read mine in under 5 days.
Pixies approach was very personal and reflects her approach to the whole subject..it reflects a sort of reverence and respect

cheers Shazz and all

[lil foot]

thanks shaz.
ill definately put it on my wishlist.

[lil foot]

just finished 'impossible visits' by christopher noel (a member of the bfro)
great book, the topic being habituations with bfs and humans.
ive read reports of these situations, but its really good to hear a bit more about them rather than a summary of encounters.
it details how these visits eventuated and how they learned to live with these animals at close quarters, learning through mistakes and from knowledge past on to them by other habituators.
good read, although it did stretch my belief in some parts and a couple of the people sound a lil bit nutty, but i suppose thats what everyone thinks of us.......right, lol
overall i give it 7.5/10
pictures and diagrams 1/10 lots metioned of video and photos taken but only one shown in the book.
cant put down factor 7/10

[lil foot]

well on chewys advice i purchased 'raincoast sasquatch'
it was a good book with a look at another dimension in sasquatch reports..... the swimming dimension.
it was pretty amazing to read how well bf has adapted to hunting and travelling through water.
like all books stack filled with encounters it was a great read although i found each encounter kind of blended into the next instead of each having their own heading, which probably sound podantic, but when you read before you nod off, you would understand. also had alot of editing faults and repeating of sentences which became annoying, and repeating of sentences which became annoying and the occaisonal repeating of sentences too, which became annoying. now you understand!!
but overall it was very interesting and i gave it 7/10
for pictures and diagrams i gave it 4/10, kind of got over the native facemarks.
cant put it down factor 7/10

[SAB 8]

I think I`m definitely going to buy Opit`s book now - sounds good. I`ve been uhhmming and arrhing for months now - but these reviews have locked me in. lol

The Yowie - In search of Australia`s Bigfoot is a definite must have. If you haven`t got a yowie-bigfoot book then starting here would be a good bet!

I also enjoyed the Psychic Sasquach. Many of the stories in the book must be taken with a grain of salt but I enjoyed recounting Jack`s personal encounters. It also opened me up to a whole new approach in possibly interacting-researching these beings.

I noticed no one has yet mentioned any of Rex Gilroy`s books. Not sure of the relationship AYR has with 'The Father of Yowie Research' lol (as he likes to be known). I am personally not a fan of Rex`s methodology nor do I subscribe to the theory he puts forth in his newest book - I do however respect the man for his enthusiam and the pioneering work he did in regards to making the public more aware of the Yowie phenomenon. Due to the number of recorded sightings he has received and published his books are a useful addition to the collection. The pick being Giants from the Dreamtime.

Also, many of the US researchers have radio blogs which are free to access and pretty interesting. Theres a wide range of channels with different viewpoints ranging from the highly controversial Biscardi to the more esoteric Lapseritis.

[topender]

cant go past gary's new book, it is compelling reading and he approaches the subject from his usual meticulous and somewhat scientific basis, pixies contributions are quite riveting...10 points from me

[Redneck]

Good thread to get going Lil Foot, my selection of books is only just getting going but as I love reading it will certainly keep growing.
I can reconmend the following for fellow book worms:
The Yowie, In search of Australias Bigfoot by Tony Healy and Paul Cropper
Bigfoot: The true story of apes in America by Loren Coleman
Bigfoot by B. Ann Slate and Al Berry, this one gives a bit of an insight into the psychic/interdimensional angle without being too far out and spacy, also has plenty of info on the Sierra vocalisatiuons.
Wildmen: Yeti, sasquatch and the neanderthal enigma by Myra Shackley, when I stared this one I didn't put it down. It mostly looks at the almas and Yeren and relic hominid theory.
I've also got a copy of Gary Opits book coming.
Happy reading fellow cryptos.

[lil foot]

hey redneck is gary opits book still only available via contact with him and using a postal cheque?
ill have to get off my ass and get me that book.

[Redneck]

Giday Lil Foot, as far as I'm aware its only available from him. I ordered one yonks ago using the details found on this site. He got in touch to say it would be a liitle while coming as he was waiting on a second print run.
Goods news for him as an author but bad news for me cause I'm looking forward to getting stuck into it.