Florida's Cryptid Creatures

Cracker Dog Killer ? St. Augustine's Giant Octopus ? Lake Worth Sea Monster ? Skunk Ape ?
During the Labor Day weekend, we headed to the beach at St. George Island and spent time wandering around quaint historic Apalachicola. Among the many delightful shops you'll find there, awaits "Downtown Books, the Best Little Bookstore in the Panhandle" and indeed they have an interesting selection of titles. Perusing the many Florida titles, I found The Cryptid Creatures of Florida, by Scott Marlowe, discovering there were a whole lot of Florida legends I hadn't heard of. Having lived in Florida for many years, I thought I was fairly knowledgeable about such things, but author Marlowe has compiled information on 21 different creatures of legend, found all over the sunshine state.
From the back cover" Florida is unique among cryptid locales. We boast, if that is the right word, a counterpart to all of the "Big Five" cryptids: Bigfoot, the Loch Ness Monster, Chupacabra, Thunderbird, and Dinosauria, here. We also have a few unique cryptids of our own that wander the more remote places of the state. But beware some of them can even be found right in someone's back yard.

As a peninsular state, many cryptid creatures found here are water borne, but we have avian anomalies and a wide variety of terrestrial terrors for you to investigate too. Therefore, I have organized our cryptids into those main classifications.
Learn about some of the famous creatures that could be lurking out there, as you read through the encounters reported by actual eyewitnesses, and researched by my associates and I. Then put on your camos, hip waiters, or scuba gear, and be sure to grab your camera before heading out to search for them yourself."
The book description in Amazon: "This book explores cryptid creatures you will find in the State of Florida, and opens up a new venue of "eco-tourism" for those seeking adventure in the outdoors here. If you enjoy pursuing the odd, strange, unusual or just plain weird things in nature, you will find this book a great starting place to plan your next eco-safari."
September 7th, meet Scott Marlowe at Downtown Books - "Join Scott Marlowe, celebrity cryptozoologist and author of The Cryptid Creatures of Florida from 1:00 to 3:00 for an investigation of the Muck Monster, the Swamp Ape, and our very own Carrabelle Cat (among others too numerous to mention)!"