Maryland, home to the majestic Chesapeake Bay, delicious crab cakes, and a fearsome winged creature. Enter the Snallygaster, a cryptid that has captured the imagination and fear of Marylanders for centuries. Like a creature out of Lewis Carroll literature, the Snallygaster is part dragon, part bird, and 100% legendary cryptid.

You may easily recognize Bigfoot’s enormous footprint in the mud, but what in the world (…or otherworld…) is leaving behind six-footed tracks? A legendary figure shrouded in mystery and mischief, one bizarre feline has been the subject of campfire stories and local legends for centuries. Let's pounce into the history and uncover some purr-tinent facts about the Wampus Cat in today’s Creature Feature Friday.

There’s more than corn in Iowa! The Van Meter Visitor is a very unusual cryptid characterized by its sudden appearance around the turn of the 20th century, its unique physical characteristics, and the sheer number of named witnesses who reportedly saw the monster during its nights of terror in Van Meter.

If ever a creature was walloped by the ugly stick, it is the extraordinary Squonk. This unique cryptid out of lumberjack lore has rarely ever been sighted, and for good reason - it’s hideous. Have you ever heard of this monstrous little beast before? Check out a few (alleged) facts about the Squonk in today’s Creature Feature Friday!

It seems like UFOs are everywhere nowadays. Although many reports have yet to be identified, what if some of these UFOs have existed for decades because they are, in fact, large biological entities soaring through the skies - like, say, giant sky clams? Hear me out. Or rather, hear out the story of Don Wood Jr., whose incredible UFO account is one of extra-terrestrial proportions.

There are a lot of strange things you don’t want to encounter in the woods, and one of them includes a fat, bald exploding bear. The Gumberoo comes out of lumberjack legends, hailing from the foggy region along the Pacific Coast. It bears a resemblance to black bears, except that it is completely hairless but for its bristly beard and big eyebrows.

Have you ever heard of the Tomten? It may be an important folklore figure to know since legend says every home has a Tomten. A Scandinavian version of a house elf, Tomten are gnome-like creatures that watch unseen over children and animals, protecting homes and farms from evil and misfortune… but don’t let the Tomten’s protective role or diminutive stature fool you…

Is the Hugag the world’s silliest looking-moose, a leftover dinosaur, or something else entirely? Learn more about this Lumberwoods cryptid legend - like why it cannot lie down - in today’s Creature Feature, excerpted from our blog 9 Cryptids That Are (Probably) Too Absurd To Be Real.

It’s not here for your soul - it’s here for your underwear. Meet the Pugot, a ghastly figure out of Philippine mythology and today’s Creature Feature! Is the Pugot a flesh-and-blood creature? A shapeshifting spirit? Some chilling combination of the two? Whatever the case, the Pugot is one strange, underwear-stealing entity.

Have you heard of the “Not Deer”? It’s like a deer… but it’s… not. This eerie folk cryptid out of Appalachia may look normal at first glance, but a closer inspection reveals the creature is anything but natural. From its canine mouth, to claws instead of hooves, to its bipedal walk, the Not Deer is a phenomenon no one can entirely explain.

Ready for a really weird one? Sliding straight out of lumberjack lore, it’s the Slide-Rock Bolter! Have you ever heard the tale (…pun kind of intended…) of this monstrous land whale? Check out our Creature Feature Friday in an excerpt from our blog, 9 Cryptids That Are (Probably) Too Absurd To Be Real.

If you’ve been swept up in the latest Stranger Things craze following the recent release of Season 4 (guilty), you’ll definitely remember the vicious Demobats from a few key scenes (that we’ll probably never get over). But those little razor-toothed monsters from the Upside Down are pure science fiction… right? Meet the Rightside Up’s version of the Demobat in this edition of Creature Feature Friday: the Ahool.

The Ningen may be one of the oddest cryptids you’ve never seen! A water creature that was first sighted by Japanese fishermen and research vessels around the Antarctic, the Ningen is allegedly enormous in size and humanoid in shape. In the Japanese language, Ningen means human…

Impish or admirable? Cheer or fear? If you’re a diehard fan of the legendary show The Office, then 1) there’s a good chance we can be best friends, and 2) you’ve definitely heard of the cantankerous Yuletide folk figure known as Belsnickel. So just who is this grim, grimy Christmas legend?