Walking in the woods, you think you spy a hairy face and beady eyes looking at you from the thick trees. Was it a beast of legend? Reports of Bigfoot, the Loch Ness monster and other cryptids come from all over the world. Could they be true? Researchers use thermal video cameras, night-vision goggles, drones and other tools to investigate. In this book, readers will get an inside look at all the high-tech gear used to hunt for elusive cryptids. What is more, the carefully levelled text will ensure that even struggling and reluctant readers will succeed in reading and enjoying the book.

Mae Respicio is a nonfiction writer and middle grade author whose novel, THE HOUSE THAT LOU BUILT, won an Asian/Pacific American Libraries Association Honor Award and was an NPR Best Book. Mae lives with her family in California and some of her favorite everyday things include books, beaches, and ube ice cream.