The Perfectly Proper Paranormal Museum Dispatch! 17 April, 2026

--By Maddie Kosloski of The Perfectly Proper Paranormal Museum

Creepy Cryptid! From Unsplash+

Hey folks, Maddie Kosloski here from the museum desk in San Benedetto.

Spring is trying its best to show up, but the weird news keeps rolling in like it never got the memo about lighter days. Here is what caught my eye this week.

1) First, an American tourist named Tony Inhorn gets credit for the first official Loch Ness Monster sighting of 2026. Back on March 1 he was out on a boat near the Caledonian Canal when something dark greenish-gray popped up about fifteen feet away. He saw five to ten feet of it rise two feet out of the water for around five seconds before it slipped back under. The guy even sketched what he saw and sent it in, and the Official Loch Ness Monster Sightings Register called it credible. Nice to know Nessie still makes time for visitors.

2) Then there is the strange cryptid (?) attack in a remote part of Oklahoma on March 29. A woman named Alicia Maxey got knocked unconscious by something that growled and pounced. She described it as dog-like but not quite right, and the injuries were bad enough that folks started tossing around names like Dogman or even Bigfoot. Wildlife officials grabbed DNA off her torn clothes, so maybe we will get a real answer soon. In the meantime the internet has been busy filling in the blanks with every cryptid theory you can imagine. I have seen enough odd bite marks on display here to know how fast stories grow legs.

3) Over in Norway, archaeologists took another look at Raknehaugen, the biggest prehistoric mound in Scandinavia. Everyone thought it was just a fancy burial for some Iron Age big shot. A landslide scar and some LiDAR scans changed that. Turns out the mound was built around 551 CE right after a huge slide in 536 that wrecked homes and fields during the big Dust Veil famine. They found snapped trees with roots still attached mixed into the dirt, plus an older cremation that did not match the usual noble setup. Looks like the whole community pitched in to build it as a ritual reset button for the world after all that chaos. Kind of makes you wonder what our own strange piles of rocks were really for.

4) I also spent some time reading about Ed Dames, the guy who helped bring remote viewing out of the military black books and into the open. He trained at SRI, monitored projects in the Star Gate program, then started Psi Tech to teach civilians. Love him or roll your eyes at the “Dr. Doom” predictions, the man has stories that make you sit up straight. Remote viewing still feels like one of those tools that sits right on the edge of what we can prove and what we just sense.

5) And finally, a deep dive into the Celtic hag goddess Cailleach and her daughter Bride. Cailleach rules the dark half of the year with her blue skin, one eye, and hammer that shapes mountains. She guards seeds through winter, rides wolves, and hands the season over to Bride, the bright spring goddess of fire and renewal, on Beltane. The old stories have her locking Bride away on Ben Nevis out of jealousy until the summer prince shows up with snowdrops. It is a neat reminder that even the crankiest winter crone eventually steps aside for new growth. Plus it ties right into why some of us still watch the weather on February 1 like it matters.

If you think these cases are weird, we've had some pretty odd cases right here at the San Benedetto Paranormal Museum. Enjoying these weekly dispatches? Want more ghostly mysteries with a side of small-town sleuthing? You might like the Perfectly Proper Paranormal Museum cozy mystery series.

Swing by the museum in San Benedetto sometime. We have got signed copies on the shelves, and I would love to chat about your own spooky encounters. Can not make it? Stop by our online shop.