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MOTHMAN: (WEST VIRGINIA, USA)

American Monsters — Wed, 26 Dec 2012 08:13:57 +0000

One of the most fascinating cryptozoological (or more likely than not paranormal) cases of 20th century comes to us from Point Pleasant, West Virginia, and involves a flying fiend known to terrified locals as the Mothman. This legendary being is said to be a large, headless humanoid, which some claim is an oracle of doom. [...]

NASA GARGOYLE: (TEXAS, USA)

American Monsters — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 21:39:48 +0000

In 1986, a NASA employee had a horrifying encounter with a winged, jet-black, malevolent monstrosity... an encounter that would haunt him for the rest of his life.

SNALLYGASTER: (MARYLAND, USA)

American Monsters — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 07:08:04 +0000

This terrifying cycloptic sky demon was said to be a bizarre amalgam of reptile and bird with octopus-like tentacles and a beak and talons that eyewitnesses swore were made of metal.

OWLMAN OF CORNWALL: (ENGLAND)

American Monsters — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 10:16:16 +0000

This crab-clawed, blood red-eyed, owl-like humanoid is said to have stalked the young women of the Cornwall area for nearly 40 years.

BIG BIRD: (TEXAS, USA)

American Monsters — Sun, 17 Oct 2010 05:21:07 +0000

In 1976, residents of South Texas’ Rio Grande Valley were terrorized by a huge, ape faced, winged creature, which -- according to eyewitness reports -- bore two blood-red eyes.

CRIMEAN WAR MONSTROSITIES: (TURKEY)

American Monsters — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 18:55:50 +0000

Some claim that this creature was a gigantic, headless crow, others say that it was a swarm of carnivorous bat-like animals. Still others insist it’s one of the earliest recorded sightings of a Mothman. Whatever they were, these beasts added more carnage to what would already be the bloodiest battle in the Crimean War.

BROXA: (MIDDLE EAST)

American Monsters — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 18:07:24 +0000

According to legend, these nocturnal birds slipped silently from the night sky to feed on goat's milk, but sometime in the Middle Ages these once gentle creatures developed a far more sinister appetite.

BAR JUCHNE: (MIDDLE EAST)

American Monsters — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 21:09:56 +0000

These enormous, bird-like beasts were said to have a wingspan so incredible it could even blot out the sun and have been associated with the notorious Biblical fiends the Behemoth and Leviathan.

ANKA: (SAUDI ARABIA)

American Monsters — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 20:58:48 +0000

According to Ancient Middle Eastern texts these gargantuan birds were able to carry off prey as large as elephants in their razor-sharp talons.

ALAN: (PHILIPPINE ISLANDS)

American Monsters — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 20:04:28 +0000

These uncharacteristically kind creatures have been known to shelter human children who have been left to their own devices in the harsh, jungle terrain of the Philippine Islands

ORANG-BATI: (INDONESIA)

American Monsters — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 10:07:32 +0000

These vicious, soaring simians are notorious for kidnapping children during their nocturnal raids on native villages.

MANANANGGAL (PHILIPPINE ISLANDS)

American Monsters — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 09:45:33 +0000

These strange soaring enigmas will sometimes take the form of bat winged females while they pursue their favorite delicacy… human flesh!

OLITIAU: (CAMEROON)

American Monsters — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 08:46:32 +0000

These vicious, soaring simians are notorious for kidnapping children during their nocturnal raids on native villages.

AHOOL: (JAVA – VIETNAM)

American Monsters — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 08:24:31 +0000

Considered by many cryptozoologists to be a large, heretofore unidentified species of bat, there are some investigators who feel that these creatures may represent the world's only winged primate.