cryptids - Mysteries

The Enfield Monster: Three Legs, Pink Eyes and One Strange Spring

November 9, 2026November 9, 2026 by Tommy Hayes

Rural Illinois farmland near Enfield in White County, where the Enfield Monster was reported in 1973 — not a photograph of the creature

About 5 min readOn the night of 25 April 1973, Henry McDaniel of Enfield, Illinois, opened his front door to a scratching sound and found a grey creature with three legs and pink eyes the size of flashlights. Within days the whole town was looking for it.

The Chupacabra: Puerto Rico’s Goat-Sucker and the Panic of 1995

November 8, 2026November 6, 2026 by Tommy Hayes

A goat, the kind of livestock at the centre of the 1995 Puerto Rico chupacabra reports

About 5 min readIn 1995, dead livestock and a striking eyewitness account in Puerto Rico gave the world the chupacabra — a creature whose two very different descriptions have never quite added up.