Hedley Kow, The Strange Shapeshifting Creature
Rural Durham and Northumberland have no shortage of strange local legends, but few are quite as odd as the Hedley Kow. Unlike…
Category: Legends
Mothman Sightings List, The Encounters Behind the Legend
I started putting together a mothman sightings list after getting drawn into one strange story after another, eventually finding myself reading eyewitness…
The Gumberoo: The Strange Monster of Logging Camp Legends
The Gumberoo was completely new to me. I found it by accident while hopping from one strange folklore story to another, following…
Creatures in the Woods, List of Strange Creatures and Legends
Creatures in the woods have always felt a little different from other monster stories. Maybe it’s because forests already have a way…
J’ba Fofi Sightings, Encounters With the Huge Spider
J’ba Fofi means “giant spider” and pops up mostly in stories from the Congo region, especially among the Baka people. And these…
Rokurokubi Story, The Strange Japanese Legend
The first thing that makes a rokurokubi unsettling is how ordinary it can look. During the day, it might be a woman…
Gelert the Dog Story, The Legend of Gelert
We’re looking at the Gelert the dog story, a tale that has been told for centuries and serves as a powerful, if…
Bewitched Butter, Ireland’s Scariest Legend
You are a struggling farmer in 19th-century County Kerry. Your family relies on the milk from your single cow to survive the…
Female Japanese Urban Legends
The stories behind female japanese urban legends often begin in familiar places: a quiet street, a school corridor, a train platform, or…
Tennessee Wildman, The Strange Story Behind the Legend
Today, I’m taking you deep into the forests of 1800s Tennessee, to one of North America’s perhaps least-known but strangest mysteries: The…