In the original ‘Godzilla‘ film, ‘Gojira’, which hit Japanese cinemas, the monster scarred by a hydrogen bomb test, mirrored the keloid scars of Hiroshima and Nagasaki survivors. Just nine years after ...

Bigfoot. Mothman. Skunk Ape. Chupacabra. These are strange names, though perhaps you’ve heard of a few. They are some of America’s more famous local monsters. They are “cryptids,” which can be defined ...