<![CDATA[Dark Side of the Holler: Cryptid Catalog]]>https://www.darksideoftheholler.com/s/cryptid-cataloghttps://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!nzX7!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbced8f6b-48b2-48bd-a6be-0a3e194e4967_300x300.pngDark Side of the Holler: Cryptid Cataloghttps://www.darksideoftheholler.com/s/cryptid-catalogSubstackWed, 08 Jul 2026 22:55:48 GMT<![CDATA[Kelly-Hopkinsville Goblins]]>https://www.darksideoftheholler.com/p/kelly-hopkinsville-goblinshttps://www.darksideoftheholler.com/p/kelly-hopkinsville-goblinsTue, 26 May 2026 13:31:39 GMT

In the summer of 1955, the Cold War hung over America like the sword of Damocles, and the people distracted themselves from it with sci-fi flix at the drive-in theater. Out in Kelly Kentucky, Billy Ray Taylor stepped out of a farmhouse one August night to fetch water from the well. Before he reached it, a strange sound rolled overhead. He looked up and …

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]]><![CDATA[The Saddest Thing in the Woods Is You]]>https://www.darksideoftheholler.com/p/the-saddest-thing-in-the-woods-ishttps://www.darksideoftheholler.com/p/the-saddest-thing-in-the-woods-isTue, 05 May 2026 13:44:35 GMT

You know the feeling? Late at night, staring at a wall, running back through every failure and wrong turn. Every thought you’d bury if you could. And that quiet certainty sitting on your chest, that if anyone ever saw you, the real you, they’d leave.

So maybe you’re like me, and you go walking. Out past the last light, into the woods, trying to outrun th…

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]]><![CDATA[The Michigan Dogman]]>https://www.darksideoftheholler.com/p/the-michigan-dogmanhttps://www.darksideoftheholler.com/p/the-michigan-dogmanTue, 24 Mar 2026 13:03:18 GMT

In 1887, two lumberjacks working along the Manistee River reported seeing something that did not fit into the natural order of the woods. They described a creature with the body of a man and the head of a dog. It stood upright, watching them, before retreating into the timber.

The account survives in fragments, passed down more through local retellings t…

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]]><![CDATA[The Snallygaster]]>https://www.darksideoftheholler.com/p/the-snallygasterhttps://www.darksideoftheholler.com/p/the-snallygasterTue, 10 Mar 2026 13:02:41 GMT

In the 1730s, in what is now Frederick County, Maryland, the **Schneller Geist**—the _Quick Spirit_—first took shape. German settlers described a winged, reptilian creature that flew low over farmland and hills, screeched through the night, and attacked livestock and people alike. It was often said to drink blood.

Nearly two centuries passed before the S…

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]]><![CDATA[The Phantom of Flatwoods]]>https://www.darksideoftheholler.com/p/the-phantom-of-flatwoodshttps://www.darksideoftheholler.com/p/the-phantom-of-flatwoodsTue, 10 Feb 2026 14:02:06 GMT

On September 12, 1952, something burned hot across the night sky over Braxton County, West Virginia. Like any rational people staring up into the unknown, the locals assumed it was a meteor. A group of boys, joined by a few adults carrying flashlights, followed the glowing tail into the hills outside Flatwoods, hoping to find a prize: space rock.

They fo…

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]]><![CDATA[The Mothman]]>https://www.darksideoftheholler.com/p/the-mothmanhttps://www.darksideoftheholler.com/p/the-mothmanTue, 13 Jan 2026 14:02:41 GMTPoint Pleasant, West Virginia

The story of the Mothman doesn’t begin with folklore, but a police report.

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It was 11:30 p.m. on November 15, 1966, when Roger was cruising his Chevrolet Bel Air with Linda, Steve, and Mary. They drove out past town, where the maze of earthen bunk…

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