Gothic.Black · Paranormal Files

Case File Database

Documentation archive — ratings measure evidence volume, not truth.

113 published50 regions259 evidence & media

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Snallygaster

Historic · Rating C · Frederick County, Maryland

The Snallygaster is one of the oldest and most famous monster legends of the Mid-Atlantic region. Associated primarily with rural areas of Maryland, especially Frederick County, th…

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Michigan Dogman

Active · Rating C · Michigan

The Michigan Dogman is one of the most famous canine-humanoid cryptid legends in North America. Witnesses describe a large wolf-like creature that walks upright on two legs and is…

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Lake Worth Monster

Active · Rating C · Lake Worth, Texas · 10 July 1969

The Lake Worth Monster, also known as the Goatman of Lake Worth, is one of Texas's most famous cryptid legends. During the summer of 1969, multiple residents near Lake Worth, Texas…

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Honey Island Swamp Monster

Active · Rating C · Honey Island, Louisiana

The Honey Island Swamp Monster is one of the most famous cryptid legends of the American South. Associated with the vast wetlands of Honey Island Swamp in southeastern Louisiana, w…

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Flathead Lake Monster

Active · Rating C · Flathead Lake, Montana

Spanning over 130 years of documented reports, the Flathead Lake Monster (colloquially nicknamed "Flessie") represents one of the American West's most enduring freshwater cryptid t…

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Beast of Whitehall

Active · Rating C · Whitehall, New York · 24 August 1976

On the night of August 24, 1976, three teenagers driving along isolated Abair Road near Whitehall, New York, encountered a massive, 7-to-8-foot-tall bipedal entity covered in coars…

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Skunk Ape

Active · Rating C · Everglades region, Florida

The Skunk Ape—often referred to as the "Swamp Ape" or "Florida Bigfoot"—is an alleged large, bipedal, ape-like cryptid purported to inhabit the dense, subtropical wetlands of the F…

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Fresno Nightcrawler

Historic · Rating B · Fresno, California

In late 2007, a homeowner in Fresno, California, known publicly as "Jose," reviewed surveillance camera footage from his front yard and captured two translucent, white, waist-down…

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Enfield Horror

Historic · Rating C · Enfield, Illinois · 25 April 1973

In the spring of 1973, the quiet agricultural town of Enfield, Illinois, became the focal point of an intense cryptozoological scare when residents reported encounters with a grote…

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Van Meter Visitor

Historic · Rating C · Van Meter, Iowa · 28 September 1903

The Van Meter Visitor is one of the most unusual cryptid and paranormal cases in Midwestern folklore. During several nights in September and October 1903, residents of Van Meter, I…

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Gloucester Sea Serpent

Active · Rating C · Gloucester, Massachusetts · 26 June 1638

Spanning nearly four centuries of New England maritime history, the Gloucester Sea Serpent remains one of America’s oldest, best-documented, and most culturally impactful cryptid c…

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Lake Memphremagog

Historic · Rating C · Vermont and Quebec

For over two centuries, witnesses along the glacial waters of Lake Memphremagog—straddling Newport, Vermont, and Quebec, Canada—have reported encounters with a massive, serpentine…