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J.M. Plumbley’s monster blog offers over 80 posts that explore weird, real-life monster mythology. Explore the latest posts below, or scroll down to browse the posts by tags.

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Pause

Pause

Out of respect for everything happening in the U.S. right now, I’m not going to do a Monster Meet post this month.

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Fantasy man: the Rake

Fantasy man: the Rake

I’m going to be straight with you from the start: the Rake is total B.S. We know where the legend came from. We’re able to track its growth. But like so many monster legends that start out innocently enough, it’s taken on a life of its own.

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Wake up, sheeple! It’s the Sheepsquatch

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

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?

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Ain’t got no privacy: The Dark Watchers

Ain’t got no privacy: The Dark Watchers

The Santa Lucia’s beauty and grandeur draw hikers and sightseers, though the terrain permits few roads. It is one of the wildest places left in the U.S. Naturally, that also makes it home to dark and mysterious figures who like to watch people from cliffs.

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What a hoot: La Lechuza

What a hoot: La Lechuza

La Lechuza colors outside of the box. Spanish speakers will recognize that her name translates to “the owl;” a simple name that hints at her elegant horror.

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Featured post on SF Reader

Hey, everyone! For those of you who don't know, I took last summer off to attend the mind-bogglingly challenging and wonderful Odyssey Writing Workshop in Manchester, New Hampshire. I wrote a blog post about exactly how transformative the experience was, and it was...

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