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Folklore
An older relative traditionally warned about a local monster at night, and the witness recalled a childhood hunting trip.
Animal behaviour
Relatives passed down warnings about a huge bear frequenting a nearby bridge picnic area and harassing people.
Folklore
The witness recalled childhood stories of a feral man living in the wider area who was reportedly sought by police.
Folklore
Locals maintain a decades-old legend of a creature known as the Bardin Booger in the area.
Folklore
The witness recalls hearing childhood stories from locals about a wildman living in the woods.
Folklore
The witness recalls hearing many Skunk Ape stories as a child from older hunters at camps.
Folklore near Fort Myers, Florida
Local children shared stories of a hairy man living in the woods around the trailer park.
Folklore
The witness reports hearing stories from a relative and another person about wild-man-like figures using creek beds between Georgia and Florida.
Folklore
Other longtime residents are said to have their own stories.
Folklore
The witness notes the Fouke monster legend is well known in the area.
UFO sighting
The guest retold an Aboriginal legend from a plaque at Coolatops National Park about a god in a ball of light cruising treetops. Seven women climbed trees for a better view and were taken up into the stars to become the Pleiades, one dimmer star being the less pretty woman.
Sasquatch sighting in North Dakota
As a six or seven year old at a North Dakota gathering, the guest heard an announcer tell in the traditional language how a boy playing with cousins along a creek was chased and taken by a Bigfoot. A multi-day search party was lured and misled by mimicked voices and bonfire activity, and the child was never found.
Folklore near Lovelock, Nevada
The hosts retell tribal accounts of tall red-haired cannibalistic giants who trapped and ate local people and were eventually trapped in a cave, burned and killed after a multi-year war. Later miners reportedly found large mummies, oversized sandals and artifacts, and a large hand-like mark was seen on the cave wall.
Folklore
The witness recalled a school rumor that a sasquatch lived in a nearby park.
Scream
Locals have long called a wooded stretch along the river the Monkey Den after reportedly being screamed at there for many years.
Folklore
Local lore told of a swamp monster called orange eyes living in the river bottom.
Sasquatch sighting in Florida
A few years after the 1918 incident the community reportedly captured another hair-covered figure in the same swamp area. The teller suggests this individual and the 1918 figure were humans with a hair-growth condition from a family that arrived in 1901, distinct from the original 1884 wild man.
Folklore
An old local legend around the Payson area tells of a large hairy creature near the rim that attacks people.
Folklore
Elders reportedly say homes now stand where trails were once walked.
Folklore
Locals and early settlers told of a legend that stole hogs and cattle and ruined gardens.