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Paranormal Events 148 folk tales, legends and unexplained events from around the world, each placed on the map where it is told. These are not verified cases but stories passed down through generations.
Ağrı (legend and amateur research) The Secret of Mount Ararat › Al-Mahra, Yemen (folk tale) The Well of Barhout › Angus, Scotland — Glamis Castle (folk tale) Glamis Castle and Earl Beardie › Antigua Guatemala, Guatemala (folk tale) El Sombrerón › Ashanti Region, Ghana (folk belief) Bosomtwe: The Lake Where Souls Say Farewell › Atlantic Ocean, off the Azores (maritime mystery) The Mystery of the Mary Celeste › Australia (Aboriginal folk tale) The Bunyip › Austria and the Alpine region (Christmas folklore) Krampus › Aydın, around Akçakaya (folk tale) The Cin-Haunted Village of Kızıldağlar › Baalbek, Lebanon (legend) Baalbek: The Temple Built by Jinn › Baguio, Philippines (alleged events) The Diplomat Hotel › Bahla, Oman (folk tale) Bahla: The City of Magic › Barchem, Netherlands — Gelderland (folk belief) Witte Wieven: The White Women of the Mist › Bélmez de la Moraleda, Spain — Jaén (alleged event) The Bélmez Faces › Benevento, Italy — Campania (folk tale) The Witches of Benevento and the Walnut Tree › Bitlis, around Mutki (folk tale, since the 1960s) The Legend of Belkıs of Bitlis (Belkıs Ana) › Blatce, Czechia (folk tale) Houska Castle: The Gate to Hell › Bluff Creek, California, USA (alleged event) The Bigfoot of Bluff Creek › Boulia, Queensland, Australia (alleged phenomenon) The Min Min Lights › Bran, Romania (urban legend) Bran Castle and the Dracula Legend › Brissac-Quincé, France — Loire Valley (folk tale) The Green Lady of Château de Brissac › Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia (folk tale) Fisher's Ghost › Canada, northern Ontario (traditional belief of the Algonquian peoples) The Wendigo Belief › Çanakkale, Yenice (folk tale) The Lonely Cuma Cemetery › Carmarthenshire, Wales — Llyn y Fan Fach (folk tale) The Lady of Llyn y Fan Fach › Changi, Singapore (alleged events) Old Changi Hospital › Chiloé, Chile (folk tale) The Ghost Ship Caleuche › Czechia, Prague (Jewish folklore) The Golem of Prague › Dublin, Ireland — Montpelier Hill (folk tale) The Hellfire Club of Montpelier Hill › Eastern Europe (Jewish folklore) The Dybbuk Belief › Ecuador, Galápagos — Baltra Island (World War II-era tale) The Headless Gringa › Edinburgh, Scotland — Greyfriars Kirkyard (urban legend) The Mackenzie Poltergeist › England, Devon (1855 mystery) The Devil's Footprints of Devon › England, the Tower of London (historical tale) The Ghost of the Beheaded Queen › Erzurum, Erzincan (folk belief) The Belief in Albastı (Al Karısı) › Eskişehir (2000s urban legend) Eskişehir's Bathhouse of the Backward Feet › Essex, England — Borley (alleged event) Borley Rectory › Estes Park, Colorado, USA (alleged event) The Stanley Hotel and Room 217 › Fengdu, Chongqing, China (folk tale) Fengdu Ghost City › Gálgahraun, Iceland (folk tale) The Hidden People: Huldufólk › Galicia, Spain (folk belief) Santa Compaña: The Night Procession of Souls › Germany, Bingen am Rhein (medieval tale) The Bingen Poltergeist › Gobi Desert, Mongolia (cryptozoological legend) The Mongolian Death Worm › Gunung Ledang, Johor, Malaysia (folk tale) The Princess of Mount Ledang › Harz Mountains, Germany — the Brocken (folk tale) The Brocken and Walpurgis Night › Himeji Castle, Japan (folk tale) Okiku's Well › Hoàn Kiếm Lake, Hanoi, Vietnam (folk tale) The Lake of the Returned Sword › Honda, Colombia (folk tale) The Mohán of the Magdalena River › Iceland (Christmas folklore) Grýla › India, Rajasthan (folk tale) The Curse of Bhangarh Fort › Ireland (folk belief) The Banshee Belief › Ireland, County Offaly (folk tale) Leap Castle › Issyk-Kul, Kyrgyzstan (legend) The Sunken Cities of Issyk-Kul › Istanbul, Sarıyer (folk tale) The Lights of Sarıyer › Italy, Venice Lagoon (folk tale) Poveglia Island › Izmir, Ödemiş (folk tale) The Ghost Village of Lübbey › Japan (classic folklore) The Oni Belief › Japan (urban legend) Kuchisake-onna (The Slit-Mouthed Woman) › Japan, around Kyoto (classic yokai tale) Rokurokubi › Japan, riverside regions (classic folklore) Kappa › Kadavu Island, Fiji (folk belief) Dakuwaqa: The Shark God of Fiji › Kaghan Valley, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan (folk tale) The Fairy of Lake Saiful Muluk › Kampot, Cambodia (urban legend) The Abandoned Hill Station of Bokor › Kariba, Zimbabwe-Zambia border (folk belief) Nyami Nyami: River God of the Zambezi › Kelowna, Canada (folk tale) Ogopogo of Okanagan Lake › Kırklareli, Eğmir/Dereören/Hallaçlar villages (folk tale) The Caves of Kaya Tepe › Kırklareli, Lüleburgaz — Davutlu village (internet legend) The Karadedeler Incident › Kraków, Poland (folk tale) The Wawel Dragon › Kringa, Croatia (folk tale) The Štrigon of Kringa: Jure Grando › Kuldhara, Jaisalmer, India (folk tale) The Cursed Village of Kuldhara › La Martyre, France — Brittany (folk belief) Ankou: Brittany's Driver of the Dead › Lake Svetloyar, Russia (folk tale) The Sunken City of Kitezh › Lake Tarawera, Rotorua, New Zealand (alleged event) The Phantom Canoe of Lake Tarawera › Lancashire, England — Pendle Hill (historical tale) The Witches of Pendle Hill › Leeds Point, USA (folk tale) The Jersey Devil › Likouala region, Republic of the Congo (cryptozoological legend) Mokele-mbembe › Lima, Peru (urban legend) Casa Matusita › Long Beach, USA (alleged event) The Ghosts of the Queen Mary › Lucerne, Switzerland — Mount Pilatus (folk tale) The Restless Spirit of Mount Pilatus › Malatya, Beydağı (folk tale) The Sleeping Saint of Beydağı › Manaus, Brazil (folk tale) Boto, the Pink River Dolphin › Mardin and Mersin, Tarsus (folk tale) The Legend of Şahmeran › Marfa, Texas, USA (alleged event) The Marfa Lights › Melbourne, Australia (urban legend) Federici, the Ghost of the Princess Theatre › Mexico and Latin America (folk tale) La Llorona (The Weeping Woman) › Mexico City, Mexico (urban legend) La Planchada: The Ironed Nurse › Miryang, South Korea (folk tale) The Ghost of Arang › Mount Damavand, Iran (legend) The Chained Tyrant of Damavand › Mount Jangsan, Busan, South Korea (urban legend) The Jangsan Tiger › Mount Kurama, Kyoto, Japan (folk tale) The Tengu King of Mount Kurama › Mount Makiling, Laguna, Philippines (folk tale) The Guardian of Mount Makiling › Naples, Italy — historic centre (folk tale) The Munaciello of Naples › Nasu, Tochigi, Japan (folk tale) Sesshō-seki: The Killing Stone › Nepal, the Himalayas (cryptozoological legend) The Yeti › Nevşehir (folk tale) The Underground Sounds of Cappadocia › New Delhi, India (folk belief) The Djinns of Feroz Shah Kotla › Ngari, Tibet, China (legend and belief) Kailash: The Unclimbed Sacred Mountain › Norfolk, England — Raynham Hall (folk tale) The Brown Lady of Raynham Hall › Oak Island, Nova Scotia, Canada (urban legend) The Money Pit of Oak Island › Ōme, Tokyo, Japan (folk tale) Yuki-onna: The Snow Woman › Östersund, Sweden (folk tale) The Storsjön Monster › Ōtemachi, Tokyo, Japan (urban legend) The Head Mound of Masakado › Paraguarí, Paraguay (folk tale) Lord of the Night: Pombero › Pelabuhan Ratu, West Java, Indonesia (folk belief) Queen of the Southern Sea and Room 308 › Philippines, the Capiz region (folk tale) The Aswang Belief › Phon Phisai, Nong Khai, Thailand (folk belief) The Naga Fireballs of the Mekong › Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia (legend) Nan Madol: Stone City of the Sorcerers › Port Arthur, Tasmania, Australia (urban legend) The Ghosts of Port Arthur › Potosí, Bolivia (folk tale) Lord of the Cerro Rico: El Tío › Puerto Rico and Latin America (cryptozoological legend) The Chupacabra › Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates (urban legend) The Abandoned Village of Jazirat al-Hamra › Richtersveld, South Africa (folk tale) Grootslang: The Great Snake › Romania, near Cluj-Napoca (folk tale) Hoia Baciu Forest › Roopkund, Uttarakhand, India (folk tale) Roopkund: The Skeleton Lake › Russia (Slavic folklore) Baba Yaga › Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia (folk belief) Kinabalu: Mountain of Spirits › Sakarya (folk tale) The Cin Wedding of Azem Village › San Jose, USA (urban legend) The Winchester Mystery House › Şanlıurfa, city center (folk tale) The Legend of Nimrod and Balıklıgöl › Scotland, Loch Ness (cryptozoological legend) The Loch Ness Monster › Scotland, the Orkney Islands (folk tale) The Selkie Belief › Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia (alleged events) Lawang Sewu: The Thousand Doors › Silves, Portugal — Algarve (folk tale) The Enchanted Moura of Silves Castle › Sivas, around Konya (folk belief) The Tale of Karakura › Şırnak, Mount Cudi (folk tale) The Tales of Mount Cudi › South Africa, the Cape of Good Hope (sailors' legend) The Flying Dutchman › Spain and Latin America (folk tale) El Cuco › Suffolk, England — Bungay and Blythburgh (folk tale) Black Shuck: The Black Dog of Bungay › Tanzania, Zanzibar (folk tale) The Popobawa Panic › Tarascon, France — banks of the Rhône (folk tale) The Tarasque of Tarascon › Thailand, Bangkok — Phra Khanong (folk tale) The Legend of Mae Nak › Trabzon, Giresun — Çepni villages (folk belief) The 'Cazı' Tales of the Black Sea › Tsavo, Kenya (historical event and legend) The Ghost Lions of Tsavo › United States, Connecticut (the Warren case — folk tale) The Annabelle Doll › United States, New York — Sleepy Hollow (literary legend) The Headless Horseman of Sleepy Hollow › United States, Ohio — Loveland (folk tale) The Loveland Frogman › United States, Tennessee (folk tale, 1817-1821) The Tale of the Bell Witch › United States, Utah (folk tale, since the 1990s) Skinwalker Ranch › United States, West Virginia — Point Pleasant (folk tale) Mothman › Valley of the Kings, Luxor, Egypt (alleged event) The Curse of Tutankhamun › Van (folk tale — since the 1990s) The Monster of Lake Van › Venezuela, the Los Llanos region (folk tale) El Silbón (The Whistler) › Vienna, Austria (folk tale) The Basilisk of Vienna › Villages of the Eastern Black Sea (folklore collection) Cin-Marriage Tales of the Eastern Black Sea › Wadi al-Baida, Medina, Saudi Arabia (folk tale) The Valley of the Jinn › Wexford, Ireland — Hook Peninsula (folk tale) Loftus Hall and the Card-Playing Stranger › Yotsuya, Tokyo, Japan (folk tale) The Curse of Oiwa › Zarožje, Serbia (folk tale) Sava Savanović's Mill ›