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The waters southwest of Ireland were dangerous in the summer of 1915. Europe was consumed by the First World War, German submarines were hunting Allied shipping in the Atlantic, and sailors aboard merchant vessels knew that an unseen U-boat could be lurking beneath the waves at almost any moment. On July 30, 1915, one of... Continue Reading →
Far off the northeastern coast of Papua New Guinea lies New Ireland, a long, narrow island surrounded by warm tropical waters. For generations, people living along parts of its coastline told stories about a strange creature that moved through the shallows. It breathed air, surfaced only briefly, and disappeared beneath the water almost as quickly... Continue Reading →
Deep within the Amazon rainforest, there are places where the trees grow so densely that daylight struggles to reach the forest floor. Rivers twist through thousands of kilometres of wilderness, strange cries echo through the canopy, and animals can disappear into the vegetation only a few metres away. It is exactly the kind of place... Continue Reading →
In the summer of 1764, something began hunting people in the remote countryside of south-central France. The old province of Gévaudan was a rugged place of mountains, dense forests, isolated farms and scattered villages. Today, much of the region falls within Lozère and Haute-Loire. Wolves were hardly unknown there. Shepherds and farmers lived alongside them... Continue Reading →
Along the rugged Pacific coast of British Columbia, where deep water surrounds Vancouver Island and fog can transform familiar shapes into something altogether stranger, stories have circulated for generations about an unusual creature swimming beneath the surface. It has supposedly been seen by fishermen, sailors and people watching from shore. Sometimes only a series of... Continue Reading →
The legend of the Waheela comes from the vast northern wilderness of Canada, particularly the Northwest Territories and the mysterious Nahanni region. It tells of an enormous wolf-like creature that supposedly roams remote forests and mountain valleys far from human settlements. According to the legend, the Waheela resembles a wolf at first glance, but anyone... Continue Reading →
Long before the roads and buildings of modern Leonardtown, Maryland, there were thick forests, scattered farms and small settlements where life could be difficult and uncertainty was often frightening. It was in this landscape, sometime around the late seventeenth century, that legend places a mysterious woman named Moll Dyer. She is remembered today as the... Continue Reading →
Located within Petroglyphs Provincial Park in Woodview, Ontario, hold Canada’s largest known concentration of Indigenous rock carvings. Etched into a broad shelf of white crystalline limestone bedrock, the site features more than 900 ancient carvings depicting animals, humans, and sacred spiritual symbols. Known to the Anishinaabe (Ojibwe) people as Kinomagewapkong, or "The Teaching Rocks," this... Continue Reading →
In Navajo mythology, skin-walkers, also known as Yenaldooshi, are witches who wear coyote skins and travel at night. They appear naked, wearing only masks and jewelry, and tend to live in caves, storing recognizable human heads on shelves. Yenaldooshi gain power by killing a close relative, sometimes even a sibling. They are known to desecrate... Continue Reading →
Mishipeshu, the Great Lynx or Underwater Panther, is one of the most powerful and revered figures in Anishinaabe cosmology. The Mishipeshu is said to have a feline body with a dragon-like face, deer-like horns, and a back covered in copper scales or sharp spikes. They have a massive, powerful tail that creates rapids and whirlpools... Continue Reading →
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