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Bennington Monster
Bennington, Vermont seems to be a sort of magnet for the supernatural, legends, and myths. Many have heard of the Bennington Triangle – an area of southern Vermont where many people went missing from the 1920s through the 1950s. Maybe related, but perhaps not: the Bennington Monster.
This guy is the quintessential Sasquatch or Bigfoot. He’s the New England version with a far more boring moniker. This one goes as far back to the 19th century when the stagecoach was utilized as a common mode of transport. The story goes that a stagecoach broke down and when the coachman climb downed to work on some repairs, he noticed a massive footprint.
150 years later, he would have watched enough movies to know that this usually is a misdirection, setting you up for an ambush. Since Netflix hadn’t been invented yet, he was ambushed. Out came the Bennington Monster – all hair covered 7′ of him. Luckily for this group, the monster just took his frustrations out on the couch and pounded on it, flipped it over and then ran back into the woods where only his piercing eyes could be seen watching over them.
Since that time, he has been “spotted” over and again. Like all Sasquatch-like creatures, he manages to continue to elude capture or even a clear photograph. Likely he was just Uncle Steve – the one who looks like he’s wearing a sweater, even when he’s shirtless. No, wait – I think I’m getting the hang of dismissing these legends: he was a moose!
