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Sheepsquatch is a West Virginia cryptid described as a bear-sized animal covered in long, shaggy white wool, with a sheep- or goat-like head, horns, and the ability to walk on four legs or stand upright. Witnesses also mention a sulfur smell and a scream like a woman.
Mountain folklore had stories of a 'White Thing' long before the name existed, including one in a 1965 collection about a woman who met a white beast riding home from church. A run of sightings in the mid-1990s, many around the Kanawha Valley near Cross Lanes, gave the creature its modern nickname.
What witnesses report
- Long, dirty white wool
- Horns and a sheep-like face
- Walking on two legs or four
- A sulfur smell
- A scream like a woman
Famous cases
- 1965"The White Thing" folk tale collected
West Virginia - 1995Mid-1990s wave of sightings
Kanawha Valley, West Virginia
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