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:

NamUs

Doe Network

Charley Project

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:

NamUs

National Missing Person Directory

Charley Project

Tapatalk

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

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."

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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.

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Kansas City Missouri Police Department