Slaughterhouse Canyon
Legend has it that a mother could not take watching her children starve to death, so she murdered them to save them from such a long and painful death. She then threw their remains into the creek and died soon afterward.
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Honey Island Swamp Monster
The Honey Island Swamp Monster, also known as the Cajun Sasquatch and in Cajun French: La Bête Noire, is an ape-like humanoid cryptid creature, similar to descriptions of Bigfoot, purported to inhabit the Honey Island Swamp in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana.
The Gurdon Light
The story of the Gurdon Light has several variations. In one, a railroad worker was hit by a train and decapitated. His spirit can still be seen today, searching for his lost light
Michigan Dogman
In folklore, the Michigan Dogman was a creature allegedly witnessed in 1887 in Wexford County, Michigan, United States. It was described as a seven-foot tall, blue-eyed, or amber-eyed bipedal canine-like animal with the torso of a man and a fearsome howl that sounds like a human scream
Lizard Man of Scape Ore Swamp
In the folklore of Lee County, South Carolina, the Lizard Man of Scape Ore Swamp (also known as the Lizard Man of Lee County) is an entity said to inhabit the swampland of the region
The Dover Demon
The Dover Demon is a creature reportedly sighted on April 21–22, 1977, in Dover, Massachusetts, a town about 15 miles (24 km) southwest of downtown Boston
Jersey Devil
The Jersey Devil is described as a kangaroo-like creature with the face of a horse, the head of a dog, bat-like wings, horns and a tail
Cropsey
Children in Staten Island grew up hearing spooky stories about a child-snatching boogeyman named "Cropsey"
Reptiles Living in City Sewers
In 1932, the New York Times reported that a group of teenagers had witnessed a gator easing itself out of the Bronx River
Colonel Buck’s Tombstone Stain
Passersby are often keen to point out the oddly-shaped mark, resembling a leg, that stains the tomb of this former Justice of the Peace