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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Bran Blackbyrd" data-source="post: 1091923" data-attributes="member: 1710">I could easily see that as being a factor in the hysteria. If the movie The Exorcist freaked people out as badly as it did, then one would have to assume that revelations of a real life serial murderer would unsettle the public at least as much.Coming out of the 70's it seems like there were a lot of serial killer incidents, (Son of Sam, Gacey, etc.) combine that with the satanic scare and you have a potent breeding ground for public hysteria. D&D's bad rep may have just been a result of the times.Mysterious America is an interesting book. I picked an older copy up from my library a while back; now I'm going to have to buy a current copy and see what's lurking in the added chapters.Ohio seems to have it's fair share of mysterious animal sightings. Bigfoot, the Kenmore Grassman, gamers, and ABCs (Alien Big Cats). It hasn't been that long since we had a panther flap here in the Alliance/Marlboro area.FYI: Mysterious panthers and lions showing up in areas where they shouldn't are sometimes referred to as Alien Big Cats because; A.) Their presence in a particular area is alien, B.) they don't usually behave the way an animal of that type does (notably overly-aggressive behavior, attacking moving vehicles), C.) Strange big cat sightings very frequently coincide with UFO sightings in the same area.The same connection has been drawn between bigfoot sightings and UFOs. I found that part of the book particularly creepy.The_Universe:Mysterious America is a book about some of the strange animals and phenomena that have been witnessed across the US. It can be purchased at Amazon in paperback for 16.95 and as a PDF (I had no idea!) for 7.95. I imagine any local bookstore would be happy to order any of these books for you as well.<a href="http://www.lorencoleman.com" target="_blank">Loren Coleman</a> has written a number of books, including ones about cryptozoology and the Mothman. Just follow the link. He has links right on the front page to where you can buy his books.I don't get it, no hardback?The book would definitely make a good resource for strip-mining game ideas. I plan on trying my hand at making stats for my own take on the ABCs for D20M.--Croutons? ROFL!</blockquote>

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