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:

NamUs

Charley Project

International Missing Persons

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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:

Wikipedia

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

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. 

SOURCES:

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.

SOURCES:

Kansas City Missouri Police Department

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.

SOURCES:

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.

SOURCES:

Find a Grave

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. 

SOURCES:

Wikipedia

Definitions

Murder of Kerrie Ann Brown

On the night of October 15, 1986, 15-year-old Kerrie Brown went to a house party in Thompson, Manitoba, Canada. She had gone with her close friend Nicole. At the party, Kerrie became upset after seeing an ex-boyfriend talking with another girl. The two girls would decide to leave together, but when they went outside Nicole realized she forgot her purse. 

Nicole went back inside to get it leaving Kerrie outside on her own. Nicole would then get into an argument with her boyfriend just before she was to leave. When Nicole returned Kerrie was nowhere in sight. She assumed Kerrie may have left without her as she was taking too long and got a ride with someone. She saw single footsteps going down the driveway in the snow and car tracks where they left.

Nicole worried about Kerrie searched for her. The two were supposed to be staying the night at Nicole's house that night. She even returned to the party twice just in case, but no one would see Kerrie alive again.

Two days later on the outskirts of the city, Kerrie's body was found by horseback riders. She was laying on a jacket and her face was unrecognizable. She had been raped and her face bludgeoned with a nearby tree branch.

The truck of the person who killed her likely got stuck. A red and blue air mattress and a black rubber car mat were found at the scene. Used to help get them unstuck.

SOURCES: 

Royal Canadian Mounted Police

The Winnipeg Sun

CBC October 16, 2018

Thompson Citizen June 14, 2021

Thompson Citizen October 16, 2021

Murder of Pamela Lynn Conyers

On October 16, 1970, 16-year-old Pamela Conyer went to a homecoming bonfire/pep rally at the Glen Burnie High School in Glen Burnie, Maryland. At 8:30p.m. she wanted to put some finishing touches on her outfit and some shoe polish for the dance the next night. She would ask her mom for $5 and took the family's 1967 Dodge Monaco to the Harundale Mall. Pamela would make it to the mall but never made it back home.

On the 19th a man walking through the woods would find the car Pamela was driving. Inside was the shoe polish. When the car was found searches were dispatched for Pamela.  At 10:20 a.m. on October 20th discovered in a wooded area between the eastbound and westbound lanes of Maryland Route 177 that extended into Millersville, Maryland, Which was not far from the car.

Pamela was found lying on her side. She was clothed but her pullover sweater was inside out and her underwear missing. She had been sexually assualted and strangled to death.

SOURCES:
Anne Arundel County, Maryland
The Baltimore Sun October 21, 1970

The Evening Sun October 23, 1970

The Baltimore Sun October 24, 1970

The Baltimore Sun November 11, 1970

Washington Examiner April 18, 2011