urban legend
Urban legends have captivated us from ancient eras to the modern day; a deep dive into scary lore and 'could be true' tales about Bigfoot, Slender Man, the Suicide Forest and beyond.
Mythical Creatures
USA mythical creatures that might be real… part three. Number one is Massachusetts Dover Demon. The Dover Demon is said to have rosy orange skin with a big head on a stick-like body, it walks on all four and has glowing eyes. It can fuse with rocks, it is clear that it is either an alien or an escaped science experiment. This is one of the only creatures to have a shade of eye shadow named after it. Number two is the Michigan Dogman. In 1887 two lumberjacks chased a dog into a corner and pocked it with a stick which then stood up on its hind legs showing that it had to be some kind of dog-man. The dogman was peaceful but the woodsmen ran in terror just the same. They describe it as a seven-foot-tall blue-eyed canine-like animal with a human torso and a fearsome howl that sounds like a human scream. Number three is the Minnesota Wendigo. The Wendigo is a human-eater that may have been cursed for an act of cannibalism while still looking somewhat normal. It is described as being gaunt to the point of emaciation, its skin pulled tightly around its protruding bones. It’s ash-gray and gives off a disturbing odor of decay and decomposition. Number four is the Mississippi Pascagoula River Alien. The carrot-headed aliens who visited a pair of night-fishermen on the Pascagoula River in a glowing egg-shaped spaceship may just have been symptoms of the witness’s hunger. Or they might have been robots; either way, they’ve not returned, having been satisfied by the experiments they conducted on the two perfectly sober men. They are five-foot robots. Number five is the Missouri Momo. Other than leaving a three-toed footprint it would be easy to mistake this hairy foul-smelling creature for somebody’s dad. Other than disturbing picnics this creature seems harmless. Local reports describe Momo as a foul-smelling hairy monster that leaves 3 toed footprints. According to witnesses, the creature seemed to have no neck and was 6-7 feet tall. Its face was hidden in a mass of hair. Number six is the Montana Shunka Warak’in. Disclaimer: this monster is real. Whether it’s a monster or not is up for debate, but a 19th-century rancher killed and mounted the wolf-like thing which had pestered local natives for generations. Today, the owner of the stuffed creature refuses to have Shunka Warak’in ( meaning “carries off dogs”) DNA tested, so what the monster truly remains a mystery. Witnesses who got a good look at Shunka Warak’in described it as being nearly black, with high shoulders and a back that sloped downward much like a hyena. Number seven is the Nebraska Alkali Lake Monster. Though some claim this monster to be a hoax designed to sell newspapers, you can’t help but feel the hoaxers got the tone just right – no magic here, just a combination of an alligator (terrifying), a rhino (dangerous), and a stench (unsavory) rolled up into one and expanded to a 100-foot length. Whatever it is it caused a big stink. The Alkali Lake Monster is described as a giant brown alligator with a rhinoceros horn on its nose and is said to be 40-100 feet long. Number eight is the Nevada Tahoe Tessie. Tessie could be a plesiosaur. Or a gigantic eel. Legend has it that the serpent-like monster lived in a cave beneath the lake. Sightings of this 80-foot-long serpent known as Tahoe Tessie continue to this day. Number nine is the New Hamshire Wood Devils/ Wood Devils of Coos county. Although wood devils more likely to scarper at an incredible pace than to attack passing humans, locals are unnerved enough by this oversized cross between an evil spirit, a meerkat, and an alien, to have come up with a reassuring alternative: maybe it is just a sasquatch. According to eyewitness reports, these sleek wood devils are so good at blending in with their surroundings that you might walk into one before you saw it. Those who claim to have seen them describe them as more than 7 feet tall and covered in grayish hair. Number ten is the New Jersey Jersey Devil. An eighteenth-century mother, frustrated that she’d fallen pregnant yet again, cursed out loud that her unborn thirteen kid would be “the devil.” Big mistake. Although born humanlike, the little guy soon mutated into the midwife-slaughtering, cattle-bothering demon we know and love today. Upon the newly born child’s sudden transformation, it grew a goat head, hooves, bat-like wings, and a barbed tail.
By Maria Johnson5 years ago in Horror
Big Foot Does Exist
My encounter happened about 38 years ago in a campground called "Skunk Hollow". It's about 9 miles out of the town of McCloud situated in Northern California. My family and I every summer would go and camp out at Skunk Hollow for two weeks out of the year in the month of August. We discovered this campground due to close family friends that we had and grew up with who lived in McCloud. At that time, they owned one side of the street in downtown McCloud. They lived above the Mercantile building that they owned and when you looked out of their full sized window, you could see Mount Shasta and it was like you could reach out and touch it.
By Renata Espanata5 years ago in Horror
The unsolved mystery of the Chupacabra
Lately, I’ve been listening to true crime and unsolved mystery podcasts during work and even when I can’t sleep. I’ve listened to solved and unsolved murders from my favorite podcasters “crime junkies” to unsolved mysteries by Ashley flowers podcaster parcast network two of which I highly recommend listening to
By Gia Santos5 years ago in Horror
Ghosts: There Came Three Knocks
After being coaxed into this, I finally decided to cave in and tell the story as best I can remember. At this point, what strand of credibility I had left might as well shoot it down, right. Above is my house; this house has been the center of many family gatherings, from heart-felt moments at family dinners to heartbreaking wakes.
By Jeff Johnson5 years ago in Horror
The Maiden of Race Rock
The Maiden Of Race Rock Gulls work the schools of baitfish sparkling the surface of Long Island Sound. Fishermen cast their weighted lines into the rip-rap demarcating the spot where the Sound disappears into the Atlantic Ocean. October is the best month for bluefish. They like the cooler water, the rougher seas and the baitfish swarming the surface as they make their way south.
By Alice Donenfeld-Vernoux5 years ago in Horror
The Belle of New Haven
Chapter 1 In 1988 my husband Calvin and I and our 5 year old son John took a trip to San Jose, California. While there we decided to go and tour the infamous Winchester Mansion built by Sarah Lockwood Winchester. I will be honest with you, at the time I was nervous to enter into the house due to my past experiences with ghosts and knowing at this time, I was still an open vessel for these spirits to travel through. When we arrived at the the mansion, my curiosity took over any fear that I had so I decided to tour the house with Calvin and my son John. Although the house had the reputation for being a portal between the living and the dead, it's appearance said something quite different.
By Cynthia Gibson5 years ago in Horror
Secrets Behind Haunted Dolls
Chapter 1 Dolls have been with us since recorded history. The earliest report of a haunted doll actually goes back to Rameses the 3rd, where his enemies attempted to use wax dolls in his image to bring about his death. It was rumored that the dolls were living and would bring a curse upon anyone who bore their resemblance.
By Cynthia Gibson5 years ago in Horror
This meat as children in it!
Out in the rural west of the United States of Arizona lives a small almost forgotten town. There’s a legend surrounding this little town that goes by the name of Black Bell. Just down the road of the town was a small factory that goes by the name “Old Farmer John’s meatpacking plant”, which is said to be haunted by several ghosts.
By V-Ink Stories5 years ago in Horror
You Conjure it, You Bought it...
“You conjure it, you bought it!” is a tagline that I often like to use when lecturing on the paranormal in my role as a paranormal investigator. I know that it sounds mean to some as most do not deliberately try to let lose an unfriendly entity in their home, or even worse, a demonic entity, however, it is an easy thing to do. This concept applies not just to Spirit boards ad Ouija boards, but also to known “haunted” items or objects removed from known haunted locations.
By Devan Tucking5 years ago in Horror
