Meet 5 of China's Strangest Cryptids

You may be familiar with the bigfoot and Loch Ness monster, but what about China's assortment of mysterious creatures?

by Matthew Bossons, 11 October 2015

7 Spooky Chinese Urban Legends

​With October being the scariest month of the year, it seems as good a time as any to dive into the Middle Kingdom’s eeriest folklore.

by That's PRD, 29 October 2019

The Story of Beijing's Legendary Ghost Bus

The scariest part of this story is that all of us, at some point, have ridden the last bus.

by Matthew Bossons, 12 April 2016

Did This Chinese Man Have Sex With an Alien?

There's strange, and then there's this story...

by Matthew Bossons, 07 June 2023

Did 3,000 Chinese Troops Really Disappear in 1939?

The eeriest type of disappearances are the ones that happen en masse – were a group of people all evaporate into thin air without a trace.

by Matthew Bossons, 24 November 2016

The Eerie Case of Hong Kong's Hello Kitty Murder

As far as we're concerned, having your severed head stuffed in a Hello Kitty doll is as good of reason as any to return from the dead.

by Matthew Bossons, 17 November 2015

This Day in History: China's Otherworldly 'Alien Sky Spiral' of 1981

A giant spiral in the sky, a spiral allegedly seen by 10 million people in Sichuan and Yunnan provinces.

by Matthew Bossons, 23 July 2021

This Day in History: Mysterious Fireballs Flatten Guizhou Forest

The circumstances surrounding this story have captured the imaginations of UFO investigators across the Middle Kingdom and beyond.

by Matthew Bossons, 30 November 2021

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