About Jeff Davis
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Jeff
Davis – Brief Biography Jeff Davis has live in the Peculiar World for most of his
life. As a boy, he decided to become
an archaeologist and investigate the odd and unusual after watching the original
Mummy movie, with Boris Karloff. For
many years, Jeff worked in the woods of Pacific Northwest’s Cascade Mountains,
the home of Bigfoot. Jeff has
encountered many peculiar things while traveling around the world, visiting
England, Italy, Bosnia, South Korea, Japan, and Southwest Asia.
Jeff has written, edited, or contributed to over a dozen books, including
military history and the paranormal. Some
of his books include Weird Washington,
and Weird Oregon.
Please
visit Jeff's IMBD page for more detailed information
Jeff
Davis – Longer, Somewhat Boring Biography Jeff Davis was born in Vancouver, Washington and grew up in
the Army, so to speak. Jeff’s father was stationed at the Vancouver Barracks
and Jeff grew up playing in and around the Barracks. This led to his interest
in a military career. This competed
with his other interests, ghosts, mythology, and archaeology, which began when
he spent many evenings watching old horror movies, such as the original Mummy,
with Boris Karloff. Ghosts and
Critters Career Jeff was interested in the paranormal since childhood, but because of job and military commitments, was limited to short investigations and research projects. However, in the late 1990s, during a lull in work and military assignments, Jeff published his first book, Ghosts and Strange Critters of the Pacific Northwest. He wrote this book, and his later manuscripts with a focus on the historical context of hauntings, the who, what, where, and WHY a location might be haunted. Because of his anthropology background, and a natural suspicion of the government, Jeff was also interested in mysteries and conspiracy theories, strange animals, and forgotten facts. He included those in his books as well. Jeff has written, edited, or contributed to over a dozen
books on military history, and the paranormal.
Some of these books include, Weird Washington, Weird Oregon, A Haunted
Tour Guide to the Pacific Northwest, Ghosts, Critters and Sacred Place of
Washington and Oregon, Volumes 1 - III, and many others.
He has been a guest on Coast to Coast AM, and the History Channel series,
Haunted History. Jeff has also been
a four-time guest expert on the Travel Channel show, The Dead Files, and
two-time guest on Ghost Adventures. Haunted History:
[Pacific] Northwest, Season 2, Episode 3, air date 2 March 2001.
The
Dead Files: is an American paranormal television series that premiered
on September 23, 2011, on the Travel Channel. The program features physical
medium Amy Allan and former NYPD homicide detective Steve DiSchiavi as they
investigate locations that are reported to be haunted. Final Curtain Call, Season 2, Episode 5, air date 18 May 2012. Final Curtain Call and the Devil Made Me Do It Season 2, Episode 7, air date Oct 26, 2012 House of Mirrors, Season 6, Episode 3, air date 9 May 2015. The Whispering: Season 7, Episode 12, air date 18 June 2016. While the Children Sleep Season 8, Episode 7, air date 5 August 2017. The Demon's Quest, Season 14, Episode 7, air date 25 January 2021 The Seething Season 15, Episode 3, air date Nov 6, 2021
Ruptured
Season 15, Episode 4, air date
Nov 13, 2021
Ghost
Adventures: is an American television series about the paranormal that
premiered on October 17, 2008, on the Travel Channel. Produced by MY-Tupelo
Entertainment (a merger of MY Entertainment and Tupelo-Honey Productions),[1]
the program follows ghost hunters Zak Bagans, Nick Groff (until season 10), and
Aaron Goodwin as they investigate locations that are reported to be haunted. The
show is introduced and narrated by Zak Bagans. Graveyard of the Pacific: Commander's House: Located in Warrenton, Oregon, aired 20 October 2018. Graveyard of the Pacific: Cape Disappointment: Located in Ilwaco, Washington, aired 27 October 2018.
It Knows We're
Here (Dec 7,
2021) Season 1, Episode 2 An Unhappy
Medium (Dec
14, 2021) Season 1, Episode 3 S.O.S.
(Dec 21, 2021) Season 1, Episode 4 You Have a
Bigfoot Here
(Dec 28, 2021) Season 1, Episode 5 Camp Terror
(Jan 4, 2022) Season 1, Episode 6 We're the Prey
(Jan 11, 2022) Season 1, Episode 7 Nantinaq's
Revenge (Jan
18, 2022) Season 1, Episode 8
Books
and Other Publications Books on the
Paranormal Ghosts and Strange
Critters of Washington and Oregon, Norseman Ventures Publishing Ghosts Critters and
Sacred Places of Washington and Oregon I (Revised) Norseman Ventures
Publishing Ghosts Critters and
Sacred Places of Washington and Oregon II Norseman Ventures Publishing Ghosts Critters and
Sacred Places of Washington and Oregon III Norseman Ventures Publishing Haunted Astoria
(Revised) Norseman Ventures Publishing Haunted Tour Guide to
the Pacific Northwest, with Janine Davis (Revised) Norseman Ventures
Publishing Portland Rose City
Ghosts Volume I Norseman Ventures Publishing Vancouver USA Ghosts,
Volume I Norseman Ventures Publishing Weird England,
Sterling Publishing. Jeff
contributed two stories to this book. Weird Hauntings,
Jeff contributed three stories to this book. Weird Oregon, Sterling
Publishing. Jeff
co-authored this book, which mixes the unique history of Oregon State with its
oddities, and significant people places and things. Weird Washington,
Sterling Publishing. Jeff wrote nine
(9) of the 12 chapters in this book, of true stories of the odd, unusual, and
unique heritage of Washington State. I
focused on many places with archaeological and historic appeal. The Washington
State Librarian recommended it for educators teaching introductory classes in
Washington State History. Archaeology and
History Books 1995, A
Macrobotanical Analysis of the Remains from the Middens of the Norse Greenland
Farm Complex of Sandnes (v51) Unpublished
master's thesis, submitted to the University of Sheffield, UK. This document was
a mix of historic research using translated documents, archaeological reports,
as well as laboratory analysis to try to find what happened to the Norse
settlers who disappeared from Greenland in the Middle Ages 1995, Nothing in
Hell...The Story of the 104th Division Timberwolves in World War II.
Unpublished manuscript, submitted to the Commander, 104th Division,
Vancouver Barracks, WA, January 1996. 2011, History of the
75th Division 1943 – 2012 (Revised). Jeff
was the principal author of several chapters detailing the history of this US
Army unit, and edited chapters from the previous edition.
2014, Custer's Other
Brother-in-Law, the Fred Calhoun Log Book. (Editor) This is a copy of a 19th
century book kept by Lieutenant Frederick Calhoun. He was stationed at the
Vancouver Barracks for several years. It
includes a bio of Calhoun, and overview of his life and times. (In progress)- Custer's
Niece, the Household Account Book of Emma Reed Calhoun. This book is an
annotated copy 19th century account book kept by Mrs. Frederick Calhoun. She was
G. A. Custer's niece, and married Calhoun after the Battle of Little Bighorn.
She and her husband were stationed at the Vancouver Barracks for several
years. It includes an overview of her life and in what was the western frontier.
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