myths

The white stuff isn’t a sign that your carrots have gone bad—but they might appreciate a little water.

'The Beast of Busco' is said to have prowled Lake Fulk for over a century.

The lake is known to locals for harboring the possibly real, possibly mythological 500-pound snapping turtle known as Oscar.

Despite what you may have been told, eating eggs won’t send your cholesterol levels through the roof.

Here are seven somewhat harmless food myths that have been drilled into our heads for so long that we don’t even realize they’re fake.

Get in, loser, we're going planet-hopping.

From alien encounters in England to elk abductions in Washington State, here are 11 eerie unexplained events.

The new bill introduced by an Oklahoma lawmaker would make it legal to hunt and trap Bigfoot—and offer a $25,000 bounty for the creature's capture.

A 1602 fresco by Domenichino showing Giulia Farnese with a unicorn.

Because the best way to find out if unicorns are real is to trek to the nearest forest and look for one yourself.

Christopher Lee in Horror of Dracula (1958).

Filmmakers have been making movies about vampires almost since the inception of motion pictures, and our public fascination with these creatures of the night has not yet dimmed. Here are 25 of the best of them.

The Mothman statue in Point Pleasant, West Virginia.

Point Pleasant residents first spotted the infamous cryptid in 1966—now, there’s a Mothman statue, a museum, and even a festival for it.

Drew Barrymore recently corroborated this epic Hollywood legend, but it’s still highly questionable.

Loch Ness Monster statue in Inverness, Scotland

Through cruises, museums, and other tourist attractions, the Loch Ness Monster adds roughly £41 million to Scotland's economy in a typical year.

Putting metal in the microwave is never a good idea—especially if you're inspired by a viral social media hoax.

Wouldn't you love to go down in history as the person who proved the existence of the Loch Ness Monster?

This round-the-clock livestream could very well be the key to proving if the Loch Ness Monster is real.

A photo of the Pompeii ruins from November 2019.

Before the Mount Vesuvius eruption of 79 C.E., these homes in Pompeii featured gardens and impressive art collections.

"Ohio: An Unnatural History" is fittingly open through Halloween 2020.

"Ohio: An Unnatural History" at the Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Library and Museum profiles nearly a dozen mythical creatures that have captured the imaginations of locals.

From 'The Wizard of Oz' to 'Poltergeist,' these movies were so troubled that they've developed a reputation for being cursed.

Images captured near Washington's State Route 20 and I-90 show a figure that bears a strong resemblance to Bigfoot.

It’s rumored that Beyoncé and Jay-Z are members (among a host of other celebrities), and that the group is behind some of the last century’s most historically important events, like the assassination of John F. Kennedy.

Whether it was one of the 13 Yule Lads stealing the little food your family had or being eaten by Grýla, Icelandic kids had a lot to worry about around the holidays.

George Varian, Ladies Home Journal // Public Domain, Courtesy of HathiTrust

President Theodore Roosevelt was well-known as a conservationist, but that wasn't necessarily the reason there was no White House Christmas tree in 1902.

The Loch Ness monster might be in Scotland, but we have some pretty fantastic beasts right here in America.

Elisabeth Demidoff's tomb in Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris

Did the Russian aristocrat Elisabeth Demidoff really offer the family fortune to anyone who would spend a year and a day in her tomb?

Thomas Schoch, Wikimedia Commons // CC BY-SA 3.0

Uluru, formerly known as Ayers Rock, is a sacred site to the Anangu people. As of Saturday, it will be permanently closed to tourists looking to climb it.

1. Vikings never wore horns on their helmets—at least not until an 1876 staging of Wagner's opera 'The Ring of the Nibelung.'

Metropolitan Museum of Art, Wikimedia Commons // CC0 1.0

Science has revealed historical truths about mummies, but they just can't shake their association with curses, myths, and Halloween.

No, the White Stuff on Your Baby Carrots Isn't Chlorine

Indiana's Fulk Lake, Home to 'The Beast of Busco,' Is Up for Sale

7 Common Food Myths, Debunked

11 Strange Stories From the National UFO Reporting Center

Bigfoot Hunting Licenses—and a $25,000 Bounty—Could Soon be Up for Grabs in Oklahoma

You Can Get a Unicorn Hunting License From Michigan’s Lake Superior State College

The 25 Greatest Vampire Movies Ever Made

A New Documentary Investigates West Virginia’s Infamous Mothman

Weekend at Errol Flynn’s: When John Barrymore’s Friends Stole His Corpse From the Morgue for One Last Prank

Cryptid Currency: How the Loch Ness Monster Became a Force in Scotland’s Economy

Does Putting a Penny in the Microwave Really Make It Shrink?

Is Nessie Out There? Keep Your Eye on This Loch Ness Livestream to Find Out

Explore Two of Pompeii’s Excavated Homes in This Virtual Tour

Grassman, Mothman, and Ohio’s Other Mythical Creatures Are On Display at the Rutherford B. Hayes Museum

8 Cursed Movie Productions

Washington State Department of Transportation Tweets Images of Possible Sasquatch Sighting

10 Things You Might Not Know About the Illuminati

A Brief Guide to Iceland's 13 Mischievous Yule Lads—and Their Ogre Mother

When Theodore Roosevelt’s Son Snuck a Christmas Tree into the White House

The Most Famous Mythical Creature in Each State

The Russian Countess Who Supposedly Wanted Company in Her Tomb

Australia’s Sacred Uluru Monolith Is Closing to Tourists for Good This Weekend—So Tourists Are Rushing to Climb It

50 Common Myths, Busted

7 Myths About Mummies