Tag: Storytelling
Rhode Island’s Vampire
This week’s cryptid comes from the tiny state of Rhode Island. Well, it was supposed to be a cryptid. However, during my research, I came across a fascinating story. New England got battered in the 1800s by Tuberculosis. Although, the New Englanders called it consumption. The deadly disease ate the life force of its victims. ...Pennsylvania’s Thunderbird
I love researching cryptids because the history of these monsters is interesting. Some of the fascinating cryptid stories are from Native American myths and legends. Examples are the Arizona Skinwalker, a Navajo Shaman who murders a close relative to gain shifting powers, or the Algonquian Wendigo, an evil spirit that possesses its victims and turns ...Oregon’s Crater Lake Mysteries
This week is Oregon, and The Pacific Northwest is a hotbed for Bigfoot sightings. Yet, when I started looking for reports, Bigfoot wasn’t the one that appeared the most. Crater Lake showed up a lot more often than any cryptid, including Bigfoot. Crater Lake, like Pyramid lake, is haunted. In fact, Crater Lake is a ...Oklahoma’s Taxti Wau (Deer Woman)
I write a weekly article on cryptids – monsters shouldn’t exist but do. The funny thing about these stories is where these stories originate. You wouldn’t think the state I write about would house that particular cryptid. A case in point is an article I did titled, New York’s Champ. It’s about a Nessie-type monster haunting New ...Ohio’s Dogman
I first heard of the Dogman when I researched Michigan’s legends. Then exploring Ohio, I learn that Ohio has either a Dogman or Werewolf. I thought how fascinating. Michigan and Ohio have Dog-like creatures running loose in their forests. It makes those stories more accurate because the sightings aren’t random. There have been so many ...North Dakota’s Miniwashitu
I researched North Dakota’s cryptids for this week’s article, and there are a couple of interesting ones. The one that is the most fascinating is the Miniwashitu. The Miniwashitu is a famous Native American legend passed down by the Dakota tribe. A river monster that terrorized the Missouri River, and Melvin Randolph Gilmore wrote a ...North Carolina’s Brown Mountain Lights
Every cryptid article I have written to date is about something alive. Whether it be animal or humanoid, but this article is about mysterious lights. It is about The Brown Mountain Lights near Morganton, North Carolina. What are the Brown Mountain Lights? That is the million-dollar question, because nobody knows. If you brave venturing into ...New York’s ‘Champ’
New York has two fascinating lake monsters worth writing about. I only have time this week to write about one, so I will be writing about ‘Champ.’ Champ haunts Lake Chaplain in upper New York. He shares similar characteristics with Nessie of Loch Ness monster fame. Like the Highlands of Scotland, the cities and towns ...New Hampshire’s Wood Devils
New Hampshire has dense woods that stretch for hundreds of miles. Cryptids would love hiding in these unexplored forests. So, it’s not surprising that stories of a Bigfoot-type creature do hide in these woods. Who are these creatures? Say hello to the Coos county wood devils, the sleeker, thinner version of Bigfoot or so witnesses ...Nebraska’s Walgren Lake Monster
When you hear people talk about Nebraska, the first thing I think of is Corn. I mean, even their basketball team is named the Cornhusker’s. What you don’t think of is Lake Monsters. Scotland has the Loch Ness Monster. Here in the United States, we have our share of lake monsters too. We have Chessie, ...
