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NEWFOUNDLAND BIGFOOT! Multiple Witnesses: 'That Was Not a Bear!'

While driving near Branch, Newfoundland, three friends witnessed a towering, hairy, ape-like figure illuminated by headlights���its green-reflective eyes locking with theirs before it strode effortlessly into the woods. The chilling encounter, confirmed by all present, left no doubt in their minds: th...

LUCID DREAM or POSSIBLE TULPA? The Red Face & the Chanting Choir

An exhausted artist awoke from a nightmare to find a glowing red, mask-like face hovering in his room���its serpent-like eyes and sharp teeth accompanied by an eerie chorus of chanting voices. As the apparition faded, two glowing red eyes lingered in the corner, leaving him to question whether he had ...

HOMEMADE OUIJA BOARD Invited Unknown Dark Manifestations!

A childhood experiment with a homemade Ouija board unleashed unsettling phenomena���from phantom footsteps and a vanishing toy to a black mass that haunted the sister years later. What began as an innocent fascination quickly spiraled into fear, ending only when flames consumed the board."When I was y...

REPTILIAN INTRUDER! Lime-Green Alien Scout Who Called Me 'WARMLING!'

In the summer of 2016, a woman living alone on her farm saw strange lights in the sky���only to wake up the next morning with a muscular, lime-green reptilian being at her bed's foot. Speaking in a deep, hissing voice, it identified itself as a scout, asked for a strand of her hair, and then disappear...

THE BEAR LAKE MONSTER: America���s Forgotten ���Nessie,' Monstrous Terror of the Utah-Idaho Border

The Bear Lake Monster is a cryptid featured in the local folklore of Bear Lake, located on the Utah���Idaho border. The myth originated from articles written in the 19th century by Joseph C. Rich, a Mormon colonizer in the area, who claimed to report second-hand accounts of sightings of the creature. ...

TERROR ON SCHUYLER ISLAND! The Unseen Force in the Adirondacks

On the eve of their wedding, a young couple escaped to Schuyler Island for peace and solitude���but instead were driven off the island in terror after hearing blood-curdling screams and witnessing trees violently crashing as though something enormous charged through the woods. When they returned the n...

WOLF/HYENA-LIKE CRYPTID Encountered Near Tuscarora State Forest, Pennsylvania

In December 2016, a seasoned hunter in Perry County, Pennsylvania, encountered a massive, wolf/hyena-like creature while in his tree stand near Tuscarora State Forest. With its arched back, enormous head, sparse-legged fur, and eerily human-like eyes, the menacing beast left him shaken���and convinced...

COSMIC RAY'S 'VENUS FILES': Nucleus of a UFO Religion

Cosmic Ray���s Venus Files, Part IIBy Dr. Raymond A. Keller, author of the award-winning, The Real Resident Aliens (Terra Alta, West Virginia: Headline Books, 2024), available on AmazonThe Ascended Masters of an advanced extraterrestrial civilization have decreed that only the elect will be spared the...

STONE OF LIGHT! A Cairo Teen���s Miraculous Encounter with the Virgin Mary (PHOTO)

At the age of fourteen, Ahmed dreamed of the Virgin Mary giving him a radiant stone; two years later, in Cairo, he stumbled upon a glowing rock bearing her image. From that moment, visions of Mary and Jesus began guiding him with prophetic dreams that foretold world events."Good Day. When I was four...

VLAD III DRACULA: History, Myth and the Naples Tomb Theory ��� How a 15th-Century Prince Became an Undying Genre

Lon Strickler - Phantoms & MonstersFew historical figures straddle fact and folklore like Vlad III of Wallachia��������epe��,��� the Impaler���whose name became inseparable from Bram Stoker���s immortal Count. This deep dive lays out (1) a concise history of Vlad���s life, (2) the propaganda and legends that ...