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4. The Hidebehind

Something is lurking in the shadows deep in the woods. But you won’t get a good look at it. This vaguely humanoid creature disappears behind even the thinnest trees when it is spotted. You better hope it doesn’t take you with it. This week’s cryptid is: the Hidebehind.

Show Notes header in green font for the section with references and works cited for all research from that episode

  • Kearney, Lake Shore. The Hodag and Other Tales of the Logging Camps. Democrat Printing Company, 1928, p. 35.

  • Brown, Charles Edward. Paul Bunyan Natural History: Describing the Wild Animals, Birds, Reptiles and Fish of the Big Woods about Paul Bunyan’s Old Time Logging Camps. C.E. Brown, 1935, pp. 3–4.

  • Tryon, Henry Harrington. Fearsome Critters. The Idlewild Press, 1939, pp. 22–23.

  • Packard, Christopher. Mythical Creatures of Maine: Fantastic Beasts from Legend and Folklore. Down East Books, 2021, pp. 42–44.

  • Puglia, David J. “The (Mostly) Unseen World of Cryptids: Legendary Monsters in North America.” Humanities, vol. 13, no. 1, Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, Dec. 2023, https://doi.org/10.3390/h13010001 

  • “Hidebehind.” A Book of Creatures, 6 Feb. 2017, abookofcreatures.com/2017/02/06/hidebehind/ 

  • Wainio, Wade. “Call of the Cryptid: The Hidebehind, a Fearsome Cryptid of American Folklore.” 1428 Elm, 3 Jan. 2025, 1428elm.com/call-of-the-cryptid-the-hidebehind-a-fearsome-cryptid-of-american-folklore 

  • “The Hidebehind.” Beasts of Legend, 17 May 2025, beastsoflegend.com/bestiary/north-america/the-hidebehind/ 

  • O’Connor, Jeff. “Hidebehind: American Lumberjack Monster Folklore.” Connect Paranormal, 3 Oct. 2025, connectparanormal.net/2025/10/03/hidebehind-american-lumberjack-monster-folklore/ 

  • “The Hidebehind.” CryptoVille, 5 Apr. 2020, visitcryptoville.com/2020/04/05/the-hidebehind/ 

  • “The Hidebehind.” Believing the Bizarre, 6 Sept. 2023, believingthebizarre.com/the-hidebehind/ 

  • “The Hidebehind.” Astonishing Legends, 26 July 2018, astonishinglegends.com/astonishing-legends/2018/7/26/the-hidebehind 

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