Benjamin radford is deputy editor of skeptical inquirer science magazine and a research fellow with the nonprofit educational organization the committee for skeptical inquiry. While a few authors write with some scholarship and authority on the chupacabra, the vast majority of information on the subject is rife with error, mistaken assumption, and misinformation. A new podcast cohosted by benjamin radford and pascual romero and featuring celestia ward, squaring the strange brings evidencebased analysis and commentary to a. The vampire beast in fact, fiction, and folklore ben radford s tracking the chupacabra has been nominated as a finalist for the 2011 book of the year award in the social science category, and was a finalist for the new mexico book awards. He has written thousands of articles on a wide variety of topics, including urban legends, the. What science says donald prothero and timothy callahan 2017 indiana university press.
He covers pseudoscience, psychology, urban legends and the science behind unexplained or mysterious phenomenon. The chupacabra is the worlds bestknown vampire after dracula, and the third bestknown mystery monster after bigfoot and. He has written thousands of articles on a wide variety of topics, including urban legends, the paranormal, critical thinking, and media literacy. The author has not only gone on an expedition to find the elusive beast. What really interested me about the chupacabra is that its a vampire, unlike bigfoot, unlike the loch ness monster, the moth man, the new. Tracking the chupacabra is an investigation into the chupacabra mystery by skeptical author benjamin radford. Benjamin radford born october 2, 1970 is an american writer, investigator, and skeptic. Benjamin radford is deputy editor of skeptical inquirer science magazine and a research fellow with the nonprofit educational organization the committee for. The vampire beast in fact, fiction and folklore is a nonfiction book by benjamin radford, an american writer and investigator. You can find more on me and my work with a search for benjamin radford not ben radford on vimeo. Tracking the chupacabra university of new mexico press. Among the monsters said to roam the worlds jungles and desolate deserts, none is more feared than the chupacabrathe bloodsucking beast blamed for the.
The vampire beast in fact, fiction, and folklore radford, benjamin on. Deputy editor of skeptical inquirer science magazine research fellow with the committee for skeptical inquiry and folklorist, member of the american folklore society awardwinning author, coauthor or editor of over twenty books and thousands of articles on a wide variety of topics including urban legends. Skeptical investigator benjamin radford went indepth into the legend of the chupacabra, and concluded that many sightings were actually dogs or coyotes with mange, which contributes to their strange appearance you can read it here. The book takes us through a brief history and exploration of the infamous goat sucker, followed by a thorough examination of the core cases that helped entrench it in modern mythology. Link to benjamin radfords book tracking the chupacabra watch the original video about the chupacabra here first s. Follow benjamin radford and explore their bibliography from s benjamin radford author page. Among the monsters said to roam the worlds jungles and des. A trail of bodies, seemingly left behind by the vampirelike chupacabra, enabled one man to solve the mystery. Benjamin radford is the bad science columnist for live science. Though both vampire legends and mysterious animal predation date back many centuries, there seems to be no evidence of any bloodsucking chupacabra. Chupacabra interview with benjamin radford youtube.
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