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'She'll Never Forget the Face of Bigfoot!'

I recently found the following account:

I’m from south Florida and my mom, her brother, and two uncles SWEAR by this story - one of my uncles doesn’t even like talking about it. So here it goes:

My mom was a freshman in high school and living in Jupiter Farms, Florida. My grandma had to work that day and asked her two brothers to come watch my mom and uncle (my uncle was about 4 years younger and had Down syndrome so the extra help was needed).

For dinner my mom’s uncles were grilling on the porch when they heard a horrible noise in the distance. They were never able to describe this noise other than saying it was not human and not animal. My mom had two dogs who immediately took off barking and running in the direction of the sound - a few seconds later they were running back to my mom’s house in fear. My mom said everyone looked in the direction the dogs had just come from and saw this massive being coming from the woods. They said it was about 7 feet tall and as wide as a door frame. They immediately went inside and locked all of the doors, grabbed the guns, turned the lights off and sat together in the living room.

My uncle, who has Down's Syndrome, was visibly shaken and upset. My mom went to get a board game from her room to help calm him down and while she was in her room she decided to peak out of her window to see if the creature was still there. She says that when opened the window the creature was standing directly in front of the window, staring in. My mom says she screamed bloody murder and my uncles came running in and were frozen in shock/fear. One of them yanked my mom by the arm and they slammed the door behind them and huddled in the living room. My grandma came home from work a few hours later to them all crouching together in the living room.

It’s been over 20 years since this happened and my mom and her uncles swear by this story. My mom says to this day that she’ll never forget the face of Bigfoot and will get really upset when people tell her she’s lying. She says she knows it’s crazy and she didn’t believe in it either, but she saw it and there’s no denying that.

One time my dad was dropping my mom off at home after a date and as they were talking outside her house a row of trees began shaking violently as if someone was tearing them down. My mom immediately ran inside and my dad took off to his car. SF

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I Think I Just Saw a BEK

So I was sitting in my car after work, I always have a cigarette in the car before driving home and I usually crack open the window all the way, but as it’s the middle of November in the UK at the moment, I only cracked it open ever so slightly. I wasn’t paying much attention, when this kid, who looked about 14-15 came up to my window and knocked on it, he asked me if he could get a lift to the train station. Now the train station is only a 10 minute walk so I said I’m really sorry mate but I can’t as I gotta get home, but told him where he needs to go, this time the kid got more forceful and said, you have to let me in, I don’t know where I’m going. I never saw the kids face as he had a hood up, so I don’t know for certain that he was a BEK but I just remember feeling this sense of terror. So I basically just took off. I look back in my rear view mirror and the kid was just standing there staring at the car as I drove away. I’m honestly shaking right now. SR

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Several Incidents of Lost Time

“In 1985 I started working at two different jobs. I worked 10 to 3 and 3:15 to midnight. Driving home at night on the only paved road that goes my way I had to drive through a long stretch of swamp. For 2 years I drove this route. I frequently would arrive home hours late. It's only a 25 minute ride. I should of been home by 12:45 at the latest. Many times I never arrived before 3:00 or 4:00 AM. I've also lost hours in this swamp during the daylight. I have no clue what happened to those hours. I have no memory of them. But I have 2 indents in the back of my ears that are not normal or piercings. One on each ear, perfectly aligned with the other. Is this related? I don't know. I've also experienced deja vu quite often.” TR

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Permanent Alien Abduction: Afraid of the Dark

The following true account was published in my book 'Alien Disclosure: Experiencers Expose Reality':

AFRAID OF THE DARK

In July 2009, I received that call. A young woman, named Mandy, stated that her life had become a living Hell and that she could no longer leave the house in the evening. “I am literally afraid of the dark and under siege in my own home at night!”

Mandy was living in a farmhouse outside a small town in east-central Washington, less than a mile from the Idaho border. About 2 weeks prior to contacting me, her and her mother had noticed bright red and white lights hovering above the Coeur d'Alene Mountains. As they watched the lights, Mandy began to feel dizzy and fearful. That night, she had a horrific nightmare that involved constant flashing lights and loud mechanical noises. The next morning, she woke feeling nauseous and light-headed. Mandy was a schoolteacher but had to call in sick.

By the next day, Mandy began to feel better, but the lights over the mountains continued on for several nights. She no longer had any dreams, but she still had the sense of fear linger with her. Her mother thought that Mandy was simply over-reacting to the sighting of the lights.

Then a few nights later, Mandy and her mother were in the kitchen cleaning up after a late dinner. They began to hear popping sounds coming from the back yard. As they looked out the window, they both noticed hundreds of small red and white lights flying in all directions. Each time a pair of lights collided, there was a distinct popping. Mandy ran into the living room and looked out the window. There were red and white lights everywhere, out by the road and in the field.

Her mother picked up the telephone in order to call the police, but there was no dial tone. By that time, the lights in the house began to flicker. There were also strange sounds coming from the roof, similar to scratching. This continued for about 5 minutes, then suddenly stopped. They were both confused and scared. The phone was now working, but her mother thought that there was no reason to call the police.

Mandy walked outside to see if there was any indication of what had just occurred. Everything seemed fine, but there was a slight odor in the air. She told me that it reminded her of burnt motor oil, but she couldn’t find a source. She eventually went back inside the house, but still bewildered by what had happened.

The next night, at approximately 10:30 p.m. Mandy was getting ready for bed. While standing in front of her bathroom mirror, she noticed two loud thuds on the roof. She went into her mother’s room to see if she had heard the sounds, but she was already in bed asleep. While walking in the upstairs hallway towards her room, she heard several more thuds on the roof, as well as scampering sounds in the attic. She looked out her bedroom window and once again witnessed hundreds of small red and white lights flying about in different directions. The noises in the attic had waken her mother. They both yelled for each other, as all the electricity in the house cut off.

They ran into Mandy’s room and sat nervously on the bed. The thuds on the roof and the scampering in the attic continued. They lit a few candles, hoping the activity would soon end. They felt like prisoners in their own home, worried about what would happen next. Then suddenly, the lights came back on and the noises stopped. Mandy later told me that the commotion went on for at least an hour. Neither of them got much sleep that night.

A few days later, Mandy contacted me by telephone. I was referred to her by a paranormal investigator in Spokane. As soon as I began talking to Mandy and her mother, I sensed that this was not any run-of-the-mill unexplained encounter. They had once again experienced similar activity the previous night. Mandy commented that she felt like they were both in danger and asked if I had ever heard of a similar experience. I was understandably dumbfounded by the series of events but, at the same time, I was concerned that the activity may eventually lead to a physical intervention. I didn’t mention my unease.

I believe that we talked for about 3 hours. There was nothing exceptional about Mandy and her mother. They had lived together in the family home since Mandy was born. There was no information offered about Mandy’s father, so I didn’t press the issue. Her mother had recently retired from her position as a state worker. I asked them to keep a journal on the activity and to contact me. This is my normal routine when working cases. During the interview, Mandy asked; “Why is this happening to us?” I didn’t want to tell her that they may have been singled out, but I really did sense that this may have been the case. Little did I know it would be my last contact with Mandy.

After I got off the telephone with Mandy and her mother, I started to examine several incident databases in an attempt to find any similar events. Continued activity to the same witnesses over a period of time is somewhat unusual, and I was concerned that there may eventually be an escalation.

The next day I expected to receive a follow-up telephone call from Mandy. In fact, I called and left a message asking that she let me know if there had been any further activity. I waited for 3 days, and no telephone call or email came my way. Then, on a Sunday afternoon, the anticipated call came. It was Mandy’s mother. She apologized for not getting back to me. There was an obvious distress in her voice. After a brief pause, she calmly said; “Mandy is missing.”

I got a sudden sick feeling in my stomach. Mandy had gone to bed not long after we had talked on the telephone. Her mother remained downstairs in the living room watching television. At about 11 p.m. she decided to go to her bedroom. As she passed Mandy’s bedroom, she noticed light coming from the bottom of the door. She knocked on the door in order to check on her. There was no response. As she opened the door, the room went completely dark. She flicked on the light switch by the door and observed that Mandy was not in bed. She called out to her, but there was no response. Panic was beginning to set in as she literally screamed, “Mandy!” while running throughout the house. There was no trace of her, inside or out. Mandy was gone.

The local authorities had no explanation. All of Mandy’s personal items, including her car, remained. It was as if she simply vanished. Since Mandy was an adult, there wasn’t really much that the police investigators could do. They suspected that she took off with someone during the night. I asked her mother to keep me updated, but I never really expected to hear back from her. As far as I know, Mandy has never returned home. The last time I made an inquiry with the Washington State Police, her case remains unsolved.

Mandy’s disappearance still haunts me. I am certain that she was abducted by an unknown force, but that doesn’t absolve me of feeling a bit of guilt. I realize that my regret seems ridiculous since there was nothing that I could have done. Nonetheless, I suspect that the stigma of her ordeal will always remain with me. Lon

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Earlier Winged Entity Sighting Reported in Rosemont, Illinois

The following account was received by Manuel Navarette at UFO Clearinghouse:

Date of Incident: July 3, 2019

Date of Submission: November 18, 2019

Location of Sighting: Rosemont, Illinois

Summary: Winged humanoid sighting

I’ve been following your investigations into the Chicago Mothman for about a year and a half now and I’ve always been skeptical and always thought there was a logical explanation for them until I had a sighting myself. It was after reading the latest sightings in Rosemont that I decided to write in and report mine. I work for a company that services billboards along the expressway. We service both the static boards as well as the electronic ones that are popping up all over the place. I was working on a billboard that is alongside The Jane Addams Tollway (I-90). It sits behind the MB Bank building in Rosemont just off of Evenhouse Avenue.

I was working on replacing some lights that shine up onto the board and about to wrap it up and come down. As I was gathering some tools, I saw something out of the corner of my eye and turned to see a large black animal that was coming down toward the nearby Des Plaines River. At first, I thought it was a crow but then realized that this thing was way too big to be a crow. It was black, but the wings had a sort of sheen to them and were not as black as the rest of his body which was solid black. It flapped its wings faster as it descended and then disappeared behind the tree line on what looked like the opposite bank of the river. I did not see anything else and after that. I came down off the board and put my tools away and left the area. I was a bit of a chicken and decided not to walk toward the trees to see if I could find or see something. I enjoy reading your blog and will continue to follow the investigations and hope this sort of sighting helps you guys. BR

Investigators Note:

I spoke with the witness at length about the sighting. He stated that he had just finished replacing some lights on the billboard and was putting all his tools away when he saw the entity. Per the witness, at the initial sighting, the entity was flying north parallel to the Des Plaines River descending down to the bank of the river next to St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Cemetery. At first, the witness stated that he thought it was a crow but realized that it was not making any noise. He stated that he sees crows in and around the river all the time and they are always cawing and making a racket and that this object was not making any noise whatsoever. He estimated that it was about 6 feet tall but could not give a definitive answer as there were no points of reference to compare it to.

The witness said he watched it for a few seconds before he lost sight of it when it went below the treeline on what seems to be the opposite bank of the river. The witness said he came down from the billboard and started putting his tools back in the truck and left the area. When asked if he walked toward the area to investigate, he stated that he was too “Chickensh**” to go find out and left without investigating.

After talking with the witness, he seems very grounded and down to Earth and shows no signs of fabricating any of this story. When asked questions designed to divert the path or embellish the story, the witness stayed on course and stuck to the original description of his reported encounter. When asked why it took so long to report the sighting the witness stated that he initially forgot about the sighting until reading about the other more recent Rosemont sightings and that is what triggered him to report his sighting.

It is the investigator’s opinion that the witness’s report is valid and in initial indicators of hoaxing or fabrication exist. A field investigation of the area is required and will be updated when it is completed. MN

NOTE: This encounter will be added to the Chicago & Regional Winged Humanoid / Flying Entity Sightings & Encounters Interactive Map. Lon

Have you had a sighting of a flying humanoid or huge bat-like creature in the Chicago, Illinois metro area or nearby? The entity has also been referred to as the 'Chicago Phantom', 'Chicago Mothman', 'Chicago Owlman' & 'Chicago Man-Bat.' Please feel free to contact me at lonstrickler@phantomsandmonsters.com - your anonymity is guaranteed. Our investigative group is conducting a serious examination of his phenomenon. We are merely seeking the truth and wish to determine what eyewitnesses have been encountering. Your cooperation is truly appreciated. You can call me directly at 410-241-5974 as well. Thanks...Lon Strickler #ChicagoPhantom #ChicagoMothman
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Possible 'Vampire' Encounter in Seattle Bar

Over the holiday period, 3 days before New Year (2010), my girlfriends and I decided to explore Seattle’s nightlife. I have lived in Seattle for the last 4.5 years but have not really investigated the city’s nightlife, much to my girlfriends’ annoyance. My girlfriends are fully aware of this fact and begrudgingly I went on the pub crawl. After hours of trudging through the cold night, visiting many bars, we finally discovered a bar in Belltown which was located down an alleyway. I don’t know the name of the bar, it was dark and I wasn’t attentive at this point. This was our final destination and I was relieved. I was the designated driver and I had stopped drinking several hours earlier, so I wasn’t feeling the euphoria which was shared by my girlfriends. In fact I was miserable! I remember the entryway to the bar had two stone steps; I stubbed my toe on one of them as I ascended the stairs which is why I remember. The interior was dark; it was small, packed full of punters and a very sticky floor. We managed to push our way to the bar and ordered some drinks.

We stood near the bar, the place was heaving. My girlfriends had already consumed the first lot of refreshments and they were drinking like a fish, so it was the best place for us to stand. I pushed my way to the bar a second time to get the girls more drinks. Whilst I was stood at the bar, I was flanked on the right by a group of men who were loud and crass and to my left was a man probably 6 foot tall or so, with dark short hair and wearing a grey tee-shirt. I didn’t pay much attention to anyone as my focus was to attract the bartender so I could order the drinks. The man on my left spoke to me but I couldn’t decipher what I heard. I turned to look at his face and his stare was quite piercing. I noticed he had really dark eyes, but then he was back lit so part of his face was cast in shadow. He then touched my shoulder and said something. At first I couldn’t interpret what he was trying to say. There was too much noise, music blaring, punters talking and laughing, it just sounded like a roar, until he touched my shoulder and the noise just drifted away, similar to when one inserts earplugs to reduce noise.

At first I couldn’t comprehend what happened. I think I was dazed for a minute or so, and then he started to speak again and I could hear him. He asked for my name and I provided my real name without thinking, then he asked who my friends were. The chit chat carried on for a couple of minutes and then he told me he was a vampire. I scoffed at the statement, and then he showed me his teeth. His teeth were nice actually, bright and shiny and he had slight elongated canines. I didn’t believe him, I thought the teeth were glued on and thought my girlfriends must have bribed him to poke fun at my skeptical nature. I asked him if he likes to role-play as a vampire and became quite persistent in questioning. He was adamant he was a vampire and got frustrated so I asked him to prove it. He said he could bite me to prove it, but I rejected that idea. I am not naive to think blood disorders can’t be passed on through a bite. He mentioned he knew where I was from, (which I thought was easy since I have a British accent), where I work and roughly where I live now. I was astounded when he clearly stated I was from the north of England, northern coast, near Blackpool, (actually I was born in Preston, Lancashire, which is 15 minutes from Blackpool). He stated I worked for an aerospace company and that I lived 40 minutes south of Seattle. He mentioned that I was married (the married part was obvious, I had my wedding rings on) and then he stated that I had a little girl. At this revelation, I was truly nervous; I didn’t believe he was a vampire, but a stalker. He knew too much about me. I wondered how he knew I had a little girl. I was actually panicking at this stage.

I quickly walked away and pushed my way back to my friends; I didn’t turn around to look at him and quickly told my friends what occurred. We left the bar within minutes. We had to walk a little and as we approached the car park, my friends noticed the “Vampire” from the bar, standing next to a bus shelter. I quickly ushered my friends into the car park and got out of Seattle as fast as I could drive, hoping he didn’t get a chance to see the license plate number.

Over the past couple of weeks I have been questioned a multitude of times by my friends and have been asked to inspect every single aspect of that night. The night in question, I was cold stone sober so I know what I saw and heard. However, I am still dubious he was a vampire, but I am not sure what he was. I was definitely astonished that he knew so much about me. I can’t explain how he knew so much. I am essentially a foreigner in this country and don’t have much information spread everywhere as most U.S. citizens. It is hard to track me unless you have access to immigration databases. Anyway, this is my weird story, you can interpret this tale how you wish. I, on the other hand, have learned to be more careful about the places I visit in the future.

Source: Freaky Brain - Friday, January 15, 2010

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Red-Eyed Gargoyle 'Floating' Along Uvas Creek in Gilroy, California

I recently received the following account:

About 9 to 10 years ago I was living along the Uvas Creek in my home town of Gilroy, CA. It was late summer around 12:30 am to shortly after 1:00 am when my two other companions and I heard a screaming sound of death coming farther down from us. I was already planning to go outside to check on my neighbor's tent close to where we heard that high pitched cry of something being killed. The tent was empty like it should be. I started to take the trail back to my spot it wasn't very dark due to the fact that the moon was going to be full. I was almost in front of my spot when I heard the sound of air three times - woosh, woosh, woosh.

I turned towards the creek and looked at the bend not expecting to see what I saw, from behind the trees and shrubs was a black devilish gargoyle looking bat winged 8 to 10' tall red-eyed, red-mouthed floating not flying creature. Its skin a dense rubbery type skin, now remember he's floating past me, not knowing I was watching him. In my head I repeated don't look at me, don't look at me, over and over staying perfectly still. It continues to float past, my friend looking out for me, said 'what are you doing?' I said, 'come here, come here.' As the creature approches the next bend, Rich sees the back of it, said to me, 'WTF was that?'

Well for the past 10 years I've told my story of that night hoping someone would believe me. Well you know what happens, people think you are crazy. Finally, this year 2019, four others say they also have seen it in the past 6 month twice. The thing that really bothers me is how could it stay up in the air only flapping its wigs three times he was huge? No way! It's impossible. It was going too slow to stay up, BUT IT DID. I know what I saw that night and nothing is going to change my mind. SB

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Cartoon Network Glitch

“I relived 30 minutes or so of a Cartoon Network first airing of a Billy and Mandy Christmas movie. When it looped back, I checked the time on the television after asking my mom (she was sitting there and didn't notice) about it but the time was right and the show didn't skip back. I knew the whole ending to the point my Mom asked why I was even watching it and I just showed her when it aired. I haven't talked about it since. MK

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Karate Competition Shock

“When I was younger, I went to a Karate competition. I fought against 2 other guys and I won the first and lost the second. My mother made pictures and on the pictures I lost the match against the first guy and won against the second guy. I observed the pictures in shock as I remembered clearly the guy from the second match that was much stronger than me. I asked my mother and she said that the pictures show clearly that the referee proclaimed me as the winner. But this was not what happened. I still don’t understand what happened.” E

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Real Vampires?

“When my mother was young, living in Tacoma, Washington, a mere few blocks from Puget sound, three houses down from the home Bing Crosby was born in. She said a strange family had moved in. You never saw activity during the day, but they were always entertaining at night. There seemed to be a pair of couples and perhaps an additional male or two in the household. Mom said they could see elegant interiors, yet unkempt exteriors. They never interacted with anyone in the neighborhood - ever! Now, they all dressed very elegant and old fashioned, Dark Edwardian style. All of them seemed young yet old, and carelessness if you will. They quickly gained the reputation of "odd", leading folks to whisper - vampires.

One night in 1953 when my mom was 9, she remembers being late, hurrying home before dark or she would be in trouble. She wasn't paying attention and 'smack!' she ran right into a tall, handsome, very pale man with all black eyes wearing an evening cape of black with red lining. He grabbed her, looked at her, set her back and told her to 'pass by quickly!' She ran home as fast as she could, knowing she just ran into one of them and had a lucky break! The next morning the headlines in the papers reported a young woman found dead in the park not far from their house; she had been drained of blood! The 'neighborhood vamps left the area shortly thereafter! True story.” EM

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On May 1, 1932, a 32-year-old prostitute, Lilly Lindestrom was discussing plans for the evening’s May Day celebrations with her friend Minnie Jansson, a 35-year-old woman who lived on the same floor and made her living in the same way. Lilly was nicknamed the “call girl” because she was the only person in the building with a phone. Lilly received a call from a potential client, asking if he could come over. Lilly agreed, and Minnie left her to it.

On 4 May 1932, Lilly was found dead in her flat in the Sankt Eriksplan district of Stockholm, Sweden. She was last seen alive by her friend Minnie. Minnie said Lilly had to her apartment twice one evening to borrow condoms. On the second occasion, around 9PM, Lilly was totally naked beneath her coat. That was the last that was seen of Lilly for a couple of days.

Minnie became concerned after ringing Lilly’s doorbell and getting no reply. She called the police, who forced their way in. Lilly was found lying dead on the sofa, her clothes neatly folded on a chair nearby. Her skull had been dealt a crushing blow. What elevates this case from the tragic to the utterly bizarre though was the fact that somebody had been drinking her blood! In the room was a bloodstained gravy ladle. Further inspection revealed that the blood had been drained from Lilly’s body, and the killer had used the ladle to drink it.

Despite the authorities’ best efforts, the story leaked, and the local press nicknamed the unknown killer the Atlas Vampire, due to the area of the city in which Lilly lived. Eighty of Lilly’s customers were investigated, but no suspects were revealed. Minnie hadn’t recognized the voice on the phone from what she’d heard, but she commented that the man had seemed sober and polite. There didn’t seem to be any fingerprints on any of the suspicious items at the scene. One theory was that the killer was a police officer who had bludgeoned Lilly with his truncheon and knew how to cover his tracks. Either way, Lilly’s final customer was never found.

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The authorities in Craiova, south-west Romania, opened an investigation against six people alleged to have impaled the body of a villager who, according to them "had transformed himself into vampire" and "sucked blood from them during the night."

The body of Petre Toma had been unearthed six weeks later by his brother-in-law in the presence of several other members of the family, including his widow and her grand-daughter. According to several testimonies, they made an incision in the chest of Toma to extract his heart before burning it. One report states that, in accordance with a local custom to protect against vampires, they dissolved the ashes in water and drank it.

An autopsy carried out by the authorities in Craiova confirmed that "the heart was indeed taken."

The six people explained that after the death of Toma they had felt "weakened," as if they did not have "any more blood."

"One night I saw it in my room, and in the morning I could not arise; so much was I weakened", said the grand-daughter of Toma, Mirela Marinescu. According to her, as soon as the exorcism ritual was performed the dead body "did not come any more to haunt" its family.

The Sunday Times reported that several villagers affirmed that this exorcism ritual was known and practiced for a long time in the area, and that it each time had appeared "effective against vampires."

“For centuries we have had to protect ourselves against these creatures by finding the graves of the undead and risking our lives by ripping out their hearts,” said sixty-eight-year-old Tita Musca, a local farmer.

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In 1984 nine people were found dead in various sections of the French Quarter of New Orleans. They all had been murdered by having their throats torn out. The paramedics responding to the scenes were struck by the fact that there was no blood at the scenes...something or someone had simply sucked all the blood directly from the victims. Police to this day do not have a suspect in this case....the murder spree ended as quickly as it had began. Rumors suggested that it was the work of a rogue vampire that was destroyed by the elder vampire sect of New Orleans because of pressure placed by authorities on the known vampire community in city.

In 1933, on two different nights, police were called to Royal Street where on each night young prostitutes were found laying in a alley with their throats torn out. Both women had been dead only a few minutes when they were found but no blood was found at the scenes. A local resident who lived above one of the murder scenes claimed a dark figure was observed leaning over one of the victims and people began to scream for police. The witness said the dark figure had climbed over a 12 foot wall at the end of the alley with little effort. It appeared to the witness that the dark figure was a man dressed in a black cape and hat. Police searched but found nothing. Both murders have yet to be solved.

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In the spring of 1788 a family setup housekeeping in the small mountain community of Dillsboro N.C. The family name was Alfort and there were rumors that they had descended from royalty. They bought land by the river and built what was then a very nice large southern colonial home. Dr. Alfort opened up an office and pharmacy in a few rooms in the front of the house. The local people were at first really happy that a new doctor had arrived in their community...but very quickly this attitude was about to change.

Two men both who had gone to the new doctor to be treated for gout suddenly died. Both men had been well liked members of the community and the circumstances angered many of the residents. However in a short time the local minister had brokered peace in the community and everything seemed to be fine. However this calm was short lived.

That Fall the young daughter of the minister was found dead in her bed with puncture marks to her throat. The minister's wife swore she had seen a dark form hovering over her daughter and she screamed but it was too late and the child quickly succumb to the attack.

The incident caused a huge outcry in the town and the people of the area started to claim a vampire or a group of vampires was in their midst. For many nights groups of men ventured out and searched but found nothing. However some men claimed to have seen a large black bat-like creature fly over them. A few nights after the sighting a young boy ran down the hill to his grandfather's house and proclaimed that something was up the hill in his house attacking his parents. The grandfather summoned other men and they ran to the house but only found the parents and their two young daughters, who were dead with puncture wounds to their necks. The area was immediately alerted...soldiers were called in and searched the area. By February of 1789 the community had quieted down.

Then one evening screams were heard and when men arrived they witnessed a black form of a human run from the house, run down the hill and into the Alfort house. When the village men went into the house where the screams had come from they found the bodies of a young couple with vicious bite marks to their throats. Almost at once more men came and they were told that the murderer had ran down the hill and into the Alfort house. When the search party got to the Alfort house Dr. Alfort refused to let them in. However as soon as the sheriff arrived they dragged Dr. Alfort outside and tied him to a tree. When the men entered the house they were surprised at what they found. The upstairs bedrooms each had beds but it was clear that no one had slept in them. When the sheriff and search party went downstairs they found three caskets and Mrs. Alfort, who was dressed in black, lying in one of the caskets and very much alive. She hissed and cursed at them as she was pulled from the casket.

Later that night the sheriff and the village minister announced to the crowd assembled outside the Alfort house that the Alforts and their son were vampires. The Alforts were summarily hanged and then placed back inside the house. The house was set on fire and burned to the ground. However the couple's 15 year old son was not found and never seen in the area again. There were no further unusual murders in the area.

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I was born prematurely in 1956, three months before I was supposed to be born. I weighed a little over 2 pounds, had a collapsed lung, and dropped to less than 2 pounds shortly after my birth. The doctor told my mother I would not survive, and she replied, "God wouldn't give me a child after twelve years just to take her away from me." He told her that if I survived the night, and start to put on weight, I just might live, but it would be a miracle.

In those days, they did not have neonatal intensive care units like they do today. I was put in a regular nursery with other babies. My father told me many times that babies who were healthy and normal started to die, and I began to thrive. I was so tiny that the wristband they were supposed to put on me, which just barely fit my father's thumb, fell off, so they had to pin it to my clothing.

Even nowadays, I find I can "draw" energy from around me. I used to belong to a coven in West Long Branch, NJ. We would all gather together for rituals during the full moon or on certain holidays, like Yule. On one such occasion, we gathered and then broke the circle to meditate together. The fireplace was lit and the room was very warm, but once we started to meditate, everyone stated how cold the room suddenly got, and began to shiver. I was the only one who was warm...and quite, well, content. Thunderstorms with lightning make me feel quite energized, and on another occasion, while in Manhattan for the Fourth of July, a friend and I decided to sit in Tompkins Square Park...my little girl was with us...and I told my friend to sit across from me...hold out her hands beneath mine, and let her mind go blank. I concentrated, and she said she felt a ball of energy between our hands and suddenly my daughter screamed with glee, and, my friend, gasped; around us must have been a hundred fireflies....just around us.

I've always known I was "different"....yes, I guess I relate to the whole "psychic vampire" thing. D

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Evil Witch Appears After Pueblo 'Deer Dance'

I saw this in Santa Clara, NM on this day they did the "Deer Dance" (Zuni Pueblo). Here's the story I shared with a lady about what I saw.

My friend danced that day I speak of and it was the Santa Clara Deer Dance. That night it all ended, Me and my homie who had danced went outside his home to smoke, and so we went into his car. My buddy lives in Santa Clara Pueblo, pretty close to the river and is actually like the last line of houses before you go to the Bosque (forest). Anyways after we were done I got out of car and started hearing bells, and I thought heard them before, so I looked around but couldn't really see anything. Then I realized, it was the same sound the dancers were making, because they have bells around their ankles and bells around the sticks they carry to imitate the legs of deer when they dance. So it makes this rhythm as they stomp there feet and sticks. I knew NO ONE should be dancing this late (10 pm) so I thought it was so weird. Then across the street where the light from the porch light couldn't reach no more, was a stop sign, and besides this stop sign was where the bells were ringing in rhythm.

First I see a shadow of a person dancing. It was wearing Deer Dancer attire, except it looked like something the ancestors use to wear. Today they wear leathers and skins, but this one was wearing a loin cloth. But something was odd about it, so I stood watching it and it was like it was hypnotizing me with its dancing. Then I realized it was taller then the stop sign, that's like 10 -12 feet at least! So I look again and and I realize it's a giant shadow being that is like 12 feet tall, dancing like it wanted me to catch it, like they do here but only women are suppose to catch the deer dancers before dusk, and feed them. It had HUGE. Elk horns like 6 ft across. The body was huge also width wise. I'd say the arms were 2 ft in diameter, the thighs were like the same equal proportions, the torso was like a barrel, probably 4'-5'ft in diameter.

The shadow being was muscular. just ripped like a body builder. At that time my friend comes out of the car and asks what is that noise. Me being stuck just couldn't say anything but stare. And then he sees it, and starts spitting at it and tells me to get inside quickly, he goes and tells it something in Tewa (Tanoan language spoken by Pueblo people). Then he comes inside and I was like what was that and he just says it's a Chugg? (I found out that it means - an evil witch) I still don't know what means but that was one of the most biggest shadow people I've ever seen.

This happened around the summer of 2009-2010 in Santa Clara Pueblo, 1 mile west of Espanola, NM 15 miles east of Los Alamos. M

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Flying 'Glimmer' Being

The thing I saw was not a machine. I have no idea what it was but it was close to me and flying.

On a very cold winter night in '92 or '93 I stepped out to the car at about 10 pm and looked up (Bridgton, Maine). It was exceptionally clear and starry. Right away I saw movement above me. Something was moving, rapidly twisting and turning like a bird, like birds in a fight over some scrap. This thing was about 60 ft above me, looping back and forth within an area of less than 100 ft. It was about 5 ft across and it was transparent. It looked like it was made of glass, like a glass sculpture the way the stars behind it were distorted. I can't say for certain that it had wings but it moved like a bird. I got the sense that it was angry, distressed or just plain pissed-off. I would not have seen it except for the exceptionally starry night and the light from the stars behind this thing streaking/shifting/distorted.

I watched it for about 3 minutes before it went out of sight behind some trees. I don't think I can properly convey how fast this thing was moving in tight twists and turns. If a person had body language like this I would say they were out-of-their-mind-angry.

I've never heard of anything like this. GA

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Glitches, Grim Reaper and Aliens

I have many stories. First. I woke up on a Saturday morning it was 8:43 AM and I went to the bathroom for a quick piss. Probably took 45 seconds or so since I was in and out. When I got out and looked at the time it was 9:44 AM I have no idea what happened. Second. I was alone in my house with my old dog Toby. I was getting a snack at my moms room when my dog was staring out of the room with his ears raised. He only does this when he sees a person so naturally I looked out the room. In the kitchen there was a tall black robed entity kind of like the Grim Reaper. He had no face or body, but the robe was not transparent like a ghost, it was solid like real cloth. He was staring right at me and when he noticed I could see him, he turned around and walked out of the kitchen. I ran to the kitchen area and there was nothing there. Third, I was preparing to go to bed for the night and put on relaxing videos and put my headphones on. I was almost asleep when the whole room lit up, like if a nuclear blast had happened. There was a huge rumbling sound, so loud I could even hear it with my headphones on. All I saw was a bright white light, like seeing the sun but at night time. The rumbling subsided and my eyes adjusted to the brightness. I was in another room. Not in the house, somewhere I've never been. Before me are 4 "Aliens", their skin grey in color, with large black eyes, no nose but just slits, they seem like they wore no clothing, their body skinny and bony in appearance. Large hands with fingers longer than normal but only 4 fingers in each hand. Then one of them pointed at me and I fell unconscious. I woke up the next day back in my bed. My whole body was paralyzed and slowly I regained control or my body. Weird thing is, I don't believe in Aliens. I do now. LG

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Real Consequences Following A Physical Entity Attack

I recently came across the following account:

I wanted to share this story with someone. I really can't find a reasonable explanation for what happened that night. It was just a strange and alarming experience.

This happened a few months ago. My friend had heard that the Northern Lights might be visible in our area and asked if I wanted to go for a drive out into the country to see if we could catch a glimpse. So we headed out after dark and drove for a few hours, just searching for a good vantage point.

After a while, we started to give up on seeing the lights. My friend realized that we were close to her hometown, and noted that she had been wanting to visit the local cemetery to find the graves of some of her distant relatives (she had recently been researching her genealogy). It was a clear, warm night, and we were both a little disappointed that we hadn't seen the lights; we both wanted to make the trip worthwhile, so we agreed to swing by the cemetery.

We found the graves, took some photos, and just wandered around for a little while. My friend was leading the way, using the flashlight on her phone to light the path and ensure that we didn't accidentally step on any of the graves. I had been feeling increasingly anxious since we arrived, which struck me as odd -- I have done several cemetery seriation projects as an archaeologist, and don't normally feel nervous in cemeteries, even at night. In fact, I usually find that cemeteries are pretty peaceful and calming. But I felt really strange in that cemetery, and found myself frequently spinning around because I felt like someone was standing behind me. Still, I just chalked it up to general anxiety and tried not to dwell on it. One of the problems with having an anxiety disorder is that it's sometimes hard to tell when your nervousness is justified. Even in retrospect, I don't know if my anxiety was just in my head or if it was related to what would happen next.

After wandering for a while, we realized that it was approaching 1 am and that we should probably get back home. We headed toward the car. The car was in sight and my friend was a few yards ahead of me when it happened.

I suddenly got that nervous feeling again, and thought that I heard someone running up behind me. I was starting to turn my head to look back when I felt something collide with my back, right between my shoulder blades.

There was a weight behind it, as if someone had actually hurdled into me. The impact was so forceful that I was thrown forward and fell flat on my face, and as I scrambled to get back up, I felt the weight hitting me in the shoulders again and was shoved back down. I glanced up to see my friend running toward me. She had also heard someone running up to us, had heard my initial fall and had turned just in time to see me being pushed back down -- she would later tell me that she had seen my hoodie flattening against my back and shifting, as if someone had been pressing their hands against my shoulders.

She grabbed my arm to pull me up just as the weight disappeared and we both bolted to the car, jumping in and instinctively locking the doors. She wasted no time starting the engine and then hastily peeled out of the driveway. As soon as we hit the road we just sped away from there.

We drove for several minutes without saying a word. I think we were both stunned and, more than anything, confused. She finally glanced at me and said, "What the hell just happened?" I didn't quite know how to answer that. I told her that someone had shoved me to the ground, and she said, "I know. I saw. But what was that? There was nothing there."

We tried to come up with a rational explanation, but none of them made any sense. Had someone ambushed me and then bolted? Definitely not. We would have seen them. Had I tripped? No, I had definitely felt something pushing me, and my friend had seen me being shoved back down. Had it been the wind? Not possible. There hadn't been so much as a breeze that night, and if there had been some freak gust of wind, it would have hit my friend, too. Perhaps an animal had attacked me? But that didn't seem possible, either. There were no local animals large enough, strong enough, and stealthy enough to topple a full-grown human without being seen. I had been in full view of my friend (illuminated by her flashlight) during the second fall, and the weight had remained at my shoulders even as she was coming right up to me. She should have been able to see whatever had been pushing me...but there was nothing. We just couldn't explain it. Whatever had pushed me -- twice -- it hadn't been visible to us.

As the adrenaline faded, I noticed something else -- my back hurt. Right between my shoulder blades, right where I had felt the impact, I could feel a sort of stinging, prickly sensation. It felt like my back had been brushed with stinging nettles. I mentioned this to my friend, and she insisted on pulling over to look at my back. She switched the hood light on and pulled the collar of my hoodie down to look. I heard her mutter, "What the f*ck?"

She took a photo of my back and showed it to me. The skin between my shoulder blades was reddened, and several little blisters had started to appear (they later swelled up and popped; it was as if I had gotten a sunburn or a chemical burn). There weren't any scratches or cuts, it was a relatively subtle mark, but it was still clearly there. We certainly couldn't figure out how I'd gotten burned. I hadn't rubbed up against anything, I hadn't touched my back. I'd been wearing my hoodie all night and there were no tears or marks in the fabric. And it hurt. It continued to sting for several days.

I couldn't sleep that night. My back hurt, and every time I started to drift off, I'd suddenly sense that someone was standing over my shoulder and I would startle awake. I couldn't really understand what had happened at the cemetery, but it truly rattled me. I don't know if I believe in things like ghosts or demons, to be honest. But I know that something truly bizarre and frightening happened that night, and my inability to explain it, to account for every strange little detail was deeply disturbing. It's been really difficult to grapple with this...I already have PTSD from a previous assault, and there is something profoundly unsettling about the fact that, in this instance, there is nothing I could have done to defend myself -- and with no clear explanation for it, there is no way for me to prevent something like this from happening again.

I've had several odd nightmares since then; dreams that are similar to the nightmares that I'd had for years when I was growing up. I don't know where they came from, but for as long as I can remember, I've had dreams in which a creature is attempting to lure me in one way or another, and in the dreams I usually understand this creature to be a devil or a demon.

Sometimes it takes the form of an old woman. I had one dream when I was about 13 years old in which I was wandering through a forest. I came across a little cottage with the old woman standing by the porch. She beckoned me inside, and I acquiesced. We spent some time casually talking and baking cookies, but I felt uneasy around her and got the sense that she wanted something from me. At one point I glanced out the window and noticed a group of people standing in the yard, calling out to the old woman. I asked who these people were, and I vividly remember what she told me: "They want me to take them in, but I don't want them. I want you."

In other dreams, it has had a more sinister appearance, but I always recognize it as the same creature. I sometimes have dreams in which it is sitting in the dark at my bedside, whispering to me. It has a shadowy appearance with long, lanky limbs and empty eye sockets; its teeth are made of razor wire, and there is something like blood or wine gleaming on its lips. Like this. In those dreams, I can hear it whispering but can't understand what it's saying. Sometimes I have dreams of the same creature sitting in a chair in the corner of my room, eating a rotten apple. I have long suspected that this creature is some manifestation of my deepest and most troubling fears.

I know these are just dreams, but I mention it because those dreams had subsided in my early 20's, but the incident at the cemetery rattled me so much that they've returned. It seems to have shaken my understanding of the world around me, opening the floodgates to my own inner demons. In these new dreams, the creature is standing upright behind me at the cemetery; time seems to be slowing down, I can see my friend frozen ahead of me, and the creature is whispering at my back. I don't know why my mind is conflating that dream creature with my encounter at the cemetery, but the fear has increasingly kept me up at night.

Anyway...I just wanted to share this, because I have no idea WTF happened that night. My friend believes it was a ghost, but I don't know. I've just never personally experienced anything like this. I really don't know what to do with it. CS

NOTE: A physical attack (or even a psychic attack) by an entity and / or a spirit attachment in a cemetery is not an uncommon occurrence. Most people I have helped with attachments were so-called paranormal investigators who thought summoning spirits in a cemetery would be a good idea. Take heed in the garden of good and evil. Lon

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'Dive Bombing' Winged Humanoid in the Neighborhood

Hi Lon,

First off, I'm writing to you because I've read Phantoms and Monsters for quite a long time now, and I greatly respect the way you report things and how you try to protect people. I'm hoping that maybe you can shed light on some things.

I'm very nervous writing to you. Not that anyone will find out who I am or think I or my family is strange - that boat sailed a looong time ago. My family down all sides has a long history of strangeness (true stories got me banned from sleepovers for example growing up). Different ones of us have different abilities, but we all see black dogs, I currently have wards set up on my windows and doors due to something that knocks and scratches, and it just goes on and on. I've been told by others that our family is cursed or that we walk in both worlds. I've seen things I know for a fact are there that others in the paranormal field have told me are not real and don't exist because they don't know of them. As I'm looking right at it.

Could I possibly tell you of some of these things? Perhaps get your advice as to what is currently hanging around my house, setting my animals off and freaking out my son? At the very least that, and your advice on a dream that has yet to fade after weeks and is one of the very very few to ever truly scare me. (And considering I've had dreams that really happened, that's saying something.)

I'm honestly afraid, after so many telling me I'm just stupid, that you're going to say you don't have time or don't believe me. I know my truth and my family's truth; but no one I've known who was Wiccan or Christian or open minded or whatever you want to call it has ever been able to truly explain a thing to me. We just do what we do, sometimes know things or even words we shouldn't, and try not to react when we see things in a crowd.

My husband saw a flying humanoid as a child - it hung around our backyard at the house I grew up in. I saw it, my folks did, it'd dive bomb us at night, my husband was chased by it (he's 6 years younger - he was 8 at the time and lived down the road from me, so this would have been about 1996/97). There's been ghosts, black dogs, things that have never been human, time slips, UFO sightings - this family is either completely insane going back generations (according to most) or we really do have a foot in both worlds.

please let me know, C

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Missing Time Glitch

“One time, in the morning whilst getting ready to drop my son off at school, and my honey at work, so I could go to work (one car bad public transit) we looked at the clock before and after we had lost a 42 minute block of time. Babe was leaning against the bathroom wall, I was standing next to my bed, and my son had a fuzzy memory of experiencing sleep paralysis in his room. It was no coincidence but it is still a mystery.” MM

8 Ft. Copper-Colored Bigfoot Confronted in Henderson County, North Carolina

I recently received a telephone call in reference to the following account:

DB and a friend (who was a taxidermist by trade) were hiking near Mills River in Henderson County, North Carolina. This occurred in October 2017 on a game trail along a ridge on Mills Knob.

The pair had walked for almost 20 minutes or so when they came to an open cut in the woods. They began to hear loud cracking sounds, which they thought was a small herd of deer moving down the ridge and breaking tree limbs. They took a position above the trail and were well hidden. They wanted to see the apparent deer as they moved down the trail and near them. DB and his partner were on a rock outcrop about 10 ft. above the trail.

As they waited they began to hear heavy footfalls, as if a large biped was swiftly walking towards them. To their shock, an 8 ft. tall Bigfoot walked directly below and past them. The creature had 5-6 inch copper-colored scraggly hair covering its entire body. The face was very ape-like in appearance. It was making heavy grunting sounds and seemed to be in pursuit of something. It then moved off the trail and down the steep ridge. As they watched the creature, it suddenly stopped, turned and looked in their direction. The pair was terrified and ducked close to the rocks. They assumed that it had recognized their presence. After 20-30 seconds, it continued its way down the ridge. DB and his friend stayed motionless for several minutes, hoping that the Bigfoot would move off and away from their location.

DB's friend, who was in his late 70s and had hunted in the area all his life, turned to DB and said in a serious tone, 'I didn't know that there were gorillas in North Carolina.'

The pair slowly descended from their perch and swiftly made their way back to their vehicle. They rarely talked about the incident. DB's friend recently passed away. Lon

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