Lore Legends 1: North Carolina Monsters (ad-free)

The world is a big, scary place, and that’s mostly because of the people around us. But if the legends are true, there are darker reasons to be afraid, and they are lurking in the shadows outside our homes.

Narrated and produced by Aaron Mahnke, with writing by Harry Marks and research by GennaRose Nethercott.

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Further Reading

1. “Chatham County Played a Role in the Revolutionary War.” WRAL. Accessed September 10, 2022. https://www.wral.com/mermaid-point-legend-of-mermaids-in-the-cape-fear-dates-back-to-the-revolutionary-war/20175311/
2. “Mermaid Point.” North Carolina Ghosts. Accessed September 10, 2022.  https://northcarolinaghosts.com/piedmont/mermaid-point/
3. “Mermaid Point: Mermaids in North Carolina.” History You Didn’t Know. Accessed September 10, 2022. https://historyudidnotknow.sounder.fm/episode/mermaid-point-mermaids-in-north-carolina
4. “Supernatural Creatures in Scottish Folklore.” Historic Environmental Scotland. October 31, 2018. https://blog.historicenvironment.scot/2018/10/supernatural-creatures-scottish-folklore/
5. “The One Enchanted Place In North Carolina Where Mermaids Live.” Only in Your State. March 21, 2018. https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/north-carolina/mermaid-point-nc/
6. “Lake Norman Monster.” Unknown Explorers. Accessed September 18, 2022. http://www.unknownexplorers.com/lakenormanmonster.php
7. “Lake Norman Monster Sightings.” LakeNormanMonster.com. Accessed September 18, 2022. (Various)
8. “Supernatural CLT: The Lake Norman Monster.” WCCB Charlotte. October 6, 2020. https://www.wccbcharlotte.com/2020/10/06/supernatural-clt-the-lake-norman-monster
9. “100 Years Ago, Strange Beast Stalked County.” The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, North Carolina). February 21, 1990. Page 113. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/65164834/santer-100-years-ago
10. “Is the Santer Dead?” Asheville Citizen-Times (Asheville, North Carolina), February 11 1897. Page 1. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/108228325/santer-1/
11. “It is the Santer.” Asheville Citizen-Times (Asheville, North Carolina). December 16, 1896. Page 2. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/42634810/asheville-citizen-times/
12. “The Antelope, Glutton, Santer, or Cougar.” Statesville Record And Landmark (Statesville, North Carolina). September 4, 1890. Page 7. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/11304670/santer-1890-statesville-landmark
13. “The Santer.” Carolina Watchman (Salisbury, North Carolina). September 11, 1890. Page 3. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/11304757/nc-santer-1890-salisbury
14. “Thinks the Santer is in Wilkins.” Statesville Record And Landmark. Statesville, North Carolina. January 18, 1894. Page 8. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/109996142/santer
15. “Santer.” Cryptid Wiki. Accessed September 22, 2022. https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Santer
16. “Vampire Beast.” Cryptid Wiki. Accessed September 22, 2022. https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Vampire_Beast
17. Boggs, Ralph Steele. “North Carolina White Folktales and Riddles.” The Journal of American Folklore. Vol. 47, No. 186 (1934), p. 296. https://www.jstor.org/stable/535686
18. “Catching a Wampus by its Tail.” FearsomeCritters.org. Accessed September 18, 2022. http://fearsomecritters.org/wampus-cat.html
19. “The story of the Wampus Cat.” Appalachian History. October 13, 2017. https://www.appalachianhistory.net/2017/10/story-of-wampus-cat.html
20. “The Wampus Cat.” North Carolina Ghosts. Accessed September 10, 2022. https://northcarolinaghosts.com/mountains/wampus-cat/
21. “The Wampus Cat (from Fearsome Critters)” Unnatural History Museum. Accessed September 18, 2022. http://www.lib.lumberwoods.com/fc/wampuscat.html
22. “Wampus cat.” Crytpid Wiki. Accessed September 18, 2022. https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Wampus_Cat
23. “What is a Wampus cat, one of the South’s popular school mascots?” It’s a Southern Thing. March 21, 2021. https://www.southernthing.com/what-is-a-wampus-cat-2651119362.html