{"id":14791,"date":"2019-07-16T15:45:19","date_gmt":"2019-07-16T20:45:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/?p=14791"},"modified":"2019-07-16T15:45:19","modified_gmt":"2019-07-16T20:45:19","slug":"i-know-what-i-saw-with-a-giveaway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/?p=14791","title":{"rendered":"I Know What I Saw, with a Giveaway!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/i-know-what-i-saw-cover-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-14796\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/i-know-what-i-saw-cover-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/i-know-what-i-saw-cover.jpg 298w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/>In the world of urban legends and cryptozoology it\u2019s hard to proclaim anyone an \u201cexpert\u201d, however if I was to try, Linda S. Godfrey would be one. Since 1991 Godfrey has been chronicling the stories of people who claim to have encountered the unusual. With Godfrey, nothing is off the table: goatmen, dire dogs, werewolves, big cats, creatures from other dimensions, and more are open to discussion. What sets her apart is that she does her best to attempt to fact check the stories and present mundane options for what occurs in them. Godfrey openly acknowledges that there is an obvious lack of scientific evidence for these things. The author isn\u2019t a skeptic, she\u2019s reasonable.<\/p>\n<p>Her latest book, \u201cI Know What I Saw: Modern Day Encounters with Monsters of New Urban Legend and Ancient Lore\u201d is a fun, fast paced romp through the world of urban legends. You\u2019ll read over a hundred different stories, grouped together in ways to compare them and tease out underlying connections. Godfrey also ponders which came first, the stories or the creatures? It\u2019s fun to consider this chicken versus egg scenario, along with a world still containing unsolved mysteries. <\/p>\n<p>Does this sound good? Well guess what? I have a copy of \u201cI Know What I Saw\u201d to giveaway to a lucky reader! We\u2019re doing the Rafflecopter thing, so check out the widget below! This giveaway will run until Saturday, July 20, 2019 11:59pm eastern.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"rcptr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rafflecopter.com\/rafl\/display\/607e07b418\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-raflid=\"607e07b418\" data-theme=\"classic\" data-template=\"\" id=\"rcwidget_z53si42u\">a Rafflecopter giveaway<\/a><br \/>\n<script src=\"https:\/\/widget-prime.rafflecopter.com\/launch.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>You can learn more about the book <a href=\"https:\/\/www.penguinrandomhouse.com\/books\/565784\/i-know-what-i-saw-by-linda-s-godfrey\/9780143132806\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiebound.org\/book\/9780143132806?aff=MagicalBuffet\">Shop your local indie bookstore<\/a><--- This is an affiliate link to IndieBound, which supports independent bookstores throughout the United States. If you use this link to purchase the book I will make a small commission at no additional cost to you.\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Linda S. Godfrey explores urban legends and folklore, and I give it away!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4,7,19,22,27],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14791"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14791"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14791\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}