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Mauston Birdman

**Theories** |  · Alien · Hoax

The **Mauston Avian** was a possibly-sentient entity that was reported multiple times by several children near Mauston, Wisconsin in the late 1970s. It seems to be more sentient than most cryptids, indicating that it isn't just a wild animal.

## Appearance

The entity was described by a witness known as "Spooky Robinson" as having [quote] *"the body of a man, complete with arms and legs; very human-looking. Its feathers were yellowish, big and round, not long and skinny like on most birds. They covered its body. The feet were just like bird feet except that they were really big and thick, with claws on the toes. Its head was a huge bird head, covered with feathers, like on the body, with a long yellow beak. The head came right out of its shoulders."*

## Possible Explanations

There are several explanations as to what the creature could be. Theories include:

* An undiscovered species (a Cryptid)
* Extraterrestrial
* A hoax (possibly a man in a suit)

## Notable Encounters

* Account #1
* Account #2
*When I was about 10 years old we lived in the country on the side of a bluff. It was a very isolated place, lots of trees surrounding the house. My grandparents had a trailer on our property right next to our house. One day my grandma started screaming. When we went to see what was going on she was hysterical and screaming about a birdman looking at her through the window. She said she was sitting in her chair watching her shows and saw something by the window. When she got up to see what it was there was this tall birdman looking in at her. She said it was about 6' tall and covered with yellowish feathers and a very long beak.*

*A few years before that happened my sister insisted that Big Bird came to visit us one night. She said he took us outside and showed us all kinds of neat stuff and played with us. Then she said the next morning we went outside and found big yellow feathers. I don't remember ever seeing or playing with Big Bird in the middle of the night or ever finding any big yellow feathers. She talked about it for about a year and insisted that it happened. Then she just never talked about it anymore. I asked her about it once when we were teenagers and she didn't remember a thing about it. Not even that she talked about it for about a year.*

## Trivia

* This entity is categorized as a "being" rather than a "cryptid" because of its apparently-sentient nature.
Plague-Bearing UFO

**Theories** |  · Extraterrestrial craft · Act of God · Folklore

**Plague-Bearing UFO** was a bizarre account from the dark ages of cigar shaped objects spreading a "disturbing mist" before outbreaks of bubonic plague.[1]

## Sighting

Gianfranco degli Esposti writes that;

> *“reports relating to the period of the famous Black Plague, between 1347 and the 1350, speak of strange cigar-shaped objects slowly crossing the sky, sometimes at low altitude, dispersing in their passage a disturbing mist.” He attributes the Black Plague to these objects because “immediately after the appearance of these shocking events, the epidemic exploded in that area.” In Florence a huge mass of vapors appeared in the sky, coming from the north. It spread throughout the land. In the East in the same year, many animals fell from the sky. Their decomposing animal carcasses were said to make the air fetid and to cause the spread of the infamous illness that was fatal in India, Asia, and Britain. In Florence alone it killed 60,000 people."[2]*[3]
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## Possible Explanations

* A misremembered natural phenomena garbled through years of folkloric retelling. The story was archived by the aforementioned Gianfranco centuries after it was supposedly current. Until earlier sources are discovered it is possible that this is a retrospective folkloric tale attached to the real history of the plague.
* An extraterrestrial craft.
* An act of god or wonder-sign. This was how the event was understood by the author and presumably the contemporaneous audience. Strange things seen in the sky were taken to be cosmic symbolic messages concerning the order of the kingdom and Gods judgement of man. In this sense the story adds a religious imperative to the plague, which was poorly understood in its time.
* The psychosocial hypothesis of Jacques Vallee supposes that a collective belief can form substantive apparitions.
Prospect Monoliths

**Theories** |  · Extraterrestrial

The **Prospect Monoliths** sighting was an extraterrestrial sighting that took place on January 27, 1977, near Prospect, Kentucky. Driving home one night at one in the morning, 19 year old Lee Parish spotted a rectangular object hovering in the sky. Suddenly, his radio failed and he felt unable to control his vehicle. He arrived home with sore and bloodshot eyes, unable to account for more than a half hour of time. (bogleech.com)

## Appearance

Under hypnosis, he vividly described being transported from his driver's seat into a huge, round room containing three strange creatures or machines. One towering figure was at least twenty feet tall, resembling a rough black "tombstone" with a single, pointed arm. Another, fatter being was six feet tall and pure white, with two unmoving arms and a wedge-like head. Lee got the impression that the white being was the "leader," and it constantly emitted odd sounds like teeth being brushed. The third, smallest being was red and rectangular, and Lee sensed that this being was afraid of him as it approached and touched his head. He felt a cold, stinging sensation and later believed he had been analyzed in some way. (bogleech.com)

## Trivia

* After their brief contact, the red being seemed to disappear behind the white being, the white being slid behind the black being, and the black being began to back away, which made Parish feel warmer. He found himself abruptly back in his Jeep.
UVB-76 (The Buzzer)

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UVB-76, also given the nickname "The Buzzer", is a Russian radio program that broadcasts intermittent buzzing sounds at intervals. Sometimes, other noises come from the radio station like a man reading names and coordinates. The stations purpose is unknown and information about where in Russia the station broadcasts is also unknown.

## Known information

When it first started to broadcast is unknown. But is thought to start around the early eighties. Sometime during the late nineties, voices have started to be heard at random times. The voices where first very rare but became a more common occurrence as time went on. Example of the types of messages received:

"Ya UVB-76, Ya UVB-76. 180 08 BROMAL 74 ,27,99,14. Boris, Roman, Olga, Mikhail, Anna, Larisa. 7 4 2 7 9 9 1 4" - December 24 1997

The messages appear to be mostly in some type of code. The purpose of both the buzzing and the coding is unknown, and has sparked a number of conspiracies surrounding the station.

## Possible explanations

Many theories have arisen to explain the station:

- spy radio station for sending out coded orders (most excepted, yet Russia denies its purpose)

- radio hijacking

## trivia

There appears to be other radio stations with similar sounding names and a familiar pattern of transmissions

This legend goes into miscellaneous legends since it spans two continents
Production Blog

This is accessed through the Director Sign In link on the front page of marblehornets.com. Here.

Username: Alex

Password: rocky86

## Contents

Note to self: remember to set publicly visible

PRODUCTION BLOG

But let’s get to it! Today I finished the first draft of Marble Hornets. In case you couldn’t tell I finally decided on the name. It was very difficult for me because it needed to be something thematically significant to the plot, but the plot has so many significant moments and points to choose from. I felt bad having to throw out all the other titles I had in mind. Maybe I can use them for all of the great projects that come after this one!
That’s all I have for right now! -A. Kralie out

Giving my characters over to someone else feels strange. I know that in the audition period I’m not quite giving them the characters, more like a brief rental before they’re returned to me. But I still feel like I’m giving away a part of me. I wrote this script over so many years that I feel like these characters can’t belong to anyone but me.
That’s probably just me being overly analytical again. I do that a lot. Anyway, if you’re reading this and are interested in auditioning, come on down! Here’s a link to the flyer I made and hung all around campus. Feel free to print it out too and spread the word!
Flyer link
-A. Kralie out

I’m going to need to go back and look at the tapes of all the auditions again and compare them with my notes. I know of a few standouts but I really want to give everyone that came a second look because I might’ve missed a moment of genius in there when writing things down. I think everyone deserves the same chance as everyone else. I bet a lot of directors don’t do that these days, honestly.
-A. Kralie out

After hearing the script spoken aloud I think I’m going to spend a few days punching up the dialogue to make it flow better. It flowed nicely in my head but that was before I was around potential actors with different cadences to their voices. Sometimes you know the exact person you’re going to cast only to have it changed around by who you have to work with.
-A. Kralie out

In other news, I may be going out on a location scout soon. I’m planning on bringing my camera with me this time to get a few shots for later reference. If I can remember, which I probably will, I’ll be sure to share any non-spoiler locations on here for everyone to see!
-A. Kralie out

Anyway I found a few decent places for some scenes I have in mind. I think I’ll post some of the shots I got in a few days after I have time to look through them all.
-A. Kralie out

https://youtu.be/QfUubwjhI2I
-A. Kralie out

It probably won’t be that interesting to anyone not looking at it from a director’s perspective, but here’s a link to some of the raw footage from today:

https://youtu.be/\_4DCfEgeI3U

-A. Kralie out
Ripley Ostrich-Horse

The **Ripley Ostrich-Horse** was a strange Jersey devil that has been reported in the place Ripley, Oklahoma. On January the 8th of 2000, the witness went to a gun show wearing a bigfoot-themed t-shirt with the intention of talking about said cryptid with the various outdoorsmen and hunters who would attend the event. He met one vendor who owned an outdoor goods booth, and who told him a strange story about what appears to be a hitherto-unknown creature - both to science and cryptozoology.

## Appearance

The creature described in this account sounds a lot like the Jersey Devil of New Jersey folklore, but lacks the bat-like wings often associated with the creature. It makes me wonder if perhaps the Jersey Devil reports were based on confused sightings of multiple creatures - perhaps one of these ostrich-like entities and a pterosaur or dragon-style being in the same area?

## Possible Explanations

There are several explanations as to what the creature could be. Theories include:

* An undiscovered species (a Cryptid)

## Trivia

* It that in Jersey Devil and Ripley, Oklahoma New Jersey folklore, but lacks the bat-like wings often associated with the creature. It makes me wonder if perhaps the Jersey Devil sightings as perhaps others suggest it may be a genetic anomaly or hybrid resulting from interbreeding between different species?
Wuhnan Toads

**Theories** |  · Cryptid · Hoax

The **Wuhnan Toads** are gigantic, albino, toad-like creatures are said to lurk in an obscure corner of China’s isolated Hubei province.

## Appearance

The creatures were described as being toad-like in appearance, with a pale epidermis and large gaping maws, which seemed to exceed a length of 6-feet wide. More than one of the witnesses claimed that the animals’ gazes seemed both “aggressive” and “predatory.” (americanmonsters.com)

## Possible Explanations

There are several explanations as to what the creature could be. Theories include:

* An undiscovered species (a Cryptid)
* A hoax

## Trivia

* According to an account printed in the Brisbane Australia’s Courier Mail in 1995, an expedition of nine scientists from the Peking University, led by Professor Chen Mok Chun, journeyed to the remote Wuhnan area in August of 1987, in order to make a scientific and video study of the region’s aquatic fauna. As the scientists began setting up camp (including an extensive array of cameras and cables) along the shores of one of Wuhnan’s unfathomable gorges, three gigantic animals reportedly surfaced in the lake and began to swim toward them. While these men of science stared in disbelief at the monstrosities bearing down on them, one of the creatures suddenly unfurled its gigantic tongue and lunged the appendage forward, snagging one of the camera tripods by its leg and drawing it back into the water. The scientists watched in awe (and more than a little terror, one would imagine) as the animal proceeded to devour its inanimate prey. (americanmonsters.com)
The Bilambil Heights Alien

**Theories** |  · Extraterrestrial

The **Bilambil Heights Alien** was an alleged sighting of an alien in the town of Bilambil Heights near New South Wales, Australia in December, 2010. A 16-year-old teenager named Alex Player had filmed what he claims was an alien in his backyard, and that he also had additional footage from other encounters. The footage was uploaded onto YouTube.

## Appearance

The Bilambil Heights alien was described as follows by the teenager:

> "The first time I saw it was the clearest. It was not that tall - only as high as the grass - and a grey color with a big head," said Alex
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Looking at the footage, the alien resembled a typical grey alien. At one point in the video, it had a red light that it started to shine at Alex that resembled a flashlight before turning it off and disappearing.

## Notable Encounters

Alex had claim that one time in early November the alien had broken into his house, possibly through his mother's room. Him and his mother stayed within his room listening to the creature move through his house for two minutes. Then Alex claimed they heard a loud thud, the creature likely jumping out off the veranda.

## Possible Explanations

The most likely theory is that the incident was a hoax, which is the most accepted. This is due to the video being extremely low quality. The alien resembled more like a toy/prop due to how stiff it looked. A member of the organization UFO Research Queensland Incorporated, named Martin Gottschall, has pointed out the movements to be unlike anything natural, and expressed doubt.

Another explanation given is that it was likely a lost child with a flashlight.

## Trivia

* The first encounter Alex had allegedly filmed on October 5, 2010 has been featured in an independent documentary called *Gone With The UFO's.* The documentary was stated to be released on DVD in 2011. It appears to have not been released or it is extremely obscure, being available only in Australia, likely.
* The original upload of the video was on October 5, 2010 on Alex's channel called ThePolishKnob. As of May of 2019, the video has over 900,000 views.
* The story was initially reported by the Australian publication Tweed Daily News.
Black Bird of Chernobyl

**Theories** |  · Spirit · Cryptid

The **Black Bird of Chernobyl** was a cryptid rumored to have been sighted in the ruins of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant after its disaster in 1986. It is very similar to the famous cryptid Mothman in appearance. The creature was supposedly sighted by several radiation clean-up workers before they died.

## Appearance

The creature was described as being humanoid in appearance. Based on its name, it can be presumed to have been black or dark gray in color. It also possessed wings and glowing red eyes, just like the Mothman.

## Possible Explanations

There are several explanations as to what the creature could be. Theories include:

* An undiscovered species (a Cryptid)
* A spirit
* A demonic presence

## Trivia

* It is theorized that, like Mothman, the Black Bird served as an omen of doom, warning the workers of the lethal radiation within the plant.
Toronto Tunnel Monster

**Theories** |  · Sapient cryptid · Human prankster · Hoax

The **Toronto Tunnel Monster** was a strange humanoid cryptid reportedly sighted by a man named Ernest (last name kept private) in a dark tunnel underneath Toronto, Canada, in August of 1978.

He and his wife of 19 years had been raising a litter of kittens. One of the kittens apparently disappeared and Ernest decided to search for it in the vicinity of their Parliament St. apartment. He stumbled upon the opening to a nearby dark tunnel and crawled approximately 10 feet inwards, where he encountered the creature.

Ernest spoke reluctantly with reporters as to what occurred next. The creature spoke to him. “I’ll never forget it,” he said. “It said, ‘Go away, go away,’ in a hissing voice. Then it took off down a long tunnel off to the side. I got out of there as fast as I could. I was shaking with fear.”

## Appearance

Ernest described the monster as “long and thin, almost like a monkey, three ft long, large teeth, weighing maybe 30lbs with slate-grey fur.” However it was the eyes that truly stood out: “orange and red, slanted.”

## Possible Explanations

There are several explanations as to what the creature could be. Theories include:

* A sapient undiscovered species (a Cryptid)
* A human prankster
* A hoax

## Notable Encounters

There are no notable encounters that we could find, other than Ernest's.

## Trivia

* This creature is classified as a Being rather than a Cryptid due to its apparent ability to speak.

## Gallery

### Photo Gallery

A sketch of the creatureA newspaper headline about the sighting
Riverside Monster

**Theories** |  · Alien

The **Riverside Monster**, also known as the **Riverside Bridge Monster** and the **Brain Tickler of Riverside**, is a bizarre lanky cryptid that was first encountered by Charles Wetzel on November 8, 1958. The creature was described as tall and lanky, with a "protuberant mouth" and glowing green eyes.

It is very similar to the Landsborough Gangle.

## Appearance

The creature was described later by Charles Wetzel as having a "round, scarecrow-ish head" and lacking ears. Its body was very tall and lanky. He also described how the creature's eyes were "shining like something fluorescent" and that it possessed a protuberant mouth. He later recalled that the thing’s legs stuck out sideways from the “body” and the skin looked “scaly, like leaves.”

## Possible Explanations

There are several explanations as to what the creature could be. Theories include:

* An undiscovered species (a Cryptid)
* Extraterrestrial
* Vulture

## Trivia

* In his book *Mysterious America*, researcher Loren Coleman has pointed out the preponderance of weird things associated with place and personal names. “Wetzel” was high on the list, along with Fayette, Hobbs, and of course, anything associated with the Devil. Coleman also discovered that another Charles Wetzel, this one in Nebraska, had seen something that resembled a kangaroo hopping around his farm in July of the same year.
* As the creature clawed at his windshield and screeched, Wetzel reached for a .22 caliber pistol he kept under the seat. Quickly changing his mind about opening the window or shooting through the one thing that separated him from the monster, he floored it. The thing tumbled off the hood to the ground. Not caring what the thing was, or particularly concerned for its safety, Wetzel ran it over. He felt the scraping underneath, and heard more screaming and gurgling from the creature. He hightailed it to the nearest Riverside Police station.
	+ Officers noted scratches on the hood and windshield, and smears along the oil-covered underside, but retuning later to the scene with bloodhounds, they found nothing. The next night, another spooked driver reported a similar experience. If anyone else saw the pumpkin-headed ghoul, they kept it to themselves, and the Santa Ana river basin has been quiet since then—except in the 1970s when bigfoot-like tracks were discovered nearby.

## Gallery

### Photo Gallery

An artist's depiction, as seen in *Weird California*
Pupa the Doll

**Theories** |  · Ghost · Demonic presence

**Pupa the Doll** is an allegedly haunted doll originally owned by a small girl in Italy who lived around the 1920s up until 2005. The doll is stored somewhere in Italy, but the exact location has been kept a secret, presumably/likely for the public's safety.

Pupa is very similar to Robert the Doll

## History

Pupa (Latin for 'doll') was made for a little girl in Italy in the 1920s, and who owned her right up until her death in 2005. The little girl who owned Pupa often stated that her doll was 'alive' and had a will of its own. She stated that she and Pupa would talk often throughout the years, that Pupa held all of her secrets and was a help in hard times – even going so far as to have saved her life.

Pupa and her owner traveled quite extensively throughout Europe and the United States. At the end of World War II the little girl’s grandmother passed away, so as a memento and a way to remember her, a button from her grandmother’s clothes was sewn onto Pupa’s dress. (theparanormalguide.com)

## Notable Accounts

There are no notable accounts that we could find.

## Trivia

* Items in the case with her are also moved around, sometimes haphazardly, and at other times done with more purpose.
Sukotyro

**Theories** |  · Cryptid · Hoax · Babirusa · Javan rhino

The **Sukotyro** is a cryptid reported in traveller’s tales during their trips to the East Indies.

## Appearance

The creature possessed a heavy, rhino-like body, with elephantine feet, a pig snout, floppy ears, and a bushy tail, like a horse or cow. Its eyes were set high like a hippo, and projecting just below them, apparently directly from the face, were a pair of large tusks.

## Possible Explanations

There are several explanations as to what the creature could be. Theories include:

* An undiscovered species (a Cryptid)
* A hoax
* A misidentified babirua
* A misidentified javan rhino

## Trivia

* A pair of Sukotyro tusks presented to the British Museum of Natural History turned out to be horns from a water-buffalo.
Tusked Yowie

**Theories** |  · Cryptid

The **Tusked Yowie** was a large mammalian cryptid that terrorized the inhabitants of Victoria’s high country during the early months of 1932.

## Appearance

The creature was said to stand like a human being, about 7 feet tall, and had a large hairy head with four white tusks that “gleamed in the moonlight”.

## Possible Explanations

There are several explanations as to what the creature could be. Theories include:

* An undiscovered species (a Cryptid)

## Trivia

* The creature appeared in the *Muswellbrook Chronicle* under the headline: "Mystery Animal Attacks Victorian Settler, Has Four Tusks".
Wood Devils

**Theories** |  · Cryptid · Hoax

**Wood Devils** are a race of humanoid, sasquatch-like creatures said to roam the forests of New Hampshire, mainly Coos County.

## Appearance

The creatures are said to be tall, at least 7 feet in height, and very thin. They are covered in gray fur. They are said to be very elusive, and are often seen standing still against a tree. Said to be fast and nimble, possibly to move from behind one tree to another quickly. According to the BFRO (bigfoot field researchers organization) "if it can not hide it will stand perfectly still until it knows the person can see it"

## Possible Explanations

There are several explanations as to what the creature could be. Theories include:

* An undiscovered species
* A hidebehind
* A demonic creature from Native American folklore.
* Although people now consider New Hampshire’s Wood Devil sightings to be of Bigfoot, the slight build and other features suggest otherwise.
The Awful

**Theories** |  · Cryptid · Hoax

**The Awful** was a winged cryptid reportedly sighted in the towns of Richford and Berkshire, Vermont, by several people. The first sighting involved two sawmill workers who were crossing a bridge when they saw the beast glaring menacingly down at them from a rooftop. One of the men was so frightened that he immediately had a heart attack.

## Appearance

The Awful was often described as being similar in appearance to a Griffin with grayish-wings and a 20-foot wingspan. It had a very long, serpentine tail and enormous claws.

## Possible Explanations

There are several explanations as to what the creature could be. Theories include:

* An undiscovered species (a Cryptid)
* A hoax

## Trivia

* The creature is said to be the inspiration for several stories written by famed science-fiction author H. P. Lovecraft. In 1925, Lovecraft actually ventured to the towns of Richford and Berkshire, Vermont, to investigate sightings of the creature.
The Hiper Bompreço self-immolator

**Theories** |  · A case of spontaneous combustion · Mentally ill boy

The **Hiper Bompreço self-immolator** was an entity seen by several witnesses on August 20, 2019. A redditor named "PedroFindAGrave" posted a message into the Unresolvedmysteries subreddit, saying if there were virtual witnesses of the incident.

## Notable Encounters

* Account #1
*I remember being told by a friend of mine here in Brazil, that, on the day of the Rio-Niterói bridge bus kidnapping, a incident of darker nature happened in Olinda, but I can't find no news on this incident.*

What happened was that, according to him, a teenager, aged around 15-19, put a newspaper around his groin (he was wearing shorts), set it on fire, and then ran into the Hiper Bompreço mall while on fire, and defecating (his shorts were lowered by the time he entered the mall) all the place as he "appeared to have diarrhea". He then escaped without a guard capturing him, or even attempting to run after him. There were several witnesses.

I attempted to search this incident in Google Search, and, believe me, I couldn't find a single snippet about it! Even a mention I could find. All the results I got was like this news: Tiroteio em supermercado de Olinda deixa idosa ferida and that Incêndio no Hiper Bompreço é controlado but nothing related to the man-on-fire-incident.

Photo of the Hiper Bompreço mall

Please, if someone in Olinda witnessed this incident, please comment because I'm worried for this boy.
## Source

* Did anyone, in Olinda, Brazil, witnessed this incident?, Reddit
Sheepsquatch

**Theories** |  · Cryptid · Mutated sheep

**Sheepsquatch** is a monstrous cryptid that has been reportedly sighted in the Boone, Kanawha, Putnam and Mason counties of West Virginia, with a surge in sightings taking place in Boone County during the mid-1990s.

## Appearance

Sheepsquatch is described as being a quadruped about the size of a bear, with entirely white, wool-like fur. It reportedly has a long and pointed head, similar to a dog but with long, saber-like teeth and a single set of horns not unlike those found on a young goat. Its forelimbs end in paw-like hands, while its tail is long and hairless. It is reputed to smell like sulfur and may be due to a musk scent gland similar to those found in many species in the order Carnivora such as weasels and skunks.

## Possible Explanations

There are several explanations as to what the creature could be. Theories include:

* An undiscovered species (a Cryptid)
* A humanoid sheep
* A new bear species

## Trivia

* The combination of shaggy fur and both quadrupedal and bipedal tendencies lead cryptozoologists to believe Sheepsquatch may be a new species of bear.
* In 1994, a former Navy seaman stated having witnessed the beast breaking through the forest, after ingesting a mound of shroom caps he found on the forest floor. The white thing breached, the brush line and knelt to drink from the creek. Here it drank for a few minutes before crossing the creek and continuing on toward the nearby road. The witness stated that they observed the animal for a while before it moved on into the surrounding brush.
* The creature was next spotted a year later, this time involving a car. A couple driving through Boone County observed a large white beast sitting in the ditch alongside the roadway. As many curious passersby might do in such a situation, they stopped their car to get a better look at it. They came to describe the creature again as mostly similar to earlier descriptions, yet they added that the creature had "four eyes". In stark contrast to the last sighting where the Sheepsquatch fled the scene, the creature leaped out of the ditch and started to attack the car. Frightened by the attack, the couple drove off quickly, and once they arrived back at home noticed large scratches on the side where the beast had attacked.

## Gallery

### Photo Gallery

An artist's depictionAn artist's depictionA recreation of the SheepsquatchAn artist's depiction
Singing Spiders of Paris

**Theories** |  · Tall tale, hoax · Cryptid

The **Singing Spiders of Paris** were giant arachnids blamed for mysterious disappearances around a tomb in Paris, said to draw out their prey with a siren song.[1]

## Appearance

The creature was first described in the *Ann Arbor Argus*, of September 14, 1894. [2]

During late March (and invariably at night) each year for many years, men and women had inexplicably been disappearing in a region of Paris known as the *Tomb of Issoire*, now *La Rue De La Tomb-Issoire*, without any trace of them ever being discovered. One night, however, a policeman in this vicinity happened to hear a strange musical song issuing forth from a hole at the base of a huge rock there, dubbed the Giant's Cave due to the legend that a giant had been buried there long ago.[3][4]

As the policeman stood listening, he saw a young man approach the hole, seemingly hypnotized by the unearthly strains issuing forth from their hidden subterranean source, and then suddenly the man raced into the hole at full speed. The policeman chased after him, firing his revolver to alert some of his colleagues for back-up as he entered the hole. They soon arrived, by which time the strange music had ceased, its mysterious melody having been replaced by the sounds of a violent struggle. Arming themselves with ropes, ladders, and lamps, the policeman's colleagues swiftly penetrated the chasm into which the hole led, and beheld a terrifying sight.[5]

The young man, dead, was in the grip of a monstrous spider, which according to the newspaper report was:

> "*...as large as a full grown terrier, covered with wartlike protuberances and bristling with coarse brownish hair. Eight jointed legs, terminated by formidable claws, were buried in the body of the unfortunate victim. The face had already disappeared. Nothing could be seen but the top of the head, and the monster was now engaged in tearing and sucking the blood from his throat.*"[6][7]
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Several blasts from the policemen's guns soon dispatched this horrific creature, after which they found their colleague lying in a corner, unconscious but unharmed. They then carried the two men and the carcass of the great spider back out through the hole into the Parisian street where this surreal incident had begun.[8]

## Possible Explanations

There are several explanations as to what the creature could be. Theories include:

* An newspaper tall tale; a hoax. The story wraps up with a note on the disposal of the giant arachnid corpse with the Museum of Natural History and its identity as *Arachne Gigans* – a Giant Spider. No such item was ever received by the museum nor is that name given to any known spider, living or extinct.
* A real undiscovered cryptid spider (Highly unlikely).
Skyquakes

**Theories** |  · Meteorites · Military aircraft · Firearms · Magnetic fields

**Skyquakes** are unexplained reports of a phenomenon that sounds like a cannon or a sonic boom coming from the sky. They have been heard in several locations around the world such as the banks of the river Ganges in India, the East Coast and inland Finger Lakes of the United States, as well as areas of the North Sea, Japan and Italy.

## Description

Their sound has been described as being like distant but inordinately loud thunder while no clouds are in the sky large enough to generate lightning. Those familiar with the sound of cannon fire say the sound is nearly identical. The booms occasionally cause shock waves that rattle plates.

## Possible Explanations

There are many explanations as to what the phenomenon could be. Theories include:

* Meteorites
* Military aircraft
* Firearms
* Magnetic anomalies

## Trivia

* Early white settlers in North America were told by the native Haudenosaunee Iroquois that the booms were the sound of the Great Spirit continuing his work of shaping the earth.
Subway Man

**Theories** |  · Alien · Creepy man

The **Subway Man** was an entity seen in the subways of Manhattan, New York on October 1, 1999. The witness was ascending the escalator at Penn Station and had reached street level when she noticed standing about 20 feet away, what seemed to be a male figure about 6-feet, 7 inches tall. He stood near the mouth of the entranceway to the station. The tall being stared at the passerby’s as though he was trying to choose one of them. The witness caught a glimpse of his face but she turned away immediately, and walked away down the sidewalk without turning back, feeling that if she would turn around for another look something would happen to her. For an unknown reason she felt tremendous fear.

It is very similar to the Grinning Man.

## Appearance

The Subway Man seemed to be a male figure about 6-feet, 7 inches tall. His face was light gray (almost white), with thick brows and menacing eyes. He stood in a peculiar way, standing with his back arched, shoulders broad, his elbows pointing towards his back, and his head was tilted back just a bit looking down at the top of people’s heads.

## Possible Explanations

There are several explanations as to what the creature could be. Theories include:

* Extraterrestrial
* A demonic entity
* A normal-but-creepy human being

## Notable Encounters

There are no notable accounts other than the main account.

## Trivia

* The witness quickly left the area and did not return.
The Smiley Face Killer

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The Smiley Face Killer is an urban legend involving a American being responsible for a number of drowning deaths since the mid-90s. Many of them were found near rivers and lakes across the mid-west with a spray painted Smiley Face in the immediate vicinity.

## Official report and conspiracy

The officially given cause of death is drowning and claimed to be accidental. This has not stopped theories to run wild about an uncaptured serial killer. The theory was met with a negative response from the police who have not seen any evidence of foulplay.

The most common explanations are the two provided:

A bizzare (but not impossible) coincidence

Possible uncaptured serial killer

## Trivia

-The case seems to bare a strong resemblance to another obscure urban legend involving a serial killer called the Manchester Pusher. Both are theoried serial killers responsible for the high amount of drownings in a area.

- the Smiley Face Killer should not be confused with the actual proven serial killer Keith Hunter Jesperson( The Happy Face Killer). An American serial killer that killed 8 victims and claimed to have killed over a hundred in the early 90s. This similar sounding name comes from him leaving taunting notes to police officers with a crudely drawn Smiley Face. He has no relevance to the Smiley Face Killer and is commonly confused for him.
Varginha Devil

**Theories** |  · Extraterrestrial

The **Varginha Devil** sighting is a extraterrestrial sighting that took place on January 20, 1996. It was spotted by three young women, who thought it to be injured. Regardless of its condition, the three women fled the scene, thinking they had seen the devil.

## Appearance

The entity was described as a five foot tall bipedal, humanoid creature. The creature had dark brown skin, a large head with a slender body and large red eyes. Artist renderings also depict it as having three crest-like bumps on its head and no visible mouth. (theparanormalguide.com)

## Trivia

* Several more sightings after the original one, along with various UFO reports, caused the Varginha Devil to become a local media sensation.

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Rochester Rat-Dog

**Theories** |  · Cryptid · Shaved guinea pig

The **Rochester Rat-Dog** is a creature that has been repeatedly sighted over a period of 2 years by a woman named Gwen Byrd and her family in Rochester, New York. She says she is afraid to go into parts of her home and that the creature may have dug tunnels into her walls. She knows it lives under her home, but not its full extent on her property, and fears it may pose a threat to her.

It was first photographed by her granddaughter Chardine'e Hunt emerging from her house on Flora Street.

## Appearance

It is described as a large, hairless rodent-like creature, covered in wrinkles.

## Possible Explanations

There are several explanations as to what the creature could be. Theories include:

* An undiscovered species (a Cryptid)
* A shaved guinea pig
* A groundhog with mange

## Trivia

* Vera Gorbunova, associate professor of biology at the University of Rochester, once said “I am very puzzled by this animal, and so are my colleagues. It looks like a large hairless rodent, but we cannot identify it from the picture.”
Pollock's Mist

**Theories** |  · Technical failure · Ghost · An undentified cloud type · An undentified gas type

**Pollock's Mist** was a bizarre cloud-like entity encountered by Robert L. Pollock, a crew member on C-130 cargo aircraft during the Vietnam War.

## Description

Pollock related a disturbing experience while flying just off the coast of South Vietnam: “I noticed movement at the rear of the boxcar sized empty cargo compartment. I looked and was stunned to see a whirling grey cloudy mass forming at the rear right troop door. The mass was whirling clockwise; it completely filled in the entire rear of the aircraft within seconds.”

When Pollock placed his hand inside the mist, it simply vanished from sight. Then he and the plane’s engineer decided to step inside the strange fog, finding that it completely blocked their vision, as if no light could penetrate it. But otherwise, the mist had no smell or taste and didn’t interfere with breathing. Pollock said he couldn’t even feel it.

## Possible Explanations

There are several explanations as to what the phenomenon could be. Theories include:

* A technical failure on the plane
* A ghost
* An undentified cloud type
* An undentified gas type

## Trivia

* Before long, the whole crew had joined Pollock and they “just continued to back away from the mass as it advanced toward the front of the aircraft.”
* The mass began to go away the way it had appeared, only in reverse. When it got back to the place it had first started forming, it whirled counter-clockwise and then just disappeared into nothing.
Taos Hum

**Theories** |  · Machinery · Diesel engine · Extraterrestrial activity

The **Taos Hum** is the name given to an acoustic phenomenon that has plagued the citizens of Taos, New Mexico for years. It involves reports of a persistent and invasive low-frequency humming noise not audible to all people.

## Description

The essential element that defines the Hum is what is perceived as a persistent low-frequency sound, often described as being comparable to that of a distant diesel engine idling, or to some similar low-pitched sound for which obvious sources (e.g., household appliances, traffic noise, etc.) have been ruled out. There are a number of audio reproductions of the Hum available on the web, as well as at least one purported recording.

Other elements seem to be significantly associated with the Hum, being reported by an important proportion of hearers, but not by all of them. Some people hear the Hum only, or much more, inside buildings as compared with outdoors. Some perceive vibrations that can be felt through the body. Earplugs are reported as not decreasing it.

## Possible Explanations

There are several explanations as to what the phenomenon could be. Theories include:

* Machinery
* A diesel engine in the distance
* Extraterrestrial activity
* Government experiments

## Trivia

* Many hums have been heard all over the world, such as the Kokomo Hum.
* Roughly 2% of the population of Taos, New Mexico can hear the hum.(Amasci.com)
Sky Serpents

**Theories** |  · Cryptid · Hoax · Camera error

**Sky Serpents** are snakes or elongated serpentine dragons that appear to float or fly in the air. They typically move in an undulating fashion, similar to the sidewinder.

## Appearance

Some sky serpents look very much like ordinary snakes, except that they are huge and in the wrong place. Other sky serpents have some dragon features, including the ability to breathe fire or lightning.

## Possible Explanations

There are several explanations as to what the creature could be. Theories include:

* An undiscovered species (a Cryptid)
* A hoax
* A camera trick or illusion

## Trivia

* Sky serpents are sighted all over the world, including America during the twentieth century.

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Warren UFO

**Theories** |  · Alien craft · Strange light · UFO

The **Warren UFO** are a UFO to an alleged unidentified flying object (UFO) encounter that took place in Warren, Michigan, in 1978. The incident is often cited as one of the most well-documented and intriguing UFO sightings in history. On October 14, 1978, at approximately 8:30 p.m., numerous residents of the Detroit suburb of Warren reported seeing a large, triangular-shaped object with bright lights hovering in the sky. Witnesses described the object as being silent and massive, estimated to be about the size of a football field. The UFO was said to have emitted a low-frequency hum and displayed a series of pulsating lights.

## Appearance

Witnesses described the object as being silent and massive, estimated to be about the size of a football field. The UFO was said to have emitted a low-frequency hum and displayed a series of pulsating lights.

Eyewitnesses reported that the object remained stationary for an extended period before suddenly accelerating and disappearing from sight at an incredible speed. Some witnesses claimed that the UFO emitted a beam of light that illuminated the ground below. The incident was widely covered by local media at the time, and it garnered significant attention from UFO researchers and enthusiasts.

Investigations into the Warren UFO sighting yielded various accounts from eyewitnesses, many of whom provided detailed descriptions of the object’s appearance and behavior. Additionally, some witnesses reported experiencing physical effects such as temporary paralysis or disorientation during the sighting. The event sparked intense interest in the UFO community and prompted extensive inquiries into the nature of the phenomenon.

The Warren UFO sighting has been a subject of ongoing debate and speculation within ufology and paranormal research circles. Skeptics have offered alternative explanations, including misidentifications of conventional aircraft, atmospheric phenomena, or psychological factors influencing perception. However, proponents of the extraterrestrial hypothesis point to the consistency and credibility of eyewitness testimonies as evidence supporting the existence of unexplained aerial phenomena.

## Trivia

* UFO sighting has continued to attract attention from researchers and investigators seeking to uncover new evidence or insights into the nature of the event.
Purple Bubble

**Theories** |  · Ghost · Demonic presence

The **Purple Bubble** was a bizarre orb sighting reported in Clinton, Iowa in 2004. The witness's name was Vanessa Espinoza, who was approximately ten-years-old at the time of the sighting. The house was later torn down in 2006, after the witness moved out.

## Background

The background of the location or the apparition could not be found.

## Notable Accounts

* Account #1
*It was approximately midnight when this encounter occurred. I was half-asleep when I heard my mom screaming. I rushed out of my room to see what was wrong, and then I saw it. It was a gigantic, purple orb that looked as though it had a spectral appearance. I believed it was just a ghost trying to find its way because it kept coming towards us. But we didn't know that at first. We were both very scared at the time, so we just hid somewhere for the rest of the night until it disappeared, and we've never seen it since.* [sic]
-Vanessa Espinoza, dictated to user Goopking

## Trivia

* The house's address, before being torn down, was 324 13th Avenue South.
Smiling Stones

**Theories** |  · Native American art · Hoax

The **Smiling Stones** are a series of strange carved stones found in central Massachusetts that are baffling researchers. So far, 4-5 of these granite stones have been found.

## Description

The stones have been described as being made of granite and ranging from 6-25 pounds. They all possess odd smiley faces with deep sunken eyes and wide grinning mouths. These faces do not appear to have been carved by hand, but rather chipped away by other stones.

## Possible Explanations

There are several explanations as to what the phenomenon could be. Theories include:

* Native American art
* A hoax

## Trivia

* Local Native American tribes have stated that the stones are not their doing.
Whipping Tom

Whipping Tom is a European being and criminal who attacked women with a whip in both 1681 and 1712 London.

## The Attacks

The attacks occurred in both London and a bordering village called Hackney. Both had locations had the attacks happen in the years 1681 and 1712. Accounts say he cornered women in closed spaces on the street and spanked their behinds with a whip before fleeing. Because of the dates of the attacks being a bit apart from each other, it's highly likely that there were two separate cases of a suspect named whipping Tom.

## Possible Explanations

- sexual predator(s)

- a work of fiction or talltale

- a possible moral panic legend
Sky Jellyfish

**Theories** |  · Odd clouds · Alien crafts · Atmospheric life forms

**Sky Jellyfish** are a strange variety of atmospheric creature described as resembling giant floating jellyfish, often with wispy, translucent surfaces and trailing tentacles.

## Appearance

The objects are usually described as resembling giant floating jellyfish. They often possess wispy, translucent surfaces and trailing tentacles. They are often thought to be cloud formations, but some witnesses have reported seeing them cast a shadow. They usually are said to emit no sound whatsoever.

## Possible Explanations

There are several explanations as to what the creature could be. Theories include:

* An undiscovered species (a Cryptid)
* An odd cloud formation
* A UFO

## Trivia

* They are often thought to be amoeba-like life forms that exist in a plasma state, according to researcher Trevor James Constable, and live in outer space.

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