The Terrifying Cryptids Roaming America | Boogeymen | Real History

America is the cryptid capital of the world. These strange creatures of supernatural origin have been scaring America for centuries through myth, legend and hair raising first hand sightings. If you aren't already a believer, you will be.
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[@barrywainwright3391]

I'm a life long native of NJ born in 1959. I've explored and have been all over the state, especially in the pinebarrons and have never seen the Jersey Jersey Devil. But growing up I've had a lot of old timers said they have seen it, including my dad who was born in 1919. But I'm proud that we have a legendary monster. I have books about it. I for one believe in the well documented story but I think it died a long time ago and no longer exists.

[@KittyLovesGlover]

life long native that spells Pine Barrens wrong? 🤪

[@NONANTI]

Which tribe do you belong to?

[@dodysherman8817]

One of the scariest stories I ever heard about the Barrens was about 2 teenage boys. I don't think they said why but they were homeless one Summer and decided to go camp there. Strange noises, footsteps, and tree snaps scared them badly enuf that they wanted to leave. On the way out Bigfoot ran out of the woods screaming and chased them. For some reason there was a large hole in the ground and the boys jumped in hoping to hide. Bigfoot ran around them and at them close enuf to kick dirt into the hole. It kept this up while screaming until the sun was high enuf that they felt safe to leave. This story may have been on Sasquatch Chronicles. If I find it I'll edit this comment. ✌️🌎

[@CarlosPEnis]

Same here, never seen him but as a kid I remember saying with my friends "oh mother Leeds, let us smoke this weeds"

[@shushannahrodgers6040]

Oh, I’m sure it does still exist. I believe the so-called Jersey Devil is actually a real, man-sized creature that looks like a moth man. Too many people have seen this creature for it to not be real. Something is there! I, personally, think it could be a fallen angel shape shifting into the monster. We don’t know all they’re capable of doing, but we do know they can shape shift into whatever form they choose. So far, the creature isn’t hurting the people who’re seeing or hearing it, but those who’ve seen it KNOW what it’s capable of doing to them!

[@ettabeck7098]

I was 15 and for some reason it upset me. I'm now 73. Funny. I was thinking about the MOTHMAN last week. Didn't have internet then. I've seen, online, that the MOTHMAN predated the Silver Bridge disaster.

[@GetYourCrayCray-On]

Did you have your story put Ina book or article? What did he look like to you?

[@badgerpa9]

John Denver didn't write "Take me Home Country Road". Bill and Taffy from Starland Vocal Band wrote it and gave the song to John Denver to sing as they were friends.

[@postpunk6947]

And it's about west part of Virginia, not West Virginia.

[@03pn11]

Strange they appeared right around the same time as LSD.

[@lt.petemaverickmitchell7113]

That’s CLASSIC!

[@sarahturgeon8895]

That's pretty funny but there's been reports of cryptid for long time

[@MrOldboy360]

I saw it... The LSD I mean not the Mothman, obviously.

[@StStephen11]

Got a friend from this part of Jersey who used to tell some tall tales about it…but mostly bout tripping LSD in the Pine Barrens!!! So take that for what it’s worth 🙂👹🫠

[@PerryStaten-qo1uo]

Morale to the story is, face your fears and fear nothing , stand and know you have the power, answers, within you, trust in your power and dominion in you. Truth and good will prevail, be brave and stand your ground. Do not run ,in the name declare to be gone! And you will be free of evil. Chopper out. Take from it what you will.Just do it !

[@magnusnz2843]

Absolutely hold your ground be staunch show no fear Yeshua got your back aswell

[@austinisfullpleasedontmove653]

And learn thr difference between moral and morale as used in the English language.

[@debbiesittard7653]

All these eyewitness are NOT hallucinating at the same time!

[@brianmsahin]

True, none of them were hallucinating, they all coordinated their stories to bring the gullible tourists in.

[@debbiesittard7653]

@@brianmsahin So I guess the law enforcement officers and city officials who reported seeing this creature were all lying too? I suggest you get your head out of the sand.

[@debbiesittard7653]

@@brianmsahin So I guess the law enforcement officers and city official who were reported seeing this creature were all lying too? The Mothmam tourism didn't start until the early 2000's. Thirty five years after the sightings. That's a damn long time to wait for something that is a hoax to start bringing in tourist. Get your head out of the sand. 🙄

[@pruost]

​@@brianmsahinI know right.. And they are working globally.. Romanian, Turkish, Armenian, Persian villager sightings.. It's mad network to get tourists in 👀

[@StillProtesting]

Do you guys know what mass hallucination is???

[@LaurieValdez-zk3dy]

Thank you very much Philadelphia USA 🇺🇸 Nostrovia ❤❤❤

[@dreamofmermaids]

Funny, how the naysayers on bigfoot sound more ridiculous than the believer's.

[@austinisfullpleasedontmove653]

Damn i am 4 cocktails in and need to stay awake to watch this! Coffee time!

[@sherijobe9754]

I didn't believe in BF. until myself and family members found the prints. We heard sounds and our animals on the ranch were nervous for about a week. This took place in northern Az . We lived 22 miles away from the little town, it was so little it didn't even have a stop light. One day we were walking on the property went down to the valley and then to another mesa on the property. Well I was coming down first from the mesa and saw the prints. Now I was taught to track. I showed the other family members and we were astounded. We looked for front prints since we thought it was a bear but found none. My brother in law put his foot to compare . It was definitely bigger . We followed them and it took a stride over a dry wash. The prints led up to the back of the property. Before we found the prints I was going from one building to anotherlate at night and felt like I was prey but it was too dark to see anything. I walked fast back to the building. The prints went right to the area I had been. So I believe it exists. This happened over forty years ago now. I found out that even my ancestors had a name for it Tsul Kalu.

[@PaxDisturbia]

Why are documentaries changing into huge tongue-in -cheek productions with loud Harry Potter style music and nerve rattling foolishness attached? I don't get it.

[@itsacircleda]

I think i am more scared that 1966 was about 58 years ago.... Which means eberyone who has seen it would be at least in their 70s if they were young , and 80s,90s for young families basically. Where the heck is time going!?? Im only 34 but the 1960s only feels like it was 40 years ago. Im having am existential crisis now

[@ginnied7346]

But if they were tripping wouldn't they have seen other trippy things and not just one mothman type thing ?? And why would they all have more or less the same trip ??

[@gazf6163]

​@@jadegold66wow, that's really insightful. I've been researching the paranormal for a while now but I've never seen it that way before, especially when you pointed out that it is because "o". Such intellect.

[@jadegold66]

@@gazf6163 I'm really sorry. I'm not sure what the heck happened but I had no intention of posting all of those posts or even one like that.

[@gazf6163]

@@jadegold66 oh man, now I just feel bad. You actually apologised. That's so cute. I'm sorry, I was only joking. I thought you were talking gibberish to be funny. You don't need to be sorry. 😊

[@jadegold66]

@@gazf6163 if I were trying to be funny it would have actually been funny. Not a bunch of crap no one has a clue what it means especially myself. But thanks for the vote of confidence.

[@gazf6163]

@@jadegold66 👍

[@D.D.1963]

I’m more afraid of HUMANS and I know of a few FOREST PEOPLE and they were around a long time and never did anything but keep some PORCUPINES AWAY FORM MY DOGS ♥️ and most of all where very kind to me. WHERE VERY RESPECTFUL

[@gailedmonds9107]

I lived in Willow Creek & Hoopa when I was younger & have seen things, heard things & had my experiences with Bigfoot.

[@ArchYeomans]

Mothman is so freaking cool.

[@down2earthparanormal145]

thats alot like my theory mayb the ones that survived r just really spread out on earth

[@ariesscar443]

So… mothman is a curse like the jersey devil?😈

[@melissasmagicalmenagerie5104]

That pine barrens song slaps!

[@NateWilliams190]

I encountered a very large bird - too large of a bird, while outside of town hunting with friends 1 afternoon in South Texas. I'd walked around 2 large trees & came face-to-face with a bird almost as tall as me & I'm 6' tall. It was standing bolt upright - like a human. It looked me straight in the eye & I saw intelligence & thought it was going to speak. Frightened by the unnaturalness, I swung my 12 gauge toward its chest & fired with the end of the barrel less than 2 feet away. I saw the shot impact its chest, saw the feathers spread apart in various directions, saw the flesh behind the feathers, but saw no blood or wound. It was unfazed & stood there looking at me - like it was disappointed in me. Then it unhurriedly turned around, & remaining upright, stepped like a human, over a log, took 2 quick steps, flapped its huge wings once & staying very close to the ground, glided to where the Rio Grande River bank sloped down to the water 20 feet below. I ran after it & watched as it banked sharply right & flew up river, then passing a stand of trees on the Mexican side, it flew up & over the southern embakement & behind those trees. I caught 1 last glimpse of it beyond those trees climbing high into the sky. At least it didn't speak to me like an over 4' tall bird did to my oldest brother early 1 night. He'd stepped onto the back porch, saw it, it spoke in the voices of our 2 younger twin brothers saying they needed help. He stepped back inside & told our mother who corroborates this story. What he didn't know at the time was that the exact same thing was happening to our younger twin brothers except that 'bird' spoke in the voice of our older brother - again asking for help. They were with a good friend who witnessed all of this. Before cell phones, they ran to their car & sped into town screeching to a stop in front of our house. They came running inside alarmed & asking about our older brother where they all relayed what they'd experienced. I chalk this up to supernatural shenanigans because, other than scare the crap out of us, what else can disembodied spirits do for entertainment.

[@TekZ3r0]

Amazing story! I hope you're an honest man!

[@NateWilliams190]

@TekZ3r0 I am. Unfortunately, in my childhood home, built by my grandparents, these types of events were par for the course. Minutes long apparitions, items being repeatedly moved - seconds apart, banging sounds (not pipes but like someone was trying to tear down a wall with a sledge hammer) accompanied with the house shaking. Most things were experienced by multiple people. We took it in stride. Probably because we grew up in a Baptist Church, had all read the Bible extensively & had/have strong faith, we knew this entity lacked the authority to harm us. Perhaps because there never was a stretch of time filled with multiple events.

[@zacharygrawcock6807]

Both of them said it is dead, quiet as you hear birds chirping in the background where the jersey devil was born lol!😂

[@animeAJproductions]

You don't understand. The lore, the lore! 🏴‍☠

[@JS-oy6nn]

Moth man gave me the pink eye 😂

[@StStephen11]

Speaking of Pinkeye, I think part of WEEN is a Jersey Devil…least from what I hear 👺👹

[@IrlamOz]

Its a kangaroo with wings 😅

[@carolhigginson5509]

This man in the Grey shirt is rationalizing and justifying his version that "this was something natural." He is boring. His know it all version essentially gives the townspeople the middle finger. What a jerk.

[@TekZ3r0]

I don't think that was his intent.

[@rodger603]

My uncle owns land about 40 minutes from Point Pleasant. Maybe 20 if you took the highway but there has been a lot of odd stuff around his property. Probably one of the weirdest things was a little man being seen. It was seen south of Point Pleasant as well. The old-timers that seen it thought it was an alien because of how fast it moved. West Virginia is a weird state! My mom's side is from there and I'm very proud of it!

[@WVMOTH]

The area with the circular concrete bunker is creepy at night.

[@PerryStaten-qo1uo]

For the future of humanity ,for the children, the truth and reality will prevail for the good of all, peace on earth,good will for mankind ,as intended as intended in the beginning for all for all of creation. Heaven on earth. End of story. Can you handle the truth, fear not, tell what you have seen.

[@TheCoon1975]

It's been more like 65 years since the first mothman sighting, not 45 years.

[@susansaoirse2797]

This is a series from 2014, the incident happened in 1966. 48 years.

[@TheCoon1975]

@@Okthen-jc2yi What about a half man, half bear, half pig? You gonna try to tell me there's no such thing as a manbearpig?

[@TheCoon1975]

@@Okthen-jc2yi I'm super cereal, it is the greatest threat to mankind we've ever seen. Would Al Gore lie to us?

[@lindaseel9986]

​@@TheCoon1975 Oh yes! They are everywhere! It's in their genes , DNA, not their Levi's! 😅

[@andyvasquez2247]

Public schools have failed you.

[@dionjanssen2790]

How long has mankind been playing around with genetics again??

[@ssherrierable]

Did you know that they have more than 1 jersey devill? They had enough to create their own hockey team…

[@davidfisher6356]

My brother is a lousy "pigdog". Therefore this makes me blood related to a cryptid.

[@lindaseel9986]

A Schvinehunt? Sorry about the spelling.

[@davidfisher6356]

@@lindaseel9986 exactly lol 😂

[@jasonpolzin2281]

😂

[@jasonpolzin2281]

We’re all fam now

[@user-bn5ut5ri9p]

Moth man .hmm couple of beers after watching batman 😂

[@agold2125]

Why not just list this as a travelogue using cryptic stories as attractions? It’s a lot more upfront, and people would still watch. Really.

[@AbdullahAzrael]

I'm from New Jersey and I ran into it or one of them in the basement of an abandoned house everything in the basement started shaking when it screamed it was the weirdest thing I didn't stick around for long LOL

[@davidnaim1269]

DON'T PANIC. THE ALIENS ARE AFRAID OF NUCLEAR WEAPONRY.

[@MontyMonteka]

1:26:30 Guys a Legend someone give him a deal

[@gfsfyfy426]

"Not the guy"

[@paulbales8403]

Nutty Buddies🤣🥜

[@JoshuaMarvillaRalisay-mx2xb]

We Have Bigfoot Like Here In The Philippines 🇵🇭 It's Like MothMan Too It's Half Man Half Horse We Called " TIKBALANG" We Have Also " KAPRE" It's Full Bodied Hairy Humaniod With Glowing Red Eyes & Tobacco

[@BEDLAMITE-5280ft.]

I should never have hung my Moth Suit up… never did need to use the Moth Mobile..

[@moom8238]

Mothman made that a Sundown Town on them white folks 😅

[@JamesChubbyDamron]

Unfortunately whoever wrote the song didn’t know geography, All the places mentioned are in Virginia not WVA But as we know bullshit rules

[@toddbarber7590]

They did a really good version of it in fallout 76. Great game

[@AbdullahAzrael]

I'm pretty sure there's more than one

[@jdendsleyutube]

KNOW "OPERATION APERCLIP"

[@RobertWilson-hk2jk]

What if the "legend of bogey creek " were wrote and played in nyc or miami

[@jimc3708]

Sounds like Jeepers Creepers😃

[@mark.083]

Myth or real... Whatever you think, the one consistent thing with all this cryptid, UFO stuff is the men in black. Even Dan Aykroyd got buzzed by them.. . Love Tommy Lee Jones in those films. 😎

[@shot8unshot8un75]

Party on Wayne…

[@hugosophy]

Two words: sandhill crane

[@gazf6163]

For Mothman? What about the red eyes?

[@mickeydrippin]

Usa has dogman uk has dogging 😂😂

[@GaryBonnell-tl1jp]

You see the mothman a catastrophe is about to happen he comes to collect soul's but sometimes trys to collect or speed things up chasing a car at ninty miles a hour is one way to collect souls faster

[@user-ye8sb3eo1b]

Put him to sleep

[@user-xu6ou1gl8s]

Moth man for point pleasant = Cash….people are gullible.

[@BlkWidowEnvy]

I swear if I saw something & MIB tried to approach me smh 🤦🏽‍♀️ Hell naw I don't care who the hell they r cause for real not everyone would believe if I saw something.

[@Mark-yb1sp]

And not a SHRED of evidence.

[@deborahnorsworthy4944]

Too many comercials❣️

[@BlkWidowEnvy]

Once again our government isn't worried about our best interest. DAMN I thought Their suppose to b for the people... Sounds good but NOT.

[@user-jw1rn3pb3d]

80 music.

[@EllenMRangel-ew8de]

These creatures are real 💯!!

[@hi-et1oq]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@davidnaim1269]

All WORLD POWERS KNOW ABOUT THE ("U F O")

[@down2earthparanormal145]

if they had to pay for their trips n shit i bet it wouldnt b to funny anymore

[@prissypants2336]

Its an Owll

[@ScoobieSwisher7413]

It is a demonic looking clown actually.

[@daniellhead6357]

Still can’t believe people believe this shit.

[@user-jw1rn3pb3d]

80music

[@JillRobertsIsmyGF]

I can't watch this sh!t

[@Insert.anger50]

Craptids😂😂👈

[@cherylcobern4483]

That Greg Jenkins isa fool if he (still) thinks there is no real, actual supernatural connection.

[@mfwicbasterd477]

Dang it, had to pause and leave. You can't mention John Freakin Denver without playing a song smh

[@lukewarmwater5320]

This channel is for 10 year olds that think slenderman will be the president soon...

[@lukemcneely3452]

You must be a damn Republic

[@michaeldetherage3473]

Slenderman is President have you seen the economy

[@mandyk4988]

Slenderman is your president 😂

[@ryuhadouken2722]

I saw a guy once identify himself as a cryptid. He got punched in the face and quickly identified as a cry baby real fast. I mean what did he expect when he stalked a young couple and the boyfriend was like 2x his weight and height.

[@ericwilliams7775]

The PhD said these were hard-working, simple people that couldn’t explain what they saw… Now, I don’t put much stock in that comment and allow me to tell you why. Most of these people have four to five teeth, with two to three of them are in their pocket. Everybody’s spouse is a first cousin. And you know they make their own moonshine. Just an observation

[@NONANTI]

You have a very good argument against these people being hard-working simple. No holes it their pockets and first cousins are yeah after a pint of moonshine. Just an observation.

[@Dan_G._Rous]

In my neck of the woods we have a term to describe that dental condition. It’s called “Summer Teeth”. Some er over here and some er over there.

[@hi-et1oq]

PhD he's an idiot he says that so people believe his story PhD doesn't care about these hard-working people he just wants to make up a story

[@TekZ3r0]

​@@Dan_G._Rouslmao good one

[@kevinblessing4257]

John Denver wrote Country Roads about western Virginia, not West Virginia, the state.

[@ImformationandEntertainment]

Almost Heaven, West Virginia Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah River. Misty taste of moonshine, Lovely song. Always been intriqued by Virginia and the Blue Ridge Mountains from watching the Waltons as a kid. Remember when Papa Walton got attacked by a bear, saved by Reckless the Walton dog. Don't remember no mention of Bigfoot. That was later in the Six Million Dollar Man. Love to live that waltons life. Milling track ties for the Railroad, supplies from Ike's store, and a nice dose of the recipe from those lovely old moonshine sisters. Oh what we lack in the modern world.