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There's something prowling the forests of Ohio, something that walks upright like Bigfoot,

but thinks with the mind of an apex predator,

something that has the intelligence to stalk, the patience to wait, and the cruelty to toy with

its prey before delivering the killing blow. The old coal miners had a saying,

when the fog rolls thick through the hollows, and the trees

grow quiet, stay on the marked paths, and trust no shadow.

They knew about the thing that stood nine feet tall, covered in coarse dark hair, with eyes

that burned like amber coals and hands strong enough to snap trees like kindling.

They had seen the aftermath of its hunts.

Bodies found weeks later scattered across miles of wilderness

in patterns that suggested an intelligence far beyond any natural animal. The miners understood what the modern world has forgotten.

In the endless expanse of Ohio's ancient forests,

where old growth trees still remember when this land was untamed wilderness,

where coal seams run deep beneath moss-covered hills. Something that was never quite

human has made its home, something that learned to hunt, when humans were still prey, and darkness

ruled the world. Welcome to Freaky Folklore, where we dive head first into the darkest corners of human

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