Shadows Corner

  10 "Facts" about Werewolves Werewolves are everywhere: in books, movies and television series. These dark creatures appeal to the imagination and stand for everything we find scary: the dark, the unknown and, of course, murderous creatures. When the full moon appears, a werewolf shows its true nature. A normal human transforms into a bloodthirsty wolf that is almost unstoppable. Want to know more about these dark creatures? Here are ten facts about werewolves 10. MANWOLF WOULD HAVE MADE MORE SENSE The word "werewolf" comes from the Primordial German  *wera-wulfa. Wera meant "man" and wulfa "wolf" . So a better translation would be manwolf. 9. LYCANTHROPY IS NOT JUST ABOUT WOLVES The mental disorder in which a person is under the delusion that he is turning into a wolf is also called lycanthropy . Yet lycanthropy is not just about wolves, as all people who turn into an animal are called a lycanthrope. This term comes from the world of folk tales...

  Cryptid: Lizard Man of Scape Ore Swamp (South Carolina) This reptilian humanoid cryptid is described as being 7 feet tall, bipedal and having scaly lizard skin, and it’s said to live in the swamplands in Lee County, S.C . The first reported sighting of the creature was in  1988  when 17-year-old Christopher Davis saw the creature running toward him while he was changing a tire beside Scape Ore Swamp. Davis got in his car to escape, but the Lizard Man jumped onto the roof and clung to it as the teen tried to throw it off. When he returned home, Davis found that his side-view mirror was damaged and there were deep scratch marks across the car’s roof. For the next month, there were further reports of an aggressive lizard-like creature and more reports of unusual scratches and bite marks on cars parked near the swamp. Police were skeptical, but stated that a sufficient number of sightings by reliable people led them to believe that something was being seen — although they t...

  Mystery Hill: America's Stonehenge The ancient site's mysterious history is debated by archeologists and conspiracy theorists alike. In the town of  Salem, New Hampshire , stand an odd arrangement of rocks and boulders shrouded in mystery. Occupying about 30 acres of land, the history of this enigmatic place is debated by archeologists and conspiracy theorists alike.  Some have offered more contemporary and logical explanations, while others are certain that Phoenicians, Vikings, or Celts are responsible for the site. It was once known as Mystery Hill. Nowadays, it is known as America's Stonehenge. In 1907, the location was briefly mentioned in a book titled History of Salem, N.H. It was attributed to a man named Jonathan Pattee, an eccentric farmer who supposedly built his home on the location and lived there through the mid-19th century. In 1939, Hugh O’Neill Hencken, a curator with Harvard University’s Peabody Museum, gave credence to the theory that Pattee once occu...