Listen to this and other Virginia Cryptid Stories here: https://youtu.be/HUWg82f3UQ4 The creature known as the The Little Red Devil was an interesting one seen in central and eastern Virginia. It’s said to be 2-3 feet tall, covered in red or pink fur and appeared to be child-like in appearance with hooves as feet. This was…
Listen to this story on our YouTube: https://youtu.be/JC45gjqHMkk?si=wGFG4sqj63IpLS70&t=1053 Most folks are aware Pennsylvania gets its fair share of Bigfoot sightings, but did you know about the humanoid creature known as the Alatwitch? It’s said to be between 4-5 foot tall mini version of Bigfoot that live in trees. The name Albatwitch came from the Dutch-English…
Listen to this story on YouTube: https://youtu.be/JC45gjqHMkk?si=dLj8xNlrkl7XQnGT&t=333 The Bessie Monster, also known as South Bay Bessie or simply Bessie, is a legendary sea creature believed to inhabit Lake Erie, one of the Great Lakes in North America. Bessie is often compared to other famous lake monsters, like the Loch Ness Monster in Scotland, and has…
The French Broad River, is a river that starts off around Transylvania County North Carolina, and flows into Tennessee near Knoxville. There’s a legend with this river that goes back as far as the 1840’s. It’s said a beautiful woman with dark hair will come to nearby men in their dreams for days, until they…
There’s a spot near Murphy NC called “The Leech Place” (We actually did a video of it here on Spooky Appalachia) by the indigenous Cherokee people that lived there, where something very dangerous and strange can be found. The spot in question is right before the Valley River joins the Hiwassee. There’s a thin ledge…
Bladenboro is a small town located in SouthEastern North Carolina. Surrounded by swamps and forests. Looking at it today, most wouldn’t think it was the location for one of the greatest string of monster sightings North Carolina has ever seen! On the night of December 29th, 1953 a woman heard the people next door’s dogs…
Lake Normon, built in the 1960’s is the largest manmade lake in North Carolina. It spans 4 countries and around 34 miles. Before it became a lake, it was originally home to the indigenous people of the Catawba Tribe. Later settlers built towns there, cemeteries and there was even a battlefield there. Some folks think…
This week I was sent a story a bit out of the norm. The fan who sent this came across this story that was posted on a Facebook group for the Slate Belt area in Pennsylvania. It’s about a creature referred to there as The Slate Belt Owl Man. The sighting took place in March…
Listen to us tell this story on our YouTube: https://youtu.be/HUWg82f3UQ4?si=yyEV9TCiRWpEI1ty&t=431 I first heard of the Virginia Devil Monkey while reading the book “Monsters of Virginia: Mysterious Creatures in The Old Dominion” by L.B. Taylor Jr. It caught my attention because a lot of the incidents occurred very close to where I spent the first few…
Listen to us tell this story on our YouTube: https://youtu.be/HUWg82f3UQ4?si=TYYKKYdzfP-gp289&t=140 It seems like every state with large lakes or bodies of water has a giant water cryptid. This one is kind of shared with Maryland. It’s the Chesapeake Bay Serpent also known as Chessie. It’s said be about 30-35 feet long, and has been sighting…