I don’t need to tell you hoaxes make it difficult to separate the wheat from the chaff when it comes to determining which cryptid stories are legit and which ones are troll bait. However, sometimes you can find a pearl when the origin of a hoax turns out to be just as fascinating as the real thing. The trick lies …
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Journal Entry – May 24th Ok, today was another hard to explain type of weird day. It was awesome all the same, but still weird. Shelly and I were studying, under the old oak tree as usual, when Tim showed up; like a cockroach dropping out of the box into your last bowl of cereal. I’m pretty sure that jerk …
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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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Journal Entry – May 21st I have no idea what the hell’s going on, but I believe I may be cursed with the worst luck ever. I never get to have my say before things get out of hand and sideways; keeping me from having a real conversation with Shelly. It really sucks too, because this is something I need …
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The farmlands of southern Wisconsin may seem like an ideal place to live and raise a family with rolling hills and woody outcrops surrounding dairy farms and small towns. However, there’s a dark legend looming over the town of Elkhorn, Wisconsin and its neighboring townships. A creature rumored to be half man and half wolf (a werewolf) has been roaming the …
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The mountainous wilderness of “By-God” West Virginia has long been rumored to be the home of werewolves. Native American tribes that lived along the Appalachian Mountain trails centuries ago told stories of beasts of great size, with snarling jaws and razor sharp claws, which would rip apart anyone foolhardy enough to get too close. However, the origin of these creatures …
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In the late 1500’s, in Bedburg, Germany, the fear of the dark and unknown was as real an illness as cancer. People rarely ventured forth from the safety of their homes after twilight. The fear of being taken by some unknown being, or ripped apart by a ravenous monster were at the forefront of their minds; especially those who lived …
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What if I told you there’s an ancient Indian legend of a shape shifting cryptid living in the lakes, rivers and ponds of South-eastern Alaska – would you believe it? Now, what if I then told you that creature oddly resembled a cross between an otter and a man – you still with me? Right now, you might be saying …
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West Virginia is a state with dense wilderness areas, farmlands, and is directly in the heart of the Appalachian Mountain chain, which stretches from Georgia to Maine. Tales from over 200 years ago say that a creature of massive size has been roaming the lands in search of blood. The Shawnee Indians claimed it was a shape shifting werewolf who …
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Journal Entry – May 18th I would have imagined I’d be writing about confronting Shelly and how she told me everything but, instead, the weirdest thing happened. We were sitting under that tree, the one that’s just off the school grounds, and I decided it was time to tell her I knew something was up and ask her to come …
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Monstrum Athenaeum Tearing open the cryptid world of werewolves, vampires & zombies.