Review: Central Ohio Legends & Lore Ohio legends from James A. Willis of The Ghosts of Ohio.
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
September 16, 2017
in Crime , Cryptozoology , Death , Folklore , Ghosts , News , Panics , Social History , Strange Deaths , Victorian , Wonders and Curiosities
and tagged Annie Aokley , bigfoot , Camp Chase Confederate Cemetery , Dr. Snook , Fort Amanda , Frankenstein's Castle , Gates of Hell , Grassman , Hatchet Man , Johnny Appleseed , Love Rollercoaster , Ohio folklore , Ohio ghosts , Ohio legends , Ohio Players , Ohio urban legends , Review: Central Ohio Legends & Lore , Stonewall Cemetery , Stuart Pierson , The Night The Ghost Got In , Thurber House , urban legends , William Quantrill , Witches' Tower , Woolyburger Cemetery
Wild Men of North Wales On holiday in North Wales, a clairvoyant sees a vision of wild men.
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Chris Woodyard
on
April 4, 2017
in Fairies and Elemental Spirits , Folklore , Fortean Mysteries , Ghosts , News , Psychic Research , Spiritualism , Victorian
and tagged ape men , bigfoot , hairy men , missing link , North Wales , spirit guides , Wales , Welsh elementals , Welsh fairies , Welsh folklore , wild men , Wild Men of North Wales , woodwose
In 1861, on a slow-news day, a journalist scribbled a story about a wildman. Suddenly people began reporting encounters with the tall, hairy creature. Was it a hermit, a wendigo, a lunatic, an idiot, or a true monster?
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
October 17, 2015
in Animal Tales , Creature Feature , Cryptozoology , Folklore , Fortean Mysteries , News , Panics , Scientific Oddities , Social History , Strange Lives , Victorian , Wonders and Curiosities
and tagged Berkshire , bigfoot , Connecticut , cryptozoology , hairy man , panic , sasquatch , Vermont , wild man
A monster scoop of a story on a phantom attacker.
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
January 25, 2014
in Animal Tales , Cryptozoology , Fortean Mysteries , Interesting People , News , Panics , Social History , Strange Lives
and tagged bigfoot , Charles Bertrand Lewis , cryptozoology , execution , hanging , journalist ethics , M Quad , monsters , phantom attackers , Robert Barr
The Stamford Wild Man: A Berkshire Scare of 1861 In 1861, on a slow-news day, a journalist scribbled a story about a wildman. Suddenly people began reporting encounters with the tall, hairy creature. Was it a hermit, a wendigo, a lunatic, an idiot, or a true monster?
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
May 28, 2013
in Animal Tales , Cryptozoology , Folklore , Fortean Mysteries , News , Panics
and tagged bigfoot , Connecticut , cryptozoology , hairy man , panic , sasquatch , The Stamford Wild Man: A Berkshire Scare of 1861 , Vermont , wild man
