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Cryptids of Massachusetts

Massachusetts punches above its weight in cryptid history: the Dover Demon baffled investigators in 1977, the Pukwudgie comes from Wampanoag tradition, and Gloucester's sea serpent has 200 years of sightings.

3 documented creatures

Dover Demon

Dover Demon

Low

A watermelon-headed creature spotted three times in two nights, then never again.

Eyewitness reportsNorth America
Pukwudgie

Pukwudgie

Medium

A small, troll-like trickster from Wampanoag legend that lures victims off cliffs.

Eyewitness reportsNorth America
Gloucester Sea Serpent

Gloucester Sea Serpent

Low

Hundreds of witnesses watched a giant serpent patrol Gloucester Harbor for weeks in 1817.

Repeated sightingsNorth America

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