Folklore and Stories
in Iowa
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Yellow River State Forest Bigfoot reports of Iowa
Yellow River State Forest is one of Iowa’s best-known Bigfoot hotspots in media and witness-story culture.
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West Des Moines UFO reported on July 4th, 2000 – Iowa
NUFORC index lists a hovering red light over West Des Moines on the Fourth of July.
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Villisca Axe Murders of Iowa
The unsolved 1912 family murder case remains one of Iowa’s most famous historical mysteries and is inseparable from the lore of Villisca.
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Van Meter Visitor of Iowa
Iowa’s most famous cryptid legend: a bat-like winged creature reportedly seen over several nights in 1903.
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Ruth Anne Dodge Memorial of Iowa
Bronze public memorial in Council Bluffs known locally as the Black Angel.
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Phantom kangaroo in Wellman, Iowa
One of two independent phantom-kangaroo sightings southwest of Iowa City mentioned in Iowa monster-Local Lore and Legends coverage.