Urban Legends, mystic adventure hooks

[Ymdar]

I'd need sources for adventure hooks like the Jersey Devil, Mothman, Philadelphia experiment, Conspiracy theories. Anyone know good links or have good ideas?

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

I don't mean to insult your intelligence, but there is a bit of info on several of them in the Wiki. Have you checked it, or is the data there insufficient for your purposes?

Currently, Sci-Fi network has a show called Sci-Fi Investigates that is investigating a lot of these. Perhaps their website has info for you?

Mothman in particular I think is the inspiration for the 2 Jeepers Creepers movies.

There was a Jersey Devil episode of X-Files.

And there are countless books on Lake monsters (Nessie, Chessie, etc.), furry humanoids (wendigo, sasquatch, bigfoot, etc.), Philly experiment, Roswell, and so forth. Perhaps a book on Cryptozoology would help you out.

 

[Ymdar]

I have checked wikipedia. Its a good source if you know what you are looking for. But I'm looking for an a more comprehensive list on 'modern monsters'. What I posted earlier was only a small list of creatures that are there. I'm looking for those creatures that are not on my list.

 

[Zibik]

If you want monsters...look to the D20 Monster books...D20 Modern Menace Manual, Monsters Manuals, etc. A lot of them have a real world myth or legend behind them in some form or fashion. There was a Hunter The Reckoning Supplement that dealt with Urban Legends, but it is out of print these days.

There have been quite a few TV series that have dealt with Urban Legends, conspiracy theories, and mythology. Supernatural, Millennium, Kolchak the Night Stalker to name a few. Also if your creativity runs out, hit the local video store and check the horror and scifi sections...there is a boat load of stuff there.

Your local library will probably have urban legend books, or if your a bit of a researcher...look through old issues of your local newspaper (usually on microfiche) and may find odd stuff there. Same goes for your town...historical archives are a great source of stuff. (Granted not every town has a haunted asylum but it might have a crybaby bridge).


A few links for you:

http://www.snopes.com/
http://www.warphead.com/urbanlegends/
http://www.pantheon.org/
http://www.forteantimes.com/
http://www.crystalinks.com/directory2.html
http://www.ctrl.org/

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Ah...so you're looking for a list of various Urban Legend type monsters...

Off the top of my head, I can add the Chupacabra, Thunderbirds & Mokembe Mbembe.

Check out the list of critters from the 2 incarnations of Kolchack, the Night Stalker, X-Files, Supernatural, and any other modern fantasy/horror tv show and you'll find a gold-mine.

Also, any site or source that talks about Cryptozoology will serve you well.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptozoology
http://www.cryptozoology.com/
http://www.pibburns.com/cryptozo.htm
http://www.strangeark.com/
http://kodos86.tripod.com/cryptozoology/id1.html

 

[Brimshack]

I've been using the Wikipedia page for the more obscure creatures in our miniature line. Never got around to writing rules for most of them. Well, I got something for the Feejee Mermaid and the Hoop Snake. Others are on the agenda. Anyway, this was a good reference:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_legendary_creatures

These have also been useful:

http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/hoax/animals/
http://www.strangescience.net/stfor2.htm

Got a few things out of here:

http://www.americanfolklore.net/ss.html

Here's one I haven't really used yet, but there are some real interesting creatures in here:

http://www.obakemono.com/introduction.php

 

[Cathix]

We have one excellent book that deals with the legend of the Oak Island Money Pit:

http://www.rpgnow.com/product_info.php?products_id=5354&

Here's an article about the mystery:

http://www.mysteriesofcanada.com/Nova_Scotia/oakisland.htm

and from Wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oak_Island_Money_Pit

 

[Ymdar]

Thanks for the help, people!

 

[Starglim]

Dark.Matter has what you need.