INTERESTING ALIEN ENCOUNTER

An elaborate and detailed encounter with extraterrestrials.

Image courtesy Lon Strickler

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ON THIS DAY IN WEIRD

On This Day in Weird, October 22...

1844: Seventh-day Adventist leader Samuel S. Snow predicts the Second Coming of Jesus. Thousands of followers wait expectantly, many having given away all their worldly possessions. When JC fails to show, the sect moves on, memorializing October 22 as the "Great Disappointment."

HUGE SPIDER ENCOUNTERED

Would you like to meet one of these?

Goliath Birdeater

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FOLKLORE PIGMAN

There have been a number of reports of cryptids looking like men with pig's heads ranging from England to Australia.  In the United States there was the well-known Pigman reported in Vermont about 1971.  Does the Pigman ever feature in older folklore?

While I have yet to find an American traditional pigman, I have found one on the Isle of Man.  The Isle of Man is a small British dependency in the Irish Sea, ruled by, but not part of, the United Kingdom.  The adjective relating to it is Manx.  The Manx cat, for example, is a breed noted for lacking a tail.

Flag of Isle of Man

The Manx have a legend about a creature called Johnny Squarefoot.  He started off as a large pig, the steed of a demon.  After the demon had abandoned him, he was changed by magic into a man with a pig's head.  This pig's head boasted a set of tusks.  The creature hung out around the district of Greasby.  Although fearsome of aspect, however, he does not seem to have been aggressive.  What lies behind this legend?  Who can say?   

DRAGON IN IOWA?

This is one from the early part of the century.

Chinese dragon

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HYBRID HUMAN?

Is this a hybrid human skeleton found in Peru?

Map of Peru

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MOTHMAN MUSEUM

An article on the Mothman Museum in Point Pleasant (West Virginia).

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