Ectolog

Picture generated with AI Location: Point Pleasant, West Virginia, United States of America Dates Active: 1800s to Present Category: Cryptids, Monsters, Omens Cause: Unknown Status: Ongoing Entry ID: 040324A-00087 Summery:   Sometimes seen as a harbinger of doom, the most well-known sighting of the Mothman occurred in Point Pleasant, WV. In Depth: Roger and Linda Scarberry and their friends Steve and Mary Mallette went on a drive late at night on November 15, 1966, near the location of an old World War II instillation in the current-day McClintic Wildlife Management Area, near Point Pleasant. Along the road they witnessed a large figure standing near the side of the road, which they described as looking like a man, but having large red eyes and white wings. Frightened by the creature's strange appearance, they sped off towards town, with the creature flying after them. It chased them as far as the city limits before flying back off into the night. The two couples, not really ...

Picture generated with AI Location: Malheur Butte, Oregon, United States of America Dates Active: Unknown Category: Evil Spirits, Haunting, Mysterious Sounds, Peculiar Natural Formations, Shadows, Witchcraft Cause: Unknown Status: Ongoing Entry ID: 030624A-00082 Summery:   This extinct volcano is home to strange living shadows, ghost dogs, and is supposedly a meeting place for witches. In Depth: Malheur Butte is an extinct volcano that is located near the border between eastern Oregon and Idaho, just west of Ontario. The butte was once used by native Americans to watch the wagon trains heading west along the Oregon Trail. In the mid-1800s groups of trappers made a cache of animal furs and supplies near the nearby Malheur River, when the natives found and raided the stash. The area has since been named Malheur, which is French for "misfortune." The story of Malheur Butte becomes much darker in more recent years, with stories of all sorts of strange activity and rumors of...

Picture generated with AI Location: Lacul Vinderel, Maramures Mountains Natural Park, Romania Dates Active: Unknown Category: Cryptids, Curses, Monsters, Peculiar Natural Formations, Unexplained Deaths, Witchcraft Cause: Unknown Status: Ongoing Entry ID: 022424G-00076 Summery:   This lake is said to drown even the strongest and most skillful of swimmers, and that human body parts can sometimes be found floating on its surface from time to time. In Depth: Lacul Vinderel is a glacial lake in northern Romania in the Maramures Mountains. It is fed by snow melt and rainwater, making it extremely cold, and is on a nature preserve meant to protect rare plant species. It's high elevation, remote location and limited access make it perfect for local legends to spring up. Some of the more benign stories about the lake is that it is supposedly bottomless,or that on St. Elijah's Day young women could walk into the lake and wash in its waters while whispering magical spells in order t...

Picture generated with AI Location: Pine Barrens, New Jersey, United States of America Dates Active: 1600s to Present Category: Cryptids, Curses, Demons, Evil Spirits, Monsters Cause: Possible cryptid, cursed child or demon Status: Ongoing Entry ID: 022424A-00070 Summery:   A legendary creature has been haunting the Pine Barrens in southern New Jersey for the past 300 years... or perhaps longer. In Depth: Ask anyone who lives around the Pine Barrens if there is anything strange living in those woods, and you'd probably get the answer of the Jersey Devil. This winged creature is described as having cloven hooves, bat wings, a horse-like head, horns, a forked tail, small forearms with claws and red eyes. There are some that claim the creature cannot be killed. It is sometimes referred to as the Leeds Devil, thanks in part to its association with the Leeds family in local folklore. That folklore states that sometime in 1735 a woman named Jane Leeds, who is usually referred to as ...

Picture generated by AI Location: Wolf Creek Inn, Wolf Creek, Oregon, United States of America Dates Active: 1970s to Present Category: Cryptids, Haunting, Monsters, Vampires Cause: Unknown Status: Ongoing Entry ID: 021124A-00063 Summery:   While the Wolf Creek Inn is known for its hauntings, it also has one legendary story where a guest had a run in with a vampire-like creature. In Depth: The Wolf Creek Inn was originally constructed in the 1850s as a place for travelers to stop as they made their way over the Applegate trail. It went through several transformations over the years, eventually becoming a first class hotel and was a popular stop along the Oregon Stage Coach line between San Francisco and Portland. Over the years, Wolf Creek Inn had many famous guests, including Jack London, President Rutherford B. Hayes and Sinclair Lewis. However, there is one repeat guest that can occasionally be seen here that is famous for a whole other reason. In the 1970s a guest that wa...

Picture generated with AI Location: Yorkshire, United Kingdom Dates Active: Unknown Category: Demons, Evil Spirits, Monsters Cause: Folklore Status: Closed Entry ID: 011724G-00040 Summery:   A club-welding giant walks the forest roads of Yorkshire, and will take your head to adorn his chains. In Depth: This monster of Celtic folklore is a giant, reportedly towering at an impressive 13 feet tall (about twice the size of a normal person), wears a number of chains and shackles, and welds a large wooden club. While very little is told as to where Jack in Irons came from, but depending on where you look he is equated to either being a monster, an evil spirit, or a demon. He is said to haunt the dirt roads and abandoned highways of Yorkshire, where he will do one of two things: appear out of nowhere and stare at you menacingly, or bash in your skull with his club. Related Entries and Connections : Connections: Demons Connections: Evil Spirits Connections: Monsters Last Updated: ...

Picture generated with AI Location: Portlock, Alaska, United States of America Dates Active: 1786 to Present Category: Cryptids, Evil Spirits, Monsters Cause: Natural Status: Ongoing Entry ID: 011724A-00034 Summery:   A large, hairy creature of Alutiiq legend which supposedly had a hand in causing people to flee the now abandoned ghost town of Portlock. In Depth: The story of the Nantiinaq was first relayed by the Alutiiq people who lived in the area to members of the British Royal Navy as they traveled along the Alaskan coastline in the late 1780s. At the time the sailors thought nothing much of the local legend. The creature is described as a large ape-like creature, similar to descriptions of Bigfoot or Sasquatch. It is described as having similar descriptions and behavior reported in Bigfoot encounters as well, from throwing large rocks, strong smells, and extreme feelings of terror. Local legend also gives the creature supernatural qualities as well, insinuating that it...

Picture generated with AI Location: Orange River, South Africa Dates Active: Unknown Category: Cryptids, Monsters Cause: Mythology, Natural Status: Ongoing Entry ID: 010824B-00015 Summery:   A half-elephant, half-snake monster that somehow survived from the beginning of time, known locally as the Grootslang. In Depth: Hiding somewhere in the jungles and caves located around the Orange River between South Africa and Namibia, there supposedly resides a giant snake-like creature with the features of an elephant. This semi-aquatic creature can range from 20 to 50 feet in length, and is incredibly strong and intelligent. Known as the Grootslang (or Grote Slang) Stories of the creature start at the literal beginning of time (making it primordial), where the Grootslang hid from the gods to keep itself from being split into more... sensible creatures like snakes and elephants. It supposedly hid in a cave that was full of diamonds known as the 'Wonder Hole', and would viciously gu...

Picture generated with AI Location: Millersburg, Oregon, United States of America Dates Active: 1959 Category: Cryptids, Extraterrestrials, Monsters Cause: Unknown, possibly extraterrestrial Status: Closed Entry ID: 010724G-00012 Summery:   The sighting of large white-haired creature starts a local monster hunt around Albany, Oregon; a psychic claims to have spoken to the creature telepathically. In Depth: In 1959 several local boys heading out into the woods encounter a large, white, hairy, ape-like creature near Conser Lake, with cat-like ears and webbed feet. The boys immediately report their story to their parents, who in turn report the sighting to local authorities. The story breaks out into national news, and monster hunters begin showing up in droves in order to capture and/or kill the supposed monster. For months people had brief encounters with the creature, including a man who claimed that the creature was able to keep up with his pickup truck at 35 miles per hour ...

Picture generated with AI Location: Cannon Beach, Oregon, United States of America Dates Active: 1960s to Present Category: Evil Spirits, Monsters Cause: Unknown Status: Ongoing Entry ID: 010724F-00011 Summery:   A local legend involving a man adorned in bandages attacking necking teenagers in parked cars, hitching rides on the backs of pickup trucks, and eating pets. In Depth: This local legend involves a man adorned from head to toe in bandages that likes to attack teenagers in the act of 'parking', hitching rides in the back of trucks, and eating pet dogs and cats. The reason for this behavior is unknown. He always appears along the same stretch of road along Highway 101, just north of the town Cannon Beach, supposedly hiding out in an abandoned garbage dump in the area. According to some versions of the story, the so-called "Bandage Man" used to be a lumberjack killed in a horrific logging accident sometime in the 1950s or 60s, but returned as some sort of v...

Picture generated with AI Location: Russia Dates Active: Before 1755 to Present Category: Monsters, Witchcraft Cause: Folk Stories Status: Ongoing Entry ID: 010724C-00008 Summery:   A monstrous witch that eats children and lives in a mobile house with large chicken legs... or is sometimes a nice, grandmotherly force for good. In Depth: First mentioned in righting in 1755, Baba Yaga is thought to have originated in Slavic folktales and oral traditions long before that. Having been a part of Slavic culture for centuries, the witch has influenced other stories in East Asia and even Western cultures. Known as the "grandmother witch", Baba Yaga depicted as an ugly old woman, and as the ability to fly around in a mortar while wielding a pestle. She has many different magical abilities thanks to her supremely knowledgeable mind, but also solitary in nature. Depictions of Baba Yaga can vary from mothering and helpful to horrible monstrous hag. Even when she's depicted as go...