THE WENDIGO
Crawford, Suzanne J. and Dennis F. Kelley (editors). American Indian Religious Traditions: An Encyclopedia. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, Inc., 2005.
Ghosts of the Prairie. “The Wendigo: The North Woods of Minnesota.” www.prairieghosts.com/wendigo.html (accessed February 28, 2016).
Lewis, Chad. The Minnesota Road Guide to Mysterious Creatures. Eau Claire, WI: On the Road Publications, 2011.
BENTON COUNTY MONSTER SNAKE
Phantoms & Monsters. “Indiana’s Monster Snake,” October 28, 2013. www.phantomsandmonsters.com/2013/10/indianas-monster-snakes.html (accessed February 14, 2016).
THE VAMPIRE OF NEBRASKA
Bacon, Dale (posted by David Bristow). “Vampires of Nebraska.” Nebraska State Historical Society Blog, October 26, 2011. www.blog-nebraskahistory.org/2011/10/vampires-of-nebraska (accessed February 19, 2016).
Wishart, David J. (editor). “Cowboy Culture.” Encyclopedia of the Great Plains. http://plainshumanities.unl.edu/encyclopedia/doc/egp.ii.015 (accessed February 20, 2016).
THE MELONHEADS
Creepy Cleveland: Folklore, Myths and Monsters in Northern Ohio. “MelonHeads in Kirtland, Ohio,” February 21, 2008. www.creepycleveland.net/2008/02/melonheads-in-kirtland-ohio_21.html (accessed April 6, 2016).
Fox 8 Cleveland. “Urban Legend or Truth? Tale of the Melon Heads in Kirtland,” October 31, 2014. http://fox8.com/2014/10/31/urban-legend-or-truth-tale-of-the-melon-heads-in-kirtland/ (accessed April 6, 2016).
Weird U.S. “Melon Heads Creep Through the Ohio Woods at Night.” http://weirdus.com/states/ohio/fabled_people_and_places/melonheads/index.php (accessed April 6, 2016).
THE ENFIELD HORROR
Darkes, Chris. “The Enfield Monster Case Study.” Shoe Factory Road, July 31, 2015. http://www.shoefactoryroad.com/2015/07/the-enfield-monster-case-study (accessed February 20, 2016).
Montgomery, Dennis. “A Monster at Enfield.” Mt. Vernon Register-News, April 27, 1973. www.newspapers.com/newspage/30409597/ (accessed February 22, 2016).
MICHIGAN DOGMAN
Charmoli, Rick. “Was the Dogman Responsible?” Cadillac News, October 31, 2007. http://www.cadillacnews.com/story/?contId=59088 (accessed March 7, 2016).
Creepypasta Wiki. “The Legend of Michigan’s Dogman.” http://creepypasta.wikia.com/wiki/The_Legend_of_Michigan%27s_Dogman (accessed March 7, 2016).
THE BEAST OF BRAY ROAD
Faytus, Len. “The Beast of Bray Road’s First Appearance.” FATE Magazine: True Reports of the Strange and Unknown. www.fatemag.com/the-beast-of-bray-road (accessed April 6, 2016).
Godfrey, Linda. “Sightings Log.” The Beast of Bray Road: Hunting the American Werewolf, November 10, 2006. http://www.beastofbrayroad.com/sightingslog.html (accessed April 6, 2016).
Papst, Chris. “Special Assignment: Wisconsin Wearwolf.” WMTV NBC 15, November 13, 2009. www.nbc15.com/home/headlines/70005732.html (accessed June 17, 2017).
THE LOVELAND FROGMEN
Behind the Curtain. “Hot Damn! It’s the Loveland Frog Review,” May 30, 2014. https://behindthecurtaincincy.com/2014/05/30/hot-damn-its-the-loveland-frog-review (accessed June 15, 2016).
Creepy Cincinnati. “The Loveland Frogmen,” October 3, 2014. www.creepycincinnati.com/2014/10/03/the-loveland-frogmen (accessed June 21, 2016).
Gasden Times. “Loveland Frog,” October 18, 1985. https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1891&dat=19851018&id=trgfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=stcEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4397,2803271&hl=en (accessed April 7, 2016).
Lee, Marika. “‘Loveland Frogmen’ Gets Own Musical.” Cincinnati Enquirer, May 22, 2014. www.cincinnati.com/story/news/local/loveland/2014/05/22/loveland-frog-gets-musical/9455233 (accessed April 7, 2016).
Morphy, Rob. “Loveland Frog Men: (Ohio, USA).” Cyrptopia: Exploring the Hidden World, December 16, 2009. www.cryptopia.us/site/2009/12/loveland-frog-men-ohio-usa (accessed June 21, 2016).
THE DOGMAN OF KANSAS
Dogman Field Research Organisation. “Dogman Sighting Outside Lawrence Kansas,” June 30, 2014. http://www.dogmanresearch.com/2014/06/dogman-sighting-lawrence-kansas.html (accessed April 13, 2016).
BIGFOOT OF TWO HARBORS
Interview with Kerry Peterson, April 3, 2016.
MOMO
Columbia Daily Tribune. “Town recalls ‘Momo’ saga,” July 15, 2012; updated January 29, 2013, www.columbiatribune.com/wire/town-recalls-momo-saga/article_294d359b-0519-51af-bdba-8d70cfa87859.html (accessed April 11, 2016).
Hart, Rodney. “Remembering Momo: Stories about creature 40 years ago give spark to quiet little Mississippi River town.” Herald-Whig, July 11, 2012; updated July 25, 2012. www.whig.com/story/18997927/remembering-momo-stories-about-creature-40-years-ago-give-spark-to-quiet-little-mississippi-river-town# (accessed April 11, 2016).
COHOMO (THE COLE HOLLOW ROAD MONSTER)
Coleman, Loren. “Cohomo Monster: 1972.” Cryptomundo, November 6, 2006. http://cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/cohomo-1972 (accessed March 29, 2016).
Pekin Daily Times. “Hey, Bud, Did You See A Monster Go By…” July 27, 1972 (accessed via www.bfro.net/gdb/show_article.asp?id=631 on June 22, 2016).
Vogel, Nick for the Pekin Daily Times. “Did a hairy monster stalk Tazewell County, Illinois?” Bigfoot Encounters. www.bigfootencounters.com/articles/tazewell_county.htm (accessed March 29, 2016).
TAKU-HE
Toledo Blade. “Indians Move Off Reservation As Bigfoot Moves In,” November 29, 1977. https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1350&dat=19771129&id=HQ9PAAAAIBAJ&sjid=YwIEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2257,1589189&hl=en (accessed March 29, 2016).
MAYMAYGWASHI
French Wikipedia. “Maymaygwashi.” http://wikipedia.qwika.com/fr2en/Maymaygwashi (accessed February 8, 2016).
Michigan’s Other Side: Exploring the Strange & Unusual in the Great Lakes State. “The Michigan Merman.” http://michigansotherside.com/the-michigan-merman (accessed January 24, 2016).
Phillips, Jim. “A Brief History of the King’s Court Bench for Upper Canada, 1791–1841.” The Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History. www.osgoodesociety.ca/encyclopedia/a-brief-history-of-the-court-of-kings-bench-for-upper-canada-1791-1841 (accessed February 2, 2016).
Wisconsin State Journal. “Odd Wisconsin: The Merman of Lake Superior,” November 17, 2009. http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/odd-wisconsin-the-merman-of-lake-superior/article_7b4451ac-d3a2-11de-949b-001cc4c03286.html (accessed January 24, 2016).
BESSIE
Bogue, Margaret Beattie. Fishing the Great Lakes: An Environmental History, 1783–1933. Madison: The University of Wisconsin Press, 2000.
History of Ottawa County, Ohio and its Families, The. Oak Harbor, OH: The Ottawa County Genealogical Society, 1985 (accessed via http://carrolltownship.net/history.php on February 26, 2016).
Ho, Oliver. Mutants & Monsters (Mysteries Unwrapped). New York: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc., 2008.
New York Times, The. “A Fresh Water Sea Serpent,” May 14, 1887. http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archivefree/pdf?res=9807E1DE1730E633A25757C1A9639C94669FD7CF (accessed February 26, 2016).
BOZHO
Brown, Charles E. “Sea Serpents: Wisconsin Occurrences of These Weird Water Monsters In the Four Lakes, Rock, Red Cedar, Koshkonong, Geneva, Elkhart, Michigan and Other Lakes.” Madison, WI, 1942 (accessed via www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/search.asp?id=1622 on March 4, 2016).
MINIWASHITU
Gilmore, Melvin R. Prairie Smoke. St. Paul, MN: Minnesota Historical Society Press, 1987.
Larson, Troy. “Legend of Miniwashitu, Missouri River Monster.” Ghosts of North Dakota, December 6, 2015. www.ghostsofnorthdakota.com/2015/12/06/legend-of-miniwashitu-missouri-river-monster (accessed March 2, 2016).
Wikipedia. “Dakota People.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dakota_people (accessed March 2, 2016).
ALKALI LAKE MONSTER
Cryptid Wiki. “Alkali Lake Monster.” http://cryptidz.wikia.com/wiki/Alkali_Lake_Monster (accessed April 10, 2016).
Day, The. “Man Sees Antediluvian Monster, 40 Feet Long, in Nebraska”, July 25, 1923. https://news.google.com/newspapers? nid=1915&dat=19230725&id=1_tGAAAAIBAJ&sjid=4fgMAA AAIBAJ&pg=2648,2307129&hl=en (accessed April 6, 2016).
Evening Independent, The. “Anglers’ Club to Wage War on Nebraska’s Lake Monster,” July 24, 1923. https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=950&dat=19230724&id=uKkLAAAAIBAJ&sjid=21QDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3974,1214487&hl=en (accessed April 6, 2016).
Morphy, Rob. “Alkali Monster: (Nebraska, USA).” Crytopia: Exploring the Hidden World, January 6, 2010. www.cryptopia.us/site/2010/01alkali-monster-nebraska-usa (accessed April 10, 2016).
THE CLAWED GREEN BEAST
Black, T. “The Green Clawed Beast.” True Tales of the Unexplained, January 15, 2015. https://ttotu.com/2015/01/15/the-green-clawed-beast (accessed April 13, 2016).
Morphy, Rob. “Green Clawed Beast: (Indiana, USA).” Crytopia: Exploring the Hidden World, December 15, 2009. www.cryptopia.us/site/2009/12/green-clawed-beast-usa (accessed April 13, 2016).
PEPIE
Lewis, Chad and Noah Voss. Pepie: The Lake Monster of the Mississippi River. Eau Claire, WI: On the Road Publications, 2014.
Ode, Kim. “Lake Pepin’s rumored creature may be folklore come to life.” Star Tribune, July 21, 2014 (accessed via http://www.startribune.com/lake-pepin-s-rumored-creature-may-be-folklore-come-to-life/267579381 on February 28, 2016).
THE MONSTERS OF DEVIL’S LAKE
Lange, Kenneth I. and D. Debra Berndt. “Devil’s Lake State Park: The History of Its Establishment.” Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters, Vol. 68, 1980. http://images.library.wisc.edu/WI/EFacs/transactions/WT1980/reference/wi.wt1980.kilange.pdf (accessed March 29, 2016).
Morphy, Rob. “Devil’s Lake Monsters: (Wisconsin, USA).” Crytopia: Exploring the Hidden World, October 8, 2010. www.cryptopia.us/site/2010/10/devils-lake-monsters-wisconsin-usa (accessed March 29, 2016).
Unknown Explorers. “Devil’s Lake Monster.” http://www.unknownexplorers.com/devilslakemonster.php (accessed March 29, 2016).
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. “Devil’s Lake State Park: 100 Years of Stories,” January 7, 2015. http://dnr.wi.gov/topic/parks/name/devilslake/history.html (accessed March 29, 2016).
THE VAN METER MYSTERY
Des Moines Daily News. “Town of Van Meter Wrought Up Over a Fishy Story: Hideous Monster Alleged to Have Terrified All,” October 4, 1903.
Kilen, Mike. “Van Meter Remembers 1903 Visit from Winged Monster.” The Des Moines Register, July 1, 2015 (originally published May 3, 2013). www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/2015/07/01/van-meter-remembers-1903-visit-from-winged-monster/29583469 (accessed February 23, 2016).
Lewis, Chad, Noah Voss and Kevin Lee Nelson. The Van Meter Visitor: A True and Mysterious Encounter with the Unknown. Eau Claire, WI: On the Road Publications, 2013.
New York World. “This Monster Like a Maniac’s Dream: Awful Winged Form Shedding Dazzling Light Terrifies an Iowa Town,” October 5, 1903.
Saint Paul Globe, The. “A Winged Monster Creature Emitting a Dazzling Light Terrifies Hawkeyes,” October 11, 1903.
THE DEMON LEAPER
Dominé, David. Haunts of Old Louisville, Princeton, KY: McClanahan Publishing House, 2009.
Gee, Dawne. “Tales of KY’s Gargoyle Like Creature Documented in Headlines.” Raycom News Network. http://raycomgroup.worldnow.com/story/25507268/demon-leaper (accessed on June 14, 2016).
New York Times, The. “An Aerial Mystery,” September 12, 1880 (accessed via http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9B03E7D7143FEE3ABC4A52DFBF66838B699FDE on April 1, 2016).
Offutt, Jason. “Exploring American Monsters: Kentucky.” Mysterious Universe, August 5, 2015. http://mysteriousuniverse.org/2015/08/exploring-american-monsters-kentucky (accessed January 12, 2016).
THE THUNDERBIRD ATTACKS
Before It’s News. “Remember the 1977 Lawndale, Illinois Giant Thunderbird Case?” http://beforeitsnews.com/paranormal/2013/07/remember-the-1977-lawndale-illinois-giant-thunderbird-case-2454042.html (accessed June 18, 2016).
Skygaze. “Strange and Unexplained - Thunderbirds.” www.skygaze.com/content/strange/Thunderbirds.shtml (accessed March 9, 2016).