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Cryptid Files investigates reports of creatures that defy explanation, from Bigfoot and Mothman to Chupacabra, Dogman, and other unexplained entities.
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The Dover Demon: The Long-Fingered Creature Seen Crawling Along Massachusetts Roads (opens the original)
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In April 1977, three reported encounters on the back roads of Dover, Massachusetts, created one of New England’s most enduring cryptid cases. Within roughly twenty-five hours, teenagers Bill Bartlett, John Baxter, and Abby Brabham described a small, hairless or apparently hairless figure with an oversized head, thin limbs, long fingers, and reflective eyes. Bartlett’s drawing, made after a six-second glimpse from a moving Volkswagen on Farm Street, became the image most associated with the creat
The Fresno Nightcrawlers: The Walking White Creatures Caught on Camera (opens the original)
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In 2007, a Fresno homeowner publicly identified only as Jose reportedly saw something unusual on his home surveillance monitor after his dog began barking. The surviving image appears to show two pale, narrow forms moving across the camera view on long white lower sections, with little clearly visible above them. The image became the foundation of the Fresno Nightcrawler legend, but its strongest feature is also its greatest weakness. According to paranormal investigator Victor Camacho’s later a
The Vegetable Man: The West Virginia Creature Said to Drain Blood Through Its Fingers (opens the original)
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In mid-July 1968, Jennings H. Frederick reportedly returned from an unsuccessful groundhog hunt near Grant Town in Marion County, West Virginia, when he stopped beneath maple trees and heard rapid, high-pitched speech. According to the account Gray Barker published years later, Frederick could not tell whether the message was audible or somehow perceived mentally. Barker rendered it as a plea for medical assistance and an assurance of peaceful intentions. Then Frederick said he felt pain in his
The Fouke Monster: The Arkansas Creature Behind The Legend of Boggy Creek (opens the original)
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In May 1971, Bobby Ford, Elizabeth Ford, and other members of their household reported that a large hairy creature stalked their newly occupied rural home outside Fouke, Arkansas. The family described an upright, broad-chested figure with long arms. Elizabeth Ford said she saw a hairy arm reach through a window and red-looking eyes outside the house. The men armed themselves, fired toward the creature, and believed they may have struck it. Later, Bobby Ford said the figure came up behind him, gr
Mothman in Point Pleasant Warning or Retrospective Legend (opens the original)
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Between November 1966 and December 1967, residents around Point Pleasant, West Virginia, reported encounters with a large winged figure, often described with red or reflective-looking eyes. The best-known early report came from Roger and Linda Scarberry and Steve and Mary Mallette, who were driving near the former wartime TNT area outside town. Their encounter reached the Point Pleasant Register the following day. Additional reports followed, while journalist John A. Keel and writer Gray Barker
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