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Paranormal Games: One Man Hide and Seek

Photo by Annie Spratt

The one-man hide and seek or One Man Tag is a paranormal game/ritual to summon the dead. You will play hide and seek with a stuffed doll with the spirit inside. Those who are psychic may feel unwell or meet with accidents during the game. The doll is supposed to try to find you

Items needed for the game:

A stuffed doll with limbs
Rice to stuff the doll full with (representing insides and to attract spirits)
A needle with crimson thread (represents the blood vessel and seals the spirit)
A sharp tool like for example a knife, glass shard, or scissors
A cupful of salt
Your own nail clippings
A hiding place preferably a room purified with incense and ofuda with a T.V.
Bathroom with bathtub

Before the game:

Take all the stuffing from the doll and stuff it with rice.
Clip your nails and put them inside the doll and sew the opening with the crimson thread.
Tie the doll up with the remaining thread.
Fill the bathtub with water.
Place salt in your hiding place.

The Game:

Give the doll a name, but not your own.
At 3 a.m. say to the doll "(your name) is the first it. repeat it three times.
Bring the doll to your bathroom and placed the doll in the bathtub.
Turn off all the lights in the house, go to your hiding place and switch on the T.V.
Count to ten and then return to the bathroom with your sharp tool.
When you get there, say to the doll "I have found you (doll's name)" and stab the doll with the sharp tool.
Tell the doll "You are next it, (doll's name)" as you put the doll back in its place.
As soon as you put the doll down run to your hiding place and hide.
Don't go out of the house until you have done the finishing ritual and be quiet while playing.

Ending the Game:

Do not play the game for more than 2 hours.
Pour half the cup of salt water into your mouth and do not drink. Keep it in your mouth and whatever you don't spit it out. Do not leave the hiding place without doing this as you might encounter the doll actively hunting you.
Get out of your hiding place and start looking for the doll. The doll may not be where you left it.
When the doll is found pour the rest of the salt water on it and spray the salt water in your mouth over it.
Repeat "I win" three times.

SOURCES:

Ranker

Saya in Underworld

Creepy Pasta Wiki

Sunday, October 30, 2022

Murder of Wilma Cheek

Around 11:15 a.m. on October 30, 1995, 48-year-old Wilma Cheek's 1989 grey Pontiac Grand Prix was observed in the rear of Willow Grove Cemetery in Fountain City, Indiana. A short time later the caretaker took a closer look at the vehicle to see Wilma slumped over in the driver's seat. She had been shot to death within the hour of being discovered. She was last seen that morning at 7:30 a.m.

SOURCES:
Indiana State Police
Find a Grave

Palladium-Item December 19, 1995

CBS4 October 25, 2015

Fox 59 October 25, 2015

Monsters: La Cegua

Photo by Anudariya Munkhbayar

La Cegua was a beautiful woman cursed to become a spectral monster in Costa Rica. It was said that she resided in Cartago. The story is said to have happened between 1563 when Cartago was established and 1823 when San Jose became the capital. She was half native and half Spaniard and was extremely beautiful. She would then fall in love with a Spanish soldier. They would have a sexual relationship and believed he loved her two. When the Spaniard left she had broken down and gone mad. A curse would befell her and she would use it against men she deemed unfaithful to their loved ones.

She will first appear to adulterers as a beautiful woman but then transform into a face of a rotting horse skull. In her womanly form, she has an oval face, large black eyes, long curly hair, red beautiful lips, a slender and tempting body, and a voice much like a siren. She is typically wearing full white or black, but there have been occasions where she wore a vapourous pink dress or a luxurious period dress. There are possibly more than one La Cegua and they may work together at times.

Travelers in Costa Rica are to be careful on their journeys. Especially on lonely roads at night. She typically appears in front of drunkards or womanizers. She will then ask the stranger if they could take her to her ride (in older tales it was a horse and more recently a modern vehicle). After she get's onto the man's horse or in his vehicle she rides with him for a while. She tempts him and tranformes into her monstrous version either killing or disabiling him and making him go mad.

She sometimes doesn't appear on the road and instead at dances and festivals in towns. She usually flirts wth every man who approaches her. The one who succeeds in having a hookup with her will accompany her to a clearing of the Guanacaste pampa under a leafy Guanacaste tree. They make love all night, but when he tries to kiss her that face appears.

There is another version in which it is a crying child instead. When the child is found on the side of the road the person will give them a ride. The child would then resort to turning into its horse face.

It's said in order to escape her wrath is to throw mustard seeds at her. She will take her time and pick them up. This gives enough time for the victim to run and flee the La Cegua.

SOURCES:

Myths and Folklore Wiki

We Love Costa Rica

Villians Wiki

Saturday, October 29, 2022

Haunted: Jeruk Purut Cemetery

The Jeruk Purut Cemetary is located in South Jakarta, Indonesia. It is one of the better take care of cemeteries in Jakarta, and holds several tales of hauntings.

One ghost of the cemetery is that of a decapitated pastor who carries his head around. He is usually followed around by a large black dog. Supposedly he haunts the cemetery because he died there and believes he's buried there and is searching for his grave. It is said that he isn't buried there but at the Tanah Kusir Cemetery. The ghost story has been around for decades. Many searches at night for the pastor, but it seems he only shows up on Friday Nights and to people with an odd amount in their group.

Other ghosts in the cemetery include a child and a large hairy ghoul.

SOURCES:

Connecticut State Division of Criminal Justice

Ghostly World

Urban Legendpedia

Murder of Leah Ulbrich

Around 4:49 a.m. on October 29, 1995 Law enforcement was receiving calls of a woman, 24-year-old Leah Ulbrich, being dragged by a vehicle from Locust St. west on Elliot St. toward Wethersfield Ave. in Hartford, Connecticut. One caller gave the car description as similar to a 1995 or a recent year Nissan Maxima or similar make. Another caller, an unidentified female, made a call using a fire emergency telephone at the coroner of Elliot St. and Wethersfield Ave. and saw the woman being dragged.

Prior to the 911 calls, a Hartford Police officer patrolled north on Wethersfield Ave. near Elliot St. in a marked cruiser. They spotted a small dark-colored car enter Wethersfield Ave from Elliot St. He spotted that it was dragging something and did not have its headlights on. The officer pursued the vehicle but did not catch up to it. He then followed a trail of liquid left on the pavement that lead to the area of Jordan Ln near Ridge Rd.

The officer would then find Leah's body lying against the northern curb of Jordan Lane. It would be determined that she would die due to extensive blunt trauma from being dragged by the vehicle for over 4 miles.It was believed that she was either holding onto a seat belt or was hooked onto it. That door will be damaged as it was open during the drag. There was no way the driver did not know. It's likely she was dragged starting on Elliot St. as her shoes were left parallel next to each other on the road as if they fell off when she first started getting dragged.

SOURCES:

The Deck Podcast

Hartford Courant November 7, 1995

Hartford Courant December 12, 1995

Friday, October 28, 2022

Ghosts: Blue Albino Woman of Rochester Cemetery

At the Rochester Cemetery in Topeka, Kansas there is said to be the ghost called The Blue Albino Woman. Tale began in the 1960's. She can be seen roaming around the Rochester Cemetery, but sometimes seen on the streets of Topeka. from afar she looks like a frail elderly woman, but with a closer look you can tell ghastly she looks. She has strange pale blueish skin, rotting skin, red glowing eyes, sharp teeth, and long white hair.

Many people who visit the Rochester Cemetery at night will likely encounter her. She will often run them off, and some were rumored to be devoured. She is sometimes seen raised from the

Many people who dare visit the Rochester Cemetery at night time usually encounter her. She often runs them off. Some people who don't make it say that the woman will devour them. She's even allegedly been seen arising from the ground.

Tale goes that around that the elderly woman was albino. Some said in life she was nice and was described as having white hair, stark white skin, and blazing pink eyes. She was often made fun of for her looks as she stood out in a crowd. She may have worked as a maid in a two-story house near the cemetery. No one could remember the poor woman's name.

The tale goes that around 1965 a group of men attacked the woman. They believed that the woman was a witch. They dug a grave and buried the woman alive. Many believe that her horrible death may have been the reason she was so angry after death.

SOURCES:

Urban Legendpedia

It's Something Wiki

Visit Topeka

Thursday, October 27, 2022

October 28, 2007 Three Points, Arizona John Doe

On October 28, 2007, campers found the body of a young man in the desert by South Shaw Rd. in Three Points, Arizona. He had died just days prior to being found. His cause of death is either unknown or unstated. He may have been from or been to Mexico at one point as he had Mexican Currency on his person.

John Doe is a Hispanic male and was between 16-25-years-old. He was 5'3". He has short, black thick hair. He had healed nasal fractures; atlanto-occipital fusion (C1 and C2), possibly causing restricted neck movement, stiffness, or headaches, His teeth #1 and #16 did not fully erupt due to immature roots.

He was wearing white briefs, black socks, black work boots, and Size 28 Olympic brand blue jeans.

SOURCES:

Missing and Exploited Children

Doe Network

Unidentified Wiki

Disappearance of Stephen "Steve" Mysick

On October 27, 1973, between 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. 61-year-old Stephen "Steve" Mysick packed his suitcase and left where he was staying in Rapid City, Manitoba, Canada. He would be seen at the CP train station in Brandon. It's believed that since he had ties to and formerly lived in Winnipeg that he was traveling there. There was no indication that he actually boarded the train to Winnipeg.

He had been living with friends for the last 2.5 years before his disappearance after getting out of a mental hospital. He had very limited funds at the time. Foul play is not suspected in this case.

Stephen is a white male and was 61-years-old at the time. He's 5'6" (167 cm) and 137 lbs (62kg). He has white hair and a light complexion. There was visible decay on his teeth. He was wearing a green windbreaker, a plaid shirt that was buttoned at the neck, a brown overcoat, a brown fedora, and green pants.

SOURCES:
Canada's Missing
The Doe Network

Haunted Objects: Pupa The Doll

Pupa the Doll was a doll made for a little Italian girl in the 1920s. She would own the doll up until her death in 2005. Since she was a girl the owner stated that the doll was alive and would talk to her throughout the years. The doll was a friend who helped a little girl grow up and kept her secrets.

Pupa and her owner's family would travel a lot throughout Europe and the U.S. At the end of WWII, her owner's grandmother would pass away and as a memento, they sewed a button from her grandmother's clothes onto Pupas. Pupa and her owner would eventually settle in the U.S. and her owner would start a family.

Her owner would often tell family members how special Pupa was and it wasn't until after death that they realized it was true. After her owner's death, she was still active. She is now kept in a glass case and isn't happy about it. When someone decided to clean the case they fogged up the window and saw the message Pupa Hate on the glass. Sometimes tapping can be heard on the glass and at times a strange faint laugh can be heard.

SOURCES:

ObscUrban Legends

Emadion

The Paranormal Guide

Wednesday, October 26, 2022

Wanted: John Doe 40

A video with an individual known as John Doe 40 may know information pertaining to the safety and identity of a child victim of sexual exploitation. The video is believed to have been recorded prior to October 2017.

John Do is a white male between 30 to 40-years-old. He is heavy-set with dark hair. He is heard speaking English in the video.

SOURCES:
FBI

Urban Legends: Black Eyed Children

The warning of Black-eyed Children began in the 1980s America. The children are between 6 to 16-years-old. They have pale skin ad completely black eyes. People who encounter the children would do so by them asking for a ride or knocking on the door of their home. At first the children seem normal, but in need of a ride, lost, or in need to go into the home. For the person they feel the interaction getting increasingly strange and notice their pitch black eyes and monotone voice. It's unknown what the children are, but that there's several possibilities such as vampires, aliens, children of demons, ect.

The Business Standard tells of one story of the black eyed children stated that a woman and her husband were at their home in the middle of nowhere Vermont. They would then hear knocks on the door and see a boy and girl standing on their porch in the winter snow. They would tell the elderly couple "Our Parents will be here soon." It was strange, but they hesitatingly let the children in. The children never made eye contact.

The childern sat on the couch with the husband and the woman went to make hot chocolate to warm up the children. When she came back se noticed that their cat disliked the children. While she was making hot chocolate her husband tried to ask them questions, but they stayed silent. The children would suddenly stand up and ask for the bathroom. The woman would show them the way and finally see their pitch black eyes.

She would ask her husband "Did you see their eyes?" and her husband responded by showing his hand full of blood from a nose bleed.The power would go out. When she went to check on the children they stated "Our Parents are here." The children would leave with the door wide open. The woman would approach the door and watch the children go to two tall slender men. She would wave at them as a goodbye, but the men never returned the gesture.

The next week was full of tragedies. Three out of Four cats went missing and the fourth was found dead in a puddle of blood. Her husband would continue to have terrible nosebleeds, and would go to the doctor to get help. He would then be diagnosed with agressive skin cancer.

SOURCES:

Snopes

The Business Standard March 13, 2020

Tuesday, October 25, 2022

Cryptids: Trunko

One of four known photographs of the Trunko carcass, taken by A. C. Jones

On December 27, 1924, an article titled "Fish like Polar Bear" was published in the London's Daily Mail. On October 25, 1924, an animal was spotted in Margate, South Africa. first seen batteling two killer whales for 3 hours. it reportedly lifted itself out of the feet 20 ft and used its tail to fight. The creature would lose the fight and washed up on Margate Beach. Where it laid tere for 10 days.

The creature was given the name Trunko . It appeared to have long white fur, and had an elephant trunk and a lobster like tail. The trunk was said to be attatched directly to the torso and no head was noticable. It was measured to be 14 m (47ft) in length and 3m (10ft), and the trunk was 1.5 m (5ft) and the diameter was 36cm (14in). It was devoid of blood.

Though it's unknown what the creature was it's now believed that it may have been a washed up whale carcass. Because the locals or those who've seen it were ignorant of how animal carcass's can decompose. It's possible that it was a globster which made it look as if it has hair.

SOURCES:

Obscuran Legends

Cryptid Wiki

Disappearance of Raymond G. Carey Jr.

On October 25, 1963, 16-year-old Raymond Carey Jr. left home at 7:15 p.m. he was supposed to go watch a movie, but instead, he went to the bowling alley. Afterward, he would go to a PI Kappa Sigma sorority dance at the Lithuania Dance Hall in Hartford, Connecticut.

Raymond told another boy at the dance that he had a ride home. A witness later saw him leaving the hall with three other teenage boys. This was the last time anyone had seen him and reported him missing the next day. He had no history of running away.

He was a junior at Bloomfield Highschool. He participated in the church basketball and softball teams, He used to play trumpet, but it used to irritate the scar on his lip.

Raymond is a white male and was 16-years-old at the time. He's 5'6" and 130 lbs. He has brown hair and blue eyes. He has a scar on his lip. He was wearing a pair of grey suede shoes, a dark green sweater, a dark green sports shirt, and a pair of black pants.

SOURCES:

International Missing Persons

Hartford Courant October 29, 1963

Hartford Courant December 21, 1963

Monday, October 24, 2022

Murder of Jerry "Troub" Riley

On October 24, 1993, the skeletal remains of 45-year-old Jerry Riley were found in a remote wooded area off of Kettle Rock Rd. in Epsom, New Hampshire. He had been killed from a gunshot wound to the head around 2 to 3 months earlier. He was killed elsewhere and his body was dumped there. His pockets were turned inside out likely to take anything out that would identify him.

Jerry was working at a Chinese Restaurant in Bedford and was a likable and polite young man. His former boss stated that he was initially a good worker, but after a few months and towards June his work habits worsened. He would come in late or call in. It was suspected by his boss that he may have a drinking problem as he was partying a lot. He was suspended twice from his job for this and he would quit and tell his former boss he got a new job in Concord. He was last seen in July by his former boss.

SOURCES:

New Hampshire Department of Justice

Concord Monitor October 28, 1993

Concord Monitor October 29, 1993

Daily Press November 1, 1993

Sunday, October 23, 2022

GHOSTS: Stiffy Green

John Heinhl died in 1921 and was placed in the Heihl Mausoleum at the Highland Lawn Cemetery in Terre Haute, Indiana. His dog Stiffy would be placed in the mausoleum to keep him company. Now it's rumored that Stiffy haunts the cemetery protecting his owner.

It's stated that Stiffy Green sat crying next to Johns casket during his funeral, and anyone who tried to comfort the do met with barking and biting. It was stated that Stiffy refused to leave tombs door after John was placed there. Sometimes even seen sitting there during hurricanes.

Stiffy Green died as well and it was rumored he was stuffed and placed with his beloved owner. His eyes were green glass that glowed fiercely as a warning to trespassers. But the Stiffy Green was a cement dog that used to set on the Heinhl porch. It's not stated whether or not if Stiffy was actually real and possesses the statue or if the statue came to life from grief of the death of their beloved owner.

One night a late night vandal shot into the mausoleum shattering one of Stiffy's eyes. The Heinhl family would then remove Stiffy and donate it to the Vigo County Historical Society. He now lives in a replica Mausoleum in the Historical Museum of Wabash Valley.

SOURCES:

ObscUrban Legends

Roadside America

Tribune Star October 4, 2015

Murder of Tammy Lynn Thorpe

Around 9 p.m. on October 21, 1988, 20-year-old Tammy Thorpe left her home in Ada, Virginia, and attended a dance at the Marshall Ruritan Club. At the dance, a man reportedly threatened Tammy as she did not want to dance with him. At a separate incident at the dance, a man with a gun was arrested in the parking lot.

When he was arrested the police dented Tammy's car as they forced him against her gold 1986 Pontiac Grand An. Tammy was particular about her car and was concerned about the dent. She would call the sheriff's office to talk about it with the arresting officer.

The dance would end at 1 a.m. the next morning. Her parents would then see her at 2 a.m. at the Marshall 7-Eleven while coming home that night. Her mother told her to go home as it was late. Instead of going home, it's believed that she drove to the old Chevron gas station in Warrenton to wash her car and see how bad the dent was. She was last seen getting gas there at 2:45 a.m.

A little before 7 a.m. Lisa, Tammy's sister, noticed Tammy's car parked at the former Warrenton Bowling Alley next to the Chevron. Her sister who left her own car there the night before coincidently had gone there. This was when she found the car unlocked with the keys still in the ignition and purse inside. This was very concerning it wasn't known what had happened till the next day.

On October 23, 1988, her body would be found off of a gravel lane, adjacent to Route 17, approximately 1/4 mile north of the Warrenton town limit. She had died due to multiple gunshots to her face with a small caliber firearm. There was no evidence of a struggle and she was not robbed. It's believed that someone who knew her had killed the young woman.

SOURCES:

Fauquier County Virginina

Fauquier County Virginina (pdf)

NBC News April 12, 2015

Fauquier Times October 24, 2019

Saturday, October 22, 2022

Murder of Joseph "Joe" Stevenson

Around 12:30 a.m. on October 22, 1953 police recieved a call for a shooting at the Blue Goose Jook in Belle Glade, Florida. The Blue Goose Jook was a gambling location in Zellwood owned by Lee Grant, who was at the location. The body of Jospeh Stevenson who went by Joe Stevens was found dead with multiple gunshot wounds near The Blue Goose Jook.

SOURCES:

Orange County Sheriff's

Disappearance of Nikole Betterson

In September of 1977 2-year-old Nikole Betterson's family was involved in a car accident that killed her mother, Susan. Nikole and her father were not injured in the accident. Because of her mother's death, Nikole would receive Social Security benefits.

Nikole would last see her mother's parents around Christmas of the same year. Her father was then dating another woman named Barbara. The last time the grandparents saw them Jarrett told them that they were going to move to Nevada or California from their home in Dearborn, Michigan.

For the next 20 years, Susan's parents had no clue what had happened to their granddaughter. In 1977 they would hire a private investigator to find Nikole so that they could reconnect. It was found that Barbra and Jarrett had ended up marrying and living in Las Vegas. Jarrett had been collecting the Social Security meant for Nikole up until she was 18. The problem is that there was no evidence of Nikole being alive or in Jarrett's custody by the time he left Michigan.

This information lead to police involvement and they would contact Jarrett. He would ask them for some time to meet with detectives and discuss Nikole's whereabouts. This however never happened as Jarrett would kill himself and Barbra leaving no information behind.

Before their deaths, Barbra mailed a letter to Nikole's grandmother. She asked for forgiveness for "all the wounds we put in your hearts with our tragic youthful blunders." She included a money order of $900 to pay for their cremations.

Though there is no evidence of foul play happening in the case, it is suspected.

Nikole is a biracial white/black female and was 2-years-old at the time. She

SOURCES:

Doe Network

International Missing Persons

Cryptid: Pesanta

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In Catalan folklore in Spain there is an enormous heavy hairy black dog called the Pesanta (sometimes referred to as a cat). The dog is large with steel paws which it hits anyone with who gets in the way, but makes it impossible to grab anything. It's sometimes believed that the Pesanta may be a witch or an animal creature with an undefined form.

The Pesanta lives in abandoned churches and ruins. The Pesanta will then creep into homes entering through tight spaces like keyholes, under the door, and even filtering across the walls.The creatures goal is to sleep on the chests of people giving them troubles breathing and nightmares. Sometimes the person will have sleep paralysis, but most times they wake up and the Pesanta will disappear quickly.

Things people do to keep the Pesanta away is to spread some millet in the threshold of your bedroom, place a broom next to the bed or speak words that will force it to count all the stars in the sky.

SOURCES:
Wikipedia
Cryptid Wiki
Villians Wiki

Disappearance of Gerald William Carroll Sr.

On October 22, 2001, 44-year-old Gerald Carroll Sr. went to cash his check at the Penn Mart Shopping Center in New Castle, Delaware. He would then last be seen riding on his bicycle. His son stated that it could be possible that Gerald, who loved fishing, may have gone that day and possibly accidentally drowned. His green mountain bike was his sole means of transportation.

Gearld is a white male and was 44-years-old at the time. He's 5'8" and 145-165lbs. He has brown hair and blue eyes. He is missing his front teeth. He was wearing jeans at the time. His nicknmes are Fordy and Jarr

SOURCES:

National Missing Person Directory

Tapatalk

Friday, October 21, 2022

Superstitions: Black Cat

Photo by Akin Cakiner

There are several superstitions on black cats. Though not all bad some see black cats of an omen for their black fur. In different cultures there are different beliefs in black cats. Cats have always had connections with humanity for a long time.

In Ancient Egypt cats were seen as divine. In Greek Mythology Hecate the goddess, of the moon, witchcraft, magic, and sorcery had a cat that was a familiar. In Japan if a black cat crosses your path it will bring you good luck. In Germany if one walks right to left in front of you luck is in the future. In Scotland it if you find a black cat on your doorstep then moneys coming to you soon. Some European sailors would bring a black cat for luck onto their voyages.

The most known and popular superstition for black cats though are that they bring bad luck. Like many other black animals like dogs it's believed that they are harbingers of death. Some believe that they are familiars or helpers of witches or the witches themselves. Some believe that they may even be the devil incarnate. This belief was even documented by the pope in 1233.

SOURCES:

History

Blue Cross

The Spruce Pets

Disappearance of Agnieszka Gromelska

On October 21, 1991, 14-year-old Agnieszka Gromelska was last seen in Zuromin, Poland in 1991. There is little information in this case in at least English sources.

Agnieszka is a white female and 14-years-old at the time. She is 173cm (5'6"). She has brown hair and blue eyes. She has a birthmark on her back.

SOURCES:

The Doe Network

The Itaka Foundation

Thursday, October 20, 2022

Ghosts: El Silbón

Effigy of El Silbón at a Venezualan theme park

The legend of El Silbón started in the middle of the 19th century in Columbia and Venezuela. He is most known in the Los Llanos region. He was described as a lost soul cursed to wander. There are a couple of versions of the story but both state that he was the son of a farmer. He would then kill his father and soon after tortured and killed. He was cursed to carry the bag of bones of his father.

It's known when he's around as he whistles. The whistle notes are C,D,E,F,G,A,B in that order. It rises in tone to F and lowers to B. When you hear the whistles close do not worry, but when it's in a distance that is when you're in danger. It's said his whistle foretells your death. The only thing to save the soon-to-be victim is the bark of the dog, a chili, or a whip. He typically preys on womanizers and drunks.

One version of how he became a spirit was that he was a spoiled brat who demanded that his father hunts for a deer. It was his favorite typed of meat and when his father returned empty-handed he became furious. He would then kill his father cut out his heart and liver and have his mother unknowingly cook it for dinner.

His mother found that the meal was strange and tough. She begins to suspect that something was wrong. She would then find out that they were her husband's remains. His other would curse her son and his grandfather would order him to be tortured. In a long painful process first, his back was whipped, and salt was put into the wounds. After he was satisfied with the wounds two large monstrous dogs were on him biting his ankles. He would run into the woods and never be seen again. His grandfather would curse him to carry his father's bones.

In the other version, he was a married young man who worked on his father's farm in Venezuela. One day his father berated his wife and called her a whore. She would tell El Silbón what happened and this infuriated him. He would then confront his father and killed him. His fate is the same where he is tortured for a long time with whips and salt, eventually being chased into the forest by dogs.

SOURCES:
Wikipedia

Scary For Kids

Myths and Folklore

Villians Wiki

Disappearance of Michelle Ann Baker

On October 20, 1993, 25-year-old Michelle Baker was last seen when she dropped off an application at Beneficial Home Health Care in Spokane, Washington. She had taken a sleeping bag, and blankets with her, and she was never seen again. On November 2nd her husband would report her missing. Michelle who received disability checks did not pick up the check in November or after. Her disappearance is out of character for her. She had lived most of her life in Spokane or Seattle.

Michelle is a white female and was 25-years-old at the time. She may use the last names Saffold or Wright. She's 5'2" and 130 to 150 lbs. She has short straight brown hair and green eyes, She has multiple scars on her arms, she previously had broken fingers, is right-handed, suffers from Muscular Dystrophy, and has an overbite. Even though she is able to walk she is classified as disabled due to her muscular dystrophy. She is a smoker and her brand of choice was Camels. She is wearing a blue and white windbreaker, a Camel t-shirt, a white nylon vest, black jeans, white sneakers and a baseball cap.

SOURCES:

International Missing Persons

Wednesday, October 19, 2022

Urban Legends: Licked Hand

Photo by Shane

The Licked Hand is an Urban Legend that has been around since before 1982 as the earliest print of the urban legend was from February of that year. Typically the main character of the Urban legend is a young girl or a woman with bad eyesight.

One version of the story goes that a young girl is home alone for the first time with her dog as her only company. She decided to watch T.V.and when the news came on stating there is a serial killer preying in or near her neighborhood it spooks her. She would then go around making sure all the doors and windows were locked, unfortunately, she would forget about the one in the basement.

Later that night she would go to bed taking her dog to her room with her. The dog did not sleep on the bed but preferred to sleep underneath it. She would wake up to a dripping noise and it made her uneasy. To reassure herself she reached her hand down for her dog. He would then lick her hand and reassured her everything was fine.

The next morning she noticed that the dog was not in her room. She was not concerned about this. As she was thirsty so she went to the bathroom to get a glass of water. Inside was horrifying sight. The Dog was mutilated and hanging in the shower and the drips she heard were his blood. Written on the shower wall were the words "HUMANS CAN LICK TOO."

The next morning when she wakes, she goes to the bathroom for a drink of water only to find her dead, mutilated dog hanging in the shower with his blood slowly dripping onto the tiles. On the shower wall, written in the dog's blood, are the words "HUMANS CAN LICK TOO."

SOURCES:

Kansas City Missouri Police Department

Scary For Kids

October 19, 2018 Queens, New York John Doe

On October 19, 2018, the body of a man was found burned in an abandoned car in a ditch between the Van Wyck Expressway Ramp and Northern Blvd. in Queens, New York. He was slumped over in the passenger seat.

John Doe is an African American male between 50 to 90-years-old. He was 5'7" and 140 to 150 lbs. He has a white metal ring with white and blue rings.

SOURCES:

NamUs

Unidentified Wiki

New York Post October 19, 2018

Tuesday, October 18, 2022

Cryptid: Teakettler

Photo by Regina Arts

There is a cryptid or Fearsome Creature called the teakettler that was seen by lumberjacks in the lumber camps of Minnesota ad Wisconsin. It is said that the creature resembles a small stubby legged dog with cat ears. The name comes from the teakettle sound it makes and steam issues from it's mouth making the whistle. The Teakettler only walks backwards and is a shy animal making only few lumberjacks having seen it. It's said that if you hear the sound though that the teakettler is nearby.

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Wikipedia
Paul Bunyan Natural History by Charles E. Brown
Cryptid Wiki
Monster Wiki

Murder of Twila Harris

Around 4:30 a.m. on October 18, 1994, a woman's screams for help could be heard in the courtyard of an apartment building at 3744 Warwick in Kansas City, Missouri. When officers arrived they would find the body of 26-year-old Twila Harris. Someone had stabbed her to death. A man was seen running away from the scene right after the screams.

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Monday, October 17, 2022

Aliens: The Metal Man

On October 17, 1973 in Falkville, Alabama Police Chief, Jeff Greenhaw, would receive a call from a frantic anonymous caller. They stated that a UFO was in a field just outside of town. The police chief believed that they were simply dealing with an idiot initially and went to the call.

When he arrived he was staring at a figure that was slightly taller than 6ft. The figure was wearing reflective metal like aluminum foil. It looked like his head and neck were kind of made together, and was bright, something like rubbing mercury or Nickle, and was smooth as glass. He stated different angel were giving different lightening. When the figure moved it was not natural or human-like. He described it as moving like the robot in Lost in Space. It was like it had springs on its feet, but was able to run away quickly.

After taking four polaroid's of the strange being he tried to talk to it. He said something along the lines of "Howdy Stranger". He then turned the top lights of the patrol car to get a better look. When he looked back the thing was quickly running away. He got into the patrol car and chased the figure. It exceeded 35mph and he could not catch up to it in the field.

He would lose sight of the being and soon crashed his vehicle. The figure would then disappear in the darkness leaving the police chief stunned. If it wasn't for the four polaroids that he took he would have not believed what he saw that night. His time as a police chief for Falkville was short as he was hired in January and left a few weeks after this event. He felt that he was never the same ever since that night and his sanity was shaken.

He would then keep the four photos in a safe place before they, his service revolver and a shotgun were stolen in 1983 during a break-in.

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Cryptid Wiki

Montgomery Advertiser October 19, 1973

Cullman Tribune July 10, 2021

October 17, 1581 London, England Unknown Poor Woman

On October 17, 1581, a poor woman was found dead in the streets of London, England. She had died from the plague and it was unknown who she was. She was buried in the Bedlam Burial Ground.

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Find a Grave

Sunday, October 16, 2022

Ghosts: Gelin

In Turkey Gelin (Turkish for Bride) is a type of female ghost associated with the local legend of the tragedy. These young women or girls usually died violently usually by suicide because they were jilted by a lover or an unmarried pregnant woman. After death, they become a harbinger of death much like a banshee. She is typically seen in slum areas.

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