Get back to nature, they said. It'll center you. It'll calm your soul, they said!
"They" certainly weren't talkin' about The Appalachians...
Superstitions, Cryptids, Weird AF Deer - Oh MY!!!
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Sources & References:
Stories from the Applewood Manor: https://www.applewoodmanor.com/stories/appalachian-superstitions
Is Mountain Monsters Real?: https://www.thesmokies.com/is-mountain-monsters-real/
The Dwayyo: https://appmonsters.weebly.com/the-dwayyo.html
Introducing the Dwayyo, the Werewolf of Appalacia: https://www.werewolves.com/introducing-the-dwayyo-the-werewolf-of-appalachia/
Snallygaster; Winged Creature of the Northeast: https://www.legendsofamerica.com/snallygaster/
Camp Monsters; The Story of the Snallygaster: https://www.rei.com/blog/podcasts/transcript-stories-of-the-snallygaster
Animikii: http://www.native-languages.org/animikii.htm
The Legend of the Piasa Bird: https://www.riverbender.com/articles/details/explore-the-river-bend-the-legend-of-the-piasa-bird-6344.cfm
18 Spooky Native American Monsters the Will Keep You Awake at Night: https://historycollection.com/18-spooky-native-american-monsters-that-will-keep-you-awake-at-night/2/
Choctaw Mythology: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choctaw_mythology
Yeahoh, Yahoo or Bigfoot: https://www.appalachianhistory.net/2019/05/yeahoh-yahoo-or-bigfoot.html
A Rock Throwing Yahoo: https://youtu.be/zW0btCqbXGk?t=905
The Scream of the Yahoo: https://youtu.be/ydhv2PqEUG4
Couple Claim to Photograph Bigfoot Near New River Gorge: https://wvexplorer.com/2021/12/19/bigfoot-sighting-west-virginia-new-river-gorge-wv/
Bigfoot Sightings have Clustered in Southern West Virginia: https://wvexplorer.com/2022/07/01/bigfoot-sightings-clustering-in-southern-west-virginia/
West Virginian Yahoo: https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/West_Virginian_Yahoo
The Not Deer - An Odd Cryptid Still Making Appearances in Appalachia and Beyond: https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2021/09/the-not-deer-an-odd-cryptid-still-making-appearances-in-appalachia-and-beyond/
Deer People; Native American Forest Folk: https://intothewonder.wordpress.com/2014/01/12/deer-people-native-american-forest-folk/
Deer Man: https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Deer_Man
Not Deer? Or a Deer?: https://skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/not-deer-or-a-deer/
Appalachian Not Deer; Rowan Bagly: https://www.notdeermagazine.com/post/appalachian-not-deer-rowan-bagley
The Wendigo; Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendigo
Wendigo; The Monster Born of Starvation and Greed: https://yamunahrodvitnir.medium.com/wendigo-the-monster-born-of-starvation-and-greed-32a191b846dd
Will the Flesh Pedestrian Hunt You? Lore Lodge: https://youtu.be/MGViS_ZH_iA
Skinwalker; Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skin-walker
Navajo Skinwalker - Witches of the Southwest: https://www.legendsofamerica.com/navajo-skinwalkers/
Navajor Skinwalker; Don’t Whistle Outside at Night: https://darksideoflife.blog/2021/06/22/navajo-skinwalkers-dont-whistle-outside-at-night/
Flesh Gaite Story: https://creepypasta.fandom.com/wiki/Fleshgait
Mocking Mimic; Tumblr / Flesh Gaite: https://at.tumblr.com/spookcataloger/mocking-mimic-2013/7uwk0vsomnpa
@Spookcataloger on Tumblr: https://www.tumblr.com/spookcataloger
An Older Name for these; FleshGaite: https://www.reddit.com/r/CrawlerSightings/comments/w9exed/an_older_name_for_these_fleshgait/
Top Ten Cryptids that Turned Out to be Real: https://listverse.com/2010/08/13/top-10-cryptids-that-turned-out-to-be-real/
@A_Howie on Tiktok (Nighttime Investigations)
@theaidanmattis on Tiktok (Skinwalker/Wendigo/Flesh Gaite Lore - Academia)
@abbey_sobota on Tiktok (Appalacian Safety Advice)
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West Finley “Illusions” on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?x=0x_BFAMfrRs
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