‘It’s not an official product of the administration‚’ Shafik said

'Lied with impunity'

'I don't know quite what to make of it'

 NASA Confirms ISS Debris Crashed Into HomeAn object that crashed from the sky into an American man's home was a hunk of debris ejected from the International Space Station‚ NASA confirmed Monday.The strange tale came to light last month when Alejandro Otero of Naples‚ Florida posted on X that a metallic item &;quot;tore through the roof and went (through) 2 floors&;quot; of his house‚ almost striking his son‚ on March 8.It occurred at a time and location that closely matched official predictions for the atmospheric burn-up of a cargo pallet fragment carrying old batteries that were jettisoned from the orbital outpost in 2021‚ making it a likely match‚ according to space watchers. Continue reading at NASA confirms space station debris hit Florida man's home-----PANTHER Recorded in Worcester‚ UK&;#63;Video footage shows a motorist’s alleged sighting of a ‘panther-like’ big cat in the UK.Geoff Thompson‚ 37‚ had pulled over in a layby on a country lane to take photographs of his beloved classic car‚ a Renault 10 when he noticed something in the distance.Geoff says he saw a large feline shape lurking in a field behind the car on April 14 and then found its prints. Geoff‚ of Worcester‚ said: “I just went out for a sunny drive - I noticed it as I started photographing my car. I think it was a panther.” Continue reading at Mysterious feline caught on camera roaming through field - could it be a panther in England&;#63;-----TAROT READING Predicted $500‚000 Lottery PrizeA Michigan woman said a tarot card reading correctly predicted she would win a $500‚000 lottery prize later that same day.The 59-year-old Genesee County woman told Michigan Lottery officials she was on her way to the tarot card reading when she stopped at the BP gas station on West Thompson Road in Fenton to buy some scratch-off tickets.&;quot;During my tarot reading‚ I was told money would be coming into my life very soon. I tried to think of ways this might happen‚ but I didn't even think about the lottery tickets in my purse‚&;quot; the player recalled. Continue reading at Tarot card reading predicts Michigan woman's $500‚000 lottery winTODAY'S TOP LINKSFirst Official Loch Ness Monster Sighting of 2024 Recorded‘Vampire’ Kills Man and Terrorizes Mentally Handicap Teen Insanity Defense Offered in Oklahoma 'Sasquatch Summoning' Murder TrialParanormal encounters may prove beneficial for grieving pet ownersWEIRDEST OF THE WEIRD&;#33; | Join Us For LIVE CHAT | Questions &; Answers #Wolfman #DeerMan #BigfootLISTEN TO NARRATIONS OF PHANTOMS &; MONSTERS REPORTS &; CASES - PLEASE SUBSCRIBE‚ LIKE &; SHAREPHANTOMS &; MONSTERS RADIO Podcasts on SpotifyPHANTOMS &; MONSTERS READING LISTCHICAGO MOTHMAN / O'HARE BATMAN YouTube PlaylistHave you had a sighting or encounter&;#63;Contact me by email or call the hotline at 410-241-5974Thanks. LonHAVE A COMMENT&;#63; GO TO OUR SUBREDDIT AND POST YOUR THOUGHTSJOIN AMAZON PRIME - Unlimited Movie/TV Streaming&; FREE 2-Day ShippingRegister a SNAP EBT CardTry Audible PlusPHANTOMS &; MONSTERS READING LIST----------Access Phantoms &; Monsters Posts on Twitter 'X'-----YOUR SUPPORT IS APPRECIATED&;#33; THANKS-----WENDIGO MYTHOLOGY - WHAT ARE THEY&;#63; | Join Us For LIVE CHAT | Questions &; Answers #Wendigo #CannibalThe wendigo has been misappropriated from its original context in Algonquin folklore. The word &;quot;Wendigo&;quot; roughly means “The Evil Spirit Who Devours Mankind.” Originally it was depicted as a cannibal ice giant and cautionary tale relevant to the realities of Algonquin life. Euro-American popular culture mutilated it into what may only be described as a &;quot;zombie-were-deer.&;quot;First‚ the Algonquin monster has relevance to their traditional way of life. Their culture was reliant on teamwork‚ so selfishness is a deadly sin to them‚ and the wendigo is the ultimate embodiment of that.Secondly‚ wendigo psychosis is a real mental illness and was historically used as a justification to destroy the Algonquin culture. There are written accounts in the last two centuries of people suffering from this illness being murdered by their peers.So then‚ how was the Wendigo tale altered&;#63; This goes back over a century to Algernon Blackwood's story &;quot;The Wendigo.&;quot; The story does not depict a Wendigo but seems to get it confused with the Inuit (not Algonquin) creature Ijiraq and possibly the Tariaksuq. In the story‚ the monster burns away a victim's feet with friction‚ while in myth the Ijiraq is sometimes described as stripping the flesh off its victim's shins and if it survives then it becomes a faster runner. The Ijiraq is otherwise described as a trickster who kidnaps children or lures hunters by pretending to be caribou. So‚ it is easy to assume Blackwood read about the Ijiraq and then twisted the details for his own story.Now Euro-American popular culture takes the name of an Algonquin cannibal ice giant and applies it to a zombie-were-deer; it has been utterly stripped of its original context and symbolism. I doubt there will ever be much push-back against the zombie-wear-deer version since it has been burned into popular culture at this point.Now‚ that being stated‚ I'm going to present several modern-day accounts that some of the witnesses described as the ‘Wendigo.' Then you can determine what the creature in the report is. Is it an original folktale of the cannibal ice giant or something a bit more contemporary&;#63;-----ORDER THE AUDIOBOOK VERSIONORDER THE AUDIOBOOK VERSIONProject Threshold: Finale-----Your financial support of Phantoms &; Monsters and our other pursuits is much appreciated. Please click the banner above. Thanks.Have you had a sighting or encounter&;#63;Contact us by email or call the hotline at 410-241-5974Thanks. LonContact us by email or call the hotline at 410-241-5974Also available with audiobooknarration by Terry Springs‚CBS-TV Las Vegas affiliate.The Dark Arts of MISTER SAM SHEARON - Original Prints &; MerchandiseThis blog and newsletter are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Work 3.0 United States License.Registered trademark PHANTOMS AND MONSTERS ® / PHANTOMS &; MONSTERS ® - USPTO #90902480 - Lon D. Strickler© 2005-2024 Phantoms &; Monsters - All Rights Reserved

A girl uses the bathroom at night but soon realizes that a shadow being is watching her. Terrified‚ she feels the entity pulling at her blanket as she remains underneath it.The following account was forwarded to me by my friends &; colleagues Kyle &; Cam at Expanded Perspectives:&;quot;I have wanted to share my story for a while‚ and finally am. I will tell this story at my dad’s house‚ as my parents are divorced. It was around 4 am‚ and I had woken up to use the restroom. For some context‚ I was sharing a room with my sister and stepbrother. My sister and I were using a bunk bed‚ and I had the top bunk‚ and our beds were straight across from the door. Anyway‚ I climbed down and walked down the hall to the restroom. Now I admit‚ I was scared as I had been watching quite a few scary movies‚ which many people tell me is why I saw what I saw‚ but I assure you‚ this was real‚ and I wasn’t imagining it.So I use the restroom and wash my hands. I was a bit scared to flush the toilet‚ so I brushed my hair. I then flush the toilet and exit the bathroom. Now‚ the way the house is set up is that the right side of the hall sticks out longer than the left. On the left side‚ the shorter wall has the kitchen‚ the first thing being the fridge. Then‚ on the right side‚ it sticks out longer because the bathroom is right there. At the time‚ my room was the first door on the right down the hall. From the hall’s view‚ you can see the living room‚ where one lamp was lit‚ and there was no other light.So anyway‚ I flush the toilet and walk out‚ but no one is there. No one was even awake; my dad and stepmom were asleep in their room‚ and my other siblings were asleep. So I turn and start walking down the hall. I suddenly felt this overwhelming fear‚ and I don’t know what made me want to turn around. So I stop in the hallways and slowly turn my head back. I saw a very tall and large black figure peering from behind the left side of the wall. The living room lamp lit the living room up quite a bit‚ so it was nowhere near dark. But this black figure was distinct and watching me from behind the wall. I could see the shape of its head and shoulders‚ more one shoulder than the other. It had no hair or face; it was just a black void with a profile. It was the most fear I have ever felt in my life. I immediately ran to my room. Now‚ at the time‚ I wasn’t thinking it was a shadow figure or anything of the sort; I was more thinking it was an intruder.So I ran into my room and desperately tried to get onto my bed‚ but I couldn’t find the ladder to get up. I finally found it and climbed as fast as I could‚ and I got under my blanket. I remember my exact position. I was slanted‚ and my feet were crossed. I had my hand‚ which was holding the blanket up to the top of my forehead. I remember praying and asking for protection over everyone. The odd thing was I remember saying it‚ never he‚ even though I thought it was an intruder. My blanket was tucked in on every corner‚ and the left side of my bed was against the wall. But I know for a fact my blanket was tucked in.But as I’m lying there and praying‚ my heart pounding out of my chest‚ I feel a tug at the very bottom right corner of my blanket. My heart stopped; I literally froze and completely stopped breathing. All the logical thoughts then rushed in‚ “It’s just me moving or me breathing.” So‚ to test it‚ I hold my breath and am as still as possible. A tug happens again‚ only this time higher. I then start to panic and have so many thoughts at once. Time was passing so slowly that it felt like 30 minutes had gone by when‚ in reality‚ it had only been a couple of minutes at most. My blanket got tugged 4 or 5 times‚ each higher than the last. I remember thinking about whether I should call my sister or not. I thought‚ “It would know I’m here if I call for her‚” then thinking‚ “Well‚ it already knows I’m here.” I thought this repeatedly‚ and it was like my thoughts were getting louder and louder. I decided to do it. I started calling her name in a shallow whisper and gradually started screaming her name. I was petrified of this thing I saw in the hall‚ and it was now pulling at my bed sheets. She runs and turns on the light. I didn’t even move; all I did was stick my hand out and cry as she held my hand.When I finally looked‚ there was no one there. I told everyone what happened‚ but no one believed me; even now‚ only some do. Something even more odd to add was that there was a handprint of a left hand on the right side of the fridge door‚ which is how someone would be standing to peek out into the hall. It was too small for anyone in the house’s handprint‚ which was weird considering how tall and large the figure looked. The image of the figure is burned into my mind. I will forever remember that moment‚ and it was that moment that led me to believe in the paranormal. Thank you‚ guys‚ for reading my story‚ and I hope you have a great rest of your day.&;quot;WEIRDEST OF THE WEIRD&;#33; | Join Us For LIVE CHAT | Questions &; Answers #Wolfman #DeerMan #BigfootLISTEN TO NARRATIONS OF PHANTOMS &; MONSTERS REPORTS &; CASES - PLEASE SUBSCRIBE‚ LIKE &; SHAREPHANTOMS &; MONSTERS RADIO Podcasts on SpotifyPHANTOMS &; MONSTERS READING LISTCHICAGO MOTHMAN / O'HARE BATMAN YouTube PlaylistHave you had a sighting or encounter&;#63;Contact me by email or call the hotline at 410-241-5974Thanks. LonHAVE A COMMENT&;#63; GO TO OUR SUBREDDIT AND POST YOUR THOUGHTSJOIN AMAZON PRIME - Unlimited Movie/TV Streaming&; FREE 2-Day ShippingRegister a SNAP EBT CardTry Audible PlusPHANTOMS &; MONSTERS READING LIST----------Access Phantoms &; Monsters Posts on Twitter 'X'-----YOUR SUPPORT IS APPRECIATED&;#33; THANKS-----WENDIGO MYTHOLOGY - WHAT ARE THEY&;#63; | Join Us For LIVE CHAT | Questions &; Answers #Wendigo #CannibalThe wendigo has been misappropriated from its original context in Algonquin folklore. The word &;quot;Wendigo&;quot; roughly means “The Evil Spirit Who Devours Mankind.” Originally it was depicted as a cannibal ice giant and cautionary tale relevant to the realities of Algonquin life. Euro-American popular culture mutilated it into what may only be described as a &;quot;zombie-were-deer.&;quot;First‚ the Algonquin monster has relevance to their traditional way of life. Their culture was reliant on teamwork‚ so selfishness is a deadly sin to them‚ and the wendigo is the ultimate embodiment of that.Secondly‚ wendigo psychosis is a real mental illness and was historically used as a justification to destroy the Algonquin culture. There are written accounts in the last two centuries of people suffering from this illness being murdered by their peers.So then‚ how was the Wendigo tale altered&;#63; This goes back over a century to Algernon Blackwood's story &;quot;The Wendigo.&;quot; The story does not depict a Wendigo but seems to get it confused with the Inuit (not Algonquin) creature Ijiraq and possibly the Tariaksuq. In the story‚ the monster burns away a victim's feet with friction‚ while in myth the Ijiraq is sometimes described as stripping the flesh off its victim's shins and if it survives then it becomes a faster runner. The Ijiraq is otherwise described as a trickster who kidnaps children or lures hunters by pretending to be caribou. So‚ it is easy to assume Blackwood read about the Ijiraq and then twisted the details for his own story.Now Euro-American popular culture takes the name of an Algonquin cannibal ice giant and applies it to a zombie-were-deer; it has been utterly stripped of its original context and symbolism. I doubt there will ever be much push-back against the zombie-wear-deer version since it has been burned into popular culture at this point.Now‚ that being stated‚ I'm going to present several modern-day accounts that some of the witnesses described as the ‘Wendigo.' Then you can determine what the creature in the report is. Is it an original folktale of the cannibal ice giant or something a bit more contemporary&;#63;-----ORDER THE AUDIOBOOK VERSIONORDER THE AUDIOBOOK VERSIONProject Threshold: Finale-----Your financial support of Phantoms &; Monsters and our other pursuits is much appreciated. Please click the banner above. Thanks.Have you had a sighting or encounter&;#63;Contact us by email or call the hotline at 410-241-5974Thanks. LonContact us by email or call the hotline at 410-241-5974Also available with audiobooknarration by Terry Springs‚CBS-TV Las Vegas affiliate.The Dark Arts of MISTER SAM SHEARON - Original Prints &; MerchandiseThis blog and newsletter are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Work 3.0 United States License.Registered trademark PHANTOMS AND MONSTERS ® / PHANTOMS &; MONSTERS ® - USPTO #90902480 - Lon D. Strickler© 2005-2024 Phantoms &; Monsters - All Rights Reserved

A Brazilian boy and his family are on vacation at the beach. One night‚ the child makes his way to another beach looking for his mother. What he finds is beyond belief&;#33;The following account was forwarded to me:&;quot;It was the third day of February 2012‚ in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande. My sisters‚ my mother‚ and I went to have some fun on a beach very far from our home. Our mother had rented the house of a friend for a few days which we used while going to and coming back from the beach.It was one of those very dirty beaches where trash was dumped all around and not that many people were going to it‚ but for us‚ it was very fun. I even remember joking with my sister that there are probably sharks on this beach. It was pretty hot too‚ and I have the skin of a vampire‚ so after the first day on the beach‚ I was looking like Mr. Crabs and I had to stay in that house while they went to have fun‚ which for me was ok. I’m kind of introverted anyway…One day‚ my mother and my sisters except for the youngest one‚ all had to go to some specific place. One went to color their nails‚ the other went to have a massage‚ two decided to back to the beach and my mom was going to go to a club with her friends. My young sis went to sleep and basically‚ it was just me in this two-floor house which was way bigger than the home I was raised in. The place was kinda creepy and it did not help that the moon that night was full.I was a young and stupid child who was scared by the creepy night and also full of energy. So I jumped over the fence of our house by climbing over it. My thoughts at the time were stupid‚ I was going to look for my mom. I did that without thinking about stuff like the possibility of me getting kidnapped or killed by some robber. This was Brazil‚ after all‚ street crime is high as hell here.Anyway‚ I walked a little bit around the town but then realized I was lost. I was utterly overwhelmed by the same modern buildings and I had no idea of where I was. I also had no idea where my mom was. I knew where she went but I did not know where that was.After the fear of being lost fully took over‚ I decided to give up and go back to the house. But I didn't know where the house was so I walked around. There were very few people at night and I was just too anxiety-filled to ask any who I saw for directions. Eventually‚ the road mixed with this path of dirt. It sort of looked like the path in front of the house‚ so I thought I was in the right direction.So I walked and I found a beach. Not the beach where I went with my sisters but a beach‚ but little me did not know that. So I ran to the beach because I thought that I could find two of my sisters there and they could bring me back home.However‚ they were not on the beach but something else was.This beach had those rocks leading up to outside the water‚ you know those spiked rocks that normally sink ships. One of them was all the way into the sand‚ I kept seeing something moving beside it from the corner of my vision‚ so I just looked at the rock. Then something came out from beside the rock. This thing seemed to be the size of an adult man to me. it stood straight‚ it had legs and feet‚ but it wasn’t human and the biggest proof was the left arm.You know centipedes‚ those black things with a thousand legs&;#63; His left arm was like it‚ the thing extended to the ground and it moved like it had a life of its own. I could see all the little legs moving. The whole body was weird‚ not just the centipede arm. You know that green guy from 'Nightmare Before Christmas&;#63;' This man was kind of like that but made of skin and with an egg-shaped head.I don’t know what the ‘man’ did after he saw me because after seeing him in the clear moonlight with the ocean backdrop‚ I was absolutely terrified and I just straight up bolted. I ran away as far as I could from that beach‚ without looking back.Eventually‚ while running in the path of dirt‚ one of my sisters found me; it looked like they had been looking for me for a while. Once we got to the house‚ I got scolded by my mother who was angry as a devil with me for running away. She thought I would get kidnapped or something.I did tell this story to my sisters. Obviously‚ they found it to be unbelievable. In fact‚ the only one that believes in it is the youngest but she also believes in all that witchcraft stuff‚ so I guess her belief is already wonky.To be clear with you‚ I don’t believe in the supernatural‚ like Werewolves‚ Bigfoot‚ Greys‚ and all that. I think all of it is a conspiracy theory and stupid beliefs based on zero proof‚ but to this day I believe that man-thing to be real.The memory still is very vivid in my mind.&;quot; LWEIRDEST OF THE WEIRD&;#33; | Join Us For LIVE CHAT | Questions &; Answers #Wolfman #DeerMan #BigfootLISTEN TO NARRATIONS OF PHANTOMS &; MONSTERS REPORTS &; CASES - PLEASE SUBSCRIBE‚ LIKE &; SHAREPHANTOMS &; MONSTERS RADIO Podcasts on SpotifyPHANTOMS &; MONSTERS READING LISTCHICAGO MOTHMAN / O'HARE BATMAN YouTube PlaylistHave you had a sighting or encounter&;#63;Contact me by email or call the hotline at 410-241-5974Thanks. LonHAVE A COMMENT&;#63; GO TO OUR SUBREDDIT AND POST YOUR THOUGHTSJOIN AMAZON PRIME - Unlimited Movie/TV Streaming&; FREE 2-Day ShippingRegister a SNAP EBT CardTry Audible PlusPHANTOMS &; MONSTERS READING LIST----------Access Phantoms &; Monsters Posts on Twitter 'X'-----YOUR SUPPORT IS APPRECIATED&;#33; THANKS-----WENDIGO MYTHOLOGY - WHAT ARE THEY&;#63; | Join Us For LIVE CHAT | Questions &; Answers #Wendigo #CannibalThe wendigo has been misappropriated from its original context in Algonquin folklore. The word &;quot;Wendigo&;quot; roughly means “The Evil Spirit Who Devours Mankind.” Originally it was depicted as a cannibal ice giant and cautionary tale relevant to the realities of Algonquin life. Euro-American popular culture mutilated it into what may only be described as a &;quot;zombie-were-deer.&;quot;First‚ the Algonquin monster has relevance to their traditional way of life. Their culture was reliant on teamwork‚ so selfishness is a deadly sin to them‚ and the wendigo is the ultimate embodiment of that.Secondly‚ wendigo psychosis is a real mental illness and was historically used as a justification to destroy the Algonquin culture. There are written accounts in the last two centuries of people suffering from this illness being murdered by their peers.So then‚ how was the Wendigo tale altered&;#63; This goes back over a century to Algernon Blackwood's story &;quot;The Wendigo.&;quot; The story does not depict a Wendigo but seems to get it confused with the Inuit (not Algonquin) creature Ijiraq and possibly the Tariaksuq. In the story‚ the monster burns away a victim's feet with friction‚ while in myth the Ijiraq is sometimes described as stripping the flesh off its victim's shins and if it survives then it becomes a faster runner. The Ijiraq is otherwise described as a trickster who kidnaps children or lures hunters by pretending to be caribou. So‚ it is easy to assume Blackwood read about the Ijiraq and then twisted the details for his own story.Now Euro-American popular culture takes the name of an Algonquin cannibal ice giant and applies it to a zombie-were-deer; it has been utterly stripped of its original context and symbolism. I doubt there will ever be much push-back against the zombie-wear-deer version since it has been burned into popular culture at this point.Now‚ that being stated‚ I'm going to present several modern-day accounts that some of the witnesses described as the ‘Wendigo.' Then you can determine what the creature in the report is. Is it an original folktale of the cannibal ice giant or something a bit more contemporary&;#63;-----ORDER THE AUDIOBOOK VERSIONORDER THE AUDIOBOOK VERSIONProject Threshold: Finale-----Your financial support of Phantoms &; Monsters and our other pursuits is much appreciated. Please click the banner above. Thanks.Have you had a sighting or encounter&;#63;Contact us by email or call the hotline at 410-241-5974Thanks. LonContact us by email or call the hotline at 410-241-5974Also available with audiobooknarration by Terry Springs‚CBS-TV Las Vegas affiliate.The Dark Arts of MISTER SAM SHEARON - Original Prints &; MerchandiseThis blog and newsletter are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Work 3.0 United States License.Registered trademark PHANTOMS AND MONSTERS ® / PHANTOMS &; MONSTERS ® - USPTO #90902480 - Lon D. Strickler© 2005-2024 Phantoms &; Monsters - All Rights Reserved

A group of friends at a retreat camp in northern Wisconsin encounter a tall‚ pale humanoid while walking back to their cabin. Apparently‚ other campers and staff saw the being as well.I received the following account:&;quot;Hello. On the last day of my camp retreat in northern Wisconsin in Taylor County‚ me and my friend were walking up to our cabin to get our sweatshirts because it was chilly. My cabin is in the middle of two other cabins next to the woods. It is a public campsite and people come and go as they please. The woods we are next to go on for miles and miles and no people are living in there as far as anyone knows.So me and my friends proceed to the cabin while the rest of the campers and staff are walking back from night games. When we reach the top of the hill we take our flashlights out to see where our cabin is. When I reach for the handle of our door‚ my friend says &;quot;Hey&;#33; That looks like a guy...&;quot; while pointing to the woods. I turned to see that there indeed was something that looked like a person. We chuckle‚ thinking it's part of a tree‚ but we start to notice that it is a humanoid figure watching us. Its height was abnormal‚ maybe 6 or 7 feet tall‚ it had long human-like arms‚ its body was greyish‚ and its neck was white.We look at each other‚ shocked‚ and start to back up slowly while still shining the flashlight on the creature. The creature slowly raised its arm and moved toward us and that's when we booked it down the hill.Later on that night‚ the staff patrolled to make sure nothing else happened around the campus. They came back to our cabin while I was calming down my friend and told us that they saw some movement near our cabins‚ but he couldn't tell what it was.That night still haunts me to this day. Before the retreat‚ my brother noticed something peeking through the main cabin window‚ but before he could get a good look at it‚ it backed into the darkness. He only got to see its eyes and they were far from human. My brother's close friend even heard something trying to mimic the bullfrogs while he was in the porta-potty‚ and when it showed up‚ all the birds and frogs went silent.On the first day of our retreat‚ me and my brother also heard a loud dog-like growl. No one on this earth can make a sound as real as what we heard and no dogs to be seen anywhere. I indeed am a Christian so it could be a demon‚ but I'm still wondering what this thing is.&;quot; JWEIRDEST OF THE WEIRD&;#33; | Join Us For LIVE CHAT | Questions &; Answers #Wolfman #DeerMan #BigfootLISTEN TO NARRATIONS OF PHANTOMS &; MONSTERS REPORTS &; CASES - PLEASE SUBSCRIBE‚ LIKE &; SHAREPHANTOMS &; MONSTERS RADIO Podcasts on SpotifyPHANTOMS &; MONSTERS READING LISTCHICAGO MOTHMAN / O'HARE BATMAN YouTube PlaylistHave you had a sighting or encounter&;#63;Contact me by email or call the hotline at 410-241-5974Thanks. LonHAVE A COMMENT&;#63; GO TO OUR SUBREDDIT AND POST YOUR THOUGHTSJOIN AMAZON PRIME - Unlimited Movie/TV Streaming&; FREE 2-Day ShippingRegister a SNAP EBT CardTry Audible PlusPHANTOMS &; MONSTERS READING LIST----------Access Phantoms &; Monsters Posts on Twitter 'X'-----YOUR SUPPORT IS APPRECIATED&;#33; THANKS-----WENDIGO MYTHOLOGY - WHAT ARE THEY&;#63; | Join Us For LIVE CHAT | Questions &; Answers #Wendigo #CannibalThe wendigo has been misappropriated from its original context in Algonquin folklore. The word &;quot;Wendigo&;quot; roughly means “The Evil Spirit Who Devours Mankind.” Originally it was depicted as a cannibal ice giant and cautionary tale relevant to the realities of Algonquin life. Euro-American popular culture mutilated it into what may only be described as a &;quot;zombie-were-deer.&;quot;First‚ the Algonquin monster has relevance to their traditional way of life. Their culture was reliant on teamwork‚ so selfishness is a deadly sin to them‚ and the wendigo is the ultimate embodiment of that.Secondly‚ wendigo psychosis is a real mental illness and was historically used as a justification to destroy the Algonquin culture. There are written accounts in the last two centuries of people suffering from this illness being murdered by their peers.So then‚ how was the Wendigo tale altered&;#63; This goes back over a century to Algernon Blackwood's story &;quot;The Wendigo.&;quot; The story does not depict a Wendigo but seems to get it confused with the Inuit (not Algonquin) creature Ijiraq and possibly the Tariaksuq. In the story‚ the monster burns away a victim's feet with friction‚ while in myth the Ijiraq is sometimes described as stripping the flesh off its victim's shins and if it survives then it becomes a faster runner. The Ijiraq is otherwise described as a trickster who kidnaps children or lures hunters by pretending to be caribou. So‚ it is easy to assume Blackwood read about the Ijiraq and then twisted the details for his own story.Now Euro-American popular culture takes the name of an Algonquin cannibal ice giant and applies it to a zombie-were-deer; it has been utterly stripped of its original context and symbolism. I doubt there will ever be much push-back against the zombie-wear-deer version since it has been burned into popular culture at this point.Now‚ that being stated‚ I'm going to present several modern-day accounts that some of the witnesses described as the ‘Wendigo.' Then you can determine what the creature in the report is. Is it an original folktale of the cannibal ice giant or something a bit more contemporary&;#63;-----ORDER THE AUDIOBOOK VERSIONORDER THE AUDIOBOOK VERSIONProject Threshold: Finale-----Your financial support of Phantoms &; Monsters and our other pursuits is much appreciated. Please click the banner above. Thanks.Have you had a sighting or encounter&;#63;Contact us by email or call the hotline at 410-241-5974Thanks. LonContact us by email or call the hotline at 410-241-5974Also available with audiobooknarration by Terry Springs‚CBS-TV Las Vegas affiliate.The Dark Arts of MISTER SAM SHEARON - Original Prints &; MerchandiseThis blog and newsletter are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Work 3.0 United States License.Registered trademark PHANTOMS AND MONSTERS ® / PHANTOMS &; MONSTERS ® - USPTO #90902480 - Lon D. Strickler© 2005-2024 Phantoms &; Monsters - All Rights Reserved

An Indigenous Australian woman recalls her encounter with a Yowie while walking with friends. The creature transformed into a smaller upright being‚ and then it soon vanished.I received the following account:&;quot;G'day. I’m an Indigenous Australian‚ female‚ and 38 years old. Due to colonisation I’m obviously not what one would consider a ‘full blood’‚ but nevertheless I identify as Indigenous. I grew up hearing stories about Yowies and Hairy Men. Yowies are small Meerkat-type creatures and Hairy Men are what would be considered a Sasquatch-type creature.When I was 17 years old my cousins‚ of similar ages‚ and I would go and spend holidays with family in a town with a large population of Indigenous people. Not gonna lie‚ we were there for the boys.This one particular Summer night we had decided to walk into town. Where our family lived was maybe 2-3 kilometres out of town‚ but the road was a highway that was lit all the way and had a cemented path all the way from town which ran alongside a cleared field. The grass wasn’t mowed but it wasn’t what you would say was overgrown. Just at that in-between stage of being mowed a few weeks back.So we started our trek home at about midnight that night. There were four of us girls. Two in front and two in back. We got about 100 metres out of town when my cousin (the front pair) looked up and noticed what looked like a large man with a long black coat and hat‚ walking towards us about 150 metres ahead. Now the path like I said was a straight shot with street lights the whole way along. We hadn’t been drinking or smoking anything.We paused and were like “Who’s that&;#63;” We stood there debating whether or not to continue. The whole time I didn’t take my eyes off this ‘person.’ As my cousins glanced back and forth during the debate‚ we all stopped talking once we noticed that this ‘man’ had all of a sudden turned into a type of haze/fog. Picture it like someone blurring out a person in a photograph‚ like it was out of focus but everything around was clear as day. All of a sudden this ‘man’ was now a little creature‚ it was hard to estimate its size but I thought it was similar to a meerkat or a large rabbit up on its hind legs. It was looking straight in our direction‚ then after 5-10 seconds it hazed over again and completely disappeared.We all saw it. And we all still talk about it to this day. I’m pretty confident that it was a Yowie/Little Hairy Man. There are different theories in the Indigenous community about them. Some believe they live under river beds‚ and some think they live inside cattle. Some people say they lure little kids away into the bush.It should also be said that I’m a fairly pessimistic type of person. Up until this point I had never really had anything like this happen to me before.&;quot; HWEIRDEST OF THE WEIRD&;#33; | Join Us For LIVE CHAT | Questions &; Answers #Wolfman #DeerMan #BigfootLISTEN TO NARRATIONS OF PHANTOMS &; MONSTERS REPORTS &; CASES - PLEASE SUBSCRIBE‚ LIKE &; SHAREPHANTOMS &; MONSTERS RADIO Podcasts on SpotifyPHANTOMS &; MONSTERS READING LISTCHICAGO MOTHMAN / O'HARE BATMAN YouTube PlaylistHave you had a sighting or encounter&;#63;Contact me by email or call the hotline at 410-241-5974Thanks. LonHAVE A COMMENT&;#63; GO TO OUR SUBREDDIT AND POST YOUR THOUGHTSJOIN AMAZON PRIME - Unlimited Movie/TV Streaming&; FREE 2-Day ShippingRegister a SNAP EBT CardTry Audible PlusPHANTOMS &; MONSTERS READING LIST----------Access Phantoms &; Monsters Posts on Twitter 'X'-----YOUR SUPPORT IS APPRECIATED&;#33; THANKS-----WENDIGO MYTHOLOGY - WHAT ARE THEY&;#63; | Join Us For LIVE CHAT | Questions &; Answers #Wendigo #CannibalThe wendigo has been misappropriated from its original context in Algonquin folklore. The word &;quot;Wendigo&;quot; roughly means “The Evil Spirit Who Devours Mankind.” Originally it was depicted as a cannibal ice giant and cautionary tale relevant to the realities of Algonquin life. Euro-American popular culture mutilated it into what may only be described as a &;quot;zombie-were-deer.&;quot;First‚ the Algonquin monster has relevance to their traditional way of life. Their culture was reliant on teamwork‚ so selfishness is a deadly sin to them‚ and the wendigo is the ultimate embodiment of that.Secondly‚ wendigo psychosis is a real mental illness and was historically used as a justification to destroy the Algonquin culture. There are written accounts in the last two centuries of people suffering from this illness being murdered by their peers.So then‚ how was the Wendigo tale altered&;#63; This goes back over a century to Algernon Blackwood's story &;quot;The Wendigo.&;quot; The story does not depict a Wendigo but seems to get it confused with the Inuit (not Algonquin) creature Ijiraq and possibly the Tariaksuq. In the story‚ the monster burns away a victim's feet with friction‚ while in myth the Ijiraq is sometimes described as stripping the flesh off its victim's shins and if it survives then it becomes a faster runner. The Ijiraq is otherwise described as a trickster who kidnaps children or lures hunters by pretending to be caribou. So‚ it is easy to assume Blackwood read about the Ijiraq and then twisted the details for his own story.Now Euro-American popular culture takes the name of an Algonquin cannibal ice giant and applies it to a zombie-were-deer; it has been utterly stripped of its original context and symbolism. I doubt there will ever be much push-back against the zombie-wear-deer version since it has been burned into popular culture at this point.Now‚ that being stated‚ I'm going to present several modern-day accounts that some of the witnesses described as the ‘Wendigo.' Then you can determine what the creature in the report is. Is it an original folktale of the cannibal ice giant or something a bit more contemporary&;#63;-----ORDER THE AUDIOBOOK VERSIONORDER THE AUDIOBOOK VERSIONProject Threshold: Finale-----Your financial support of Phantoms &; Monsters and our other pursuits is much appreciated. Please click the banner above. Thanks.Have you had a sighting or encounter&;#63;Contact us by email or call the hotline at 410-241-5974Thanks. LonContact us by email or call the hotline at 410-241-5974Also available with audiobooknarration by Terry Springs‚CBS-TV Las Vegas affiliate.The Dark Arts of MISTER SAM SHEARON - Original Prints &; MerchandiseThis blog and newsletter are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Work 3.0 United States License.Registered trademark PHANTOMS AND MONSTERS ® / PHANTOMS &; MONSTERS ® - USPTO #90902480 - Lon D. Strickler© 2005-2024 Phantoms &; Monsters - All Rights Reserved

News Sweet Tooth Sweet Tooth Season 3 Trailer Heads to Alaska and Will Make You Cry (Probably) The last season promises to be darker than the first two By Vanessa Armstrong | Published on April 17‚ 2024 Comment 0 Share New Share All roads lead to Alaska in the new trailer for the third and final season of Sweet Tooth‚ and it looks like things might get pretty dark for at least part of the upcoming episodes.   “Sweet Tooth showed me you got nothing to live for‚ until you got something to die for‚” Jeppard says in the trailer. I’m sure that means that everything will be fine and nothing that makes you cry will happen. Here’s the third season’s official synopsis: Having defeated General Abbot in the battle at Pubba’s Cabin‚ Gus (Christian Convery)‚ Jepperd (Nonso Anozie)‚ Becky (Stefania LaVie Owen)‚ and Wendy (Naledi Murray) embark on a journey to Alaska in search of Gus’s mother‚ Birdie (Amy Seimetz)‚ who has been working to uncover the mysterious origins of the deadly Sick. Along the way‚ they are joined by Dr. Singh (Adeel Akhtar)‚ who may have his own dangerous beliefs about Gus and his role in reversing the virus. Meanwhile‚ a new threat emerges in the form of Helen Zhang (Rosalind Chao)‚ her daughter Rosie (Kelly Marie Tran)‚ and the ferocious Wolf Boys‚ who seek to restart human birth and view Gus as the solution to their plans. As they navigate through perilous terrain‚ Gus and his group of friends find refuge at the Outpost in Alaska‚ where they meet a new ensemble of characters including Siana (Cara Gee) and her hybrid daughter Nuka (Ayazhan Dalabayeva). With the clock to find answers running out‚ alliances are tested and destinies intertwine‚ all leading to a thrilling climax that will determine the fate of humanity and hybrids. “[It’s] another road trip story like Season One‚ but in a very different way‚” showrunner Jim Mickle told Netflix’s website‚ Tudum. “Season Three is an Arctic story with exciting new adventures and what we hope will be a satisfying conclusion to this epic tale. Gus is going to see a side of the world and humanity that he didn’t see in Season One or Two.” Tudum also confirmed that season three will be darker‚ and Mickle added that “in Season 3‚ everybody is dealing with some kind of wound or emotional loss‚ whether that was somebody in their life or a part of themselves. Everybody is looking inward and looking to move on and ultimately learning that life doesn’t stop. You have to keep putting one foot in front of another.” The third season of Sweet Tooth premieres on Netflix on June 6‚ 2024‚ which gives you plenty of time to stock up on tissues. Check out the trailer below. [end-mark] The post Sweet Tooth Season 3 Trailer Heads to Alaska and Will Make You Cry (Probably) appeared first on Reactor.

News Longlegs Longlegs Wants You to Follow Some Spooky Clues Leading Up to Its Release See if you can solve the enigmatic marketing puzzle By Vanessa Armstrong | Published on April 17‚ 2024 Comment 0 Share New Share Neon‚ the distributor of the upcoming horror film Longlegs‚ is going all in on enigmatic marketing for the movie. Today‚ the company sent out a press release that was purposefully confusing and undoubtedly holds some secret code or something for people more motivated and/or clever than me to figure out. Below is exactly what was shared in that email. Make of it what you will&;#33; First‚ they shared this poster‚ titled “Sweet Part One”: Then‚ they shared this teaser video‚ titled “Sweet Part Two”: The clip is short‚ full of spooky scare vibes‚ and has a voiceover of a woman saying she never said her prayers because she was afraid to. There’s more there‚ of course‚ including some enigmatic phrases that I’m sure Mean Something and I invite you to watch it yourself and take notes. Lastly‚ the email had the following “checklist”: What does this mean&;#63; I have no idea&;#33; It seems like it’s a list for those who want to join or be recruited into… something&;#63; What that something is I have no idea‚ but I bet it’s spooky af. Here’s what I do know about Longlegs. It stars Maika Monroe (It Follows) and features Nicolas Cage in an unknown role. It comes from writer-director Osgood Perkins‚ who is also the person behind the upcoming adaptation of Stephen King’s short story‚ “The Monkey.” The film will hit theaters on July 12‚ 2024. Hopefully (probably) we’ll get more disturbing clues before then&;#33; [end-mark] The post Longlegs Wants You to Follow Some Spooky Clues Leading Up to Its Release appeared first on Reactor.