
Creature Feature Friday: Giant Sky Clams
It seems like UFOs are everywhere nowadays. Although many reports have yet to be identified, what if some of these UFOs have existed for decades because they are, in fact, large biological entities soaring through the skies - like, say, giant sky clams? Hear me out. Or rather, hear out the story of Don Wood Jr., whose incredible UFO account is one of extra-terrestrial proportions.
Creature Feature Friday: The Gumberoo
There are a lot of strange things you don’t want to encounter in the woods, and one of them includes a fat, bald exploding bear. The Gumberoo comes out of lumberjack legends, hailing from the foggy region along the Pacific Coast. It bears a resemblance to black bears, except that it is completely hairless but for its bristly beard and big eyebrows.
Creature Feature Friday: The Tomten, a Temperamental Christmas Gnome
Have you ever heard of the Tomten? It may be an important folklore figure to know since legend says every home has a Tomten. A Scandinavian version of a house elf, Tomten are gnome-like creatures that watch unseen over children and animals, protecting homes and farms from evil and misfortune… but don’t let the Tomten’s protective role or diminutive stature fool you…
Creature Feature Friday: The Hugag
Is the Hugag the world’s silliest looking-moose, a leftover dinosaur, or something else entirely? Learn more about this Lumberwoods cryptid legend - like why it cannot lie down - in today’s Creature Feature, excerpted from our blog 9 Cryptids That Are (Probably) Too Absurd To Be Real.
Creature Feature Friday: The Pugot
It’s not here for your soul - it’s here for your underwear. Meet the Pugot, a ghastly figure out of Philippine mythology and today’s Creature Feature! Is the Pugot a flesh-and-blood creature? A shapeshifting spirit? Some chilling combination of the two? Whatever the case, the Pugot is one strange, underwear-stealing entity.
Creature Feature Friday: The Not Deer
Have you heard of the “Not Deer”? It’s like a deer… but it’s… not. This eerie folk cryptid out of Appalachia may look normal at first glance, but a closer inspection reveals the creature is anything but natural. From its canine mouth, to claws instead of hooves, to its bipedal walk, the Not Deer is a phenomenon no one can entirely explain.
Creature Feature Friday: The Slide-Rock Bolter
Ready for a really weird one? Sliding straight out of lumberjack lore, it’s the Slide-Rock Bolter! Have you ever heard the tale (…pun kind of intended…) of this monstrous land whale? Check out our Creature Feature Friday in an excerpt from our blog, 9 Cryptids That Are (Probably) Too Absurd To Be Real.
Creature Feature Friday: The Ahool
If you’ve been swept up in the latest Stranger Things craze following the recent release of Season 4 (guilty), you’ll definitely remember the vicious Demobats from a few key scenes (that we’ll probably never get over). But those little razor-toothed monsters from the Upside Down are pure science fiction… right? Meet the Rightside Up’s version of the Demobat in this edition of Creature Feature Friday: the Ahool.
Creature Feature Friday: Ningen
The Ningen may be one of the oddest cryptids you’ve never seen! A water creature that was first sighted by Japanese fishermen and research vessels around the Antarctic, the Ningen is allegedly enormous in size and humanoid in shape. In the Japanese language, Ningen means human…
Creature Feature Friday: Belsnickel, the Cantankerous Christmas Gift-Bringer
Impish or admirable? Cheer or fear? If you’re a diehard fan of the legendary show The Office, then 1) there’s a good chance we can be best friends, and 2) you’ve definitely heard of the cantankerous Yuletide folk figure known as Belsnickel. So just who is this grim, grimy Christmas legend?
Creature Feature Friday: Spring-heeled Jack, the Terror of London
On a recent member episode, Episode 380: Gateway Into a Paranormal Life (Members), guest Sean described seeing an entity wearing a cloak that “folded in” on itself and disappeared before his eyes. He described the strange being as looking like Spring-heeled Jack, the Terror of London - a figure straight out of folklore but nonetheless real to the people he allegedly terrorized. Who, or what, is Spring Heeled Jack?
Creature Feature Friday: The Apparition of the 'Woman in White'
Today we will be exploring the beautiful and haunted Burn Brae Mansion in New York! Burn Brae Mansion holds tales of different ghosts and paranormal activity within its many rooms, including one of the more famous figures of ghost lore - the “Woman in White.” The apparition of a pale lady in a white gown has become a common sighting over centuries of ghost stories, but remains no less chilling across history and culture. What do you know about the Woman in White?
Creature Feature Friday: Kushtaka, the 'Land Otter Man'
TODAY, April 30, The Confessionals Podcast and Anointed AK are dropping three new paranormal beard oil scents, in the form of Wendigo, Rake, and Kushtaka. While the two former creatures may be notorious enough to strike fear in your heart, the latter may not be so widely known. What IS Kushtaka… and just how frightening is it? Creature Feature Friday breaks the legend down!
Creature Feature Friday: Leprechauns
What better Creature Feature Friday for the week of St. Patrick’s Day than the LEPRECHAUN? In Irish folklore, leprechauns are part of the fairy family, a solitary kind of fae that practices shoe-making and playing practical jokes. Though their existence has not been proven or disproven, leprechauns are officially protected as a species under European law. Check out 5 more fast facts about leprechauns here, and Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
Creature Feature Friday: The Bunyip
Creature Feature Friday: the Bunyip! Originating in Aboriginal legend, the Bunyip is a water cryptid native to Australia. It can be found (if it exists, that is) in swamps, creeks, rivers, billabongs, and waterholes, where it bides its time until it can kill anyone who wanders too close to the water’s edge. Livestock, women, and children are its favorite selections to eat in the dark of night…