Look into any state’s folklore and you’ll find stories of monsters spotted in its lakes, forests, and backyards. As of Friday, February 28, the legends of Ohio’s most famous cryptids, or creatures whose existences haven’t…
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“I had Dogman encounter on November 15, 2015 in October Mountain State Forest near Lee, Massachusetts. I have been an avid outdoorsman, bushcrafter, hunter, survivalist for over three decades. I have hunted all over North…
Read More Upright ‘Lycan’ Petrifies Ex-Marine in Massachusetts State Forest
A woman in Florida says she and her family saw a big-sized bird she believed to be a pterosaur. The 42-year-old woman, a registered nurse who provided a full name and contact information but asked…
Read More Pterodactyl Sighting in FloridaA hulder is a seductive forest creature found in Scandinavian folklore. Her name derives from a root meaning “covered” or “secret”. In Norwegian folklore, she is known as huldra (“the [archetypal] hulder”, though folklore presupposes…
Read More HulderA bhoot or bhuta (Sanskrit: भूत bhūta) is a supernatural creature, usually the ghost of a deceased person, in the popular culture, literature and some ancient texts of the Indian subcontinent. Interpretations of how bhoots…
Read More BhootYowie is one of several names for an Australian folklore entity reputed to live in the Outback. The creature has its roots in Aboriginal oral history. In parts of Queensland, they are known as quinkin…
Read More YowieIn Malaysian folklore, the Orang Mawas or Mawas (also known as the Orang Dalam) is an entity reported to inhabit the jungle of Johor in Malaysia. It is described as being about 10 ft (2.4–3…
Read More Orang MawasIn Russian folklore, the Chuchunya is an entity said to dwell in Siberia. It has been described as six to seven feet tall and covered with dark hair.
Read More ChuchunyaPixiu (Chinese: 貔貅; pinyin: píxiū; Wade–Giles: P’i-hsiu), is a Chinese mythical hybrid creature, commonly (but incorrectly) referred to in the West by the Greek word “chimera”, and considered a powerful protector of practitioners of Feng…
Read More PixiuLake Tianchi Monster is the name given to what is said to be a lake monster that lives in Heaven Lake (known as Cheonji in Korean) located in the peak of Baekdu Mountain within the…
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