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Some Hodags from around town in Rhinelander, Wisconsin! Such a cool town with Hodags literally everywhere. I’ve never been anywhere like it. This town loves their monster!

“Whereas the presence of a rare, mysterious being known as Bigfoot or Sasquatch would be an endangered species, and any willful harm done to the creature would be punishable under commonwealth law,” Nicely read. “Be it resolved … declare our borough as a sanctuary for this mysterious species; and hunting Bigfoot or Sasquatch with the intent to harm or capture is hereby prohibited.”

THE HORROR IN ENFIELD - Enfield, Illinois (1970 population 764) - On the dark night of April 25th, 1973 a “strange creature” was allegedly encountered by the folks living along these railroad tracks. It was described by shocked local witnesses as being a “three-legged mutant monstrosity” with fierce claws and teeth! This bizarre “horror” reportedly attacked a local boy, terrorized neighborhood pets, and was even fired upon by one frightened homeowner as it tried to claw it’s way into a home! Bizarre “clawed” footprints were found by investigators and police along these rail lines - the likes of which had not been seen. Echoes of horrific screams, presumably from the mutant beast, pierced the night air and were heard by many frightened people throughout the darkened town. Searches for the monster lasted days and involved so many people (running around with guns at night), that they were soon curtailed for public safety. What became of the enigmatic cryptid is not known - it disappeared in the following days and has not been seen since. And, to this day, no one has yet have solved the mystery of the creature that came to be known as the Enfield Horror. We can only guess and wonder. Photo by Michael Huntington - September, 2016. @Huntington_Strange_Travels #StrangeTravels #MichaelHuntington #HuntingtonFamily #HuntingtonAdventures #EnfieldHorror #EnfieldCryptid #Cryptids #EnfieldHorror1973 #Cryptotourism #EnfieldIllinois (at Enfield, Illinois) https://www.instagram.com/p/BfFvh-SgFyv/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

However, since it never successfully caught bigfoot, the trap was abandoned in the 1980s. It began to rot away in the forest until 2006, when the United States Forest Service started to repair it. It was brought back to life under the "Passport in Time" program, which is a popular volunteer program that works on heritage programs like building preservation and artifact care. Since it was abandoned by its creators, the trap is now maintained and protected by the United States Forest Service as a sort of tourist attraction.

I have a lot of pictures on my Cryptozoology FaceBook page. I recently just hit 80,000 followers over there!

In the late 1960s, Point Pleasant, West Virginia, became the center of the Mothman legend, linked to strange sightings and the tragic collapse of the Silver Bridge in 1967. Theories about the Mothman’s identity range from misidentified birds to supernatural warnings, influencing global folklore and popular culture ever since.

CREATURE CORNER - Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Some of my alien artwork creations temporarily occupy a basement corner at Strange Travels HQ. Multiple dozens of unique para-genre pieces - including an army of Mothman renderings - make this weird subterranean space a home. Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Photo by Michael Huntington - February, 2023. @Huntington_Strange_Travels #StrangeTravels #MichaelHuntington #HuntingtonFamily #UFOs #UFOTravel #FamousUFOSpots #UFOHistory #UAP #Paratravel #Cryptids #Cryptotourism #Bigfoot #Mothman #HauntedTravels #Ghosts #Haunted #UrbanLegends #Folklore #Paranormal #AlienArt #HuntingtonArt #UFOArt #Aliens #CapeGirardeauMissouri (at Cape Girardeau, Missouri) https://www.instagram.com/p/CoahSYePx_d/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

THE ENFIELD HORROR - On the night of April 25th, 1973 - in the small Illinois farm town of Enfield - a series of bizarre encounters with a horrifying creature began. Seen mostly by townspeople living along the railroad tracks, this three-legged monstrosity attacked a young boy, terrorized pets, and was even fired upon by a frightened homeowner at close range. Sightings persisted, however, and tracks were soon found by investigators and police. Armed search parties hunted the creature for weeks, and saw nothing - but many did report that they heard the Horror's eerie scream. Noted Fortean writer John Keel searched for the monster, as did famed cryptozoologist Loren Coleman. Eventually the reports ceased and the monster vanished back into the darkness - never to be seen again. What was the Enfield Horror? Alien Creature? Inter-dimensional Beast? Feral Kangaroo? Theories abound, but the strange creature's true nature remains a mystery. Graphic by Michael Huntington - April, 2017. @Huntington_Strange_Travels #StrangeTravels #MichaelHuntington #HuntingtonFamily #HuntingtonAdventures #Cryptotourism #LorenColeman #EnfieldHorror #EnfieldCryptid #Cryptids #EnfieldHorror1973 #EnfieldIllinois (at Enfield, Illinois) https://www.instagram.com/p/BTS-hkDAGBo/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=