In Pure Spirit

Police have arrested a gang believed to be responsible for more than 60 deaths.

Bizarrely; the gang is said to have murdered people, hung their body on S hooks and drained them of fat. This fat was then sold to European laboratories for up to $15,000.

One of the gang member is said to have been in possession of 17 litres of human fat when he was arrested.

Authorities in Peru are calling the arrested “witches” and “pishtacos.” From Andean myth the pishtacos are ghouls.

Could the corpse of a sea lion be responsible for a mysterious skeleton discovered on a beach in Croyde, North Devon in the UK? This Is North Devon describes how a member of the public contacted Brauton police after she discovered the strange beast. Described as being the size of a calf but with canine [...]

The manticore is a fierce monster and its name was once a literal translation of “man-eater”. The Roman scholar, Pliny the Elder, described the manticore in his book Naturalis Historia. The original tales of manticores come from Persia and the sub-continent.

After Ben Nevis the mountain Ben Macdhui is the second tallest mountain in Scotland. It is part of the Cairngorms and popular with walkers and climbers. Fear Liath Mhor Since the 1920s there have been reports of a creature on Ben Macdhui. It is known as The Grey Man or Fear Liath Mhor in Gaelic. [...]

Griffins are monsters associated with the loyal guarding of treasure and for strict monogamy. Christianity adopted the monster as parallels between the Griffin’s union of the king of beats Lion and king of birds Eagle, of the terrestrial and of aerial, was portrayed as a symbol of Christ. Ostrich eggs where sold in European medieval [...]

Lon Strickler is the brains and the hard work behind two of the web’s most insightful paranormal resources; the Phantoms and Monsters blog and wiki. If you’re not familiar with the wiki concept then you’re in for a treat. A wiki is a website which any member of the community can update and edit. Just [...]

Bicorn A Bicorn is an European monster with the suggestion of demonic influence. The bicorn was a fat and flesh eating monster that grew by consuming faithful or wife bullied husbands. Chichevache The Chichevache is the female equivalent or rival to the Bicorn. Whereas the Bicorn is fat and fed off husbands; the Chichevache is [...]

The most well known Gorgons are Medusa, Stheno and Euryale from Greek mythology. Medusa was mortal, transformed into a female form with venomous snakes for her hair by the goddess Athene. Stheno and Euryale were immortal. In the Iliad there is only one Gorgon who’s head was fixed to the centre of Aegis, the god’s [...]

Abaddon Abaddon is the name of the demonic entity which the Bible (Revelation 9:11) describes as the angle of the bottomless pit. Abigor Abigor is a demon conjured for military assistance, advice and fortune telling powers. Afrit Afrit, in Islamic lore, are giant and malevolent devil-djins. They are the second most powerful type of devil [...]