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Mothman statue in Point Pleasant
Monster of the Week Posted onSeptember 28, 2016September 28, 2016

Monster of the Week: Mothman

If you’ve heard of one cryptid from the USA, it’s Bigfoot. If you’ve heard of two? The second is probably Mothman. So what’s the story?…

Spherical monodrone, rectagular duodrome, pyramid tridrome, cubic quadrome, star-shaped pentadrome
Monster of the Week Posted onSeptember 21, 2016

Monster of the Week: Modrons

  What the heck is a modron? I’m so glad you asked. Modrons are a type of Dungeons and Dragons monster that have been around…

Medieval drawing of a guy chilling out under a tree next to a fiery salamander, like you do
Monster of the Week Posted onSeptember 14, 2016September 14, 2016

Monster of the Week: Salamander

  Well, this post is a little different from some of my past entries on real animals, like spiders or tarantula hawks – those posts…

Promotional flyer for Centipede featuring a giant centipede and arcade cabinets
Monster of the Week Posted onSeptember 7, 2016

Monster of the Week: Centipede (game)

This week’s monster hails from the classic arcade game of the same name. Released in 1980 by Atari, Centipede ranks as one of the best-known…

Imagine a big scorpion with a second stinger instead of a head and an exhaust pipe on its blast-end. Sorry. That's the best I can do with this...thing.
Monster of the Week Posted onAugust 31, 2016August 31, 2016

Monster of the Week: Blast-Ended Skrewts

Hey! As of this post, I’ve been writing Monster of the Week for one year! Pretty nifty. I generally try to balance my monster posts…

Warning: Bigfoot Area. Stay on marked trails.
Monster of the Week Posted onAugust 24, 2016

Monster of the Week: Bigfoot

This is it, guys. Numero uno. The one you’ve all been waiting for. The big kahuna. The big… Foot. No, no, no! Not that big foot. The…

A large wasp sips nectar peacefully.
Monster of the Week Posted onAugust 17, 2016August 16, 2016

Monster of the Week: Tarantula Hawk

This week’s monster is a little different. Normally, I would write about a legend or an enemy from a video game or movie — fiction.…

A withered, mummified goblin with a leer and a red cap
Monster of the Week Posted onAugust 11, 2016

Monster of the Week: Redcap

  Like the ugly American I am, I first encountered the redcap in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. Little did I know that…

This small, teary-eyed ghost Pokemon holds an Egyptian-style mask.
Monster of the Week Posted onAugust 3, 2016August 3, 2016

Monster of the Week: Yamask

Ah, yes, the wonderful world of Pokémon. A certain app released last month has kicked 90s nostalgia into high gear and made us all hyper-aware…

Snout, claws, fangs, and more than enough hair to make Lon Chaney Jr the wolf man.
Monster of the Week Posted onJuly 27, 2016

Monster of the Week: The Wolf Man

What’s so interesting about The Wolf Man? Well, for starters, I’m not talking about the 2010 remake, but the original 1941 movie. That’s right, 1941…

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