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…
Tag: Appalachian Cryptids
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…
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 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…
Bigfoot Sighting at Smith Mountain Lake – 1970s Encounter
I was born in Roanoke, Virginia, but when I was around 11 or 12 years old, sometime in 1978, my family had a small weekend cabin on the Bedford side of Smith Mountain Lake. Our cabin sat on a quiet cove—lake to the left, forest and open land to the right. One hot July afternoon,…





