Meekdale

Meekdale
My name is Thomas Gilchrist Meekdale, and I've devoted my life to studying cryptid cultures of the monstrum variety including their teratoeconomics. I specialize in three distinct types of cryptids - werewolves, vampires and zombies. I would like to welcome you to Monstrum Athenaeum. I hope that soon this site will become an exciting source for news and insight about these creatures.

Three Of the Most Gruesome Christmas Monsters in the World

Sitting around the fire, drinking egg nog with the wee little ones I got to thinking about how the other half lives. More specifically, what do cryptids think about all this merry festiveness? You know, Christmas. Oh, that magical time of year filled with gifts, family gatherings and perhaps even some snow. How boring if you’re anything but human (or …

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Was Bigfoot Found in New Hampshire? Find Out on Jan 17

The popular Animal Plant program “Finding Bigfoot” spent some time last year exploring New Hampshire in search of the cryptid, and the creative team is finally ready to tell the world what they found. It remains to be seen if the show will air any concrete evidence of Bigfoot roaming through the Granite State, but people worldwide will certainly tune …

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Fox-Like Transparent Cryptid Seen In Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania isn’t short of strange encounters, mysterious creatures and general weirdness but a new report from a couple in the Ligonier Valley certainly comes as something a little different. The couple was taking a drive through the area on November 23rd. Around 2 pm, they were some two miles from Ligonier when the driver noticed movement to the right of …

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The Goat Man Expands Its Territory

Interestingly the Pope Lick Monster in Kentucky shares a nickname also used to describe similarly horned humanoid cryptids across the U.S. - the Goat Man.

In the past, we’ve examined the origins of the Pope Lick Monster in Kentucky. Interestingly, this cryptid shares a nickname also used to describe similarly horned humanoid cryptids across the U.S. – the Goat Man. Honestly, it’s unclear how these creatures are connected, if, in fact, they are at all. What we do know is that sightings of half man, …

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Pennsylvania Dogman Surfaces Again in 2015

Whether classified as a yet identified cryptid or a werewolf, the Pennsylvania Dogman has resurfaced again in the last few months to remind us that this cryptid isn’t going anywhere anytime soon. The most recent sighting, documented on the Stranger Eons website, occurred in July and was reported anonymously by a man from Penfield, Pennsylvania. On his way home, the …

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Jake the Alligator Man – Florida’s Weirdest Resident

Nicknamed Jake the Alligator Man, the creature was found in the Everglades and reported in the Weekly World News back in 1982. The body was then purchased by Wellington Marsh Sr. and taken to his shop in Long Beach, Washington, to lure in customers.

There’s no doubt that plenty of alligators live in the Florida swamps but what about alligator men? No, not men who hunt alligators or train them but weird hybrids; crosses between man and alligator? An impossibility you might think but wait until you see the mummified body proudly on display at a souvenir store in Washington State. Nicknamed Jake the …

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New Video Catches Lizard Man of Scape Ore Swamp

A few months after Davis's encounter, a number of other sightings, as well as damage credited to the Lizard Man of Scape Ore Swamp, occurred in a three-mile radius around the spot where Davis first saw the creature.

Compared to the variety of monstrum reported around the world, reptilian cryptids are by far among the creepiest. The Lizard Man of Scape Ore Swamp is no exception. Living in the swamplands of Lee County, South Carolina, reported sightings of this reptilian humanoid started in 1988. Recent reports this year clearly indicate the creature is still alive and well. This …

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Washington Family Encounters Two Whistling Bigfoot

It would seem there have been more Bigfoot encounters than normal reported lately where the creatures are described as exhibiting human-like behavior.  Could our habits, both bad and good, be rubbing off on these once innocent creatures?  Well, a woman and her son from Snohomish County might have the answer. They both claim to have spotted two whistling Bigfoot, communicating to …

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New Video Shows Yowie Spotted in Queensland

Heal spotted the Yowie roughly 160 feet from his location and took the best still pictures he could but wasn't able to get a good video shot.

Jason Heal, a cryptozoologist from Queensland has released a video composed of a series of still shots he took showing a cryptid considered a distant relative of Bigfoot, known as a Yowie. Aboriginal mythology describes the Yowie as an intelligent and curious forest dwelling creature, living peacefully in the country. Heal spotted the Yowie roughly 160 feet from his location …

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Maine Bigfoot Sightings Predate Founding of State

Maine is the most north-eastern state in the US, known for its beautiful, if wild, scenery.  This undeveloped landscape is perfect for anyone, or anything, wanting to live a life of seclusion. That’s why it’s not surprising to find records of Maine Bigfoot sightings predating the state joining the union in 1820. Stories of creatures matching the general description of …

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