Grafton Monster
A headless, pale giant spotted lumbering through a West Virginia town in 1964.
Eyewitness reportsNorth America
All Cryptids
Appalachian Cryptids
The mountains of Appalachia harbor some of America's strangest legends. In these misty hollows, the line between folklore and sighting blurs.
5 creatures
Ozark Howler
A horned, shaggy beast whose eerie howl echoes through the Ozark hills at night.
Eyewitness reportsNorth America
Pope Lick Monster
A half-man, half-goat lurking beneath a railway trestle in Louisville.
Folklore onlyNorth America
Sheepsquatch
A woolly, horned quadruped lurking in the hills of West Virginia since the 1990s.
Eyewitness reportsNorth America
Wampus Cat
A six-legged panther-witch from Cherokee legend that screams through Appalachian hollows.
Folklore onlyNorth America