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			<title><![CDATA[2026 Loch Ness Monster Silver Bullion]]></title>
			<link>https://rogue-nation.com/mybb/showthread.php?tid=3420</link>
			<pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2026 00:57:39 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[If you're into buying silver coins mainly for the designs and the collecting... here is a good one!<br />
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The Royal Mint has started a new series called <span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Legendary Creatures</span>, with the Loch Ness Monster as the first release. It’s a 2026 UK £2 coin in one ounce of .999 silver, with a stated mintage of 50,000. The reverse shows Nessie rising from the water, and the obverse carries the portrait of King Charles III.<br />
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Current prices are around £94.80 for a single coin, slightly lower in larger orders, and about &#36;115 from some US sellers. That puts it well above standard bullion pricing.<br />
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The modern surge in Nessie interest is usually linked to the 1934 surgeon’s photograph, and the Mint previously featured the creature on a 2018 10p coin. Early sales show they are going fast...<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Silver</span><br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Link</span>: <a href="https://www.royalmint.com/invest/bullion/bullion-coins/silver-coins/legendary-creatures-loch-ness-monster-2026-uk-1oz-silver-bullion-coin/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">https://www.royalmint.com/invest/bullion...lion-coin/</a><br />
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Nessie bullion could be a tougher buy. The one-ounce gold coin is listed at roughly &#36;5,600, and the mintage is limited to 5,000 pieces.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Gold</span><br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Link:</span> <a href="https://www.royalmint.com/invest/bullion/bullion-coins/gold-coins/legendary-creatures-loch-ness-monster-2026-uk-1oz-gold-bullion-coin/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">https://www.royalmint.com/invest/bullion...lion-coin/</a><br />
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[If you're into buying silver coins mainly for the designs and the collecting... here is a good one!<br />
<br />
The Royal Mint has started a new series called <span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Legendary Creatures</span>, with the Loch Ness Monster as the first release. It’s a 2026 UK £2 coin in one ounce of .999 silver, with a stated mintage of 50,000. The reverse shows Nessie rising from the water, and the obverse carries the portrait of King Charles III.<br />
<br />
Current prices are around £94.80 for a single coin, slightly lower in larger orders, and about &#36;115 from some US sellers. That puts it well above standard bullion pricing.<br />
<br />
The modern surge in Nessie interest is usually linked to the 1934 surgeon’s photograph, and the Mint previously featured the creature on a 2018 10p coin. Early sales show they are going fast...<br />
<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Silver</span><br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Link</span>: <a href="https://www.royalmint.com/invest/bullion/bullion-coins/silver-coins/legendary-creatures-loch-ness-monster-2026-uk-1oz-silver-bullion-coin/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">https://www.royalmint.com/invest/bullion...lion-coin/</a><br />
<br />
Nessie bullion could be a tougher buy. The one-ounce gold coin is listed at roughly &#36;5,600, and the mintage is limited to 5,000 pieces.<br />
<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Gold</span><br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Link:</span> <a href="https://www.royalmint.com/invest/bullion/bullion-coins/gold-coins/legendary-creatures-loch-ness-monster-2026-uk-1oz-gold-bullion-coin/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">https://www.royalmint.com/invest/bullion...lion-coin/</a><br />
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			<title><![CDATA[America's Strangest Cryptids Explained in One Video]]></title>
			<link>https://rogue-nation.com/mybb/showthread.php?tid=3276</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 05:07:14 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Prepare yourselves...<br />
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<blockquote class="mycode_quote"><cite>Quote:</cite><span style="font-size: large;" class="mycode_size"><span style="color: #ffc95f;" class="mycode_color">The American landscape is haunted. Beyond the familiar stories of Bigfoot and the Mothman lies a vast, hidden bestiary of homegrown monsters, each one a dark reflection of the landscape that created it. This documentary is a definitive survey of that new mythology, a journey to every dark and unlit corner of the continent to chronicle the strange, the terrifying, and the forgotten.<br />
<br />
This video explores over 70 of America's most fascinating mythical beasts. We will journey from the great ape-like creatures of the deep woods to the serpentine monsters of our deepest lakes. We'll uncover the violent phantoms of the frontier, the bizarre "fearsome critters" of lumberjack lore, the terrifying winged horrors that haunt our skies, and the transformative legends of Native American tradition.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #ffc95f;" class="mycode_color">This is a map of our fears and a testament to the power of folklore. Each of these stories is a candidate for a future deep-dive investigation, and this is your chance to decide our next subject. After watching, go to the comments and tell us: which of these legends deserves its own deep dive?</span></span></blockquote>
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<iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/wF30gLuCj6o" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="true"></iframe><br />
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TIMESTAMPS:<br />
00:00:00 Intro<br />
00:01:03 Bigfoot<br />
00:05:08 The Skunk Ape<br />
00:07:52 The Fouke Monster<br />
00:10:23 The Momo<br />
00:12:24 The Wood Booger<br />
00:15:05 The Beast of Bray Road<br />
00:18:36 The Michigan Dog Man<br />
00:20:46 The Ozark Howler<br />
00:22:34 The Wampus Cat<br />
00:25:00 The Shunka Warakin<br />
00:27:42 The Miniwashitu<br />
00:30:08 The Taku-He<br />
00:31:56 The Wolf Woman of Mobile<br />
00:33:55 The Chupacabra<br />
00:37:18 The Pope Lick Monster<br />
00:39:57 The Maryland Goatman<br />
00:42:13 The Pukwudgie<br />
00:44:36 The Menehune<br />
00:46:42 The Dover Demon<br />
00:49:02 The Melon Heads<br />
00:51:07 The Enfield Horror<br />
00:53:13 The Lizard Man of Scape Ore Swamp<br />
00:55:36 The Grinning Man<br />
00:57:52 The Bunnyman<br />
01:00:02 The Nain Rouge<br />
01:02:23 The Green Lady<br />
01:04:34 Huggin' Molly<br />
01:06:33 The Dark Watchers<br />
01:08:31 The Urayuli<br />
01:09:49 The Dzoavits<br />
01:11:34 The Flying Heads<br />
01:13:18 The Elephant Man<br />
01:15:34 The Fresno Nightcrawlers<br />
01:17:39 La Llorona<br />
01:20:15 The Banshee of the Badlands<br />
01:22:11 El Muerto<br />
01:24:25 The Boo Hag<br />
01:26:42 The Stikini<br />
01:28:41 The Spearfinger<br />
01:31:14 Mercy Brown<br />
01:34:02 The Thunderbird<br />
01:36:56 The Teratorns<br />
01:38:44 The Mothman<br />
01:41:43 The Jersey Devil<br />
01:44:39 The Snallygaster<br />
01:46:49 The Van Meter Visitor<br />
01:49:17 The Hodag<br />
01:51:39 The Jackalope<br />
01:53:39 The Splintercat<br />
01:55:52 The Slide-Rock Bolter<br />
01:57:42 The Squonk<br />
01:59:11 The Wapaloosies<br />
02:00:42 The Whintosser<br />
02:02:54 Champ<br />
02:05:21 Memphre<br />
02:06:48 Chessie<br />
02:08:20 The Flathead Lake Monster<br />
02:10:00 Tahoe Tessie<br />
02:11:48 Sharlie<br />
02:13:23 The Bear Lake Monster<br />
02:15:15 Cassie<br />
02:16:48 The Lake Worth Monster<br />
02:18:47 The Mud Mermaid<br />
02:20:12 The Kushtaka<br />
02:22:47 The Beast of Busco<br />
02:24:57 Sinkhole Sam<br />
02:26:38 The Oklahoma Octopus<br />
02:29:29 The Altamaha-ha<br />
02:30:47 The Mo'o<br />
02:33:01 The Tizheruk<br />
02:35:42 The Rougarou<br />
02:37:21 The Skinwalker<br />
02:39:38 The Wendigo]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Prepare yourselves...<br />
<br />
<blockquote class="mycode_quote"><cite>Quote:</cite><span style="font-size: large;" class="mycode_size"><span style="color: #ffc95f;" class="mycode_color">The American landscape is haunted. Beyond the familiar stories of Bigfoot and the Mothman lies a vast, hidden bestiary of homegrown monsters, each one a dark reflection of the landscape that created it. This documentary is a definitive survey of that new mythology, a journey to every dark and unlit corner of the continent to chronicle the strange, the terrifying, and the forgotten.<br />
<br />
This video explores over 70 of America's most fascinating mythical beasts. We will journey from the great ape-like creatures of the deep woods to the serpentine monsters of our deepest lakes. We'll uncover the violent phantoms of the frontier, the bizarre "fearsome critters" of lumberjack lore, the terrifying winged horrors that haunt our skies, and the transformative legends of Native American tradition.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #ffc95f;" class="mycode_color">This is a map of our fears and a testament to the power of folklore. Each of these stories is a candidate for a future deep-dive investigation, and this is your chance to decide our next subject. After watching, go to the comments and tell us: which of these legends deserves its own deep dive?</span></span></blockquote>
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<br />
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/wF30gLuCj6o" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="true"></iframe><br />
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<br />
TIMESTAMPS:<br />
00:00:00 Intro<br />
00:01:03 Bigfoot<br />
00:05:08 The Skunk Ape<br />
00:07:52 The Fouke Monster<br />
00:10:23 The Momo<br />
00:12:24 The Wood Booger<br />
00:15:05 The Beast of Bray Road<br />
00:18:36 The Michigan Dog Man<br />
00:20:46 The Ozark Howler<br />
00:22:34 The Wampus Cat<br />
00:25:00 The Shunka Warakin<br />
00:27:42 The Miniwashitu<br />
00:30:08 The Taku-He<br />
00:31:56 The Wolf Woman of Mobile<br />
00:33:55 The Chupacabra<br />
00:37:18 The Pope Lick Monster<br />
00:39:57 The Maryland Goatman<br />
00:42:13 The Pukwudgie<br />
00:44:36 The Menehune<br />
00:46:42 The Dover Demon<br />
00:49:02 The Melon Heads<br />
00:51:07 The Enfield Horror<br />
00:53:13 The Lizard Man of Scape Ore Swamp<br />
00:55:36 The Grinning Man<br />
00:57:52 The Bunnyman<br />
01:00:02 The Nain Rouge<br />
01:02:23 The Green Lady<br />
01:04:34 Huggin' Molly<br />
01:06:33 The Dark Watchers<br />
01:08:31 The Urayuli<br />
01:09:49 The Dzoavits<br />
01:11:34 The Flying Heads<br />
01:13:18 The Elephant Man<br />
01:15:34 The Fresno Nightcrawlers<br />
01:17:39 La Llorona<br />
01:20:15 The Banshee of the Badlands<br />
01:22:11 El Muerto<br />
01:24:25 The Boo Hag<br />
01:26:42 The Stikini<br />
01:28:41 The Spearfinger<br />
01:31:14 Mercy Brown<br />
01:34:02 The Thunderbird<br />
01:36:56 The Teratorns<br />
01:38:44 The Mothman<br />
01:41:43 The Jersey Devil<br />
01:44:39 The Snallygaster<br />
01:46:49 The Van Meter Visitor<br />
01:49:17 The Hodag<br />
01:51:39 The Jackalope<br />
01:53:39 The Splintercat<br />
01:55:52 The Slide-Rock Bolter<br />
01:57:42 The Squonk<br />
01:59:11 The Wapaloosies<br />
02:00:42 The Whintosser<br />
02:02:54 Champ<br />
02:05:21 Memphre<br />
02:06:48 Chessie<br />
02:08:20 The Flathead Lake Monster<br />
02:10:00 Tahoe Tessie<br />
02:11:48 Sharlie<br />
02:13:23 The Bear Lake Monster<br />
02:15:15 Cassie<br />
02:16:48 The Lake Worth Monster<br />
02:18:47 The Mud Mermaid<br />
02:20:12 The Kushtaka<br />
02:22:47 The Beast of Busco<br />
02:24:57 Sinkhole Sam<br />
02:26:38 The Oklahoma Octopus<br />
02:29:29 The Altamaha-ha<br />
02:30:47 The Mo'o<br />
02:33:01 The Tizheruk<br />
02:35:42 The Rougarou<br />
02:37:21 The Skinwalker<br />
02:39:38 The Wendigo]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Winter Subspecies of Wild Scottish Haggis Animals]]></title>
			<link>https://rogue-nation.com/mybb/showthread.php?tid=3238</link>
			<pubDate>Sat, 13 Dec 2025 13:11:31 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[A short but educational video featuring the different Subspecies of the not often seen wild Scottish Haggis as they roam the Wintery Highlands of Scotland seeking out their preferred wild Scottish Tartan which appears to be abundant at this time of year.<br />
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<blockquote class="mycode_quote"><cite>Quote:</cite>The fascinating world of wild Scottish haggis animals is a spectacular celebration of Scotland's mythical wildlife. In this engaging series of documentaries, our favourite wild haggis creatures from Scottish folklore have been singled out and showered with attention. <br />
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Discover everything you could ever want to know about their past, present, and future of Scottish haggis animals. Tour Scotland and be intrigued, surprised, and enthralled by the visual feast that is just the Wild Scottish Haggis Animal.</blockquote>
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Good luck in the run up to Burns Night great chieftain o' the puddin'-race!"<span style="color: #0a0a0a;" class="mycode_color"><span style="font-family: 'Google Sans', Roboto, Arial, sans-serif;" class="mycode_font">.<br />
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[A short but educational video featuring the different Subspecies of the not often seen wild Scottish Haggis as they roam the Wintery Highlands of Scotland seeking out their preferred wild Scottish Tartan which appears to be abundant at this time of year.<br />
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<blockquote class="mycode_quote"><cite>Quote:</cite>The fascinating world of wild Scottish haggis animals is a spectacular celebration of Scotland's mythical wildlife. In this engaging series of documentaries, our favourite wild haggis creatures from Scottish folklore have been singled out and showered with attention. <br />
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Discover everything you could ever want to know about their past, present, and future of Scottish haggis animals. Tour Scotland and be intrigued, surprised, and enthralled by the visual feast that is just the Wild Scottish Haggis Animal.</blockquote>
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<iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/SDRLKbNqyyI" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="true"></iframe><br />
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Good luck in the run up to Burns Night great chieftain o' the puddin'-race!"<span style="color: #0a0a0a;" class="mycode_color"><span style="font-family: 'Google Sans', Roboto, Arial, sans-serif;" class="mycode_font">.<br />
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			<title><![CDATA[Creatures from another world]]></title>
			<link>https://rogue-nation.com/mybb/showthread.php?tid=3221</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2025 05:16:33 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[<blockquote class="mycode_quote"><cite>Quote:</cite><span style="color: #ffffff;" class="mycode_color">Few, if any, people are comfortable with the idea that there appears to be a connection between UFO sightings and the appearance of supposedly non-existent creatures, including Sasquatch. UFO investigators and organizations have largely shunned cases in which both UFOs and cryptic beings show up in the same locations at the same time. And the Bigfoot research groups are equally appalled to address why their flesh-and-blood but elusive primate species often vanish into thin air, as if sucked up into the sky. But the links between UFO craft and Sasquatch are getting harder to ignore. This week marks the 20th anniversary of Hunt for the Skinwalker, a book co-written by Dr. Colm Kelleher and George Knapp. It documented the strange encounters that had been reported and investigated by the NIDS organization (National Institute for Discovery Science) at a place now known as Skinwalker Ranch. That book inspired the creation of a secretive DIA program known as AAWSAP, which did NOT shy away from the pursuit of incidents in which unknown creatures, including Bigfoot, were seen in the same vicinity as UFOs, alleged dimensional portals, and other phenomena shunned by mainstream science. In this episode of WEAPONIZED, Jeremy and George speak with author and filmmaker David Paulides. Paulides is best known for his bestselling book series, “Missing 411,” in which he documents hundreds of strange disappearances that occur largely in national parks and forests. In many of these cases, humans simply vanish, as if snatched by UFOs or taken against their will to some other reality. Most are never seen again. The first two books written by the former lawman Paulides focused on Sasquatch and what Native American tribes have learned about the mysterious, hair-covered monsters that have been seen for centuries all over North America. His readers wondered if Paulides was suggesting that Sasquatch might be responsible for the humans who disappeared. Now Paulides has released a new film which thoroughly explores all sides of the Bigfoot mystery. The documentary, “American Sasquatch: Man, Myth, or Monster,” revisits the physical evidence and witness accounts which suggest that there is a disturbing connection between cryptid creatures such as Bigfoot and the sightings of UFOs, dimensional portals, and other astounding phenomena - similar to what has been widely reported in and around Skinwalker Ranch. The episode includes clips from the Paulides film, as well as from the video archives of both George and Jeremy, which have explored these same possible connections.</span></blockquote>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote class="mycode_quote"><cite>Quote:</cite><span style="color: #ffffff;" class="mycode_color">Few, if any, people are comfortable with the idea that there appears to be a connection between UFO sightings and the appearance of supposedly non-existent creatures, including Sasquatch. UFO investigators and organizations have largely shunned cases in which both UFOs and cryptic beings show up in the same locations at the same time. And the Bigfoot research groups are equally appalled to address why their flesh-and-blood but elusive primate species often vanish into thin air, as if sucked up into the sky. But the links between UFO craft and Sasquatch are getting harder to ignore. This week marks the 20th anniversary of Hunt for the Skinwalker, a book co-written by Dr. Colm Kelleher and George Knapp. It documented the strange encounters that had been reported and investigated by the NIDS organization (National Institute for Discovery Science) at a place now known as Skinwalker Ranch. That book inspired the creation of a secretive DIA program known as AAWSAP, which did NOT shy away from the pursuit of incidents in which unknown creatures, including Bigfoot, were seen in the same vicinity as UFOs, alleged dimensional portals, and other phenomena shunned by mainstream science. In this episode of WEAPONIZED, Jeremy and George speak with author and filmmaker David Paulides. Paulides is best known for his bestselling book series, “Missing 411,” in which he documents hundreds of strange disappearances that occur largely in national parks and forests. In many of these cases, humans simply vanish, as if snatched by UFOs or taken against their will to some other reality. Most are never seen again. The first two books written by the former lawman Paulides focused on Sasquatch and what Native American tribes have learned about the mysterious, hair-covered monsters that have been seen for centuries all over North America. His readers wondered if Paulides was suggesting that Sasquatch might be responsible for the humans who disappeared. Now Paulides has released a new film which thoroughly explores all sides of the Bigfoot mystery. The documentary, “American Sasquatch: Man, Myth, or Monster,” revisits the physical evidence and witness accounts which suggest that there is a disturbing connection between cryptid creatures such as Bigfoot and the sightings of UFOs, dimensional portals, and other astounding phenomena - similar to what has been widely reported in and around Skinwalker Ranch. The episode includes clips from the Paulides film, as well as from the video archives of both George and Jeremy, which have explored these same possible connections.</span></blockquote>
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			<title><![CDATA[SASQUATCH (Book)]]></title>
			<link>https://rogue-nation.com/mybb/showthread.php?tid=2978</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2025 04:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[The ultra rare horror/thriller SASQUATCH (1978) by M.E. Knerr is now scanned and available to read for free, by Dr. Jerry Coe.<br />
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This is the New English Library edition: <a href="https://archive.org/details/sasquatch-knerr-compressed/mode/1up?view=theater" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">Sasquatch</a><br />
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The original Tower Books edition was titled SASQUATCH: MONSTER OF THE NORTHWEST WOODS (1977).<br />
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Knerr assures readers that any resemblance to any Sasquatch, living or dead, is completely coincidental:<br />
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Knerr's work isn't well documented online (he's got two separate Goodreads profiles as M.E. and Michael!) but he also wrote a book on Jonestown:<br />
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And something called THE SEX LIFE OF THE GODS! (1962)<br />
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And there's this short article at the Mystery*File quoting writer John F. Carr on what he knew of Knerr: <a href="https://mysteryfile.com/blog/?p=138" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">John F. Carr on MICHAEL E. KNERR</a><br />
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Which includes a partial bibliography but also notes that more titles probably exist under pseudonyms:<br />
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[The ultra rare horror/thriller SASQUATCH (1978) by M.E. Knerr is now scanned and available to read for free, by Dr. Jerry Coe.<br />
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This is the New English Library edition: <a href="https://archive.org/details/sasquatch-knerr-compressed/mode/1up?view=theater" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">Sasquatch</a><br />
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<img src="https://i.imgur.com/c8GuXD2.jpg" loading="lazy"  alt="[Image: c8GuXD2.jpg]" class="mycode_img" /><br />
<br />
The original Tower Books edition was titled SASQUATCH: MONSTER OF THE NORTHWEST WOODS (1977).<br />
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<img src="https://i.imgur.com/S4TeR3j.jpg" loading="lazy"  alt="[Image: S4TeR3j.jpg]" class="mycode_img" /><br />
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<br />
Knerr assures readers that any resemblance to any Sasquatch, living or dead, is completely coincidental:<br />
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<img src="https://i.imgur.com/EqSUVuo.jpg" loading="lazy"  alt="[Image: EqSUVuo.jpg]" class="mycode_img" /><br />
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<br />
Knerr's work isn't well documented online (he's got two separate Goodreads profiles as M.E. and Michael!) but he also wrote a book on Jonestown:<br />
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<img src="https://i.imgur.com/HdCgPaK.jpg" loading="lazy"  alt="[Image: HdCgPaK.jpg]" class="mycode_img" /><br />
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And something called THE SEX LIFE OF THE GODS! (1962)<br />
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<img src="https://i.imgur.com/ZCQhQJi.jpg" loading="lazy"  alt="[Image: ZCQhQJi.jpg]" class="mycode_img" /><br />
<br />
And there's this short article at the Mystery*File quoting writer John F. Carr on what he knew of Knerr: <a href="https://mysteryfile.com/blog/?p=138" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">John F. Carr on MICHAEL E. KNERR</a><br />
<br />
Which includes a partial bibliography but also notes that more titles probably exist under pseudonyms:<br />
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			<title><![CDATA[Some have reported fatal deaths]]></title>
			<link>https://rogue-nation.com/mybb/showthread.php?tid=2928</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2025 08:49:42 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[<span style="font-size: large;" class="mycode_size">I never heard of a death that was not fatal so I will post this anyway !</span><br />
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<blockquote class="mycode_quote"><cite>Quote:</cite><span style="color: #ffffff;" class="mycode_color"><span style="font-size: large;" class="mycode_size">July 1942. Two pilots, Babe Alyesworth and Bill Hammersley are flying over Alaska’s remote Lake Iliamna in a routine flight. Everything’s going smoothly, so they decide to just look out the window and enjoy the sights. That’s when they saw something horrifying just lurking beneath the water. It was a massive aluminum-colored creature swimming below the surface. Its elongated body and fish-like tail were unlike anything they had ever seen. Years later, sightings of the creature began piling up. Fishermen claimed their lines were being ripped apart by an unseen force that could even bend metal hooks. Flocks of swans and other wildlife started mysteriously disappearing, and pilots reported shadowy, log-like shapes moving through the water. Some witnesses described the creature as a monster. Others believed it to be an undiscovered beast, swimming in the cold, unfamiliar depths of the lake, whatever it is, one thing is certain, there is something in the water and it’s bigger than Jaws This is the bizarre true story of the Iliamna Lake Monster, one of the most mysterious legends in the wild waters of North America.</span></span></blockquote>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<span style="font-size: large;" class="mycode_size">I never heard of a death that was not fatal so I will post this anyway !</span><br />
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<blockquote class="mycode_quote"><cite>Quote:</cite><span style="color: #ffffff;" class="mycode_color"><span style="font-size: large;" class="mycode_size">July 1942. Two pilots, Babe Alyesworth and Bill Hammersley are flying over Alaska’s remote Lake Iliamna in a routine flight. Everything’s going smoothly, so they decide to just look out the window and enjoy the sights. That’s when they saw something horrifying just lurking beneath the water. It was a massive aluminum-colored creature swimming below the surface. Its elongated body and fish-like tail were unlike anything they had ever seen. Years later, sightings of the creature began piling up. Fishermen claimed their lines were being ripped apart by an unseen force that could even bend metal hooks. Flocks of swans and other wildlife started mysteriously disappearing, and pilots reported shadowy, log-like shapes moving through the water. Some witnesses described the creature as a monster. Others believed it to be an undiscovered beast, swimming in the cold, unfamiliar depths of the lake, whatever it is, one thing is certain, there is something in the water and it’s bigger than Jaws This is the bizarre true story of the Iliamna Lake Monster, one of the most mysterious legends in the wild waters of North America.</span></span></blockquote>
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			<title><![CDATA[California Coelacanth?  Apparently Not]]></title>
			<link>https://rogue-nation.com/mybb/showthread.php?tid=2763</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2025 23:01:49 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[the Coelacanth is an ancient fish, a contemporary of the dinosaurs, that was thought to have died out millions of years ago.  Modern science was shocked to find a living specimen in Africa in 1938, verified a few years later.  An unexpected additional population was found in Indonesia in 1998.<br />
<br />
Coelacanth Nation was thrilled to hear that one was filmed swimming deep off the coast of California, a news item.<br />
<a href="https://www.animalsaroundtheglobe.com/scientists-discovered-a-living-fossil-fish-off-the-california-coast-1-320620/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">https://www.animalsaroundtheglobe.com/sc...-1-320620/</a><br />
<br />
however...<br />
<span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i"> <span style="color: #444444;" class="mycode_color"><span style="font-family: Ubuntu, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" class="mycode_font">It was immediately clear that something was very wrong with the article. While the website looks legitimate, the tone of the story stinks of AI generation. There were no names and details given, no images, and only one clue to follow – the involvement of Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) and the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. More on that in a bit.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #444444;" class="mycode_color"><span style="font-family: Ubuntu, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" class="mycode_font">The story goes on to say that researchers collected water samples to examine environmental DNA where preliminary analysis suggested that the California specimen may be the African coelacanth or a new species. With “full genome sequencing” underway, the discovery generated great excitement in the scientific community who “responded to this discovery with a coordinated research initiative” to find out more about the California coelacanth and preserve its habitat.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #444444;" class="mycode_color"><span style="font-family: Ubuntu, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" class="mycode_font">However, none of this activity was actually happening.</span></span></span><br />
<br />
Debbie Downer stuff courtesy of <a href="https://sharonahill.com/fake-california-coelacanth/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">https://sharonahill.com/fake-california-coelacanth/</a><br />
<br />
the article continues to spread, even on MSNBC news.<br />
worth noting that Wikipedia makes no mention of it.<br />
<br />
well, the ocean is a big deep place, and it's not out of the question that a Coelacanth will be found somewhere unexpected.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[the Coelacanth is an ancient fish, a contemporary of the dinosaurs, that was thought to have died out millions of years ago.  Modern science was shocked to find a living specimen in Africa in 1938, verified a few years later.  An unexpected additional population was found in Indonesia in 1998.<br />
<br />
Coelacanth Nation was thrilled to hear that one was filmed swimming deep off the coast of California, a news item.<br />
<a href="https://www.animalsaroundtheglobe.com/scientists-discovered-a-living-fossil-fish-off-the-california-coast-1-320620/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">https://www.animalsaroundtheglobe.com/sc...-1-320620/</a><br />
<br />
however...<br />
<span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i"> <span style="color: #444444;" class="mycode_color"><span style="font-family: Ubuntu, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" class="mycode_font">It was immediately clear that something was very wrong with the article. While the website looks legitimate, the tone of the story stinks of AI generation. There were no names and details given, no images, and only one clue to follow – the involvement of Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) and the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. More on that in a bit.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #444444;" class="mycode_color"><span style="font-family: Ubuntu, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" class="mycode_font">The story goes on to say that researchers collected water samples to examine environmental DNA where preliminary analysis suggested that the California specimen may be the African coelacanth or a new species. With “full genome sequencing” underway, the discovery generated great excitement in the scientific community who “responded to this discovery with a coordinated research initiative” to find out more about the California coelacanth and preserve its habitat.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #444444;" class="mycode_color"><span style="font-family: Ubuntu, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" class="mycode_font">However, none of this activity was actually happening.</span></span></span><br />
<br />
Debbie Downer stuff courtesy of <a href="https://sharonahill.com/fake-california-coelacanth/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">https://sharonahill.com/fake-california-coelacanth/</a><br />
<br />
the article continues to spread, even on MSNBC news.<br />
worth noting that Wikipedia makes no mention of it.<br />
<br />
well, the ocean is a big deep place, and it's not out of the question that a Coelacanth will be found somewhere unexpected.]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[Boggy Creek monster in Ark.]]></title>
			<link>https://rogue-nation.com/mybb/showthread.php?tid=2744</link>
			<pubDate>Sat, 03 May 2025 13:14:58 +0000</pubDate>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[<a href="https://rogue-nation.com/mybb/member.php?action=profile&uid=11">727Sky</a>]]></dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[So When did Bigfoot Become Mainstream?]]></title>
			<link>https://rogue-nation.com/mybb/showthread.php?tid=2727</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2025 01:04:30 +0000</pubDate>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[<a href="https://rogue-nation.com/mybb/member.php?action=profile&uid=150">sailorsam</a>]]></dc:creator>
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			<description><![CDATA[as a little one I remember Bigfoot (sometimes known as Sasquatch) as an obscure monster on par with the Yeti and the Loch Ness Monster.<br />
at some point it seems that Bigfoot became mainstream.<br />
Pizza Hut had a Bigfoot pizza.<br />
Hollywood had a movie about called 'Harry and the Hendersons'.  as I recall there was a tv series.<br />
the Colorado Avalanche NHL team had bigfoot prints on their uniforms.<br />
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speaking of the NHL, the Utah team wanted to call themselves the Yeti, but they were denied as there is a cup/cooler maker of that name.<br />
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so do we think the majority accepts Bigfoot as a real entity?  or is this just a modern myth?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[as a little one I remember Bigfoot (sometimes known as Sasquatch) as an obscure monster on par with the Yeti and the Loch Ness Monster.<br />
at some point it seems that Bigfoot became mainstream.<br />
Pizza Hut had a Bigfoot pizza.<br />
Hollywood had a movie about called 'Harry and the Hendersons'.  as I recall there was a tv series.<br />
the Colorado Avalanche NHL team had bigfoot prints on their uniforms.<br />
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speaking of the NHL, the Utah team wanted to call themselves the Yeti, but they were denied as there is a cup/cooler maker of that name.<br />
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so do we think the majority accepts Bigfoot as a real entity?  or is this just a modern myth?]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[Mermaids]]></title>
			<link>https://rogue-nation.com/mybb/showthread.php?tid=2712</link>
			<pubDate>Sun, 20 Apr 2025 02:25:36 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[<blockquote class="mycode_quote"><cite>Quote:</cite>For centuries, mermaids have been the subject of myth and legend, but what if the truth is closer than we think? In this video, we present undeniable proof that scientists are struggling to debunk. From bizarre underwater footage to mysterious discoveries along the shoreline, this evidence may finally expose the truth behind the mermaid myth.</blockquote>
Another video report about Mermaids ... Hard to believe yet entertaining regardless of fact or fiction.<br />
<br />
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/fkOieIqNnAU" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="true"></iframe>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote class="mycode_quote"><cite>Quote:</cite>For centuries, mermaids have been the subject of myth and legend, but what if the truth is closer than we think? In this video, we present undeniable proof that scientists are struggling to debunk. From bizarre underwater footage to mysterious discoveries along the shoreline, this evidence may finally expose the truth behind the mermaid myth.</blockquote>
Another video report about Mermaids ... Hard to believe yet entertaining regardless of fact or fiction.<br />
<br />
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/fkOieIqNnAU" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="true"></iframe>]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[80-card "Myth or Real" cryptozoology trading card set]]></title>
			<link>https://rogue-nation.com/mybb/showthread.php?tid=2567</link>
			<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jan 2025 04:47:27 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[In the event anyone is interested I stumbled across, A collection of the 80-card "Myth or Real" set, cryptozoology trading cards issued by the American Realist Company in 1994.<br />
<br />
<a href="https://archive.org/details/mythorreal/mode/2up" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">Archive.org</a><br />
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<img src="https://i.imgur.com/NpXMZb5.jpg" loading="lazy"  alt="[Image: NpXMZb5.jpg]" class="mycode_img" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[In the event anyone is interested I stumbled across, A collection of the 80-card "Myth or Real" set, cryptozoology trading cards issued by the American Realist Company in 1994.<br />
<br />
<a href="https://archive.org/details/mythorreal/mode/2up" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">Archive.org</a><br />
<br />
<img src="https://i.imgur.com/NpXMZb5.jpg" loading="lazy"  alt="[Image: NpXMZb5.jpg]" class="mycode_img" />]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[The American Werewolf / Dogman]]></title>
			<link>https://rogue-nation.com/mybb/showthread.php?tid=2555</link>
			<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jan 2025 10:30:50 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Running through some YouTube videos, I found a couple that may be of interest to cryptid-hunters regarding American werewolves / Dogmen. Since they are cryptids, the distinction may only be academic, but I've always thought of werewolves as shape-shifters, and Dogmen as pure critter cryptids. It never really dawned on me that the two may be the same critter, They were - and still are - firmly separated in my mind.<br />
<br />
In this day and age of creepypasta, and the recent resurgence of Appalachian folklore being promoted on the internet, a strange phenomena is on display - every bit as strange as the cryptids themselves, I think. It's this: bits and pieces of folklore from far-flung realms, and across a range of times from the distant past to  this morning, are being conflated and repackaged for consumption on the internet., creating what one author has dubbed "fakelore".<br />
<br />
Examples may be found in these videos. Some speculate that these critters may be "skin walkers". They are not, nor can they be. This is the eastern US forest. It's not the Arizona or New Mexico deserts where the Navajo roam, and "skin walkers" are a firmly Navajo thing. There are no "skin walkers" in the Appalachians, for example, no matter how many YouTubers try to convince you otherwise. The closest thing here would be things like the "owl witches" of some local native american tribes - "Medicine Men" or "witches" that transform into owls. Creepy maybe, but definitely not your average Navajo skin walker.<br />
<br />
Others claim they may be "wendigos". No cigar there, either. The Wendigo is a mostly Canadian - Cree I think - legend, although some of those legends may be found as far south as the Great Lakes... but NOT this far south. Furthermore, the wendigo is a spirit-being, and can't be seen with the eye. They made themselves known by "posessing" Native Americans, who then proceeded to kill and eat other folks. In other words, the wendigo is an explanation for just plain old cannibal behavior.<br />
<br />
As an added bonus, we now have reports of "the rake" or "pale crawlers" in the Appalachians. No such critters here. Never have been, and there ain't now. That, as with most of the above, is a pure fantasy product of the internet, and a desire to make a buck by getting clicks. What folks are doing, really, is combining and ultimately diluting legitimate folklore, turning it into "fakelore" by doing so. They are destroying our legitimate folklore.<br />
<br />
There ARE strange things here. I myself have seen things in these hills that I can't quite explain, some fairly recently, at this very location, in this last snow storm. But the creepypasta versions of cryptids cannot hold a candle for the "real" things that may be encountered here, if you thrash around in the forests long enough. Even my Dear Old Dad, who feared nothing and believed in nothing that he couldn't shoot or pop a knife into... or just grab hold of and give a good shaking, has seen things he couldn't quite explain. His take on it was to shrug and say that SOMEONE could explain it, just not him. In other words, just because he didn't know what it was didn't mean that no one knew what it was, or just because HE couldn't explain it, that didn't mean it had no explanation. Pap was smart like that. He had a measured IQ of 194 as I recall, but he was the first to admit that didn't mean there wasn't anything he didn't know. Being smart isn't the same thing as being educated, or knowing everything there is to know... the ability to learn something is not the same thing as already knowing it.<br />
<br />
So, without further ado, I present to you the videos of the American Werewolf / Dogman, most centered around the Ohio Valley, in Ohio, Indiana, Pennsylvania, and Kentucky - and keep in mind the woods surrounding my humble home here are directly connected in an unbroken line to all of the woods in those places as well... so what may be found there may also be found HERE. I live a few hundred yards from the top of the ridge that divides the Ohio Valley from the Tennessee Valley, and there are unbroken woods for a couple of hundred miles in all directions from where I sit. I could almost walk under continuous tree canopy from here to Michigan Swamp Buck's place, if it weren't for some farmland and prairie in western Ohio and eastern Indiana.<br />
<br />
First up is a relatively short, 13 minute video of "werewolves caught on camera". This particular video is not limited to the Ohio Valley. It includes the Beast of Cannock Chase and "Old Stinker" in Yorkshire, both UK legends, as well as a Brazilian werewolf:<br />
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<iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/0SuHFVGRSl0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="true"></iframe><br />
<br />
Next up is an hour and 20 minute documentary on "The American Werewolf", concentrating on the Ohio Valley:<br />
<br />
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/Th3p8HbLqdQ" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="true"></iframe><br />
<br />
And, last in this post, another hour and 20 minute documentary, "Werewolves Unearthed", dealing mostly with Kentucky:<br />
<br />
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/5FpB8H967hA" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="true"></iframe><br />
<br />
Enjoy... and make sure your doors and windows are locked at night, and your curtains drawn. I do.<br />
<br />
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Running through some YouTube videos, I found a couple that may be of interest to cryptid-hunters regarding American werewolves / Dogmen. Since they are cryptids, the distinction may only be academic, but I've always thought of werewolves as shape-shifters, and Dogmen as pure critter cryptids. It never really dawned on me that the two may be the same critter, They were - and still are - firmly separated in my mind.<br />
<br />
In this day and age of creepypasta, and the recent resurgence of Appalachian folklore being promoted on the internet, a strange phenomena is on display - every bit as strange as the cryptids themselves, I think. It's this: bits and pieces of folklore from far-flung realms, and across a range of times from the distant past to  this morning, are being conflated and repackaged for consumption on the internet., creating what one author has dubbed "fakelore".<br />
<br />
Examples may be found in these videos. Some speculate that these critters may be "skin walkers". They are not, nor can they be. This is the eastern US forest. It's not the Arizona or New Mexico deserts where the Navajo roam, and "skin walkers" are a firmly Navajo thing. There are no "skin walkers" in the Appalachians, for example, no matter how many YouTubers try to convince you otherwise. The closest thing here would be things like the "owl witches" of some local native american tribes - "Medicine Men" or "witches" that transform into owls. Creepy maybe, but definitely not your average Navajo skin walker.<br />
<br />
Others claim they may be "wendigos". No cigar there, either. The Wendigo is a mostly Canadian - Cree I think - legend, although some of those legends may be found as far south as the Great Lakes... but NOT this far south. Furthermore, the wendigo is a spirit-being, and can't be seen with the eye. They made themselves known by "posessing" Native Americans, who then proceeded to kill and eat other folks. In other words, the wendigo is an explanation for just plain old cannibal behavior.<br />
<br />
As an added bonus, we now have reports of "the rake" or "pale crawlers" in the Appalachians. No such critters here. Never have been, and there ain't now. That, as with most of the above, is a pure fantasy product of the internet, and a desire to make a buck by getting clicks. What folks are doing, really, is combining and ultimately diluting legitimate folklore, turning it into "fakelore" by doing so. They are destroying our legitimate folklore.<br />
<br />
There ARE strange things here. I myself have seen things in these hills that I can't quite explain, some fairly recently, at this very location, in this last snow storm. But the creepypasta versions of cryptids cannot hold a candle for the "real" things that may be encountered here, if you thrash around in the forests long enough. Even my Dear Old Dad, who feared nothing and believed in nothing that he couldn't shoot or pop a knife into... or just grab hold of and give a good shaking, has seen things he couldn't quite explain. His take on it was to shrug and say that SOMEONE could explain it, just not him. In other words, just because he didn't know what it was didn't mean that no one knew what it was, or just because HE couldn't explain it, that didn't mean it had no explanation. Pap was smart like that. He had a measured IQ of 194 as I recall, but he was the first to admit that didn't mean there wasn't anything he didn't know. Being smart isn't the same thing as being educated, or knowing everything there is to know... the ability to learn something is not the same thing as already knowing it.<br />
<br />
So, without further ado, I present to you the videos of the American Werewolf / Dogman, most centered around the Ohio Valley, in Ohio, Indiana, Pennsylvania, and Kentucky - and keep in mind the woods surrounding my humble home here are directly connected in an unbroken line to all of the woods in those places as well... so what may be found there may also be found HERE. I live a few hundred yards from the top of the ridge that divides the Ohio Valley from the Tennessee Valley, and there are unbroken woods for a couple of hundred miles in all directions from where I sit. I could almost walk under continuous tree canopy from here to Michigan Swamp Buck's place, if it weren't for some farmland and prairie in western Ohio and eastern Indiana.<br />
<br />
First up is a relatively short, 13 minute video of "werewolves caught on camera". This particular video is not limited to the Ohio Valley. It includes the Beast of Cannock Chase and "Old Stinker" in Yorkshire, both UK legends, as well as a Brazilian werewolf:<br />
<br />
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/0SuHFVGRSl0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="true"></iframe><br />
<br />
Next up is an hour and 20 minute documentary on "The American Werewolf", concentrating on the Ohio Valley:<br />
<br />
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/Th3p8HbLqdQ" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="true"></iframe><br />
<br />
And, last in this post, another hour and 20 minute documentary, "Werewolves Unearthed", dealing mostly with Kentucky:<br />
<br />
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/5FpB8H967hA" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="true"></iframe><br />
<br />
Enjoy... and make sure your doors and windows are locked at night, and your curtains drawn. I do.<br />
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			<title><![CDATA[The Horse-Eels Of Connemara]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[With the Rogue Nation archived site down, I wondered if I could scrounge up one of the threads that some might find<br />
interesting. With this pragmatic and pessimistic humanity swiftly moving away from the times when our world moved<br />
slower and a different type of night prowled outside one's window, I think it's somehow comforting to know there are<br />
still places where the winds of wordage still bring a chill to a listener's reasoning.<br />
<br />
We're all familiar with the many accounts of the that elusive beastie that lurks in Loch Ness, but over in a certain<br />
region of western Ireland there are tales of similar aquatic animals that managed to evade most of the media's<br />
demands for reader consumption. The area of Connacht holds counties where lakes (loughs) that vary in size and<br />
depth, are lonely pools are home to trout, salmon and the odd otter that know little of regular traffic.<br />
<br />
<img src="https://rogue-nation.com/mybb/attachment.php?aid=2638" loading="lazy"  alt="[Image: attachment.php?aid=2638]" class="mycode_img" /><br />
<br />
Wild and rugged landscapes with acres of bogland, mountains and hills hold sway and accept the Atlantic weather<br />
without complaint. The Great Famine of the late 1840’s brought catastrophic death and suffering in Ireland and<br />
Connacht ranked as the region hardest hit with some estimates that twenty-five-percent of its population died.<br />
<br />
The famine’s effects fell disproportionately on native Irish speakers such as those living in Connemara. and by 1840,<br />
only around twenty-three people still lived in the settlement north of the Shanakeever valley in 1840. Yet the tales<br />
of other inhabitants of Connacht fortunately endured. Let's take a look.<br />
................................<br />
<br />
On a cold rainy morning of 1944, a farmer called Patrick Canning was worried about a pregnant donkey that grazed<br />
along the reedy banks of Shanakeever lake and deciding the inclement weather might be too much for an outdoor<br />
delivery, he trudged through the deluge towards one of the streams that fed the small body of water. Peering across<br />
the reeds and tall grass, Canning saw his donkey stand up as if appreciating his attendance and yet, the scene at<br />
that moment left Patrick believing he was too late to take part in the pregnancy.<br />
<br />
<img src="https://rogue-nation.com/mybb/attachment.php?aid=2637" loading="lazy"  alt="[Image: attachment.php?aid=2637]" class="mycode_img" /><br />
Lough Shanakeever.<br />
<br />
A dark shape -possibly the half-hidden foal itself, seemed to be slowly circling its mother as if wishing to nurse and<br />
the farmer concerned that the pair were too close to the water's edge, was suddenly surprised when the black form<br />
stopped its lurking and promptly disappeared smoothly into the stream.<br />
<br />
Confounded by the situation, Canning led the still-pregnant donkey away from the Shanakeever lake and a few days<br />
later, the foal was born. A few years later, Patrick Canning provided a brief description to a researcher and explained<br />
his sighting took place at a distance of three hundred yards.<br />
<br />
<span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">"It was long. And it was rather a bit high, you know.  It was black. My sight was not...because there</span><br />
<span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">was mist and rain and everything. The neck seemed to be...I'd say it was a bit long...."</span><br />
He would go onto to claim the animal had legs and ears upon its head. It circled the donkey "gently"<br />
Canning was certain it was not an otter and understood what he'd seen was what was referred to locally<br />
as a horse-eel.<br />
................................<br />
<br />
Some time in the 1970's, a report came forward from another Patrick, this was Patrick Walsh who was in a row-boat<br />
upon Lough Shanakeever when the head and neck and a creature surfaced nearby. In fear that the strange shape may<br />
capsize his boat, Mr. Walsh immediately rowed to shore. Patrick recalled that two men who had gone down to the<br />
shore in order to inspect an unusual object near land when it came to life and swam off. Mr Walsh agreed with the<br />
description provided by the men that it as eel-like and 16 feet long. <br />
<br />
However, the account of the 'counterfeit foal' wasn't the last word from Patrick Canning. During his interview with<br />
the researcher, the farmer noted an incident he'd heard some few years earlier on the shores of Lough Ballynahinch.<br />
A lake of almost three miles long, is fed by two other large bodies of water (Derryclare Lough and Lough Inagh).<br />
Lough Ballynahinchis is inland of Shanakeever lake and several miles to the east.<br />
<br />
Some children had been playing along the gorse-edged beach when they noticed a dark animal capering beside the<br />
water. Taking that the creature must be -in their words <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">'a grand little foal'</span>, the ran back their to their parents' cottage<br />
in order to relate their observation. On returning to the location, the children and their elders witnessed the assumed<br />
equine dive into Lough Ballynahinch and slip beneath its waters. The parents took the sighting to be of a horse-eel.<br />
................................<br />
<br />
In 1998, Tom Joyce -a long time resident of the Shanakeever valley, was interviewed regarding a sighting of his own<br />
in Lough Shanakeever. It was 1963 and Mr. Joyce had been guiding sheep to the farmyard when a commotion broke<br />
out upon the otherwise calm surface of the Lough Shanakeever. Moving away from the shore before curving slightly<br />
parallel to where Mr Joyce watched, he witnessed a large grayish hump 'sparkling' in the sunlight. The object entered<br />
a patch of reeds where its larger submerged bulk crushed over the plants as it crept along before finally sinking below.<br />
Tom Joyce estimated the creature to be of a length of seven or eight feet and around two feet in height.<br />
<br />
During his 1998 interview, Mr Joyce related an interesting story involving a previous neighbour on the lough. <br />
Something had been taking the man's sheep and a dog or fox was suspected. A sheep's carcass was set down by<br />
the lake shore as bait for the nocturnal marauder while the man sat up the hill wrapped in a blanket and armed with<br />
a rifle.<br />
<br />
Eventually something was heard approaching the spot where the carcass had been set though nothing could be made<br />
under the moonlight.  Hardly able to contain himself after the long cold wait the sheep-herder let off a blast of the rifle<br />
with expectation that a dog or a fox would be sent scampering up the hill.  However what happened next was most<br />
unexpected. In response to the shot there was a great splash as something lunged into the water. Nothing could be<br />
seen swimming away so whatever was inspecting the carcass had dived beneath the surface.<br />
The spray it created was far to great for an otter.<br />
<br />
Almost two decades would pass before Tom Joyce would again see a horse-eel. In 1980 he was attending an outdoor<br />
summer barbeque at a cottage on Lough Auna when a number of guests noticed a strange swimming animal. Lough<br />
Auna is nearer the west coast of Ireland and is surrounded by boggy marshland, this type of 'run-off' releases Auna's<br />
waters into a western meandering stream that leads to Lough Shanakeever.<br />
<br />
During the party held at the cottage near Lough Auna a group of attendees, including Tom Joyce, were called to the<br />
attention of a strange shape coursing across the lake at a '<span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">walking pace</span>'.  The object was estimated at five feet in<br />
length and about a foot in height. What puzzled Joyce and his fellow-party-goers, were the unusual projections said<br />
to present along the back of the creature.<br />
<br />
<img src="https://rogue-nation.com/mybb/attachment.php?aid=2636" loading="lazy"  alt="[Image: attachment.php?aid=2636]" class="mycode_img" /><br />
Lough Auna.<br />
<br />
Some suggested it was an otter carrying young upon its back or a large fish. One of the witnesses -Air Commodore<br />
Kort of the Royal Netherlands Air Force, noted that such an animal would have left a wake as it swam. Whereas, as<br />
he would recall,<span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i"> "the uncanny thing about it was the gliding movement without any disturbance of the water on the</span><br />
<span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">surface."</span> The anomaly was watched until disappearing into a patch of reeds.<br />
<br />
This unusual experience is reminiscent of the first reported sighting at Lough Auna. Some time in the 1960's, a local<br />
farmer claimed to have seen a grey animal with a pointed back swimming in the lake. He described it as being about<br />
fifteen feet long, and having a head like a horse and a body like an eel.<br />
He was so frightened by the encounter that he never went near the lake again.<br />
<br />
However, Commodore Kort stated that the encounter at the barbeque with these lake aberrations wasn't his first.<br />
In 1969, whilst he and his wife were visiting the area and driving along an unpaved road beside Lough Auna, they<br />
spotted something strange in the water. They stopped their car and watched as a large creature emerged from the<br />
lake and crossed the road in front of them. They estimated its length to be about 18 feet, and noticed that it had<br />
scales, flippers, and a long tail. They also said that it had a horse-like head with large eyes and nostrils, and that<br />
it made a loud snorting sound as it passed by. <br />
<br />
<img src="https://rogue-nation.com/mybb/attachment.php?aid=2635" loading="lazy"  alt="[Image: attachment.php?aid=2635]" class="mycode_img" /><br />
<br />
Since then, there have been several more sightings of the creature by various witnesses, including bog workers,<br />
fishermen, tourists, and locals near to the small body of water. Some have even claimed to have seen more than<br />
one creature at a time, suggesting that there may be a family or a colony of them living in Lough Auna.<br />
................................<br />
<br />
A main theory for these multiple sightings of these evasive creatures in such a remote region around Connemara<br />
is that they utilise the connecting streams man-made drain ditches and reed-ridden marshes to move between<br />
the loughs. But since the majority of observations took place when these animals are said to surface in a lake, is<br />
there any reports of these horse-eels being seen in transit to their chosen bodies of water?<br />
<br />
Just a little south-east of Shanakeever Valley is the Derrylea Lough, a mile-long body of water that lies beside the<br />
N59 highway and is laden with fat brown trout. Back in the 1880s, a drought occurred in the Connemara area and<br />
where gushing streams once swelled the boggy conduits between the loughs, now trickling creeks were the only<br />
links.<br />
<br />
<img src="https://rogue-nation.com/mybb/attachment.php?aid=2634" loading="lazy"  alt="[Image: attachment.php?aid=2634]" class="mycode_img" /><br />
Derrylea Lough and Lough Crolan.<br />
<br />
It was reported that between Derrylea Lough and the nearby smaller Lough Crolan, an alleged horse-eel found itself<br />
obstructed by a large drainage pipe in a culvert and became lodged in the aperture. None of the locals cared to<br />
approach the beast on account of its frightful appearance. It was left to eventually "melt away" inside its cylindrical<br />
chamber and later, the pipe was measured at eighteen inches in diameter and required repairs.<br />
If any remains were discovered was never investigated.<br />
................................<br />
<br />
While trying to locate the culvert where the horse-eel supposedly decomposed, a Clifden librarian called Paul Keogh<br />
came upon a story featuring a terrestrial horse-eel. Peter McDonagh is farmer living on Derrylea Lough right outside<br />
of Clifden. A coastal town in County Galway, Clifden is often referred to as 'the Capital of Connemara' and known<br />
for the location where Alcock and Brown crash landed in June 1919 on the first non-stop transatlantic flight.<br />
<br />
When asked by the librarian if he was familiar with the accounts of the horse-eels, Mr McDonagh was a little confused<br />
until he realised Paul Keogh was talking about the 'Water Horse'. It was then the farmer recited an experience had by<br />
his father.<br />
<br />
On a summer morning sometime during the early 1900s, Peter's father Matty McDonagh was delivering a load of coal<br />
to Clifden. As he was driving his horse-drawn wagon along a three foot tall stone wall separating Lough Derrylea from<br />
the road, a water-horse suddenly leapt up onto the wall. Frightened, Matty immediately sped away but when he looked<br />
back the water-horse had gone back into the lake.<br />
<br />
Since the culvert's horse-eel was likened to a "<span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">giant eel</span>" it poses a mental challenge in trying to imagine how a large eel<br />
could possibly "<span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">jump</span>" up onto a wall. When asked what a water-horse looked like, the response was simple and all too<br />
predictable: like a horse.<br />
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[With the Rogue Nation archived site down, I wondered if I could scrounge up one of the threads that some might find<br />
interesting. With this pragmatic and pessimistic humanity swiftly moving away from the times when our world moved<br />
slower and a different type of night prowled outside one's window, I think it's somehow comforting to know there are<br />
still places where the winds of wordage still bring a chill to a listener's reasoning.<br />
<br />
We're all familiar with the many accounts of the that elusive beastie that lurks in Loch Ness, but over in a certain<br />
region of western Ireland there are tales of similar aquatic animals that managed to evade most of the media's<br />
demands for reader consumption. The area of Connacht holds counties where lakes (loughs) that vary in size and<br />
depth, are lonely pools are home to trout, salmon and the odd otter that know little of regular traffic.<br />
<br />
<img src="https://rogue-nation.com/mybb/attachment.php?aid=2638" loading="lazy"  alt="[Image: attachment.php?aid=2638]" class="mycode_img" /><br />
<br />
Wild and rugged landscapes with acres of bogland, mountains and hills hold sway and accept the Atlantic weather<br />
without complaint. The Great Famine of the late 1840’s brought catastrophic death and suffering in Ireland and<br />
Connacht ranked as the region hardest hit with some estimates that twenty-five-percent of its population died.<br />
<br />
The famine’s effects fell disproportionately on native Irish speakers such as those living in Connemara. and by 1840,<br />
only around twenty-three people still lived in the settlement north of the Shanakeever valley in 1840. Yet the tales<br />
of other inhabitants of Connacht fortunately endured. Let's take a look.<br />
................................<br />
<br />
On a cold rainy morning of 1944, a farmer called Patrick Canning was worried about a pregnant donkey that grazed<br />
along the reedy banks of Shanakeever lake and deciding the inclement weather might be too much for an outdoor<br />
delivery, he trudged through the deluge towards one of the streams that fed the small body of water. Peering across<br />
the reeds and tall grass, Canning saw his donkey stand up as if appreciating his attendance and yet, the scene at<br />
that moment left Patrick believing he was too late to take part in the pregnancy.<br />
<br />
<img src="https://rogue-nation.com/mybb/attachment.php?aid=2637" loading="lazy"  alt="[Image: attachment.php?aid=2637]" class="mycode_img" /><br />
Lough Shanakeever.<br />
<br />
A dark shape -possibly the half-hidden foal itself, seemed to be slowly circling its mother as if wishing to nurse and<br />
the farmer concerned that the pair were too close to the water's edge, was suddenly surprised when the black form<br />
stopped its lurking and promptly disappeared smoothly into the stream.<br />
<br />
Confounded by the situation, Canning led the still-pregnant donkey away from the Shanakeever lake and a few days<br />
later, the foal was born. A few years later, Patrick Canning provided a brief description to a researcher and explained<br />
his sighting took place at a distance of three hundred yards.<br />
<br />
<span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">"It was long. And it was rather a bit high, you know.  It was black. My sight was not...because there</span><br />
<span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">was mist and rain and everything. The neck seemed to be...I'd say it was a bit long...."</span><br />
He would go onto to claim the animal had legs and ears upon its head. It circled the donkey "gently"<br />
Canning was certain it was not an otter and understood what he'd seen was what was referred to locally<br />
as a horse-eel.<br />
................................<br />
<br />
Some time in the 1970's, a report came forward from another Patrick, this was Patrick Walsh who was in a row-boat<br />
upon Lough Shanakeever when the head and neck and a creature surfaced nearby. In fear that the strange shape may<br />
capsize his boat, Mr. Walsh immediately rowed to shore. Patrick recalled that two men who had gone down to the<br />
shore in order to inspect an unusual object near land when it came to life and swam off. Mr Walsh agreed with the<br />
description provided by the men that it as eel-like and 16 feet long. <br />
<br />
However, the account of the 'counterfeit foal' wasn't the last word from Patrick Canning. During his interview with<br />
the researcher, the farmer noted an incident he'd heard some few years earlier on the shores of Lough Ballynahinch.<br />
A lake of almost three miles long, is fed by two other large bodies of water (Derryclare Lough and Lough Inagh).<br />
Lough Ballynahinchis is inland of Shanakeever lake and several miles to the east.<br />
<br />
Some children had been playing along the gorse-edged beach when they noticed a dark animal capering beside the<br />
water. Taking that the creature must be -in their words <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">'a grand little foal'</span>, the ran back their to their parents' cottage<br />
in order to relate their observation. On returning to the location, the children and their elders witnessed the assumed<br />
equine dive into Lough Ballynahinch and slip beneath its waters. The parents took the sighting to be of a horse-eel.<br />
................................<br />
<br />
In 1998, Tom Joyce -a long time resident of the Shanakeever valley, was interviewed regarding a sighting of his own<br />
in Lough Shanakeever. It was 1963 and Mr. Joyce had been guiding sheep to the farmyard when a commotion broke<br />
out upon the otherwise calm surface of the Lough Shanakeever. Moving away from the shore before curving slightly<br />
parallel to where Mr Joyce watched, he witnessed a large grayish hump 'sparkling' in the sunlight. The object entered<br />
a patch of reeds where its larger submerged bulk crushed over the plants as it crept along before finally sinking below.<br />
Tom Joyce estimated the creature to be of a length of seven or eight feet and around two feet in height.<br />
<br />
During his 1998 interview, Mr Joyce related an interesting story involving a previous neighbour on the lough. <br />
Something had been taking the man's sheep and a dog or fox was suspected. A sheep's carcass was set down by<br />
the lake shore as bait for the nocturnal marauder while the man sat up the hill wrapped in a blanket and armed with<br />
a rifle.<br />
<br />
Eventually something was heard approaching the spot where the carcass had been set though nothing could be made<br />
under the moonlight.  Hardly able to contain himself after the long cold wait the sheep-herder let off a blast of the rifle<br />
with expectation that a dog or a fox would be sent scampering up the hill.  However what happened next was most<br />
unexpected. In response to the shot there was a great splash as something lunged into the water. Nothing could be<br />
seen swimming away so whatever was inspecting the carcass had dived beneath the surface.<br />
The spray it created was far to great for an otter.<br />
<br />
Almost two decades would pass before Tom Joyce would again see a horse-eel. In 1980 he was attending an outdoor<br />
summer barbeque at a cottage on Lough Auna when a number of guests noticed a strange swimming animal. Lough<br />
Auna is nearer the west coast of Ireland and is surrounded by boggy marshland, this type of 'run-off' releases Auna's<br />
waters into a western meandering stream that leads to Lough Shanakeever.<br />
<br />
During the party held at the cottage near Lough Auna a group of attendees, including Tom Joyce, were called to the<br />
attention of a strange shape coursing across the lake at a '<span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">walking pace</span>'.  The object was estimated at five feet in<br />
length and about a foot in height. What puzzled Joyce and his fellow-party-goers, were the unusual projections said<br />
to present along the back of the creature.<br />
<br />
<img src="https://rogue-nation.com/mybb/attachment.php?aid=2636" loading="lazy"  alt="[Image: attachment.php?aid=2636]" class="mycode_img" /><br />
Lough Auna.<br />
<br />
Some suggested it was an otter carrying young upon its back or a large fish. One of the witnesses -Air Commodore<br />
Kort of the Royal Netherlands Air Force, noted that such an animal would have left a wake as it swam. Whereas, as<br />
he would recall,<span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i"> "the uncanny thing about it was the gliding movement without any disturbance of the water on the</span><br />
<span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">surface."</span> The anomaly was watched until disappearing into a patch of reeds.<br />
<br />
This unusual experience is reminiscent of the first reported sighting at Lough Auna. Some time in the 1960's, a local<br />
farmer claimed to have seen a grey animal with a pointed back swimming in the lake. He described it as being about<br />
fifteen feet long, and having a head like a horse and a body like an eel.<br />
He was so frightened by the encounter that he never went near the lake again.<br />
<br />
However, Commodore Kort stated that the encounter at the barbeque with these lake aberrations wasn't his first.<br />
In 1969, whilst he and his wife were visiting the area and driving along an unpaved road beside Lough Auna, they<br />
spotted something strange in the water. They stopped their car and watched as a large creature emerged from the<br />
lake and crossed the road in front of them. They estimated its length to be about 18 feet, and noticed that it had<br />
scales, flippers, and a long tail. They also said that it had a horse-like head with large eyes and nostrils, and that<br />
it made a loud snorting sound as it passed by. <br />
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Since then, there have been several more sightings of the creature by various witnesses, including bog workers,<br />
fishermen, tourists, and locals near to the small body of water. Some have even claimed to have seen more than<br />
one creature at a time, suggesting that there may be a family or a colony of them living in Lough Auna.<br />
................................<br />
<br />
A main theory for these multiple sightings of these evasive creatures in such a remote region around Connemara<br />
is that they utilise the connecting streams man-made drain ditches and reed-ridden marshes to move between<br />
the loughs. But since the majority of observations took place when these animals are said to surface in a lake, is<br />
there any reports of these horse-eels being seen in transit to their chosen bodies of water?<br />
<br />
Just a little south-east of Shanakeever Valley is the Derrylea Lough, a mile-long body of water that lies beside the<br />
N59 highway and is laden with fat brown trout. Back in the 1880s, a drought occurred in the Connemara area and<br />
where gushing streams once swelled the boggy conduits between the loughs, now trickling creeks were the only<br />
links.<br />
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Derrylea Lough and Lough Crolan.<br />
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It was reported that between Derrylea Lough and the nearby smaller Lough Crolan, an alleged horse-eel found itself<br />
obstructed by a large drainage pipe in a culvert and became lodged in the aperture. None of the locals cared to<br />
approach the beast on account of its frightful appearance. It was left to eventually "melt away" inside its cylindrical<br />
chamber and later, the pipe was measured at eighteen inches in diameter and required repairs.<br />
If any remains were discovered was never investigated.<br />
................................<br />
<br />
While trying to locate the culvert where the horse-eel supposedly decomposed, a Clifden librarian called Paul Keogh<br />
came upon a story featuring a terrestrial horse-eel. Peter McDonagh is farmer living on Derrylea Lough right outside<br />
of Clifden. A coastal town in County Galway, Clifden is often referred to as 'the Capital of Connemara' and known<br />
for the location where Alcock and Brown crash landed in June 1919 on the first non-stop transatlantic flight.<br />
<br />
When asked by the librarian if he was familiar with the accounts of the horse-eels, Mr McDonagh was a little confused<br />
until he realised Paul Keogh was talking about the 'Water Horse'. It was then the farmer recited an experience had by<br />
his father.<br />
<br />
On a summer morning sometime during the early 1900s, Peter's father Matty McDonagh was delivering a load of coal<br />
to Clifden. As he was driving his horse-drawn wagon along a three foot tall stone wall separating Lough Derrylea from<br />
the road, a water-horse suddenly leapt up onto the wall. Frightened, Matty immediately sped away but when he looked<br />
back the water-horse had gone back into the lake.<br />
<br />
Since the culvert's horse-eel was likened to a "<span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">giant eel</span>" it poses a mental challenge in trying to imagine how a large eel<br />
could possibly "<span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">jump</span>" up onto a wall. When asked what a water-horse looked like, the response was simple and all too<br />
predictable: like a horse.<br />
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			<title><![CDATA[The Why Files Tunnels of Terror: The Cryptid Connection]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 20 Nov 2024 14:10:01 +0000</pubDate>
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<blockquote class="mycode_quote"><cite>Quote:</cite>Tunnels of Terror: The Cryptid Connection Deep beneath New Jersey's Pine Barrens, something impossible exists. A vast network of caves pulses with electrical energy that shouldn't exist in sedimentary rock. Scientists found identical formations in West Virginia, Oklahoma, and the Congo Basin. Each location harbors its own legendary creature - the Jersey Devil, the Flatwoods Monster, the Adair Beast, and Mokele-mbembe. The underground grids match perfectly, creating a mathematical pattern that grows larger each year. These tunnels stretch toward a central point, as if following an ancient blueprint. Government researchers noticed one final detail: the electrical signatures aren't random noise. They form precise, repeating sequences - too exact to occur naturally.</blockquote>
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<blockquote class="mycode_quote"><cite>Quote:</cite>Tunnels of Terror: The Cryptid Connection Deep beneath New Jersey's Pine Barrens, something impossible exists. A vast network of caves pulses with electrical energy that shouldn't exist in sedimentary rock. Scientists found identical formations in West Virginia, Oklahoma, and the Congo Basin. Each location harbors its own legendary creature - the Jersey Devil, the Flatwoods Monster, the Adair Beast, and Mokele-mbembe. The underground grids match perfectly, creating a mathematical pattern that grows larger each year. These tunnels stretch toward a central point, as if following an ancient blueprint. Government researchers noticed one final detail: the electrical signatures aren't random noise. They form precise, repeating sequences - too exact to occur naturally.</blockquote>
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			<title><![CDATA[Here Be Monsters Presented by David Attenborough]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 08 Nov 2024 06:34:42 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Looks like a very rare BBC documentary series unseen since 1975 with a young David Attenborough just surfaced, in restored quality.<br />
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Travelers' stories have long fueled beliefs in the existence of dragons, giants, sea monsters, mermaids, and magical unicorns in distant corners of the world. David Attenborough investigates these legends to uncover the truth.<br />
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All 6 episodes are available to watch on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CU7ZZ_nHxg4&amp;list=PLyc_XMzJb5hkoj8rmx-Ll_A2UM7LU8L4h&amp;index=6" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">Youtube</a> <br />
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His <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@skinnyvthebasementarchivist/videos" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">channel</a> has other rare/lost/forgotten nature documentaries along with other long lost random content. He also has an <a href="https://archive.org/details/@skinnyv" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">Internet Archive site</a>.]]></description>
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Travelers' stories have long fueled beliefs in the existence of dragons, giants, sea monsters, mermaids, and magical unicorns in distant corners of the world. David Attenborough investigates these legends to uncover the truth.<br />
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All 6 episodes are available to watch on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CU7ZZ_nHxg4&amp;list=PLyc_XMzJb5hkoj8rmx-Ll_A2UM7LU8L4h&amp;index=6" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">Youtube</a> <br />
<br />
His <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@skinnyvthebasementarchivist/videos" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">channel</a> has other rare/lost/forgotten nature documentaries along with other long lost random content. He also has an <a href="https://archive.org/details/@skinnyv" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">Internet Archive site</a>.]]></content:encoded>
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