Posts tagged Cryptids

He’s omnipresent, he travels at the speed of light, he has the ability to enter any home regardless of available entryways and he leads others …

While demons are tied to very specific religions, they seem to be at the forefront of our consciousness when we experience supernatural sightings. It should …

By this time, no one would be surprised if I mentioned Fallout 76, West Virginia or some sort of Sasquatch. Anyways, today we’ll be taking …

When it comes to Appalachia, or the supernatural world in general, superstition runs rampant. Of course I’ve talked about superstition before–of chants and throwing salt …

Throughout this column, we’ve been through a long list of legends, cryptids, and ghost stories, but how many of them have circled around a stand-off …

I attended Elizabethton High School, where our mascot was a cyclone. Despite a strong rivalry with Science Hill High School, we had a playful rivalry …

Did you miss me, West Virginia? Because at this point, where is this state pulling its cryptids from?  This week’s cryptid is the Snarly Yow, …

For anyone who has been in an English class at any point in the recent past, they’ll be well acquainted with Mark Twain’s Tom Sawyer …

The Smoke Wolves, like many Appalachian cryptids, are a species that hail from north West Virginia. Unlike most cryptids, there are multiple of this creature, …

Of course it makes sense that Kentucky would have their own roster of Cryptids (as well as the ever-famous regional ones like Bigfoot and Mothman), …