{"product_id":"haunted-hikes-spinetingling-tales-and-trails-from-north-americas-national-parks","title":"Haunted Hikes: SpineTingling Tales and Trails from North Americas National Parks","description":"\u003cp\u003eGhosts! Curses! Hoaxes! Unsolved mysteries! Paranormal events! Take a walk on the creepy side of North Americas National Parks! Andrea Lankford, a 12year veteran ranger with the National Park Service, has written a thoroughly investigated yet often tongueincheek guidebook that takes the reader to the scariest, most mysterious places inside North Americas National Parks.Lankford shares such eerie tales as John Browns haunting of Harpers Ferry, the disembodied legs that have been seen running around inside the Mammoth Cave Visitor Center, and the wailing woman who roams the trail behind the Grand Canyon Lodge. Lankford also uncovers paranormal activities park visitors have experienced, such as the chupacabra that roams the swamps inside Big Thicket National Preserve and the teenage bigfoot who rolled a park service campground with toilet paper.She also reports on longforgotten unsolved murders, such as the savage stabbing of a young woman on Yosemites trail to Mirror Lake, and the execution style shooting of two General Motors executives at Crater Lake. The witnesses to the supernatural occurrences are highly credible peoplerangers, park historians, river guides, and the likeand each tale has factual relevance to the cultural or natural history of the park.Haunted Hikes provides readers with all the information they need: for each hike: a fright factor rating is listed along with trailhead access information, detailed trail maps, and hike difficulty levels. Most of the haunted sites included in the book can be reached by the average hiker, some are wheelchair accessible, and others are for intrepid backpackers willing to make multiday treks into wilderness areas. Intriguing photographs of many sites are included.Haunted Hikes is sure to satisfy readers looking for those spinetingling moments when you begin to wonder if maybe, just maybe, we are not alone.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Santa Monica Press","offers":[{"title":"Lankford, Andrea \/ paperback","offer_id":47839747899637,"sku":"SONG1595800093","price":16.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/5804\/8501\/files\/81BgW4-mCuL.jpg?v=1773746065","url":"https:\/\/ergodebooks.com\/products\/haunted-hikes-spinetingling-tales-and-trails-from-north-americas-national-parks","provider":"Ergodebooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}