In this edition of the Paranormal Alphabet we head on over to Africa to the Congo Basin Region where a monster known as the Mokele Mbembe is said to inhabit within the swampy waters that are hidden away in the dense and mostly untouched rainforests within the basin. Mokele Mbembe is interpreted from the Lingala […]
Also called Jig-ik-nak or Gonakadet by locals or otherwise simply called Illie is a water cryptid that many of the locals believe dwell in the deep depths of the Iliamna lake in the US state of Alaska. It has often been a cause of great concern to the residents who live in nearby fishing villages to the lake, even prompting […]
The Night Marchers are a popular ancestral Hawaiian legend. Said to be groups of evil ferocious warrior spirits who would kill any mortal in their path that they deem to have shown them or their chiefs, kings or gods disrespect, unless they were an ancestor of someone within the Night Marcher’s ranks then they would […]
Welcome to my new ongoing series known as Obscure Encounters. Here I highlight alleged encounters with creatures of myth and beings of extra-terrestrial or the paranormal. Each short post will highlight a single encounter I have researched into or discovered and that is not as well-known or known at all as much as the iconic […]
One of the most iconic and well-known mysteries in the world is the legend of the Loch Ness Monster. The creature is named after where it has been sighted on many occasions which is Loch Ness found in the Scottish Highlands near Inverness. The word loch comes from Irish/Scottish Gaelic and Scots languages which means […]
The Kraken is a well-known mythological sea monster that has seen adaptation and inclusion in numerous stories and pop culture around the world. A huge sea creature which looks like a gigantic octopus or some other kind of cephalopod, often depicted as the size of sea-faring ships themselves, with the power alone to drag them […]
Welcome back to another edition of the Paranormal Alphabet and on this we have now reached the letter J! And we will be talking about a cryptid from the US and Canada known as the Jackalope. It is also sometimes referred to as a Fearsome Critter. But there is a lot more belief in its […]
The Cactus Cat appears to be one of the more sophisticated Fearsome Critters. Described as looking like a wild-cat sort of creature, with sharp spikes all across its body to defend itself from attack and of which it could also use to attack, as well as that it was often described with a long-armored and […]
The Axehandle Hound is a mischievous Fearsome Critter. A dog-like creature that is often described as having an axe-shaped head and also sometimes an axe handle shaped body. This pesky creature would sneak into Lumberjack logging camps and working areas to do one simple thing – consume their axe handles! Which gives a clear indication […]
The hugag is a large herbivore, in many cases as large as a Moose and even sometimes much larger than that! It is a part of the many stories of Fearsome Critters. The creature though has an unfortunate predicament that it must contend with, often making it very prone to life or death situations. This […]