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Tuesday 30 June 2020

A SORT OF FINNISH ELF

A look at the haltija.



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DILALI - A MUCH FEARED CRYPTID

It is said to have the body of a horse and the claws of a lion.  It is said to be found in Chad, Cameroon and Central African Republic.

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GOATMAN - MYSTERIOUS CREATURE

It is quite amazing that there are several reports of this creature.



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MYSTERY OF THE SEA SERPENT

A cryptid which even scientists of a skeptical nature think may be out there.



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SEA SERPENT OF NORSE MYTHOLOGY

Not something for swimming with.



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DID WITNESS HAVE BIGFOOT ENCOUNTER?

Back when he was ten.



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BIGFOOT IN RUSSIA

Map prepared of sightings in Moscow region.



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DOGMAN IN MANISTEE

Seen around Michigan residence.



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Monday 29 June 2020

FAIRY STEEDS

In my book The Fairy Realm I take a brief look at diminutive fairies who ride diminutive horses, citing a few sightings.  However, there is a kind of legend that fairies go galloping about, not on horses, but on corgis.  To back this up, there is supposed to be a faint marking of a saddle on a corgi's back.

The Fairy Investigation Society (Newsletter 12) has looked into the matter.  This belief does not seem to have its origin in early folklore, though the idea seems quite widespread.  The earliest suggestion that Fairies ride on corgis seems to come from literature in the form of a poem called Corgi Fantasy by Anne J. Biddlecombe.  It was published in 1946.   It would seem to be lore from literature.  I am sure it is not the first time that something literary has edged its way into folklore.


Corgi




DEER IN BULGARIAN FOLKLORE

The companion of the nymphs.



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ALUX OF MEXICO

A diminutive humanoid.  It is even suggested the Aluxob are a race of pygmies.




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TIBURONES - FLYING SHARKS

Curious creatures of Philippine legend.

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PUGOT MAMU - HEADLESS BEING

Horrifying Filipino bogey.  His neck and shoulders form his eating mechanism - he likes meat.

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LE LOYON PHOTOGRAPHED

The famous Swiss boogeyman.

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GOLLUM-LIKE MONSTER

Reported from China.



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EARLIEST WEREWOLVES

Mentioned in Greek and Roman literature.



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BIGGEST SOFT SHELLED EGG EVER SEEN

Discovered in Antarctica.

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FUNKWE - HUGE SNAKE

An animal from Zambian folklore.




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SUBMARINE SEARCHES FOR UNKNOWN CREATURES

Who knows what's under the sea?



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Sunday 28 June 2020

CHUPACABRA IN GEORGIA

It seems to get around.



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DOGMEN OF KENTUCKY

A number of encounters.



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ROADSIDE BIGFOOT

Not your average pedestrian.



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BIGFOOT IN SMOKY MOUNTAINS

Along the Little Tennessee River.



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YANA PUMA

Is it actually a puma?



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GIANT ETHIOPIAN LIZARD

Large reptile of East Africa.



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SIGHTING OF PIXY

Youtube video.

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BIGFOOT ART GALLERY

An art gallery that is Bigfoot themed.



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ENCOUNTERS IN BULGARIA

One with a canine cryptid.

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Saturday 27 June 2020

LAKE SUPERIOR MONSTER

When near Beaver Bay, on the north side of Lake Superior, a monster with a black neck and three humps following it was seen through the trees by T. Klarenbeck.  He thought it was 20'-40' long.  He reported this in 2006 and likened the beast to a
plesiosaur.

A photograph taken at Agawa Bay is supposed to show a couple of these monsters.

Follow the link below for further information on this monster.

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Another article on this subject.

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BIGFOOT IN VERMONT

An eyewitness account.



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SEA MONSTERS OFF NOVA SCOTIA

There have been various sightings over the years.



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LEGENDS OF WEREWOLVES

A look at some werewolf traditions.



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BLACK DOGS OF BRITAIN

These have been a singular feature of British folklore.




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WILDMAN OF MONTENEGRO

Montenegro is a small country in the Balkans.  In 1996 S. Spasovic and D. Radulav claim to have seen a wildmann on the Frusta Gorn mountain.  It was hairy and nearly 3 meters tall.  Folklorist V. Ognjenoviae met a countryman many years ago who claimed to have seen a wildman in the same country.

  

EMELA-NTOUKA: NEW EVIDENCE

New corroborative evidence for this African cryptid.



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PREHISTORIC GIANT WOMBAT-LIKE ANIMAL DISCOVERED

Scientists have identified a creature called the Mukupirna.



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FLYING GIANT MANTA RAY

Reported from Provo, Utah.



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Friday 26 June 2020

GNOMES AND DUENDES

They are sighted today.  The idea that Paracelsus invented Gnomes cannot be sustained.  He made up the word, but he didn't invent the Little People.



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KETTLE CREEK MONSTER

A look at the Susquehanna legend.



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REPTILIANS IN VIETNAM WAR

Youtube video.  5 tales.



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FORESTS SOLUTION TO GLOBAL WARMING

They're also vulnerable to it.



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GARKAIN - AUSTRALIAN SPIRIT

It has huge flaps of skin, enabling it to fly.  It is supposedly found in Australia.

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AIRBORNE PIXY

What was it doing on the plane?



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GHOST OR FAIRY?

Episode in the 1870s.

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HUMANOID IN APALACHICOLA

Bizarre creature encountered in Florida.

Image courtesy Lon Strickler


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Thursday 25 June 2020

PUCKWUDGIES - NATIVE AMERICAN LITTLE PEOPLE

20 facts asserted about them.



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PTEROSAURS IN NORTH CAROLINA

One woman says she has seen them three times.



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LEGEND OF RACES WITH TAILS

Baring-Gould's chapter on the subject.

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CREATURE WITH INVISIBILITY CLOAK?

Have a look.

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GIANT LEMURS

A look at the cryptid lemurs of Madagascar.




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DINOSAUR IN PNG

Do the jungles of Papua-New Guinea hide a tyrannosaurus?



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BIGFOOT CROSSES THE ROAD

He causes some traffic chaos.



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WHITE THINGS

I have come on two separate cryptids to which the designation "White Thing" has been applied.

The first was noted from Happy Hollow Road in Alabama.  It was white, the size of a human or taller and it uttered piercing screams.  It is said to have been known locally for four generations.

The second was reported from Du Quoin, Illinois, in 1967.  The witness on first glimpse thought it a dog, then saw it had an eyeless, human-like face and merely holes for ears.  It had hands and a human-like feet and lacked a tail.  Its mouth was a slit.

UFOs OVER CALIFORNIA

Seen over Altadena.



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Wednesday 24 June 2020

TAILED MEN IN THE PHILIPPINES

Tailed Men were said to be found there - but were they a reality?

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DINOSAURS AND DRAGONS

An attempt to untangle belief in dragons.



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SKOOKUM CAST

Is it evidence of Sasquatch?



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FIVE CHICAGO MOTHMAN ENCOUNTERS

First person reports.  (Video)



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HUGE SPIDER IN TREES

Report from Michigan.



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SNAKE WITH TWO LEGS

Report from 1934, dug out by the indefatigable Richrd Muirhead.

Richard Muirhead


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LASER BATTLE BETWEEN UFOs?


Are there really aliens in combat up there?



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DOGMAN IN LAND BETWEEN THE LAKES

Mystery upright canid in Grand Rivers, Kentucky.



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Tuesday 23 June 2020