Category: Unexplained and Just Plain Crazy
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Psychic Pets

Submitter: The eyes of the dog and cat on the cover are very disturbing. If glowing ink had been on offer from the publisher, I’m sure this book would have used it. Inside there are few pictures, none of them seemed to “capture” phychic-ness, in my opinion. I have included…
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What’s in the stars for your cat?

Cat Astrology Daniels 1976 So what is your cat’s sign? I believe my cats are Pisces. Must be the fish symbol. As I am not a professional on astrology, I can only assume this must mean my cats are all about disdain, food, and naps. (Oh wait, that is EVERY…
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We Are Not Alone…

Flying Saucers, Serious Business Edwards 1966 Submitter: My local library has a whole shelf of dusty old books on UFOs and aliens. There must have been a serious need for the collection as all of these books are from the 1960’s and 70’s. Now they seem to languish on the…
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Death in a Bottle

The Brown Bottle Jones 1983 Submitter: Found this in storage (at least that’s our saving grace – this wasn’t on the shelf!) of a small town public library. I have now weeded it. It’s a picture book about a caterpillar who is an alcoholic. And dies instead of changing into a butterfly.…
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Therapeutic Bigfoot

The Psychic Sasquatch and their UFO Connection Laperitis 1998 I am a sucker for books like this on bigfoot, ufos, the Bermuda Triangle and all the other stuff that hangs out in the 000’s. I have been known to settle in and watch Finding Bigfoot on the Animal Planet. Evidently,…
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Henry and His Dowsing Rod

Henry Gross and His Dowsing Rod Roberts 1951 Submitter: My local library has three copies of Henry Gross and His Dowsing Rod. We all chuckled at the title. Apparently some of us still have dirty minds. Three copies? That seems a bit much. The copy I requested was shipped over from a…