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In 1952 five children were playing football in a small town called Flatwoods, WV when a strange object appeared above them. Streaking across the sky, they watched it crest a nearby hill, slow and then descend just over the top of the ridge. What followed after their sighting has become one of the most infamous local legends ever recorded. That night, seven area residents encountered a hovering, mechanical monstrosity that was described by area newspapers as “glowing” “Frankenstein-like” and breathing fire.

Read: The Flatwoods Monster: a Legacy of Fear »

Invasion on Chestnut Ridge explored the history of strange craft seen in the skies of Pennsylvania, but there’s so much more to the story.

Read: Small Town Monsters: Casefiles – UFO’s of the Chestnut Ridge »

For many, the Abair Incident (examined in Small Town Monster’s Beast of Whitehall) was simply a string a Bigfoot sightings spread over one week in 1976. However, investigators of the paranormal know that something far more bizarre was taking place. In addition to hairy creatures, an outbreak of UFO reports erupted around Whitehall at the same time, leading many to wonder if perhaps the area was a window to something far more sinister…

Read: Small Town Monsters: Casefiles – The Abair Incident »

Sophie, a young volunteer, meets her kindred spirit in Roxie, a girl with a life threatening medical condition and a unique wish to meet Bigfoot.

Read: A Wish for Giants »

For decades -possibly, centuries- the Fouke Monster has stalked the creeks, roads and waterways of Miller County, Arkansas. Now, learn some of the lesser-known tales of run-ins with the furious beast that inspired one of the most influential horror films of all time!

Read: Small Town Monsters: Casefiles – The Secret History of the Boggy Creek Monster »

Meet the man called Indrid Cold. One night on a lonely stretch of highway just outside of Parkersburg, WV a businessman on his way home from work encountered a telepathic alien being. In the months to follow bizarre activity erupted around the area. Most notably, in the form of a flying, red-eyed figure known as The Mothman.

Read: Small Town Monsters: CaseFiles – Indrid Cold »

Read: Small Town Monsters: CaseFiles Coming this November »

Here’s something fun for Halloween! Allow me to present a list of monster movies that feature veritable cryptids.

Read: Cryptid Monster Movies for Halloween »

Aliens. Hair-covered beasts. Mysterious lights in the forest. Giant birds. What do they all have in common?

Read: Invasion on Chestnut Ridge Has Landed »

From director Aleksandar Petakov and producer Seth Breedlove, comes the first salvo in a new ongoing series from Small Town Monsters titled “On the Trail of…”. The first mini-series will dive into the decades-long history of sightings of the lake monster known as “Champ”, said to inhabit the waters of Vermont and New York’s Lake Champlain. More On the Trail of… series will follow from Small Town Monsters.

Read: On the Trail of… Champ Sets Sail »

Bigfoot, dog men, the Tasmanian Tiger, and the Loch Ness Monster—real or not, a new feature-length documentary film “Cryptozoologist” will tell the stories of the passionate researchers searching for the truth. “Cryptozoologist” gives dedicated professional researchers, authors, and adventurers an unbiased platform to tell the history of cryptozoology and share their research and evidence.

Read: Cryptozoologist Launches Kickstarter »

Cryptozoologist is a documentary film about unknown animals and the people who’s job it is to find them. Meet the men and women whose profession it is to study, research and write about mysterious creatures around the globe.

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This weekend The Mothman Festival once again descends upon downtown Point Pleasant. While the town is no stranger to large crowds of paranormal enthusiasts and fun-seekers alike, this year’s event might push the attendance to record heights. Bolstered by guests from televisions “Mountain Monsters” and a number of high profile authors and personalities the festival is looking for attendees to come by the thousands.

Though the annual festival doesn’t kick off officially until Saturday morning, this year there will be a Friday night “Kick start” to the shindig that includes the first public, big screen showing of the hit independent documentary, The Mothman of Point Pleasant.

Read: The Mothman of Point Pleasant Film Premieres at Mothman Festival Event »

Just announced at CryptidCon! In autumn, 2018 STM tackles the Bray Road Beast as the first film in the Monsters of the Midwest trilogy.

Read: The Bray Road Beast »

It starts bright and early with lake monsters and wraps up more than 12 hours later with the first New England screening of “The Mothman of Pleasant Point.”

Read: Maine’s first International Crypto Con. Dogmen? Check. Bigfoot? You bet. »