Reading Time: 5 minutes Shades of Death Road, sometimes referred to locally as just “Shades”, is a two-lane rural road of about 7 miles (11.2 km) in length in central Warren County, New Jersey. It runs in a generally…
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Tag: Legends
Top 10 Urban Legends
Reading Time: < 1 minute I am covering the top 10 Urban Legends in this video. While I understand they some what intersect I tried to keep Creeypastas out of this list as I feel they deserve their own.
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Kuchisake-onna
Reading Time: 3 minutes Kuchisake-onna (口裂け女, “Slit-Mouthed Woman”) is a malevolent figure in Japanese urban legends and folklore. Described as the malicious spirit, or onryō, of a woman, she partially covers her face with a mask or object, and…
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Hone-onna
Reading Time: 2 minutes Hone-onna (骨女, literally: bone woman) is a being from Japanese legends. In some versions, it is thought to be a female yōkai who kills men by extracting their lifeforce or by grabbing their hands and…
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Denglong
Reading Time: 2 minutes Denglong (simplified Chinese: 蹬龙; traditional Chinese: 蹬龍), or Wangtianhou (Chinese: 望天吼), Chaotianhou (Chinese: 朝天吼), or simply Hou (Chinese: 犼) is a Chinese legendary creature.
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Turtle Lake Monster
Reading Time: 2 minutes In Canadian folklore, the Turtle Lake Monster is an entity purportedly inhabiting Turtle Lake, in West Central Saskatchewan Canada. The Monster is usually described as a creature 3–9 metres long, scaly, with no dorsal fin…
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Thetis Lake Monster
Reading Time: < 1 minute The Thetis Lake Monster is a legendary creature and admitted hoax of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. In 1972, two teenage boys claimed to see a monster emerge from Thetis Lake beach. The description of the…
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Chasse-galerie
Reading Time: 4 minutes La Chasse-galerie also known as “The Bewitched Canoe” or “The Flying Canoe” is a popular French-Canadian tale of Coureurs des bois who make a deal with the devil, a variant of the Wild Hunt. Its…
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Maní (Amazonian legend)
Reading Time: 3 minutes Maní, a Tupí myth of origins, is the name of an indigenous girl with very fair complexion. The Amazonian legend of Maní is related to the cult of Manioc, the native staple food that sprang…
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Legendary creatures of the Argentine Northwest region
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Argentine Northwest region (NOA) is composed of the territory of the Argentinian provinces of Tucumán, Salta, and Catamarca. The region’s center is in the area of Santiago del Estero. During the NOA’s aboriginal period,…
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