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Sasquatch sighting in Florida (1918)
In 1918 a boy was reportedly abducted near the pond. Community members pursued, recovered the boy, who was scratched up, and captured the creature. The teller notes the creature did not seem intent on harming the boy and describes it as acting lonely rather than aggressive.
Sasquatch sighting in Florida (1884)
In 1884 a rural community living around Ocheesee Pond lost livestock and heard eerie nighttime calls from the water. After children were frightened by a hair-covered figure, residents formed a posse, captured it, and transported it chained to the governor in Tallahassee. The governor could not place it and sent it to the nearby Chattahoochee hospital, where it died and was buried under later construction.
Folklore
Historical account says Champlain and companions avoided an island in Lake Champlain because of a creature said to inhabit it.
Historical account
Supposed sightings in the area are said to date back to before towns like Sykesville were established.
Folklore
The investigator noted longstanding local stories dating to the 1950s about a swamp creature in a neighboring county.
Folklore near Woodbine, Kentucky
Local old-timers have long told stories of a Meadow Creek Monster in the area dating back to the 1800s.
Folklore
The area has long been known for monkey man sightings dating to pioneer days with many people reporting creatures across the county.
Folklore
An older relative traditionally warned about a local monster at night, and the witness recalled a childhood hunting trip.
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.
Scream
Locals have long called a wooded stretch along the river the Monkey Den after reportedly being screamed at there for many years.
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
The witness stated similar animals have been seen in the area for many years and locals refer to them by a traditional wildman name.
Folklore
The guest relays a tribal story in songs that bothersome man-eating creatures were driven north past tall forests into very cold big mountains and into another land. Most were exiled so they would not return, though some escaped in different directions.