Explore the Michigan Jersey Devil legend: a strange winged creature reportedly seen near Levering, Michigan, in a mysterious eyewitness account.
The Michigan Jersey Devil: A Strange Winged Creature Reported Near Levering
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Monsters and Cryptids
The Melon Heads Legend of Michigan
Explore Michigan’s Melon Heads legend, including its origins, alleged sightings, and the truth behind one of the state’s strangest urban legends.
Monsters Outside – Shadow People Encounters
“I had an encounter with two shadow people that lived in my bedroom growing up in Robinson Township, Michigan. This encounter ended with a photo of both of them together. I’ve been looking for answers to it for years…”
The Michigan “Shadow Creatures”
This chilling 1979 report about “shadow creatures” in White River Township makes one wonder if they are still out there silently watching.
The Michigan Dogman and Encounters
The Michigan Dogman is one of the most popular cryptids in Michigan. Have you seen one?
The Saginaw Bay Water Monster
The lakes of Michigan are never short on fantastic stories about water monsters.
The Michigan Merman
On May 13, 1782, Vanant St. Germain, a Canadian fur trader, spotted what he believed to be an actual merman swimming in the cold, deep dark waters of Lake Superior. While making a stop at Pie Island in the northern part of the lake, St. Germain spotted the creature and described it as looking “child-like with brownish skin” and having “extremely brilliant eyes.”
Mishipeshu, the Guardian of the Sacred Copper
The ancient stories say it lives on Michipicoten Island on the Canadian side of cold Lake Superior and has the magical ability to cause nasty storms. It’s usually associated with more bad things in life than good, such as death and destruction, but as long as an offering was made to the creature, this could perhaps keep it calm if one had to travel by water.
Does Bigfoot Live in Michigan?
Reports of the hairy, 7 to 9 foot ape-like creature are in no short supply in Michigan’s past or the entire United States and Canada for that matter.
Strange Creature Seen Along Lake Michigan in Norton Shores
Something caught our eye near the tree line and we both stopped in our tracks as this creature emerged from the underbrush.
The Stearns Bayou Water Monster
Decide for yourself if it was just blurry vision of some early 20th century party people, or if there really was a water monster lurking in the depths of the bayou.