North American monsters: a contemporary legend casebook

• Other Authors: Puglia, David J.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Colorado State University. Libraries 2022
• Subjects: Monsters > North America > Case studies; Folklore > North America > Case studies; Legends > North America > Case studies; Urban folklore > North America > Case studies; Coleman; Gauthier; Ashton; Loren; Newfoundland
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10217/234528

Includes bibliographical references and index. Mining a broad cross-section of diverse folklore journals and books that demonstrates notable legendary monster research and encourages future scholarly monster pursuits. Focusing on ostensibly living creatures strongly tied to specific geographic areas, the volume offers nineteen folkloristic case studies from the last half-century of specific monsters in native habitats.--Provided by publisher. Introduction: Legendary North American Monsters / David J. Puglia -- 1. The Boondock Monster of Camp Wapehani / James P. Leary -- 2. The Cropsey Maniac / Lee Haring and Mark Breslerman, New York -- 3. Alligators-in-the-Sewers: A Journalistic Origin / Loren Coleman -- 4. Sasquatch-Like Creatures in Newfoundland: A Study in the Problems of Belief, Perception, and Reportage / Michael Taft -- 5. The "Char-Man": A Local Legend of the Ojai Valley / Charlie Seemann – 6. The Jersey Devil / Angus Kress Gillespie -- 7. American Vampires: Legend, the Media, and Tubal Transmission / Norine Dresser -- 8. The Ways and Nature of the Zombi / Hans-W. Ackermann and Jeanine Gauthier -- 9. Ecotypes, Etiology, and Contemporary Legend: The "Webber" Cycle in Western Newfoundland / John Ashton -- 10. The Lake Lieberman Monster / Elizabeth Tucker -- 11. A Nessie in Mormon Country: The Bear Lake Monster / Alan L. Morrell -- 12. Getting Maryland's Goat: Diffusion and Canonization of Prince George's County's Goatman Legend – David J. Puglia -- 13. Tall, Dark, and Loathsome: The Slender Man and the Emergence of a Legend Cycle in the Digital Age / Andrew Peck -- 14. Evoking the Shadow Beast: Disability and Chicano Advocacy in San Antonio's Donkey Lady Legend / Mercedes Elaina Torrez -- 15. Going Van Helsing in Puerto Rico: Hunting the Chupacabra Legend / Benjamin Radford -- 16. Daniel Boone, Yahoos, and Yeahohs: Mirroring Monsters of the Appalachians / Carl Lindahl -- 17. The Mothman of West Virginia: A Case Study in Legendary Storytelling / David Clarke -- 18. The Windigo as Monster: Indigenous ...