Pennsylvania's Unexplained Mysteries: Ghosts, UFOs, Cryptids, & More (Unexplained Encounters)

Great content. Good read.

Two confessions: Sharon and I are regular “Ghost Adventures” viewers. I don’t necessarily believe in ghosts, but the stories of old buildings and mysteries intrigue me. Secondly, as a native Pennsylvanian living in Maryland, it amazes me how local history exists so much more on this side of the Mason-Dixon line. Pennsylvania is roughly four times the size of its southern neighbor, so Pittsburghers feel no connection to those in Scranton, for example.We start in Pittsburgh and then move our way to Friedens and Meyersdale. Locals will be surprised to see how many stories occur in Johnstown, Somerset, Bedford, and Altoona. A lot of wide-open space contributes to paranoia. On the other hand, you could quickly tell these ghost stories to your children, and they would have no way of questioning you. It may even inspire you to visit one of the places in question and hear the oral history.In what has been an excellent year for books, we have enjoyed the literary equivalents to filet mignon. Mystery collections like this are more like a pile of Oreos. We like them for what they are and still consume them. Of course, you can neither prove nor disprove the veracity of the sightings but will not enter dark, wooded areas with a certain amount of trepidation. Yet, it is somehow comforting to believe more than meets the eye.The author makes the quirky choice to print the Pennsylvanians’ stories unedited for grammar or punctuation. You can almost hear the Yinzer accent as they share their tales of woe and fear. How have I never met these people? I know very few people who openly admit belief in the supernatural, but ghost stories sometimes still manage to absorb us. Whatever moment it was, I started hearing things bump in the night.Lisa Conger recommended this to me, and I was cynical and skeptical, but I am glad to have read about these experiences. We all do not believe in this because we can usually rationalize things that make explained noises. However, the book works because the stories would frighten adults who could also use them to spook their children at sleepovers. More importantly, this is about a two-day read for most of you.

I'm fascinated with ghosts, things that go bump in the night, and have had my own experiences. I found this book very enjoyable. It was poorly edited, and at times didn't even finish a sentence!

Interesting book if you like Pennsylvania and ghost stories.

I liked seeing stories from areas I know. The book was just shorter than I realized.

Super excited to get this considering that it's Halloween time and I'm very familiar with where some of these stories took place, Somerset County, and I was thrilled to see a story from Boswell, my hometown.This book is about the size of one of those Scholastic books you would order in elementary school. Leafing through I noticed that the longest tale was a whopping 2 pages in its entirely.I speed read a few stories and they did nothing for me. They sound more like something that people would tell others in general conversation. Nothing scary, intriguing, or even interesting. I wouldn't call any of these ghost stories, even the ones that are supposed to be. For the price I expected a lot more I guess. Not worth $14

Its a very nice read .intresting stories

Well written, as told by the people who lived it.