I was in the mood to watch an Indie Horror movie and came across A Haunting in Salem. To represent this, I chose an image of gallows by kalhh from Pixabay. The premise of the film is that a sheriff relocates to Salem, Massachusetts, with his family. Meet the Downs family, a typical family composed of husband, wife, son, and ...

This week is about a Missouri cryptid, and while I was doing research, I found not one but two cryptids. Both of them sound fascinating and unique. Image by Stefan Keller from Pixabay  Everyone has heard of Bigfoot or Bigfoot-like creatures reported in almost every state. So, what is special about this Bigfoot creature? Momo doesn’t fit the ...

I don’t consider aliens cryptids, but this story is fascinating. It is about an alien abduction that took place in Pascagoula, Mississippi. The image is provided by Mark Frost from Pixabay. Just about everyone who keeps up with UFO sightings has heard about Travis Walton. Supposedly, aliens took Walton aboard their craft in Snowflake, AZ, ...

Lumberjacks over the years have come up with some crazy tall tales. I wrote an article about one of those tall tales titled “Colorado’s Slide-Rock Bolter.“ Now another lumberjack story called the “Hodag” comes up for Wisconsin. Wisconsin, like Colorado, is known for heavy, dense forests. Forests lumberjacks love to work in and tell tall ...

Massachusetts has a history of cryptids running loose in the wooded forests. The most exciting fact is that witnesses reported seeing a couple of these critters for only a short time. Vast dense forests is a trademark of Massachusetts, and Bigfoot loves to hide in them. It’s not unusual for Bigfoot sightings, but there was ...

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 ...