Is it the Jersey Devil?
Ogopogo?
For me it was always the Skinwalkers and their stories that always freaked me out.
Is it the Jersey Devil?
Ogopogo?
For me it was always the Skinwalkers and their stories that always freaked me out.
82-84 Diesel b2000 pickup with the 3.3 ring and pinion that fits a Miata? :)
Momo, the Missouri Monster:
In reply to Wally (Forum Supporter) :
Ooo. That's a new one for me. Interesting.
I grew up just down the road from the Piasa Bird.
I now live just down the road from the Big Muddy Monster.
In reply to Tom_Spangler (Forum Supporter) :
I lived about a half hour inland of Traverse City for a few years, and I never heard any talk of the Dogman. I feel a little deprived.
Well mothman hangs out a little down the road from me. I recently learned about the "chestnut ridge sasquatch", but from what I've seen of the research, it very well could have been me on a bender while camping.
I posted this story here years ago, but I encountered something on my way to work early one morning years ago.
At the time we were living in east-central IL, but I worked about an hour away in Lafayette, IN. This meant I was crossing from Central to Eastern time zone every morning, and that coupled with the 50-mile commute meant that I was leaving home around 6am every day.
It was winter but hadn't snowed yet that season & thus there was no salt on the road. It was probably the winter of '08, I think. I was running really late that morning so I drove my 94 Miata that day to make up time.
About 4 miles out of town was a left turn onto another road that was slightly tighter than 90*, although there was a turn lane for cars coming from the opposite direction off the side road. Since the fields were bare & it was still dark so I knew no other cars were around, I cut the corner & took the turn lane the wrong direction.
Just as I initiated the turn my headlights picked up a shadowy figure that was standing along the inside of the corner. Expecting that it was a deer, I drifted a little wide. That caused me to cross the center-line which put me into some marbles & the back end started to come around on me.
This whole time I'm still looking toward the inside of the corner trying to make sure the deer wasn't going to jump in front of me. However, as my headlights started to sweep around to the left, I saw something that at first looked like a large black trash bag along the edge of the road(or possible something taller just off the road in the ditch). But as my headlights continued to sweep it, I saw a pair of glowing red eyes staring back at me...
Whatever it was, I couldn't make out any facial features or limbs. It was probably 3'-6' tall depending on whether it was on the shoulder or in the ditch. And I never saw it again.
Bigfoot has always been my favorite, but I like them all. Cryptids and the like have always been something I've enjoyed reading about and watching since I was a little kid. I've never had a personal encounter, but I have a friend who did growing up in Kentucky.
If you are ever in Cherry Log Georgia, make sure to hit the Expedition Bigfoot Museum. It's actually very well done, the displays are at least as well out together as the Air Force museum here in town.
the one that creeps me out the most are the dog men. They seem much more malevolent than the average Sasquatch. They've been seen all over too.
The New York Islanders
Living in south Texas there was ton of stories of la chupacabra, even had a local claim to find a dead carcuss of one.
Also stories of la chuza, keep your children inside after dark..
I grew up near a railroad track and we would get drifters riding the rails and passing through. There was one we called "White Fang", who we saw a couple times a year wearing what appeared to be an opera cape and he was definitely shaggy and malevolent looking. There was a wooded area nearby and he pursued several us when we stumbled across him. He might have been harmless, but he looked fearsome and generated much speculation and genuine trepidation among us kids in the neighborhood.
The Loup Garou legend has been spread for many generations, either directly from French settlers to Louisiana (New France) or via the French Canadian immigrants centuries ago.
In the Cajun legends, the creature is said to prowl the swamps around Acadiana and Greater New Orleans, and possibly the fields or forests of the regions. The Loup Garou most often is described as a creature with a human body and the head of a wolf or dog, similar to the werewolf legend.
Often the story-telling has been used to inspire fear and obedience. One such example is stories that have been told by elders to persuade Cajun children to behave. According to another variation, the wolf-like beast will hunt down and kill Catholics who do not follow the rules of Lent. This coincides with the French Catholic Loup Garou stories, according to which the method for turning into a werewolf is to break Lent seven years in a row.
A common blood sucking legend says that the Loup Garou is under the spell for 101 days. After that time, the curse is transferred from person to person when the Loup Garou draws another human’s blood. During the day the creature returns to human form. Although acting sickly, the human refrains from telling others of the situation for fear of being killed.
An Eagles win without a sack or interception.
A reply on OfferUp past 'is it for sale?'
Jackalope
I'm partial to the Loveland Frog.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loveland_frog
In Ohio folklore, the Loveland frog (Rana digiandomenicus) (also known as the Loveland frogman or Loveland lizard) is a legendary humanoid frog described as standing roughly 4 feet (1.2 m) tall, allegedly spotted in Loveland, Ohio.
Gremlins. Not the Mogwai hellspawn, but the kind that berk up your airplane. As a pilot that gets the nopes from me.
In reply to Wally (Forum Supporter) :
Wait, this is actually real?!
In reply to Pushrod :
It's real in that there is a monument, but it's a fake event. Made up by a sculptor, iirc.
Chesterfield said:In reply to Tom_Spangler (Forum Supporter) :
I lived about a half hour inland of Traverse City for a few years, and I never heard any talk of the Dogman. I feel a little deprived.
I think he was mainly a Lake Leelanau thing. I know that's where I first heard about him.
I just watched a documentary on Manbearpig on one of the cable channels. History Channel or maybe Comedy Central.
Pushrod said:In reply to Wally (Forum Supporter) :
Wait, this is actually real?!
Maybe
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