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Friday, 13 November 2026

SPINOSAURUS LIVING IN AFRICA?


Is this report true?

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EMU ON THE LOOSE

In South Jersey.





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BIGFOOT - PINE BARRENS SIGHTING

Incident at Gretna.





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KILLER BIGFOOT EVIDENCE

Rejected by Bigfoot fans.





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PORTUNES, PIXIES AND ROASTED FROGS

Simon Young writes on beings of folklore mentioned by Gervase of Tilbury.





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BEAR ATTACK STORIES

People do not realize how fierce bears can be and how dangerous they are.  Many people have approached bears and suffered the consequences.  This link leads you to narratives by people who suffered attacks by bears.  Do not try to fraternize with bears, however cuddly they may look.



 

PEVENSEY MARSHES ANIMALS

If you go back to the year the era before World War II, in Pevensey Marshes, England, strange creatures were reported.  They were of a gray color and it was said that they were the hybrids of wolves and foxes.  I don't think mainstream science would think such a cross possible, but what they were and what became of them seem to be mysteries unsolved.

Thursday, 12 November 2026

THE CRAWLER OF INDIANA

Sounds spooky!





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UNIFYING THEORY OF LAKE MONSTERS

What do these cryptids represent, if anything?





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COVERUP OF ANCIENT GIANTS?

If there was one, why?





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DANUBE WATER SPIRITS

It was believed that the Danube harbored  100 spirits of whom the 100th was the chief, who was equipped with a drum and a whip.  The latter was used to mete out punishments.

These spirits looked like dwarfs.  They wore the conical red hat seen in so many pictures of dwarfs.  They had long beards, caprine legs and ears and a single horn.  They were hostile to humans, whom they pulled into the river and strangled.

HEAD IN THE LION'S MOUTH

"Putting your head in the lion's mouth" is a phrase that has attained an almost proverbial status.  It arose because it was said this used to be done in circus acts.  But did such a thing actually take place or was it just a legend?


Well, yes, it did take place and a very unwise procedure it was, too.  We don't know just when it started, but we do have the name of an early practitioner.  This was Isaac Van Amburgh (born 1808) who seemed to exert a power of control over lions, who, when he gave performances, were reduced to docility and placing his head in the lion's mouth was certainly  featured in a number of his shows.  His power over lions seemed to some almost mystical, though he was also accused of using brutality to tame his animals.  Did any enterprising lion bite his head off?  No, he died in his bed in 1865.




Wednesday, 11 November 2026

CU SITH


 The Fairy Hound; creature in Scottish folklore.


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ABHARTACH - IRISH REVENANT

Did he ever exist?  Was he regarded as a vampire?


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CRYPTID HUMANOIDS OF ASIA

Yeren, Yeti and Almas.





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TATZELWORM - CRYPTID OF THE ALPS

What precisely lies behind this legend?





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RESCUE OF RACCOON FAMILY

During floods in Kentucky.





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HMS DAPHNE SEA MONSTER

Was this a sighting of a sea monster by naval officers?





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DID DRONE PICK UP BABY NESSIE?

You never know what drones might pick up.


Loch Ness



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WHITE WOMEN OF DUTCH FOLKLORE

They might be  looked on as spirits or fairies.


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LIONS AND TIGERS KEPT LEGALLY IN ONTARIO BACKYARDS

Their numbers are unknown.





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