It’s as big as a bear, with black, shaggy hair, a long tail and horns.  It lives in the Ozark Mountains, where it’s rarely seen.  However legends tell of its distinctive howl, which is where it gets its name. 

In the immortal words of surprised owl: O rly?

This is a story that came about from other stories.  Recently, in my job as paranormal writer for Firefox News, I reported on the legends of The Mary Celeste, and The Curse of the Pharaohs.  In the course of my research, I found a common thread: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

For only the second time since their discovery, some of the treasures of Tutankhamen are visiting United States Soil.  Wherever they go, the treasures of Tutankhamen inspire wonder.  But when they were first discovered in 1922 they also inspired a little bit of fear – fear of a pharaoh’s curse.

It's too soon to be an April Fool's Day prank, but the U.S. Air Force said that a series of flashing lights and booming sounds sighted and heard over Virginia recently must be a UFO.

A sordid tale of reincarnation set in 1970's New York.

On December 5, 1872 John Johnson, helmsman of the Dei Gratia, spotted a ship about five miles off their port bow.  It was an hour past noon, and in the bright sunlight, Johnson could immediately spot that something was wrong.

I’m sitting here, with a notebook in my hand.  The power is out and I’m listening to the sound of tree limbs breaking under the weight of accumulated ice and snow.   They say that the power won’t be restored for several days.  To make my sense of isolation complete: the phone lines are down.

To add to the gloomy atmosphere, I’m reading a story about a serial killer.

At one point or another, every mother looks at their screaming toddler and wonders if it may secretly be a little monster.  But what if he or she really was?

If you lived back in 1735, you could have asked Mrs. Leeds what that was like.  After all, she's supposedly the mother of New Jersey's most famous cryptid – the New Jersey Devil.

Down in the southern reaches of Arkansas, there is a celebrity more well known than Bill Clinton, Billy Bob Thornton, and Collin Ray put together.  But unlike those other guys, this Natural State native has never left his home county.  Maybe that's because he can't drive a car. 

I'm taking, of course, about the Arkansas Fouke Monster. 

With Halloween in a few days, a lot of folks out there will be getting together for a little harmless fun (a.k.a. scaring the crap out of your friends).  Most of the time, this includes haunted houses and watching Halloween.  But occasionally, for those who want to push the envelope (or the planchette), out comes the Ouija board.