Sheepsquatch

Region: Appalachia
Location:Southern West Virginia

Sheepsquatch, sometimes called the “White Thing,” is a relatively modern cryptid whose sightings date back to the mid-1990s. Witnesses describe a creature about the size of a bear but covered in long, shaggy white fur with a decidedly sheep-like profile. It is often said to have horns like a ram, a pronounced snout, and limbs strong enough to uproot small trees. Reports consistently mention an overwhelming sulfur smell—an odor so strong it forces people to gag or flee—which adds an apocalyptic edge to an otherwise almost comical appearance.
  Most sightings occur in remote, forested hollows or strip-mined regions where human industry has disrupted natural habitats. Locals often frame encounters as sudden and brief: a rustle in the brush, a flash of pale fur, or a horrible bleat echoing through the valley. Some insist it charges when startled; others claim it freezes in place like a panicked deer. The sulfur smell remains the most consistent hallmark, leading to speculation about underground caverns, chemical waste, or even paranormal origins.
  Over time, Sheepsquatch became a minor regional celebrity through reality shows, internet retellings, and late-night campfire culture. It has the personality of a creature caught between fear and curiosity—too strange to be natural, too clumsy to be truly threatening, yet too persistent in local stories to ever entirely dismiss. It’s the kind of cryptid people mention with a half-laugh, half-shiver, never certain where the joke ends and the truth begins.

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