Rare Monsters

 The Alzada anomalies are one of the most bizarre and over the top cases of high strangeness. It happened during the month of July, 1974, in the unincorporated community of Alzada, Montana. A man and a woman, their relation not specified, were hunting for some caved used by ancient Native Americans. They were search for artifacts, although their intent for the artifacts and the legality of their hunt was never specified. The report was originally submitted to MUFON, but languished in obscurity. Alzada itself could barely be considered a community. In modern times it’s home to less than 30 people, with only slight more in the seventies when this took place. The landscape itself is semiarid ranch land and bad lands, filled with rough terrain and canyons. The two of them were staying in a rented cabin while they were on their search in Alzada. The strangeness started as they returned to the cabin after a fruitful days search around the caves. The first signs of something wron...

   The Ziz is a giant bird from Jewish mythology. It also appeared in earlier versions of the bible, but has since been edited out. The Ziz was one of the archetypal animals, like the Leviathan and Behemoth. As Leviathan was the king of the sea creatures and Behemoth the king of the beasts, Ziz was king of the birds. The Ziz was said to look like a gryphon. Its exact appearance beyond that is left vague, other than its great size, which is discussed in two stories. One story said there were some sailors who saw a giant bird standing in the water when they were out at sea. The water was only ankle deep on the bird, and it was so massive its head towered into the heavens. The sailors assumed the water must be shallow there where the bird stood, so they planned on bringing their ship ashore and swim in the water. God called out to the sailors and told them, “Do not stop there. That bird is the mighty Ziz, who towers above all beings. The water there is so deep once a carp...

   The Bukavac is a monster from southern Slavic folklore, primarily Serbia and some parts of Croatia. It is said to lurk in lakes, rivers and swamps. There it hunts for any wanders and drowns people. The bukavac has six legs, multiple gnarled horns and a long tail. Other than this its appearance is quite variable. Sometimes its depicted as a frog or salamander like monster, other times its more humanoid, like some sort of amphibious water ogre. The Bukavac mostly comes out at night, that’s when it’s most dangerous. It’s known for its loud howls or screams. The name bukavac coming from the Serbian word buka, meaning noise or roar. Besides drowning people, its also known for jumping on the backs of anyone passing by a water source at night and terrorizing them until they shake the bukavac off, or they too succumb to drowning. The bukavac is also capable of controlling water and the weather, and is able to whip up whirlpools and storms. There are two different origins of...