New Book, “Indiana Cryptids,” Uncovers Creepy Creatures In The Hoosier State

In this new book, Indiana Cryptids: Mysterious Monsters in the Hoosier State, co-authors Les O’Dell and Mark A. Randall shine a light on twenty hidden creatures that are said to call Indiana home.

Over the decades, there have been stories of strange lake and river monsters. Large, hairy creatures have been spotted roaming around farms, corn fields and wooded forests. Eyewitnesses have even claimed to have encountered bizarre aerial entities, diminutive human-like figures and enormous horned serpents.

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Cryptids include:

Beast of Busco, Boonville Monster, Bremen Bridge Troll, Cable Line Monster, Crawfordsville Monster, Crosley Creature, Ghoul Snake, Goat Man of Centenary, Green-Clawed Monster, Meshekenabek, Mill Race Monster, Mud Mermaids, Mysterious Cats, Oil Pit Squids, Puk-Wud-Jies, Roachdale Monster, Spectral Hounds, Thunderbirds, Werewolves and White River Monster.

Indiana Cryptids is 47 pages and is filled with rich, informative text and eye-catching illustrations. It is available on Amazon.

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About the Authors

 Mark A. Randall lives in Indiana. He is an artist who has created illustrations for book covers and film productions. In addition to West Virginia Cryptids, Mark has published four books in 2023: Mothman High Strangeness, The Flatwoods Monster, Mothman Encounters and The Mysterious Men in Black.

Les O’Dell lives in West Virginia. He is a Bigfoot researcher and co-founder of West Virginia Cryptids and Strange Encounters. Les and Mark co-authored the book, West Virginia Cryptids: A Visual Travel Guide for Traversing the Mountain State, in 2021. Les published his second book, Old Man of the Mountain: The West Virginia Bigfoot, in 2023.