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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.
Tracks in Manitoba (1960)
The witness relayed an urban legend that large footsteps were found around a bulldozer when the town was built in the 1960s. She noted there was no concrete discussion, photos, or identifiable witness. She was unsure if there was truth to it.
Stories from old-timers about "Wood Devils" in the deep woods
The writer recounts stories heard years ago in Coos County about forest beings called wood devils. The stories describe tall, skinny, grey, hairy beings with non-human faces that hide behind trees and produce loud screams. The writer states they never saw one personally but believed the older storytellers were truthful.
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.
Sasquatch sighting in Oklahoma (1855)
After settling in Oklahoma, tribal members reported food thefts and disappearances attributed to man-like beasts. A party of 30 warriors rode out to a hilltop to confront them. In the fight the creatures were killed, but the captain and previously missing women and children were found dead and buried.
Sasquatch sighting near [name withheld] County (1855)
After thefts of food and disappearances of women and children, tribal leaders sent mounted warriors to confront man-like beasts. The party rode for hours and charged a group seen from a hilltop amid a strong smell of decay and a mound of victims. Gunfire and hand fighting left the creatures and their captain dead, and survivors buried the dead.
Sasquatch sighting near Barden, Florida (1800)
The guest described a longstanding local legend of an 8 to 10 foot tall skunk ape that lounges around and is often seen carrying a lantern. Stories go back to the 1800s and include chasing people off horses, with a revival around the late 1960s. A store owner later admitted dressing a boy in a monkey costume to fake some sightings, which leaves earlier reports unresolved.
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.
Sasquatch sighting in British Columbia
A contact told the guest a story heard from elders about a smallpox period when a Bigfoot family brought diseased young and sick adults to the edge of a human village seeking help. The humans were also pocked and dying and could do nothing, so the family turned and walked back into the bush.
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.
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.
Sasquatch sighting near Waynesville
An old mountain legend tells of a hairy creature living near a hotel that collected gems in a cave. Guests sometimes saw it watching women bathing in a creek. One woman went to live with it and they had children before greed for gems ended the relationship.
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.
Folklore in Washington
In old times people lived around the lake but left after daughters were said to be taken by a hairy tribe from higher on the mountain. A truce was made where the tribe shared cedar-basket weaving knowledge in exchange for the people leaving the lake area.
Folklore near Mimquamlis, British Columbia
This is a traditional First Nation legend about a couple blessed with a nose-born boy who was teased. When village children stayed out playing after sunset, a hairy wild woman of the woods seized them in a sack. The boy cut the sack open and, with help from deer, bear and mink, led the children back, after which the chief ordered him respected.
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.
Sasquatch sighting
Two men and a boy exploring the swamp interior found huge four-toed tracks and left frightened. A later armed party of nine trailed the tracks, camped, and was attacked by the creature. Five men were killed before the creature was shot dead and reportedly measured at 13 feet.