57 dossiers

Cryptid Sighting

An alleged animal or creature outside recognized zoology — reported, described, sometimes investigated. These files log the sighting record and what physical evidence, if any, was ever produced.

By jurisdiction:West Virginia9 Arkansas4 Kentucky4 Massachusetts3 California3

Swamp Folklore Area

High confidence

Honey Island Swamp Monster Folklore Area

Pearl River, Louisiana

Swamp folklore area in Louisiana; research record.

5 claims · 3 legends→

High confidence

Flatwoods Wild Man report area

Flatwoods, West Virginia

Town-area setting of a reported 1919 wild-man encounter.

5 claims · 3 legends→

High confidence

Skinwalker Ranch

Private ranch associated with UFO and paranormal claims.

6 claims · 1 legend→

High confidence

White River Monster Folklore Area

Newport, Arkansas

River in Arkansas; research record.

3 claims · 3 legends→

Devil’s Den State Park

West Fork, Arkansas

State park in West Fork; research record.

3 claims · 3 legends→

Pocomoke State Forest

Pocomoke City, Maryland

Multi-county forest with church and creature traditions.

3 claims · 3 legends→

Hockomock Swamp (Bridgewater Triangle)

West Bridgewater, Massachusetts

The heart of the Bridgewater Triangle—ghost lights, pterodactyls and cult legends.

3 claims · 2 legends→

High confidence

Scape Ore Swamp

Bishopville, South Carolina

Wetland area associated with Lizard Man reports.

3 claims · 1 legend→

Clinton Road

West Milford, New Jersey

America’s most "haunted" road—phantom trucks, Klan gatherings and a snowman that stalks cars.

3 claims · 1 legend→

Boggy Creek / Fouke Monster Folklore Area

Fouke, Arkansas

Folklore area in Fouke; research record.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Folklore Marker

Bear Lake Monster Legends & Lore Marker

Garden City, Utah

Marker documenting the regional lake-monster tradition.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Pine Barrens (Jersey Devil country)

Hammonton, New Jersey

1.1 million acres of cedar swamp—the Jersey Devil’s hunting ground since 1735.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Lake Tahoe (Tessie)

Incline Village, Nevada

Tahoe’s own lake monster—Washoe tradition meets 1970s sightings.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Chestnut Ridge

Greensburg, Pennsylvania

The PA ridge where Bigfoot, UFOs and the "Chestnut Ridge lights" converge.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Proctor Valley Road

Chula Vista, California

The San Diego County road with the Proctor Valley Monster and the vanishing girl.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Ozark Howler country

Fayetteville, Arkansas

The Boston Mountains—home of the horned Ozark Howler.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Portlock

Portlock, Alaska

Former cannery settlement with Nantiinaq oral accounts.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Historic Farm Area

Kelly-Hopkinsville Encounter Folklore Area

Kelly, Kentucky

Historic farm area in Kelly; research record.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Sutton Lake

Sutton, West Virginia

County tourism reports a concentration of alleged Bigfoot sightings near the lake.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Freetown-Fall River State Forest

Assonet, Massachusetts

5,000-acre forest inside the Bridgewater Triangle with cult-crime history.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Everglades

Homestead, Florida

The River of Grass—the sawgrass sea and the Skunk Ape’s country.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Reported Encounter Area

Hickory Flats reported wild-man area

Rural road area appearing in a 1960 newspaper creature account.

Travis Walton abduction site

The 1975 Sitgreaves forest abduction—five days missing, six witnesses.

Bray Road

Elkhorn, Wisconsin

Road associated with documented cultural history.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Downs Road

Hamden, Connecticut

Road research record.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Still Road Swamp

Monroe, Connecticut

Swamp research record.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Fort Hill — Leslie Morris Park

Frankfort, Kentucky

Park in Frankfort; research record.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Ruddock

Ruddock, Louisiana

Ghost town in Ruddock; research record.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Forest Folklore Area

Land Between the Lakes Dogman Folklore Area

Grand Rivers, Kentucky

Forest folklore area in Kentucky; research record.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Hotel California Ruins — Land Between the Lakes

Grand Rivers, Kentucky

Ruins in Kentucky; research record.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Uwharrie National Forest

Troy, North Carolina

Forest associated with published local folklore.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Flatwoods Monster Museum

Sutton, West Virginia

Museum and county visitor center displaying Flatwoods Monster material.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Loveland Frog site

Riverside road where a four-foot frog man was reported in 1955.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Dover Demon site

Dover, Massachusetts

Farm Street—three witnesses, two nights, one small pale creature (1977).

1 claim · 1 legend→

Myakka River / Skunk Ape country

Sarasota, Florida

Florida’s swamp sasquatch—famous for the 2000 "Myakka photos."

1 claim · 1 legend→

Sheepsquatch country

Point Pleasant, West Virginia

West Virginia’s white, horned wool-beast—reported since the 1990s.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Momo country

Louisiana, Missouri

The 1972 Mississippi River "Missouri Monster" panic.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Beast of Busco site

Churubusco, Indiana

Oscar Fulk’s pond—the giant snapping turtle that launched a festival.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Lawndale Thunderbird site

Lawndale, Illinois

The 1977 day a giant bird tried to carry off a ten-year-old.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Lake Champlain (Champ)

Burlington, Vermont

America’s most famous lake monster—hundreds of reports since the 1800s.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Chessie (Chesapeake Bay)

Annapolis, Maryland

The Chesapeake Bay sea serpent—filmed in 1982.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Altamaha-ha (Altamaha River)

Darien, Georgia

Georgia’s river monster—Creek tradition and 20th-century sightings.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Payette Lake (Sharlie)

Idaho’s other lake monster—Sharlie of Payette Lake.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Mogollon Rim (Mogollon Monster)

Payson, Arizona

Arizona’s Bigfoot of the Mogollon Rim—reported since 1903.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Van Meter Visitor site

Van Meter, Iowa

The 1903 week a "bat-monster" terrorized an Iowa town—witnessed by the bank cashier.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Enfield Horror site

Enfield, Illinois

The 1973 three-legged creature report that triggered a manhunt.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Grafton Monster site

Grafton, West Virginia

The 1964 headless giant seen by Grafton’s newspaper reporter.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Salt Fork State Park (Grassman)

Cambridge, Ohio

Ohio Bigfoot country—Salt Fork’s Grassman reports and hosted conferences.

1 claim · 1 legend→