Enfield Monster – folklore
The Enfield Monster refers to reports of an unidentified creature around Enfield, Illinois, United States in April 1973. The reports were covered by the news media at the time, with …
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El Silbón – folklore
El Silbón – English translation: “The Whistler” – is a character appearing in both Colombian and Venezuelan folk tales, famed for terrorising men, women and children, especially the latter whom he …
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Jack-O’-Lantern – Halloween folklore and tradition
A Jack-o’-lantern is a carved pumpkin or similarly-sized gourd or turnip, associated chiefly with the holiday of Halloween, and was named after the phenomenon of strange light flickering over peat bogs, …
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El Sombrerón – Folklore and legend
El Sombrerón is a fictional character and one of the most famous legends of Guatemala, told in books and a 1950 film. El Sombrerón is also a bogeyman figure in Mexico and is …
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Kappa – Japanese folklore
Kappa (河童, “river-child”), alternatively called Kawatarō (川太郎, “river-boy”), Komahiki (“horse puller”), or Kawako (川子, “river-child”), are a yōkai (a class of supernatural monster) found in Japanese folklore, and also a cryptid. Their name comes from a mixture of the word “kawa” …
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The Beast of Bodmin – urban legend
The Beast of Bodmin, also known as the Beast of Bodmin Moor is a phantom wild cat purported to live in Cornwall, in the United Kingdom. Bodmin Moor became a centre of these sightings with occasional reports of mutilated …
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THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT (1999) Reviews and overview
The Blair Witch Project is a 1999 American horror film written and directed by Eduardo Sánchez and Daniel Myrick. It was produced by the Haxan Films production company and uses the narrative device of purporting to be ‘found …
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