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LATEST POSTS
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Arguably worse than licorice: Black Annis
Black Annis seems, on the surface, to be as stereotypical as a pumpkin spice latte…but Annis is no basic witch.
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Ghosted by a ghost: the black monk of Pontefract
The Black Monk of Pontefract may not strictly fit the definition of a poltergeist, but they call him that anyway: the most violent poltergeist in Britain.
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Hungry eyes: the Tenome
Meet the original monster behind Guillermo del Toro’s awesome Pale Man.
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Wake up, sheeple! It’s the Sheepsquatch
Once upon a time in the low mountains of West Virginia, a former Navy seaman decided to eat some mushrooms that he found on the forest floor. The man–Edward Rollins–was in that forest to hunt for either the Mothman or a UFO, but after his choice of snack, he was in for a greater treat.
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Call me Ishmael: the great white Ningen
Sea monsters! Out of all cryptids, I find them to be the most plausible. We’ve only explored about 20% of the world’s oceans, and in that 20% have already found a lot of weird crap. Who’s to say there couldn’t be something stranger out there?
Photo cred: Kym MacKinnnon for the sick moon pic, Raj Eiamworakul for the friendly reader, and Sam Wheeler for the comfortable gentleman.
