- Charles Mill Lake Monster: Ohio’s Bizarre Web-Footed Cryptid
Nestled about 100 miles from Loveland, Ohio, in Mansfield, lies Charles Mill Lake, a serene reservoir created in 1935 by damming the Black Fork of the Mohican River. This lake, situated between Cleveland and Columbus, is known for its rich catfish population, drawing anglers from across the region. However, it is also infamous for an…
- Ohio Grassman
The Ohio Grassman is a legendary cryptid believed to inhabit Ohio’s forests. While often likened to Bigfoot, it possesses unique traits that differentiate it. Sightings of the creature date back to at least the 1800s, and it continues to intrigue cryptid enthusiasts and paranormal researchers.It’s said to be a large ape-like creature, about 6 to…
- The Kelly-Hopkinsville Goblins
Listen to this and other Kentucky Urban Legends on our YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/xi7Ny_UTVPY On the evening of August 21st, 1955 Elmer Sutton and John Charley Sutton had some guests over for dinner at their farmhouse located in between Kelly and Hopkinsville Kentucky. There were 8 adults and 3 kids in the house that night. With…
- The Pope Lick Monster
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…
- 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
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…
- 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…
- The Giant Leech of Murphy North Carolina
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…
- The Vampire Beast of Bladenboro
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 Norman Monster
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…
- The Slate Belt Owlman
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…
- The Virginia Devil Monkey
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…
- Chesapeake Bay Serpent “Chessie”
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…
- The White Thang
Audio version of this story on our YouTube: https://youtu.be/cyiv8OqOuuU?si=FP3V5TLYKVSvFMC-&t=1136 This crpytid seems to be Alabama’s most famous one! If you search around online you’ll find tons and tons of sights going back to the 1930s.The creature is said to look a lot like Bigfoot in appearance. Some even say it’s Bigfoot’s albino cousin. It’s said…
- Huggin Molly
Audio version of this story on our YouTube: https://youtu.be/cyiv8OqOuuU?si=PHmBzaz8eswRDPtB&t=990 Huggin Molly is often described as a 7ft tall creature that is as big around as a bale of cotton, and dressed in all black who roams the streets of Abbeville. It’s said that if she sees you out alone at night she will chase you…
- Falkville Metal Man
Audio version of this story on our YouTube: https://youtu.be/cyiv8OqOuuU?si=KHyYQhzqnwIgfSK2&t=594 On a night in October of 1973, Falkville Alabama’s young chief of police Jeff Greenhaw got a call about a UFO just outside town. From a frantic caller, he thought to himself he was just dealing with an idiot but when he got to the scene things…
- The Wolf-Woman of Mobile Alabama
Audio version of this story, as well as some other Alabama cryptid stories on our YouTube: https://youtu.be/cyiv8OqOuuU?si=PXdrXzhSLHcPC9vo&t=200 During April, 1971 folks living in Mobile, Alabama and surrounding areas, had sightings of a strange and bizarre cryptic creature. This short lived sighting spurred the legend of the Wolf Woman of Mobile. One of the first sightings…
- The Story of The Grafton Monster
Audio version of this story on our YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ms5Co49dH-I&t=165s Hey folks, I’m your host Jimmy and welcome to Spooky Appalachia! For this week I know it’s been a while since I’ve covered a story that I’ve written and researched, I’ve had so many awesome stories sent in by you all that I wanted to get…
- 1920s Booger Attack
This week, we have another awesome story sent in to us by our friend Steve Alligator Horse. This is one told to him by his aunt about a postal worker who was attacked on his route. It took place in Kentucky back in the 1920s. I remember my aunt Eugena’s story about the mailman who…
- Yowie Sighting in Lyonville Township (December 2013)
This week we have a story sent in by one of our patrons who may have had a Yowie sighting when he lived in Australia back in 2013. I was walking the old Woodend Logging Rail Line that has been converted into a walking trail. This path runs through the Wombat National Forest. It dead…
- Encounter with Green Eyes in Chickamauga (1973)
This is a story about an encounter with Green Eyes from Chickamauga Battlefield straight from my uncle in his own words. It was 1973, and I was working two jobs to help my mother with some bills and pay my own bills, and I was saving up for the new Chevy Nova that came out…
- Booger Encounter in Wayne County, Kentucky (1930)
This week’s story was sent in to us by a fan who heard this story that took place back in the 1930’s from his aunt. It happened in Wayne County, Kentucky. Aunt Pat described being on the slope of a mountain digging ginseng. She was sitting down on the forest floor digging roots when something…
- The Story of The Virginia Devil Monkey
Audio version of this story on our YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/HUWg82f3UQ4 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 years…
- Vegetable Man
Audio version of this story on our YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ms5Co49dH-I&t=491s This week, we are taking a look at the odd story of The Vegetable Man from Fairmont, West Virginia. One hot July day 1968 a young man by the name of Jennings Fredrick who was around 19 years old at the time, had gone woodchuck hunting near…
- The Squonk: A Creature of Pennsylvania Lumberlore
Audio version of this story on our YouTube: https://youtu.be/JC45gjqHMkk?si=O4QmYekuLh7067hz&t=484 The Squonk is a mythical creature from Pennsylvania folklore, particularly associated with the state’s heavily forested areas, such as the Hemlock forests in northern Pennsylvania. The legend goes that due to its loose fitting skin and being covered in warts. It’s said to closely resemble a…
- Flatwoods Monster Sighting – Heaters, WV, Sep 1952
Audio version of this story on our YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FjrthIQmnc this can also be found Spotify and most other podcast platforms! This is another Flatwoods Monster sighting sent to us by our friends at The Flatwoods Monster Museum. The Flatwoods Monster is one of our favorite cryptids. It reportedly took place a few days before the more famous…
- Mothman Sighting – Gallipolis OH Nov 1967
Audio version of this story on our YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIyJ6Umw0uM this can also be found Spotify and most other podcast platforms! Today’s story was sent to me by a friend of mine that lives in Gallipolis, OH named Amy. For those unfamiliar with the area Gallipolis is right across the bridge from Point Pleasant. It is…
- The Story of the Ogua
Audio version of this story on our YouTube: https://youtu.be/JC45gjqHMkk?si=52ZhLfbjYOTXZyf7 The Ogua is a freshwater cryptid that is said to look like a giant two headed alligator snapping turtle that weighs about 500lbs and is 20 feet long. It roams the West Virginia and Pennsylvania areas mostly dwelling in the Ohio, Allegheny, and Monongahela rivers. Though…
- Possible Bigfoot Sighting – Bedford VA 1978
Audio version of this story on our YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qD9AqwcByPE this can also be found Spotify and most other podcast platforms! This story of a possible bigfoot sighting was sent to us by a fan who requested that we refer to her as “SW”. I was born in Roanoke, but when I was maybe 11 or…
- The Story of Wood Booger
Wood Booger is really just another name for Bigfoot used in the Southwest Virginia area, notably in Norton City and Wise County. According to a newspaper from The Old Post on November 24, 1892, the creature was given the name Wood Booger after the Boogeyman, because it was rumored to carry off children who wandered…
- 2011 Bigfoot Sighting – Clingmans Dome, Tennessee
This is a sighting that stood out to me for two reasons. One, this is an area I have visited before, it is a common and popular hiking destination for folks who are not looking for paranormal experiences. Two, the sighting was not by a lone hiker. In the video you see a large group…
- The Story of Mothman Part 2
Listen to me read this one on YouTube: https://youtu.be/Ms5Co49dH-I?si=vGORNakTNTa0aaxO&t=1064 If you haven’t yet, be sure to check out Part 1 on this story! This story is one of the more famous ones and is known as the one that started Mothman’s popularity and gave the creature its name. It comes from Point Pleasant, West Virginia,…
- The Story of Bigfoot
Perhaps the most famous cryptid of all time is Bigfoot or Sasquatch. Normally, I like to do a “Story of…” post before I start posting stories and sightings of these creatures. It has been tough to track down one source of the first story; there are many opinions on where it all began. So, I…
- The Story Of The Mothman
Listen to me read this one on YouTube: https://youtu.be/Ms5Co49dH-I?si=vGORNakTNTa0aaxO&t=1064 If you have never heard of it, the Mothman is a creature made famous by encounters in Point Pleasant, West Virginia. Several eyewitnesses have described it as a human-shaped and sized creature with bird-like wings and feathers. Its most distinguishing feature is its reflective red eyes….
- The Story Of The Flatwoods Monster
Audio version of this story on our YouTube: https://youtu.be/Ms5Co49dH-I?si=5873pC6nJTX1UsR3&t=1585 On September 12th, 1952 around 7:00 o’clock on a Friday evening, a group of young boys consisting of Eugene Lemon (17), Neil Nunley (14), Eddie May (13), Freddie May (10) and Ronnie Shaver, also 10, were playing football on the lawn of Flatwoods Elementary School. Suddenly, the…
Nestled about 100 miles from Loveland, Ohio, in Mansfield, lies Charles Mill Lake, a serene reservoir created in 1935 by damming the Black Fork of the Mohican River. This lake, situated between Cleveland and Columbus, is known for its rich catfish population, drawing anglers from across the region. However, it is also infamous for an…
The Ohio Grassman is a legendary cryptid believed to inhabit Ohio’s forests. While often likened to Bigfoot, it possesses unique traits that differentiate it. Sightings of the creature date back to at least the 1800s, and it continues to intrigue cryptid enthusiasts and paranormal researchers.It’s said to be a large ape-like creature, about 6 to…
Listen to this and other Kentucky Urban Legends on our YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/xi7Ny_UTVPY On the evening of August 21st, 1955 Elmer Sutton and John Charley Sutton had some guests over for dinner at their farmhouse located in between Kelly and Hopkinsville Kentucky. There were 8 adults and 3 kids in the house that night. With…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Audio version of this story on our YouTube: https://youtu.be/cyiv8OqOuuU?si=FP3V5TLYKVSvFMC-&t=1136 This crpytid seems to be Alabama’s most famous one! If you search around online you’ll find tons and tons of sights going back to the 1930s.The creature is said to look a lot like Bigfoot in appearance. Some even say it’s Bigfoot’s albino cousin. It’s said…
Audio version of this story on our YouTube: https://youtu.be/cyiv8OqOuuU?si=PHmBzaz8eswRDPtB&t=990 Huggin Molly is often described as a 7ft tall creature that is as big around as a bale of cotton, and dressed in all black who roams the streets of Abbeville. It’s said that if she sees you out alone at night she will chase you…
Audio version of this story on our YouTube: https://youtu.be/cyiv8OqOuuU?si=KHyYQhzqnwIgfSK2&t=594 On a night in October of 1973, Falkville Alabama’s young chief of police Jeff Greenhaw got a call about a UFO just outside town. From a frantic caller, he thought to himself he was just dealing with an idiot but when he got to the scene things…
Audio version of this story, as well as some other Alabama cryptid stories on our YouTube: https://youtu.be/cyiv8OqOuuU?si=PXdrXzhSLHcPC9vo&t=200 During April, 1971 folks living in Mobile, Alabama and surrounding areas, had sightings of a strange and bizarre cryptic creature. This short lived sighting spurred the legend of the Wolf Woman of Mobile. One of the first sightings…
Audio version of this story on our YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ms5Co49dH-I&t=165s Hey folks, I’m your host Jimmy and welcome to Spooky Appalachia! For this week I know it’s been a while since I’ve covered a story that I’ve written and researched, I’ve had so many awesome stories sent in by you all that I wanted to get…
This week, we have another awesome story sent in to us by our friend Steve Alligator Horse. This is one told to him by his aunt about a postal worker who was attacked on his route. It took place in Kentucky back in the 1920s. I remember my aunt Eugena’s story about the mailman who…
This week we have a story sent in by one of our patrons who may have had a Yowie sighting when he lived in Australia back in 2013. I was walking the old Woodend Logging Rail Line that has been converted into a walking trail. This path runs through the Wombat National Forest. It dead…
This is a story about an encounter with Green Eyes from Chickamauga Battlefield straight from my uncle in his own words. It was 1973, and I was working two jobs to help my mother with some bills and pay my own bills, and I was saving up for the new Chevy Nova that came out…
This week’s story was sent in to us by a fan who heard this story that took place back in the 1930’s from his aunt. It happened in Wayne County, Kentucky. Aunt Pat described being on the slope of a mountain digging ginseng. She was sitting down on the forest floor digging roots when something…
Audio version of this story on our YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/HUWg82f3UQ4 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 years…
Audio version of this story on our YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ms5Co49dH-I&t=491s This week, we are taking a look at the odd story of The Vegetable Man from Fairmont, West Virginia. One hot July day 1968 a young man by the name of Jennings Fredrick who was around 19 years old at the time, had gone woodchuck hunting near…
Audio version of this story on our YouTube: https://youtu.be/JC45gjqHMkk?si=O4QmYekuLh7067hz&t=484 The Squonk is a mythical creature from Pennsylvania folklore, particularly associated with the state’s heavily forested areas, such as the Hemlock forests in northern Pennsylvania. The legend goes that due to its loose fitting skin and being covered in warts. It’s said to closely resemble a…
Audio version of this story on our YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FjrthIQmnc this can also be found Spotify and most other podcast platforms! This is another Flatwoods Monster sighting sent to us by our friends at The Flatwoods Monster Museum. The Flatwoods Monster is one of our favorite cryptids. It reportedly took place a few days before the more famous…
Audio version of this story on our YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIyJ6Umw0uM this can also be found Spotify and most other podcast platforms! Today’s story was sent to me by a friend of mine that lives in Gallipolis, OH named Amy. For those unfamiliar with the area Gallipolis is right across the bridge from Point Pleasant. It is…
Audio version of this story on our YouTube: https://youtu.be/JC45gjqHMkk?si=52ZhLfbjYOTXZyf7 The Ogua is a freshwater cryptid that is said to look like a giant two headed alligator snapping turtle that weighs about 500lbs and is 20 feet long. It roams the West Virginia and Pennsylvania areas mostly dwelling in the Ohio, Allegheny, and Monongahela rivers. Though…
Audio version of this story on our YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qD9AqwcByPE this can also be found Spotify and most other podcast platforms! This story of a possible bigfoot sighting was sent to us by a fan who requested that we refer to her as “SW”. I was born in Roanoke, but when I was maybe 11 or…
Wood Booger is really just another name for Bigfoot used in the Southwest Virginia area, notably in Norton City and Wise County. According to a newspaper from The Old Post on November 24, 1892, the creature was given the name Wood Booger after the Boogeyman, because it was rumored to carry off children who wandered…
This is a sighting that stood out to me for two reasons. One, this is an area I have visited before, it is a common and popular hiking destination for folks who are not looking for paranormal experiences. Two, the sighting was not by a lone hiker. In the video you see a large group…
Listen to me read this one on YouTube: https://youtu.be/Ms5Co49dH-I?si=vGORNakTNTa0aaxO&t=1064 If you haven’t yet, be sure to check out Part 1 on this story! This story is one of the more famous ones and is known as the one that started Mothman’s popularity and gave the creature its name. It comes from Point Pleasant, West Virginia,…
Perhaps the most famous cryptid of all time is Bigfoot or Sasquatch. Normally, I like to do a “Story of…” post before I start posting stories and sightings of these creatures. It has been tough to track down one source of the first story; there are many opinions on where it all began. So, I…
Audio version of this story on our YouTube: https://youtu.be/Ms5Co49dH-I?si=5873pC6nJTX1UsR3&t=1585 On September 12th, 1952 around 7:00 o’clock on a Friday evening, a group of young boys consisting of Eugene Lemon (17), Neil Nunley (14), Eddie May (13), Freddie May (10) and Ronnie Shaver, also 10, were playing football on the lawn of Flatwoods Elementary School. Suddenly, the…