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Ghost Wolf

**Theories** |  · Ghost · Cryptid

The **Ghost Wolf**, also known as the **Phantom Wolf** or the **Booger Dog**, is a ghostly animal said to have been sighted in several areas around the midwestern and eastern United States. Its range appears to include Michigan, Ohio, Illinois, Missouri, Louisiana, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, and Maine.

## Background

The Gray wolf (*Canis lupus*) usually hunts in packs for large prey. Its average length is 5 feet from head to tail, and its coat varies from white to black, with many shades in between. Wolf predation on cattle and sheep in the United States is negligible. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service gives the following numbers for verified wolf kills from 1991 through May 1998 in Minnesota, a state with an estimated wolf population of 2,400: 585 cattle, 200 sheep, 10 horses, 3 pigs, 5 goats, 4,889 turkeys, 30 chickens, 7 geese, 2 ducks, and 84 dogs. Pawprints are not reliable indicators of a wolf kill, since wolf prints can be indistinguishable from those of large dogs. Wolf predation is likely if there are bites and large, jagged wounds on flanks, hindquarters, and upper shoulders of large livestock or bites on the head, neck, throat, back, and hindquarters of sheep and calves. Wolves will also eat most of a carcass unless they are interrupted.

## Notable Accounts

* Account #1
*J. Gordon was crossing a mountain stream on horseback one night near Bunker, Missouri, when a huge dog came walking along the stream and jumped up on his horse. He fired two rounds into it and hit it with his pistol, apparently to no effect, since it was a phantom.*

## Trivia

* Feral Domestic dogs (*Canis lupus familiaris*) can easily be mistaken for wolves and coyotes.
Bighorn Dam Sasquatch

The **Bighorn Dam incident of 1969** is considered one of the most active and important years in the history of sasquatch research.

Sasquatch scholar and researcher John Green wrote a book about all the actions that took place in 1969, aptly titled *The Year of Sasquatch*.

That year was one of Alberta's most famous resorts in 1969, work began on the present-day Bighorn Dam near the town of Nordegg in western Alberta.

## The Incident

On August 24th, five men witnessed an event known as the Bighorn Dam Incident in Alberta, Canada.

Harley Peterson and Guy L'Heureux were laying the foundation for a pump at a construction site.

It was a black shadow, standing upright, and seemed to be watching what was happening below.

The huge figure stood there for about 30 minutes, then sat there for about 10 minutes, and by that time, the audience had grown from two to five.

Stan Peterson, Floyd Engen, and Dale Boddy also observed this number during this time.

The number then rises for about 15 minutes before disappearing up the mountainside and into the trees.

Two of the five men decided to climb the hillside to see if they could find any footprints, and the other three men were asked to estimate the height of the figure already there.

What the men on the ground later realized was that the person standing there was no ordinary human being.

Comparing the heights of the two men to the trees behind them, the man on the ground estimated that he was at least 12 feet, if not closer to 15 feet.

This is certainly one of the largest Sasquatch ever reported in North America.

Before this report, many other incidents involving Native Americans living in the area above the dam and creatures known as Sasquatch were reported.

A man named George Harris, who lived in Nordegg at the time of these events, photographed two footprints believed to have been found by the First Nations in the area, one set 17 inches long and 13 inches in length.

One day, another young Native American of his was cutting firewood, and soon after footprints were found, he realized he was not alone.

He notices Sasquatch watching him from the edge of the tree and continued chopping wood by himself.

A young First Nation woman said at the time she and her three other elderly women appeared to have seen her four creatures on the mountainside near where she was walking.

Two of hers crouched down as if they had grabbed something and the other two of hers were walking nearby and said they were about the size of a fairly large fir tree.

1. ↑ https://sasquatchalberta.com/classic-encounters/the-bighorn-dam-incident/
Old Saybrook Blockheads

**Theories** |  · Extraterrestrial

The **Old Saybrook Blockheads** sighting was an extraterrestrial sighting that took place on December 16, 1957, near Old Saybrook, Connecticut. Retired teacher Mrs. Mary M. Starr reported that a bright light awoke her around two to three in the morning. Peering out her bedroom window, she thought at first that she was looking at a downed airplane until she realized that the object was hovering above her clothesline. (bogleech.com)

## Appearance

Through the craft's large, square windows she witnessed two strange entities pass by one another with their right arms in the air. Their featureless appendages had no hands, their "heads" were transparent cubes with bright red cores and their rubbery bodies flared out like skirts. She could not see if they had any legs, but guessed that they were less than four feet tall. (bogleech.com)

## Trivia

* As she watched, the windows vanished without a trace, a sparkling antenna arose from one end of the craft and the entire hull began to glow for several minutes. Finally the glow faded, the antenna retracted and the object took a complicated path through the air before shooting straight up without a sound. (bogleech.com)
Jackson Dragon

**Theories** |  · Cryptid · Large snake

The **Jackson Dragon** was a massive serpent encountered by a farmer named Jacob Rishel, described in a newspaper account from 1879. Rishel was passing through a field in Jackson Township on August 16 when he was attacked by a massive serpent-like monster.[1]

Rishel grabbed a scythe from a nearby barn. His first blow severed one of its horn. After the creature becoming snagged in the prongs of a reaping machine, Rishel was able to decapitate it.

## Appearance

The creature appeared to be a massive snake as thick as a barrel, but with horns above each eye. Rishel and some friends measured the snake to be 34 feet in length. The head was small and flat, and the creature was similar in color to a garter snake.

## Possible Explanations

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

* An undiscovered species (a Cryptid)
* A giant snake

## Trivia

* The snake was stuffed and the skin was supposedly shipped to a Chicago museum. The skin never reached Chicago and no record of it remains.
Farmersville Green Man

**Theories** |  · Extraterrestrial

The **Farmersville Green Man** sighting was an extraterrestrial sighting that took place in May of 1913 near Farmersville, Texas. While chopping cotton one May morning, Clyde, Sid, and Silbie Latham heard their two dogs barking as if in distress. The three brothers ran to see what was bothering them, and found the dogs had cornered a small green man which appeared to be made of rubber. In an instant the dogs were upon the man and shredded him in their teeth, leaving only miniature human-like remains.

The disturbing incident remained a family tradition until Silbie's grandson related the story in a letter to the Center for UFO Research (CUFOS). Silbie Latham himself was later interviewed by Larry Sessions of CUFOS, but the transcript has since been lost.

It is not to be confused with The Green Man.

## Appearance

No taller than 18 inches, the dark green creature was devoid of clothing save for a small hat similar to a sombrero, which was fused to his rubbery "skin." This hat was at the back of his head and was described as like a small sombrero and being shaped together with the remainder of the rubber-like skin or tight-fitting suit of the little character. On this point all witnesses appear to have been undecided as to whether the rubbery texture was skin or external suit. His arms hung downwards along the body.
Curiously the little man did not respond to being seen by the boys, nor did it even move or cry out when attacked by the dogs. As Latham would recollect "He looked like a man taken for a halt."

## Notable encounters

* Account #1
*Silbie Latham (12) and his brothers Sid and Clyde were chopping cotton on their farm, when they heard their dogs bark, as if in distress. After a few minutes they went to investigate and found a little man no more than 45cm tall, dark green in colour, his arms hanging down by his side, and wearing a little round sombrero which seemed to be part of his body, The creature was naked and appeared to be made of rubber. Before the boys could absorb any more detail the dogs pounced on the creature, tearing it apart and spreading blood and guts all over the place. The boys returned to their work but went back to the scene from time to time to see rotting remains and the dogs cowering from the spot. By the time their parents investigated all traces had disappeared.*
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## Trivia

* Suddenly, the two dogs jumped the creature and tore it to shreds, spilling red blood and organs of "human appearance." The boys, unable to stop the dogs and not likely to be believed by authorities, simply went back to work. The dogs were frightened throughout the rest of the day.
California Fetus

**Theories** |  · Extraterrestrial · Cryptid · Deformed fetus

The **California Fetus** was a strange carcass that was discovered by a woman named Gianna Peponis in November of 2015 in Los Angeles, California.

## Appearance

The creature appears to be bipedal, with two long legs that end in hoof-like stumps. The creature's skin is pink and seemingly glistening with moisture. The creature possesses a long thick neck ending in a spherical head, which contains thin blue eyes and a deformed mouth.

## Possible Explanations

There aren't explanations as to what the creature could be. Theories include:

* Extraterrestrial
* An undiscovered species (a Cryptid)
* A deformed fetus

## Trivia

* This legend is categorized as an Alien Sighting due to the recent UFO sightings in the surrounding area. It could also be categorized as a Cryptid.

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Cycloptic Aliens of Harrah

**Theories** |  · Extraterrestrial

The **Cycloptic Aliens of Harrah** sighting was an extraterrestrial sighting that took place on the morning of January 19, 1977 in Harrah, Washington.

9 year-old José Cantu woke up just before 6:30 am. and decided to let his mother sleep and make himself breakfast. As he was preparing his meal he glanced out the window and saw what he would later describe as a “little man” outside in the yard of his family’s farmhouse. José rushed into his parents’ bedroom and shook his mother, Martha Cantu, awake. Martha was alone in the bed as her husband had already left for work. Her son beseeched her to follow him and take a look at the strange figures “standing” in their yard, but Martha refused to follow him.

## Appearance

José claimed that as soon as he stepped into the yard he saw a pair of “greenish creatures,” which were approximately 3-feet in height. The first thing he noticed about these odd creatures was the fact that they did not have any legs, but seemed to be perched on rotating seats, which were connected to tubes and supported by a wide bases. The bases appeared to be supported by a plethora of small wheels or protuberances that they swiveled or possibly hovered on. The beings each had a pair of mushroom capped antennas, coarse hair, pig-like noses and a single eye wedged in the center of their circular heads. They also appeared to have tiny, seemingly vestigial, arms attached to rounded torsos.

## Trivia

* The story was published in the January 26, 1977, edition of the *Toppenish Review* under the title “Harrah youth reports UFOs with greenish creatures.”
Grinning Man

**Theories** |  · Alien · Hoax

The **Grinning Man**, sometimes referred to as **Indrid Cold**, is an entity first spotted in the 1960s in New Jersey. He is sometimes connected to UFO sightings and the cryptid Mothman, and is believed to be an extra/ultraterrestrial being.

## Appearance

The Grinning Man is uniformly described as a tall man, wearing a shiny metallic-like set of green overalls, bearing a wide grin and beady eyes. Disturbingly, witnesses described that The Grinning Man had no visible ears or nose. The entity's skin is described as being tan or greenish. One witness also stated that The Grinning Man was wearing a black belt.

## Possible Explanations

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

* Extraterrestrial
* Ultraterrestrial (keel)
* A demonic entity
* A normal-but-creepy human being
* Mass hysteria

## Notable Encounters

* Account #1
* Account #2
*In October 1966, two boys (James Yanchitis and Marvin Munoz) spotted a strange man standing behind a fence. They described the man as having a "big grin" and, supposedly, someone in that neighborhood also reported being chased by a greenish man.*

*In November 1966, Woodrow Derenberger was driving home when he heard a crash. He stopped his car and saw a strange vehicle come alongside next to him. Allegedly this vehicle was pouring fire from both ends and was similar to a kerosene lamp in shape. An individual exited the vehicle, supposedly The Grinning Man, dressed in metallic green overalls. This characteristic fits with what was reported by Yanchitis and Munoz a month earlier. The individual identified themselves as "Indrid Cold" and supposedly interrogated Derenberger telepathically about UFO sightings in the area.*

## Trivia

* The Woodrow Derenberger account suggests that the Grinning Man, if real, might be some form of extraterrestrial life. However, this UFO connection is only present in the Derenberger case.

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Crimean Slug

**Theories** |  · Extraterrestrial

The **Crimean Slug** sighting is a extraterrestrial sighting that took place on November 18, 1998 in Dalekoye, Crimea, Ukraine.

Four boys from the local “elementary” school, Eldar Islamov, Anton Kireichev, Server Devlyatov, and Alyesha Alyabyev had gone out of the school building to use the toilet. On their way there they heard a strange guttural sound coming from behind them, and looking back they saw a strange humanoid entity climbing over the fence.

The alien approached one of the boys and put its hand on his shoulder. The boy felt neither heaviness nor pain and tried to push it away. The boys noticed that the entity had some type of device with a button attached to its elbow. The alien then pressed the button with its clawed finger and immediately the alien was “sucked” through the wall of the school building. Only the entity’s red eyes could still be seen on the wall. The boy’s skin turned red on the place where the entity had touched him, but he felt no pain or burning sensation.

## Appearance

The entity was approximately 1.7m in height. The alien had a large head, not in proportion to its body, two huge red eyes and a square flat body. Its long arms touched the ground and ended in three clawed black fingers. The legs of the entity were black and straight. The rest of its body was semi-transparent, smoke in color. The boys noticed neither hair, nor mouth, ears nor nose.

## Trivia

* The boys feared going to the toilet alone from then on after the incident.
Issik Kul Lake Swimmers

**Theories** |  · Extraterrestrial

The **Issik Kul Lake Swimmers** were a group of swimming humanoid creatures encountered by reconnaissance divers ("frogmen") of the Trans-Baikal and West Siberian military regions. The training exercises had been taking place at the Issik Kul Lake, a deep water lake in the Transiliysk Ala Tau area. There, during their military training dives, the frogmen had encountered mysterious underwater swimmers. (ufosightingshotspot.blogspot.com)

## Appearance

The entities were described as humanoid, but almost three meters in height. The swimmers were clad in tight-fitting silvery suits, despite icy-cold water temperatures. At the depth of fifty meters, these "swimmers" had neither scuba diving equipment ("aqualungs"), nor any other equipment, only sphere-like helmets concealing their heads. (ufosightingshotspot.blogspot.com)

## Possible Explanations

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

* An undiscovered species (a Cryptid)
* Extraterrestrial

## Notable Accounts

There are no other notable accounts that we could find.

## Trivia

* the local military commander decided to capture one of the creatures. With that purpose in mind, a special group of seven divers, under the command of an officer, had been dispatched. As the frogman tried to cover the creature with a net, the entire group was thrown out of the deep waters to the surface by some powerful force. (ufosightingshotspot.blogspot.com)
Dancing Plague of 1518

**Theories** | Psychoactive effects caused by ergot fungi, possibly from infected bread

The **Dancing Plague of 1518**, also known as the **Dance Epidemic of 1518**, was a case of dancing mania that occurred in Strasbourg, Alsace (then part of the Holy Roman Empire) in July 1518. Around 400 people took to dancing for days without rest, and, over the period of about one month, some of those affected died of heart attack, stroke, or exhaustion.

## Description

The outbreak began in July 1518, when a woman, Mrs Troffea, began to dance fervently in a street in Strasbourg. This lasted somewhere between four to six days. Within a week, 34 others had joined, and within a month, there were around 400 dancers. Some of these people eventually died from heart attacks, strokes, or exhaustion.

Historical documents, including "physician notes, cathedral sermons, local and regional chronicles, and even notes issued by the Strasbourg city council" are clear that the victims danced. It is not known why these people danced, some even to their deaths.

As the dancing plague worsened, concerned nobles sought the advice of local physicians, who ruled out astrological and supernatural causes, instead announcing that the plague was a "natural disease" caused by "hot blood". However, instead of prescribing bleeding, authorities encouraged more dancing, in part by opening two guildhalls and a grain market, and even constructing a wooden stage. The authorities did this because they believed that the dancers would recover only if they danced continuously night and day. To increase the effectiveness of the cure, authorities even paid for musicians to keep the afflicted moving.

## Theories

* Food-poisoning caused by the toxic and psychoactive chemical products of ergot fungi.
* "Stress-induced psychosis" on a mass level, since the region where the people danced was riddled with starvation and disease.

## Trivia

* Historian John Waller stated that a marathon runner could not have lasted the intense workout that the men and women died from hundreds of years ago.
ObscUrban Legend Wiki:About

Many creatures, alien sightings, and hauntings are given widespread attention by the media. Topics such as sasquatch, the Rosewell crash, and the hauntings of the *Queen Mary* are known throughout the world and to almost anyone who knows anything about paranormal happenings.

This wiki is not for those topics. The ObscUrban Legend Wiki is designed for the truly unknown, the truly weird, and the truly disturbing. This wiki was made specifically for the obscure urban legends, cryptids, alien sightings, and other phenomena that are virtually unknown to the general public. Topics such as the Fresno Nightcrawler, the Giant Penguins, and the Pascagoula Creature are better suited for this wiki.

## List of Pages We Will Not Accept

* Sasquatch, Yeti, Mo-Mo, Almas, Orang-pendek, Orange Eyes, Yowie, or Skunk Ape
* Mothman
* Loch Ness Monster, Champ, Igopogo, Manipogo, or Ogopogo
* Bunyip
* Ahool, Kongamato, Thunderbird, or Ropen
* Megalania or giant anaconda
* Grey aliens, little green men, or reptilian aliens
* The Betty and Barney Hill abduction
* Skinwalkers, werewolves, or vampires
* Fearsome critters of American folklore (except possibly the Hoop Snake)
* Illuminati conspiracy theories
* 9/11 conspiracy theories
* Assassination conspiracy theories
* Moon landing conspiracy theories
* The Bermuda Triangle (the Bermuda Beast is an exception)
* The Flatwoods Monster
* Spontaneous Combustion
* The Roswell Crash
* The hauntings of the *Queen Mary*
* The hauntings of the Whaley house
* The hauntings of the White House
* The Amityville house
* Bloody Mary, the Hook Man, or the Bunnyman
* Sea serpents
* The kraken
* Zombies
Nightcrawler

**Theories** |  · Alien · Puppet · Ghost

The **Nightcrawler**, also known as the **Fresno Alien**, is a mysterious cryptid that has so far made two appearances, both of which took place in Fresno, California. On both sightings, it was only seen in video footage.

The Nightcrawler is best known for being one of the two featured video cases on the second episode of Syfy's *Fact or Faked: Paranormal Files*.

## Appearance

It appears to be a relatively short creature (approx. 4 feet in height). It is an extremely thin, white humanoid with no discernible arms. It also appears to be wearing a white gown or cloak of some sort. It is thought to be similar to a classic grey alien.

## Possible Explanations

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

* An undiscovered species (a Cryptid)
* A paranormal or supernatural creature
* Extra-terrestrial
* A pair of white pants being puppeted
	+ This theory has some holes in it. A pair of pants 4 feet tall would be quite the pair indeed and it would be very difficult to manipulate said pants to make them move the way they do in the videos.

## Trivia

* There are claims that Native Americans have seen or made contact with these beings, allegedly supported by wood statues. However, no location, specific tribe or estimate date of creation of the statues has been ever attached. Furthermore, both pictures seem to be of the same location. Thus, such claims cannot be considered reliable.

## Gallery

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Dopplegangers

**Theories** |  · Ghosts · Interdimensional traveler · Demonic presence

A **Doppleganger** is a look-alike or double of a living person, sometimes portrayed as a paranormal phenomenon, and in some traditions as a harbinger of bad luck.

## Appearance

Dopplegangers are often described as looking exactly like the witness in every way, even clothing.

## Possible Explanations

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

* A ghost
* An interdimensional traveler
* A demonic presence

## Notable Encounters

* Account #1
*Abraham Lincoln was known as “Honest Abe,” and as such was very open about his interest in the paranormal . . . at least in private discussions. According to the man himself, he also experienced some paranormal activity. On the night of his first election, he took a moment to rest on his couch one evening. While lying there, he happened to glance in a mirror and saw his own visage—except that he had two faces.*

*A second Lincoln, pale and ghostly, was looking at him from the mirror, right next to his own face. Startled, he rose from the couch...and the doppelganger disappeared. He sat back down, only to see it again.*

*Lincoln was startled, but his wife Mary was downright terrified. She was convinced that the doppelganger was bad news—a certain sign that Lincoln would be re-elected on a second term (possibly because two Lincolns equals two terms), but wouldn’t survive it (because the second Lincoln looked deathly).*

*Lincoln went on to repeat the couch experiment every once in a while. He did manage to glimpse the doppelganger one more time, but after that it stopped appearing. Maybe it had delivered its message, as Lincoln indeed didn’t make it through his second term.* (listverse.com)
## Trivia

* The word "doppelgänger" is often used in a more general sense to describe any person who physically or behaviorally resembles another person.
Highway Humanoid

**Theories** |  · Cryptid · Insane man · Wildlife · Hoax

The **Highway Humanoid** was a strange humanoid cryptid that was caught on film on a highway in England. The video was filmed sometime in 2007.

## Appearance

Still frame photos show what appears to be a human head, body, and legs on a bizarre humanoid running on all fours.

## Possible Explanations

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

* An undiscovered species (a Cryptid)
* An insane man
* Misidentified wildlife
* A hoax

## Trivia

* Proposals that the video was a fake were disproved by paranormal investigators, one of whom said "We checked with local authorities who oversee the CCTVs in this area and this is not faked. They say it is genuine footage. This creature was filmed on CCTV running across a motorway in the UK."
Massacre of Doc Johnson

**Theories** |  · Gypsies · Banshees

The **Massacre of Doc Johnson** was a horrific event that supposedly happened many years ago in the town of Sandborn, Indiana. It involves a doctor and his wife found mutilated at their home outside of Sandborn, strewn about the yard.

Visitors to his old house claim that you will experience a lack of any ambient noises when standing on his property.

## Description

The story goes that Old Doc Johnson was a doctor who had an office in Sandborn. Doc Johnson never failed to come into the office. So one day when he failed to come in for work, people became concerned.

After the second day of his absence, some townsfolk decided to go to his house and check on him. They arrived to find Doc Johnson and his wife in pieces, strewn all over the yard and hanging from trees.

## Theories

* A band of gypsies
* A group of banshees

## Trivia

* Supposedly a farmer who farmed the surrounding land had his tractor start by itself and proceed to ditch itself in the nearby riverbed. The riverbed is devoid of any sort of fish or aquatic animal.
Ghost Bus of Highway 93

**Theories** |  · Ghost

The **Ghost Bus of Highway 93**, also known as the **Ghost Bus of Union Pass** and the **Grim Weeper**, is a supposed phantom bus that haunts the area along U.S. 93 between Wickenburg and Wikieup, Arizona. The bus is rumored to be Bus 777, which vanished sometime in 2002.

## Manifestations

* Flaming bus
* Bus's headlights cry molten chromium
* Angry passengers appearing in your car

## Background

No one knows what happened to the passengers. Only the driver, Joe, was found. He was wandering on the shoulder of Arizona Highway 68, looking for his bus. He was incoherent, but said he last saw his bus in Union Pass, which is on Highway 68 northwest of Kingman.

Supposedly, soon after the bus's air conditioner failed, Joe pulled over at a rest stop. He told the gamblers he was driving to Laughlin, Nevada, that the bus was losing power and he could either turn back or call another bus. The passengers refused and Joe continued on, with the bus as hot as an oven.

As the bus climbed the grade toward Union Pass, the power began draining quickly. Joe was having difficulty getting the bus the last few hundred yards to the summit of Union Pass. He finally pulled onto the shoulder and told his angry passengers he could take them no further. The passengers reportedly mutinied. The next thing he knew, he was standing on the side of the road as the passengers pushed Bus 777 over the hill and climbed aboard as gravity took over. This was the last the bus was ever heard of.

## Notable Accounts

As of yet, there are no notable accounts that we could find.

## Trivia

* Police combed the area where the bus supposedly crashed, but found no bodies and no wreckage whatsoever.
Dade City Flowers

**Theories** |  · Extraterrestrial

The **Dade City Flowers** sighting was an extraterrestrial sighting that took place sometime in 1924 in Dade City, Florida. While out playing in the schoolyard, a young Miss Evelyn Wendt was suddenly blinded by a bright light. When the light dimmed the girl saw a strange egg-shaped object sitting in the grass, and out of that came little robotic people carrying some sort of weapon or device.

Evelyn asked if she could help carry the device, but found it far too heavy. The robot flowers telepathically told her that they were going to "stop the work being done in the science building", even if it meant destroying the building.

Eventually, the robots went back to their egg-ship, but not before offering Evelyn the chance to come with. She declined, and they promised to return for her in 35 years. They boarded their ship, which flew straight up and hovered for a minute before flying off.

## Appearance

The creatures in question appeared to be robots and looked a bit like cartoon flowers. Their craft appeared to be a large, egg-shaped object.

## Trivia

* At some point the science building was indeed left in shambles, but Evelyn never again saw the flower robots.
Gnome of Girona

**Theories** |  · Cryptid · Extraterrestrial · Ruminant fetus · Hoax

The **Gnome of Girona** (*Lepugnomus gerundensis*) also known as the **Gnomo de Girona**, is the name given to the remains of an animal or a fetus found near Girona, Catalonia (Spain), in September 1989 that aroused some attention from the Spanish media, especially some TV programs specialized in parapsychology and the paranormal such as *En los límites de la realidad* and *Otra dimensión*.

The being had been captured by some campers about 11 kilometers from Girona, in the route from the villages of Banyoles to Olot. They were near a forest when one of them heard some noises similar to low volume moans. When he looked in the direction from where the noises were coming he spotted the being, that tried to escape moving fast from them. The being emitted "a kind of squeak similar to an old man's laughter". The campers managed to capture the being by throwing a blanket over it.

The being then remained alive for approximately 24 hours after its capture, although other versions of the story extend this time to four days. It refused all food offered to it although according to its captors showed some degree of intelligence. After its death, the Spanish parapsychologist Ángel Gordon got the body and preserved it in a jar with formol.

## Appearance

The creature's body was bluish, devoid of hair, with some little spots mainly in neck and face. Its total length was approximately 12 centimeters (4.7 in). It showed a protuberance in the forehead area, elongated ears, reddish eyes and a snout similar to that of rodents. Its fingers showed inter-digital membranes.

## Possible Explanations

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

* An undiscovered species (a Cryptid)
* Extraterrestrial
* Ruminant fetus
* Hoax

## Trivia

* On the other hand, investigator Pedro Palao and biologists from the Barcelona Zoo stated that the remains could be from the fetus of some ruminant, probably a calf in its third month of gestation, which showed evidence of the whole issue being a fake.
* As of today, the creature is thought to have been a hoax.

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Diyarbakır Genie

**Theories** |  · Djinn · Real footage

The **Diyarbakır Genie**, also known as **Diyarbakır Djinn** was a strange object, ostensibly a supernatural figure of some sort, that was seemingly caught on security camera footage in the Kayapınar Diclekent district of Diyarbakır, Turkey, on February 12, 2016. The footage first surfaced five days after it was allegedly filmed on February 17 when it was uploaded to YouTube by the now-defunct channel 'Taşo Öz', who claimed that other nearby cameras captured the entity from different angles. Such a claim has yet to be verified.

## Appearance

The object or entity is difficult to make out due to the poor definition quality of the footage. It appears to be an upright entity of indeterminable size with no visible arms or legs. Its coloration is difficult to discern, but it appears to be grayish-blue, possibly with a metallic sheen. The entity begins the video by floating about in the background high above the ground before making its way back and forth down the street before eventually floating away.

## Possible Explanations

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

* A real footage
* An djinn

## Trivia

* The original upload garnered over 100,000 views while it was up and dozens of comments giving suggestions for what the object could be. More skeptical viewers suggested that it was some kind of remote control drone or partially deflated balloon. Others suggested that it was actually a supernatural being of some sort with most blaming either an extraterrestrial or a djinn (also known as a 'genie'), a spiritual entity in Arabian mythology. The lack of discernable wings or legs would certainly rule out the possibility of it being a bird, a common suspect for flying entities.
Demon's Road

**Theories** |  · Demonic entity · Ghost

**Demon's Road** (actual name **Bowden Road**) is a purportedly-haunted and isolated back road in Huntsville, Texas. It has a steady flow of reports regarding the experiences travelers claim to have had while driving down the old road.

## Manifestations

* A faceless creature in the woods
* Mysterious handprints on cars
* Ghostly lights
* A demonic hooded apparition
* Ghostly child on a tricycle

## Background

Locals warn curious people who desire to brave the path or visit the graveyard not to provoke the spirits. Many of those warnings are spoken by those who claim that a spirit followed them home after being in that area.

## Notable Accounts

* Account #1
* Account #2
*In May of 2010 a women reported the encounter her husband and their friends had while at the cemetery. She claimed they saw a man wandering through the cemetery one evening, but did not pay much heed to the wanderer.*

*A few days later, as the woman was getting into the shower, she turned around to close the shower curtain, and much to her surprise, there in her bedroom, stood the same man they had seen wandering through the cemetery.*

*The man disappeared after instilling immense fear in the woman, and she has not reported seeing him since.*

-TexasEscapes.com*According to one man’s story, he and a buddy saw a hand protruding from a grave in the cemetery off “Demons Rd.” Eventually the whole arm was said to be out from within its grave, and grasping around in search of something, or anything. The man moved towards the grave against the persistent urging of his friend. He said he bent down to touch the hand, with his friend pulling at him desperately the whole time. His friend’s pleadings did not stop him from making contact with the hand, which in turn, allegedly grasped his hand and began to pull him downward toward the grave. He was able to pull free from the hand. He turned to his horrified pal, who asked if he was ok, before noticing that there was someone standing just behind his friend. He darted towards his friend in an effort to protect him from whoever was behind him. Just before he reached his friend, the man behind his friend lifted his head and looked at him. According the man the figure that had been standing behind his friend looked exactly like his friend who had been begging him to leave. When he turned to look at his “real” friend, he was not there. The man then says he bolted and headed for the vehicle. As he raced up to the car he noticed handprints in the dust on the car. The man said that as he climbed into the safety of the car, he realized his friend was dead in the back seat.*
-TexasEscapes.com

## Trivia

* This legend could also be categorized as a Location.
* Some say that a cult, believed to be that of the Ku Klux Klan, has been spotted down Demon's Road holding ritual ceremonies. It has even been said that members of the cult have been seen drinking blood from a sacrificed dog.

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A photo of the road, courtesy of Dana GoolsbyA photo of the road, courtesy of Dana GoolsbyA photo of the road sign, courtesy of Dana Goolsby
Gow-Row

**Theories** |  · Cryptid · Giant lizard

The **Gow-Row** is a mysterious cryptid that has been heard but never seen. It reportedly lives in the largely-unexplored Devil's Hole Cave in the small village of Self, Boone County, Arkansas. The story of the Gow-Row dates back to the early 1900s.

The story begins when the owner of the land the cave resided on decided to explore the cavern. He climbed down a rope about 200 feet before being greeted by a horrible hissing noise, which sent him running back up the rope.

## Appearance

The creature has never actually been seen, but it is capable of violently hissing and tearing apart metal flatirons.

It has been theorized to resemble some sort of giant, tusked, reptilian creature, due to the bite marks it leaves.

## Possible Explanations

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

* An undiscovered species (a Cryptid)
* A giant lizard

## Trivia

* Sometime later, he and some local men tied a flatiron to a rope and lowered it into the cave. They heard a hissing sound and the rope was pulled hard. When they pulled it back up, the flatiron was severely bent and covered with scratches and teeth marks.

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Phantom Whistler of Louisiana

**Theories** |  · Spirit · Prankster

The **Phantom Whistler of Louisiana** is an invisible entity that was reported by an 18-year-old woman named Jacqueline Cadow, as well as her mother.

## Appearance

No one ever managed to catch a glimpse of the being. He would hide in the bushes outside her house at night and wolf-whistle similar to cat-calling construction workers.. Sometimes he would follow this with a "blood-curdling moan."

## Possible Explanations

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

* A ghost
* A human prankster

## Notable Encounters

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

## Trivia

* When she got engaged to state trooper Herbert Belsom, the harassment grew worse. He started to make threatening phone calls to the family, threatening to kill Jacqueline if she went through with the wedding. (weirduniverse.net)
Pendeli Egg

**Theories** |  · Extraterrestrial

The **Pendeli Egg** sighting was an extraterrestrial sighting that took place during the April of 1977 near Penteli, Attica, Greece. The witnesses, a Mr. and Mrs. "L.X." and a Miss "M.V.", were out hiking on Mt. Pendeli when they came across a pristine car parked where it couldn't have gotten to. Initially, the trio left it where it was, assuming whoever put it there would eventually retrieve it, but upon subsequent hikes they noticed the car never left its spot. They finally climbed up to where the car was to inspect it, finding nothing unusual about the car itself but discovering strange tracks in the snow. The tracks were oval, and some were in nearly vertical surfaces where neither man nor beast could step.

## Appearance

At some point Miss M.V. had gone off on her own, and soon found herself face to face with "a white creature, a dreadful white creature." It was about 2 feet tall, oval, and lacked any features save a pair of large, luminous eyes.

## Trivia

* Several days later, Mr. L.X. was about to start his car when he began to scream and tremble without warning. When he finally came to, he claimed to have seen an unearthly spinning sphere, seemingly made of hair or black smoke, phasing through the car window and felt "something trying to enter his mind."
Mantis Man

**Theories** |  · Extraterrestrial · Cryptid

The **Mantis Man** was an insectoid cryptid reportedly sighted near Hackettstown, New Jersey by two unrelated fisherman.

## Appearance

The creature was described as standing about seven feet high, having mandibles, and large intense black eyes. One observer described the creature as fading as it moved up the river bank where it was spotted, leading to speculation that perhaps the beast was using camouflage and blending into its surroundings. The second observer reported hearing a humming and feeling tingling sensations, and seeing the mantis-man spread its wings when observed by him in a threatening gesture. It also eventually vanished as if into a fog.

## Possible Explanations

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

* An undiscovered species (a Cryptid)
* Extraterrestrial

## Trivia

* After the sightings, speculation followed that the giant, scaly creature was psychic.
* During one sighting, two brothers were down at Stephen's State Park fishing right around dusk. During this time, while his brother was roughly 50 yards downstream fishing, the witness said he felt this strange vibration in his right ear. He claims that when he turned and looked to the right, he saw a 6-7 foot mantis-like creature staring at him. (HackettstownLife.com)

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A sketch of the creature (by Strikerprime)An artist's depictionAn artist's reconstruction
Mutant Canine

**Theories** |  · Wolf-dog hybrid

The **Mutant Canine**, also known as the **Turner Beast**, was a large canine creature that was hit by a car in Turner, Maine in August 16th, 2006. Before its death, it had reportedly been responsible for the deaths of many local animals.

## Appearance

The creature has been described as a husky-looking wolf with bulky shoulders, bulging eyes, a flat snout, short mangled ears, and a bushy tail.

## Possible Explanations

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

* A wolf-dog hybrid (confirmed)

## Trivia

* Later DNA testing of the animal in the pictures revealed it to be a wolf-dog hybrid.

## Gallery

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A photograph of the carcassA close-up of the head
Paciencia Abductors

**Theories** |  · Extraterrestrial

The **Paciencia Abductors** sighting is a extraterrestrial sighting and abduction case that took place on September 15, 1977, in the town of Paciencia, Brazil. The witness was a 33-year-old bus driver named Antonio La Rubia.

Antonio encountered a huge object, which he estimated to be 70 meters (235 feet) across, sitting in a field near his home. He decided to retreat, but was unable to do so, for at the moment he started to run, an intensely bright light lit up the area, and he was unable to move. At that moment Antonio saw three "robots" positioned near him, and he was captured and taken into the disc. (ufoevidence.org)

## Appearance

At that moment Antonio saw three "robots" positioned near him. They were one meter, 40 centimeters (about four feet) tall, but their antennae, which jutted out of the middle (tops) of their heads extended far enough to extend beyond his height (which is approximately five feet, five inches). The heads of the creatures were shaped like American footballs, with a band extending across the middle, horizontally, which looked like a row of small mirrors of a blue shade, one a little darker than the others.

The bodies, Antonio said, were stocky, the trunk broader than his own (he is muscular, but of slender build). They had appendages for arms which he compared to elephants' trunks, and which narrowed down to pointed tips, resembling one finger. Their bodies were made of a rough substance resembling scales. Antonio, when questioned, said he didn't think the scales were "armor", for the robots moved around freely and the "scales" did not seem to impede them in any way. The trunks were rounded at the bottom ending in a single leg. Antonio's first impression was that they were sitting on something, but didn't feel this was the case. This leg ended in a "platform" the size and shape of a saucer. Antonio compared this leg and "platform" to the stools utilized on ships. All of this outer part of the bodies looked like a dull shade of aluminum. (Source: APRO Bulletin, Vol. 26 No. 4, Oct. 1977)

## Trivia

* Antonio was able to knock out the creatures by yelling at them, allowing him to escape.
Glowing Mummies of Peru

In a short account published by Strange Magazine in 1992, merchant seaman Curtis A. Rowlett recalled a conversation with a fellow sailor identified only as J.P. in the periodical.

J.P. claimed that in spring 1989, while awaiting repairs to his ship in Peru, he met a local pilot.

According to the pilot, there was a cave near the Nazca Plain containing five small mummies which appeared to glow in the dark. They fluoresced green on the cave wall, like radioactive mushrooms; Moreover, anyone who touched them developed open sores on their fingers. J.P. planned to visit this cave with the plot and see the mummies for himself, but his ship's repairs were completed that same day, so he missed the opportunity to do so.
Black Knight Satellite

**Theories** |  · First satellite · Alien craft

The **Black Knight Satellite** is an object (claimed by conspiracy theorists to be approximately 13,000 years old and of extraterrestrial origin) orbiting Earth in near-polar orbit. Critics and mainstream academics have called it a conspiracy theory and "one rambling and inconsistent dollop of myth it was found in the middle of the Sahara desert on 1999 by a Berber tribe in Libya gaddaf came to the area

The story has its origins in 1954 when newspapers including the St. Louis Post Dispatch and the San Francisco Examiner ran stories attributed to retired naval aviation major and UFO researcher Donald Keyhoe saying that the US Air Force had reported that two satellites orbiting Earth had been detected. At this time no one had the technology to launch a satellite.

## Appearance

The object appears to be a long, black craft of sorts. The size of the object is very difficult to make out.

## Trivia

* According to Martina Redpath of Armagh Planetarium and James Oberg, it is more probable that the photographs are of a thermal blanket that was confirmed as lost during an EVA.

## Gallery

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A photograph of the objectA photograph of the objectBlack Knight Satellite near the Space Shuttle in 1998