Expert hunters, seasoned hikers, and experienced outdoorsmen have walked into America’s wilderness and never walked out — and in some cases, the only explanation offered by witnesses involves creatures that shouldn’t exist.
Tag: cryptid encounters
WEIRD AFTER DARK: “The Vanished: Bigfoot Encounters and Forest Secrets”
The Ghost Hosts explore the possible connection between unexplained disappearances and alleged Bigfoot encounters as presented in the Weird Darkness Episode, “The Bigfoot Connection.” They look at disturbing cases like the experienced park ranger who vanished in 1987, leaving behind only his belongings and mysterious journal entries, and the 12-year-old boy who somehow survived two freezing nights alone in the wilderness. What secrets lie hidden in shadowy forests of North America? Could there be something big and furry out there that could explain the vanishing of people into thin air? Is there something nasty and beastly among the natural beauty? Join this deep-dive into the topic that covers even more information than Darren did in the Weird Darkness episode!
The Bigfoot Connection: Why Can’t Search Teams Find These Missing Hikers?
From an abandoned Alaskan town where residents fled a deadly “wild man” to the father who sold everything searching for his missing son in Olympic National Park, we explore the disturbing pattern of unexplained disappearances in North America’s wildest places—and whether the legendary Bigfoot might know more than we think.
THE WEREWOLF OF DEFIANCE: Terror in the Railroad Towns of Northwest Ohio
In the summer of 1972, something walked upright through Defiance, Ohio, wielding a two-by-four – and it was just the beginning of decades of encounters across northwest Ohio.
THE DEFIANCE WEREWOLF (Complete 1972 ‘The Blade’ Newspaper Transcript)
In the summer of 1972, The Toledo Blade reported a string of chilling encounters in Defiance, Ohio — where locals claimed a towering, fanged “werewolf” was stalking the railroad tracks under the full moon.
THE DEFIANCE DOGMAN: Ohio’s Lycanthropic Summer of Fear, 1972
In the summer of 1972, railroad workers in Defiance, Ohio, reported being attacked and stalked by a towering, hairy creature that police and newspapers dubbed the “Werewolf of Defiance.”
MOTHMAN – HARBINGER OF DOOM: 100 Witnesses, 46 Dead, And Still No Answers To What It Was
A dog vanishes chasing glowing red eyes in the darkness, couples are pursued at over 100 miles per hour by something with massive wings, and a terrified mother watches a gray humanoid creature shuffle onto her porch and peer through the windows—all in the same night that would mark the beginning of Point Pleasant’s year of terror.
THE GOBLIN GOT HIM: A Missing Boy Returns Too Clean -And El Duende Is To Blame
A three-year-old disappeared near a swollen river during torrential rains in Honduras. When he came back the next day with a head wound, his family had a disturbing explanation for why his clothes were bone dry.
Mothman To Invisible Entities: True Stories of Cryptid Encounters
When a police speed camera picked up invisible humanoids sprinting at 40 mph, it became just one of dozens of credible cryptid encounters reported by multiple witnesses worldwide.
IT CRUSHED THEIR SKULLS AND DRANK THEIR BLOOD: The True Story of the Beast of Bladenboro
In 1953, dogs and livestock in Bladenboro, North Carolina began turning up dead with their skulls crushed flat and their bodies completely drained of blood, while witnesses reported seeing a massive cat-like creature that made sounds like a woman screaming. Over 70 years later, similar attacks still occur in the area, and despite massive hunts involving over a thousand people, no one has ever caught or identified what’s killing these animals.
THE JERSEY DEVIL DOCUMENTARY: 300 Years of Terror, Evidence, and Encounters in the Pine Barrens
For three centuries, something with leathery wings, glowing eyes, and an unholy scream has stalked the Pine Barrens of New Jersey — and the terrifying encounters continue to this day.
THE THIRTEENTH CHILD: Three Centuries of Terror in the Pine Barrens
A mother’s curse, a monstrous birth, and 300 years of encounters with New Jersey’s most enduring nightmare
The Big Muddy Monster: Illinois’ Terrifying River Beast
In the murky waters of Southern Illinois, a towering creature covered in mud and slime has terrorized residents for decades, leaving behind only footprints and fear.
WEREWOLVES AND STONE FACES: The True Horror of the Hexham Heads
In 1971, two boys found a pair of carved stone heads in their garden that unleashed a werewolf-like creature, baffled archaeologists, and vanished without a trace — leaving behind only terror and unanswered questions.
WINGS OVER WEST VIRGINIA: From Cornstalk’s Curse to Mothman’s Warning — Dark Omens Over Point Pleasant
Chief Cornstalk’s dying curse on Point Pleasant in 1777 lay dormant for nearly two centuries until a bat-winged creature with burning red eyes emerged to terrorize the citizens and herald the town’s greatest tragedy.
(VIDEO) COLORADO RIVER BIGFOOT FOOTAGE: Another Cryptid Hoax or the Real Deal?
Colorado River Expeditions, a rafting company operating on the Upper Colorado River, released video footage on May 26 that they claim shows a genuine Bigfoot encounter from their first river trip of the season on May 24, 2025. The company posted the video with the bold claim: “No CGI. No fakes. Just wilderness and raw footage.”
WALKING SAM: The 7-Foot Shadow Figure Blamed for Multiple Deaths
A faceless, 7-foot shadow figure has been stalking the desolate Pine Ridge Reservation for generations, appearing on dark roads and whispering commands that drive young people to take their own lives.
FROM MINES, TO MONSTERS, TO MINERAL POINT: One-Stop Shopping for Vampires, Ghosts, and Goblins
In the shadowy corners of Wisconsin’s oldest mining town, something pale, caped, and terrifying has been leaping fences — and into legend — since 1981. But the vampire isn’t the only creepy creature to beware of in Mineral Point.