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Creature Feature Friday: The Snallygaster

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.

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Creature Feature Friday: The Not Deer

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

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Written Confession: Kid's Brother Talks to a Strange Snake With Hands

The following written confession was submitted via email: This happened almost like 12 years ago I was 10 I believe and my brother was 7, it was a Saturday and my parents had gone to the grocery store so it was just me and him and some of my uncles were outside . I was just in my room when he starts screaming….

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Written Confession: I Don't Know What I Encountered in the Australian Woods

The following written confession was shared via Reddit by Enigmacipher17: …I was out driving at around 11:30pm with my girlfriend and as we were in the area decided to show her the woodlands while we were in the area as she loves everything to do with nature and it was summer so an extremely warm night. I left my car with the lights shining into the trees as we weren’t going too far in and it was pitch black inside and the two of us just kind of sat chatting, having a smoke and generally relaxing, she was sitting on a sort of map of the area that had been put in on some plastic and I was keeping an eye on the trees as I had a feeling that something was just wrong

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Creature Feature Friday: Mongolian Death Worm

Today’s Creature Feature Friday takes a look at a desert legend that has been sighted from 1927 to at least 2013 - the Mongolian Death Worm! Resembling a cow’s intestines, the creepy cryptid can supposedly corrode metal with its acid venom, spends most of its time tunneling underground, and was the inspiration for the movie monster in a '90s cult classic!

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Creature Feature Friday: Krampus the Christmas Demon

It’s the holiday edition of Creature Feature Friday, featuring the merry and bright KRAMPUS! Hailing from Germanic and Austrian folklore, Krampus is a half-man, half-goat demon with a penchant for punishment. While St. Nick brings the gifts to good girls and boys, Krampus brings the pain and damnation to the naughty ones. Who wouldn’t want that guy at their holiday party?!

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Creature Feature Friday: The Pukwudgie

It’s Creature Feature Friday! It may be small, but it’s deadly, mean, and not to be trifled with. Take a look at 5 disturbing details about the magical North American cryptid known as the Pukwudgie… including its appearance in The Confessionals Episode 50: Haunting Stories of Onset, Massachusetts.

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Written Confession: Lizard Man on the Swampy Side of the Road

The following written confession was originally shared online: In July of 2016 some friends (we'll call them Cole, Cody, Nick and Josh) and I were walking home from a party around 3am. We were going to Cole's house since he was house sitting for his grandma. Her house is also haunted but we'll save that for another post. Anyway, we were walking from this party, which was about a half a mile away from Cole's place and the road we had to walk on gets crazy dark at night…

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BLOG: 8 Things to Do on National Paranormal Day

Happy National Paranormal Day! Across the U.S., May 3 is an unofficial, novelty holiday created to call attention to all kinds of supernatural phenomena. From ghosts and UFOs to cryptids, ESP, and other paranormal mysteries, National Paranormal Day is day in which to explore all the strangeness that defies scientific explanation. Whether you are a certified paranormal investigator or a curious skeptic, here are 8 things to do on National Paranormal Day this year:

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BLOG: Bigfoot A to Z

Would a Bigfoot by any other name still smell as... musky? Skunky? What does a Bigfoot really smell like, anyway? There are still many things we don’t know with certainty about the infamously elusive cryptid, but one thing we do know is that Bigfoot is a phenomenon that has been recognized by diverse cultures on countless occasions throughout history. 

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VIDEO: Does This Quick Clip Capture an Encounter with a Tree-Throwing Bigfoot?

In this quick clip, oil workers have allegedly captured a large creature hurling an aspen tree from the edge of the woods. Because of the creature's appearance, wooded location, and show of physical strength, the video seems to naturally beg the question: "Is it Bigfoot?"

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