Wondrous Wraith of Willow Creek

 


The wondrous wraith of Willow Creek was a cryptid spotted in Kentucky in 1868. The outlandish name was given to it by the newspapers reporting on the incident at the time.

This monster was a fiery centaur. It had pale, corpse-colored skin all over its body. The mane and tail were made of fire covering its body. Its eyes burned with a sulfur blue. The monster stood six feet tall at the top of its head. The centaur carried a sword in one hand and a torch in the other. 

 The fiery beast was seen by a prominent tobacco merchant, who wished to stay anonymous after his sighting. The incident happened on October 10th, 1868. The tobacco merchant was traveling through Bracken County on his way home to Brooksville. He was running late and ended up riding on dark country roads after nightfall. 

The monster was first spotted in the middle of the road, blocking the way forward. It breathed out a cone of flame every time it exhaled. The tobacco merchant stayed motionless on horseback, stuck in place by fear. Then without provocation the monster walked off the road and out of view. While scared by what he had just witnessed, the tobacco merchant’s curiosity was stronger. He followed the centaur off the road, in an attempt to see where it would lead him. Although the tobacco merchant couldn’t find the beast again and ended up riding 200 yards to a cleared hilltop. 

From the top of the hill the tobacco merchant spotted the centaur back on the road where it had first been spotted. This time the centaur took notice of the tobacco merchant. It locked eyes on the man. With frightening speed, the centaur jumped a fence and charged up the hill towards the merchant. The man was so frightened by this he road off at speed through farm fields to the closest town. 

On entering the town the merchant told everyone what he had seen. A mob of men quickly formed to hunt down the monster. When the mob returned to the spot on the road some of the men were able to see the monster clearly while it was invisible to others. The centaur was running along a fence line, keeping an eye on the mob, as if it was looking for a place to jump across. The monster continued to run along the fence line until it was out of view. 

Even though the mob thoroughly searched the area, the monster was not seen again that night. However weeks and months later it would be seen, on and off again, by different travelers. 

Source https://paranormal-world.fandom.com/wiki/Wondrous_Wraith_of_Willow_Creek who originally got their information from 'Humanoid Encounters' by Albert Rosales



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