Across the vast Arctic landscape of Nunavut, the sea has always been a source of life - and a place deserving enormous respect. For generations, Inuit oral traditions have told of strange beings inhabiting the cold waters along the shoreline and beneath the sea ice. Among the most mysterious are the Qallupilluit. Stories about the... 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 →
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 →