I'd like to say as a brit.. Not many brits like to be called brits. We're actually English, Scottish, Welsh or Irish. People of one don't like to be confused with the others. Mainly everyone hates the English.
For real. Hearing American's go "bRItIsH" feels a lot like they're just being passive aggressive to me personally. I don't care about "Brit" because it's like a nickname and English is also okay. But British just feels so fucking snobby and if you've taken one step in England you'd know that's far from an accurate descriptor.
The funny thing is, 1,000 years ago this would've been unbelievable, but now with the technology available I can go into the forest with two red LEDs and a blanket and scare the shit out of people
@Caleb P uuuhhhhhh... I mean I’m already aware of that. But i that kind of goes against your previous statement regarding the 120 limit so I’m confused as to how you have both these stances?
“the loch is only 10,000 years old” Thank you. So few arguments about Nessie (as a relic plesiosaur), whether for or against, make mention of this, when it’s pretty clearly the most damning evidence to the idea of a plesiosaur in Loch Ness. Also thank you for presenting all of these so evenhandedly. It seems like virtually every detailed account of cryptids I’ve seen either aims to convince the viewer or outright ridicules the idea. Happy to see a rational account presenting the stories, hypotheses, and counterevidence without descending into bluster or mockery.
@@leecroft5231 it's a glaciated valley Making such caves highly, highly unlikely...and as it's higher than sea level it won't be connected as it would drain down to that level
New ecology tech is fascinating.. They can DNA test soil to monitor presence of endangered species. They did it in Loch Ness. Eels and sturgeon. No dinosaurs..
@@willjames1124 I knew there was a trench recently found, but the "caves" I always thought were largely just standard indentations .... interesting. You have a Sinar map or source that shows them?
One of the best things of living in Britain is how haunted and enchanted it all is ... everywhere you go has tales of ghosts, monsters, fairies and whatnot.
I saw a black panther in aberfoyle scotland. When it became illegal to own these big cats in the late 80s people released them into the wild which is why we now have panthers and lynxes etc in britain now. I think it's amazing that they not only survived but thrived far from thier natural habitat
@@graysylvian they're also talking about bringing back the scottish bear (ursa caladonia) the last of which were taken from the wild and transported to romania as circus acts. I would love to see those beautiful animals reintroduced to thier natural habitat
My mother from Connemara, she would be 102 this year, as we were walking along a road pointed at a small peaty brown pond and said, very matter of factly that a water horse lived there, a horse's head, shaggy fur, about 6ft long, smelling of ammonia would cross the road into another pond. Dogs were also scared of it. She mentioned it as simply as that's a yew tree.
Hi I like your mothers story if you could tell me anything else about it be great. Many little lakes from ireland to scotland have these kelpies and often they are in smaller bodies of water.
@@cryptozoology505 That's the whole story really. Despite the idea of the garrulous Irish my lot can be quite taciturn. The pool was very small and the colour of oxtail soup.
@@frederickwallace6552 Thanks I like these interesting stories and believe possibly a eel like creature that traverses through streams to grass will visit ponds etc on there route possibly. Eels can do this to snake head ,walking catish and some others. Be feasible some odd eel like similar creature with horses head does similar habit. Very cool. Thank you for the story.
Hi this is one of the reasons i believe your mom. Over the years some accounts have mentioned a strong stench from these creatures. We may think stinks, maybe some chemical release for look mate to maybe if nervous or disturbed starts release some toxic goo from skin. Even great apes are known to do this. They will open up glands and release terrible stench. Hard to know for sure but may have some logical purpose from protection to attract a mate. I am irish and Scott and love these stories. I was just curious name of pond or city. There is dozens of lakes in Ireland with giant eels to seal reports and for sure some have base reality.
Yeah, there are a thousand different series that could take place in the U.K., but Americans never bother because they think America is the centre of the universe. Either that or they can’t be bothered to do their research on Britain.
@@EditorOfSL I think its more a matter of economics and production companies targeting the American audience, Also the U.K. is really the BBC's playground and Americans mostly have no idea how to get the people and culture right, usually ending up with almost a caricature. Grimm took a trip over to Germany and the big bad for most of the series was an unnamed branch of Royals set on restoring their unchecked power. Monsters from Philippian, Japanese, German, Greek, and African myths showed up in various episodes of the show. America the great melting pot, even for hidden monsters walking among us.👹😱
I know In my part of the country people have reported seeing Roman soldiers marching along old Roman roads with their feet under the modern roads obviously because current roads built over old Roman roads
Or Dick Cameron in some circles! "Whose is that stack of 50p pieces on'pool table?" Or "Who keeps putting that same sodding bloke's music on on'jukbox?" Or "Why, when I go to put my name on'board for'Snooker tables, do I always see'initials DC?" -Dick Cameron, that's why!
Wow. I was just writing this when you mentioned the low frequency sound effect... "I wonder if the feeling of anxiety could be caused by wind conditions and resulting low frequency sound..." Good review of possibilities, man. Nice work!
Having grown up near Dartmoor there's a pub conveniently situated up the road, in the middle of nowhere, from where the the "Hairy Hands" supposedly cause crashes.
Remember kids, the coelacanth only survived this long because the deep ocean is an extremely stable environment. A big lake in scottland is absolutely different and wouldn’t result in something like nessie surviving
@asacschrader5172there is scientific evidence hinting at the fact that pterosaurs, plesiosaurs, ichthyosaurs and (many) dinosaurs were homeotherm. The still living branch of avian dinosaurs are homeotherms as well, which supports this hypothesis further. That being said, the idea of plesiosaurs surviving in Loch Ness without there being clear scientific evidence for it even now is just ridiculous.
Ive always said it's misidentified basking sharks. They get into Scottish lochs pretty often, and they stick their bulbous nose and rounded dorsal fin out of the water when feeding. Not to mention their massive size and color, no wonder people believed there were monsters up there.
@@TheLeagueofLegendsTv will-i-the-whisps are supposed to be lost souls who died tragically. but the thing about them is they are supposed to be found all over england and they trick people to die the same way
Dartmoor is great for legends, the hairy hands always scared me when I was young, and the case of a woman seeing them from her caravan was always a horror tale to tell. If I remember correctly it was that she mistook this patterned knocking on the window for her husband, only to open the curtains and see a hairy hand rhythmically knocking on the window. I had almost completely forgotten about that until now, since I was told it when camping on dartmoor near the two bridges, always afraid of hearing a knocking sound.
Supposedly there are some scary monsters from Galicia and Basque Country mithologies and I think some Portuguese old stories, but I dont think we have anything like what you have on France or Britain. At least here in southern Portugal I don't remember any scary stories of monsters prowling on the woods like wolfmen or ogres or anything like that
Loch Ness is easily explained in view of recent studies. When examined the water had almost no animal DNA except eels 98% of all the DNA in the loch in fact. It's due to the moss in the water blocking sunlight so nothing else can live in the exceptionally dark waters. These eels (I forget the name) grow to be quite large. But what's even more interesting is they don't stop growing til they mate. To mate they travel to sea, if they cannot get to sea in time they go home and keep growing. This is relevent because loch nesses main outlet to the sea has several canal locks on it, there is a smaller shallower river too. In short what people are seeing is exceptionally large eels that live in the depths that aren't making it to sea a few decades in a row resulting in abnormally large eels. Eventually they get out mate and die thus Nessie "dissapears" until a new batch gets stuck for long enough. Interesting fact about loch Ness the local bedrock is riddled with wormlike tunnels big enough to fit a person in and perfect for eels, the town of foyers has a waterfall that goes into a small placid looking pond, however several people have been sucked into the holes and found months later in completely different parts of Scotland chewed and decayed, one wonders what they saw before they died, drowning whilst fuck off huge eels slithered towards them in the Stygian depths, hungry and determined with flashing teeth and dead eyes ...
Well that is Very interesting! I'd love to know where you heard about the holes in the bedrock if you can remeber. My breif search of the web yeilded nothing.
@@dd11111 Iv been foyers a few times and it's the one thing all the locals insist on. There's signs everywhere warning of the danger of the pool and the local pub/hotel owner and cafe owner both told me the same story about the dead people, one lad in particular they both seemed to remember. Admittedly a bloke in the same pub told me nessie lived in the mountains and laid its eggs in the Loch, but these two both seemed a bit more down to earth and sincere since the waterfall is a very tempting jump and the pool at the base is unnaturally deep and dark. The study with the eels in the loch, and their biology is easily verifiable as is the geography of the local outlets.
@@dd11111 of I remember correctly I read somewhere it's due to limestone in the rock eroding a lot faster due to all the water running down and through the mountains into the lochs if that helps! Don't qoute me though, might be worth double checking
That would either mean skipping a lot of important info or VERY long videos. Smaller areas should be focussed on for the most part. Like India or China rather than all of Asia.
The Green Man isn't a cryptid, he's a spiritual representation of the cycle and regrowth of nature. He's heavily linked with several old gods from different religions like Pan from Greek mythology, the Horned God from Wicca, etc.
18:20 That image gave me the chills. This will sound crazy, but I guess here is the place to disclose this. I've driven that road a few times. In the field left of the road there in that image, I saw what I can only describe as a demon, or cryptid, sprinting faster than a greyhound. This was no dog, this looked like a human mixed with a bat, or, like a demon, in other words.
@@rsmith6366 thats about the extant of myths surrounding black cats in America, and I wouldn't call it a myth just because it is more of a joke or common phrase here than anything else
Black cats arent really cryptids, they are witches’ familiars, a daemon that is soul bound to the witch, and when we stopped believing in witches we forgot about the black cats
Other cryptids that you could've mentioned were the Beast of Exmoor, Beast of Bodmin Moor, Stronsay Beast, Lake Muckross Monster, Spring-Heeled Jack and the Dobhar-Chu. Cool video ;)
Also, the Lion of Essex, but that was only a cryptid for one day because it turned out to be a maine coon cat that happened to be a bit lion-coloured. It was a slow news day. The Beast of Twyford was more amusing, because that also turned out to be an unusually large domestic cat. However, this was a cat that liked to lurk in bushes at pub closing times.
I live on the southern edge of Dartmoor and am very familiar with both the location and tale of the hairy hands. It's a fun story but a bit vague and reeks of excuses for accidents, the roads of Dartmoor are narrow, winding and undulating and it's not hard to crash if you don't know where you're going at night. It's a brutal but beautiful environment, the weather can turn at the drop of a hat from one extreme to another and it's very exposed should you get caught in its fury. I don't know if I'd call it spooky but you definitely don't want to go wandering around at night if you can avoid it, its frequently misty and there are plenty of things to trip over or fall into (mines/ravines etc.) if your torch fails, it's also hard to navigate as there are few easily identifiable landmarks visible at night, the military uses it as a training ground precisely for this reason. If you don't like big hills, bogs, random piles of rocks, sheep, ponies and gorse bushes then probably best to give it a miss.
Britain is a super spooky place. Ancient woods, dark craggy moorlands, and old buildings of every kind. I always remember an Halloween when I was there, a ground fog at twilight creeped across the pastures, the silence was stupyfing..no birds, no sounds at all..very creepy. Folklore has many things like Goblins, Imps, Fearies, Gnomes, and bogeymen, and a rich tradition of witch craft like the famous tale of the Pendle Witches in Lancashire. If anyone is planning a trip to England, visit Pendle on Halloween.
@Fishy_Beta Tired trope. Bad food is a remnant of rationing during WW2 and not really representative of food here now. Some of the best chefs in the world come from Britain and I'd wager you've never actually tried British food.
Walking through a foggy pasture I heard footsteps behind me that stopped when I did. It turned out to be curious cows that stop to listen when they can't hear you moving any more.
Love this, Justin. You have a very consistent and strong fan base and all for good reason. Easily probably one of the most informational channels all about some of the most interesting and entertaining topics. Keep em coming good sir this is quality
I had the same thought. What with a rider becoming fused or bound with a kelpy. Before being drowned. Compared/combined with the limp neck of the humanoid torso of the Nuckelaveei. It seems like a logical progression.
So tired of the acidic digital wasteland we oft find ourselves trekking through these days, it's great that one may always find refuge within this wonderfully erudite & entertaining channel. Most appreciated.
I live near Falmouth, Cornwall and can't say I've ever seen the Owlman or the Morgawr lol. There's so much folklore down here though, it's so interesting
Hoped the Nuckelavee would be on here. Any Monstrum fans here? Great video, would love to see a creatures and cryptids of Indonesia, Malaysia, and Papua New Guinea. Some really amazing legends out of those islands :)
Thank you for this detailed production on legendary creatures of Great Britain. Strange happenings still occur in England. A few years ago I received two eyewitness reports, both from Shropshire and both encounters were in the year 2017. These persons apparently did not know each other, yet both of them saw a large apparent flying pterodactyl.
Oh I would love for Terrie's & pteranodons etc to still be around.Maybe the water horses r ptereosaurs.Have u heard the Civil War photo story of a group of Blue(Yankee)soldiers seemingly holding up a pteranodon in their midst?Now,I know Yankees are strange beings(ha ha)but would they really have a p'terry in a war?!!?
I kept hearing hairy hens instead of hairy hands until the illustration. I perked up, saying "Holy crap, I think these guys encountered velociraptors!"
@@Voc_spooksauce They're creatures that dislike Gold, Running Water and Holy Symbols; are attracted to Human Suffering on a Grand Scale and Strongly Resemble Nuckalavees.
The hairy hands story is true. My Dad used to own the pub in the little village down that road named for that legend. It was called "The Devils Elbow". The elbow part referred to the bend in the road as Devonshire roads are notoriously tricky. My Dad told me the same story, I remember it even though I was so young. The big, hairy hands would appear if you were driving too fast round the bend and grab your steering wheel, wrench it out or your hands and you would have no chance to react as your car would go off the road, down the embankments and you'd be powerless to stop it. The locals all knew the legend and respected the roads around those parts, I miss the moors now I'm older. 😊
to be honest, this just sounds like an excuse that a drunk person would give for crashing a car, especially considering the difficult driving conditions, and the pub being a notable part of the story.
@T D Britain suffered a series of "cultural traumas" - Puritan rule, Enlightenment, Industrial Revolution, Globalism/Empire - which made us forget our local myths. Yes we have a wealth of legends, but the last 400 years have ruined this.
Had me a little heart attack. Listening to this at work (night security guard), and as I was taking a walk around the building at 2:50am, I turned around and saw a dude in a grey boiler suit walking towards me.
I find it more laughable that a handsome man would be talking to me trying to flirt. Gay as a sledgehammer to the face so it’s like HAH that ain’t gonna work buddy And if it was a pretty lady I’m awkward as hell so it’d be like hahaha I don’t believe that someone like you would be interested in me that’s a fed flag
Iv been up Ben Mac Dhu several times . The further you get into the mountains the more anxious I felt even on a bright sunny sky and with a companion .
My dad has been driving over the road since the 1980s. His black dog was a kid on bicycle. He would catch a glimpse of a kid on bike in his headlights coming from the shoulder of the road just before the kid disappeared under the hood. Several times he would end up stopped on the side of the road with a flashlight looking for this kid, damage to his truck, or a bicycle. He never found anything.
@@esterjumawid1111 I did actually, watched a few videos on it from the inforgraphics show. Good work of fiction. Reminds of the movie Cabin In the Woods lol
Any anime fans who like British mythology might like 'The Ancient Magus' Bride'. It centres around all the cool spirits and faeries and things of British folklore, and is a damn good show regardless.
the grey man is a natural effect, not a monster and can be seen on any mountain. it is caused when your shadow is cast on the clouds when the fog is thick, its pretty cool.
18:21 That image gives me chills. I regularly drive along that stretch of road. It's creepy enough, just because the radio cuts out there, but my experiences there and in that forest are far stranger. On separate occasions both I and my mother saw something while driving. We were not aware of each others encounters at the time, but both described something similar. A black, "demonic" creature running parallel to the car. Like a cat or dog, but also a gargoyle, alien, or "demon", for lack of better words. Whatever it is, it can run at 30mph with ease. Edit: recently I was walking there, near Postbridge. I became separated from my mum and dog, trying to close a metal gate lock, which slammed on my finger. As I walked back along the path, towards the road and my car, a man called to me from a few meters away. A "pst pst", like calling a cat. It didn't sound real, but more like a recording. Everything else went silent for a moment. Nothing was there. Of course, I sprinted back to the road like my life depended on it.
about 11:00 is mentioned Fossegrimen, Fossegrimen the creature that lives by rivers and waterfalls we also have in Norway. They use fiddles to lure people into the water. Fossegrimen is such a skilled fiddle player that he can play the sounds of nature.
@@slothbaby2104 la mano peluda? You've never heard of it? Its pretty intense and truck drivers usually are the ones to speak about them. Pretty much the same as in this video.
@@slothbaby2104 care to share your favorite? I love collecting mexican ghost stories since thats where my family is from. Especially the older folk they have some creepy ones.
@@ElComandanteR7 El Sombrerón is the guy with a huge hat I like him and Claudia Mijangos's house, she murderer her kids in her own house in Queretaro and people say it is haunted I don't know the details that well the people I asked about it were vague And now here is a story from my Mom about my great grandmother from her side of the family Ok so My grandma was a teenager around the time and she lived in a big house outside the city and her parents were very rich so they had their own fields of corn and other stuff I am not sure, but one night she went out with their siblings to walk around the fields and while they were walking they saw horns come out from the field and bright eyes looking back at them They thought it was the devil walking around their field so one of her brothers walked up to it (I am not sure if he was dumb or brave) to get a better look at it It was just a goat So they took the goat and it lived in their living room for a few days until the neighbor asked if they have seen their lost goat and they got it back My Grandfather has stories to tell but none of them are happy or funny just crazy stuff and sad
I saw the black dog when I was really young, I remember playing in the school playground during my lunch break and turning my head to see this huge dog that I could barely make any features out from. My first thought was that it was strange that this huge dog got into the playground and that nobody was paying any attention to it. It had the classic red eyes and sat there for a few minutes watching me before disappearing.
did it look like a wulf?...those legends are rife. fenrir the wulf is part of the ragnarok saga. but woden (odin) is said to take the form of a wulf. how did life go after your encounter? Skal Wulf
Same. Had a weird experience back when I was around 10. One morning me, my mum, brother and sister were leaving the house to go to school our mum was giving us a lift. Soon as the front door opened they all walked up the drive towards the car but I froze. I saw this black wolf/dog walking down the road parallel to our house heading in a direction where it would have to cross our drive and go behind the car we were going to get into. I just stared at it, I could only see it side on until it turned its head to look at me. It didn't look too out of the ordinary the eyes weren't glowing red they were an amber colour but I did get a shiver up my spine and my hair did stand up on end soon as it looked at me. It then turned its head back to looking straight ahead and disappeared from my view behind the rear of the car. You would expect it show back up on the other side of the car in the direction it was walking but it never did it vanished. Then it got really strange my mum noticed I had stopped and asked me what I was looking at? I shouted at my mum and siblings about the big black wolf/dog and they just looked at me puzzled, they said they hadn't seen anything. They had all been walking in the same direction I had been so it would have been impossible for them to not have seen it. My mum then shouted to get in the car or we were going to be late. So reluctantly I got in the car but not before looking up and down the road, behind the car and underneath it. There was nothing. Later when we got home and my mum asked me about what I had seen. She then told me all she saw when she looked back to see what I was doing was that I was stood just outside the front door frozen with a terrified look on my face and my eyes just transfixed on somthing. She apparently called my name a number of times but got no response. She then looked in the direction I was looking but there was nothing there.
im not familar with the dog and hasnt watched the vid yet but that description sounds like the grimm of harry potter, that must be where the grimm got its inspiration off
In Costa Rica, there's a legend of a big black dog called "El Cadejos", which makes a sound of chains being dragged on the floor as it walks. Other Latin American countries have similar myths.
My bf send me this and before I klicked I thought „oh boy, this better include kelpies“ to myself and now that I’ve seen the thumbnail my hopes are high
The "Hairy Hands" reminds me of the ancient stories of the Lady of the Lake. Swords or other valuable items were thrown into a body of water and hands would appear catching them. Interesting.
the Owl Man is also called the Death Raptor, and was featured in Animal Planet's Lost Tapes. in it, a paranormal TV host is called to church for supposed demonic activity. when in reality it was the Owl Man who was hunting the pastor's wife who it followed from Cornwall. it got her as well as frightening a little girl who also stated it was a demon. whether the Owl Man is a demon or not is up for debate.
@@slothbaby2104 well looking back at it, the zombie episode reminded me of the first Resident Evil game. except it had just zombies and no genetic BOWs and with a hint of Voodoo.
The Nuckelavee sounds awesome, but he's pretty weak. I learned all I needed as a child of the 90s on the sidewalks of my suburban home with the Super Soaker. Imma go down to Target, buy me a XP100 and a Scatterblast, and I'll bag you your Nuckelavee.
Regarding the black dog legends, when I was a child I had horrible nightmares about being attacked by a large black dog. I'm actually American, when I was child my family lived in a large farmhouse and supposedly the reason the house was cheap was because someone was murdered there. I don't remember when it started but on occasions I would have nightmares about this large black dog that would pin me down and try to kill me. These were the "wake up in a cold sweat" kind of nightmares. Strangely enough about a month before we moved away I had one final dream about the black dog. My dream began with me leaving the house and walking down the street. As I continued walking the roads kept changing and it felt like I was going in circles. The sun started setting and I realized I was gonna be lost at night. I began frantically running through these endless looping streets before I came to a cross in the road. Standing at that cross in the roads was the black dog. He just stared at me and I was afraid. Eventually for some reason I decided to walk over to him. I stood beside him, look at him and said "I guess you're lost too? Maybe we can find our way back together." We began walking together down the road as the sky got darker and then I woke up. I moved shortly after and I have NEVER had another dream about that black dog. I think it was something supernatural directly linked to either the house, the land, or the murder. It was overall a very strange experience looking back at it but I can attest to that fact that ever since then I can occasionally predict the future in my dreams. Including a dream I had in which a friend's dog ran out of the house and was hit and killed by a car. About a week later they called me and said that their dog had gotten out and was hit and killed. So these days whenever I have a lucid dream I take it seriously. I still think that it all has something to do with that black dog.
You're definitely spiritually attuned/gifted. Don't ever let anyone tear you down, it's important nowadays not to doubt your God given intuitions. The black dog is a very ancient harbinger of evil, I knew a paramedic that was haunted by one.
23:28 ive seen this black dog down my local field when i was talking my 3 dogs with my family at about half 7 2 years ago in september. basically what what happened was we rounded a corner and heard a weird little howl almost wolf like (our dogs were all on the leads/leash) then i look to where it came from and i no joke saw a 4ft tall black dog clear a 10ft hedge with a foot to spare in height. safe to say i am scared shitless of that field now and i dare not go alone
Had that experience on Ben Macdui , it was spring 96 , we was descending and as a novice , I was a good few yard behind my friend , I got this overwhelming feeling as something was watching me it give me the creeps , I shouted to my friend to hold up I ran to him and was full of anxiety and I only heard of this phenomenon a few years later , definitely felt a presence
As a lad growing up in Scotland, I visited Loch Ness many times, eager to see the mythical monster. Eventually, I came to terms with the scientific likelihood that there was nothing there, but the ominous feeling I got being out on that dark, abyssal body of water on a relatively small boat will stay with me always. I couldn't help but imagine something large and ancient swimming below us. A beautiful and deeply atmoshperic place that makes you inclined to believe things you'd otherwise laugh off.
I just recently found your cryptids video on North America, and that video, along with this one, are very well done! a lot of cool things in here that may hold truth, but even if it does not do so, then it at least makes for an excellent topic to cover on a video! Hopefully you continue this cryptid series for other countries as well!
I think they prefer to be referred as "British people"
Bri'ish
I'd like to say as a brit.. Not many brits like to be called brits. We're actually English, Scottish, Welsh or Irish. People of one don't like to be confused with the others. Mainly everyone hates the English.
@@johnkennedy1610 with you there lad. Mainly hear Americans say British.
For real. Hearing American's go "bRItIsH" feels a lot like they're just being passive aggressive to me personally. I don't care about "Brit" because it's like a nickname and English is also okay. But British just feels so fucking snobby and if you've taken one step in England you'd know that's far from an accurate descriptor.
@@johnkennedy1610 *Northern Irish
The funny thing is, 1,000 years ago this would've been unbelievable, but now with the technology available I can go into the forest with two red LEDs and a blanket and scare the shit out of people
LOL
And risk getting shot
@@TheLeagueofLegendsTv Gotta Love America :')
@@MrMalformedllama true in most European woods I wouldn't worry doing this scare stunt
@@TheLeagueofLegendsTv Just not anywhere that hunting game meat is still common.
"It looks and sounds just like a big owl!"
Maybe... it's a big owl.
Some owls have _really_ weird hoots.
@@DJChiefX197 Then barn owls be like REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Omg 😱
OMG IT HAS AN OWL FACE, BLACK TALONS, AND HORNS AND IT FLIES. Totally not the description for most really big owl species.
it IS
The only time you should be frightened on Loch Ness is if everything gets quiet, and you hear...
"I need about Tree Fitty"
God damn it loch Ness monster , I ain't giving you Tree Fitty , I gave him a dollar , she gives him a dollar
I don't get it.
@@ominous-omnipresent-they South Park reference
@@greysonbourne Ohhh, okay. I knew it was something vaguely familiar about that quote. Thanks!
It's tree fiddy not fitty
guess your not gonna talk about the queen then
Underrated comment
@Caleb P don't forget genetics. Her mother smoked and drank every day and made it to 101.
@Caleb P she actually wouldn’t be the first to make it past 120 Jeanne Calment died at 122
@Caleb P okay... but there was a woman who lived for 2 years past that point as I just mentioned
@Caleb P uuuhhhhhh... I mean I’m already aware of that. But i that kind of goes against your previous statement regarding the 120 limit so I’m confused as to how you have both these stances?
“the loch is only 10,000 years old”
Thank you. So few arguments about Nessie (as a relic plesiosaur), whether for or against, make mention of this, when it’s pretty clearly the most damning evidence to the idea of a plesiosaur in Loch Ness.
Also thank you for presenting all of these so evenhandedly. It seems like virtually every detailed account of cryptids I’ve seen either aims to convince the viewer or outright ridicules the idea. Happy to see a rational account presenting the stories, hypotheses, and counterevidence without descending into bluster or mockery.
true but experts claim there could be caves and underwater tunnels that could connect to the sea.......
@@leecroft5231 it's a glaciated valley Making such caves highly, highly unlikely...and as it's higher than sea level it won't be connected as it would drain down to that level
New ecology tech is fascinating.. They can DNA test soil to monitor presence of endangered species. They did it in Loch Ness. Eels and sturgeon. No dinosaurs..
@@HAVOCJKD Actually the caves are proven, but not the secret rivers.
@@willjames1124 I knew there was a trench recently found, but the "caves" I always thought were largely just standard indentations .... interesting. You have a Sinar map or source that shows them?
One of the best things of living in Britain is how haunted and enchanted it all is ... everywhere you go has tales of ghosts, monsters, fairies and whatnot.
yeah, that's what i like about here
Where I live we have two ghosts, a witch, a cult, a fairy queen, a wizard, and several undead knights, all within a two mile radius.
@@jackmagee4084 Are they all flatmates or just neighbors?
Where the heck do you all live I don't get any of that in my town and i need it
@@slothaholic275 Devon
the scariest creature is the immortal lich that is said to eat small children in Buckingham Palace
That’s just Queen Elizabeth II
@@sheddyv beat me to it you son of a bitch...
It’s a myth that she eats children
The truth is that we have to sacrifice 1,000 frenchmen every month to appease her
Nah, that's just prince andrew.
He doesn't eat them though, ubfortunately.
Lmao u mean Charles
0:03 oh god the horror
Tis a silly place ⚔️
Bloody peasants
thee villagers of britania do scareth thou
😂😂😂
from britain can confirm, had be sobbing 😭
No beast of Bodmin moor? That one is most likely real, probably an escaped big cat.
A kid did find a panther skull like 3 years after that whole thing but I believe it was traced so who knows
I saw a black panther in aberfoyle scotland. When it became illegal to own these big cats in the late 80s people released them into the wild which is why we now have panthers and lynxes etc in britain now. I think it's amazing that they not only survived but thrived far from thier natural habitat
@@starrchild254 well before humans got rid of em like bears and wolfs england had a large Lynx population
@@starrchild254 well lynx are or at least were native to the UK in the past, there is even a push to get them back officially.
@@graysylvian they're also talking about bringing back the scottish bear (ursa caladonia) the last of which were taken from the wild and transported to romania as circus acts. I would love to see those beautiful animals reintroduced to thier natural habitat
You forgot Barry ‘Down the Pub’
Who do you think Tony "Doc" Shields is?
Big baz
"Simple as" - Big Bazza
@@sillylittlemonkey7130 luv me cryptids luv me footie luv knubu simple as
Crazy Gazza from all bar one in Nottingham
My mother from Connemara, she would be 102 this year, as we were walking along a road pointed at a small peaty brown pond and said, very matter of factly that a water horse lived there, a horse's head, shaggy fur, about 6ft long, smelling of ammonia would cross the road into another pond. Dogs were also scared of it. She mentioned it as simply as that's a yew tree.
Hi I like your mothers story if you could tell me anything else about it be great. Many little lakes from ireland to scotland have these kelpies and often they are in smaller bodies of water.
@@cryptozoology505 That's the whole story really. Despite the idea of the garrulous Irish my lot can be quite taciturn.
The pool was very small and the colour of oxtail soup.
@@frederickwallace6552 Thanks I like these interesting stories and believe possibly a eel like creature that traverses through streams to grass will visit ponds etc on there route possibly. Eels can do this to snake head ,walking catish and some others. Be feasible some odd eel like similar creature with horses head does similar habit. Very cool. Thank you for the story.
@@cryptozoology505 The horse's head make sense, but why the smell of ammonia?
Hi this is one of the reasons i believe your mom. Over the years some accounts have mentioned a strong stench from these creatures. We may think stinks, maybe some chemical release for look mate to maybe if nervous or disturbed starts release some toxic goo from skin. Even great apes are known to do this. They will open up glands and release terrible stench. Hard to know for sure but may have some logical purpose from protection to attract a mate. I am irish and Scott and love these stories. I was just curious name of pond or city.
There is dozens of lakes in Ireland with giant eels to seal reports and for sure some have base reality.
The TV series Grimm could've done an entire season in England.
Omg u just reminded me about that show
Loved that show. Still holds up for me.
Yeah, there are a thousand different series that could take place in the U.K., but Americans never bother because they think America is the centre of the universe. Either that or they can’t be bothered to do their research on Britain.
@@EditorOfSL I think its more a matter of economics and production companies targeting the American audience, Also the U.K. is really the BBC's playground and Americans mostly have no idea how to get the people and culture right, usually ending up with almost a caricature. Grimm took a trip over to Germany and the big bad for most of the series was an unnamed branch of Royals set on restoring their unchecked power. Monsters from Philippian, Japanese, German, Greek, and African myths showed up in various episodes of the show. America the great melting pot, even for hidden monsters walking among us.👹😱
There'd be too many monsters, m8. Too many
I know In my part of the country people have reported seeing Roman soldiers marching along old Roman roads with their feet under the modern roads obviously because current roads built over old Roman roads
Yorkshire?
i have heard lot bout the marching romans
and they march through objects walls etc
Ooo thats pretty neat.
@@trinidadapodaca7027 next level larpers or something more sinister, larpers.
As a Scottish person, I was surprised by how well he said the names of places and other things. Well done
I agree top of the class. Well done.
Well done
Can't say the same for the Cornish
You're leaving out Big Terry down at spoons. You cant do my mans like that.
Or "Dave" everyone has encountered one.
Or Dick Cameron in some circles!
"Whose is that stack of 50p pieces on'pool table?" Or "Who keeps putting that same sodding bloke's music on on'jukbox?" Or "Why, when I go to put my name on'board for'Snooker tables, do I always see'initials DC?" -Dick Cameron, that's why!
This series must continue, it is too good. Maybe cryptids from Russia next.
No one remembers it, they were all to shitfaced on vodka
@@DMC_Motorsports cryptids probably had a few drinks themselves
Cryptids from Russia would be really cool, and there are so many that it could easily become a video series of its own
mexico has lot of good ones
lot of shaman shape shifters
I misheard “The grey man” as “The gay man” initially.
The gay man gives off a sense of great anxiety
Ah yes, the mythical creature, the gay man
Fair enough
equally scary
didn't we all..
4:55 I've heard footsteps behind me once. Turns out though my boots were flinging snow behind me as I walked
British folklore, ancient & modern is incredibly rich.
Thanks for the video.
Wow. I was just writing this when you mentioned the low frequency sound effect... "I wonder if the feeling of anxiety could be caused by wind conditions and resulting low frequency sound..."
Good review of possibilities, man. Nice work!
A Scottish Bigfoot. Don't you mean McBigfoot?
Mcsquatch
That would be Bigfoot's son.
He’s the same as a regular Bigfoot, just in a kilt
Nah he's only from Scotland if it has an A after the M and before the C lol
Hi, I'd like a McBigfood with a side of McMonster and a small fries please!
Having grown up near Dartmoor there's a pub conveniently situated up the road, in the middle of nowhere, from where the the "Hairy Hands" supposedly cause crashes.
Remember kids, the coelacanth only survived this long because the deep ocean is an extremely stable environment. A big lake in scottland is absolutely different and wouldn’t result in something like nessie surviving
@asacschrader5172there is scientific evidence hinting at the fact that pterosaurs, plesiosaurs, ichthyosaurs and (many) dinosaurs were homeotherm. The still living branch of avian dinosaurs are homeotherms as well, which supports this hypothesis further. That being said, the idea of plesiosaurs surviving in Loch Ness without there being clear scientific evidence for it even now is just ridiculous.
Sounds like something an undercover Nessie would say
As a coelacanth, I can confirm
Especially considering it’s based on outdated depictions of a plesiosaur.
Ive always said it's misidentified basking sharks. They get into Scottish lochs pretty often, and they stick their bulbous nose and rounded dorsal fin out of the water when feeding. Not to mention their massive size and color, no wonder people believed there were monsters up there.
Tourist: Glaswegians aren't real.
A Glaswegian: Oi.
Tourist: Ahhhhh!!!
If "Oi" means "hi", that's funny because is the same word in portuguese
its funny cause its true... but we feel the same way about the edinburgians ( im glaswegian)
@Krabby boi you what? “Oi” is just a general word for getting someone’s attention, like “hey” in American English
@@markb.s.4186 Who told you oi meant hi?
@@starrchild254 The Brazilian and Portuguese.
Definitely missing the Beast of Bodmin Moor and the many varieties of will o' the wisps, particularly the origin of the name Jack o' Lantern.
Besides Bodmin, those sound more like ghost's
@@TheLeagueofLegendsTv will-i-the-whisps are supposed to be lost souls who died tragically. but the thing about them is they are supposed to be found all over england and they trick people to die the same way
moors in u k have some good stories of giant cats and dogs
panther type of black cats
I too was waiting for the beast of bodmin moore.
Dartmoor is great for legends, the hairy hands always scared me when I was young, and the case of a woman seeing them from her caravan was always a horror tale to tell. If I remember correctly it was that she mistook this patterned knocking on the window for her husband, only to open the curtains and see a hairy hand rhythmically knocking on the window. I had almost completely forgotten about that until now, since I was told it when camping on dartmoor near the two bridges, always afraid of hearing a knocking sound.
Hands ohh hands o plentyyyyy
Thank you for a very clear,concise and measured narration..makes such a change from the more loud, hysterical excitability that we hear.
I would love to see the cryptids of latin speaking europe, such as Italy, Iberia, France and Romania.
That's just the ppl that live there ,
Supposedly there are some scary monsters from Galicia and Basque Country mithologies and I think some Portuguese old stories, but I dont think we have anything like what you have on France or Britain.
At least here in southern Portugal I don't remember any scary stories of monsters prowling on the woods like wolfmen or ogres or anything like that
@Helliosophist the Portuguese National Assembly is indeed full of mummies, everyone from down here agrees with that ahah
No Dracula was a real guy.
Would like to leave a like but it's at 69
Loch Ness is easily explained in view of recent studies. When examined the water had almost no animal DNA except eels 98% of all the DNA in the loch in fact. It's due to the moss in the water blocking sunlight so nothing else can live in the exceptionally dark waters.
These eels (I forget the name) grow to be quite large. But what's even more interesting is they don't stop growing til they mate. To mate they travel to sea, if they cannot get to sea in time they go home and keep growing.
This is relevent because loch nesses main outlet to the sea has several canal locks on it, there is a smaller shallower river too.
In short what people are seeing is exceptionally large eels that live in the depths that aren't making it to sea a few decades in a row resulting in abnormally large eels. Eventually they get out mate and die thus Nessie "dissapears" until a new batch gets stuck for long enough.
Interesting fact about loch Ness the local bedrock is riddled with wormlike tunnels big enough to fit a person in and perfect for eels, the town of foyers has a waterfall that goes into a small placid looking pond, however several people have been sucked into the holes and found months later in completely different parts of Scotland chewed and decayed, one wonders what they saw before they died, drowning whilst fuck off huge eels slithered towards them in the Stygian depths, hungry and determined with flashing teeth and dead eyes ...
Well that is Very interesting!
I'd love to know where you heard about the holes in the bedrock if you can remeber.
My breif search of the web yeilded nothing.
@@dd11111 Iv been foyers a few times and it's the one thing all the locals insist on. There's signs everywhere warning of the danger of the pool and the local pub/hotel owner and cafe owner both told me the same story about the dead people, one lad in particular they both seemed to remember. Admittedly a bloke in the same pub told me nessie lived in the mountains and laid its eggs in the Loch, but these two both seemed a bit more down to earth and sincere since the waterfall is a very tempting jump and the pool at the base is unnaturally deep and dark. The study with the eels in the loch, and their biology is easily verifiable as is the geography of the local outlets.
@@dd11111 of I remember correctly I read somewhere it's due to limestone in the rock eroding a lot faster due to all the water running down and through the mountains into the lochs if that helps! Don't qoute me though, might be worth double checking
I believe they’re oarfish, right? Sounds like what you’re describing 🤷♂️
@@Ardon1sThat's absolutely not what's being described
We need one of these for every continent
It's like they sang on MST3K's Reptilicus episode:
Every country has a monster
They're afraid of in their nation
There are critters like this on every continent and found in every culture.
Every country would be better or group of countries.
That would either mean skipping a lot of important info or VERY long videos. Smaller areas should be focussed on for the most part. Like India or China rather than all of Asia.
How about the Green Man , the white stag , and about ten more that my grand father would talk about
Are they well known or are they just local to your grandads area
501 st has a good point. Also this video is already 45 minutes long, I’m sure it would be hard for Fire of Learning to record such a long video.
Nah they’re not just local to his grandads area, there more mythology based, like ancient gods of sorts, I wouldn’t exactly call them cryptida
The Green Man isn't a cryptid, he's a spiritual representation of the cycle and regrowth of nature. He's heavily linked with several old gods from different religions like Pan from Greek mythology, the Horned God from Wicca, etc.
I'd love to hear those tales, man.
18:20 That image gave me the chills. This will sound crazy, but I guess here is the place to disclose this. I've driven that road a few times. In the field left of the road there in that image, I saw what I can only describe as a demon, or cryptid, sprinting faster than a greyhound. This was no dog, this looked like a human mixed with a bat, or, like a demon, in other words.
I think I know which one you're talking about. And I don't care for it, either.
a panther?
Panthers are just jaguars, pumas or leopards with melanism so I doubt it. Jaguars live in jungles. leopards live in Africa.
A man-bat besat aflat upon the back of a fellow man-bat helivaced by a pack of man-bats?
Ok bud
I think he needs to make a part two to this video because there are at least several more creatures like the black cats
Does America not have Black Cat mythology? Unlucky for them to cross your path, etc.
@@rsmith6366 thats about the extant of myths surrounding black cats in America, and I wouldn't call it a myth just because it is more of a joke or common phrase here than anything else
@@pachacutti1012 it's not a joke I believe in bad luck etc and there has been wierd encounters with black cats
Black cats arent really cryptids, they are witches’ familiars, a daemon that is soul bound to the witch, and when we stopped believing in witches we forgot about the black cats
@@darthakuma872 Superstitions like that exist but are less common here. There isn't a lot of scientific evidence to support them.
UK cryptids, thank you so much for covering some of ours! Great choices as well.
lilith was the first eve but adam couldnt handle her so he was given eve
Other cryptids that you could've mentioned were the Beast of Exmoor, Beast of Bodmin Moor, Stronsay Beast, Lake Muckross Monster, Spring-Heeled Jack and the Dobhar-Chu.
Cool video ;)
Also, the Lion of Essex, but that was only a cryptid for one day because it turned out to be a maine coon cat that happened to be a bit lion-coloured. It was a slow news day.
The Beast of Twyford was more amusing, because that also turned out to be an unusually large domestic cat. However, this was a cat that liked to lurk in bushes at pub closing times.
I live on the southern edge of Dartmoor and am very familiar with both the location and tale of the hairy hands. It's a fun story but a bit vague and reeks of excuses for accidents, the roads of Dartmoor are narrow, winding and undulating and it's not hard to crash if you don't know where you're going at night. It's a brutal but beautiful environment, the weather can turn at the drop of a hat from one extreme to another and it's very exposed should you get caught in its fury. I don't know if I'd call it spooky but you definitely don't want to go wandering around at night if you can avoid it, its frequently misty and there are plenty of things to trip over or fall into (mines/ravines etc.) if your torch fails, it's also hard to navigate as there are few easily identifiable landmarks visible at night, the military uses it as a training ground precisely for this reason. If you don't like big hills, bogs, random piles of rocks, sheep, ponies and gorse bushes then probably best to give it a miss.
Sorry my dad's a bit... Adventurous
Fellow plymouthian?
That final reference to Tony "Doc" Shields was just perfect, got a chuckle out of me.
It always makes me laugh 😂
I love the way you narrate.
Everything about your style is just right. Please keep it up.
Britain is a super spooky place. Ancient woods, dark craggy moorlands, and old buildings of every kind. I always remember an Halloween when I was there, a ground fog at twilight creeped across the pastures, the silence was stupyfing..no birds, no sounds at all..very creepy. Folklore has many things like Goblins, Imps, Fearies, Gnomes, and bogeymen, and a rich tradition of witch craft like the famous tale of the Pendle Witches in Lancashire. If anyone is planning a trip to England, visit Pendle on Halloween.
and their food is pretty terrifying as well
@Fishy_Beta Tired trope. Bad food is a remnant of rationing during WW2 and not really representative of food here now. Some of the best chefs in the world come from Britain and I'd wager you've never actually tried British food.
Walking through a foggy pasture I heard footsteps behind me that stopped when I did. It turned out to be curious cows that stop to listen when they can't hear you moving any more.
That's brilliant!
Same goes for sheep
Love this, Justin. You have a very consistent and strong fan base and all for good reason. Easily probably one of the most informational channels all about some of the most interesting and entertaining topics. Keep em coming good sir this is quality
You've been making the absolute BEST vids recently! Keep 'em coming!
Hi, Justin. I love your series and I would recommend talking about any cryptids from South America where freaks are at large specially here in Brazil.
I love the campfire series. Please do more of these for the different countries of the world if possible!
Future British Tanks and Planes should be named after them
Cool idea
@@Voc_spooksauce after ww2 the British actually had a jet called a Vampire
@@ExplorersCompass82 Hah that's nice, i guess it does fit in a way
Maybe not tanks - unless the cryptid's name starts with a C ;)
Can just imagine the order going down the chain of command "Launch the Nessie!"
I like the idea that a kelpie and a nuckelavee are two forms in the same creature's life cycle. They have to ingest a rider to achieve adulthood.
Like an evil pokemon
@@ChillOutMann a Digimon
@@ChillOutMann I mean Pokemons in General arent that innocent
I had the same thought. What with a rider becoming fused or bound with a kelpy. Before being drowned. Compared/combined with the limp neck of the humanoid torso of the Nuckelaveei. It seems like a logical progression.
The narrator losing it towards the end cracked me up 😂
So tired of the acidic digital wasteland we oft find ourselves trekking through these days, it's great that one may always find refuge within this wonderfully erudite & entertaining channel. Most appreciated.
Love the content, thank you! Happy holidays
Fascinating subject matter and well presented. Would love to see more videos on folklore and mythical creatures.
The first one is EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED to me AND my half brother when we were kids. I was petrified, really petrified. AMA.
Do you like milk?
@@ridnaw9796 sometimes
I live near Falmouth, Cornwall and can't say I've ever seen the Owlman or the Morgawr lol. There's so much folklore down here though, it's so interesting
Ever run into Richard David James?
He might be creepier than all of those things combined and last I heard he lives around Cornwall.
I'm a falmouth boy, was excited to hear some Cornish legends get a mention.
Hoped the Nuckelavee would be on here. Any Monstrum fans here?
Great video, would love to see a creatures and cryptids of Indonesia, Malaysia, and Papua New Guinea. Some really amazing legends out of those islands :)
Thank you for this detailed production on legendary creatures of Great Britain. Strange happenings still occur in England. A few years ago I received two eyewitness reports, both from Shropshire and both encounters were in the year 2017. These persons apparently did not know each other, yet both of them saw a large apparent flying pterodactyl.
Oh I would love for Terrie's & pteranodons etc to still be around.Maybe the water horses r ptereosaurs.Have u heard the Civil War photo story of a group of Blue(Yankee)soldiers seemingly holding up a pteranodon in their midst?Now,I know Yankees are strange beings(ha ha)but would they really have a p'terry in a war?!!?
That's were cuddles went
@@thecoolcutlefishYT I'm sorry, I had let him loose while watching him for you, and he flew away. My fault.
@@PlazDreamweaver aww he was expensive 😔
@@thecoolcutlefishYT must of been if u brought cuddles back from the dead
Keep this series coming please!! Do Japan or Mexico next!!
Yes Japan would be great, lots of creepy ones there, like the Oiwa!
@@fr9874 and don't forget the atomic bombs
@@GranddukeofWales oof
Pretty sure Mexico was in the North American one
@@garlicisnice nop because Mexico isnt north america
I kept hearing hairy hens instead of hairy hands until the illustration. I perked up, saying
"Holy crap, I think these guys encountered velociraptors!"
The Tetley Boggart which lives on the isle of Axholme in England has been sighted since the late 1700s and still keeps locals indoors after midnight
Good to know that the SCP Foundation didn't redact this video since it can be taken as "Folk tales".
The Orcadian Horsemen?
@@llewelynshingler2173 Don't know what that is, mind givin me ze info ? :)
@@Voc_spooksauce They're creatures that dislike Gold, Running Water and Holy Symbols; are attracted to Human Suffering on a Grand Scale and Strongly Resemble Nuckalavees.
@@llewelynshingler2173 Oh i see, so they are basically a mix of a bunch of cryptic creatures, cool :)
@@llewelynshingler2173 Oh i just checked for that SCP and actually i had already seem it, i just didn't remember the name or number haha
I want to see more of this in other regions
The hairy hands story is true. My Dad used to own the pub in the little village down that road named for that legend. It was called "The Devils Elbow". The elbow part referred to the bend in the road as Devonshire roads are notoriously tricky. My Dad told me the same story, I remember it even though I was so young. The big, hairy hands would appear if you were driving too fast round the bend and grab your steering wheel, wrench it out or your hands and you would have no chance to react as your car would go off the road, down the embankments and you'd be powerless to stop it. The locals all knew the legend and respected the roads around those parts, I miss the moors now I'm older. 😊
to be honest, this just sounds like an excuse that a drunk person would give for crashing a car, especially considering the difficult driving conditions, and the pub being a notable part of the story.
Did your da own the skylark???
Morag's play button had me in stitches.
U toob is so silly.
Never thought there would be so much for this island
hey its foggy! makes sense
Quite a bit a of lore for a shit hole
@T D Britain suffered a series of "cultural traumas" - Puritan rule, Enlightenment, Industrial Revolution, Globalism/Empire - which made us forget our local myths. Yes we have a wealth of legends, but the last 400 years have ruined this.
All this and much more :)
@@afterburnermosh stfu
Had me a little heart attack. Listening to this at work (night security guard), and as I was taking a walk around the building at 2:50am, I turned around and saw a dude in a grey boiler suit walking towards me.
This is one gem of a video props
7:38 An inviting horse that encourages you to ride it by singing to you...Hard pass.
Some guy down the pub was probably shit faced or high
Seriously, though, in the unlikely event that a horse sings to you (in a language you understand), shouldn't that set off one or two alarm bells?
@@resourcedragon they'd prolly take thier phone and record if they found it today
I find it more laughable that a handsome man would be talking to me trying to flirt. Gay as a sledgehammer to the face so it’s like HAH that ain’t gonna work buddy
And if it was a pretty lady I’m awkward as hell so it’d be like hahaha I don’t believe that someone like you would be interested in me that’s a fed flag
Iv been up Ben Mac Dhu several times . The further you get into the mountains the more anxious I felt even on a bright sunny sky and with a companion .
The mothman just got captured by the SCP foundation.
The black dog must have jumped the pond, because it's a trucker legend in the US too
My dad has been driving over the road since the 1980s. His black dog was a kid on bicycle. He would catch a glimpse of a kid on bike in his headlights coming from the shoulder of the road just before the kid disappeared under the hood. Several times he would end up stopped on the side of the road with a flashlight looking for this kid, damage to his truck, or a bicycle. He never found anything.
The heck is the SCP foundation
@@watchmen617 Search it
@@esterjumawid1111 I did actually, watched a few videos on it from the inforgraphics show. Good work of fiction. Reminds of the movie Cabin In the Woods lol
So I don't know if you know but SCP 023 also exists
Ever thought about doing a documentary on the Greek or Italian City States?
Interesting! Some of these aren't far from me and upon further research it opened up a whole rabbit hole of local myths that I'd never heard before.
Any anime fans who like British mythology might like 'The Ancient Magus' Bride'. It centres around all the cool spirits and faeries and things of British folklore, and is a damn good show regardless.
These cryptid videos are great! Looking forward to more of them!
the grey man is a natural effect, not a monster and can be seen on any mountain. it is caused when your shadow is cast on the clouds when the fog is thick, its pretty cool.
Interesting documentary. - There is also Spring Heeled Jack , Ginny Greenteeth and Redcap.
I have a book on Scottish lore and there are enough cyptids documented in it to establish a UA-cam channel solely based on them.
@@theneonseal6792 it's a really interesting subject!.
And Black Annis, pixues and fairies, the devils hoofprints, and many many more ...
@@someonesomeone25 Black Annis is interesting - I've not heard of that one.
Spring heeled Jack aka Sexual Harassment Batman Wolverine.
I'm actually really impressed at how well you pronounced ceffyl dŵr, which literally translates to water (dŵr) horse (ceffyl)
18:21 That image gives me chills. I regularly drive along that stretch of road. It's creepy enough, just because the radio cuts out there, but my experiences there and in that forest are far stranger. On separate occasions both I and my mother saw something while driving. We were not aware of each others encounters at the time, but both described something similar. A black, "demonic" creature running parallel to the car. Like a cat or dog, but also a gargoyle, alien, or "demon", for lack of better words. Whatever it is, it can run at 30mph with ease.
Edit: recently I was walking there, near Postbridge. I became separated from my mum and dog, trying to close a metal gate lock, which slammed on my finger. As I walked back along the path, towards the road and my car, a man called to me from a few meters away. A "pst pst", like calling a cat. It didn't sound real, but more like a recording. Everything else went silent for a moment. Nothing was there. Of course, I sprinted back to the road like my life depended on it.
Someone else here in these comments posted a nearly identical story to yours.
the 'like a recording' part gave me chills, anything bizarre that happened to me involving a voice, i have described that way
I know you already did one of North America, but a look specifically on the Appalachian area would be interesting
about 11:00 is mentioned Fossegrimen, Fossegrimen the creature that lives by rivers and waterfalls we also have in Norway. They use fiddles to lure people into the water. Fossegrimen is such a skilled fiddle player that he can play the sounds of nature.
I got here from Trails of Cold Steel, I didn't know that cryptids were actually mythology in real life, really fascinating video
We actually have a hairy hands legend in mexico. That's creepy to find out it happens in England too.
We do?
@@slothbaby2104 la mano peluda? You've never heard of it? Its pretty intense and truck drivers usually are the ones to speak about them. Pretty much the same as in this video.
@@ElComandanteR7 I only know the ghost stories around Mexico and creatures like that small guy with a huge hat and he wants to marry women
@@slothbaby2104 care to share your favorite? I love collecting mexican ghost stories since thats where my family is from. Especially the older folk they have some creepy ones.
@@ElComandanteR7 El Sombrerón
is the guy with a huge hat I like him and Claudia Mijangos's house, she murderer her kids in her own house in Queretaro and people say it is haunted I don't know the details that well the people I asked about it were vague
And now here is a story from my Mom about my great grandmother from her side of the family
Ok so My grandma was a teenager around the time and she lived in a big house outside the city and her parents were very rich so they had their own fields of corn and other stuff I am not sure, but one night she went out with their siblings to walk around the fields and while they were walking they saw horns come out from the field and bright eyes looking back at them
They thought it was the devil walking around their field so one of her brothers walked up to it (I am not sure if he was dumb or brave) to get a better look at it
It was just a goat
So they took the goat and it lived in their living room for a few days until the neighbor asked if they have seen their lost goat and they got it back
My Grandfather has stories to tell but none of them are happy or funny just crazy stuff and sad
I saw the black dog when I was really young, I remember playing in the school playground during my lunch break and turning my head to see this huge dog that I could barely make any features out from. My first thought was that it was strange that this huge dog got into the playground and that nobody was paying any attention to it. It had the classic red eyes and sat there for a few minutes watching me before disappearing.
did it look like a wulf?...those legends are rife.
fenrir the wulf is part of the ragnarok saga.
but woden (odin) is said to take the form of a wulf.
how did life go after your encounter?
Skal
Wulf
Same. Had a weird experience back when I was around 10. One morning me, my mum, brother and sister were leaving the house to go to school our mum was giving us a lift. Soon as the front door opened they all walked up the drive towards the car but I froze. I saw this black wolf/dog walking down the road parallel to our house heading in a direction where it would have to cross our drive and go behind the car we were going to get into. I just stared at it, I could only see it side on until it turned its head to look at me. It didn't look too out of the ordinary the eyes weren't glowing red they were an amber colour but I did get a shiver up my spine and my hair did stand up on end soon as it looked at me. It then turned its head back to looking straight ahead and disappeared from my view behind the rear of the car. You would expect it show back up on the other side of the car in the direction it was walking but it never did it vanished. Then it got really strange my mum noticed I had stopped and asked me what I was looking at? I shouted at my mum and siblings about the big black wolf/dog and they just looked at me puzzled, they said they hadn't seen anything. They had all been walking in the same direction I had been so it would have been impossible for them to not have seen it. My mum then shouted to get in the car or we were going to be late. So reluctantly I got in the car but not before looking up and down the road, behind the car and underneath it. There was nothing. Later when we got home and my mum asked me about what I had seen. She then told me all she saw when she looked back to see what I was doing was that I was stood just outside the front door frozen with a terrified look on my face and my eyes just transfixed on somthing. She apparently called my name a number of times but got no response. She then looked in the direction I was looking but there was nothing there.
im not familar with the dog and hasnt watched the vid yet but that description sounds like the grimm of harry potter, that must be where the grimm got its inspiration off
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Sorry it's late. Just came across this.
Fascinating story., thank you. I just know that you are telling the truth here.
I really enjoy these cryptid videos and hope you make more!
In Costa Rica, there's a legend of a big black dog called "El Cadejos", which makes a sound of chains being dragged on the floor as it walks. Other Latin American countries have similar myths.
My bf send me this and before I klicked I thought „oh boy, this better include kelpies“ to myself and now that I’ve seen the thumbnail my hopes are high
By bf you mean Bigfoot or Boyfriend?
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The "Hairy Hands" reminds me of the ancient stories of the Lady of the Lake. Swords or other valuable items were thrown into a body of water and hands would appear catching them.
Interesting.
the Owl Man is also called the Death Raptor, and was featured in Animal Planet's Lost Tapes. in it, a paranormal TV host is called to church for supposed demonic activity. when in reality it was the Owl Man who was hunting the pastor's wife who it followed from Cornwall. it got her as well as frightening a little girl who also stated it was a demon. whether the Owl Man is a demon or not is up for debate.
Lost Tapes give me nightmares about zombies when I was 9
@@slothbaby2104 well looking back at it, the zombie episode reminded me of the first Resident Evil game. except it had just zombies and no genetic BOWs and with a hint of Voodoo.
I remember that show. It was fairly enjoyable. (Edit:You know you're getting old when you get nostalgic about something 10 years ago. Damn)
@@rvfiasco it lasted for three seasons on Animal Planet. plus it's 10 years old? i'm only 20. damn.
I loved that show..Lost Tapes!! 😁
Love the topic! Thanks for the upload :-D
Its really cool to hear about cryptids that are based near where I live, keep up the good work with these videos,they're a lot of fun to listen to!
The Nuckelavee sounds awesome, but he's pretty weak. I learned all I needed as a child of the 90s on the sidewalks of my suburban home with the Super Soaker. Imma go down to Target, buy me a XP100 and a Scatterblast, and I'll bag you your Nuckelavee.
Look up SCP-3456 and ask if that supersoaker will do you any good
@@titanoffire0474 true
@@titanoffire0474 that's just in the SCP universe and practically everything is either invincible and scary or helpful and cool.
Please keep these coming. I love your videos and style of explaining. This is so unique. You’re a blessing to UA-cam. So easy to listen to and learn.
Regarding the black dog legends, when I was a child I had horrible nightmares about being attacked by a large black dog. I'm actually American, when I was child my family lived in a large farmhouse and supposedly the reason the house was cheap was because someone was murdered there. I don't remember when it started but on occasions I would have nightmares about this large black dog that would pin me down and try to kill me. These were the "wake up in a cold sweat" kind of nightmares. Strangely enough about a month before we moved away I had one final dream about the black dog. My dream began with me leaving the house and walking down the street. As I continued walking the roads kept changing and it felt like I was going in circles. The sun started setting and I realized I was gonna be lost at night. I began frantically running through these endless looping streets before I came to a cross in the road. Standing at that cross in the roads was the black dog. He just stared at me and I was afraid. Eventually for some reason I decided to walk over to him. I stood beside him, look at him and said "I guess you're lost too? Maybe we can find our way back together." We began walking together down the road as the sky got darker and then I woke up. I moved shortly after and I have NEVER had another dream about that black dog. I think it was something supernatural directly linked to either the house, the land, or the murder. It was overall a very strange experience looking back at it but I can attest to that fact that ever since then I can occasionally predict the future in my dreams. Including a dream I had in which a friend's dog ran out of the house and was hit and killed by a car. About a week later they called me and said that their dog had gotten out and was hit and killed. So these days whenever I have a lucid dream I take it seriously. I still think that it all has something to do with that black dog.
interesting, i've had my fair share of rather strange dreams and predictions as well too, when it decides to do it!
You're definitely spiritually attuned/gifted. Don't ever let anyone tear you down, it's important nowadays not to doubt your God given intuitions. The black dog is a very ancient harbinger of evil, I knew a paramedic that was haunted by one.
These Cryptid videos are why I subscribed..hoping you do some more!! 😀 thanks for the great content
23:28 ive seen this black dog down my local field when i was talking my 3 dogs with my family at about half 7 2 years ago in september. basically what what happened was we rounded a corner and heard a weird little howl almost wolf like (our dogs were all on the leads/leash) then i look to where it came from and i no joke saw a 4ft tall black dog clear a 10ft hedge with a foot to spare in height. safe to say i am scared shitless of that field now and i dare not go alone
Had that experience on Ben Macdui , it was spring 96 , we was descending and as a novice , I was a good few yard behind my friend , I got this overwhelming feeling as something was watching me it give me the creeps , I shouted to my friend to hold up I ran to him and was full of anxiety and I only heard of this phenomenon a few years later , definitely felt a presence
As a lad growing up in Scotland, I visited Loch Ness many times, eager to see the mythical monster. Eventually, I came to terms with the scientific likelihood that there was nothing there, but the ominous feeling I got being out on that dark, abyssal body of water on a relatively small boat will stay with me always. I couldn't help but imagine something large and ancient swimming below us.
A beautiful and deeply atmoshperic place that makes you inclined to believe things you'd otherwise laugh off.
Oooh I'm pretty early! This is interesting!
This is a great documentary! Could you please also make one about creatures of Scandinavia?
A good and well researched post. Thankyou !
I just recently found your cryptids video on North America, and that video, along with this one, are very well done! a lot of cool things in here that may hold truth, but even if it does not do so, then it at least makes for an excellent topic to cover on a video! Hopefully you continue this cryptid series for other countries as well!
Yes! There is so much diversity there
watch out - talk about diversity in Britain and you’ll anger the Tories
@@KorbentMarksman lol i wish that were true
@@KorbentMarksman nah, the Tories will like diversity if it gets them votes.
Now the BNP on the other hand...
@@KorbentMarksman current tory cabinet is literally most diverse than any other cabinet in the history of the executive branch...
@T D diversity of ideology is more important to democracy than anything else