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Encounters: With the Strange and Unexplained

There are poltergeists terrorizing houses with demonic possession. There are monsters lurking in Bayou swamps. There are UFOs shooting across the sky in bright flashes of color. Then there are the witnesses to these mysterious and terrifying events.

Award-winning photographer Matt Hoyle presents Encounters With the Strange and Unexplained (Andrews McMeel Publishing, $24.95), a collection of vivid photographs and unique character profiles of people who have seen and experienced phenomena that cannot be logically explained, but recur too often to be dismissed.

Meet those who have encountered paranormal activity unlike any other:

• A visitation by a friend's ghost in the shower.
• Sightings of the Sasquatch in the woods of California and the Mothman in West Virginia.
• Numerous witnesses to UFOs, as well as close encounters with otherworldly beings.

Hoyle's award-winning photographic style, with its rich detail and thorough post-production treatment, captures the eerie moods and settings found within each portrait. The pictures of the witnesses, combined with their first-person accounts, bring their stories of creatures you're used to seeing only on Halloween to shocking life. Encounters With the Strange and Unexplained will have you reconsidering your doubts about the paranormal.

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About Matt Hoyle:

Matt Hoyle's clients range from Rolling Stone and Esquire to New York magazine and the Los Angeles Times. His work has merited such distinctions as the Cannes Gold Lion and the International Photographer of the Year Award for his portraits.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — Contact: Christina Martin, (800) 851-8923, ext. 6685, cmartin@amuniversal.com

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Encounters: With the Strange and Unexplained

Author: Matt Hoyle
ISBN: 978-0-7407-6935-1
Format: Paperback: 10 1/2 x 9 7/8, 140 pages
Price: $24.95 ($30.95 Canada)