“No One Understands”: One Researcher’s Quest To Shed Light On The Aftermath Of Traumatic Cryptid Encounters

“Cryptid witnesses often find themselves struck with fear and anxiety counted among other negative reactions to an encounter with an undocumented animal. They report a wide range of symptoms that include hyper-attentiveness, impulsiveness, verbally blurting out, being easily angered or confused, becoming unusually argumentative and acute apathy..."

NCS Case File #31: Terrifying Black-Eyed Child witnessed July 4, 2017 in Vancouver

"This is the part that makes me cry when think about it. Her eyes were completely black. Her facial expression was inhumanly blank like a robot and she was staring straight at me..."

NCS Case File #30: Pterodactyl sighting over Peoria, Illinois

"We lived about a half mile from the Peoria Airport. I knew it wasn’t a plane, because it was flapping it's wings and it looked like it was in slow motion, not to mention the odd shaped head. Years later I learned about the pterodactyl in school and when I had seen the picture of it, I knew that was what I had seen..."

NCS Case File #29: Pterodactyl sighting over Roscoe, Illinois

"I could clearly make out its silhouette and watched it flap its wings then glide for a long distance before I eventually lost sight of it in the tree line and cloud cover. I was a bit shocked and didn't speak until it had left my view..."

NCS Case File #28: Large Humanoid Reptile sighted in North Carolina

"It stood there for several seconds, looking at me while I looked at it. Long enough for me to get a pretty good idea it was NOT homo sapiens or Sasquatch. I don't know what the hell it was. It was maybe 7 or 8 feet tall, with grayish or greenish gray skin. No hair or fur."

NCS Case File #27: Bigfoot sighted in Pinecrest Campground near Strawberry, California

"We hiked for about an hour from the camp ground and on the other side of the pond was what looked like a part-man part-gorilla standing between two pine trees. He had one arm extended high on one tree and other arm on another tree and was looking right at me..."

NCS Case File #26: Huge, Potentially Dangerous Bigfoot witnessed at Mammoth Pools Reservoir

"It was dark brown in color, and covered in hair/fur. It was 8'-9' tall, powerful, walking upright, on two legs. It seemed confident and casual as though it knew the route it was traveling. It was very muscular, its shoulders were huge and it swung its arms and upper body with each step."

NCS Case File #25:  Bigfoot-Like Creature seen from distance in Anza Borrego State Park

"Big guy, hairy, no pack, a weird gait, classic Bigfoot description. He looked kind of grayish..."

NCS Case File #24: Swamp Ape sighted near Miami

"…what we saw cross the road was probably seven feet tall, big, and moving at a brisk pace. It's unusual to see bears walking on their hind legs so that's why we were convinced it was what we call the Swamp Ape.”