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Creatures of mystery and fear said to inhabit America's landscapes.
A realistic painting of an American alligator resting on a muddy riverbank at dawn, surrounded by misty wetlands and tall grasses under soft golden light.

The American Alligator Legend

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October 22, 2025
In the vast marshes and slow-moving rivers of the southern United States, where the air hangs heavy with mist and the reeds whisper secrets in the wind, lives the great alligator, the keeper of the wetlands. Spanish moss drapes from ancient cypress trees like the beards of old men, and the water moves so slowly it seems to breathe rather
Parchment-style illustration of the Mothman with glowing red eyes hovering above the Silver Bridge in Point Pleasant, West Virginia.

Sasq’ets: The Keeper of the Forest Shadows

Long before the iron horses roared and screamed across the land, their wheels cutting through ancient hunting grounds, before men with axes came to cut down the tall cedar trees and carve roads through the wilderness, the people of the mountains lived in harmony with the forest spirits. They understood

The Mothman of Point Pleasant

October 17, 2025
It began, as these things often do, on a lonely road. In November of 1966, two young couples were driving near the old TNT area—a stretch of abandoned munitions bunkers outside Point Pleasant, West Virginia, where the trees grew too quiet and the moonlight seemed to hold its breath. They’d
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