- Possible Mothman Sighting in Mattapan Square Massachusetts (May 2012)This week’s fan-submitted story was actually sent to us by the Mothman Museum! It’s of a sighting someone had in Mattapan Square, Massachusetts, back in May of 2012. My girlfriend and I witnessed an unexplained object or creature on the roof of a building in Mattapan Square back in May of 2012. We work for … Read more
- Mothman Sighting on a Long Country Road (2007)This week we have a story from a fan of our Mothman Sightings Facebook group who sent in—you guessed it— a Flatwoods Monster sightings story! I’m kidding. Here’s the Mothman sighting story. I remember in 2007 or so when I was about 14, my mom came home from a night shift at work, and she … Read more
- Possible Mothman Encounter at Mount Healthy, Ohio in 1960sThis week’s story was sent in to us by a fan who may have had an encounter with Mothman in Mount Healthy, Ohio back in the 1960s! My family moved to Mount Healthy Ohio around the mid-sixties, and before I had started second grade. I was six and a half years old then. My father … Read more
- The Story of The Virginia Devil MonkeyAudio version of this story on our YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nsv-mBSEX74 this can also be found Spotify and most other podcast platforms! 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 … Read more
- The Story of Vegetable ManAudio version of this story on our YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5KyYcTP72M this can also be found Spotify and most other podcast platforms! 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 … Read more
- The Squonk: A Creature of Pennsylvania LumberloreAudio version of this story on our YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9eVDbiBn30 this can also be found Spotify and most other podcast platforms! The squonk, or Lacrimacorpus dissolvens, is noted as “Probably the homeliest animal in the world, and knows it” [1]. Much of our information on the squonk comes from two volumes on Appalachian and upper-midwestern lumberlore, … Read more
- Possible Mothman Sighting – Floyd County, Virginia, 2019Audio version of this story on our YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AL6j-8GNPA this can also be found Spotify and most other podcast platforms! For today’s story we’ve been sent another Mothman sighting. This one from Virginia, in Floyd County. This is the first time we’ve been sent a Mothman sighting from Virginia, and us both being from Virginia we were … Read more
- Flatwoods Monster Sighting – Heaters, WV, Sep 1952Audio 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 … Read more
- Mothman Sighting – Gallipolis OH Nov 1967Audio 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 … Read more
- The Story of the OguaAudio version of this story on our YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxDMK6LYQWs this can also be found Spotify and most other podcast platforms! This cryptid is one that just kept coming up and I always forgot to cover it. I first heard of this one from our good buddy The Best Virginian. It’s also known as the Rivesville Monster or … Read more
- Possible Bigfoot Sighting – Bedford VA 1978Audio 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 … Read more
- Possible Mothman Sighting Cairo West Virginia July 17th 2022Audio version of this story on our YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7mu5ZJxgy4 this can also be found Spotify and most other podcast platforms! For today’s story we have a possible Mothman encounter story sent in by Natasha. This one is particularly interesting because it’s a very recent Mothman sighting in West Virginia and her friend got a photo! I hope … Read more
- The Story of Wood BoogerWood 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 … Read more
- Jessieville, Arkansas Possible Mothman SightingFor this week’s story, given the popularity of Mothman, I decided to reach out to our friends at The Mothman Museum. This story is the first of about 22 sighting stories sent to us by the museum. The encounter happened in Arkansas, but I decided to go ahead and use it since Mothman is well … Read more
- 2011 Bigfoot Sighting – Clingmans Dome, TennesseeThis 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 … Read more
- The Story of Mothman Part 2If 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, three days after the previous story, on November 15, … Read more
- The Story of BigfootPerhaps 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 … Read more
- Possible Mothman Sighting from Southern Michigan in 2019Audio version of this story on our YouTube: https://youtu.be/8wogG0vCweI this can also be found Spotify and most other podcast platforms! This week we have a story from Lori, with a possible Mothman Sighting from Southern Michigan back in 2019. It’s a pretty exciting story and I’m happy to be able to share it here. Also check out … Read more
- The Story Of The MothmanIf 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. There have been several sightings of this creature throughout … Read more
- The Story Of The Flatwoods MonsterAudio version of this story on our YouTube: https://youtu.be/m_HgN1RpHeo this can also be found Spotify and most other podcast platforms! The Flatwoods monster (also known as the Braxton County monster, phantom of Flatwoods, or “Braxxy”), in West Virginia folklore, is an entity reported to have been sighted in the town of Flatwoods in Braxton County, West Virginia, … Read more