Also Known As: Specific road ghosts often have their own names, often based on the road they haunt (“The Route 44 Haint”), their (presumed) identity in life (“The Ghost of Old Jeb Roberts”), or some other well-known trait (“The Mississippi Trucker”). They are sometimes mistaken for Phantom Hitchhikers. Description: Road ghosts appear to be…
Also Known As: Vanishing Hitchhiker. Some frequently-occurring phantom hitchhikers also have local names or nicknames. Description: Phantom hitchhikers appear to be normal people in need of a ride. While some phantom hitchhikers act oddly or are silent, many carry on conversations with the driver who picks them up and give no indication as to their…
Also Known As: Galaxi-worms. Description: “Electric Linguine” is the colorful name for an extraterrestrial life form that crashed to earth with Galaxikhan in 1958. Spawning from microbes found in or on Galaxikhan’s body, the creatures rapidly adapted to life on Earth, and have developed into a serious menace. Electric Linguine typically appears in small…
Also Known As: Zombies, Walking Dead, Animated Dead, Walking Corpse, Brain Eaters, Fleshbags. They are also sometimes called ghouls, though this usage is technically incorrect. It is important to distinguish between the living dead and zombis or the re-animated (see “BMA Classification”). Facebook Twitter Reddit Tumblr Email
Also Known As: “Whitey” Description: Eyewitness accounts of the White River Monster vary. Some say it’s “catfish-like,” while others describe it has having the serpent-like appearance more common to water-dwelling cryptids. Whitey has smooth, gray skin that is sometimes reported as peeling all over its body. According to one account, Whitey has a large bone…
Also Known As: Asura, Kravyads, Nri-chakshas, Kravyads. Female rakshasas are known as Rakshasi. Description: Rakshasas are encountered in one of two states: either possessing a human (or occasionally an animal) or as semi-corporeal spirit entities. Since are capable of magically altering the appearance of their spirit form at will, the natural appearance of these…
Also Known As: Compost Monster, Swamp Elemental, Plant Demon Description: The swamp beast is an animated, humanoid creature made of decaying plant matter. The typical swamp beast is 8’-10’ tall, but specimens as small as 3’ and as tall as 25’ feet have been encountered. Swamp beasts have glowing red eyes and give off…
Also Known As: The “Belt Road Booger” encountered by several people in Georgia in the 1970s was in all likelihood a devil monkey. The Nalusa Flaya of Choctaw legend bears a strong physical resemblance to the devil monkey, though devil monkey does not seem to have any of the supernatural abilites attributed to the legendary…
Also Known As: Devil Dog, Demon Dog Description: Hellhounds look like large black mastiffs with red or yellow eyes. They have foul breath that is often described as smelling like rancid meat mixed with sulpher. BMA Classification: Hellhounds are listed on the Bureau of Monster Affairs’ Official Monster List. Facebook Twitter Reddit Tumblr Email
Also Known As: Sometimes spelled “ghul,” the Arabic word for “demon.” Description: Ghouls who are well-fed on human flesh are indistinguishable from normal humans. The longer a ghoul goes without feeding, the less human it looks. A ghoul in the later stages of starvation will be extremely thin and pale, with veins clearly visible through…
