Happy Sunday, Missians!
Welcome back for your third installment of our Monsters of March series, (2019 edition). I'm your host, J, guiding you on a new adventure with another creepy cryptid. Today's creature in question is the Lone Pine Mountain Devil.
What in the devil did I just say?
I said the Lone Pine Mountain Devil--that's what!
According to Cryptid Wiki:
"The Lone Pine Mountain Devil is a winged carnivore of North American folklore. Some believe it to be a West Coast relative of the New Jersey Devil. One early account by a priest described them as “winged demons” sent from the “depths of hell.”
What does it look like?
"The Lone Pine Mountain Devil is usually described as a large, furry, multi-winged creature with razor-like talons and multiple layers of deadly, venomous fangs".
What areas are the creature typically found in?
They've supposedly been seen in the US Southwest and Northern Mexico.
Unlike other wild animals, Mountain Devils tend to only favor devouring people's faces and upper torsos, leaving the rest to rot or be eaten by other less discriminating creatures. This is how many of the early settlers to the California region discovered that something was amiss, (they kept coming across the rotting, half-eaten corpses of entire families and other large groups of travelers). The Mountain Devil didn't just have it out for humans, either; various animal carcasses were also found in similar states of decay.
Who actually saw one? And when?
That honor goes to a Spanish priest by the name of Father Justus Martinez. The following is an account of what happened:
"The best-known documentation of human interaction with the Lone Pine Mountain Devil came in 1878, when a stagecoach train of Spanish settlers disappeared in the Sierra Nevada Mountains in Southern California. A group of 37 settlers — men, women and children — vanished without a trace for two months, after which their rotted corpses were discovered by a team of copper miners.
Why so angry?
One theory is that Lone Pine Mountain Devils are some kind of protectors of nature. Allegedly when they come across people or animals who are somehow being disruptive or destructive to the environment, they attack to guard and preserve their natural surroundings. Needless to say, just in case these creatures are real, I don't think I'd be out in the California wilderness messing around with nature. You should always be respectful of nature, anyway; but with the possibility of vicious, prehistoric-like fowls standing guard to rip your face off, I'd say you had better be respectful!
Before I close, I want to once again thank cryptidz.fandom.com for providing the information on today's creature:
https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Lone_Pine_Mountain_Devil
For further reading, check out these sites as well:
http://www.weirdca.com/location.php?location=292
https://lone-pine-mountain-devil.fandom.com/wiki/Lone_Pine_Mountain_Devil_Wiki
Alrighty, Missians, that's all for now. See you guys back here next Sunday for your next Monster of March. Join us if you dare!
Until next time,
This is your host J,
signing off...
Welcome back for your third installment of our Monsters of March series, (2019 edition). I'm your host, J, guiding you on a new adventure with another creepy cryptid. Today's creature in question is the Lone Pine Mountain Devil.
What in the devil did I just say?
I said the Lone Pine Mountain Devil--that's what!
According to Cryptid Wiki:
"The Lone Pine Mountain Devil is a winged carnivore of North American folklore. Some believe it to be a West Coast relative of the New Jersey Devil. One early account by a priest described them as “winged demons” sent from the “depths of hell.”
What does it look like?
"The Lone Pine Mountain Devil is usually described as a large, furry, multi-winged creature with razor-like talons and multiple layers of deadly, venomous fangs".
What areas are the creature typically found in?
They've supposedly been seen in the US Southwest and Northern Mexico.
Unlike other wild animals, Mountain Devils tend to only favor devouring people's faces and upper torsos, leaving the rest to rot or be eaten by other less discriminating creatures. This is how many of the early settlers to the California region discovered that something was amiss, (they kept coming across the rotting, half-eaten corpses of entire families and other large groups of travelers). The Mountain Devil didn't just have it out for humans, either; various animal carcasses were also found in similar states of decay.
Who actually saw one? And when?
That honor goes to a Spanish priest by the name of Father Justus Martinez. The following is an account of what happened:
"The best-known documentation of human interaction with the Lone Pine Mountain Devil came in 1878, when a stagecoach train of Spanish settlers disappeared in the Sierra Nevada Mountains in Southern California. A group of 37 settlers — men, women and children — vanished without a trace for two months, after which their rotted corpses were discovered by a team of copper miners.
Weeks passed since their scheduled arrival at a missionary about 110 miles north of San Diego, when a lone priest, Father Justus Martinez, approached the mission. He was weak, thirsty and hungry. He had no horse and no supplies, only the clothes on his back and a journal. Upon questioning, the priest informed the others that while on his journey, he had taken a vow of silence when confronted by the “beasts damned by the good lord.” The last entry in his journal was related to the disappearance of the Spanish convoy in the mountains. In it, he describes the settlers, weary from their cross continent journey, taking part in a celebration to honor Saint Roderick. The celebration escalated into a “riotous orgy” and the settler’s began to burn trees for heat and light as the party carried on into the dark hours of the night. The priest writes that he took refuge by himself in a small tent on the outside of the convoy watched as “winged demons” swarmed from the trees and attacked the settlers.
His final entry of the journal read:
“My God. My God. They are all gone. The winged demons have risen! What sin have they committed against each other and thy sacred earth. May the forgiving Lord not abandon their souls, which were taken from them into the depths of hell! And through the earthly fires of man, a sole tree remained on the mountain’s peak. And the Devils that spared me, returned to the refuge of the Lone Pine on the Mountain.”
Okay. That got really weird. Riotous orgies? Back in those days? Guess the Lone Pine Mountain Devils weren't feeling the "celebratory mood" of the settlers. Good thing for Father Martinez, he decided to skip that "party." Anyhoo, now let's explore some of the theories for why these creatures attack.Why so angry?
One theory is that Lone Pine Mountain Devils are some kind of protectors of nature. Allegedly when they come across people or animals who are somehow being disruptive or destructive to the environment, they attack to guard and preserve their natural surroundings. Needless to say, just in case these creatures are real, I don't think I'd be out in the California wilderness messing around with nature. You should always be respectful of nature, anyway; but with the possibility of vicious, prehistoric-like fowls standing guard to rip your face off, I'd say you had better be respectful!
Before I close, I want to once again thank cryptidz.fandom.com for providing the information on today's creature:
https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Lone_Pine_Mountain_Devil
For further reading, check out these sites as well:
http://www.weirdca.com/location.php?location=292
https://lone-pine-mountain-devil.fandom.com/wiki/Lone_Pine_Mountain_Devil_Wiki
Alrighty, Missians, that's all for now. See you guys back here next Sunday for your next Monster of March. Join us if you dare!
Until next time,
This is your host J,
signing off...
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