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The Smithsonian Giant Skeletons
Claims of unusually large human skeletons found in North American mounds are not inventions of the internet.
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Figures that recur across mythologies — and the archaeology, hoaxes and folklore around them.
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The Nephilim of Genesis 6
The Nephilim appear in one of the Hebrew Bible's briefest and most debated passages. Genesis 6:1–4 describes the “sons of God,” human women, the Nephilim, and ancient “mighty men” or…
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Gigantopithecus and Bigfoot
Gigantopithecus blacki and Bigfoot are often placed side by side because both evoke a very large ape, but the evidence for them is fundamentally different.
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Djinn — The Fire People of Islamic Tradition
Jinn are not simply “Islamic ghosts” or an old name for extraterrestrials. In the Qur'an they are a class of morally responsible beings, distinct from humans and angels, created from a…
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Faery Faith and the Celtic Otherworld
The faeries of Irish, Scottish and wider Celtic-language traditions are not simply tiny winged figures from children's illustration.
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Skinwalker Ranch and the High Strangeness Zone
Skinwalker Ranch is a roughly 512-acre property in Utah's Uintah Basin that has become one of the best-known modern locations associated with “high strangeness”—a mixture of alleged unusual…
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Mothman and the Point Pleasant Prophecies
Mothman began not as a prophecy but as a frightening encounter. On the night of November 15, 1966, Roger and Linda Scarberry and Steve and Mary Mallette told police that they had seen a…
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Reptilians and the Serpent Wisdom
Serpents occupy an extraordinary range of roles in human traditions. They can represent wisdom and danger, healing and poison, rain and fertility, death and renewal, the earth below and the…
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The Kraken and Deep-Ocean Cryptids
The ocean has repeatedly rewarded caution toward the phrase “that animal cannot exist.” Giant squid were known for centuries through carcasses, beaks, scars on whales and sailors' accounts…
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