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“Small Town Monsters”

Stories6

The Beast of Bray Road: the Elkhorn werewolf sightings, Wisconsin (1989 to 1991)

c. 1989 · Bray Road, near Elkhorn, Walworth County, Wisconsin

Cryptid · Creature · 27 sources

19Thinly documented

The Rome Township "Night Siege": a farm family besieged by a red-eyed creature, Ashtabula County, Ohio (1981)

June 25, 1981 · Johnson Road, Rome Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio

Cryptid · Creature · 21 sources

29Thinly documented

The Minerva Monster: the Cayton Family Encounters

August 1978 · Lincoln Street SE, about two miles west of Minerva, Paris Township, Stark County, Ohio

Cryptid · Creature · 39 sources

31Partially documented

The Abair Road Bigfoot, Whitehall, New York (1976)

August 24, 1976 · Field off Abair Road, outskirts of Whitehall, Washington County, New York

Cryptid · Creature · 22 sources

35Partially documented

The first Momo report: Joan Mills and Mary Ryan's roadside picnic encounter, Pike County, Missouri (1971)

July 1971 · Highway 79, northwest of Louisiana, Pike County, Missouri

Cryptid · Creature · 25 sources

17Thinly documented

The Monroe Monster attack on Christine Van Acker

c. 1965 · Wooded road north of Monroe, near Nadeau Road, Frenchtown Township, Monroe County, Michigan

Cryptid · Creature · 28 sources

18Thinly documented

Names2

Small Town Monsters Organisation · 7 stories
A film outfit built on local legends.
Seth Breedlove Person · 3 stories
A filmmaker drawn to the monsters of small towns.

Documents10 · see all

Flying Saucers UFO Reports FOIA release

Central Intelligence Agency· 2001-03-12· 68 pages

…The initial call had come from a group of picnickers, a 22-year-old woman with two small…
FBI file: UFO, UFO Part 12 FOIA release

Federal Bureau of Investigation· 142 pages

…small ships laden with provisions that they estimated would last the journey. The seas were infested with monsters…
The Apparitions and Miracles at Knock; also, the Official Depositions of the Eye-witnesses Document

M.H. Gill & Son (1880), via Internet Archive· 1880· 90 pages· 1 page mentions it
- p. 21 …A second Lourdes has arisen at Knock, a small village surrounded by little hills, from which, as expressive of the…
MacPhilpin 1880, Google Books scan of Harvard copy Document

Internet Archive· 91 pages· 1 page mentions it
- p. 22 …A second Lourdes has arisen at Knock, a small village surrounded by little hills, from which, as expressive of the…
FBI file: UFO, UFO Part 06 FOIA release

Federal Bureau of Investigation· 129 pages

…Correspondent saw a small object in the sky near the end of the day which took various shapes…
Unidentified Flying Objects Reports FOIA release

Defense Intelligence Agency· 140 pages

…These and flying monsters belong to the daily routine of human existence and not the stranger part of…

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Videos15 · see all

Small Town Monsters Vol. 1

From The Minerva Monster: the Cayton Family Encounters

THE SIEGE OF APE CANYON | Official HD Trailer (2025)

From The Battle of Ape Canyon

The Flatwoods Monster: A Legacy of Fear

From The Flatwoods Monster

The Flatwoods Monster: A Legacy of Fear

From The Flatwoods Monster

The Monroe Monster Mystery: Bigfoot is Still Out There! 4K Squad Edition

From The Monroe Monster attack on Christine Van Acker

The Monroe Monster Mystery : Bigfoot is Still Out There! - FULL MOVIE (new witnesses come forward)

From The Monroe Monster attack on Christine Van Acker

The Mothman of Point Pleasant (2017) teaser

From The Mothman of Point Pleasant

The Mothman of Point Pleasant (official trailer)

From The Point Pleasant Mothman sightings

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