Maine is reputed to be the outdoor state. If you love hiking, camping, and boating, then Maine is the state for you. The Pine Tree State is known for its vast forests and is the perfect hiding spot for Bigfoot. So, when it came to researching cryptids, I thought I would find a bigfoot monster. ...

Parents love their children and will do whatever it takes to protect them. That includes telling them scary stories about boogeymen that will get them if they are bad. The Pere’ Malfait is one of the boogeymen Cajun parents use to keep their kids in line. The other is the Loup Garou, which is a werewolf. ...

Kentucky’s Pope-Lick Monster is more than just a cryptid. It is more an urban legend because no one has seen the monster. There have been no confirmed sightings like there have been for the Mothman or Bigfoot. The Pope-Lick Monster is an urban legend like the Slenderman. The Slenderman was born in 2009 from the ...

Native American myths are persistent and difficult to debunk. The Navajo Skinwalker is one such myth. Traditionalist Navajos will not talk about the Skinwalker. They believe that to do so will attract its attention. The story goes that a Skinwalker is an evil medicine man that wants power. Power to be a shapeshifter and transform ...

It has been fun researching America’s cryptids. I’ve been learning about each state’s exciting monsters. This week is Iowa, and I discovered a fascinating cryptid. Iowa is home to the Van Meter Monster, which turns out to be a Dragon. Yes, a real-life dragon. Not myth and lore, but a real creature that terrorized a ...

This week is about Indiana’s cryptid. Indiana has fascinating cryptids, which include a demon snake. This demon snake haunts a graveyard in Evansville, Indiana. Witnesses say the demon snake has red glowing eyes and has horns on its head.  I wanted to write about the demon snake, which is an exciting story I will write ...

Two weeks ago, I wrote an article about the Illinois Wolfman, skipping Idaho.  I went back and researched Idaho for this week and found a great story. Early November, I had written an article titled Hawaii’s Little People. The article was on Hawaii’s Menehune, which is a civilization of pygmies. The story was when the ...

I love anything paranormal, and I loved Paranormal Caught On Camera. This episode was about Shapeshifters. The couple in question saw a wolf standing on two feet. It was hiding in the marshes and didn’t flinch when the witness fired at it. The incident scared the couple, and they canceled their camping trip.  When searching Illinois cryptids ...

Hawaii is on my bucket list of places to visit: lush tropical forests; mild breezes from the ocean; an active volcano and lots of history and lore. Hawaii is overflowing with fascinating cryptids. There is Mo’o, a guardian dragon entwined with Hawaii’s culture. It is a fantastic legend, and I will write about it later. ...

Meet the Altamaha-ha, and yes, that is a mouthful. We have run the gamut in cryptids with this weekly series. There have been mothmen, devil dogs, creepy children with melon heads. We even had land whales swallowing tourists whole as it slid down the mountainside. When I research these crazy cryptids, I try and choose ...