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Unlike most cryptids the Wendigo actually existed, at least in terms of a terrifying psychosis brought on by the isolating wilderness. Source: Aden Kowalski / CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Wendigo: Native American Stuff of Nightmares

All That History September 25, 2024

(The following article contains spoilers for the 2022 movie Prey) In 2022 the seventh movie...

Over the years the Jersey Devil has built up a laundry list of features based on every strange sighting in the Pine Barrens put together. Source: Cory Brown / CC BY-NC-SA 2.0.

The Jersey Devil: Unpicking the History Behind the Mystery

All That History September 24, 2024

Everybody’s heard of the Jersey Devil, the crazy-looking cryptid which haunts the Pine Barrens of...

The Beast of Set resembles an aardvark, but also a dog, a lion, a jackal and yet has features of none of these. What could it be? Source: A. Parrot / Public Domain.

The Beast of Set, the Unknown Creature at the Heart of Ancient Egypt

All That History August 26, 2024

The Egyptian pantheon of gods is among the most familiar to the modern world. Although...

Both sides in the Vietnam War became convinced that they had found something unknown in the depths of the jungle (Poisondoll / Public Domain)

Something Hiding in the Jungle? The Rock Apes of Vietnam

All That History August 5, 2024

Generally speaking, cryptids are easily disproven. Such fantasy creatures belong entirely in the imagination of...