In 1980-1981, I was working as a security guard on a high-tension tower project here in California. I met a man who was a “cat skinner” operating a bulldozer, leveling off the pads where each…
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Various Cryptids
Igopogo
In Canadian folklore, the Igopogo is a creature said to dwell in Lake Simcoe, Ontario. The creature’s name is ostensibly based on the Ogopogo, of Lake Okanagan, British Columbia, and also the title 1952 book…
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In Canadian folklore, Cressie is an eel-like lake monster said to reside in Crescent Lake, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
Read More CressieNang Tani
Nang Tani (Thai: นางตานี; “Lady of Tani”) is a female spirit of the Thai folklore. According to folk tradition this ghost appears as a young woman that haunts wild banana trees (Musa balbisiana), known as…
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The Krasue (Thai: กระสือ, pronounced [krā.sɯ̌ː]), known as Ahp (Khmer: អាប) in Cambodia and as Kasu (Lao: ກະສື, pronounced [ka.sɯ̌ː]) in Laos, is a nocturnal female spirit of Southeast Asian folklore. It manifests itself as…
Read More KrasueVila (fairy)
Vila (plural vile) is a South Slavic fairy similar to a nymph, female, beautiful and with long blonde hair. Serbo-Croatian: vila, Slovene: vila, Bulgarian: vila, diva, juda, samovila, samodiva, samojuda, Old East Slavic: vila, Slovak:…
Read More Vila (fairy)Raskovnik
In Slavic folklore, the raskovnik or razkovniche (Serbian Cyrillic and Macedonian: расковник, Bulgarian: разковниче, pronounced [rɐsˈkɔvnitʃɛ], Russian: разрыв-трава, Polish: rozryw) is a magical herb. According to lore, the raskovnik has the magical property to unlock…
Read More RaskovnikKallikantzaros
The kallikantzaros (Greek: καλλικάντζαρος, pl. καλλικάντζαροι kallikantzaroi; Bulgarian: караконджул; Serbian: караконџула / karakondžula) is a malevolent goblin in Southeastern European and Anatolian folklore. Stories about the kallikantzaros or its equivalents can be found in Greece,…
Read More KallikantzarosWitch post
A witch post is a local superstition where the cross of Saint Andrew is used as a hex sign on the fireplaces in northern England of Yorkshire and Lancashire to prevent witches from flying down…
Read More Witch postCormoran
Cormoran (/ˈkɔːrməræn/ or /ˈkɔːrmərən/) is a giant associated with St. Michael’s Mount in the folklore of Cornwall. Local tradition credits him with creating the island, in some versions with the aid of his wife Cormelian,…
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