Something is happening on the trails that does not fit inside park brochures. Skeletal things standing by tents, faceless hikers whistling from the trees, portals on ridges, and cryptid creatures that stare into you like they already know you.There is a moment on the trail when the silence feels wrong. The air is the same, the trees are the same, but something in the background has shifted out of place, as if the world is holding its breath and watching you.If you have ever had a strange or terrifying experience while hiking, camping, or backpacking, I want to hear it. Tell me where it happened, what year it was, and what you saw, heard, or felt that still does not make sense. Drop your story in the comments, upvote the ones that resonate with you, and let me know which of tonight’s cases hit you hardest. The more we compare these encounters, the more precise the pattern becomes.👤 I'm Lon Strickler, creator of Phantoms & Monsters, and I’ve been a paranormal researcher and intuitive investigator for over 45 years. My work has been featured on numerous television shows, including Ancient Aliens, Paranormal Witness, Monsters and Mysteries in America, and Unsolved Mysteries, as well as on radio shows such as Coast to Coast AM.🔍 If you've had an unexplained encounter, whether cryptid, alien, supernatural, or other, I want to hear from you. Submit your experience and evidence via:🌐 https://phantomsandmonsters.com - You can also submit your sighting or encounter report at the website.✨ Join Phantoms & Monsters Radio – Only $2.99/Month!Unlock Insider perks:💬 Members-only live chat with Lon🎥 Exclusive videos & early case drops💬 Priority comment replies🏅 Member badge & recognition📚 From Lon’s Library giveaways — including out-of-print, rare, & signed paranormal books from Lon’s personal collection👉 JOIN NOW: Click on the 'MEMBERSHIP' tab on the Phantoms & Monsters Radio homepage.Do you have perks suggestions? We’re listening. Phantoms & Monsters is built by the community, for the community.Credits: All content licensed and/or used with permission.#paranormalencounters #hikerstories #nationalparkmysteries #cryptidresearch #phantomsandmonsters

Something is happening on the trails that does not fit inside park brochures. Skeletal things standing by tents, faceless hikers whistling from the trees, portals on ridges, and cryptid creatures that stare into you like they already know you.There is a moment on the trail when the silence feels wrong. The air is the same, the trees are the same, but something in the background has shifted out of place, as if the world is holding its breath and watching you.If you have ever had a strange or terrifying experience while hiking, camping, or backpacking, I want to hear it. Tell me where it happened, what year it was, and what you saw, heard, or felt that still does not make sense. Drop your story in the comments, upvote the ones that resonate with you, and let me know which of tonight’s cases hit you hardest. The more we compare these encounters, the more precise the pattern becomes.👤 I'm Lon Strickler, creator of Phantoms & Monsters, and I’ve been a paranormal researcher and intuitive investigator for over 45 years. My work has been featured on numerous television shows, including Ancient Aliens, Paranormal Witness, Monsters and Mysteries in America, and Unsolved Mysteries, as well as on radio shows such as Coast to Coast AM.🔍 If you've had an unexplained encounter, whether cryptid, alien, supernatural, or other, I want to hear from you. Submit your experience and evidence via:🌐 https://phantomsandmonsters.com - You can also submit your sighting or encounter report at the website.✨ Join Phantoms & Monsters Radio – Only $2.99/Month!Unlock Insider perks:💬 Members-only live chat with Lon🎥 Exclusive videos & early case drops💬 Priority comment replies🏅 Member badge & recognition📚 From Lon’s Library giveaways — including out-of-print, rare, & signed paranormal books from Lon’s personal collection👉 JOIN NOW: Click on the 'MEMBERSHIP' tab on the Phantoms & Monsters Radio homepage.Do you have perks suggestions? We’re listening. Phantoms & Monsters is built by the community, for the community.Credits: All content licensed and/or used with permission.#paranormalencounters #hikerstories #nationalparkmysteries #cryptidresearch #phantomsandmonsters

Some encounters are so vivid and so unexpected that they shake the witness long after the moment has passed. Tonight, we are crossing into that territory, traveling through a series of cases that share one unsettling thread. Every witness knew they had seen something alive, intelligent, and powerful, and that whatever it was, it did not belong within the boundaries of ordinary nature. These are the moments that redefine a person’s understanding of the woods, the world, and themselves.As you will hear, the forests, farms, and forgotten corners of America form a hidden network that these beings navigate with ease. From storm drains beneath Kansas City to frozen valleys in Colorado, and from Maryland’s river sanctuaries to the deep rural wilderness of Minnesota, each report offers another piece of a larger puzzle. The question is not whether these creatures exist, but why they appear where they do, why they remain unseen for so long, and why the people who encounter them are changed forever.👤 I'm Lon Strickler, creator of Phantoms & Monsters, and I’ve been a paranormal researcher and intuitive investigator for over 45 years. My work has been featured on numerous television shows, including Ancient Aliens, Paranormal Witness, Monsters and Mysteries in America, and Unsolved Mysteries, as well as on radio shows such as Coast to Coast AM.🔍 If you've had an unexplained encounter, whether cryptid, alien, supernatural, or other, I want to hear from you. Submit your experience and evidence via:🌐 https://phantomsandmonsters.com - You can also submit your sighting or encounter report at the website.Credits: All content licensed and/or used with permission.#cryptidreports #bigfootencounters #sasquatchstories #mysteriouscreatures #paranormalwitness

Some encounters are so vivid and so unexpected that they shake the witness long after the moment has passed. Tonight, we are crossing into that territory, traveling through a series of cases that share one unsettling thread. Every witness knew they had seen something alive, intelligent, and powerful, and that whatever it was, it did not belong within the boundaries of ordinary nature. These are the moments that redefine a person’s understanding of the woods, the world, and themselves.

As you will hear, the forests, farms, and forgotten corners of America form a hidden network that these beings navigate with ease. From storm drains beneath Kansas City to frozen valleys in Colorado, and from Maryland’s river sanctuaries to the deep rural wilderness of Minnesota, each report offers another piece of a larger puzzle. The question is not whether these creatures exist, but why they appear where they do, why they remain unseen for so long, and why the people who encounter them are changed forever.

👤 I'm Lon Strickler, creator of Phantoms & Monsters, and I’ve been a paranormal researcher and intuitive investigator for over 45 years. My work has been featured on numerous television shows, including Ancient Aliens, Paranormal Witness, Monsters and Mysteries in America, and Unsolved Mysteries, as well as on radio shows such as Coast to Coast AM.🔍 If you've had an unexplained encounter, whether cryptid, alien, supernatural, or other, I want to hear from you. Submit your experience and evidence via:🌐 https://phantomsandmonsters.com

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Tonight’s presentation explores the horrifying encounters reported inside abandoned buildings and forgotten spaces where the past refuses to stay silent. From deserted psychiatric hospitals to decaying jails, military warehouses, collapsed railroad tunnels, and hidden forest structures, these witnesses came face to face with entities that defy explanation. Massive winged creatures, invisible predators, mirrored men, skeletal figures, and demon-like humanoids all emerged from the shadows when the explorers least expected it. Each report reveals how the abandoned and overlooked places around us often conceal forces far more terrifying than ghosts or urban legends. These chilling accounts challenge our understanding of what moves through the derelict structures of America and beyond.👤 I'm Lon Strickler, creator of Phantoms & Monsters, and I’ve been a paranormal researcher and intuitive investigator for over 45 years. My work has been featured on numerous television shows, including Ancient Aliens, Paranormal Witness, Monsters and Mysteries in America, and Unsolved Mysteries, as well as on radio shows such as Coast to Coast AM.🔍 If you've had an unexplained encounter, whether cryptid, alien, supernatural, or other, I want to hear from you. Submit your experience and evidence via:🌐 https://phantomsandmonsters.com - You can also submit your sighting or encounter report at the website.✨ Join Phantoms & Monsters Radio – Only $2.99/Month!Unlock Insider perks:💬 Members-only live chat with Lon🎥 Exclusive videos & early case drops💬 Priority comment replies🏅 Member badge & recognition📚 From Lon’s Library giveaways — including out-of-print, rare, & signed paranormal books from Lon’s personal collection👉 JOIN NOW: Click on the 'MEMBERSHIP' tab on the Phantoms & Monsters Radio homepage.Do you have perks suggestions? We’re listening. Phantoms & Monsters is built by the community, for the community.Credits: All content licensed and/or used with permission.#AbandonedHorror #UrbanExplorationGoneWrong #ParanormalEncounters #HauntedRuins #DarkEntitySightings

Tonight’s presentation explores the horrifying encounters reported inside abandoned buildings and forgotten spaces where the past refuses to stay silent. From deserted psychiatric hospitals to decaying jails, military warehouses, collapsed railroad tunnels, and hidden forest structures, these witnesses came face to face with entities that defy explanation. Massive winged creatures, invisible predators, mirrored men, skeletal figures, and demon-like humanoids all emerged from the shadows when the explorers least expected it. Each report reveals how the abandoned and overlooked places around us often conceal forces far more terrifying than ghosts or urban legends. These chilling accounts challenge our understanding of what moves through the derelict structures of America and beyond.👤 I'm Lon Strickler, creator of Phantoms & Monsters, and I’ve been a paranormal researcher and intuitive investigator for over 45 years. My work has been featured on numerous television shows, including Ancient Aliens, Paranormal Witness, Monsters and Mysteries in America, and Unsolved Mysteries, as well as on radio shows such as Coast to Coast AM.🔍 If you've had an unexplained encounter, whether cryptid, alien, supernatural, or other, I want to hear from you. Submit your experience and evidence via:🌐 https://phantomsandmonsters.com - You can also submit your sighting or encounter report at the website.✨ Join Phantoms & Monsters Radio – Only $2.99/Month!Unlock Insider perks:💬 Members-only live chat with Lon🎥 Exclusive videos & early case drops💬 Priority comment replies🏅 Member badge & recognition📚 From Lon’s Library giveaways — including out-of-print, rare, & signed paranormal books from Lon’s personal collection👉 JOIN NOW: Click on the 'MEMBERSHIP' tab on the Phantoms & Monsters Radio homepage.Do you have perks suggestions? We’re listening. Phantoms & Monsters is built by the community, for the community.Credits: All content licensed and/or used with permission.#AbandonedHorror #UrbanExplorationGoneWrong #ParanormalEncounters #HauntedRuins #DarkEntitySightings

For nearly fourteen years, Chicago has stood at the epicenter of one of America’s most perplexing modern mysteries, the rise of the winged humanoid phenomenon. From frightened residents throughout Chicagoland to police officers, pilots, and air traffic controllers at O’Hare International Airport, credible witnesses have described a massive, dark entity with glowing eyes and bat-like wings stalking the skies over the city and its suburbs. In this episode, I revisit the most disturbing and best-documented encounters ever recorded, stories that suggest this being is more than legend… and may still be watching from above.👤 I'm Lon Strickler, creator of Phantoms & Monsters, and I’ve been a paranormal researcher and intuitive investigator for over 45 years. My work has been featured on numerous television shows, including Ancient Aliens, Paranormal Witness, Monsters and Mysteries in America, Unsolved Mysteries, and radio shows such as Coast to Coast AM.🔍 If you've had an unexplained encounter, whether cryptid, alien, supernatural, or other, I want to hear from you. Submit your experience and evidence via:🌐 https://phantomsandmonsters.com - You can also submit your sighting or encounter report at the website.✨ Join Phantoms & Monsters Radio – Only $2.99/Month!Unlock Insider perks:💬 Members-only live chat with Lon🎥 Exclusive videos & early case drops💬 Priority comment replies🏅 Member badge & recognition📚 From Lon’s Library giveaways — including out-of-print, rare, & signed paranormal books from Lon’s personal collection👉 JOIN NOW: Click on the 'MEMBERSHIP' tab on the Phantoms & Monsters Radio homepage.Do you have perks suggestions? We’re listening. Phantoms & Monsters is built by the community, for the community.Credits: All content licensed and/or used with permission.#ChicagoMothman #PhantomsAndMonsters #O’HareEncounters #WingedHumanoid #LonStrickler #CryptidFiles #ParanormalRadio

For nearly fourteen years, Chicago has stood at the epicenter of one of America’s most perplexing modern mysteries, the rise of the winged humanoid phenomenon. From frightened residents throughout Chicagoland to police officers, pilots, and air traffic controllers at O’Hare International Airport, credible witnesses have described a massive, dark entity with glowing eyes and bat-like wings stalking the skies over the city and its suburbs. In this episode, I revisit the most disturbing and best-documented encounters ever recorded, stories that suggest this being is more than legend… and may still be watching from above.👤 I'm Lon Strickler, creator of Phantoms & Monsters, and I’ve been a paranormal researcher and intuitive investigator for over 45 years. My work has been featured on numerous television shows, including Ancient Aliens, Paranormal Witness, Monsters and Mysteries in America, Unsolved Mysteries, and radio shows such as Coast to Coast AM.🔍 If you've had an unexplained encounter, whether cryptid, alien, supernatural, or other, I want to hear from you. Submit your experience and evidence via:🌐 https://phantomsandmonsters.com - You can also submit your sighting or encounter report at the website.✨ Join Phantoms & Monsters Radio – Only $2.99/Month!Unlock Insider perks:💬 Members-only live chat with Lon🎥 Exclusive videos & early case drops💬 Priority comment replies🏅 Member badge & recognition📚 From Lon’s Library giveaways — including out-of-print, rare, & signed paranormal books from Lon’s personal collection👉 JOIN NOW: Click on the 'MEMBERSHIP' tab on the Phantoms & Monsters Radio homepage.Do you have perks suggestions? We’re listening. Phantoms & Monsters is built by the community, for the community.Credits: All content licensed and/or used with permission.#ChicagoMothman #PhantomsAndMonsters #O’HareEncounters #WingedHumanoid #LonStrickler #CryptidFiles #ParanormalRadio