Haunted Hikes by Andrea Lankford

Oh man, I have had VERY mixed results with books that have the word, "Haunted" in the title.  Some are really bad and some are good.  I don't want to read another book ever about self proclaimed psychics seeing orbs.

Luckily, Andrea Lankford did not go that route with her VERY WELL DONE book, "Haunted Hikes."  Her book is a really nice written book with lots of great stories of the weird, strange and dark in our National Parks.

Sure, there are some ghost stories here, but the author also gets in to talking about UFOs, Bigfoot, Native American legends, etc.  If you enjoy strange stories in general, this is a great book to pick up!

Andrea writes with enthusiasm too.  She cares about the National Parks and their often unexplained mysteries.  She also gives info on other places to look for more information on these stories (I recognized a lot of sources she brings up).

AND, since the book IS called "Haunted Hikes" she gives hiking suggestions relating to the strange park stories that she tells.

Andrea Lankford gives some very interesting information about strange things happening in the parks...  there are brain eating amoebas, disappearing hikers, criminals, a rock star...  I could really go on and on!

I am a bit late getting around to this one...  It came out nearly a decade and half ago.... but it holds up well and the info is still relevant.  This was a book that I thought might be a fun reference book, but after flipping through it, I ended up reading it straight through and taking notes!  It gets my highest possible recommendation!