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Folklore
Local old-timers tell stories of seeing unexplained things, including a childhood wild-man-of-the-woods tale.
Folklore
An older relative traditionally warned about a local monster at night, and the witness recalled a childhood hunting trip.
Sasquatch sighting
In the early 1800s a man and his daughter traveling by horse and buggy reportedly fought a large creature that jumped on the father before walking away.
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.
Sasquatch sighting
Longtime residents recalled a tall hairy bipedal Mole Man with glowing red eyes living in an orange grove where people searched and found footprints.
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.
Sasquatch sighting
Old tales describe a whitish 7-8 foot tall being called bozo that people said lived in the old mines now used as a hunting club.
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.
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.
Scream
People have reported late-night screams in late fall and early winter from a valley north of town, locally nicknamed for a screaming woman.
Sasquatch sighting
State mappers reportedly found caves in the marsh with 15 to 20 gutted deer carcasses stacked outside and left the area.
Sasquatch sighting near Bovey, Minnesota
Local residents tell a traditional story of a young person lost in the swamp said to have survived there, with hunters and others reporting sightings and nighttime sounds over the years.