; Phantoms and Monsters: Pulse of the Paranormal

jeudi, mai 01, 2025

GHOSTS OF SUSQUEHANNOCK GIANTS

There is actual historical documentation of giants living in America. The journal of Captain John Smith describes a 1608 incident when he and his crew encountered 60 eight-foot-tall giants of the Susquehannock tribe while traveling up the tributaries on the Chesapeake Bay. The Susquehannocks populated much of Pennsylvania at the time:

". . . 60 of those Susquehannocks came to us . . . such great and well-proportioned men are seldome seene, for they seemed like giants to the English . . . these are the strangest people of all those countries both in language and attire; for their language it may well beseeme their proportions, sounding from them as a voyce in a vault. Their attire is the skinnes of beares and woolves, some have cassocks made of beares heades and skinnes . . . The half sleeves coming to the elbows were the heads of beares and the arms through the open mouth . . . one had a head of a Woolf hanging from a chain for a jewell . . . with a club suitable to his greatness sufficient to beat out one's brains. Five of their chiefs wereowances came aboard us . . . (of) the greatest of them his hayre, the one side was long and the other shorn close with a ridge over his crowne like a rooster's combe . . . The calfe of whose leg was 3/4 of a yard around and all the rest of his limbes so answerable to that proportion that he seemed the goodliest man we ever beheld! " - From the voyages of Captain John Smith (of Jamestown, Va) - 1607 - 1609

In later years, when roads were being built and farmer's fields tilled, giant bones would occasionally be discovered. Then there were stories about the afterlives of these ancient giants...and it would appear that their spirits took exception to their graves being disturbed.

One of the early ghostly giants occurred in 1900...and was witnessed by several residents of the village of Mordansville, in Columbia County. The Bloomsburg Columbian published the following story on September 13, 1900:

While two young men were driving across the bridge a few evenings ago (Ed. Note: this would most likely have been the site of the bridge on Robbins Road that once crossed Little Fishing Creek) their horse suddenly stopped, refusing to go forward, and showing every evidence of fright, although they could see nothing... Becoming alarmed they called loudly for assistance and when some of the villagers arrived, carrying lanterns, they declare they saw a large skeleton standing directly in front of the animal... The ghostly visitor was distinctly visible to both the young men in the buggy as well as to the villagers... Since that evening the apparition has been seen by several people, its latest visit being Sunday night, when it appeared to two young girls who... assert positively that they saw the skeleton, which they declare was at least eight feet in height.


One week later, the newspaper continued reporting on this phenomenon in the September 20, 1900 edition of the Bloomsburg Columbian:

Mordansville still has its ghost. A resident of that village informs us that it appears almost nightly at one end of the bridge, looks to be about ten feet tall, is clothed in flimsy material of immaculate white, and makes a noise similar to a big wagon. He also says that travel over the bridge after nightfall has greatly decreased.



An excavated burial mound in western Pennsylvania seemed to be haunted by another giant. Apparently, the apparition was witnessed by the archaeologists themselves who were working at the burial site, which was located in South Huntingdon Township. After the local police were called to the location, word of the local haunting spread throughout the state and nation. The El Paso Herald published the following story on December 28, 1920:

Greensburg, Pa., Dec. 28-- The famous mound-builders' mound in South Huntingdon township has suddenly taken on life and the eight-foot inhabitants of olden days, according to the best-informed scientists, lay down to their eternal sleep, have just as suddenly started stalking out at nights... so strong has become the belief that all is not well within the famous mound, which is 300 feet long and 12 feet high, that Dave Kelly, the high constable and custodian of the peace in and about Gratztown, a mile from the mound, has been asked to investigate.

First news of the stalking of the ghosts of the ancient mound builders- for that is what the night prowlers are believed to be- came on Halloween night... But when on Armistice night Cy Brown and Sue Smith happened to be passing there and saw the same eight-foot apparition, Cy simply stepped on 'er- that is, on the gas, for he owns an auto, and made haste for the Armistice ball. Cy admits he wasn't scared...but those who saw him start home with Sue that night claim he took a five-mile detour to get home.

Some time ago Dr. W.J. Holland and his assistant, from the Carnegie Museum in Pittsburgh, invaded the quietness of the mound-builders' tomb and removed from it one of the eight-foot specimens. Whether this has angered the ancient denizens of the mound is a question the populace hereabouts is unable to determine so far.

You can read more about these native people at Giant Skeletons and Susquehannock History

The Ancient Giants Who Ruled America: The Missing Skeletons and the Great Smithsonian Cover-Up

Giants on Record: America's Hidden History, Secrets in the Mounds and the Smithsonian Files

The Encyclopedia of Ancient Giants in North America

Warpaths: Invasions of North America

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TALL, THIN, BLACK HUMANOID Encountered in Alabama Woods!

"It was tall, thin, and had long, spindly arms and legs. Its entire body was completely black. I couldn't make out any other facial features besides the eyes."

I recently received the following account:

"Hi, Lon. I recently heard you asking for reports in Alabama during your Space Out Radio appearance. About 4 years ago, I lived in an old house outside of city limits in Birmingham. Wild hogs are considered a nuisance in this part of the country and thus are year-round game. The land wasn't mine, but it was a legal hunting ground, so my landlord gave me and my friends explicit permission to take care of any hogs we came across. So a lot of the time (especially during the winter when this encounter took place), I was posted up on my back porch with a cigar and a gun, either by myself or with company.

This land wasn't very clear, in fact, we only had about 20 feet from the porch to the tree line, then it would go down a hill and the brush would get thicker. So our "hunting" was just being quiet and looking for the beady eyes of hogs in the foliage when we heard rustling.

So, all that being said, one night during my porch sitting, I heard some rustling. I started scanning the woods for this hog and eventually did come across a set of white, beady eyes. They weren't a hog's eyes though, because these were eye level with me.

As my eyes continued to adjust, the rest of the creature started coming into view. It was tall, thin, and had long, spindly arms and legs. Its entire body was completely black. I couldn't make out any other facial features besides the eyes, but what I could make out was that this thing was actually a good way down the hill, so the fact that it was still at eye level with me meant it was likely around 10 feet tall.

It started up the hill, moving towards me, and I had this feeling in my gut that .45 caliber bullets probably weren't going to do much here. So I slowly collected my things and headed back into the house.

It didn't make any sound as it moved, other than the slight crunch of leaves. As it climbed the hill, it somewhat stopped at the tree line, then turned and walked along the edge of it. It bobbed and lurched a bit as it walked, kind of how some large birds bob their head as they move.

That was the most terrifying thing that I had seen in a long while, and as the title says, this wasn't the only encounter. My hunting buddies and I all saw it several times, walking through the trees a good bit away from the house, sometimes turning to look at us. My roommate who moved in later that same year once walked outside and saw it right up against the porch, looking right down at her. It never tried to attack anyone or even acted aggressively, so we eventually stopped being as scared (though still very cautious) and started calling him "Big Boy." P

UPDATE:

"I spoke to my old roommate who saw it up close. She said it was more "eerie" than downright scary. It looked at her like it was curious, tilting its head to the side like a dog when you're holding something it wants.

My hunting buddies and I all saw it from 30-50 feet away, but she ended up being closer than all of us. She confirmed no features other than eyes, but it had sunken in spaces on the face where there would be features.

I understand her not taking a photo. I wouldn't take a photo of a bear if it was 10 feet from me, let alone this thing." P

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3 ILLUMINATED, WINGED HUMANOIDS Seen Walking Across Road in Finland

"The creatures had round heads, but he could not see any facial features. He also saw that they had wing-like arms, which rested against their hips when they walked."

"During the first years of the 1970s, many strange humanoid sightings were made in Finland, such as the goblin-like creature in Imjärvi, the Kinnula Ufonaut, the Little Man in northern Finland and Sweden, the boy who saw humanoids on the roof of his house and then got abducted by a claw equipped saucer, the mysterious driver of the "black car" in Turku, the musician Pauli Niiranen's nightly meeting with humanoids, the snow plow man and the being in the UFO and other fascinating cases. This is another Finnish report on aliens from this time.

It was 2:30 AM on this December night in 1972 and farmer Veikko Kivioja was returning home in his car after visiting a neighbor, Seppo Oja, who lived a few kilometers away. After he had driven one and a half kilometers (approx. 1 mile) on winding and snowy forest roads, he rounded another curve and in front of him suddenly he saw three points of light on the left side of the road. He thought it was another car coming towards him on the narrow road and slowed down and then stopped the car and was now a little closer. Veikko now saw that the three lights were actually three human-like beings and there was a strange shimmer of light coming from them. The three humanoids were heading across the road in front of him towards a logging clearing on the right side of the road.

Veikko Kivioja now decided to go back to his neighbor Seppo Oja, to bring another witness with him. He drove his car forward a little to turn it around and as he did so the headlights turned on the creatures. He noticed that they were completely ignoring him as if they didn't see him at all. He drove quickly along the winding road and when he reached the neighbor's house again, he honked like a madman to get the attention of Seppo, who came out and wondered what had happened. Veikko told him and the neighbor followed, even though he didn't believe him and thought it sounded quite ridiculous. But when they got back to the clearing next to the road, Seppo realized it wasn't made up. The creatures were still there, and now they were heading for a small hill about 100 meters (110 yards) away. The two men could also see a glowing sphere that completely enveloped the creatures, and it moved at the same speed as the creatures went. The light from the sphere was so strong that it completely brightened up the surrounding forest and the trees were clearly visible. After 10 minutes the light faded away and the forest became dark again. The creatures were also gone. A short time afterward, the two men dared to get out of the car and they walked over to the hill to see if they could see any traces of the creatures. But unfortunately, they couldn't find anything.

About 4 - 5 hours after the two men´s encounter, dairy farmer Heimo Mattila was out driving his tractor on another road about 10 km (6.2 miles) away. It was still quite dark outside. Suddenly he saw a very bright light coming from the right side of the road about 100 meters (110 yards) away. It turned out to be a spherical object about 2 meters (6 feet) in diameter, emitting a bright green light. The light orb flew towards the road about 1 - 2 meters (3 - 6 feet) above the ground, at the same speed as a human walking, and it gracefully avoided all obstacles in the terrain in front of it. Heimo gassed his tractor and drove forward as fast as he could and the object crossed the road right behind him. As he drove, he could see the green orb of light behind him in the rearview mirror.

The question you ask yourself after reading the story of Heikko and Seppo and their encounter with the humanoids. Since they had spent the evening together, were both men really sober? ...Or did they look too deep into the Vodka bottle this evening? Yes, it's not entirely unbelievable. But they may also have seen something really strange. Who knows? And the farmer Heimo also saw something unusual that morning, which somewhat confirms their story." H

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