I was probably 12 when this happened, living in my childhood home in Eastern Massachusetts around 2008. I was playing video games on the GameCube to give you reference on when this occurred. I had a small Batman box tv and it was set on top of my tall dresser. Due to this I would…
Back in the early 90s, around 1993, my ex-husband and I moved into a new duplex apartment. We entered through a front door that led to a small foyer; immediately in front of you was a staircase leading up to our living space. To the left were two interior doors that were permanently padlocked the…
Deep within the sprawling, wind-swept wilderness of the New Jersey Pine Barrens—a land of twisted trees and dark-water swamps lives a cryptid that has transcended mere legend to become the state’s undisputed icon of terror: the Jersey Devil. Born from the dark folklore of 1735, the story goes that the creature was the cursed thirteenth…
During the summer of 1973, local residents began reporting encounters with a large, bipedal, crocodile-like humanoid that seemed to stalk the waterways of Sussex County. Unlike the winged, silhouette of the Jersey Devil, the Gator Man is described as a nightmare of the pure reptilian kind. Witnesses report a creature roughly six feet tall with…
Since the early 2000s, the river banks of Hackettstown, New Jersey, have been the site of a bizarre series of encounters. From a creature called, the Mantis Man. It is almost always described as an elusive, and sometimes transparent entity that seems to exist on the edge of reality. Standing between 6 and 8 feet…
Deep within the murky waters of northern New Jersey’s Lake Hopatcong, it’s said there’s a giant creature that has lurked in the region’s folklore for over a century. Known to locals affectionately as “Hoppie”. According to historical accounts dating back to the late 1800s, Hoppie is a massive, snake-like entity measuring a staggering 40 to…
In the dense, historic streets of Hoboken, New Jersey. The most terrifying monsters aren’t always found in the deep woods or murky lakes—sometimes, they manifest within the brutal, frantic energy of an urban school system. Back in October 1982, the city was gripped by a genuine fear known as the “Hoboken Monkey-Man.” This wasn’t just…
Back in the 1990s I was a store manager for Staples. I was driving home in Ohio coming from Pennsylvania around 8PM one night when I made a stop for some gas. I went inside to pay like normal, I was the only person there except for the clerk. When I got in my car…
October 14th, 1972- I remember it like it was yesterday, even though it was nearly fifty years ago on the night of October 14, 1972 one of those damp, foggy evenings that settles over the Valley when autumn creeps in. The mist hung low and thick, turning the headlights into dull orange arcs in the…
It was autumn of ’84 I was driving my Mustang down Route 282 in Tennessee, which eventually bled into the pitch-black corridor of Orwell Hill Road. There were no streetlights, no houses, just the heavy, suffocating darkness that seemed to swallow the beam of my headlights. It became a routine; whenever I hit that specific…