Bigfoot in Iowa

 

Class A Eyewitnesses sightings near follet. 👣

My encounter occurred on October 22, 2006 along the Wapsipinicon River just outside of Follets, lowa.

Follets, Iowa is located south of Camanche, Iowa on highway 67. If you continue to travel south on that road south of Follets approximately 1 mile, the road crosses over the Wapsipinicon River. People in this area commonly refer to it as the "Wapsi". Immediately after you cross the bridge, you can access the shoreline along the river by foot on both sides of the bridge. I experienced this sighting about 2 miles from the bridge to the west of it.

I frequently fish the river in about the same location several times a year, but mainly in the fall season as catfish tend to be more active. We can catch quite a few of them during the nighttime hours. Due to lower temperatures during this time of the year, we light a fire near the shoreline to keep warm and help us see our fishing poles.

That day we traveled from my home in Camanche down to the Wapsi and parked the truck along the road on the gravel siding. We arrived about a half hour prior to sunset so we could get to our fishing spot while we still had some light to see. We had flashlights but only intended on using them when we left that spot later in the evening. We unloaded all our fishing gear, and traveled along the river to our fishing spot.

We immediately gathered some wood and started a fire. The temperature was cold about 35 degrees, and the warmth of the fire was quite soothing. We set a few shorelines hoping to catch some catfish that would probably be trolling near the shore after dark gathering food. We then cast our poles and attached bells to the end of the rods to alert us in case we got a bite. We settled near the fire and talked about fishing and camping.

It wasn't abnormal to hear animals wandering about along the shoreline or on the tree line as raccoons, beavers, possums, and other small species of animals found an abundant food source along this river. However, the noise that I heard from across the river was not normal. It sounded like a larger animal or perhaps another person looking for a good fishing spot. It seems that the other two people that were with me did not hear the noise as clearly as I had. When I asked them if they heard the same noise, they said they didn't.

Standing near the fire probably obscured my night vision, so I moved away from the fire to see if I could identify whatever was making the noise. The moon was out but there were a lot of clouds in the sky that allowed one to see shapes, but not clear images of objects further than 10 feet away.

The river at this location is about 100 feet across. I looked across the river to the location where I thought I had heard the noise and noticed a figure that was really huge. Although it was difficult to tell exactly how large the figure was, I would venture to say it exceeded 7 feet in height, and it probably weighed well over 300 pounds. I am not sure if the creature saw me, but it continued to move around in the same area as if it were foraging for food.

I would say I was probably more intrigued than scared, and I had to tell the other two guys that were with me. They were still near the fire, so I went back over to where they were standing, told them what I saw, and grabbed a flashlight.

We walked back to where I was standing. I described what I saw and left the flashlight off. I told them I wanted to surprise it and let them get a glimpse at the same time. I turned the flashlight on and pointed it towards the area where I had seen the figure. The light hit the figure, and I saw what appeared to be a very hairy creature. As soon as the light flashed on it, it disappeared into the woods.

Both my brother and my friend said that someone was playing a trick on us. I told them that I thought it was a bigfoot. They both walked back to the fire and dismissed the sighting. I continued to scan the area with the flashlight hoping to see the creature again, but it never reappeared.

I don't remember exactly what time it was, but it was well past sunset. We remained there until about 2 AM the next morning. During that entire time, I never heard any other usual noises, such as animals prowling about. I considered going back the next day to see if I could find any tracks on the other side of the river, but it is inaccessible unless you travel by boat.

I tried to describe this as well as I could. If you have any questions, please let me know. As I said previously, I want this story to be told.

Paranormal Folklore, Angrboða Mother of monster's...

 

 

 

 

Angrboda, Wife of Loki and  Mother of Monsters. 

The name Angrboða first  appears in the Poetic Edda (Völuspá hin skamma) and is later detailed in Snorri Sturluson's Prose Edda in the 13th century.

She's from Jötunheimr, the land of giants.

In Norse mythology Angrboða is the giant wife of Loki,  she gave birth to Jörmungandr, the world serpent, Hel, ruler of the dead, and Fenrir, the ferocious giant wolf. All key figures in Ragnarök ( the end of the world).

Though she is the embodiment of motherly love, caring greatly for each of her children even though  all of them are monstrous  creatures that will eventually take part in the end of the world and death of the Norse pantheon. She is still a kind mother 


Her name means She who brings grief" or "messenger of sorrow," because of the tragic role her children will eventually bring.

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She is only mentioned once in the Poetic Edda (Völuspá hin skamma) as the mother of Fenrir by Loki. The Prose Edda (Gylfaginning) describes her as "a giantess in Jötunheimar" and as the mother of three monsters: the wolf Fenrir, the Midgard serpent Jörmungandr, and the ruler of the dead Hel.


The Children......
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Paranormal Folklore, The 1882 Dragon train attack.

 

Did a Dragon attack a train ???

 A reported attack by a "flying serpent" on a Southern Pacific Railroad train in the Colorado Desert in 1882 is a famous American frontier legend. Several passengers claimed to witness a scaled, roaring creature attacking the train, with the incident later reported by The Illustrated Police News on March 18, 1882, and in other newspapers at the time.

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 According to the Los Angeles Times, this is exactly what happened to a Southern Pacific train on Jan. 17, 1882, relayed by the engineer and fireman and corroborated by passengers when the train arrived in Los Angeles that night.

 They said that when the flying snake reached the track, the swiftly moving train clipped off a portion of its tail. This painful offense enraged the enormous serpent and it flew after its steel attacker "two miles faster than chain lightning." 

The angry animal overtook the train in moments and, striking from a position of safety above, "gave the train a lively thrashing, roaring like a cow in distress all the time." As women and children screamed, the beast shattered several windows in its onslaught. 

The serpent then pulled back and sailed off. Given a moment to recover, several passengers upholstered their pistols and unleashed a shower of lead after the beast as wind whistled past the damaged window frames. The bullets, if they hit their target at all, had no effect as the monster winged its way back across the desert sands. "This is vouched for by everyone who was on the train, and is given or what it is worth," stated the Times.

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There were several other Dragon, Flying Serpent, Thunderbird/Terodactyl  sightings throughout 1800's, many will claim they were nothing more then tall tales or exaggerated Folklore, but given some of the eyewitnesses testimonials,  it still seems like people were truly witnessing something strange in the same way we still have so many modern cryptid and ufo sightings today.

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Paranormal Encounters, Possible Dogman Attack.

 

 

 

 
On March 29 2026, a woman in Blanco, Oklahoma was savagely attacked by an unknown animal.

Alicia Maxey, 38, was critically injured in a severe, unidentified animal attack near Blanco, Oklahoma, she suffered extensive wounds to her face, arms, and legs.

She reported hearing a deep growl, and as  she attempted to flee back to her truck  she was suddenly attacked by a "dog-like" creature. Note the phrasing she said Dog Like instead of a dog. so what was she attacked by?

This is not the first time a person has been injured or killed be an Unknown Animal, and in almost all of thes cases the official statement, when one is eventually given by authorities  is a Bear, Mountain Lion or Stray Dog/ Pack of dogs..

In this case DNA was recovered from the victims  shredded clothing and later tested...


Alicia Maxey is a mother of four, on March 29th she was found unconscious and severely injured in a remote yard by a nearby homeowner who is also a certified EMT. She was airlifted to St. John’s Hospital in Tulsa, where she has undergone four extensive surgeries and continues to fight for her life.

Maxey reported hearing a “deep growl” just before the attack.

Something just pounced on her and knocked her to the ground, She described it as dog-like, but she didn’t say for certain that it was a dog.

Maxey’s family is facing severe financial and logistical challenges after her attack. Her husband, Wallace, is on dialysis and awaiting a kidney transplant, while Alicia was the main source of income for the family, including their two daughters, a GoFundMe has been set up to aid the family.

Wallace said “When I first walked in and I saw her, I just broke down and started crying. I wasn’t expecting this. Alicia is a loving, caring person. It doesn’t matter who you are, she will sit there and help you the best that she can.”

What happened to this woman is tragic and hopefully she makes a full recovery soon.


The Sheriff said during an interview that he had never seen this kind of savagery in an animal attack before..

While initially thought to be a wild animal attack, Oklahoma Wildlife Services assisted in the investigation and DNA testing,  As of April 17th, the Pittsburg County Sheriff's Office has officially claimed the DNA results showed the attacker was a normal domestic dog..

Though that outcome was expected, officials have said the same or similar about multiple other similar attacks around the country.. More on those in later posts.

So what do you think was this just a very sever Dog attack or something more????

Vietnamese Folklore' Nguoi Rung The Wild Man

Nguoi Rung, The Rock Ape of Vietnam 👣

 During the Vietnam war many soldiers stationed there had sightings or encounters with strange humanoid creatures that appeared human like at a glance but we're far more beast then man.

Locals called them Nguoi Rung," or  "wild man of the forest,"  the US soldiers called them Rock Apes because of there propensity for hurling rocks at them(often in retaliation for being shot at.)  There throws were said to be very strong and accurate even throwing back grenades sometimes.

No specimen was ever officially captured but there were several stories about sightings and attacks by these odd Cryptids. In some stores solders claimed to have killed one or more only for a he others to drage they're fallen comrade back into the forest.

Both American and North Vietnamese forces, claimed to have had encounters with these creatures,  most involving patrols encountering them on trails. 

One place ightings have seemed to have a lot of sightings was the mountainous jungles of the Central Highlands, especially around  (Dong Den Mountain) near Da Nang , also known as Monkey Mountain.

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The Battle of Dong Den..

A battle allegedly took place between the US Marines and a large group of Rock apes in the Quang Nam Province in 1966, at a place called  Hill 866 , In this account, a Marine unit was reporting to their captain that they had spotted movement in the jungle assuming it was the   Viet Cong. The captain told his unit over the radio hold there fire. Not long after, the unit reported back that, rather than Viet Cong, they were being surrounded by hairy, bipedal humanoid creatures.

The captain told the unit not to waste ammo by firing on the creatures, they should instead throw rocks. This however backfired, as the creatures began throwing the rocks right back at them. At this point, the Marines guessed there were hundreds of these creatures, far too many  to drive off by simply throwing rocks .

The Marines were told to change tactics and use their bayonets to fight the creatures. Soon after the order was given, the captain heard over the radio what sounded to him like an epic battle. Afterwards, men were sent out to investigate. The location was covered with injured—but not dead—Marines and allegedly the bodies of several Rock Apes. This became known as the Battle of Dong Den, though the only evidence of the event and the dead Rock Ape bodies littering the battlefield seems to be eyewitness accounts. What actually happened to the dead apes is unknown. In some accounts the other's would carry there dead back into the woods.

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The Rock Apes are basically a smaller jungle version of Bigfoot/ Sasquatch eyewitness accounts claim they were bipedal standing anywhere from four to six feet tall (smaller ones may have been younger member's of the group) with long brown or reddish fur and a stocky/ muscular build .

Some skeptic's claim people were seeing things because of extreme stress(and drugs) others claim what maller as witnessed was a small local monkeys like a gibbon which is nowhere near the size of what the rock apes are supposed to be.

But who really knows, most countries seem to have similar stories regarding Wild Men or human like apes that stalk the forest or mountains they can't all be simply seeing things ...

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Paranormal Folklore, The Giant Rabbits of Australia.

 

 

 The Giant Rabbits of the Australian outback


What would you do if you where just minding your own business trying to strick it rich when all of the sudden you see a giant rabbit... 

Apparently prospectors lived this exact situation.


These massive cryptids from the Australia where first reported by gold prospectors, who claimed to have seen giant rabbits anywhere from  nine feet and possibly up to twelve feet high that could move  at extreme speeds. the original source for these reports, which were first mentioned by Ivan T. Sanderson, is unknown, though likely came from retellings of previous stories thought the years .

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(Ivan T. Sanderson{1911-1973} was a Scottish biologist and cryptozoologist who's often credited as the co-founder of cryptozoology. He created the Society for the Investigation of the Unexplained which covered various cryptozoological cases. He's also notable for claiming to have witnessed multiple cryptids, including the Olitiau and Mokele-mbembe,)
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Some believe these giant rabbits were actually living diprotodons not actually massive bunny's but an ancient species of  giant kangaroos

Or Sthenurine Kangaroos: Experts like Christine Janis and Karl Shuker believe sightings were possibly  Sthenurus or Procoptodon, extinct, short-faced, large-forearmed kangaroos that may have resembled very large rabbits.

Diprotodon was  less lily to bed confused with a large rabbit as it was a a rhino-sized, wombat-like marsupial that went extinct thousands of years ago.

To this day, nobody truly knows what was seen by the prospectors or what still roams in the vast Australian outback.

Paranormal Folklore, The Utah Giant Rabbits.

 

 The Utah Giant Rabbits.

 In 1965, a Utah man reported seeing two giant rabbits in Washington County, this is just one of the many local folklore tale that contributes to the area's history of cryptid sightings, (Bigfoot, The Bear Lake monster, Skninwalkers and more). 

These creatures are sometimes described in as being as large as cows or having unnatural, "monster" proportions.

Similar tales of, “monster rabbits,” have also been reported in Australia, where they were believed to be, “living diprotodonts,” or large, “sthenurine kangaroos / Giant Kangaroos.

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