Bardin, a small community on County Road 209A, just northeast of Palatka, has managed to separate its skunk ape from all the rest by calling it the Bardin Booger. You can get the scoop at Bud’s Grocery, which writers and curious tourist use as the Booger information center. You can buy a Booger T-shirt there…
By Stephen Wagner Updated on 05/24/19 The belief that there’s another life awaiting us after our mortal existence ends is widely held and predates recorded history. While cultures such as the ancient Egyptians believed existence continued in “the Land of the Dead,” modern Christian beliefs offer an afterlife in Heaven as a reward—or in Hell as a punishment….
Yellowstone National Park contains a 50-square mile “zone of death” where, legal scholars suggest, a person could commit murder without fear of prosecution. This zone is the part of the park that extends into Idaho. The reason for this free-pass-for-murder lies with the Sixth Amendment which guarantees a defendant the right to a trial by…
People who are freezing to death will often remove all their clothes, as if they were burning up. This strange behavior (referred to as “paradoxical undressing”) is caused by a cold-induced paralysis of nerves, which creates a sensation of extreme warmth. This leads people to try to cool down by undressing, even though they’re freezing….
The Buena Vista Giant Spiders were an unknown species reported from a cave near Cottonwood Pass in Buena Vista, Colorado. Stories about the spiders were current through the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, during which time it was reported that the spiders territory had shrunk due to human encroachment. It seems this lead to…
Kabagon is a large aquatic cryptid reported to live in Antarctic seas off the cost of Lyttleton, New Zealand. It was sighted once by the crew of a Japanese fishing vessel. Appearance Most notable features of the creature are very large eyes at the top of the head. Below these are two circular shapes which…
The Mason Man A rural piece of folklore originating in Derbyshire, England, The Mason Man is described as “grey” in appearance, expressionless and dead-eyed. His name stems from the fact he was allegedly first seen outside a Derbyshire pub known then as The Masoner. It is said that along country roads he is sighted in…
The Pancake Bakers from Space sighting was a bizarre extraterrestrial sighting that took place at 11:00 AM on April 18, 1961 near Eagle River, Wisconsin. The witness was a 68-year-old farmer named Joe Simonton. Joe witnessed a humanoid emerge from a silver craft of some sort, while several others could be seen within the ship….
Tales of strange people bonded together in self-policing communities are common throughout the States, and indeed, throughout the world. Pennsylvania is no exception. These communities can include anybody out of the ordinary, but the particular favorite candidates for such campfire scare stories are albinos. There’s nothing like a lack of pigmentation to send the overactive…
The Farmersville Green Man sighting was an extraterrestrial sighting that took place in May of 1913 near Farmersville, Texas. While chopping cotton one May morning, Clyde, Sid, and Silbie Latham heard their two dogs barking as if in distress. The three brothers ran to see what was bothering them, and found the dogs had cornered…