Dark things of the moon

Of all the stories about the moon, the less known tend to be the scariest. Besides werewolves shape shifting at the full moon, there are many more dark superstitions about this phase. In Ireland, it was considered very unlucky to have the full moon shining on your face as you're sleeping. Among other moon omens from Ireland, includes one about seeing the full moon reflected into a mirror that will reveal a frightening vision. There's a horror story set in Ireland, about a sleeping girl who died as the moonlight was reflecting in the mirror and shining upon her face.   

Some traditions believe that there is a face on the moon that once belonged to a man who was exiled there. The Romans believed that this man was banished to the moon for stealing sheep. Christians believe that he's probably Cain. The Chinese believe that he's a man named Wu Gang who keeps chopping down a magical tree on the moon but it always grows back. 

The ancients regarded the moon as a powerful deity. According to Siberian myth, the reason that the moon is pockmarked is because of a huge dragon named Alklha, who's constantly feeding upon the moon. In Chinese myth, a giant dog in the sky will eat the moon one day. In Norse mythology the moon god Mani is forever hunted across the sky by a monstrous wolf that wants to eat him.  

There are dark truths behind the legends too. The full moon has a negative effect on people, and crimes go up during a full moon. One of the creepiest facts of all is that the moon is disappearing! It slowly moves away from the earth about 3.78 centimetres each year. So in the future, the earth itself would be plunged into very dark moonless nights! The moon has very severe temperatures and moonquakes that last longer than earthquakes. Astronauts have noticed their shadows on the surface of the moon looks much darker than back home on earth. One of the most biggest creepy facts about the moon is that it has a graveyard up there! 

Sources:

"Moon Face" story on Scary For Kids 

Man in the Moon Wikipedia

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Quinotaur

 

The Quinotaur is a strange mythical beast of the sea, which is described as a hybrid half bull and half fish. Its bull half has two front legs with hooves and the head of a bull with five horns. Three of the horns on its head forms a large trident shape. These horns could impale their enemies with such ferocity. It's lower body is strong and fishlike with scales and fins. Able to survive underwater for long periods, it can swam at great speed.

Believed to belong to the sea god Neptune, the Quinotaur is mentioned as the monstrous ancestor of the Merovingian kings. This happened when the Quinotaur raped a woman while she was swimming in the sea. She got pregnant and then had a son named Meroveus who became a Frankish chieftain. This is mentioned in the 7th century Chronicle of Fredegar.  

Link:

Chronicle of Fredegar Wikipedia page HERE.

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Loveland Frogman

In Clermont County, Ohio, there is a legendary creature living there called the Loveland Frogman. This is a strange cryptid, as it's been described as a bipedal frog standing about 1.2 metres tall, with webbed hands and feet. It's got leathery skin and a head that is froglike. Some believe that it's capable of thriving in the forests even during winter months. Witnessed by many people and seen throughout the region for several decades. 

In 1955 a businessman saw three such creatures who frightened him. Then in 1972, a police officer had to stop his car when a similar creature jumped out into the road and glared at him, then scurried off over a fence. Another police officer saw a froglike creature matching the description of what the first policeman saw. Many years later the officer was retired and explained what he saw again, rationalising that it might've been just an ordinary "lizard". Years later in 2016 two teenagers claimed they witnessed a Frogman walking on its two legs. Whatever it is, the Loveland Frogman is a mystery.  

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