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The Spirit of the Dog-Faced Boy

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Picture generated with AI Location: Lithia Park, Ashland, Oregon, United States of America Dates Active: 1926 to Present Category: Disappearances, Haunting, Nice Spirits, Odd People, Strange Crimes Cause: Unknown Status: Ongoing Entry ID: 022424K-00080 Summery:   The story of the Dog-faced Boy, who is said to haunts the streets around Lithia Park. In Depth: When it was first opened in 1908, Lithia Park was only a small patch of land, but eventually grew inside to a nearly 100 acre park with duck ponds and streams, walking paths, a Japanese garden, a playground, and a bandshell. It even had a zoo and campgrounds at one time, but those days have long since passed. However, the park is also home to a few dark secrets, including stories of numerous ghosts haunting the grounds. One such ghost is that of the "Dog-Faced Boy," who was supposedly a real person who lived in Ashland in the 1920s. Little is known about him other than had hypertrichosis, or "werewolf syndrome...

The Green Children of Woolpit

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Picture generated with AI Location: Woolpit, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom Dates Active: 1100s Category: Extraterrestrials, Lost Lands and Ruins, Odd People Cause: Unknown Status: Closed Entry ID: 022424F-00075 Summery:   An odd story of a pair of green siblings arriving from an unknown land in 1100s England. In Depth: This tale is about a pair of children, a brother and sister, who were found at the bottom of a wolf pit near the village of Woolpit (which was coincidentally named after the wolf pits the children fell in.) The children were rescued from the pit and brought back to the village, where the townsfolk marveled at the children because their skin was an unusual shade of green. The children were otherwise normal looking, but were unable to speak the local language and would only eat 'broad beans' (also known as 'fava' or 'faba' beans) when they were first encountered. According to the legend no one ever came to claim the children, and the villag...