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.

For every enduring love story for the ages, there is an equally tragic tale of lost love and broken hearts. And for every other one of those ill-fated love affairs, there’s a horrible ghost story to make it even worse. Whether your relationship is single, married, or “it’s complicated” this Valentine’s Day, you can be thankful you aren’t involved in any of these five tales of tragic love that grew into ghost lore, proving that true love never dies — it haunts you forever.

The following written confession was submitted via email: …Shortly after passing Oakley North houses and getting to where the woods were on both sides, I began hearing something large in the woods, walking as I would walk, and if I'd stop it would stop…

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The following written confession was submitted via email: …While doing an hourly check at the outside trimmers I saw an 18 wheeler come down the drive way to the plant. Nothing abnormal. It didn’t slow down which was sorta strange but I didn’t think anything of it. The guard opened the chain fence gate and the truck kept going instead of stopping to check in…

The following written confession was submitted via email: …One night when I was laying in bed trying to fall asleep, I heard something behind me. Now the bed in my room was pushed up next to the corner of my wall so that the head of my bed as well as the left side were both up against a wall. At this point I was facing toward the wall to my left and my bad was to the night stand next to my when. Now our house was about 75+ years old, so hearing the house make weird noises at night was not uncommon, but what I heard was not normal, and was not from the house….

The following written confession was submitted via email: . . . Every night when I’d go to bed, i would see these lights in my bedroom. They weren’t bright lights. And they weren’t like manmade lights. It was almost like my eyes were causing these flashing lights and zigzags… shifting lights. And what was so weird was I would vaguely see these beings that would start to dismantle the room . . .

The following written confession and image were submitted via email: I’m an avid listener/viewer of your podcast and films and wanted to share a short story and photo my mother took. I took a vacation day last month on 10/20 and my family drove about 45 minutes south to my in-laws’ place. When driving down Indiana Hwy 63 near Newport, I saw a group of helicopters to the east…

The following written confession was submitted via email: I saw the woman who used to live in the flat below standing in my hallway when I was around 4 or 5. She used to come up to our flat to escape her abusive husband (he also used to terrorise my mother years after this he had a knife to her throat in front of me one time)…

Whether or not real giants of biblical proportions are still roaming the modern world has always been a fascinating subject to us — but the questions are many, and the answers are as elusive as the giants themselves. So — since the Smithsonian won’t return our calls — we’re left to ponder snippets of stories from the far reaches of the internet and chase down recorded eyewitness sightings before they disappear (…the recordings and the eyewitnesses).

The Confessionals host and Merkel Media CEO Tony Merkel was featured this month in the online publication CanvasRebel. Check out the full interview directly on CanvasRebel or read here for more!

The following written confession was submitted via email: From the age of 4 to 8 years, I and my family lived in a small rural village in North Wales … I'm not sure of the age of the building but I would guess at least 50-60 years when we were there in the early 80s. During our time there we were happy but I experienced a persistent recurring nightmare … Each time the dream was identical and vividly real, in that the place was exactly as it appears and feels in real life and there was none of the usual hazy dream weirdness…

Tony Merkel sits down with Larry Ragland on The Big Picture to dive into the mysterious world of the paranormal and supernatural. They tackle questions that have intrigued high strangeness believers for generations, from werewolves and Bigfoot, to open portals and Skinwalker Ranch, to extraterrestrial beings and more.

Prepare for a spooktacular treat! Halloween is the ultimate day for spine-tingling stories, and we've conjured up 10 micro-horror tales that will give you goosebumps. These eerie miniature narratives crafted by The Confessionals fans have clawed their way into our top 10 for this year's edition of 4-Word Scary Stories. So, turn off the lights, fire up your jack-o'-lantern, and get ready for a howling good time!

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.