Eerie Colorado: Mountain Folklore, Monsters and Tales of the Supernatural [Paperback]

I picked a microcosm on the edge of the circlea place where many manifestations were occurring simultaneouslyand I hit the jackpot immediately. John Keel

The Hatchet Lady of Red Rocks, the ghostly Stanley Hotel and the terrifying Slide-Rock Bolter are just some of astonishing legends, eerie locations and strange monsters that compose Colorados supernatural folklore. Stories of Bigfoot, UFOs and lake monsters vex the states history. Haunted houses lurk throughout the state, as do cursed roads and bridges. Folklorist and award-winning author Jack Daly guides us on an odyssey through the uncanny, with a quest of unraveling the mysteries of the preternatural in Colorado.

Evergreen, Colorado native and folklorist Jack Daly is a doctoral candidate in American studies at Pennsylvania State UniversityHarrisburg, where he was the recipient of the prestigious University Graduate Fellowship. He has a masters degree in folklore from Utah State University, as well as bachelors degrees in English, history and anthropology from the University of Kansas. In 2023, he was the recipient of the Warren E. Roberts Prize for the best paper of folk art and material culture from the American Folklore Society.

I picked a microcosm on the edge of the circlea place where many manifestations were occurring simultaneouslyand I hit the jackpot immediately. John Keel