A Guide To California’s Monsters And Mythical Creatures

When in California, don’t check for monsters under your bed — these mythical creatures roam your backyard. Sleep with one eye open, because monsters are skulking all through the night. Beware: Bigfoot prowls the forests of California; Chupacabra rushes over from the tales of Mexico; the Dark Watchers haunt the glimmering waters of Avila Beach.

Bigfoot Is Back. (Bigfoot Never Left.)

Stetson Parker and his wife, Shannon, recently took a trip through Colorado to celebrate their 10th anniversary. They boarded the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad, a vintage train that “provides historic and entertaining” rides, according to its website. But what the Parkers saw from the last car of that train wasn’t advertised online. The

Mythical Vacations

Everyone loves a bit of mystery. Speculating about the existence of a mythical creature, potentially catching a glimpse of it in the distance or staring for hours at an image to decide if it’s photoshopped can capture the minds of people all over the world. But where should you go if you’re determined to see

Abominable: What Do We Really Know About The Elusive Yeti?

Many cultures around the world have mythical stories of strange creatures inhabiting their lands. There’s the Loch Ness Monster in Scotland, Big Foot in America, Little Green Men in more deserty parts of America, the Bunyip in Australia, Elfs in Ireland, moose in New Zealand (that’s actually a real thing), and so many more. The

The Mythology of Winter: 7 Supernatural Beliefs and Magical Rituals From Around the World

According to ancient folklore, some supernatural beings can only manifest when it is cold. Others use the cold to their advantage in order to achieve a certain result. When spirits appear, they require energy extracted from the surrounding air – which becomes cold as it loses energy. The mythology of winter is full of apparitions

Bigfoot? Footprints in frozen Alaska trail spark debate over who — or what— left them

A strange series of footprints found frozen atop an Alaska ice flow has sparked days of social media debate over whether the public should accept the National Park Service’s explanation of what caused them. The four-toed prints were photographed on a trail in Alaska’s Denali National Park and Preserve — and what makes them odd

Seeking Sasquatch

Bigfoot, Squatch, Skunk Ape, Woods Devil … the Sasquatch is known by many regional names throughout the world. Tales of Sasquatch can be found throughout Native American culture. Deals under $10 in Amazon Outlet The Algonquian tribes of Eastern Canada referred to the beast as the Wendigo. Members of the Lummi in Western Washington tell

Using science to explore a 60-year-old Russian mystery

January 29, 2021 – Researchers from EPFL and ETH Zurich have conducted an original scientific study that puts forth a plausible explanation for the mysterious 1959 death of nine hikers in the Ural Mountains in the former Soviet Union. The tragic Dyatlov Pass Incident, as it came to be called, has spawned a number of

The legend of skunk ape creeps up the East Coast

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — The Himalayans have the Yeti, Native Americans have the Sasquatch, and Floridians have skunk ape. “They’re just so elusive and so rare,” said Dave Shealy, a skunk ape researcher. Skunk ape is a creature described to be similar to bigfoot, named after its smell and appearance. It’s said to

HCG to publish monster fact files with Banville and Winter

Hachette Children’s Group has acquired a non-fiction collection of 100 “weird and wonderful” creatures by author Sarah Banville and illustrator Quinton Winter who worked on Stories for Boys Who Dare to be Different. World rights in Monsters: 100 Weird Creatures from Around The World were acquired by Debbie Foy, publishing director at Wren & Rook,