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What's 4-feet tall, frog-like and could soon be commemorated by the state of Ohio?

It's the Loveland Frogman, of course.

Reps. Jean Schmidt, R-Loveland, and Tristan Rader, D-Lakewood, introduced legislation to make the Frogman − also known as the Loveland Frog − the official state cryptid. The Frogman is among several creatures that purportedly roam Ohio, even though their existence has never been confirmed...

One night, a newly-married couple were passing through the park on their way to their honeymoon. It was raining very heavily and visibility was bad.

All of a sudden, the car began to skid. The groom lost control and crashed head-on into the white tree. The impact was so devastating that the bride was thrown through the windshield.

The groom was killed instantly, his bloody body mangled in the wreck. The bride, however, was nowhere to be found. Nobody knows what happened to her. They say that the car was destroyed so badly in the crash that she must have been killed on impact, but her body was never recovered. According to local legend, the ground opened up and swallowed her...

Hello all.

Lately I’ve gotten a little pushback for using AI to create creature images for the entries on The Genxorcist.

I know I lot of folks hate AI but I’m not trying to take work from artists or anything like that. I just want images for each entry without using the same tired ones that have been circulated for years. I also don’t want to infringe on any trademarks or unintentionally steal someone else’s work.

In addition I can’t get real images of the creatures because, um, they sorta don’t exist.

So please forgive the AI. I’m only using it to enhance the creature entries and make this Tumblr a little more fun. No misrepresentation is intended.

It all started on a October night in 1973, when the young Falkville Chief of Police, Jeff Greenhaw, received a call that would change his life forever. He was told about a UFO in a field outside of town. Greenhaw recently sat down for an interview with Red Water Filmworks and shared his story.

At first, he thought he was dealing with "an idiot". But things got weird real quick. He described seeing a figure, slightly taller than 6 feet, wearing a reflective material that he couldn't identify. It looked like aluminum foil, but there were no pieces left behind. The figure's head and neck seemed to be joined together, and the suit changed color depending on the angle of the light.

Greenhaw said the figure's movements weren't human-like and reminded him of the robot in "Lost in Space"...

Not since the late 1970s Minerva Monster have Ohio residents been so enamored with potential Bigfoot sightings. Recently, a flurry of social media posts about alleged sightings of a massive beast have left residents in Portage County, Ohio, on the lookout for the infamous Sasquatch.

“Ten individual people were like ‘Yeah I was walking my dog when I saw a big creature with musty odor and suddenly it ran,' ” Portage County Sheriff Bruce Zuchowski told local CW affiliate WOIO in early March...

Haunted dolls tap into a primal fear. Figures like Annabelle have become modern horror icons, symbols of childhood innocence corrupted by a malevolent force. But long before these Western tales, Japan had its own legend: the Okiku doll. Housed in a remote temple, this traditional kimono-clad figure is said to be possessed by the spirit of a young girl, its black hair inexplicably growing as if it were still alive...

Deep within this marshland was a wooden bridge. This was where the Sandown Clown made initial contact. According to the children, he stood seven feet tall and only had three fingers on each hand. He had no neck. Instead, his head looked unnaturally wedged atop his torso like a snowman might appear. On either side of his head, antenna stuck out. The facial features were also in keeping with this bizarre appearance. Triangle shaped eyes, a square nose and yellow lips...

Beware the teyollohcuani, a vampiric witch. It may take the form of a harmless elderly woman or man, but then shape-shift into an animal—usually a turkey, vulture, or other large bird. It flies into homes to suck the blood of infants, or worse: The word teyollohcuani actually translates as “customarily eats human hearts” in the Mexican Nahuatl language. The creature first took shape in precolonial Mexico and has been evolving ever since, as Spanish, African, and modern pop culture monsters intermix...

These days, kids know Pukwudgie as the name of a house from Ilvermorny, the American version of Hogwarts, in the Harry Potter series. The Pukwudgie is one of many mythical creatures referenced in the books. But what exactly is a Pukwudgie?

In many Swiss and neighboring Alpine tellings (Bernese Alps, Liechtenstein, Tyrol, Upper Bavaria, Styria), lonely herdsmen on summer pastures build a woman: a figure of cloth, wood, straw. They feed it, speak to it, bed it as a joke against boredom.

Near season’s end, the game curdles. The doll comes alive. She speaks, serves, then demands a reckoning for the men’s deeds...

Accounts of encounters with a lot of the creatures listed on The Genxorcist. Professional and polished recordings that are wonderful for late night listening. Highly recommended.

The Phantom Trapper is a ghost seen in the Labrador area of Canada, whose presence is often said to herald the arrival of a large storm.

The person most commonly accredited to being The Phantom Trapper was a man named Esau Gillingham. He was a Newfoundlander who would regularly cross the Straits of Belle Isle into Labrador to trap. Depending on who tells the tale, there’s two slants on the story that are usually told...

La Befana isn’t just a giver of gifts. She’s the witch of transition, the grandmother spirit of winter wisdom, and the final figure of the holiday procession.

Unlike Santa, who embodies abundance, joviality, and paternal benevolence, La Befana embodies something quieter and much older. She’s all about tidings of renewal, the closing of the old year, and the deep housekeeping of winter (both literal and metaphysical).