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Don't Go Back in the Woods: Real Bigfoot Encounters While Camping
An artist's rendering of Bigfoot on a rocky shoreline in the Pacific Northwest — dense old-growth forest, fog-draped mountains, and open water framing a creature that looks entirely at home in a place humans were never meant to stay long.
The Duende: Forest Spirit, Child Stealer, or Protector?
Duende folklore, four lost children, and 40 days alone in the Colombian Amazon. The ancient forest spirit of Latin American legend may be a child-stealing predator, a fierce protector, or both — and the true story behind the Netflix documentary The Lost Children suggests the answer is more complicated than anyone expected.
Mother's Day Ghost Stories: The Ubume, Crybaby Bridges, and the Paranormal Power of a Mother's Love
This is one of the oldest known depictions of the Ubume, illustrated by Japanese artist Sawaki Suushi in 1737 as part of the Hyakkai Zukan, a collection of illustrated yokai. She is shown exactly as the folklore describes her — blood-soaked from the waist down, hair wild and loose, clutching her infant against her chest with the desperation of someone who knows she is running out of time. There is nothing monstrous about her expression. She just looks like a mother who is not ready to let go.