Deep in the mountains of northern Italy, where old stone villages cling to the slopes and thick forests stretch into the Italian Alps, there is said to live a creature that spends most of the year hidden among the trees. Its name is the Badalisc. The legend belongs particularly to Andrista, a small village in... Continue Reading →
The Giant in the Trees: What Did They See at Great Bear Lake?
Great Bear Lake in the Northwest Territories is the kind of place where mysteries can survive. Vast, isolated and surrounded by seemingly endless wilderness, parts of the enormous lake stretch into the Arctic Circle. In the summer of 2001, three people reportedly travelled into one particularly remote corner of that wilderness—and came away with a... Continue Reading →
The Tatzelwurm: The Mysterious Dragon of the Alps
For centuries, people living among the mountains of Central Europe have told stories about something strange hiding between the rocks, caves and isolated valleys of the Alps. It wasn't quite a snake, wasn't quite a lizard and, according to some witnesses, had a face that looked disturbingly like that of a cat. The creature became... Continue Reading →
When Something Strange Came to Van Meter: The 1903 Visitor Mystery
For several nights in September 1903, something strange was reportedly happening in the small coal-mining community of Van Meter, Iowa. Residents began describing an unusual figure appearing after dark, moving through the town and eventually disappearing in the direction of an abandoned coal mine. What started as a peculiar sighting soon developed into one of... Continue Reading →
Something Beneath the Water: The Mystery of Memphré
Lake Memphremagog stretches across the international border between Quebec and Vermont, surrounded by mountains, forests and communities that have lived alongside its waters for generations. It is a beautiful lake, but for more than two centuries, people have reported seeing something unusual moving beneath its surface. The creature has become known as Memphré. Descriptions vary... Continue Reading →
Something in the Tree Line: The Chatham-Kent Bigfoot Sightings
For three days in April 2026, something unusual was reportedly happening in the quiet farmland of southwestern Ontario. The reports came from Chatham-Kent, an area better known for sprawling agricultural fields, small woodlots and communities along the Thames River than for vast stretches of wilderness. It was hardly the setting most people would imagine for... Continue Reading →