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Cryptids are legendary creatures rumored to exist around the world without any verifiable proof. Though some people dismiss cryptids as mere folktales, others are convinced they truly live among us.Perhaps the most well-known examples of cryptids are Bigfoot and the Loch Ness Monster. For decades, believers have tried to prove the existence of these creatures. One of the most controversial examples of Bigfoot evidence was the Patterson-Gimlin film, which allegedly recorded the legendary animal in 1967. Then, there was a photo that supposedly captured the Loch Ness Monster in 1934 and published by the Daily Mail.As it turned out, the picture of Nessie was later proven to be a hoax, and the footage of Sasquatch remains heavily scrutinized to this day (though never fully debunked). Still, these images became international sensations and sparked countless hunts for the creatures which continue today.But even though the Loch Ness Monster and Bigfoot are two of the most famous cryptids in the world, they are far from the only ones. Below, youll find a list of 11 other fascinating and creepy cryptids from history.The Wolpertinger: One Of The Most Famous Cryptids Of GermanyWikimedia CommonsThe wolpertinger is a German cryptid said to reside in the alpine forests of Bavaria and Baden-Wrttemberg.Whether you know it as the wolpertinger, the wolperdinger, the woipertinger, or the volpertinger yes, there are quite a few variations of its name this cryptid is unquestionably bizarre. Originating in German folklore, the wolpertinger supposedly has the body of a hare, the antlers of a deer, and the wings, feet, or beak of a bird, depending on the story.Locals in the alpine regions of Bavaria used to spin tales of the wolpertinger to travelers passing through the region in the early 19th century. According to these legends, the first wolpertinger was born as the result of a hare and a roebuck mating, but as more and more wolpertingers were born, they began to mate among themselves. Over time, these creatures came to take on the characteristics of several different woodland animals. While wolpertingers are said to only feast on herbs, roots, and insects, travelers were warned to avoid them as they exuded a foul, skunk-like odor that could linger on people for seven years after exposure. Anyone unfortunate enough to come into contact with the wolpertingers saliva would also soon begin to grow patches of thick hair all over their body.Wikimedia CommonsMany taverns and inns in Bavaria and Baden-Wrttemberg display stuffed wolpertingers for guests to marvel at.Unlike some of the other cryptids on this list, however, its been essentially confirmed that the wolpertinger is a hoax. The alpine forests of southern Germany provided the perfect backdrop for fanciful stories, and local taxidermists capitalized on this by stitching together pieces of different forest animals and putting them on display, weaving tales for visitors and telling them to be on the lookout for the wolpertinger as they traveled. Of course, this type of trickery is not limited to Germany.In the United States, entrepreneurs realized the value in displaying odd taxidermied animal combinations when there was a good tale to accompany it. Thus, the jackalope was created in Wyoming another mythical rabbit with antlers put on display to lure travelers into stopping by for a drink and a story. Funnily enough, there are so-called horned rabbits in the wild, but they are far from mystical. Rather, these rabbits are simply suffering from Shope papilloma virus, also known as cottontail rabbit papillomavirus, which causes large horn-like growths to appear on or near rabbits heads.The Ya-Te-VeoCryptid WikiAn artists depiction of ya-te-veo, a man-eating plant said to grow in South America and Africa. The idea of man-eating plants has been utilized in plenty of modern media, like the 1986 movie Little Shop of Horrors. It isnt a completely far-fetched idea after all, species like the Venus flytrap show that carnivorous plants exist. Taking that idea to the extreme is simply good entertainment. However, an 1874 New York World article written by a purported German explorer named Karl Leche claimed that man-eating plants were real.According to Leche who was actually the author Edmund Spencer writing under a pseudonym he met a tribe known as the Mkodo when he was exploring Madagascar. While he was with the tribe, Leche claimed to have witnessed a bizarre ritual sacrifice in which the tribe offered up a human to a carnivorous tree. The bloodthirsty plant then devoured the sacrifice.Wikimedia CommonsThe story of ya-te-veo one of the scariest cryptids on this list was spread by numerous national newspapers.Leches account reads in part:The slender delicate palpi, with the fury of starved serpents, quivered a moment over her head, then as if instinct with demoniac intelligence fastened upon her in sudden coils round and round her neck and arms; then while her awful screams and yet more awful laughter rose wildly to be instantly strangled down again into a gurgling moan, the tendrils one after another, like great green serpents, with brutal energy and infernal rapidity, rose, retracted themselves, and wrapped her about in fold after fold, ever tightening with cruel swiftness and savage tenacity of anacondas fastening upon their prey.Former Governor of Michigan Chase Osborn further spread the story in his 1924 book, Madagascar: Land of the Man-Eating Tree, in which he claimed that missionaries in Madagascar had heard of the bloodthirsty tree. However, he also admitted that he did not know if the story was true. Though the Madagascar tale was eventually confirmed to be a hoax, a different book by author James W. Buel, Sea and Land, had already introduced the public to another story of the man-eating tree in 1889. This one was given the name ya-te-veo, and this legendary plant not only appeared in Africa but also Central and South America.The ya-te-veo name endured, and terrified those who believed in it, as it supposedly used its long branches to catch unsuspecting prey, including insects, bigger animals like horses, and humans who got too close to it.The post A Definitive List Of Historys Creepiest Cryptids And Where They Allegedly Live appeared first on All That's Interesting.

Johnny Cashs performance at Californias Folsom Prison has been immortalized as the stuff of legends, both through the success of its recorded album and by its depiction on the silver screen by Joaquin Phoenix.At the time, though, Cash was on his way out making this a make-or-break moment in his waning career.Jim Marshall ArchiveOne of Johnny Cashs band members forgot he was carrying a gun into Folsom, while another forgot he had hash on him. Fortunately neither of them got in trouble.Before recording the January 13, 1968 performance, the Man in Black had ruined his relationship with the press, the law, and his fans. From career-damaging headlines about his drug-smuggling pills across the Mexico border, an affair with June Carter and subsequent divorce from Vivian Cash that left a portion of fans upset, and an increasing hatred of reporters, Cash was on a downturn.It didnt help matters that he hadnt had a hit in years.According to History, the media despised the 35-year-old country singer by this point. Fortunately for him, this empathetic gamble of choosing to play for felons and making a record out of it pulled Cash out of the depths of looming irrelevance.At Folsom Prison became a No. 1 hit on Billboards pop and country charts the following year, firmly cemented Cash as an icon of cool, and introduced the singers talent to a whole new audience. According to Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison documentary director Bestor Cram, the timing couldnt have been more synchronicity-laden.He was desperate to change his own relationship to his audience, Cram told The Washington Post, to find himself amongst all the demons he was fighting on a very personal level, which also kind of represented the stress that the nation was enduring.Cash symbolized the anger and aimlessness, frustration and rage that so many Americans felt at the time during the chaos of assassinations, Vietnam, and civil rights movement with an audience of penitentiary prisoners being an ingenious method of highlighting that unspoken theme.The road to Folsom, however, was riddled with problems, controversy, and proverbial potholes that nearly hindered Johnny Cash from getting back on track. Johnny Cashs Road To FolsomIt was Reverend Floyd Gressett who put forth the idea of Cash meeting prisoners. As one of his closest friends, the minister counseled state inmates and asked the singer if hed be interested in talking to some of these cast out men.John had a real feeling for the down and out, for the prisoners, Tennessee Three member Marshall Grant told Rolling Stone. For anybody like that. He came from very humble beginnings in Arkansas.So even though he acquired a lot of things in life, he still felt for these people and he made it very obvious, too. He was so real with it. And thats what brought him to prisons. And a lot of them turned their lives around because of our willingness to go entertain them that told them that we cared.Wikimedia CommonsIn addition to Folsom Prison, Johnny Cash performed (and recorded albums) at San Quentin, Tennessee State Prison, and sterker Prison in Sweden.It may come as a surprise to most that the legendary At Folsom Prison wasnt Cashs first time performing there. Reverend Gressett placed the notion of connecting with these prisoners in Cashs head years earlier. The singer became intrigued, wrote Folsom Prison Blues in 1953, and performed the song there in November 1966 two whole years before recording the famous album at the titular prison.Two years later, of course, he returned to record the album. Nonetheless, Cash had been so uninspired and drug-addled throughout the mid-1960s that the process of getting him to record something wasnt easy to say the least.This was a way to get something out of him to release, because we couldnt get him in the studio, said Grant. And when we got him in the studio, hed come completely unpreparedSo it came up through conversation, Lets do an album at Folsom Prison.'You Are Now Entering Folsom State PenitentiaryColumbia Records was hesitant to pay for the recordings and required plenty of convincing to finally relent. The album would be compiled from two live tapings one in the morning and one in the afternoon. The whole gang Johnny Cash, his band, their entourage, and his then-girlfriend June Carter settled in the local El Rancho motel that night to prepare. Then-governor Ronald Reagan was in town for a fundraiser and decided to drop by for a casual hangout. TwitterGovernor Reagan dropped in for a chat the night before Johnny Cash performed at Folsom Prison. Theyd meet again, years later, when the former became President (as pictured here).That night, Gressett played his famous friend a song called Greystone Chapel. It was written by a Folsom Prison convict named Glen Sherley, and revolved around finding God in the prisons chapel. Cash loved it so much that he wrote down the lyrics and burned the midnight oil to rehearse the song with this band.He promised to play the song as part of his set the next day without Sherleys knowledge.At Folsom PrisonWhen we got to Folsom, it was so quiet and so desolate and you could only see a few prisoners around, said Grant. Jim Marshall took pictures of John and June on the bus and of them getting off of the bus and we were all in there and it was a rolling jail cell.And so even from the time we left the little motel, which was two or three miles away, it was a very somber atmosphere for everybody. It was hard to explain. There was just no joy there.Grant accidentally carried a gun into prison. It was a real pistol that Cash and co. would use as a gag on stage theyd pull the trigger and a loud bang would jolt the audience into laughter, as smoke wafted out of the barrel. That morning, of course, it didnt occur to him that he was walking into a maximum-security prison with a handgun.Fortunately, he calmly told the guards about and made sure to say, I dont want any problem, which led to a peaceable confiscation until the show was over. Jim Marshall, arguably the most prolific and important photographer in rock & roll, forgot about the clumps of hash in his camera bag. Thankfully, nobody was the wiser.Johnny Cash sings Folsom Prison Blues, Jan. 13, 1968.The stage was set up right behind death row, in the cafeteria. Writer Robert Hillburn was freelancing for The Los Angeles Times and was fortunate enough to be there that day. The writer had a palpable sense that everything had fit in place that this was exactly what Cash was supposed to do.He really felt that he had made the right decision that he had something that audience wanted, said Hillburn of Cash. He didnt just do a greatest-hits show that day; he designed every song for that audience and their emotional needs.Hillburn described the scene as vibrant and wild, a combination of nervous tension and sheer desire on behalf of the inmates to let loose.There were guards walking around with guns on ramps above the audience, he said. It was tense. Marshall, meanwhile, couldnt help but notice how Cash had the prisoners in the palm of his hands for the entire duration of the show.If Johnny would have said, Come on, lets crash out of here right now, they would have done it, he said. Theyd have followed him. He had that presence.Wikimedia CommonsJohnny Cash was so vehemently in favor of fundamental prison reform that he met with President Nixon to discuss policy. July 1972.The show had turned a room full of criminals into a hot, sweaty party full of smoke, whooping, and endorphins. Everyone was well behaved, but visibly overjoyed. Many of the prisoners likely had one of the best days of their lives that day. Before the show officially wrapped, though, Cash announced that he had one more song to play written by Glen Sherley.He jumped out of his chair, said Gene Beley, a Ventura Star-Free Press reporter in attendance. I thought his eyes were going to bolt out of his head. I dont think Ive ever seen a happier man alive.Johnny Cash plays Glen Sherleys Greystone Chapel at Folsom Prison on January 13, 1968.At Folsom Prison changed Sherleys life. Seeing Johnny Cash perform his song on stage and receive his proper credit in front of his fellow inmates seemed to give him a boost of confidence thereafter. He recorded an album in prison, and when he was released, Cash welcomed him into the band. Unfortunately, Sherley was fired when he threatened to kill one of his bandmates. He killed himself a few years later. Johnny Cash paid for the funeral.The Legacy Of The Man In BlackEven though Johnny Cash had never spent more than a few nights in jail (mainly in the drunk tank), his Folsom Prison Blues became a rallying cry for prisoners across the country one that ingratiated the singer to those behind bars. His image, too, was that of an outlaw who always sided with the underdog.But this was more than just an act Cash was profusely sympathetic to the plight of incarcerated Americans. He particularly disliked that first-time offenders were treated just as harshly as career criminals, not to mention how ineffective the supposed rehabilitation of U.S. prisons really was.A KPIX CBS SF Bay Area segment on the 50th anniversary of the performance.He thought the prison system was broken, because it wasnt fixing anybody, said friend and family historian Mark Stielper. The population was mixed, kids and killers. This was his thing; he was really bothered by that.Ultimately, the show wasnt just a universally praised performance that turned out a hit record. Cash also made mainstream society aware of the need for prison reform, said Michael Streissguth, author of Johnny Cash: The Biography. There was nobody at his level of prominence who was doing the same thing.Even today, when we listen to Johnny Cash, we know of him as a friend of the prisoner, said Cram. He continues to move the needle as we question how our society continues to lock people up.After learning about Johnny Cash and his performance at Folsom Prison, read about the rock and roll groupies who changed music history. Then, take a look at 36 Johnny Cash photos that show the Man in Black in action.The post Johnny Cash And The Infamous 1968 Performance At Folsom Prison appeared first on All That's Interesting.

When I spoke to Fable creator and 22cans founder Peter Molyneux about Masters of Albion earlier this year, he told me that he simply wanted it to bring "joy." It's a word that resonated throughout our discussion: one that Molyneux is clearly passionate about. It's been a rocky road for him, after all: post-Lionhead, things haven't been easy. Unfortunately renowned for his tendency to "overpromise" and underdeliver - something he's since apologized for profusely - there's a lot riding on Masters of Albion. Reputationally, it could be the salve that Molyneux needs, but it could also mark the triumphant return of the god game - a genre that hasn't really been well-served since the Black and White days. It's a title that I've been excited about since its reveal - I'm a longtime Fable fan, and spent my youth tinkering with Black and White. My hopes, then, were high.

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