Full disclosure, I believe in the possible existence of cryptids.
From the bunnyman to bigfoot, to the Bunny man, there is more than just us mere humans
walking our planet.
There has to be.
And I believe there is an organization out there hiding these cryptids away, or at least
on the hunt to find them.
So today on Top 5 Scary Videos, I’m going to be counting down our list of the Top 5
Scary Cryptids You Need To Read About - Part 2.
Before we begin though, be sure to stick around until the end of the video where I’ll be
responding to some of your comments.
And until next time, see ya later.
5 The Jersey Devil In Southern New Jersey, the Jersey Devil is
a legendary creature that is said to inhabit the Pine Barrens of South Jersey.
The creature is described as a flying biped with hooves, however, there are many variations.
The most common description is that of a kangaroo-like or wyvern-like creature with a goat-or horse-like
head, leathery bat-like wings, horns, small arms with clawed hands, legs with cloven hooves,
and a forked tail.
It is often reported as moving quickly and emitting a high-pitched bloody-curdling scream.
Now, the legend originated with a Pine Barrens resident named Jane Leeds, known as Mother
Leeds.
The legend goes that Mother Leeds had 12 children and, after finding she was pregnant for the
13th time, cursed the child in frustration, crying that the child would be the devil.
During 1735, Mother Leeds was in labor on a stormy night while her friends gathered
around her.
Born as a normal child, the thirteenth child changed to a creature with hooves, a goat’s
head, bat wings, and a forked tail.
The child then supposedly began flying around wreaking havoc.
Now, the legend certainly has some staying power, considering that nearly 200 years later
the Devil became a big deal once again, this time in 1909.
That January, reports of odd footprints being found in the snow on the roofs of houses caused
such a panic that the devil was up to no good that mills and schools closed and some people
were too scared to leave their homes.
Since then, The Jersey Devil has been to blame for most strange happenings around New Jersey,
and in 1960, Camden’s Merchants even offered a 10,000 bounty to anyone who would capture
the mischievous devil, but of course, they never received any takes.
4 Bunny Man The Bunny Man is an urban legend that originated
after two incidents in Fairfax County, Virginia back in 1970.
The legend, like many others, has multiple variates; most involve a man wearing a rabbit
costume who attacks people with an axe or hatchet.
Now, most of the stories hail from a Southern Railway overpass spanning Colchester Road
near Clifton, Virgina, often referred to as Bunny Man Bridge.
The legend itself after Fairfax County Public Library Historian-Archivist Brian A. Conley
extensively researched the Bunny Man legend.
He located two incidents of a man in a rabbit costume threatening people with an axe, with
the reports occurring ten days apart in 1970.
Now, the second reported sighting occurred on the evening of October 29, 1970, when construction
worker Paul Phillips approached a man standing on the porch of an unfinished home in Kings
Park West.
According to Phillips, the man was wearing a gray,black, and white bunny costume, and
was about 20 years old.
He began chopping at a porch post with a long-handled axe, saying: “You are trespassing.
If you come any closer, I’ll chop off your head.”
Spooky.
Rumors spread like wildfire, with the Washington Post even reporting on the legend, mentioning
the multiple incidents, including: “Man in Bunny costume sought in Fairfax, October
22, 1970.
The Rabbit Reappears, October 31, 1970.
Bunny Man Seen, November 4, 1970.
Bunny reports are multiplying, November 6, 1970.”
Not just that, but in 1973, a student at the University of Maryland, College Park submitted
a research paper that chronicled precisely 54 variations on the two incidents.
3 Goatman Also known as The Pope Licker, this is a legendary
part-man, part-goat, and part-sheep creature reported to live beneath a railroad trestle
bridge over Pope Lick Creek, in the Fisherville area of Louisville Kentucky.
Now, numerous legends exist about the creature’s origins and the methods it employs to claim
its victims.
According to some reports, the creature uses either hypnosis, or voice mimicry to lure
passersby onto the trestle to meet their death before an oncoming train.
Other stories however, claim the monster jumps down from the trestle onto the roofs of cars
passing beneath it.
Other legends state it attacks its victims with a blood-stained axe and that the very
sight of the creature is enough to drive people to leap off the high trestle themselves.
The monster was the subject of a 1988 film by director Ron Schildknecth called The Legend
of the Pope Lick Monster, with the majority of the movie being shot at the Pope Lick Trestle.
Now, it has been confirmed that several people have died on or near the train trestle at
Pope Creek in pursuit of the monster, and on April 23, 2016, a 26-year-old tourist from
Ohio died after being hit by a train while searching for the monster.
2 Mothman Hailing from West Virginia folklore, the Mothman
is a creature reportedly seen in the Point Pleasant area from November 12, 1966, to December
15, 1967.
On November 12, 1966 five men who were digging a grave at a cemetery near Clendenin, West
Virginia, claimed to have seen a man-like figure fly low from the trees over their heads.
This is confirmed to be the first known sighting of what became known as the Mothman.
Not long after, on November 15, 1966, two young couples from Point Pleasant told the
police they saw a large grey creature whose eyes glowed red when the car’s headlights
picked it up.
They would go on to describe it as a large flying man with ten-foot wings, following
their car while they were driving in an area outside of town known as the TNT area, the
site of a former World War II munitions plant.
Following these sightings, more quickly began to occur, one that took place at the Silver
Bridge, which would later go on to collapse resulting in the death of 46 people, with
the incident giving rise to the legend of Matham.
Now, the Mothman was eventually introduced to a larger audience by Gray Barker in 1970
in his book The Mothman Prophecies which would later be adapted into a movie in 2002 starring
Richard Gere.
Wasn’t the best, but still worth a watch.
Point Pleasant held its first Annual Mothman Festival in 2002 and a 12-foot-tall metallic
statue of the creature was unveiled in 2003.
Not too shabby.
1 The Skunk Ape Now, these cryptids could be lurking almost
anywhere around the South, but they have a particular tendency to pop up around Florida.
The Skunk Ape, also known as Swamp Cabbage Man, Swamp Ape, Stink Ape, Florida Bigfoot,
Louisiana Bigfoot, Myakka Ape, Swampsquatch, and Myakka Skunk Ape, is a humanoid creature
said to inhabit Florida as well as North Carolina and Arkansas, and is named for its appearance
and for the unpleasant odor that is said to occupy it.
Now, reports began back in the 60s and 70s, with one sighting, in 1974, describing a foul-smelling,
hairy, ape-like creature, which ran upright on two legs around the suburban neighborhoods
of Dade County.
Skeptical investigator Joe Nickell has written in the past that some of the reports may represent
sightings of the black bear and it is likely that other sightings are mere hoaxes or misidentifical
of wildlife.
Now, while the National Park Service has dismissed the existence of skunk apes as a myth, local
residents remain adamant that the fragrant primates occasionally appear to terrorize
their pets.
Well, there we have it!
Do you guys agree with our list?
Were there any scary cryptids that we missed?
Leave us all your thoughts and feelings in the comments down below and perhaps we can
do a part 3.
Before I go though, I just want to respond to a few comments from one of our last videos,
Top 5 Scary Signals From Outer Space.
Isiah wallace said: “Who knows what’s really out there.
It’s crazy to think about honestly.”
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Sad said: “I was watching the Top 5 Demons You Glad Weren’t Real video and you’re
wearing the same clothes now...Woah.”
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ScissorMeTimbers said: “I love how Lucy paused ever so slightly after saying, WTF
Star, LOL” ----
Charlie Newman said: “In my opinion, Lucy is as seemingly infinite as space...at least
in the fantasy zone.”
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