Lon Strickler's Page

Feel free to forward your investigation details and/or encounter to lonstrickler@phantomsandmonsters.com

I have been a paranormal / cryptid field investigator since 1976 and the editor of the 'Phantoms and Monsters' blog. I also created the Phantoms and Monsters Wiki so my readers and other enthusiasts can offer input and personal encounters for discussi… Continue

A reader forwarded the following email a few days ago:

Hi Lon. I read your site daily and have enjoyed the personal stories by your readers. I had an experience when I was a boy that I hope would be of interest.

In September 1978, I lived with my father on a farm in the vicinity of Shawano, Wisconsin which is very near the Menominee Indian Reservation. There had been some buzz within the community of an unknown large hairy creature spotte… Continue

The following is a true personal experience:

In 1977, it was confirmed that my great Aunt Lydie was suffering from lung cancer. The prognosis was not good and the doctors stated that she had very little time to live despite the fact that her illness didn't slow her down. After a stint in the hospital, she returned home and continued her normal routine.

Lydie was my mother's aunt, my grandfather's sister and would always open her home and kitchen to the family. The fact is that she pract… Continue

THE KENNESAW MOUNTAIN GHOST RIDER

"I saw the link about seeing anything strange...well, earlier this year, I think I did."

"I've got a bad back and haven't worked in over a year so I spend a lot of time in bed. Earlier this year, late spring or early summer, I was in a half-awake state and I noticed the hazy form of what appeared to be someone in civil war clothing on a horse standing in my bedroom. It was there for only a second and kind of dematerialized. I remember it being a kind of… Continue

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