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1960–1999 Hoopa, California #b00b8dcf-40ed-426b-9b0c-73e0d9207aa7

Paranormal encounter near Hoopa, California (1960)

A community story tells of an alleged shape-shifter who terrorized pedestrians from the 1960s to the 1990s. People would see the man, then a dog, then the man again down the road as if he had teleported, reportedly wearing the dog's fur as a coat.

Full-body sighting
before there was horses Tripp County, South Dakota #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/dq2aqQlDe3EI5EMGU4NSSVBJRSd_Rqn92OhYRYfx0Do

Cryptid sighting near Tripp County

Long ago before horses, a thirty-foot giant attacked a small village at night, destroying lodges and swallowing several women whole. Eight men tracked him, dug a massive trench, lured him to trip into it, and buried him with rocks and earth until he suffocated. They cut open his belly to recover the women, and his grave is said to be a lone oblong butte.

Full-body sightingAnimal behaviourProperty disturbance
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