Listen to this and other Kentucky Urban Legends on our YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/xi7Ny_UTVPY It’s said that this half man, half goat or sheep lives beneath a Norfolk Southern Railroad trestle called the Pope Lick Train Trestle. That’s where the creature gets its name. It’s said to look like a large humanoid creature with furry legs…
Category: Cryptids
Lizard Man of Scape Ore Swamp
The Lizard man of Scape Ore Swamp or Lee County is said to be about 7-8 feet tall with scaly green or brown skin and glowing red or orange eyes. The first modern sightings was reported in 1987 but the natives of the Creek tribe reported sightings of something similar many years before this. In…
South Carolina Thunderbird
Listen to this story on our YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/TDmviPaUAVI don’t forget to subscribe! The South Carolina Thunderbird is said to look like a white pterosaur with orange eyes. In 1989 a lady was driving on highway 20 to Florence when she spotted something matching this description in a wooded swampy area. She claimed its wings were…
Three Eyed Man
Listen to this story on our YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/TDmviPaUAVI Back in the late 1940’s at University of South Carolina two students saw a man dressed in silver open up a manhole and disappear into the underground late one night. One of the students happened to be a newspaper reporter and wrote about this experience. About…
Boar’s Head Beast
Listen to this and other South Carolina cryptid stories here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDmviPaUAVI This South Carolina cryptid gets its name from its appearance. It’s described as having the head of a boar with very large sharp tusks, with thick dark brown fur, glowing eyes and being the size of a bear. In 2013 a hunter claimed to…
Gaffney Gargoyle
Listen to our video on Gaffney Gargoyle and other South Carolina cryptids here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDmviPaUAVI Described as a bat-like creature with human features, a 4 foot wingspan, leathery skin, red glowing eyes, horns on its head and a tail. The first reported sighting took place in the early 20th century, but Native American legends tell of…
The Little Red Devil
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 why it was given the name Little Red Devil. The…
Albatwitch
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 word apple-snitch because they were said to steal…
Bessie
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 Siren of the French Broad
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…









