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Short Stuff: The Enfield Monster
October 28, 2026·13 min·3-min readconversationalculture
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A Halloween-themed episode of The Short Stuff dives into the bizarre 1973 Enfield Monster sighting in Illinois—a cryptid tale involving clawed three-legged creatures, panicked kids, and a man with a .22 pistol. While the story spiraled into local hysteria and media frenzy, skeptics sugges
A Halloween-themed episode of The Short Stuff dives into the bizarre 1973 Enfield Monster sighting in Illinois—a cryptid tale involving clawed three-legged creatures, panicked kids, and a man with a .22 pistol. While the story spiraled into local hysteria and media frenzy, skeptics sugges
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