October 27, 2025
What is the best known cryptid in your area?
Or your favorite one? (A cryptid is an animal whose existence is disputed or unverified by science, known only through folklore and anecdotal evidence like eyewitness accounts )
I’m lucky enough to be on a committee with local Paranormal Enthusiast/Cryptovania’s Data Wrangler, Jason Trost. He’s been researching phenomena in the area for a decade.
The closest to a local cryptid that he could identify is Red Eyes. Not the Red Eyes from other localities, this one seems to be related to Bigfoot. What is more interesting is the ties to specific locations, especially the historic Miller Farm area. (Which is now part of the Oil Creek State Park.) A group of teenage boys who saw a creature described it as all white, over 6 feet tall, with arms, legs, and glowing eyes. The encounter was documented in a local newspaper.
And then there are giants.
Which I find more interesting. The theory is that there was a race of giants that lived in the area and were responsible for creating mounds in both Pennsylvania and Ohio. There is also speculation that they created the pits that were enclosed by timber and served as a way to collect oil from the local waterway, today known as Oil Creek. (Because when white settlers moved in, there was so much oil in the ground that it actually coated the surface of the water in the creek. The Native Americans used it for hair care and medicinal purposes.) Note: This area is the home of the first commercial oil well.
The mounds in Ohio have been explored and various items, including copper sheets, have been found. There is controversary among scholars about the builders. The Native Americans tribes who inhabited the area don’t have stories about it. (Or don’t share.) What I find most interesting is that there is overlap between the arrival of the first European settlers and the end of the era of the giants.
How about our other authors? What cryptids do they want to share? Check out the links below to find out.
And, as always, please stay safe until next time.
October 27, 2025
What is the best known cryptid in your area? Or your favorite one? (A cryptid is an animal whose existence is disputed or unverified by science, known only through folklore and anecdotal evidence like eyewitness accounts )