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The city of Santa Paula lies in southern Ventura County in California. The small city is the self-proclaimed “citrus capital of the world”. But perhaps, just perhaps there is something stalking through the orange groves, something called the Billiwhack Monster.

Wikipedia article about Santa Paula, California

califolk.blogspot.com/2007/10/billiwhack-monster-of-ventura-county.html

weirdca.com/location.php?location=76

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The Los Angeles Times (Los Angles, CA) Nov 4, 1694.

Chasing American Monsters by Jason Offutt. Llewellyn Publishing, ( © 2019) “Chasing American Monsters Creatures Cryptids ebook” on Amazon

 Ghosts of Ventura County’s Heritage Valley by Evie Ybarra. Haunted American ( © 2016) Item on Amazon (B01KBCK1X2)

The little town of Bladenboro sits in Bladen County with a population of just under 1800. The town grew to prosperity after the Bridger brothers moved into the town and started a turpentine business and then later got involved in lumber. There isn’t much to say about the town unless your speaking of the mysterious beast that has terrorized Bladenboro since the 1950s.

starnewsonline.com/article/NC/20061029/News/605129891/WM

Wikipedia article about Beast of Bladenboro

ranker.com/list/beast-of-bladenboro-legend/laura-allan

northcarolinaghosts.com/piedmont/beast-bladenboro/

weekinweird.com/2013/07/02/has-the-vampire-beast-of-north-carolina-returned-new-killings-by-mystery-animal-match-classic-cryptid-case/

The Robesonian (Lumberton, NC) Jan 8th, 1954.

The News and Observer (Raleigh, NC) Jan 14, 1954.

news.google.com/newspapers

news.google.com/newspapers

Chasing American Monsters by Jason Offutt. Llewellyn Publishing, ( © 2019) “Chasing American Monsters Creatures Cryptids ebook” on Amazon

Local Headlines

abc.net.au/news/2021-05-11/mitta-valley-big-cat-sighting-continues-victorian-legend/100130380

castanet.net/news/Penticton/333803/Summerland-woman-describes-freaky-sighting-of-what-she-believes-was-Ogopogo

coasttocoastam.com/article/ghost-photographed-at-infamously-haunted-waverly-hills-sanatorium/

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