Photo by Mike Lamb Author Adrian Lee shows off his published books at the spring vendor show at the Red Baron Arena Saturday

MARSHALL — As a historian, author and psychic, Adrian Lee makes a living discovering surprises.

He found one big surprise along the Minnesota River Valley.

“I didn’t know there was Bigfoot sightings,” Lee said. “I met a couple of experts on cryptozoology that had evidence. They had cast of footprints, they had hair and I went out out on some of their expeditions. And there was definitely evidence of Bigfoot. I mean, we took photographs of two hominid creatures in the woods near Henderson.”

He believes there’s enough body of evidence to prove it.

Another surprise was a UFO sighting experience he had in Redwood Falls.

“I was in a cemetery doing an investigation and I looked up and there was three UFOs hovering in the sky for about 20 minutes and we filmed that, and I reported it to MUFON, Mutual UFO network, and they say it’s one of the most impressive UFO sightings in the whole Minnesota, because we actually had footage of it, and we had equipment out because we were doing an investigation and the equipment was going nuts,” Lee said. “So we actually have scientific empirical evidence of something arriving. Because I first said to my colleagues, ‘why is the equipment going mad?’ I couldn’t make out while I’m getting spikes on electoral magnetic meters and then we looked up and there’s this craziness.”

Lee shared his experiences while selling his books at the spring vendor show at the Red Baron Arena on Saturday. Besides his books, Lee also is the founder of the International Paranormal Society and has a TV show.

Lee elaborated on the existence of Bigfoot. He personally believes Bigfoot is not a living being.

“I think it’s paranormal. And I think it’s a ghost of a Neanderthal man or something like that, for several reasons. If it was a living physical creature, someone would have hit one in a car by now. You would find carcasses. What are they eating in the Minnesota River Valley. You need more than one because they are mating. If it’s a ghost, they don’t need to eat. You won’t hit one in a car. It doesn’t need to breed,” Lee said.

“You can be a ghost in a spirit and still be physical. So you can still leave a footprint and be a ghost. Because I’ve heard ghosts walking across the floor and I can hear their footprints. I’ve had cups and things thrown at me. So it can be ethereal and physical at the same time,” Lee said.

Lee explained he is originally from London, England, and has a Ph.D. in history. He currently lives in Windom. He holds a lot of events in southwest Minnesota. Last October, he presented a talk at the Marshall-Lyon County Library and led a cemetery tour.

“I was a lecturer. I was a teacher. I was teaching art and history. But I’ve always been a paranormal investigator. I founded the International Paranormal Society, investigating all over the world for 30 years and I was asked to come to America to film a TV show. And the TV show was based in Minneapolis,” Lee said.

That particular TV show didn’t work out, but he was offered a publishing deal and a radio show because people “liked his accent,” he said.

“I never had any reason to go back (to London) at that point,” he said.

Psychic readings also keeps him busy.

“I get really detailed information, mainly imagery, which makes me clairvoyant of people’s deceased relatives. So when I’m doing a reading, I get incredibly detailed information about your grandmother or your grandfather. And I could sit and talk to you for an hour and we’d fill up seven or eight pages of notes, everything 100% accurate,” he said. “So I do readings for people, and I allow them to access the relatives or the friends that have deceased.”

Lee has written about the Dakota War in the region and done a lot of work in Redwood Falls.

“I’ve investigated six or seven locations there. Investigated in the cemetery in Tracy. There are two or three people that are buried there that are very interesting. William Rose was the only guy to be executed in the whole Redwood County. He was hung and he’s buried there about 10 yards from the guy he allegedly shot and killed, which is interesting,” he said.

One of his books was written while stuck in his house during COVID. “Vampire Lost in Minnesota” is his only fiction book. It was written like a journal.

“This is all my experiences as a foreigner being in Minnesota and all the things that happened to me. Only that it’s written from the perspective that he’s a vampire coming from Eastern Europe, rather than Brit. So it’s autobiographical to a degree,” he said.

His other books on display at the vendor show include “Mysterious Minnesota,” and “Ghosts of the US-Dakota War 1862.”

He realizes some people don’t believe ghosts are real, but he is serious about his work as a historian tracking the paranormal.

“Look (at the) back of my books. I’ve got a Ph.D. in history. It’s all referenced. There is a bibliography. The end notes are in there. You can look, so I’m not messing around. I’m a historian. All this history, the only reason it’s in there is because dead people have told me about it,” Lee said.

He uses his psychic skills, scanning devices and spirit boxes.

“So if I’m in a cemetery and a guy comes through and says he’s Thomas Eaton, I’ve got that recorded. You can hear it. I don’t know who he is. When I look up the history, I find the guy and I have photographs of him. So I’m retrieving history that’s been lost to the knowledge of man through the lips of the dead. And the only reason these books are written is because dead people have told me about it. I’ve referenced on that and found it true. So if you say ghosts weren’t real, I would say, well, how are these books written? Then I couldn’t write like this, and then you’ve got a choice to make. I’m either a liar and a con artist,” Lee said.

“You can hear their responses so I can have conversations with them in the same way I’m talking to you and it could last a couple of hours where I’m asking them questions like a quiz show host. Did you use to live here? What’s your name? Was there a fire here? The book on dead and famous is all the famous people I’ve investigated over the years. Prince, Buddy Holly. I was sent to the crash site and spoke to Buddy Holly. I went to the Jesse James farm in Kentucky and spoke to him. I spoke to Al Capone in Chicago,” he said.

“As a historian, things I’d be interested to know. Like, wouldn’t you want to ask Al Capone if he was responsible for the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre? Wouldn’t you want to ask Buddy Holly why the plane crashed?”