This creature has a confused and troubled timeline and history. Explanations range from misidentifications to invented stories, to regular animals with mange, to urban legend and to myth.
The first attack by a Chupacabra is said to be in March 1995 when 8 sheep were found dead in Puerto Rico. Each body had three puncture wounds in the chest area and were said to be drained of blood. More stories came from the mountain region of Morovis and Orocovis. Chickens, sheep and goats were being found dead in their pens and enclosures, drained of blood with deep puncture wounds to the neck or chest. Nightly search parties of at least 200 men went out in search of the culprit(s) and to guard the animals. Nothing was found.
Friday, October 15, 2021
Wednesday, October 13, 2021
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Pine Mountain Settlement School teachers often walked over Laden Trail on Pine Mountain. |
MOUNTAIN HAINTS SERIES Continues
Unsolved murder of Pine Mountain School Teacher Lura Parsons Remains One Of Kentucky's Greatest Mysteries 100 Years Later
(This is a two-part story. The second installment will be shared next week.)
By: JENNIFER McDANIELS
Appalachian Journalist
(As Published In The Tri-City News)
HARLAN, KY - The shrill whistle of a steaming locomotive pierced the mountain silence 100 years ago on the Poor Fork of the Cumberland River in Harlan County. It was a train carrying Pine Mountain Settlement School teacher Lura Parsons and a prominent and politically aligned Kentucky state assistant veterinarian on board. Although it is claimed the two did not know each other, they were both headed across Pine Mountain to the settlement school when the train stopped at the L & N station in the community of Dillon, which was located near what is now known as Laden, between Putney and Totz On Sept. 7, 1920, Parsons was returning from a vacation break she had spent with her family in Garrard County, Kentucky and the state assistant veterinarian, Dr. C.H Winnes, was traveling to Pine Mountain Settlement School to test cattle for tuberculosis. While the two reportedly did not know each other at the time, both Parsons and Winnes would go down in the annals of Kentucky history as being a part of one of the state’s most horrific, sensationalized, and mysterious murders.
Ranchita Bigfoot Photograph
The Ranchita Bigfoot photograph [or Wood Ape] was allegedly taken in September 2011 by an anonymous hiker. It was not presented to the public for almost a year.
The photographer said that he was taking photos in the Ranchito area of southern California. He took a variety of pictures around the area, including two photos of a pile of dead branches. [Some sources claim three photos were taken.] When the ones of the branches were taken, they were thought to have been debris as a result of a flood. There is no photograph presented to show a river or even a dry river bed to support that theory.
The photographer stated that he never saw the head or the creature in the second picture until a year later, when he was going through his photos from the previous year. On September 20, 2012, Mark Anders posted his YouTube video featuring the story and photos.
Monday, October 11, 2021
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Early British planchette, 1850s to 1860s |
The History of the Ouija Board (Part 2)
In part one, we learned that the Ouija Board 'game' came to be after it was discovered being used in Spiritualist camps in Ohio. But where did the device come from? And who first designed it?
"Spirit Rapping" was first used in 1848. Questions were asked out loud and the spirits would answer through rapping, or tapping. It was a long and tedious process as the alphabet was recited until a rap was heard to choose a letter. Then the alphabet was begun again for the next letter. And so on.
Mediums began looking for quicker ways to communicate with the dead. Some of them began printing out the alphabet and numbers on a board or a card. They would then sweep a pencil over it while asking a question and wait for a knock to designate the letter. Some also resorted to "Table Tipping". The medium would have everyone gather around a small to medium-sized table and have them place their hands on it. Eventually, the table would start moving. Questions would be asked and the table would rap out responses to the called-out alphabet.
Answered - Drone Catches Something Powerful Trying To Tear Down Tree
The video of what many, even popular youtubers, claim to be a bigfoot ripping trees out of the ground now has some clarity thanks to the person who was operating the drone. Hint: Its NOT bigfoot.
When I saw the video, I could see there is clear evidence that logging is going on in the area, after all I worked as a logger for a few years. It also appears the video was actually shot a couple years ago, but that is just like armchair researchers to find an innocent video and fool people into thinking it is a bigfoot.
But yet the video has caught fire thanks to social media and the uninformed. Here is a screen shot from the person who was operating the drone as to what it is.
Sunday, October 10, 2021
Del Norte Bigfoot Sighting, California - 1995
In 1995 two teenage boys appear to have captured a sasquatch on film. If they ever shared the footage to the internet, it is lost in the debris of the information flood.
In November 2012, the video was shared to YouTube on two different channels.
HuntForBigfoot posted the footage with a script crediting the sighting to two teenage boys: Daniel Fearing [age 17] and Michael Troup [age 15]. It also lists the encounter as being in 2005. Most sources mention it being in 1995. It is also sometimes known as The Fering Film.
[HuntForBigfoot video]
https://youtu.be/G5XqTa6Oqdc
[Sadly since the original posting in 2019, this video appears to no longer be available.]
But Crypto Crew Founder, Thomas Marcum, did a couple of breakdowns of the video. Here is one of them.
Friday, October 8, 2021
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Early Fuld Ouija Board |
The History of the Ouija Board (Part 1)
Most people think of the Ouija board as a Victorian séance tool or just a Parker Brothers game board. They see them used in the movies and have a good scare fest as the board summons demons and evil spirits that try to take over the people using the board.
But there is much more to this device than most know. Its origins reach back into history -- diving deep into man's desire to reach loved ones who have died or his desire to know what happens when we die.
First, let's take a look at the most recent history of the Ouija Board -- how it became a popular game/psychic tool in the United States.
Thursday, October 7, 2021
On the Hunt for the British Bigfoot
There is a new book out from Lee Brickley and it is about bigfoot in the UK. We know that over the last few years the idea of bigfoot being in the UK has become more acceptable. At one time the idea was totally dismissed without a seconds thought. There has been a nice uptick over, lets say over the last 10 years, of witnesses coming forward and reporting their sightings or encounters. And interest in the subject has grown.
Brickley's book brings you some of the most compelling and often shocking
encounters with a man-monkey-type creature thought to roam the
Staffordshire woodlands. Brickley began his research into the British
Bigfoot in 2019 after he received a number of sighting reports from the
Cannock Chase forest in England. While his investigation is far from
over, this book offers an insight into the weirdest and most frightening
sightings uncovered so far.
Prince Edward Island Bigfoot or Nathan Wiley's Bigfoot video
"In June 2001 while in the woods shooting a scene for a home movie with a friend being chased by bad guys, a large, black and furry creature bolted from the tree-line, ran across the clearing and then disappeared into the woods." -- PEIbigfoot
Watch the video below.
Tuesday, October 5, 2021
FOLKLORE A BIG PART OF APPALACHIAN CULTURE
Another Unknown Creature Seen At Virginia Beach,VA
I recently got another report of an unusual creature sighting from Virginia Beach, VA. This actually makes the second report, of what I will now assume is the same creature, from this area. This report and the previous both describe what sounds like the same being ...with the same odd things about it.
On the first report, I kind of thought it might be some kind of deformed Dogman but after getting this report, I would think it is not a Dogman or a Bigfoot. But whatever it is seems to be fast and strong....and weird.
Here is the report
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