Written Confession: Witness Reports Upright Canine Encounter on Rural Tennessee Road
The following written confession was submitted via email:
This experience happened in ten mile tn a small rural town I was 16 and just got my license and my first car me and a friend were looking for something to do one night in a town with virtually nothing to do we got on the subject of the hanging tree rumored that’s where they used to hang people back in the day my friend asked if I had ever been I said no and that’s when he asked if I’d like to go of course I said hell yes let’s go he said he was pretty sure he could get us there or could find it so we took off it was very dark on this particular night . . .
READ: Loch Ness Sightings Jump From 9 to 17 in Just One Month
Loch Ness is seeing a sharp rise in reported monster encounters this year. In August, the Official Loch Ness Monster Sightings Register had logged nine sightings for 2026, putting the year just one report behind the 10 sightings recorded during all of 2025. Now, only about a month later, the 2026 total has climbed to 17.
READ: Loch Ness Monster Sightings in 2026 Are Already Close to Surpassing 2025
The Loch Ness Monster may not be ready to step (swim?) into the spotlight, but 2026 is already shaping up to be a strong year for sightings. According to the Official Loch Ness Monster Sightings Register, the latest reported encounter is the ninth sighting of 2026, which means this year has already surpassed all of 2025 with months still left on the calendar. In other words, if Nessie is real, she’s apparently become a little less camera-shy.
Creature Feature Friday: Mokele-Mbembe
If you’ve ever found yourself rewatching Jurassic Park for the hundredth time (don’t worry, we all have), you probably remember the awe—and terror—of seeing a living dinosaur step out of the mist. Those creatures are supposed to be long extinct… right? Meet the real-world legend that refuses to stay buried in prehistory in this edition of Creature Feature Friday: the cryptid known as Mokele-Mbembe.
READ: Modern Search for Nessie Reveals Fish Footage and Forgotten Relics From Past Expeditions
Loch Ness may have kept its most famous resident hidden yet again, but a recent large-scale expedition has uncovered intriguing new clues—and perhaps even a glimpse into how a creature like Nessie might survive. Dubbed The Quest, this four-day search from May 22 to 25 drew hundreds of monster hunters from around the world to the 23-mile-long Scottish loch. For the first time, high-tech tools like Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs) were deployed below the surface in an attempt to capture clear underwater footage
Written Confession: Stalked by a Bipedal Creature on Skyline Drive
The following written confession was submitted via email: …When I was 18 or 19 yrs old I saw something at 1 or 2 am on Skyline Drive in Virginia, just north of the swift run entrance which is on Rt 33. I went up there during that winter night to listen to distant cb traffic in my car. If I'm not mistaken it was January or February of 1991. I had not long returned home from Ft Benning Georgia after completing basic training. I had driven 1 or 2 miles north after entering the drive and did a U turn to pull off at an overlook to listen to my Cb radio…
Written Confession: The Charging Cornfield Creature
The following written confession was submitted via email: …[Y]ears ago when I was a teenager, a small group of neighborhood boys and I were chased out of a cornfield that butted up against our subdivision. The thing (for lack of a better word) was Jet black and hunched over like an ape or some kind of beast. It was staring at us from about 20-30 feet away and practically motionless…
Creature Feature Friday: The Jersey Devil
With centuries of sightings, screams in the night, and even school closings, one famous cryptid has forever changed the landscape of the woods of New Jersey — this week’s Creature Feature Friday is none other than the Jersey Devil!
VIDEO: Big Cat Sighting Caught on Security Camera in Tennessee
A Smyrna man is alerting his neighbors after believing he captured a cougar on his home security camera, despite Tennessee authorities stating that such sightings are exceedingly rare.
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.
Written Confession: Hairy Leaping Creature May Have Been a Dogman
The following written confession was submitted via email: I have a story where I saw something very unusual as a teen with my parents while driving on our country road. It was only a few seconds but I’ve never forgotten it…
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.
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….
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…