Weird Washington: Your Travel Guide to Washington's Local Legends and Best Kept Secrets [L0112]

2008 HCDJ in nice clean condition. There is a whole lot of weird going on in our state. Washington is home to some of the weirdest travel destinations, scariest legends, and most colorful folks in the United States.Because there are so many odd and unusual tales, cemeteries, beasts, and people here, it took two authors to traverse the state to document it all. With cameras and notepads, and apples (of course) in hand, Jefferson Davis and Al Eufrasio boldly ventured the highways and byways, back roads and forests, shorelines and mountaintops to investigate all the state has to offer. For starters, there are lots of unexplained events here-in fact, we're ranked number two in the whole country for mysterious America's only unsolved hijacking happened here; look up, but watch out for raining rocks, mysterious flying men, and UFOs; look down, and you might uncover a body turned to soap in Crescent Lake or deadly monsters in Lake Washington. Where else can you find a tribute to a giant squirting razor clam? Yes, Washington is a whole lot weirder than you ever imagined, and Weird Washington is here to show and tell you all about it.

From recent Amazon/GoodReads reviews: "The book is broken up into chapters, each with its own identity. You have "Fabled People And Places", "Local Heroes And Villains", "Bizarre Beasts", "Ancient Mysteries", "Unexplained Phenomena", "Personalized Properties", "Roadside Oddities", "Roads Less Traveled", "Haunted Places", "Cemetery Safari", and lastly, "Washington Lost And Found". I have lived in this state my entire life. I knew of a few things, but not a whole lot. So, imagine my surprise and fascination when I read up on all these interesting things in my state. For instance, you will read about the exorcisms that took place at the Monaghan Music Hall building at Gonzaga University in Spokane; The mysterious Indian princess at Pike Place Market in Seattle; to mention just a few entries. Most of these I have never read or heard about in my entire life here. Reading this book was such a learning experience, and it is sure to intrigue fellow Washingtonians who may not know of this history either."; "We keep the book in our travel trailer and love to bring it out when we get together with friends and family. Kids love this book and we gift it to folks who move here from other states. There are so many things we have on our list of "must see that' now as we travel around our state"; "The book is well written and the pictures are great, as they always are in the "Weird" books. The authors obviously love their state, and they did an incredible job of capturing the weird and wonderful here in our state. It took a lifelong Washington resident like me on an amazing imaginary road trip where I learned a lot of fascinating things. I became aware of quirky incidents, eccentric people, and intriguing natural history facts. It's a wonderful and worthy addition to the "Weird" canon of books, and I recommend it to everyone, Washingtonian or not."