Human Hand-Sized “Insect Fairy” Encountered in Effingham, IL

The Oxford English Dictionary defines the word cryptid as “An animal whose existence or survival is disputed or unsubstantiated, such as the yeti.” For the following witnesses to living cryptids, there is no dispute. In this series of National Cryptid Society’s case files, you will read what the witnesses have experienced in their own words. … Continue reading Human Hand-Sized “Insect Fairy” Encountered in Effingham, IL →

NCS Case File #20: Bavarian Wood Fairies Scare the Hell out of Large, Pipe-Smoking, Cane-Wielding, Big German Man who is also Tall.

You can tell me all about how the woods are scary and bad, but to a German country boy, going through the woods in Bavaria, clocking in at over 6 feet, with a sturdy cane, there is not much terrifying sh*t going on.

File #8: Fairies in Western France

"I only lasted 2-3 seconds, but I saw it clearly; it was the size of a bird (smaller than a pigeon), it was dark-brown, it seemed to have small wings, one or two pairs, it was thin, and shaped like a human."