The Monster of Montauk

Have you seen or heard of this thing yet? This creature washed up on shore in Montauk, New York. Too add to the fun - there is an animal research facility just offshore on Plum Island. Woot! Can you come up with a better recipe for internet-crypto nuts to speculate about?

The image is front page news on all the cryptid sites lately. The forever hopeful ignorants are swearing it’s a wingless griffin or some sort of sea beasty. (Or at least a mutated genetic mistake from Plum Island.) Admittedly, at first glance, the exposed skull does look like a beak. But those are clearly canines and the creature is obviously some sort of bloated raccoon or dog carcass laying in the sand. Even my untrained forensic eye can see that.

So let’s solve this riddle… read more »

Wendigo

The Wendigo is a mythological entity from Algonquian Indian culture. It is a creature that’s part human that cannibalizes people lost in the woods. Typically during winter and always in the night. The nifty part is its Minnesotan heritage. Wendigo legend has its roots in the Great Lakes region being a story told to frighten youngsters in Algonquian and Ojibwa tribes.

More specifically, though, the Wendigo is the spirit of the forest that overtakes a person and forces them towards horrific actions. Stories indicate how a person overcome by the elements, starvation, and cold will fall victim to the Wendigo and go mad while preying upon his fellow mankind. As Steve Pitt writes in Legion Magazine…

“A Windigo was a human whose selfishness has overpowered their self-control to the point that satisfaction is no longer possible. That is why Windigos are always hungry no matter how much they eat.” read more »