Appalachia has no shortage of monsters. Tis Cryptid Country out there.
Today we're heading into the hills and hollers for a chaotic charcutic collection of Appalachian cryptids. I offer you some classics, some obscure, some who landed on the page of a newspaper and some that landed in the middle of nowhere for a little sip of blood. These beasts weren’t easy to classify. So…this island of misfit toys gets their very own show!
Today we’ll discuss:
🐑 Sheepsquatch — the mysterious white creature associated with West Virginia and some much older Appalachian stories.
👹 The Grafton Monster — a bizarre 1964 encounter that exploded into a full-blown monster hunt before eventually becoming one of the most fascinating examples of how folklore can evolve.
🐒 Devil Monkeys — mysterious, incredibly fast creatures described as resembling enormous kangaroos, with reports dating back decades.
🌱 The Vegetable Man — one of the strangest Appalachian high-strangeness cases, sitting somewhere between cryptid encounter, UFO story, and folklore.
🩸 The Bloodless Howler — a terrifying West Virginia chupacabra-like creature said to have the face and mane of a lion and the body of a timber wolf.
You’re still stuck on Vegetable Man, aren’t you?
Along the way, we'll look at old newspaper accounts, folklore, modern cryptid culture, questionable sources and incredible evolving stories.
Grab your flashlight. Let’s take a wander through this Appalachian Cryptid Country together.
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SOURCES:
The Telltale Lilac Bush by Ruth Ann Musick: https://www.everand.com/read/470887135/The-Telltale-Lilac-Bush-And-Other-West-Virginia-Ghost-Tales?_gl=1*1gtrh6h*_up*MQ..*_ga*MTY2MjM5NDkwNi4xNzg1MDA1NTQy*_ga_DVE36KXX3G*czE3ODUwMDU1NDEkbzEkZzEkdDE3ODUwMDU1NDYkajU1JGwwJGgw
White Thing/Sheepsquatch Sighting: https://theclio.com/entry/85663
The Unknown Files: The Sheepsquatch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVBJIuPI-Yc
Sheepsquatch | Brickthology: https://brickthology.com/2018/10/07/sheepsquatch/
Sheepsquatch | Cryptid Wiki: https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Sheepsquatch
The Curious Case of the Grafton Monster: https://skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/the-curious-case-of-the-grafton-monster/
The Grafton Monster; A Headless Horror of the Appalachian Night: https://grimrosemanor.substack.com/p/the-grafton-monster-a-headless-horror
Teen-age Monster Hunting Parties Latest Activity on Grafton Scene: https://themothman.fandom.com/wiki/Teen-age_Monster_Hunting_Parties_Latest_Activity_On_Grafton_Scene
What is a “Devil Monkey?” (Phantoms & Monsters): https://phantomsandmonsters.com/post/2421946752952240501
Athens Banner Herald: https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn88054115/1934-01-16/ed-1/seq-3/ocr/
Unknown Explorers - Devil Monkeys: http://www.unknownexplorers.com/devilmonkeys.php
Creepy Encounters with the Devil Monkeys: https://paranormaljunkie.net/creepy-encounters-with-the-devil-monkeys/
The Case of the Vegetable Man of West Virginia: https://skepticalinquirer.org/2025/08/the-case-of-the-vegetable-man-of-west-virginia/
UFOs - Wicked this way comes by Timothy Beckley: https://www.scribd.com/document/852199593/Timothy-Beckley-UFOs-Wicked-This-Way-Comes-The-Dark-Side-of-the-Ultra-Terrestrials-2013
Bloodless Howler of Harrison County: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-ipGmIkqmo
Cryptid Corner’s The Bloodless Howler | Appalachian Chupacabra: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_D4Ll6lGPI&t=29s
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