Seaview Terrace (Carey Mansion) – Newport
Seaview Terrace (Carey Mansion) – Newport, this Gothic mansion was featured in the 1960s television series Dark Shadows. People report cold spots, odd noises, and…
Author: Lux Ferre
Shuker, Karl P.N.
It all began for Karl Shuker when, aged thirteen, he walked into a bookshop near his home in the West Midlands, England, and noticed a…
Yameneko
The yameneko is the name the Japanese first gave to a gray-brown, small domestic-sized felid, found on the 113-square-mile island of Iriomotejima, at the southern…
Yeren
The yeren (“Wildman”) has figured in central and southern Chinese folk traditions for centuries. Many encounters are recorded in the thickly forested regions of central…
Megalak
Megalak: According to Mathers in his 1898 translation of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage, the name of this demon comes from a Hebrew…
Sisemite
The Sisemite is a legendary creature from Central American folklore, bearing striking similarities to North America’s Bigfoot. Reported primarily in Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua, the Sisemite is…
Shunka Warak’in
SHUNKA WARAK’IN In the wilds of the upper midwestern United States lives a frightening-looking, primitive wolf-like beast known to Indians and early western pioneers. The…
Bogle
The bogle is a mischievous spirit who likes to perplex, bewilder, and frighten people rather than to hurt them. One bogle is Shellycoat, a spirit…
Dongmyeongseong/ Chumong
Dongmyeongseong, also called Chumong, was a Korean ruler who lived at the turn of the first century C.E. He was the founder of the Goguryeo…
Piasa
The Piasa, roughly translated from the Illini as “Giant Bird that Devours Man,” is today known from the lore that issued from near the present-day…
