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A vintage illustration of Saint Nicolas/Pere Noel and Pere Fouettard

Encyclopaedia Of The Impossible: Père Fouettard, Or “Father Whipper”

December 13, 2021 by Lucia

Previously: Jólakötturinn, The Yule Cat.   Type: PE (Preternatural Entity). Period/location of origin: Debatable. According to some reports, subject, known as Père Fouettard in French (in Continue Reading > about Encyclopaedia Of The Impossible: Père Fouettard, Or “Father Whipper”

Filed Under: Encyclopaedia Tagged With: Christmas, Encyclopaedia of the Impossible, holidays, PE, winter

The Woman Of The Rain painting

Encyclopaedia Of The Impossible: The “Woman Of The Rain” Cursed Painting

November 15, 2021 by Lucia

Previously: The Bunk Beds. Type: MO (Malevolent Object) or CO (Cursed Object) — unclear which. Period/location of origin: 1996, Odessa, Ukraine. Appearance: Subject, called “Женщина дождя” Continue Reading > about Encyclopaedia Of The Impossible: The “Woman Of The Rain” Cursed Painting

Filed Under: Encyclopaedia Tagged With: art, artists, CO, cursed painting, Encyclopaedia of the Impossible, haunted painting, MO, Rain Woman, Woman Of The Rain

Metal bunk beds in an abandoned room

Encyclopaedia Of The Impossible: The Bunk Beds

September 20, 2021 by Lucia

Previously: The Crooked Man. Type: MO (Malevolent Object). Period/location of origin: Somewhat unknown. Subject, a set of cursed or haunted bunk beds, surfaced in the late 1980s in southeast Continue Reading > about Encyclopaedia Of The Impossible: The Bunk Beds

Filed Under: Encyclopaedia Tagged With: bunk beds, cursed object, Encyclopaedia of the Impossible, MO, Wisconsin

A black and white illustration of a shadowy, humanoid figure in a dark room

Encyclopaedia Of The Impossible: The Crooked Man

August 11, 2021 by Lucia

Previously: Red QR Codes. (CW: Suicide.) Type: PE (Preternatural Entity). Period/location of origin: In his earliest form: Early- to mid-19th century, England. In his current form: Continue Reading > about Encyclopaedia Of The Impossible: The Crooked Man

Filed Under: Encyclopaedia Tagged With: Encyclopaedia of the Impossible, nursery rhymes, PE, The Crooked Man

A QR code displayed on a smartphone screen

Encyclopaedia Of The Impossible: Red QR Codes

July 14, 2021 by Lucia

Previously: Urkhammer, Iowa. Type: EV (Electronic Virus). Period/location of origin: Unknown, Japan. Subject could not have existed prior to 1994 (see: Additional notes); however, the precise Continue Reading > about Encyclopaedia Of The Impossible: Red QR Codes

Filed Under: Encyclopaedia Tagged With: Encyclopaedia of the Impossible, EV, Japan, Japanese urban legends, Red QR code, technology, the internet

A foggy field at dawn with two lonely trees

Encyclopaedia Of The Impossible: Urkhammer, Iowa

June 16, 2021 by Lucia

Previously: The Tree That Owns Itself. Type: UL (Unexplained Location). Period/location of origin: Early 20th century, Iowa; alternately, 2015, the internet. Appearance: Subject appears to Continue Reading > about Encyclopaedia Of The Impossible: Urkhammer, Iowa

Filed Under: Encyclopaedia Tagged With: creepypasta, Encyclopaedia of the Impossible, Iowa, UL, urban legend, urban legends, Urkhammer

The Tree That Owns Itself

Encyclopaedia Of The Impossible: The Tree That Owns Itself

May 19, 2021 by Lucia

Previously: Mae Nak. Type: AE (Autonomous Entity). Period/location of origin: 16th-18th century, Athens, Georgia, United States. Note: Identifying subject’s period of origin is a complex Continue Reading > about Encyclopaedia Of The Impossible: The Tree That Owns Itself

Filed Under: Encyclopaedia Tagged With: AE, Encyclopaedia of the Impossible, folklore, The Tree That Owns Itself, trees

Limes on a table with a knife

Encyclopaedia Of The Impossible: Mae Nak

April 21, 2021 by Lucia

Previously: The NNN Special Broadcast. Type: CC (Corporeally Challenged). Period/location of origin: 19th century, Phra Khanong district, Bangkok, Thailand. ) Appearance: Subject, known Continue Reading > about Encyclopaedia Of The Impossible: Mae Nak

Filed Under: Encyclopaedia Tagged With: CC, Encyclopaedia of the Impossible, folklore, Mae Nak, Thailand

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