Iowa And Illinois Most Spotted Monsters Are Very Strange

From aliens to Bigfoot, and every mythical sighting in between, America has seen it all. We love our creature sightings. It has gotten to a point where each state now has the numbers behind these sightings where we can see which creature has been spotted the most in each state, and where the sightings started.

According to Brilliant maps, Iowa and Illinois have seen a large number of less popular mythical creatures, but they are still frightening.

Other States Sightings

It's safe to say the big names are Bigfoot, and the many other names it goes by, the Jersey Devil, Mothman, and Wendigo. Here are all the state's most famous creatures:

Alabama – White Thang
Alaska – Tizheruk
Arizona – Mogollon Monster
Arkansas – Fouke Monster
California – Tahoe Tessie
Colorado – Slide-Rock Bolter
Connecticut – Melon Heads
Delaware – Zwaanendael Merman
Florida – Skunk Ape
Georgia – Altamaha-ha
Hawaii – Menehune
Idaho – Sharlie
Indiana – Beast of Busco
Kansas – Sink Hole Sam
Kentucky – The Kelly Little Green Men
Louisiana – Rougarou
Maine – Specter Moose
Maryland – Chessie
Massachusetts – Dover Demon
Michigan – The Michigan Dogman
Minnesota – Wendigo
Mississippi – Pascagoula River Aliens
Missouri – Momo
Montana – Shunka Warak’in
Nebraska – Alkali Lake Monster
Nevada – Tahoe Tessie
New Hampshire – Wood Devils
New Jersey – Jersey Devil
New Mexico – Teratorns
New York – Champ/Champy
North Carolina – The Beast of Bladenboro
North Dakota – Thunderbird
Ohio – Loveland Frogmen
Oklahoma – Oklahoma Octopus
Oregon – Colossal Claude
Pennsylvania – The Squonk
Rhode Island – Vampire Mercy Brown
South Carolina – Lizard Man of Scape Ore Swamp
South Dakota – Taku-He
Tennessee – Tennessee Wildman
Texas – Chupacabra
Utah – Bear Lake Monster
Vermont – Northfield Pigman
Virginia – Snallygaster
Washington – Bigfoot
West Virginia – Mothman
Wisconsin – The Beast of Bray Road
Wyoming – Jackalope

I haven't heard of half of those, but Iowa and Illinois' aren't much better when it comes to popularity.

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Iowa's Monster

Apparently, the Van Meter Monster is our claim to fame. If you're like me and have no idea what that is, don't worry... The experts at cryptid Wiki do.

According to legend, this creature was named after where it was first sighted which was in Van Meter in Iowa over 100 years ago.

Descriptions of the beast suggested that it had large bat-like wings, left a terrible stench wherever it went, and, even stranger, it fired beams of bright light from its forehead.

Illinois' Monster

This one has a creepy name at least, The Enfield Horror. This one is actually pretty well known to many. It has even had shows, and movies based on it. Again the experts at cryptid Wiki helped me learn more.

This thing is actually creepy too. It all started on April 25, 1973, when a young boy claimed he was attacked by a creature while playing in his backyard.

Alien, demon or genetic mutation — the “Enfield Horror” (encountered in Enfield, Illinois) is one of the absolute strangest creatures ever to be chronicled in cryptozoological lore.

What's crazy is that the boy's neighbors had their own face-to-face encounter with the creature! People shot the creature and many saw it too, but it wouldn't die. It became famous for its looks and many sightings.

Have you heard of these creatures before? Let us know.

Ghosts Of The Station

Today we will be looking at three ghost sightings, and the spots they were seen at.

These three "Ghosts" could all be the same one or three different ones. Though I still think the Music video ghost is by far the creepiest. As far as we know that was the only figure we ever caught on film, and not just in a picture.

Banned Baby Names In America

According to today.com, and other sources there is a solid amount of names that are not allowed in the United States Of America. Some of these names are absolutely ridiculous, and just plain bad.