What’s the Creepy Cryptid From Your Area?

Posted on October 30, 2024 by Charles Yallowitz

Bigfoot Riding Nessie

So, I’ve shown a bunch of strange and obscure cryptids this month.  At least, they were obscure to me.  That got me thinking about how people might know about one cryptid and take it as common knowledge.  Yet, nobody knows about them outside of the region or experience circle.

For example, Long Island has the Montauk Monster, which was a strange body that washed up onshore.  Probably a rotting animal, but it stirred a lot of conspiracies.  We also have TONS of ghosts to the point where abandoned asylums need to be watched by police around this time of year because people try to go in and see the specters.  We’ve got the Amityville House on Long Island too, but people know that one.

All that being said, I want to know what’s the creepy cryptid of your area.  The one that you don’t think a lot of people know about or is simply a local legend.  Share and teach us about the eerie lore you’ve just come to accept.

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About Charles Yallowitz

Charles E. Yallowitz was born, raised, and educated in New York. Then he spent a few years in Florida, realized his fear of alligators, and moved back to the Empire State. When he isn't working hard on his epic fantasy stories, Charles can be found cooking or going on whatever adventure his son has planned for the day. 'Legends of Windemere' is his first series, but it certainly won't be his last.
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12 Responses to What’s the Creepy Cryptid From Your Area?

  1. L. Marie's avatar L. Marie says:
    October 30, 2024 at 10:06 am

    Illinois has the Thunderbird. But You already knew that one.

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  2. jowensauthor's avatar jowensauthor says:
    October 30, 2024 at 10:11 am

    I’m in coastal Virginia so I guess it would be Cheese, though I’ve never heard of it until you made a post about it. However, we do have a lot of reportedly haunted places around here, and also the legend of the Grace Sherwood, the “Witch of Pungo”.

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  3. noelleg44's avatar noelleg44 says:
    October 30, 2024 at 4:48 pm

    NC has a boojum, seen in the mountains near Waynesville, which is said to be 7 feet tall, covered in shaggy hair all over (remind you of anyone?), and had two particular habits.

    First, it is exceedingly fond of gems, said to be plentiful in the North Carolina mountain area. Second, it loves to spy on young ladies trying to bathe in the rivers and lakes of the area.

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  4. coldhandboyack's avatar coldhandboyack says:
    October 31, 2024 at 6:50 am

    We have a lake monster in Idaho. I can’t seem to recall his name this early.

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