Awesome or Off-Putting is a weekly delve into cryptozoology, ufology, aliens, medical marvels, scientific wonders, secret societies, government conspiracies, cults, ghosts, EVPs, ancient artifacts, strange facts, odd sightings or just the plain unexplainable.
In July of 1893 several men on a fishing trip encountered a large beast that squirted electrified liquid out of the middle of its head. It rendered two men unconscious and chased the rest of them into the woods. It’s been called an electric monster not because it could fling lightning bolts out of its gnarled fingers – but because it appeared to be a machine of some sort.