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Creature Feature Friday: The Snallygaster

Maryland, home to the majestic Chesapeake Bay, delicious crab cakes, and a fearsome winged creature. Enter the Snallygaster, a cryptid that has captured the imagination and fear of Marylanders for centuries. Like a creature out of Lewis Carroll literature, the Snallygaster is part dragon, part bird, and 100% legendary cryptid.

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Creature Feature Friday: The Wampus Cat

You may easily recognize Bigfoot’s enormous footprint in the mud, but what in the world (…or otherworld…) is leaving behind six-footed tracks? A legendary figure shrouded in mystery and mischief, one bizarre feline has been the subject of campfire stories and local legends for centuries. Let's pounce into the history and uncover some purr-tinent facts about the Wampus Cat in today’s Creature Feature Friday.

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Creature Feature Friday: The Whiffenpoof

You’ve probably never heard of the Whiffenpoof. You’ve probably never wanted to. But now you’ll never forget it! Here’s everything you need to know about this cheese-eating aquatic cryptid of the Lumberwoods.

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Creature Feature Friday: The Tomten, a Temperamental Christmas Gnome

Have you ever heard of the Tomten? It may be an important folklore figure to know since legend says every home has a Tomten. A Scandinavian version of a house elf, Tomten are gnome-like creatures that watch unseen over children and animals, protecting homes and farms from evil and misfortune… but don’t let the Tomten’s protective role or diminutive stature fool you…

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Creature Feature Friday: The Pugot

It’s not here for your soul - it’s here for your underwear. Meet the Pugot, a ghastly figure out of Philippine mythology and today’s Creature Feature! Is the Pugot a flesh-and-blood creature? A shapeshifting spirit? Some chilling combination of the two? Whatever the case, the Pugot is one strange, underwear-stealing entity.

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Creature Feature Friday: The Ahool

If you’ve been swept up in the latest Stranger Things craze following the recent release of Season 4 (guilty), you’ll definitely remember the vicious Demobats from a few key scenes (that we’ll probably never get over). But those little razor-toothed monsters from the Upside Down are pure science fiction… right? Meet the Rightside Up’s version of the Demobat in this edition of Creature Feature Friday: the Ahool.

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Creature Feature Friday: 'Frankenstein Or, The Modern Prometheus'

Happy Halloween Eve! The Friday before every Halloween is officially National Frankenstein Friday. On the last Friday of October, this creepy national day recognizes the horrifying but misunderstood Frankenstein monster, the troubled Dr. Victor Frankenstein, and the author of it all, Mary Shelley. For this month’s extended Creature Feature Friday, here are 10 facts and details about the enduring horror tale of Frankenstein!

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Creature Feature Friday: ORANG GADANG

As if we needed a creature more gigantic than a regular Bigfoot, check out today’s Creature Feature Friday: the Orang Gadang! As Indonesia’s version of Bigfoot, Orang Gadang has have been spotted for centuries in the forests of Sumatra and Malaya, and allegedly towers up to 12 feet tall!

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Creature Feature Friday: Krampus the Christmas Demon

It’s the holiday edition of Creature Feature Friday, featuring the merry and bright KRAMPUS! Hailing from Germanic and Austrian folklore, Krampus is a half-man, half-goat demon with a penchant for punishment. While St. Nick brings the gifts to good girls and boys, Krampus brings the pain and damnation to the naughty ones. Who wouldn’t want that guy at their holiday party?!

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Creature Feature Friday: The Moving Mystery Mannequins of the John Lawson House

From the early 2000s to later 2016, the moving mystyery mannequins of the John Lawson House were the talk of the town - because no one knew where they came from, what they were doing, or how they seemed to move of their own accord every night. It’s been over a decade since the life-size dolls first appeared, and the riddle of the moving mannequins is still unsolved! Check out 5 things we know about these creepy artificial creatures and try to answer all the questions that remain.

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Creature Feature Friday: The Brown Lady of Raynham Hall

It’s time for another Creature Feature Friday, and today we’re taking a quick look at The Brown Lady of Raynham Hall! The Brown Lady of Raynham Hall in Norfolk, England is one of the most famous ghosts in Great Britain, and the subject of one of the world’s most famous ghost photographs - despite criticism that the image could very well be a hoax. Check out these 5 fast facts about The Brown Lady’s legend.

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