Now here’s a bizarre story. Normally, when we hear of a story concerning vampires or werewolves getting a little crazy, it usually has to do with violence against each other. And even then, those news stories about men or women convicted of some violent crime, confessing to being vampires or werewolves, turn out to be tales of the mentally ill. …
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Did you know that mistletoe is, by definition, a parasitic plant that survives by draining the life from the host tree? In other words, the plant equated with love during the holiday season is a vampire. Perhaps the most interesting aspect about mistletoe is that its vampiric qualities are thought to be the main reason the plant’s connected with matters …
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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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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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Are lake monsters around the world such as the Loch Ness Monster leftovers from the dinosaur age? A recent sighting of the Lake Champlain Monster reported to Cryptozoologynews.com seems to indicate yes. The sighting by two women in their seventies took place on Lake Champlain in Vermont. The pair were jet boating opposite Charlotte when they spotted something in the water …
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Sheepsquatch! Does It sound like a bad cryptozoology joke – what do you get if you cross a Sasquatch with a sheep? But the answer’s no joke, there’s a strange cryptid reported from West Virginia known as Sheepsquatch. So what exactly is this weird creature? The first sightings of the creature date back to the mid-1990s and were reported in …
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To Wisconsin residents, the Hodag is nothing more than a favorite legend, a hoax for gullible tourists. As for the Hodag, well perhaps he’s just a shy guy who doesn’t understand what all the fuss is about, quietly making his home in the woods of northern Wisconsin. The legend of the Hodag is not a new fad or an urban …
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There’s a dark and sinister creature living beneath the Pope Lick Trestle near Floyd’s Creek in Louisville, Kentucky. First sighted in the 1970’s, this unknown cryptid, simply known as “The Pope Lick Monster”, has been described as a human & goat hybrid that’s earned it the nickname – “Goat Man”. Thought to be responsible for several deaths in the area, …
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A video sent to the YouTube channel The Paranormal Review shows the moment an unsuspecting real estate agent captured footage of Bigfoot with a drone during unrelated filming in the area of Roseville, California. The real estate agent, whose identity has been withheld due to his occupation, unintentionally filmed the creature during some practice runs over a property his employer had asked …
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Linda S. Godfrey, the author of werewolf books The Beast of Bray Road: Tailing Wisconsin’s Werewolf and Hunting the American Werewolf throws us a bone in her third book in the series, The Michigan Dogman: Werewolves and Other Canines Across the USA. And what a juicy bone it is! This latest offering is based on hundreds of eyewitness accounts — some funny and …
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Monstrum Athenaeum Tearing open the cryptid world of werewolves, vampires & zombies.