by Tobias & Emily Wayland

Four reports published in August by The Official Loch Ness Monster Sightings Register bring the total number of reported Nessie—as the monster is affectionately known—sightings up to seven so far in 2023.The first sighting came at around 1 p.m. on August 17th from Steve Valentine, who was visiting Scotland's Loch Ness while on holiday from Urmston in Manchester with his family. They were returning from a tour of the loch when Valentine said he spotted something from the Deepscan boat they were aboard."I just saw a black shape in the water," he said. "It was when we were returning to the dock near to Urquhart Castle. I lost sight of it when the boat turned but managed to get a quick […]

by Tobias & Emily Wayland

Lon Strickler of Phantoms & Monsters received the following report this morning from a couple hiking on the Appalachian Trail near Halifax, Pennsylvania, who said they encountered a 10-foot-tall Bigfoot at around 9 a.m. yesterday.My girlfriend and I woke up yesterday (Monday, August 14, 2023) around 9 AM at Peters Mountain Shelter on the Appalachian Trail. We had begun to continue our backpacking trek north. We had an encounter with a Bigfoot for sure. It was easily 10' tall, with no smell that I recalled. I yelled "Hey" in order to scare it away. We were scared and didn't know what else to do. The creature turned around, looked at us, and made a soft grunt noise and ran away making […]

by Tobias & Emily Wayland

Reports from the Void is a repository to share those stories for which we do not have enough information to make a full report. This is usually because of little or no communication from the witness following their initial submission. The Singular Fortean Society will always provide as much information as possible regarding any correspondence during our attempts to speak with those involved.This series is meant only to present you with the full breadth of the information sent to us and makes no judgments towards the veracity of any stories shared within it.The Singular Fortean Society received the following email on November 21st, 2022, reporting a “Mothman” sighting in Lebanon Regional […]

by Tobias & Emily Wayland

An illustration by artist Donie Odulio of the creature people have been reporting in and around Chicago and the greater Lake Michigan area. (Donie Odulio / Instagram: @donie_odulio) Reports from the Void is a repository to share those stories for which we do not have enough information to make a full report. This is usually because of little or no communication from the witness following their initial submission. The Singular Fortean Society will always provide as much information as possible regarding any correspondence during our attempts to speak with those involved.This series is meant only to present you with the full […]

by Tobias & Emily Wayland

A silhouette based off of materials provided by a witness in LaGrange Park, a western suburb of Chicago. (Emily Wayland / The Singular Fortean Society) Lon Strickler of Phantoms & Monsters said he received a phone call recently from someone wanting to report a string of bizarre winged creature sightings that lasted at least from 1978 to 1988.The person, who identified themselves as the friend of an eyewitness "who was born and raised in a northwest suburb of Chicago, Illinois," would only specify the location of the sightings as "near the Des Plaines River."Strickler said that the eyewitness was reluctant to discuss their […]

by Tobias & Emily Wayland

An artist’s rendition of a winged humanoid reported in the Chicago suburb of McCook. (Emily Wayland / The Singular Fortean Society) In a piece published June 23rd for The Edwardsville Intelligencer, columnist John J. Dunphy recounted the experience of an acquaintance who said she had recently seen a mysterious winged creature in Alton, Illinois.According to Dunphy, the woman, who remains anonymous, said she had seen a “strange creature” while walking her dog in downtown Alton, near the Dunphy Building, at around 1 a.m."She described it as tall, dark, and large," Dunphy wrote. "It had a human face, which was white in […]