John A. Keel - Strange Mutants of the Twenty First Century

INTRODUCTION BY THE AUTHOR

Since 1945, more than 2,000 atomic bombs have been exploded in the earth's atmosphere and in outer space. One result was that by the late 1950's the milk of cows living in the Midwest was so radioactive it was unfit for human consumption. Another result, in the mid-1960s, was a worldwide wave of power failures caused by the EMP (electro-magnetic pulse) of the Chinese atomic tests. During this same period, there was also a bizarre increase in sightings of strange animals all over this planet. Ten-foot tall hairy monsters stomped around an atomic energy plant in Michigan. Dinosaur-like creatures were reported in Italy, France, Texas, Idaho and many other places. Weird winged creatures appeared in several states, and there was even an epidemic of kangaroos from New England to the Mexican border...even though no wild kangaroos are known to exist in North America.

Where were all these odd critters coming from? And where did they go? There is compelling evidence that some of them were short-lived mutants created by genetic accidents caused by the radioactivity from all those atom bombs. Pitiful, misshappened creatures poisoned by man's stupidity even before they were born and doomed to lead short, disoriented lives blundering around our forests. This book tells you about some of them...the strange mutants of the Twentieth Century who will obviously be the forerunners of the even stranger mutants that will appear in the Twenty-first Century.

In these pages you will also meet some other peculiar animals that cannot be so easily explained. Creatures of the night, some of whom spring from the blackness of man's own soul. Frightening stories of the terror experienced by the witnesses who accidentally crossed that threshold that separates our reality from some alien Twilight Zone. So join them now for a visit to a shadowy world where you may hear the sound of a horrible scream...and then realize that it is you who are doing the screaming. Welcome to the land of the mutants.

John A. Keel

New York, N.Y.

CONTENTS

STRANGE MUTANTS OF THE 21ST CENTURY:

Copyright 2014 by: John A. Keel

All rights reserved.

ISBN: 1-4991-0522-3

ISBN-13: 9781499105223

New Saucerian Books, Point Pleasant, West Virginia

From the upper Nile, to the lower Ganges and the Roof of the World In Tibet, to remote country villages In West Virginia and Kentucky, John A. Keel has traveled extensively in his unending search for the strange, the mysterious, the unexplainable. He has been in over 40 countries and has lived in Paris, Baghdad, Cairo, Calcutta, Barcelona, Hollywood, New Orleans and a thousand exotic places in between. For many years, he wrote a syndicated newspaper column which appeared in major dailies throughout the world and his countless magazine articles have appeared in nearly every leading periodical. His monthly column "Modern Mysteries" appeared in SAGA magazine for ten years. He was editor and publisher of ANOMALY, a newsletter devoted to scientific mysteries, and served on the Board of Directors of the Society for the Investigation of the Unexplained (S.I.T.U.), founded by Ivan T. Sanderson. He was also the editor of the Society's journal, Pursuit.

In the 1950's, Mr. Keel worked for the Department of the Army as Chief of Continuity and Production for the American Forces Network (AFN) in Frankfurt, Germany...the world's largest radio network. In 1952, he wrote and produced a radio program, Things in the Sky, about unidentified flying objects which was heard by millions throughout Europe and very favorably received. He also wrote and produced broadcasts from the original castle of Frankenstein in Germany, and from the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt

An accomplished lexicographer, he has been science editor of Funk & Wagnalls' encyclopedias and geography editor of the Funk & Wagnalls College Dictionary. It was Mr. Keel who inserted the first definition of the "abominable snowman" and "flying saucers" into the dictionary and thus Into formal acceptance by the scholarly community.

Born march 25, 1930, his autobiography, Jadoo (Hindi word for "magic"), was published In 1957 when he was 27 years old. He has published eleven other books since and two more, Strange Mutants and Carnival of the Mind will appear in 1984.

Mr. Keel has also been active in television, serving as head writer on programs starring Merv Griffin, Robert Q. Lewis, Gene Rayburn and others. He was employed by Goodson & Todman Productions for a number of years and also was head writer for station WPIX In New York. Author of several screenplays, he wrote 200 slapstick comedies for Trans-Lux and has worked on numerous television situation comedies. His humorous novel, The Fickle Finger of Fate, published in 1966, sold 800,000 copies.

In the early 1970's, Mr. Keel became a special consultant to the Federal Government, carrying out assignments for the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, the Bureau of Radiology and the Air Force office of Technical Research. He still does consulting work occasionally.

A regular on many radio and television talk shows, Mr. Keel has appeared with Johnny Carson, Jack Paar, Hugh Downs, David Letterman, Long John Nebel, Barry Farber and many others. He has also lectured widely and has received two honorary Ph.D.s for his work in herpetology and archaeology. He Is well-known In many different fields. For example, he once wrote a column for U.S. Camera magazine and is regarded as a leading expert In 8mm Sound filmmaking. As a psychologist and parapsychologlst, he has an International reputation. His books have been translated and published In over twenty foreign countries. Among magicians, he Is known as the Inventor of many ingenious magic tricks and an outstanding commentator on the psychology of magic. In religious circles, he has been labeled "the world's greatest theologian" and his books are widely quoted by religious writers and evangelists. In Europe, he has been the subject of much controversy and many books have been written about him, such as the very popular book The Dark Gods by the British authors Anthony Roberts and Geoff Gilbertson.

John A. Keel is a private pilot and divides his time between Woodstock, N.Y., New York City and Los Angeles.

Introduction by the Publisher

We are now convinced of the reality of the UFO phenomenon more than ever before. John Keel's work into the many "flaps," "contacts," and "abductions" of the past decade only strengthen that belief. The material herein is of utmost importance to all saucerers.

What do we believe about saucers and ufonauts? Basically, that the phenomenon is very real, most certainly occurs, and probably always will. The interpretation of this phenomenon, however, is the real stickler. Although the ET believers insist that the saucers represent relatively simple visitations from other planets, and Ray Palmer points to an inner-earth or atmospheric origin, and some still interpret them as spiritualistic manifestations, I would rather admit that I just don't know what they are.

And I will probably never know. Our investigations and studies indicate that the phenomenon represents either an incredibly advanced technology of extra-mundane nature, or that it involves some sort of interdimensional explanation that is completely beyond us at the moment. This is only a personal opinion, of course, and we reserve the right to change it tomorrow if new evidence comes up that may change our mind.

We do have some definite opinions, however. Your Editor has finally given up the idea that it might be possible for him to "give up" flying saucers and "saucering." He has at last concluded that he is a big nut, and resigned himself to that fact.