Categories

Here are a list of main categories and subcategories of topics found here on (or will eventually be added to) the Ectolog:

A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z - #
A	Angels Entries involving angels or celestial beings, such as seraphim, cherubim, or archangels. Includes stories where angels are but one of the possible explanations of events. RELATED ENTRIES RELATED PAGES Disembodied Voice Saves Child Connections: Angels
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B	Burial Grounds Entries involving cemeteries, graveyards, tombs, catacombs, and other places where the dead are buried. Includes mass graves and burials. RELATED ENTRIES RELATED PAGES The Bells at Land's End Bilbo Cemetery Feu-follet Ikego Middle Gate St. Omer Cemetery Witch Grave The Witch of Lafayette Pioneer Cemetery Terrible Tilly Connections: Burial Grounds
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C	Conspiracies Entries involving conspiracies, typically related to secretive plots that could be damaging to involved parties should their existence become public. This can be real-life conspiracies, or conspiracy theories. Typically such entries involve clandestine government programs or coverups, but can also include conspiracies between individuals, private groups, or corporations. RELATED ENTRIES RELATED PAGES The Battle of Los Angeles Dyatlov Pass Incident The Ghost Rockets MKUltra Oakville Blobs Polybius Connections: Conspiracies Cryptids Entries involving creatures that are currently not recognized by mainstream science due to lack of physical evidence to their existence. For informational purposes, this category DOES NOT include legendary monsters from mythology or folklore unless some physical evidence or personal encounters with said creatures has been documented. RELATED ENTRIES RELATED PAGES Bigfoot Trap Bridgewater Triangle Cadborosaurus (AKA "Cabby") Colossal Claude Flix (AKA the Conser Lake Monster) Grootslang The Jersey Devil Mokèlé-mbèmbé The Mothman of Point Pleasant Nantiinaq Wolf Creek Inn Vampire Connections: Cryptids Curses Entries involving pronouncements of evil will or intent over a person, place or thing, usually through the means of witchcraft, which is backed up through supernatural means (either through a god or spirit, or some sort of magical enchantment.) RELATED ENTRIES RELATED PAGES Bridgewater Triangle The Flying Dutchman Hackler Home Fires (AKA The Odon Fires) James Dean's 'Little Bastard' The Jersey Devil Lacul Vinderel: The Man Eating Lake Lafayette Ax Murder and Fire Curse Police Called on Curse Breaker in Mill City St. Omer Cemetery Witch Grave Terrible Tilly Connections: Curses
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D	Dangerous Roads Entries involving roads, pathways, trails or other places of travel, usually by foot or automobile, but are not limited to those. They are places where many people have become seriously injured or died, usually related to one stretch of a road. The danger could come from the road itself, or because of some other reason such as curses, creatures, or other influences. RELATED ENTRIES RELATED PAGES The Street With No Name Connections: Dangerous Roads Demons Entries involving demons and associated entities. These usually have a particular grudge against God and humanity, and are known to be particularly aggressive towards both. They RELATED ENTRIES RELATED PAGES The Dybbuk Box Feu-follet (AKA fi-follet, Cajun Fairy) The Flying Dutchman The Ghost of Jan Tregeagle Jack in Irons The Jersey Devil Student Zombie Connections: Demons Disappearances Entries about the disappearances of people, animals or objects. These stories usually involve things that have not been found, however people or objects that have been located (or the remains of such) will more than likely still appear in this category. RELATED ENTRIES RELATED PAGES The Disappearance of Muriel Trevenard James Dean's 'Little Bastard' The Spirit of the Dog-Faced Boy Connections: Disappearances
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E	Evil Spirits Entries that involve spirits that are evil in nature, but are neither ghosts (spirits of dead people) or demons, or assumed as such. Such spirits do not typically haunt specific locations, but can be regionally dependent. RELATED ENTRIES RELATED PAGES Bandage Man of Cannon Beach The Dybbuk Box Feu-follet (AKA fi-follet, Cajun Fairy) The Ghost of Jan Tregeagle Jack in Irons The Jersey Devil Malheur Butte Nantiinaq On Patrol for Phi Pob Phi Pob Forces Townspeople to Strip The Queen Mary The Street With No Name Connections: Evil Spirits Extraterrestrials Entries involving creatures and people from other planets, or stories of encounters with such beings. Can include UFO encounters, but are typically listed separately. RELATED ENTRIES RELATED PAGES Alien Blood Rain Bridgewater Triangle Close Encounters in Roseburg Flix (AKA the Conser Lake Monster) The Ghost Rockets The Green Children of Woolpit Connections: Extraterrestrials
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F	Fae Creatures Entries that involve fairies, sprites, and other fae creatures RELATED ENTRIES RELATED PAGES Bilbo Cemetery Feu-follet Feu-follet (AKA fi-follet, Cajun Fairy) Kobolds Connections: Fae Creatures
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G	Ghost Lights Entries that involve ghost lights, will o' the wisps, or other mysterious lights. These can appear specific places at night as a dim light hovering in place, while other times they move and dart about as though they have a life of their own. RELATED ENTRIES RELATED PAGES Bilbo Cemetery Feu-follet Bridgewater Railway Orbs Bridgewater Triangle Feu-follet (AKA fi-follet, Cajun Fairy) The Ghosts of Lithia Park The Gonzales Light Hockomock Swamp Orbs Marfa Lights Profile Rock Orbs Raynham Park Dog Track Orbs Wizard Island Fires Connections: Ghost Lights Ghost Ship Entries about ships that have appeared over the water, either as ghostly encounters (incorporeal) or as a derelict craft (physical) with no crew aboard. They are typically found in oceans, seas or lakes, but can occasionally be found moving over land. RELATED ENTRIES RELATED PAGES The Flying Dutchman Ghost Ship of Siletz Bay Ghost Ship of Porthcurno The Lupatia Connections: Ghost Ship
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H	Haunting Entries involving regular occurrences of unexplainable paranormal activity in a particular area or place, including disembodied voices and noises, moving objects, phantom smells, apparitions and other phenomena. RELATED ENTRIES RELATED PAGES The Adolf Wolf Building Haunting Ascot House Bridgewater Triangle The Disappearance of Muriel Trevenard Dog Suicide Bridge Enchanted Forest Spirits Feu-follet (AKA fi-follet, Cajun Fairy) The First Poltergeist The Ghosts of Lithia Park The Giggles on Kirk Ave The Gonzales Light The Great Zimbabwa Ruins Hackler Home Fires (AKA The Odon Fires) The Haunting of Dragon Lair Haunting of the Robert P. King Heceta Head Keeper's House Ikego Middle Gate Island of the Dolls The Lupatia Malheur Butte The Queen Mary Red Onion Saloon Restless Spirit at Ted Bundy's Childhood Home The Spirit of the Dog-Faced Boy The Street With No Name The Sumpter Valley Dredge and the Ghost of Joe Bush Terrible Tilly The Whistling Logger The Winchester House The Witch of Lafayette Pioneer Cemetery Wizard Island Fires The Wandering Ghost of Evan MacClure Wolf Creek Inn & Tavern Wolf Creek Inn Vampire Yaquina Head Lighthouse Connections: Haunting Human Testing Entries involving the testing on human subjects, either knowingly or unknowingly, using various different materials or methods. These can include chemicals, biological agents, mental manipulation, or other technologies. These are usually done in conjunction with government agencies or corporations, and more than likely highly illegal. RELATED ENTRIES RELATED PAGES MKUltra Polybius Connections: Human Testing
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L	Lighthouses Entries that take place in and around lighthouses. This can include places where lighthouses were removed, or mobile lightships. RELATED ENTRIES RELATED PAGES The Disappearance of Muriel Trevenard Haunting of the Robert P. King Heceta Head Keeper's House Terrible Tilly The Wandering Ghost of Evan MacClure Yaquina Head Lighthouse Connections: Lighthouses Lost Lands and Ruins Entries that involve ghost towns, ruins, lost cities or even entire countries or continents. These locations can still be around and well known, or lost to time. RELATED ENTRIES RELATED PAGES The Bells of Lyonesse Bigfoot Trap The Great Zimbabwa Ruins The Green Children of Woolpit Connections: Lost Lands and Ruins
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M	Mass Deaths Entries where multiple deaths have occurred, usually with three or more people losing their lives due to a single event. The event can be human caused, but exclude purposeful acts such as war, genocide, or murder. To qualify the singular event must have caused the deaths and the deaths must happen within a short amount of time, no gradually. RELATED ENTRIES RELATED PAGES The Chamber Street Fire Dyatlov Pass Incident The Great Molasses Flood The London Beer Flood The Lupatia Oregon State Hospital Mass Poisoning The Queen Mary Connections: Mass Deaths Miracles Entries where something incredible happens that is neither negative nor explainable by natural or scientific means, and are typically regarded as divine in origin. RELATED ENTRIES RELATED PAGES Disembodied Voice Saves Child The Nancledra Logan Stone Connections: Miracles Monsters Entries involving monsters of legend or folklore that tend to rely much less on evidence or sightings to remain relevant. Typically such creatures are described as being large and/or grotesque, and are typically (but not always) aggressive in nature. They are also likely to be attributed to the supernatural, usually having abnormal or magical abilities. RELATED ENTRIES RELATED PAGES Baba Yaga Bandage Man of Cannon Beach Flix (AKA the Conser Lake Monster) Grootslang Jack in Irons The Jersey Devil The Mothman of Point Pleasant Nantiinaq Wolf Creek Inn Vampire Connections: Monsters Mysterious Sounds Entries involving strange sounds that can be heard, including disembodied voices. It can include animals if the mystery sound is found to be produced by them. This also includes electronic voice phenomena (EVPs). RELATED ENTRIES RELATED PAGES The Bells at Land's End The Bells of Lyonesse The Dybbuk Box The Haunting of Dragon Lair 'Oi'o: The Nightmarchers The Queen Mary The Whistling Logger The Whooper of Sennen Cove Connections: Mysterious Sounds
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N	Necromancy Entries involving the act of trying to bring a person (or animal) back from the dead, usually through supernatural means. This category includes both failed attempts and items where necromancy was intended to be performed. RELATED ENTRIES RELATED PAGES Anatoly Moskvin, Necropolyst Connections: Necromancy Nice Spirits Entries involving ghosts or other spirits that behave in a helpful or hospitable manor to those that encounter them. RELATED ENTRIES RELATED PAGES Bilbo Cemetery Feu-follet The Giggles on Kirk Ave The Queen Mary The Spirit of the Dog-Faced Boy The Whistling Logger Connections: Nice Spirits
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O	Odd People Entries about people with interesting characteristics that are unusual or surprising, be it outward appearance, abilities or talents, but are otherwise normal humans. RELATED ENTRIES RELATED PAGES The Green Children of Woolpit The Spirit of the Dog-Faced Boy Connections: Odd People Omens Entries that have been classically interpreted as warnings to groups or individuals. This can include all manors of activity, such as hauntings, strange noises, dreams, or other items. Such items can be about warnings from one specific time in history, or repeated instances. RELATED ENTRIES RELATED PAGES The Bells at Land's End The Flying Dutchman The Mothman of Point Pleasant 'Oi'o: The Nightmarchers St. Omer Cemetery Witch Grave The Whistling Logger The Whooper of Sennen Cove Connections: Omens
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P	Peculiar Natural Formations Entries about natural formations that are either odd because of their looks, the stories surrounding them, or both. RELATED ENTRIES RELATED PAGES Lacul Vinderel: The Man Eating Lake Malheur Butte The Nancledra Logan Stone Profile Rock Orbs Yaquina Head Lighthouse Connections: Peculiar Natural Formations Poltergeist Entries involving a specific type of spirit known as a poltergeist, or hauntings that behave in a similar manor as a poltergeist. Such examples could include demons, evil spirits, or even fae creatures. RELATED ENTRIES RELATED PAGES The Dybbuk Box The First Poltergeist Hackler Home Fires (AKA The Odon Fires) The Haunting of Dragon Lair Kobolds Restless Spirit at Ted Bundy's Childhood Home Connections: Poltergeist Possessions Entries that involve possessions, such as when an entity takes over control of a person or object in order to speak, perform tasks, or for other reasons, usually with evil intent. This can include, but is not limited to, stories about demons. RELATED ENTRIES RELATED PAGES On Patrol for Phi Pob Phi Pob Forces Townspeople to Strip Connections: Possessions Prophecy and Precognition Entries involving stories where events were either seemingly foretold, or stories involving prophecies that have not yet come to pass. RELATED ENTRIES RELATED PAGES The Simpsons Prophecies The Titan Connections: Prophecy and Precognition
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S	Serial Killers Entries that involve serial killers: people who have murdered multiple people - usually one at a time - over the course of months or years. RELATED ENTRIES RELATED PAGES Restless Spirit at Ted Bundy's Childhood Home Connections: Serial Killers Shadows Entries that involve shadow people or other shadow entities. RELATED ENTRIES RELATED PAGES Malheur Butte Connections: Shadows Spontaneous Combustion Entries that involve a fire that ignites on its own with no plausible explanation as to the cause. This can include people or objects. RELATED ENTRIES RELATED PAGES The Dybbuk Box Hackler Home Fires (AKA The Odon Fires) James Dean's 'Little Bastard' Connections: Spontaneous Combustion Strange Crimes Entries that involve criminal acts including theft or murder, but in connection to other categories. For instance, crimes that involve a the paranormal or supernatural. RELATED ENTRIES RELATED PAGES Anatoly Moskvin, Necropolyst Lafayette Ax Murder and Fire Curse Phi Pob Forces Townspeople to Strip Police Called on Curse Breaker in Mill City The Spirit of the Dog-Faced Boy Student Zombie Connections: Strange Crimes Strange Weather Entries that involve unique or peculiar weather-related events. RELATED ENTRIES RELATED PAGES Alien Blood Rain Bird Blood Rain  Lighthouse of Maracaibo Nadezhdinsky Blood Rain Oakville Blobs Red Rain in Spain Connections: Strange Weather
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T	Technology Entries where the use of technology is a central. This does not include stories about technologies that do not currently exist or could be made possible in the future. RELATED ENTRIES RELATED PAGES The Ghost Rockets The Ghosts of Lithia Park jvk1166z.esp Polybius Connections: Technology Terrifying Toys Entries about toys that go from fun to "RUN!" These can range from toys have a menacing history, hold dark secrets, or have some other unnerving feature about them. RELATED ENTRIES RELATED PAGES Anatoly Moskvin, Necropolyst Island of the Dolls Connections: Terrifying Toys Triangles Entries that involve large areas where strange or weird things tend to happen that can be drawn on a map in the shape of a triangle. These areas can be on land or over water, and are typically have a large amount of disappearances or paranormal phenomena. RELATED ENTRIES RELATED PAGES Bridgewater Triangle Connections: Triangles
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U	UFOs Entries involving unknown aerial phenomena, which are typically associated with extraterrestrials, but can include animals, cryptids, drones, or experimental human craft. RELATED ENTRIES RELATED PAGES The Battle of Los Angeles Bridgewater Triangle Close Encounters in Roseburg The Ghost Rockets Pendleton UFO (2018) Connections: UFOs Unexplained Deaths Entries involving deaths that are currently unexplained, or where the official explanations of the deaths is unsatisfactory. RELATED ENTRIES RELATED PAGES Dyatlov Pass Incident Lacul Vinderel: The Man Eating Lake Connections: Unexplained Deaths Unnatural Disasters Entries that involve disasters that resulted in either loss of life or considerable property damage, but are caused by unusual means. These disasters can be caused by people or animals, or by natural environmental causes if the condition would otherwise be harmless. This does not include normal weather like tornadoes, hurricanes, earthquakes or other natural disasters. RELATED ENTRIES RELATED PAGES The Chamber Street Fire The Great Molasses Flood The London Beer Flood Connections: Unnatural Disasters
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V	Vampires Entries involving vampires, perceived vampires, or creatures and/or beings believed to be vampires. RELATED ENTRIES RELATED PAGES Wolf Creek Inn Vampire Connections: Vampires Video Games Entries involving video games, reserved for when the game itself plays a central role in the story. RELATED ENTRIES RELATED PAGES jvk1166z.esp Polybius Connections: Video Games Villainous Vehicles Entries involving vehicles that have harmed or killed others in various ways beyond what would be considered normal, such as without human involvement. Car accidents, plane crashes or train derailments do not fall under this category unless they are involved multiple accidents or have some other sort of strange history beyond just a single incident. RELATED ENTRIES RELATED PAGES James Dean's 'Little Bastard' Connections: Villainous Vehicles
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W	Wandering Ghosts Entries involving ghosts of the dead that wander the living world rather than haunt specific locations. This can be because they choose to wander, or because they are somehow cursed or otherwise forced to do so. This category can also involve ghosts that eventually do end up finding a place to haunt. RELATED ENTRIES RELATED PAGES The Ghost of Jan Tregeagle 'Oi'o: The Nightmarchers The Wandering Ghost of Evan MacClure Connections: Wandering Ghosts Weird Animal Events Events that involve animals, or strange animal stories in general. This does not include stories about cryptids or monsters. RELATED ENTRIES RELATED PAGES Bird Blood Rain Dog Suicide Bridge Connections: Weird Animal Events Werewolves Entries that involve some form of lycanthropy or perceived lycanthropy, the idea of a person transforming into some form of monster or other non-human creature. Can also refer to clinical lycanthropy, which involves a person believing they are transforming but no physical transformation takes place. RELATED ENTRIES RELATED PAGES Student Zombie Connections: Werewolves Witchcraft Entries involving activity associated with witches, warlocks, wizards, shaman, mages and other occult magic users and followers. In other words: not the actual witches themselves but the act of performing witchcraft, either within a specific area or the results of said activity. RELATED ENTRIES RELATED PAGES Anatoly Moskvin, Necropolyst Baba Yaga Bridgewater Triangle The Dybbuk Box Malheur Butte The Nancledra Logan Stone Police Called on Curse Breaker in Mill City St. Omer Cemetery Witch Grave Connections: Witchcraft
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Z	Zombies Entries involving zombies, people who believe they are zombies, or people behaving like zombies. RELATED ENTRIES RELATED PAGES Student Zombie Connections: Zombies
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