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Search for the Mothman

For all you Mothman fans out there, here’s the documentary.

Skinwalkers

skinwalkerIn some Native American legends, a skin-walker is a person with the supernatural ability to turn into any animal he or she desires. To be able to transform, legend sometimes requires that the skinwalker does wear a pelt of the animal, though this is not always considered necessary.

Similar lore can be found in cultures throughout the world and is often referred to as shapeshifting by anthropologists.

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DNA Evidence Proves Bigfoot is Real?

Is the Mothman Homeless? (The Curse of Chief Cornstalk)

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Another post by our friend over at spooksfield.com! Enjoy.

The Mothman may be homeless. This celebrity monster was not a victim of the
sub-prime housing market, but possibly of a much older concern. The Curse of Chief
Cornstalk. On May 17th, 2010 around 1:13 am an explosion rocked the “TNT area” once
thought to be the home of the creature. Witness Adam Frazier described the event
saying “it was so bright it turned night to day” and that he “didn’t hear an
explosion, but I saw the light.” The official story is that some of the munitions
stored in the grass covered igloos ignited causing the explosion. No cause has yet
been determined.

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El Chupacapbras

The chupacabras, is a legendary cryptid rumored to inhabit parts of the Americas. It is associated more recently with sightings of an allegedly unknown animal in Puerto Rico (where these sightings were first reported), Mexico, and the United States, especially in the latter’s Latin American communities. The name comes from the animal’s reported habit of attacking and drinking the blood of livestock, especially goats. Physical descriptions of the creature vary. Eyewitness sightings have been claimed as early as 1990 in Puerto Rico, and have since been reported as far north as Maine, and as far south as Chile. It is supposedly a heavy creature, the size of a small bear, with a row of spines reaching from the neck to the base of the tail. Biologists and wildlife management officials view the chupacabras as a contemporary legend.

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