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Ireland in the Midddle Ages, apart from having a high king, had a considerable number of petty kingdoms. One of these was called Ossory, called after its resident tribe, the Osraige. The last king was Donal IV, whose reign ended in 1176.
The curious thing about the Osraige was they had the local reputation of turning into werewolves from time to time. This is strange because their tribal name comes from the word os, an old or obsolescent word for a deer. How they attained a reputation for lycanthropy is anybody's guess. As wolves were widespread in Ireland, it is not impossible that they dressed in wolfskins for some ritual or ceremony.
The word for a werewolf in the Irish language (which was the majority language in the country before 1850) is conriocht. However, there was in early times a special word for a female werewolf: conoel (modern conaol).
A night time sighting.
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Impact of a meteor has made them grow in size.
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A monkey rumored to be found in South America.
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What is this scary creature?
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The U.S. studied poltergeists, invisible entities and mystery creatures.
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| Pentagon |
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A look at the monsters of this Canadian province.
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Science cannot agree on a number of issues.
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| Scientist |
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Rendlesham Forest is known as Britain's Roswell.
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A cryptid ape or hominid of Kenya.
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One of the lesser-known cryptids is the ngoroli. It is said to live in the Central African Republic, where it frisks about in the River Vovodo. It is about 10'/3m in length. It has tusks and it is hairy. I suspect caution is advisable in its vicinity.
The Pooka (Irish, Púca) is a creature of widespread Irish legend.
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Are they taking aliens in the Air Force?
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Wildman/Bigfoot in Native American tradition.
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Is this Canadian creature a monster or a trout?
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Things are really hotting up in Chicago with regard to Mothman.
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Strange lights are sometimes reported in areas associated with Bigfoot.
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Was Bigfoot at large near Bristol?
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Dragons and those who kill them.
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It is said to be of a murderous nature.
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With all the talk online about Mothman in the Chicago region and elsewhere, it might be worth looking back at a similar creature reported from Siberia in the 1930s-40s and occasionally since. This was referred to as Letayuschiy chelovek (flying man). It was reported from the area of Vladivostok. It was said to live in the Pidan Mountains.
Even earlier, a flying man was reported in Siberia in 1908.
But what was it?
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A scary encounter in Canada.
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Story from Utah.
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It happened at Longridge Fell.
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It was washed up there, but no one seems to know what it is.
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He's allegedly in Dunsmuir.
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Why would they keep files on Bigfoot?
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An interesting Mothman encounter. The witness did not feel the Mothman was a prophet of things yet to come.
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