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I'm 126 years old. This is my 4,500th incarnation." —Dr. Bob, as profiled in Encounters With the Strange and Unexplained The National U.F.O. Reporting Center averages 332 unexplained alien sightings each month, and the Gallup Organization reports that more than 32 percent of Americans believe in ghosts. In the summer of 2006, award-winning photographer Matt Hoyle took a paranormal road trip across the United States. He photographed 60 witnesses to alien spacecraft, murky swamp creatures, and demonic house poltergeists. Chronicling these encounters through both written and photographic profiles, Hoyle presents a spectrum of specter- loving and -loathing believers in Encounters With the Strange and Unexplained. Hoyle's award-winning photography is known for its rich character and post-production treatment that re-creates both the mood and setting of the environments his portraits depict.