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ALABAMA: Hell's Gate Bridge

The mostly accepted communicative of Hell's Gate Bridge starts successful nan 1950s, according to nan Oxford Paranormal Society; a young mates driving complete nan span someway drove their car disconnected nan span 1 nighttime and they some drowned.

There are 2 legends associated pinch Hell's Gate Bridge — 1 is that if you thrust your car retired to nan mediate of nan span and move disconnected nan lights, nan mates will magically look successful your car and time off a bedewed spot connected nan seat.

The other, which is really nan span sewage its name, is nan belief that if you thrust complete nan span and look complete your enarthrosis halfway through, nan scenery down you turns into a portal to hellhole engulfed successful flames.

Potentially to curb shade hunters and saturated teenagers, Hell's Gate Bridge is closed to cars, according to The Anniston Star, and it is successful specified disrepair that stepping crossed is powerfully discouraged.

ALASKA: The Kushtaka of nan Alaskan Triangle

Everyone knows nan communicative of nan Bermuda Triangle, but you mightiness not cognize astir nan Alaskan Triangle.

On average, 5 retired of each 1,000 group spell missing successful Alaska, nan Los Angeles Times reported successful 2005, truthful moreover if there's thing supernatural going on, it's easy to get mislaid successful nan Alaskan wilderness.

The Tlingit people who unrecorded successful Juneau person their ain mentation for nan precocious number of missing people: evil spirits called nan Kushtaka.

According to books specified arsenic "In Search of nan Kushtaka: Alaska's Other Bigfoot," nan Kushtaka are shape-shifters (half-man, half-otter) who lure women and children to nan h2o pinch clone cries successful bid to bargain their quality spirits and drown them.

ARIZONA: The ghosts of Slaughterhouse Canyon

The communicative of Slaughterhouse Canyon (not pictured), besides called nan less-frightening Luana's Canyon, takes spot during nan Gold Rush, according to The Miner.

During nan 1800s, location was a family who lived successful nan canyon. They were very poor, truthful nan begetter would task retired for nutrient for his family.

One day, nan begetter did not return, truthful his family slow starved and descended into madness. The mother, incapable to carnivore listening to her children's cries anymore, put connected her wedding dress, murdered her children, and past threw them into a adjacent river. The adjacent time she succumbed to starvation herself.

The fable states that if you spell down to Slaughterhouse Canyon astatine night, moreover now, you will perceive nan loud, anguished cries of nan mother who mislaid her mind.

ARKANSAS: The Boggy Creek Monster

According to Atlas Obscura, nan Boggy Creek Monster of Fouke is Arkansas' type of Sasquatch. He's commonly accepted to beryllium astir 7 aliases 8 feet gangly and covered successful hair. Legend says that he roams nan creeks of agrarian Arkansas.

He was first spotted successful 1834 erstwhile group reported seeing a "wild man."

These days, aft group declare to spot nan Boggy Creek Monster, nan sightings are documented connected nan charismatic Boggy Creek Monster's website.

He has been nan taxable of astatine slightest 5 feature-length films, including 1972's "The Legend of Boggy Creek."

CALIFORNIA: The Char-Man

The Char-Man's root story, told successful nan diary "Western Folklore," is gruesome: A begetter and boy were some caught successful a location occurrence and horribly burned successful 1948.

After nan fire, nan boy became truthful mentally unstable that he killed his father. When nan constabulary recovered nan son, he was truthful unrecognizably burned they didn't recognize he was alive, truthful he ran distant earlier they were capable to apprehension him for nan execution of his father.

The communicative goes that, ever since then, nan Char-Man tin beryllium spotted wandering nan woods surrounding Ojai, occasionally approaching tents of guiltless campers aliases pretending to beryllium a hitchhiker and attempting to onslaught them.

CONNECTICUT: Hannah Cranna

Known arsenic nan "Wicked Witch of Monroe," according to CT Insider, Hannah Cranna gained a estimation arsenic a witch successful nan 19th period erstwhile her hubby died by mysteriously falling disconnected a cliff — and locals reportedly believed that she had bewitched him. People besides believed that she would cast spells on group she didn't like.

Hannah lived to nan property of 77, but correct earlier she died, she asked to beryllium carried down to nan cemetery successful her coffin by foot, not by wagon. After her death, nan group of Monroe tried to instrumentality her coffin down nan elevation but were incapable — nan coffin kept falling disconnected — truthful they were forced to transportation it.

When nan townspeople returned to her home, it was recovered to beryllium engulfed successful flames, sealing Hannah's estimation for practicing witchcraft.

Now, you tin sojourn her existent sedate successful Trumbull.

DELAWARE: The shade of Mr. Chew

While not a peculiarly mean-spirited ghost, Samuel Chew's story, arsenic told successful "Haunted Delaware," is still disconcerting.

Chew was nan main justness of nan Delaware Supreme Court successful 1741. As nan communicative goes, while he was alive, he didn't ever get nan respect he deserved — group often made nosy of his sanction by mimicking sneezes while he walked by.

After his death, group reported seeing his shade sitting nether a poplar tree, wandering nan courthouse, and mostly creeping retired nan residents of Dover. Chew would besides propulsion connected men's coattails and springiness women a cold, icy feeling.

FLORIDA: The gravity-defying Spook Hill

The arena that happens astatine Spook Hill is real: Cars that are parked successful neutral will look to rotation uphill, according to Atlas Obscura.

Legends opportunity nan elevation is either nan tract of a Native American funeral crushed aliases an epic conflict of a Native American main against a crocodile.

But nan truth is it's really conscionable an illusion created by nan hill's surroundings. While cars look to beryllium rolling uphill, they are still conscionable rolling downhill.

GEORGIA: The shade municipality of Lake Lanier

At nan bottommost of Lake Lanier lies (almost) afloat intact towns, ferries, a racetrack, and aggregate cemeteries.

In 1946, nan Georgia authorities received legislature support to create Lake Lanier, and it bought up full towns to clear nan abstraction for nan lake. However, it decided to fto nan h2o screen nan towns alternatively than demolish them.

Now, Lake Lanier has a decidedly eerie consciousness astir it. There person been an different number of freak accidents and deaths connected nan lake. From 1994 to 2020, location were 203 drownings, CNN reported.

Many of nan bodies of group who drowned person ne'er been recovered. People person reported emotion arms and legs successful nan water, reported CNN, but person not been capable to find them correct after, starring group to judge that spirits still roam nan lake.

HAWAII: Night Marchers

Night Marchers, according to Honolulu Magazine, are not evil spirits, but they do request respect. They are spirits of ancient Hawaiian warriors who marched astir nan islands to protect ineffable areas.

Legend says that if you look straight astatine a nighttime marcher, you will beryllium marked for death. And, if by immoderate chance, you find yourself successful nan mediate of a procession, you are expected to dishonesty down successful nan mediate of nan road.

IDAHO: The h2o babies of Massacre Rocks

Water babies are a Native American fable recovered successful respective places successful America, astir famously successful Pocatello astatine Massacre Rocks State Park.

The Shoshone people was first recorded successful 1805, according to nan Encyclopedia of nan Great Plains, and was roaming nan Great Plains arsenic early arsenic nan 1500s, truthful it's not clear erstwhile precisely this fable originated.

But nan communicative goes that nan Shoshone knowledgeable an utmost famine, and mothers were forced to drown their babies successful nan stream alternatively than watch their children starve, arsenic told by Only In Your State.

Today, immoderate group declare that if you beryllium softly astatine nan stream by Massacre Rocks, you'll perceive nan sound of babies crying.

Other stories opportunity that these babies grew gills and fins and survived, and now they activity revenge connected their mothers by luring unsuspecting victims to their deaths successful nan river.

ILLINOIS: Homey nan Clown

Throughout nan suburbs of Chicago successful nan '90s, location was a rumor going astir simple schools: There was a creepy man dressed arsenic Homey nan Clown (yes, from "In Living Color"), driving astir successful a achromatic van trying to lure kids into it pinch candy and money, arsenic reported by nan Chicago Reader and The Chicago Tribune.

In immoderate variations, he was a kidnapper; successful others, he was a rapist. But successful each variations, Homey near a people connected young Chicago kids successful nan '90s.

INDIANA: The 100 Steps Cemetery

The 100 Steps Cemetery is located successful Brazil. While it's unclear erstwhile nan stories astir nan cemetery being haunted began, immoderate gravestones day backmost to nan 1860s.

The fable states that if personification finds themselves successful nan cemetery astatine midnight, they must climb nan steps and count to 100. At this point, a shade of an undertaker will look and show nan personification a imagination of their death.

On nan measurement backmost down, nan visitant is expected to count nan steps again — if they count nan aforesaid magnitude of steps, nan imagination is false.

People who person visited nan cemetery successful nan past person tried to outsmart nan supernatural forces successful 100 Steps by avoiding nan steps altogether. According to Indiana Ghost Detectives, they've reported being knocked aliases shoved to nan crushed by an unseen force.

IOWA: The Black Angel

The Black Angel stands complete 8 feet gangly successful Oakland Cemetery successful Iowa City, and she is achromatic owed to oxidation. According to Atlas Obscura, aggregate legends person cropped up astir her, astir apt because of her acheronian appearance.

One fable says that a pregnant female should ne'er locomotion nether her, aliases she'll suffer nan child. Others opportunity that if you touch aliases buss nan statue, you'll beryllium dormant wrong six months.

Whether haunted, cursed, aliases wholly harmless, nan statue is decidedly a somber show to see.

KANSAS: The Devil's Chair

According to Only In Your State, nan fable of nan Devil's Chair goes for illustration this: An aged husbandman successful Alma refused to waste his onshore to nan metropolis successful bid to build a caller cemetery. Someone sewage a small excessively tired of waiting for him to sell, truthful he was pushed into his ain well.

Eventually, personification said that location was a unspeakable smell coming from nan well, truthful nan metropolis sent personification to investigate. It was ruled that nan good was empty, and it was boarded up.

Now, if you make your measurement to Alma, you tin really beryllium connected nan boarded-up well, but fable says that group who person sat connected nan good person been known to mysteriously disappear.

KENTUCKY: The Goat Man of Pope Lick

There's nary clear statement connected really nan Goat Man came to beryllium — immoderate opportunity he was a circus performer; others opportunity he was a husbandman who tortured his goats for Satan and, successful return, was transformed into a hideous goat monster.

However, everyone does work together connected his appearance: acheronian fur, ray skin, goat legs, and horns, reported Wave3, a section news outlet.

The monster is said to hide nether nan span astatine Pope Lick Creek successful Louisville to lure group onto nan train tracks, only to spot them beryllium deed by oncoming trains.

Sadly, this municipality fable has had immoderate vulnerable consequences. In 2016, an Ohio female fell to her decease from nan span while looking for nan Goat Man, reported The Washington Post.

LOUISIANA: The Grunch

Grunch Road is an aged ungraded roadworthy that leads heavy into nan woods and yet to a dormant end.

It was a favourite spot for teenagers to spell and do immoderate teenagers do until they learned astir nan Grunch.

According to HubPages, nan Grunch are rumored to beryllium a group of deformed, half-human, half-monsters that resulted from years of isolation successful nan Louisiana Bayous.

In nan coming day, it's said that if you find yourself connected Grunch Road, don't get retired of your car if you spot a goat who looks injured. The stories opportunity that nan Grunch uses goats to lure group retired of their cars truthful they tin eat them and drain their blood.

MAINE: The mysterious stain connected Colonel Jonathan Buck's tomb

The tomb of Colonel Jonathan Buck successful Bucksport bears a mysterious leg-shaped stain.

The communicative goes that Buck sentenced a female to pain for witchcraft, and while she was burning, her limb rolled retired of nan fire. It's besides been said that nan witch cursed Buck's tomb to ever carnivore a stain for this injustice, nan Bangor Daily News reported.

It is said that group person tried to get free of this stain twice, but nan stain keeps reappearing.

MARYLAND: Chessie nan Chesapeake Bay monster

Chessie sightings person been astir since nan 1930s but really started to prime up steam successful nan '80s erstwhile photographic grounds became much readily available, WBAL-TV reported.

Chessie is said to lucifer a snake, measures astir 30 feet long, and is nan approximate thickness of a telephone pole.

There haven't been immoderate recorded attacks from Chessie, but a 30-foot-long snake does not sound for illustration thing astir group would want to tally into.

MASSACHUSETTS: The spirits of Hoosac Tunnel

In nan 24-year-long building of nan Hoosac Tunnel successful occidental Massachusetts, astir 200 men died. Death was truthful associated pinch nan passageway that it was really nicknamed "The Bloody Pit," according to Atlas Obscura.

After a peculiarly gruesome detonation successful either 1867 aliases 1868, 13 miners were trapped wrong nan tunnel. The different workers assumed that nan miners had died, but eventually, it was discovered nan miners had lived, built a raft to combat flooding, and yet died owed to venomous state inhalation.

It's said that these 13 miners haunted nan passageway for years, moaning and concisely appearing arsenic ghosts.

MICHIGAN: The small woman connected Knock Knock Road

The fable of Knock Knock Road, arsenic reported by 99.1 WMFK, says that location was a small woman who was murdered connected Knock Knock Road successful nan Detroit area, and now she appears to drivers astatine their car window, knocking, trying to find nan personification who killed her.

MINNESOTA: The Kensington runestone

In 1898, a Swedish-American husbandman recovered a gigantic slab of stone connected his workplace pinch symbols that appeared to beryllium Norse. Since then, nary 1 has figured retired wherever it came from.

While astir historians person debunked nan rock  — now known arsenic nan Kensington Rune, according to Atlas Obscura — arsenic a hoax, owed to making love and inconsistencies pinch nan Norse connection of nan time, nan story has persisted.

But if it wasn't nan Vikings, who did time off this mysterious rock? And what does it say?

MISSISSIPPI: Deer Island's haunted treasure

The Ghost of Deer Island, reported by nan Sun-Herald, originates from an aged pirate story.

The communicative says that backmost successful nan 1920s, 2 men were sportfishing connected Deer Island erstwhile they heard rustling successful nan bushes, a sound they assumed was caused by chaotic hogs. Eventually, they decided to cheque it retired and encountered a headless skeleton. They ran backmost to their boat, and nan skeleton followed them each nan measurement there.

According to nan pirates' story, location was a vessel that sailed into Biloxi Bay and buried their wealth connected Deer Island. The unit decided to behead 1 of their ain and near his assemblage down to defender their treasure.

MISSOURI: Momo nan Missouri Monster

Momo is Missouri's type of Bigfoot/Sasquatch. He's been said to person unspeakable assemblage odor, a pumpkin-shaped head, and an appetite for dogs. In 1968, Momo tried to abduct a 4-year-old boy, though nary grounds was ever found, a section power station reported.

MONTANA: The communicative of Sacrifice Cliff

As reported by nan Billings Gazette, nan communicative of Sacrifice Cliff comes from an aged Native American legend.

Two members of nan Crow Tribe arrived successful their colony from a travel to find that almost everyone location had been infected pinch smallpox and died. So heartbroken astir nan nonaccomplishment of their loved ones, nan 2 decided to blindfold their horses and thrust disconnected nan cliff to subordinate nan people connected nan different side.

Sacrifice Cliff is visible from almost anyplace successful Billings, truthful it's sad (and a spot spooky) to deliberation astir this communicative while nan cliff looms complete nan full city.

NEBRASKA: The poisoned woman astatine Centennial Hall

When Business Insider chose nan most haunted spot successful each state, Centennial Hall was a no-brainer. People declare that aggregate ghosts roam nan halls.

But nan creepiest communicative of Centennial Hall originates successful nan 1940s erstwhile it utilized to beryllium a precocious school.

The communicative says that a student was playing her clarinet, suffered a bosom attack, and died — because her reed was poisoned. Now, group declare to consciousness acold spots, perceive disembodied euphony and to person witnessed an quiet rocking chair commencement to rock, according to nan blog Theresa's Haunted History of nan Tri-State.

NEVADA: The truth astir Area 51

There is possibly nary municipality legend, myth, aliases conspiracy mentation much celebrated than Nevada's Area 51, a mysterious authorities installation that is rumored to beryllium associated pinch aliens. The US authorities officially states that Area 51 is classified owed to nationalist security, which only fuels nan fire.

The secrecy surrounding Area 51 is what makes it inherently creepy, and pinch nan authorities admitting to a program investigating UFOs, nan theories astir what's really going connected wrong proceed to look much plausible.

NEW HAMPSHIRE: The witch of Hampton, Goody Cole

Eunice "Goody" Cole was nan only female successful New Hampshire history to beryllium tried for witchcraft — aggregate times. Her first complaint was successful 1656, and she was charged again successful 1671, according to nan Hampton Historical Society.

When she died and her assemblage was recovered, nan townspeople were rumored to person staked her done nan bosom to forestall her from haunting their town, according to Atlas Obscura.

People proceed to blasted Goody Cole for nan misfortunes of Hampton citizens for nan past 300 years. For example, a vessel afloat of Hampton residents overturned, and everyone connected committee drowned, moreover though they were wrong swimming region of shore. People blamed Goody Cole for nan clang and for cursing nan passengers by having them hide really to swim.

NEW JERSEY: The Jersey Devil

The communicative of nan Jersey Devil has been astir since nan 1700s, Weird NJ reported. The fable states that a female named Mother Leeds became pregnant pinch her 13th kid and said, "Let this 1 beryllium [a/the] devil." Once nan kid was born, it grew hooves, wings, horns, and a tail.

The monster has been spotted periodically passim history successful the Pine Barrens region of New Jersey. The authorities has embraced nan fable truthful overmuch that they named their lucky squad aft it.

NEW MEXICO: La Mala Hora

La Mala Hora, which translates to The Evil Hour, is an entity you don't want to tally into connected a acheronian road. Legend says it first appears arsenic a shot of achromatic energy, perpetually moving and changing its size and shape. If you look astatine it, it will thrust you insane and will slow termination you.

At different times, it appears arsenic a scary-looking woman. It's said that if you spot her astatine a crossroads, you aliases personification successful your family will die.

NEW YORK: Cropsey

The communicative of Cropsey has galore iterations, The Lineup reported, but it mostly tells nan communicative of a man who stalked a sleep-away camp/psychiatric facility/children's hospital, had a hook for a hand, and killed children who were wandering unsocial astatine night. Almost anyone who went to campy successful upstate New York has heard astir Cropsey.

Things took a much sinister move erstwhile a documentary posited that Cropsey was really real: a convicted kid kidnapper named Andre Rand, wrote The New York Times.

NORTH CAROLINA: The beast of Bladenboro

In nan 1950s, aggregate dogs were recovered dormant and drained of humor successful nan North Carolina municipality of Bladenboro, according to North Carolina Ghosts. People believed a vampiric beast was successful nan woods, and they tried to hunt nan animal. 

Today, nan municipality of Bladenboro has embraced its history, and residents really clasp a Beast Fest each year. While immoderate group are convinced nan beast was astir apt a peculiarly ample bobcat, it's ne'er been confirmed precisely what was stalking their town.

NORTH DAKOTA: White Lady Lane

The communicative of White Lady Lane is simply a tragic one, according to Only In Your State.

The fable states that a young female became pregnant retired of wedlock, and her belief parents forced her to wed nan baby's father. The babe ended up dying aft their wedding. The girl, truthful upset astir her babe and her forced marriage, hanged herself from a span successful her wedding dress. Locals declare to still spot her shade hanging from nan bridge.

OHIO: The werewolf of Defiance.

During nan summertime of 1972, nan group of Defiance said they were being terrorized by a werewolf, per Mysterious Universe.

The sightings ever happened astatine night, mostly by nan train tracks. A mates of women said it would effort to get into their houses by rattling nan doorknobs. The animal was said to beryllium huge, hairy, and dressed successful rags.

But aft summertime ended, nan beast disappeared, ne'er to beryllium heard from again. But nan communicative lingers.

OKLAHOMA: The mysterious Shaman's portal

The mysterious occurrences successful Beaver Dunes Park person been attributed to nan truth that it was built upon ancient Native American funeral grounds, which is why it's called nan Shaman's portal, according to Only In Your State.

It's besides known arsenic nan Oklahoma Bermuda Triangle.

Mysterious things person happened successful nan park, starting pinch nan Spanish conquistadors who went missing while searching for golden successful nan 1500s. Since then, paranormal activity seekers person flocked to nan dunes. Some group declare that a UFO collapsed there, and a group successful nan '90s who tested nan ungraded said it was "abnormal."

OREGON: The Bandage Man of Cannon Beach

The Bandage Man is nan American type of a mummy, wrote nan Cannon Beach History Center and Museum.

He is rumored to beryllium nan shade of a logger who died successful a sawmill mishap and now terrorizes teenagers who bent retired astatine a deserted area of a road adjacent Cannon Beach. Stories opportunity that he knocks connected car windows to effort to get successful and smells really, really bad.

PENNSYLVANIA: The autobus to nowhere

In Philadelphia, there's rumored to beryllium a autobus that doesn't person an extremity destination, according to Only In Your State. The communicative says that nan autobus only picks up passengers who are astatine their lowest moments and request to get distant from their problems. Once nan rider is fresh to look nan world, they tin get disconnected nan bus.

But, nan rider has nary thought really agelong they've been connected nan autobus for — it could person been hours, days, aliases moreover years.

SOUTH CAROLINA: The decease of Julia Legare

In nan 1800s, nan Legares were a well-to-do South Carolinian family that had homes connected nan mainland and connected Edisto Island. The daughter, Julia, sewage sick, was pronounced dead, and was buried wrong their family mausoleum, according to Edisto's website.

Years later, different personnel of nan Legare family died, and erstwhile their tomb was opened up, nan remains of Julia were recovered extracurricular her coffin. The communicative says that Julia had been successful a coma, and had woken up to effort to flight her tomb, but sadly died.

After nan first reopening of nan Legare mausoleum, nan doorway couldn't look to enactment shut. The Legares tried aggregate different doors, and each azygous time, nan doorway was recovered open. People judge that Julia's shade didn't want to beryllium locked successful that tomb immoderate longer.

SOUTH DAKOTA: Walking Sam and nan Pine Ridge Indian Reservation

Purportedly complete 7 feet gangly and very slim, Walking Sam is said to look connected nan streets of nan Pine Ridge Indian Reservation astatine night, and he tries to person teenagers to return their ain lives, per Hot 104.7.

Whether aliases not Walking Sam is real, thing tragic is going connected astatine nan reservation. From December 2014 to May 2015, location were 103 attempts by group to extremity their lives astatine Pine Ridge, reported The Daily Dot.

TENNESSEE: The boy successful nan bath astatine Pine Haven School

The Pine Haven School, located successful Jamestown, is aged and abandoned, and according to Urban Legends Online, it's said to beryllium haunted.

A tragic communicative supposedly took spot there, wherever a boy was cornered by a group of bullies successful nan bath and shoved into a mirror, which shattered and killed him. 

To debar getting caught committing murder, nan bullies decided to hide nan assemblage underneath nan floorboards. Today, group opportunity that if you spell wrong nan school, you tin spot nan reflection of nan boy if you look successful nan mirror.

TEXAS: The Candy Lady

According to Urban Legends Online, successful nan early 1900s, children successful an unnamed agrarian municipality successful Texas started to disappear, and nan residents blamed nan Candy Lady.

The communicative says that she would spell astir leaving candy connected children's windows, yet luring nan kids retired pinch notes attached, promising much candy.

The communicative picked up steam erstwhile a husbandman reportedly recovered rotten teeth connected his workplace and later recovered nan assemblage of a boy pinch his pockets stuffed pinch candy.

UTAH: The curse of nan Escalante Petrified Forest

While it is forbidden to return thing from Escalante Petrified Forest State Park, a fable says that anyone who takes pieces of petrified wood from nan parkland will beryllium cursed pinch bad luck, sickness, and accidents, KSL reported.

Park head Kendall Farnsworth told KSL successful 2014 that he gets astir a twelve packages each twelvemonth containing a portion of wood from nan parkland and an apologetic missive detailing nan sender's misfortunes. 

VERMONT: The stiff people

First appearing successful a diary that was published successful nan precocious 1800s, nan fable of nan hibernating older group recounts nan communicative of a mediocre family extracurricular Montpelier who couldn't spend to provender and clothe nan oldest members of their family, truthful they froze nan group and buried them, wrote Vermonter.

Legend has it that erstwhile outpouring rolled around, nan elders thawed retired and were conscionable fine.

VIRGINIA: The Bunnyman

The Bunnyman's fable starts pinch what each bully municipality fable originates with: An insane asylum.

As reported by WAMU 88.5, nan group of Clifton were truthful up successful arms astir nan asylum that they were capable to get each of nan patients transferred. The patients were being moved connected a autobus that crashed, and nan constabulary were capable to drawback each nan patients isolated from 1 — nan Bunnyman.

According to nan tale, nan Bunnyman lived successful nan woods and sustained himself connected woodland creatures (like bunnies), but eventually, he attacked humans.

Some group reported being attacked by a man pinch a hatchet. Other tales opportunity that groups of teens would spot a agleam ray and past would upwind up dormant and strung up complete a bridge, nan Washingtonian reported.

WEST VIRGINIA: Mothman

In 1966, stories opportunity that West Virginia was visited by an insectoid flying animal pinch agleam reddish eyes who resembled some a moth and a man, according to Atlas Obscura. He was spotted flying astir nan municipality of Point Pleasant, on pinch sparkling lights and nan arsenic conspiratorial Men successful Black

Mothman's origins person been said to beryllium supernatural, alien, aliases a authorities research gone wrong.

But Point Pleasant has embraced nan monster, erecting a statue, creating a museum, and moreover dedicating a festival to him. In 2002, a movie starring Richard Gere, "The Mothman Prophecies," was released.

WISCONSIN: Boy Scout Lane

The communicative of what precisely happened astatine Boy Scout Lane varies, but they each extremity pinch nan aforesaid conclusion: a group of Boy Scouts dormant connected nan road.

In immoderate stories, McDowell News wrote, location was a autobus clang pinch nary survivors, aliases they were murdered by their autobus driver, aliases they conscionable mysteriously vanished into nan woods 1 by one.

Visitors person reported seeing a swinging assemblage successful nan trees, emotion for illustration they are being watched, and uncovering child-size handprints.

WYOMING: Devils Tower

There's nary technological statement connected why Devils Tower looks nan measurement it does, but aggregate Native American creation stories property nan landmark's style to a tragedy.

According to nan various stories, 2 boys were attacked and chased by a ample bear, truthful they ran up nan stone formation. The carnivore tried to follow, but couldn't make nan climb and near scratches each nan measurement down nan stone arsenic it slid down, according to Rapid City's tourism website.

Correction: March 13, 2023 — This communicative has been updated to region nan declare that historians debunked nan mentation Vikings arrived successful North America earlier Christopher Columbus.