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  • Encounter File 022: Lizard Man of Scape Ore Swamp | The Christopher Davis Encounter

    Encounter File 022: Lizard Man of Scape Ore Swa...

    At 2 a.m. on June 29, 1988, 17-year-old Christopher Davis stopped to change a flat tire beside South Carolina's Scape Ore Swamp. Then he saw something running toward him: seven...

    Encounter File 022: Lizard Man of Scape Ore Swa...

    At 2 a.m. on June 29, 1988, 17-year-old Christopher Davis stopped to change a flat tire beside South Carolina's Scape Ore Swamp. Then he saw something running toward him: seven...

  • Encounter File 021: The Boojum | The Boojum of the Balsams

    Encounter File 021: The Boojum | The Boojum of ...

    High above Waynesville, North Carolina, stories tell of an eight-foot, gray-haired creature roaming the Balsam Mountains. Known as the Boojum, it was said to hide gemstones in mountain caves and...

    Encounter File 021: The Boojum | The Boojum of ...

    High above Waynesville, North Carolina, stories tell of an eight-foot, gray-haired creature roaming the Balsam Mountains. Known as the Boojum, it was said to hide gemstones in mountain caves and...

  • Encounter File 020: The Mongolian Death Worm – Terror Beneath the Gobi

    Encounter File 020: The Mongolian Death Worm – ...

    Case Information File No.: 020 Classification: Desert Cryptid Cryptid: Mongolian Death Worm Local Name: Olgoi-Khorkhoi Region: Gobi Desert, Mongolia First Published Account Referenced: 1922–1926 Case Status: Open – No Physical...

    Encounter File 020: The Mongolian Death Worm – ...

    Case Information File No.: 020 Classification: Desert Cryptid Cryptid: Mongolian Death Worm Local Name: Olgoi-Khorkhoi Region: Gobi Desert, Mongolia First Published Account Referenced: 1922–1926 Case Status: Open – No Physical...

  • Encounter File 019: The Yowie – The Woodenbong Encounters

    Encounter File 019: The Yowie – The Woodenbong ...

    Case Information File No.: 019 Classification: Hominid Cryptid Cryptid: Yowie Region: Woodenbong, New South Wales, Australia First Report Referenced: Late 1976 Case Status: Closed – Evidence Inconclusive Confidence Level: ★★☆☆☆...

    Encounter File 019: The Yowie – The Woodenbong ...

    Case Information File No.: 019 Classification: Hominid Cryptid Cryptid: Yowie Region: Woodenbong, New South Wales, Australia First Report Referenced: Late 1976 Case Status: Closed – Evidence Inconclusive Confidence Level: ★★☆☆☆...

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