State Library of Pennsylvania STEMlab Adult Programs - 2024 Monthly Series

This Libguide is to accompany the virtual STEMlab Adult Programs for 2024

Cryptids Event Details

Science Programs for Adults: Cryptids - October 24, 2024
October 24, Noon - 1pm

Rumored beings from around the United States. What are the myths around the cryptid critters supposedly haunting our country?

Recording - STEMlab Lunch and Learn : Cryptids

Squonk
The Cryptid Wiki page on Pennsylvania's most famous cryptid
Fearsome Creatures of the Lumberwoods: With a Few Desert and Mountain Beasts
Full text of the first mention of the Squonk, from 1910
Meet Bessie, the Loch Ness Monster of Lake Erie
The more famous of Pennsylvania's two lake monsters
Raystown Ray
Pennsylvania's other lake monster
Cryptid: Legend of the Kettle Creek Monster
A cryptid from South Central PA
The Giwoggle: Clinton County’s Official Monster
Pennsylvania's artificial werewolf
Monster of the Week: The Bryn Athyn Beast
Also known as the Pennsylvania Dogman, Eastern Pennsylvania's monster
Waterford Sheepman
No one can resist the Sheepman
Meet the Witch of Monongahela, Pa.’s legendary ‘dark hero’
Pennsylvania has famous witches as well
5 Legendary Creatures Believed to Live in Pennsylvania
A few cryptid high points
Cryptids and creatures that you can allegedly find in Pennsylvania
An overview article on the topic
Ted Fauster: Meet the top five monsters from the West Virginia hills
A look at one of our surrounding states
An Ode to a Hometown Creature: Mothman of Point Pleasant, West Virginia
Almost as famous as the Jersey Devil, Mothman even has a statue
The Jersey Devil and Folklore
Probably the most famous cryptid on the East Coast
Exploring New Jersey Cryptids
New Jersey's other cryptids
Discovering Delaware's Daunting Cryptids
Despite its size, Delaware has cryptids, too
What is a Pukwudgie?
Found from Massachusetts to Indian, and down into Delaware, these Brownie-like cryptids were passed to use from Native Americans
Un-loch the Mysteries of Ohio's Cryptids
Ohio has cryptids other than a Reds win as well
The legend of the Loveland Frogman
My favorite of Ohio's Cryptids
Mantis Man
Another favorite cryptid, this one from New Jersey
Upstate New York Myths, Monsters and Urban Legends
Fun cryptids from the north of our northern neighbor
Kinderhook Blob
The terror of Kinderhook, NY in the 1960s
Cryptids of North America
A map of cryptid highlights around the country
Beware the Thunderbird, Badass Cryptid of the Skies
My own absolute favorite cryptid
Cryptid Creeks
A D&D-like game where you play cryptid hunters
Twisted Cryptids
A Kickstarter for a cryptid board game